Subject: [Shrug] The story references The Matrix a few times.
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Posted on: 2014-03-19 22:10:00 UTC

There's Tess, obviously, and this:

Zim led the way back into the armory itself. It might have been a large room, but it was crammed with weapon racks. The racks each had a sign on top. There was a Star Wars rack, a few Matrix racks, a Star Trek rack, and so on. As they walked, Zim began to talk.

"We have weapons for every major fandom, and bunches of generic weapons that can fit into smaller canons. We've got hand to hand weapons, ranged weapons, bombs, missiles, and even a few large weapons. We can equip an agent to go into almost any fandom, disguised as almost anything. Want to be a Matrix rebel? We have the stuff. Want to be a Jedi? Same deal. You said you were going into Lord of the Rings? What were you thinking of going as?"


The giant robot sounds a lot like the things in the Matrix sequels, too. If an author with a known sci-fi bent keeps referring to The Matrix, and uses the word 'n/Neo', it seems a pretty safe bet that's what he was aiming for.

I'm also not certain, reading over it, that the later fangirls are meant to be NASTYs. Makes-Things says "We've been found" - and the two sets of fangirls we see come through portals never have the term 'NASTY' applied to them. The latter set is the one specifically highlighted as 'anime fangirls'. It could well be that NASTY posted the coordinates on the internet. ;)

hS

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