This randomly came into my head first thing in the morning, apropos of nothing.

Which I’ve no idea what that crossover entails

A giant robot car piloted by a forsaken child powers the city?

    • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      5·
      11 hours ago

      Megas XLR is a children’s animated TV series from the mid 2000s about a guy from New Jersey who finds a broken giant mecha and fixes it, and “improves” it by replacing the head with a Car and the control scheme with a Xbox Controller (for weapons and fighting and flight) and Steering Wheel (for navigation.)

      The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas is a serious sci-fi short story by Ursula K le Guin, about a utopian city named Omelas and those who walked away from it after they learned of the dark secret that keeps it utopian

      <the dark secret>

      it’s powered by the suffering of a forsaken child

  • Redacted@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    11 hours ago

    I dont remember the robotcar mech being used for anything but fighting monsters. It doesnt power the city

    • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      2·
      11 hours ago

      Omelas is a utopian city from a short story that’s powered by the suffering of a forsaken child

      • Redacted@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        I cant find anything about that online, i assumed you were talking about MEGAS XLR, the 2004 cartoon with the car mech where they for sure just fight robots. No city powering.

        Okay on the third reread i figured out what youre talking about. A theoretical crossover between megas xlr and the le guin story. Nvm continue schizo posting o7