Rediverted

Author's Note: The idea for this comic was conceived when I used to work for an aircraft maintenance company before they had to let me go due to not getting a security pass permit. Also, this comic was partly inspired by my trip to Taiwan in November 2018, and it was conceived before Hong Kong's current crisis.

If you wanted to know why the flight in this comic was rediverted from Hong Kong to Taipei, it was not really because of Hong Kong's atmosphere becoming less friendly, which had been happening since 2002, but rather the pilot did mention a manga magical girl as the possible reason. Sakura Kinomoto actually did go to Hong Kong, and her magical girl escapades also went there too. So it would make sense for any flight to get rediverted due to the escapades of prominent anime and manga protagonists if it meant keeping the flight safe from any unexpected dangers.

#DownWithCorporatism

In the wake of recent events that had been happening over the past several years, I feel that the time is right to get angry and protest against corporatism. The real reason capitalism has a very bad reputation right now is all because corporatism had corrupted capitalism.

It's time for the good people of Japan, South Korea, Europe, Australia, Canada and America to wake up and attack corporatism. Rise up like the angry mobs featured in this comic. Please support #DownWithCorporatism and help deliver justice for Alan Dean Foster, who needs his unpaid royalties. Otherwise, copyright will mean nothing for non-corporations.

SpongeBob SquarePants © Nickelodeon.

The End of Fair Use

Author's Note: Dear readers, I am just as angry, bitter and moody as many of you are right now. It's not just the permanent suspension of Donald Trump's social media accounts that made me angry, bitter and moody. I am also having family issues that are almost beyond reconciliation. If you want to be angry, bitter and moody over anything right now just like me, I can assure you that 2021 is the year Fair Use will come to an end after 45 years of protecting free speech. And when that happens, we can no longer post whatever we like whenever we like, even if they are compliant with regulations. That is why I am angry, bitter and moody right now. As a result, there have been several quarrels within my family because I was always a rebel with a cause that is morally wrong, but not a rebel without a cause. Surely like some of you, I could potentially be in mortal danger. So heed my message and spread my word. The fate of the Free World is at stake.

Bowsette's Last Words to Eggette

And thus, Eggette's days as a fugitive on the run begins...

When copyright owners and/or third party firms send takedown notifications against acts of copyright infringement, what they do not tell you is that the rules include rules enforced by the European Union.

With the European Union Copyright Directive a few months away, you can say the end is at hand. And when this happens, our creativity will be suppressed. Even the existence of Bowsette and Eggette will soon be illegal, perhaps criminal even.

The Trumpet magazine has an article speaking about the European Union's hostile takeover of the Internet. They also said that Bill Clinton's administration dismantled Yugoslavia, leaving Serbia diminished. For that he won the Charlemagne Prize, and The Trumpet calls that shameful. You know what else would have been shameful? The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) got approved during Bill Clinton's administration. Right from the day the DMCA came into effect, the EU had been plotting to hijack this anti-piracy countermeasure and turn it against America and the rest of the world. The DMCA's biggest failure was that it not only failed to rein in digital piracy, but it had been suppressing creativity and innovation as well.

Now that America is going downhill, you can expect German democracy to perish with American democracy as well, and with it, the darkest days will begin...

Update: The European Union Copyright Directive came into force, but I am still around. I guess I can continue to be a content creator for now...

Krukov's Nuclear Proposal

Amid the recent riots at the US Capitol which got Donald Trump's Twitter account suspended for instigating rebellions, Nintendo's crackdown on alleged acts of copyright infringement, and the coming implementation of the European Union Copyright Directive, which could possibly be the real reason behind Nintendo going after infringements of their intellectual properties, trademarks and copyrights, if General Nikolai Krukov was Russia's Defence Minister, he would have been crazy enough to unleash a nuclear firestorm upon many parts of the Earth. No wonder Rover would be horrified if Krukov asked him for any authorization to unleash a nuclear firestorm. Especially when in the Animal Crossing games, when the "Rebuild the town" option is selected, the NPCs who will ask the player on what they want to do will be shocked because rebuilding the town will mean erasing everything in that particular town. Telling the Animal Crossing NPCs such as Rover to authorize the firing of nuclear weapons will be even worse than erasing just one town.

If only Red Alert 3 was as popular as Red Alert 2, General Krukov's request to unleash nuclear weapons would be popular enough to be considered for usage by anyone involved in remix culture and used in YouTube Poops.

Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 © Electronic Arts. Animal Crossing: City Folk/Let's Go to the City © Nintendo.

Stamp Out Kyubey

Characters' shoes from left to right, starting with the top row:

Row 1: Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Lip (Panel de Pon), Kanna (Hammerin' Harry).

Row 2: Sakura Kinomoto (Tomoeda Middle Schol Uniform) (Cardcaptor Sakura), Escha Malier (Atelier Escha and Logy), Doremi Harukaze (Ojamajo Doremi).

For all the teenage girls that have been deceived by Kyubey's contracts, Kyubey must be executed by all means, even if he claims that his kind is an endless race.

This comic is more than just a tribute to the 10th anniversary of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It is also a homage to the "Stamp It Out!" Allied anti-sabotage propaganda poster from World War 2. Perhaps it is time for magical girls, their voice actresses, and their fanbases to rise up to fight for freedom, liberty and justice. Speaking of justice, the injustices done by Kyubey included deceiving Homura to do wrong. That is why Kyubey must be stomped for all the wrongs he did. After all, he was the one who tricked the five main female protagonists of Puella Magi Madoka Magica into his contracts in exchange for their souls. Unfortunately, none of the Puella Magi Madoka Magica main protagonists can do anything right, so it can only be characters from outside Puella Magi Madoka Magica who can deliver justice for them by stomping Kyubey and his kind.

Theft VS Piracy

Back in 2006, Microsoft founder Bill Gates confessed that he watched pirated movies on the Internet. The Wall Street Journal said that the YouTube videos that he watched were "stolen" content. Bill Gates replied to them by saying that stolen is strong word, and that the "stolen" content that was uploaded on YouTube back then were more like copyrighted content that the owner wasn't being paid for, meaning he took that as a yes.

The Internet's biggest social failure was that it has served as enabling technology for rampant cheating and theft, and the rationalization of it. And we the Internet users should have known better before uploading anything that would infringe on copyright and goes against the requirements of fair use or fair dealing. Yet we chose to do the opposite of what is right, under the belief that sharing is caring. We always think that piracy is nothing like theft, under the belief that theft removes the original, while piracy creates a copy. However, we should have known that piracy takes away income from the copyright owners. In the end, piracy is still theft, but of a different kind, and yet we chose to support those who distribute knock-off products online. This means we are all guilty of standing with those who committed such computer crimes.

RuneScape 20th Anniversary Tribute

Can you believe that Runescape, sometimes spelled as RuneScape, is still around after 20 years? Imagine an online game that will be with us through both good times and bad. In fact, it has always been around before YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Friendster existed, and it was launched months before the launch dates of the original XBox and the GameCube. What's more, GeoCities was still up and running, and Windows XP was not even available yet when RuneScape came out. If you ever want to feel old, remember that RuneScape was launched on the 4th of January, 2001.

Happy 20th Anniversary, RuneScape.

RuneScape © Jagex.