iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Originally posted to the eX-screaming-bluebird site? I don't know, the file timestamps got updated when I upgraded computers.

A mash-up of the Wordle game and Space Invaders. At the bottom of the screen, a small artillery piece shoots out Wordle blocks.

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Tikitrocious account used to post supporting ephemera to support the idea the show was real or I wanted to say something about a film/series of films in an oblique manner.

Image show brush-stroked baby manticore (Tikitrocious produced) and a lot of alligators (watercolor real fine art). The exhibition information is "Those Pretty Wet Things: the influence of J.M.W. Turner & John Singer Sargent on the Hefferon Films of the 1960s. March & April 2021-the Ponzi Gallery of Fine Art."

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Windi 624 Sentinel: Beam Rifle - Willpower #CityOfHeroes

A woman in red, pink, and white camouflage BDUs and a black tshirt, holding a gleaming white science-fiction rifle, staring at a nearby mechanical man.

Textual information in the screenshot is as follows:

Windi 624
Beam Rifle - Willpower

As part of a psy-op, the Malta Group arranged for a 'Knives of Barbie' playset to be the must-have Holiday gift of 2004. The results were not what they expected.

Wendy grew up in Chicago, her extended family "a happy pack of all-American Mutts." They supported each-other, even when she came out.

She joined the Marines, to serve her country, meet awesome dykes, and cover college. Wendy was second-best at everything she did, which made aggro-boys pissed: they either hated her for being too good, or claimed since a (different) man was better at any one skill it meant men (generally) were better. Supposed "Good Guys" pretended not to notice.

In a combat zone, her platoon had to pull out due to bad luck and stupid orders. The lieutenant tried to save his career by blaming her.

Mysteriously, uncovered evidence vindicated her, but it left bad blood. She cashed out, and was already in the Knives of Barbie while earning her degree.

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Yvonne von Ion Tanker: Radiation Armor - Radiation Melee #CityOfHeroes

Image of a mechanical woman, colored blue and slightly on the heavyset side. She is standing in a scientific or technical laboratory.

Textual information in the screenshot reads as follows:

Yvonne von Ion
Radiation Armor - Radiation Melee

Primal Earth calls her home dimension "Crey Corporate Earth." It's where Corps have even more power, and Crey pulls even more strings. The majority of super hero or villain activity falls under one of the corps.

On Crey Corporate Earth, it was the Crey Troubleshooter Blue Shield that slew the Clockwork King. Unlike Primal Earth, he did not survive.

Even Crey Corporation, with its meticulous dossiers, with its chemical, biological, and broad-spectrum energy analysis of any metahuman activity, underestimated the Clockwork King. While they understood he was a strong tele- and psychokineticist, they presumed it was the limits of his power. They neither appreciated he was one of the world's strongest psychics, nor that he had forged friendships with a number of psychics around the world. And in the moment of his death, his power reached out. Fading by the moment, some reacted.

They built.

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Jenni 867 Defender: Traps - Dual Pistols #CityOfHeroes

Image of a woman wearing red, pink and white camouflage BDUs. She has a large red cowboy had and has a honking-big, blocky pistol on each hip. Next to her on the rooftop is an acid mortar.

Textual information in the screenshot is as follows:

Jenni 867
Traps - Dual Pisols

As part of a psy-op, the Malta Group arranged for a 'Knives of Barbie' playset to be the must-have Holiday gift of 2004. The results were not what they expected.

Jenni grew up in a survivalist compound, where the men were aggressive and controlling, and the women were mostly TradWives. A few standout women were twice as tough and mean as the men.

Jenni knew which role models she preferred.

When a group of the men tried breaking the few standouts into meek, subservient women, it got bloody quickly. There weren't really victors, just survivors.

Jenni left her biological family behind, to go with the splinter group. They formed a new women's only compound away from the men. Over the years, it became a Knives of Barbie affiliated sanctuary/supply depot. Jenni's take-no-crap temperament and survivalist training made her a natural fit.

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It occurred to me, half-asleep, that while the Joker has a certain archetypal narrative power, he's static. His changes aren't developmental. The Joker tells you about Batman. Harley Quinn is more interesting because as a character she can grow. Harley Quinn tells you about herself.

A scene from Batman: the Animated Series (1992) with the Joker in a purple zoot suit and green shirt staring intently at Harley Quinn in her original red and black jester outfit. They're in some large, dingy industrial space, probably an abandoned warehouse of the sort that litters superhero comics.

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Dusk Widow Venusta Arachnos Widow: Fortunata Training - Fortunata Teamwork #CityOfHeroes

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Eclipse Zenith Warshade: Umbral Blast - Umbral Aura #CityOfHeroes

Image of a purple man in black and blue spandex, and lighter blue boots and gloves that fold at the ends. He has a purple and black filled circle log on his chest. He is standing on wooden docks, with crates stored under a ramp in the background.

The text within the image reads as follows:

Eclipse Zenith
Umbral Blast - Umbral Assault

There are maybe a dozen honest souls on Striga Isle, and Samuel Wren wasn't one of them. Everyone must be a little corrupt--that's just the way the world works. His few virtues were working hard when the pay was right, and not mouthing off when drinking. He worked for smugglers on the docks, shifting cargo quickly and doing odd jobs.

Sam doesn't know how the Council left the crate behind, and still can't say for sure why he opened it, but something sped out and sunk into him. It was the fragment of a dark energy being, a Nictus, barely conscious, with no previous history of hosts. It should not have been viable.

He briefly considering supervillainry until he found a support group. Older Warshades gave him sobering warnings.

Now Sam's trying to set an example for his symbiote... pet? ward? partner? That's forcing him to be a better person and he's not thrilled about it.

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

"Patton" (for some reason @pattonoswalt.bsky.social made a comment asking for edits or something. Too many years ago for me to remember what I was doing and I'm not going back to the eX-screaming-bluebird site to find out.)

Image of Patton Oswalt in a mostly empty mall, wielding a sword and looking like the post-apocalyptic survivor in a cheap 1980s movie. The image has been distressed and added crinkles to suggest a badly preserved poster. The text added is "From the makers of Matt. Patton. This time, he's funny."

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

"Lie Back and Think About Butter!"

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

A thread of some miscellaneous images I've thrown together over the years. They're usually a quick photo edit thrown together in under half an hour. They were posted to the eX-screaming-bluebird site. "Cracker Bard"

Image of a fantasy bard with weapon and floppy hat kneeling down and leaning against a barrel. In similar font to a certain restaurant is "Cracker Bard."

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

You can tell it's a bootleg because they just took images from the promotional material and slapped it on a t-shirt. What sort of low morals and work-ethic would you need to have to do that?

Image of a T-shirt, front and back. The front says "The Whisp Sisters and the Soggy Sepulchers" and the back has chibi or little people (humans who have one of the possible types of dwarfism) representations of Ossea and Claret, the emo and goth twin sisters.

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Katie Kludgework Corruptor: Psychic Blast - Electrical Affinity #CityOfHeroes

Image of a mottled grey robot hovering near a much larger, copper and black robot. The text reads:

Katie Kludgework
Psychic Blast - Electrical Affinity

Primal Earth calls her home dimension "Crey Corporate Earth." It's where Corps have even more power, and Crey pulls even more strings. The majority of super hero or villain activity falls under one of the corps.

On Crey Corporate Earth, it was the Crey Troubleshooter Blue Shield that slew the Clockwork King. Unlike Primal Earth, he did not survive.

Even Crey Corporation, with its meticulous dossiers, with its chemical, biological, and broad-spectrum energy analysis of any metahuman activity, underestimated the Clockwork King. While they understood he was a strong tele- and psychokineticist, they presumed it was the limits of his power.

They neither appreciated he was one of the world's strongest psychics, nor that he had forged friendships with a number of psychics around the world. And in the moment of his death, his power reached out. Fading by the moment, some reacted.

They built.

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I'd better bring out the rest of them while I'm thinking about it, then.

Faux-vintaged image of a canal in stone catacombs.

Accompanying text reads:
"Mr. Ailts should like to remind all of our staff and committee members that the subterranean canal is reserved for living passenger traffic on Tuesdays.

"(Federal holidays excluded."

In a faux-vintage image is a table, on which is what may be a regularly sized terrarium/glass tank with a miniature hedge maze.

Accompanying text reads:
"Due to an unfortunate incident, all activities in the Blue Room are suspended while repairs are underway.

"Mr. Ailts reminds us all that handling the Fiji Minotaur is not a right, but both a privilege and a responsibility."

(Apologies to S. John if he's reading this.)

Image of a formal library, alternating large glass windows with bookcases. In the center of the room is a writing desk and an impressive chair. Outside the windows appear to be entirely oversized albino fish.

Accompanying text reads:
"Mr. Ailts requests that whoever borrowed his sterling silver pen return it. He should also like to announce that whoever took the jade inkwell is now its owner for all purposes."

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Rusted Rook Brute: Psionic Melee - Electric Armor #CityOfHeroes

Image of a coppery metallic robot standing amidst mechanical contraptions known as the Clockwork, on a decrepit bridge in a ruined city (Boomtown). The text reads:

Primal Earth calls his home dimension "Crey Corporate Earth." It's where Corps have even more power, and Crey pulls even more strings. The majority of super hero or villain activity falls under one of the corps.

Blue Shield brutally slew the Clockwork King of that reality, but unlike on Primal Earth, that was the end of him. Crey collected the body and, years later, used it for their "Project Parthenogenesis" program.

They were not impressed with the results. Subject 390-43789-2 was the closest to success, but he was a pale copy of the original. Some environmental factor was missing. The personality training didn't take well.

The subject was incinerated.

Trauma, and the desperation to survive, unlocked Rusty's powers. The Subject leapt to a new clockwork body and destroyed the lab.

He fled, taking the biological samples from the original with him. He now calls himself Rusted Rook, and obsessively seeks out artifacts associated with the original Clockwork King.

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Insomnia sucks but it gave me the chance to swoop in and take a picture while you were on a break.

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Chris Fischer @surlybydefault.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I can make out my character's name, but the costume choice and the power special effects totally blurred her out. Screenshot by the event organizer (@Anyad on CoH: Homecoming. Original post discord.com/channels/572...) #CityofHeroes