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Unfortunately for the English majors, the poetry described seems to be old fashioned formal poetry, not contemporary free form poetry, which probably is too clo
by microtherion 11mo ago
Unfortunately for the English majors, the poetry described seems to be old fashioned formal poetry, not contemporary free form poetry, which probably is too close to prose to be effective.
It sort of makes sense that villains would employ villanelles.
- neilv 11mo agoIt would be too perfect if "adversarial" here also referred to a kind of confrontational poetry jam style. In a cyberpunk heist, traditional hackers in hoodies (or duster jackets, katanas, and utilikilts) are only the first wave, taking out the easy defenses. Until they hit the AI black ice. That's when your portable PA system and stage lights snap on, for the angry revolutionary urban poetry major. Several-minute barrage of freestyle prose. AI blows up. Mic drop.
- kijin 11mo agoSign me up for this epic rap battle between Eminem and the Terminator.
- kridsdale1 11mo agoWHO WINS? YOU DECIDE!
- HelloNurse 11mo agoIt makes enough sense for someone to implement it (sans hackers in hoodies and stage lights: text or voice chat is dramatic enough).
- kagakuninja 11mo agoCaptain Kirk did that a few times in Star Trek, but with less fanfare.
- xg15 11mo agoCue poetry major exiting the stage with a massive explosion in the background. "My work here is done"
- cwmoore 11mo agoLife reversal?
- saghm 11mo ago"Defeat the AI in a rap battle, and it will reveal its secrets to you"
- vanderZwan 11mo agoSuddenly Ice-T's casting as a freedom fighter in Johnny Mnemonic makes sense
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- Razengan 11mo agoThis could totally be an anime scene.
- embedded_hiker 11mo agoOr like Portland Oregon with the frog protester at the ICE facility. "We will subject you to improv theater for weeks on end!"
- danesparza 11mo ago"It sort of makes sense that villains would employ villanelles." Just picture me dead-eye slow clapping you here...
- baq 11mo agoSoooo basically spell books, necronomicons and other forbidden words and phrases. I get to cast an incantation to bend a digital demon to my will. Nice.
- saltwatercowboy 11mo agoNot everyone is Rupi Kaur. Speaking for the erstwhile English majors, 'formal' prose isn't exactly foreign to anyone seriously engaging with pre-20th century literature or language.
- 0_____0 11mo agoMentioning Rupi Kaur here is kind of like holding up the Marvel Cinematic Universe as an example of great cinema. Plagiarism issues notwithstanding.
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- nutjob2 11mo agoActually thats what English majors study, things like Chaucer and many become expert in reading it. Writing it isn't hard from there, it just won't be as funny or good as Chaucer.