When we last left Aragorn, he was transformed by a laser shot by a A.I.-generated green brute into an inexpensive action figure with bow and arrow drawn.

The Aragorn action figure was an Xmas gift from one of my kids. Why did they get me that? I think it was inspiration or something. I’ve read the LOTR books and seen the movies, but it’s not a yearly tradition for me.

Anyways, I thought the next step it would be cool if I created an action figure of myself that would interact with Aragorn. I did not aggressively pursue this! I half-heartedly called my local library, which has a 3d printer, and it didn’t seem like I’d be able to come up with a lifelike facsimile of me using it.

I found a video of this action figure creator company called Dopl, which is owned by Jim Henson’s son and is:

• Only in DC/NYC/LA
• Probably super-duper expensive

You can probably tell from my last Gorn post that I was angling for Gorn-the-action-figure-collector to collide with Aragorn-the-action-figure.

Well, fuck it. Everything I have ever seen or heard or read about AI at this point is garbage. It burns energy. It burns creators. It burns everything.

So, this story is done. Everybody lived ever after, maybe happy, maybe not.

I will say I have yet to see anything related to A.I. that I have liked more than my dumb story.

Excelsior!