닥터 스틸
1. 개요
미국 캘리포니아 로스앤젤레스에서 활동하던 가수의 페르소나 캐릭터. 매드 사이언티스트이자 세계정복기믹이 있다.
스팀펑크적인 음악 스타일을 가지고 있'''었'''으며[3] 팬이 굉장히 많았다. 1999년에 활동을 시작해 2011년에 은퇴 선언을 하였음에도, '''아직까지도''' 귀환을 기다리는 사람이 있어서 유튜브에 보일 정도, 심지어는 팬픽과 팬 아트도 있다!
영향을 받은 것으로 보이는 그룹도 있다. 애초에 그 그룹의 곡 제목이 닥터 스틸의 신조인 '''Utopian Playland''' 일 정도. 들으러 가기[4]
'''그리고 심지어 자칭 2대 닥터 스틸도 등장하기에 이르렀다.''' 자세한 것은 하술.
2. 캐릭터
본명은 피니어스 월도프 스틸 박사 (Doctor Phineas Waldolf Steel). 과거에 장난감 회사에서 일하다가 디자인이 너무 과격하다는 이유로 해고당했는데, 이를 '''폭발물, 칼 달린 인형들 그리고 화염방사기로 회사를 불태워서''' 복수했다.[5] [6]
결국 정신병원에 갇혔다가 탈출해서 섬에 본부를 지어놓고 세계 정복을 시도하고 있다. 목적은 '유토피아적 놀이동산'을 만들기 위해서라고 한다.
자신만의 쇼를 만들어서 실패했던 자기 장난감도 광고 중이다...
디즈니랜드를 침공한 적이 있다. 2007년에(...) 그런데 사실 토이 솔저들은 단체로 어디 놀러가는 것을 침공이라고 하기 때문에 그렇게 이상하지는 않다.
2.1. 캐릭터의 사상
세계정복을 시도하는 악당이지만, 장난감을 사랑하고, 창의력을 중요시하며, 음모론을 믿는 등 (...) 순수한 구석이 있다. 또한 다른 세계정복 시도 캐릭터들과 다르게 자기 프로파간다를 당당히 프로파간다라고 부르는 등 솔직한 면도 있다. 또 유튜브 영상을 통해 사람들의 삶을 더 낫게 만드려 시도하는 등 악당임에도 악당 같지가 않다.....
탈학교론주의자이다.
'''High school is quite possibly the worst designed and most inappropriate activity in the history of the world, as it places you in exactly the wrong environment at exactly the wrong time in your life.''' [7]라고 하는 것을 보면 고등학교 제도를 극도로 싫어하는 것을 알 수 있다.
2.1.1. 선언문 (매니페스토)
보면 알겠지만 '''외계 일루미나티'''와 같은 음모론을 찾을 수 있다.Hello, my name is Dr. Phineas Waldolf Steel and I'm crazy. At least that's what they tell me. It's a real load off of my mind too. I mean you can get away with pretty much anything if you're bonkers. It really relieves a lot of pressure and responsibility for me.
What I've noticed about being insane is the fact that most people really don't want to acknowledge insanity. You can walk down the street talking to yourself (or little dancing bears that no one else sees) and people violently avoid eye contact. "Keep walking, don't look at the crazy guy. Act like you don't see him." You become invisible because people just don't want to deal with what they don't understand. Life is too busy to try and stop someone from having a conversation with a fire hydrant. And being crazy isn't illegal. You won't even be placed into an insane asylum unless you try to hurt yourself or others (note: that also includes trying to burn down your ex-employers toy company).
There are a lot of things I like about being crazy, but one of my favorites things has to be the fact that I don't have to be anything that the world expects me to be. If I feel like crawling around on the floor and barking during a business meeting, so be it. I'm nuts. If I feel like spouting off conspiracy theories involving the Alien Illuminati or that I will one day become World Emperor, then that's just to be expected. After all, I'm complete wacko. and it's rather convenient.
With all that's happening in the world today I would like to take this opportunity to speak about a very important issue. Toys.
What image pops into your head when you hear the word "toy"? A plastic Strawberry Shortcake doll? A robot that transforms into a vehicle? Perhaps peculiar devices in the bedroom? In any case, all of those answers are correct. For in the New Dr. Steel™ World Dictionary, the definition shall read as follows:
toy n. an object that makes you happy.
By this new definition we learn that a toy can be anything from a root beer flavored gumball to a new Mercedes. Clothes, vacations, movies, music, pet monkeys.they all fall into the toy category. Not only are toys fun but in this day and age they seem to be becoming increasingly necessary.
As children all we really wanted to do was play. and then school got in the way. The first thirteen years of school is a "have to". We might rather be thinking about dinosaurs or unicorns, but we're told to concentrate on math and English. It's a daily exercise of memorization and regurgitation of seemingly inapplicable information. The only part of school many of us actually looked forward to was recess, which they conveniently removed once we started middle school.
High school is quite possibly the worst designed and most inappropriate activity in the history of the world, as it places you in exactly the wrong environment at exactly the wrong time in your life.
Then, it's off to college where very few of us even know what the hell we want to do. So, we take standard classes to earn a standard diploma so that we might fall into a standard career that we're not particularly interested in pursuing in the first place.
We're doing this because we feel that we have to. Society simply assumes that this is what you must do, though we would much rather be having fun.
After all, that's all that there really is.
See, there’s something I have to tell you and it’s not going to be pleasant.
I’m not exactly sure how to break it to you, so I’m just going to come right out and say it.
The meaning of life is… well, grim. To us humans with brains that have to justify everything, it’s grim. There is no big,important meaning. No higher purpose. All of this business about progress and advancement of the human race? It’s all just pounding the nails into our own coffins. If you wish to talk of purpose, the only real purpose humanity has is to reproduce. And, uh… news flash; We don’t need to make any more humans. 6,476,684,982 people is more than enough.
But our brains can’t stand not having “the answer”. There must be a reason. So we form religions and clubs, we join the military and gangs and we have Tupperware parties. We plug ourselves into little pre-packaged microcosms with nice, tidy little rulebooks to tell us what to do.
Obtaining validation of our existence simply because there’s a bunch of other people agreeing and doing the same thing as we are. Meanwhile taking our insecure frustrations out on other groups with whom we don’t agree (and vise versa).
This satisfies our brains to some extent, but it’s not the answer. Many of us begin to lose faith, drop out, change sides or trade in our Tupperware. Something doesn’t fit. It doesn’t fit because there’s nothing to fit into.
As a species, we're totally disposable. Have you ever considered the fact that the human race is the only species on the planet that could simply disappear off the face of the Earth and it wouldn't effect the eco-system? Actually, that's not entirely true.our extinction would actually benefit the eco-system.
We're also the only life form that's completely incapable of surviving in the world on its own. As H.L. Menkin pointed out:
"Alone of all the animals, terrestrial, celestial or marine, man is unfit by nature to go abroad in the world he inhabits. He must clothe himself, protect himself, swathe himself, armor himself. He is eternally in the position of a turtle born without a shell, a dog without hair, a fish without fins. Lacking his heavy and cumbersome trapping, he is defenseless even against flies. As God made him he hasn't even a tail to switch them off."
How can this possibly be? How can we be the only extraneous life form on this planet? Why? Because we're not supposed to be here. We're the result of genetic manipulations from an outside force. Skip all that business about evolution, humanity was cooked up in an alien easy bake oven a long time ago. That's why we don't work correctly. There's nothing 'natural' about us.
We're mutant lab rats, unaware of the experiment we're in. We press the button, eat the cheese and continually run the maze not realizing there's a whole other world to be experienced. A rat doesn't want to run a maze, it wants to do "rat stuff". Groups of animal lovers continually fight to end this sort of experimentation on animals, but as Ted Kosinski wrote, "No one stops to ask whether it is humane to force adolescents to spend the bulk of their time studying subjects most of them hate."
The Alien Illuminati doesn't care about human rights. As far as they're concerned, we don't have any. They made us.
They're just waiting for the next ice age to hit. They'll eject in their escape pods along with two dozen supermodels and go live on the moon until things blow over. This has been going on for a very long time, yet we don't catch on because we're brainwashed, blinded and running on empty.
Their Reality Engineers guide our perspective of the world through corporate media, mass produced genetically engineered food keeps us operating on empty and experimental drugs, being introduced into society through various means, keep our brain patterns at a minimum. It's no wonder that we're a tired, unhappy, unhealthy lot who's daily highlight amounts to playing video games and watching television.
But now is the time to wake up.
If we, as a species, could only accept the fact that we're completely disposable, we could begin spending our time doing what we really want to be doing. Having a good time.
Quantum physics delves into the idea that our reality is whatever we perceive it to be. Meaning that it's only because we are observing this constructed reality that it continues to exist. So, enter the Alien Illuminati controlled mass media which tells us exactly what they want us to think. They create our reality by suggestion and reinforce it by opinion. Their goal is to keep us afraid and occupied with a million things so that we don't figure out what's going on.
Because if we did, we wouldn't stand for it. They know this and thus provide "the solution". Our bribe is receiving a constant, shotgun blast of mass media advertising from every street corner, billboard, bus stop, radio and website.
Our bored minds are primed to soak up a generous helping of this pseudo-entertainment casserole. Stale and rotting with the same, recycled ingredients, we swallow it with not much of a choice. But we do have a defense. It's the thing that we only use 5 percent of. It's called our brains.
By default, human beings have a collective consciousness. Most of us don't know that we use it, but we do. We're all connected on some level. This is fact. Not just some hippie-land fantasy talk. Experiments have proven time and time again that we are indeed linked to one another through some sort of psychic netting. The problem is that we're not encouraged to exercise this ability and furthermore, the Alien Illuminati has placed a frequency network over the entire planet as to keep our dimensional blinders on. We are multi-dimensional beings living in a confining three dimensions.
If we were to experience all that we have the ability to experience, then they would cease to be in control. It's the Frankenstein monster theory. They created us and now they're afraid that we may destroy them.
So, how do we deal with this information? Well, most of us will completely ignore it. What I suggest is that we begin constructing our own reality. If our reality is what we're convinced it is, then let's make it a whole lot more fun and leave this filthy world behind. Let us band together with one, singular vision of creating a world based on the simple ideology of making fun the top priority.
Join me in my quest to build a better world. It is only as a collective with a singular, focused vision that we will be able to reject the ugliness of this realty and transform the world into a Utopian Playland.
3. 가수
1999년 활동을 시작한 버스커 출신으로, 클럽에서 곡을 공연할 때, 인형놀이 등을 이용한 것으로 유명했다. 본인 홈페이지의 소개에 따르면, 그래픽 아티스트의 아들로 태어나 ''' 여덟 살 '''때 프리랜서로서의 활동을 시작했다. 그런 다음 드림웍스 등 굵직굵직한 회사들의 외주로서, 캐릭터 디자인, 스토리보딩, 프로덕션 아티스트로 일한 경력이 있는데, 지금은 맨체스터 & 버논이라는 회사의 공동 창립자로서 스팀펑크를 전문으로 하는 회사에서 일하고 있다고 한다. 그 외에도 공식 페이지를 보면 수많은 프로젝트에 참가했다는 것을 알 수 있다.
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog와 표절 분쟁이 붙은 적도 있으나, 호러블 측에서는 닥터 스틸을 들어 본 적이 없다고 주장했다. (참고로 닥터 호러블 미니시리즈의 공개는 2008년이었다.)
3.1. 은퇴 선언
2011년 7월~2012년 사이쯤에 올라온 은퇴 선언문. 팬클럽의 관리자 중 하나였던 제트에게 보내는 편지 형식으로 되어 있다. 물론 안 믿는 사람도 있기는 하다만..... 캐릭터로서 올라온 선언문이고, 또 그 당시에는 닥터 스틸이 총책임자나 다름없었기 때문에 정서상 '하게체'로 번역하였다.
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Dear Jet,
제트에게,
2012 is here. The end of the world? we just don't know yet.
2012년이 왔어, 지구 멸망? 우린 아직 모르지.
Flashes in the sky. Holograms? The answers aren't showing themselves.
하늘의 번쩍이들, 홀로그램? 답은 아직 드러나지 않았지.
In any case the end of my world has manifested. I have been gone and I shall continue to be gone. Rest assured that it was no easy decision. But under the circumstances it was the only decision. Blacklisted, betrayed, strong words? Too dramatic? "Life is a stage" and I the act which has been cancelled. With nothing but the kindred spirits of the Toy Soldiers. The shared vision of creativity and fun. You were the only delight in recent times. Still, my experiences have woven a tapestry of complications which have forced me to disappear. I cannot offer a complete explanation for a variety of reasons but I felt obligated to send you a note in an attempt to convey my appreciation. You have had faith. You have made a difference. You have seen the inportance. While my experience has left me drained of my finances and my privacy. Robbed of my creativity, passion and so many years of my life. I only hope that a spark remains in you all. An idea is immortal.
어쨌든, 내 세상의 종말이 도래했지, 나는 떠나고, 떠난 상태로 있을 걸세, 쉬운 결정은 아니었다는 건 확신해도 좋아, 하지만 상황 상 그게 유일하게 할 수 있는 결정이었다네, 블랙리스트에 올라가고, 배신당했지. 강한 단어 때문이었나, 너무 드라마틱했나?
"삶은 무대"고 나라는 공연은 취소됐어, 창의성과 재미의 이상을 공유하는 토이 솔저들의 친절함을 제외한다면. 자네가 요즘 내 유일한 즐거움이었네. 그렇지만, 내 경험들은 내가 사라지게 만든 복잡함의 태피스트리를 만들었다네. 다양한 이유로 완벽한 설명은 힘들지만, 자네를 존중한다는 걸 전하기 위해 편지 하나는 보내야겠다고 생각했네.
자네는 믿음이 있었네. 자네는 차이를 만들었지, 중요성을 보았고, 내 경험이 내 재산과 사생활을 탕진했고, 내 창의성과 열정과 내 수많은 시간들을 훔쳐가는 동안, 모두에게 불꽃이 남아있기를, 아이디어는 불멸이니까.
The business at hand. The wasted energy for the invented rules of the system demands one final task of me. Having recently endored the experience, the ritual, of closing down my company I have removed all aspects of the associated business. websites, products and otherwise. My "advisors" indicated that even Toy Soldiers Unite be destroyed. I cannot allow this to happen. I am now powerless but I am, fortunately, not in possesion of Toy Soldiers Unite.
지금 하고 있는 일, 시스템의 만들어진 규칙을 위해 낭비된 에너지는 내게 하나의 마지막 일을 만들었네, 최근 경험을 끝냈지, 내 회사를 닫는 의식으로서 그와 관련된 사업, 웹사이트, 상품 등을 전부 떠나보냈지, 내 "조언가"들은 Toy Soldiers Unite마저 없애버리자고 했어. 그것만큼은 일어나게 하고 싶지 않아. 내겐 지금 힘이 없지만, 다행히도 Toy Soldiers Unite를 소유하고 있지는 않아.
I am certain that many of you have a variety of opinions regarding my slip into silence. I can ask nothing from you but mutual respect. I wish great happiness for the Toy Soldiers.
자네들 대부분이 내가 침묵 속으로 사라지는 것에 대해서 다양한 의견이 있는 것은 확신하지만, 상호 존중을 바라네, 토이 솔저들에게 행복이 있기를.
I always have. There was so much I wanted to give you. So many ideas which were unable to manifest into reality. It has destroyed a very cherished part of me. This chapter is over. This chapter is closed. The universe has swallowed up those opportunities and I am no longer compatible on this frequency. I search now only for peace and quiet.
나는 항상 그랬어. 내가 모두에게 주고 싶었던 게 많아. 실현되는 것이 불가능했던 수많은 아이디어들. 내가 소중히 여기는 나의 한 모면을 박살냈어. 이번 장은 끝났지. 우주가 그 기회들을 삼켜버렸고, 나는 더 이상 이 주파수에 알맞지 않아. 나는 이제 평화와 조용함만을 찾네.
If things had been different, I would have given you the gift of your very own robot. It could have been a reality. I do believe that. I am not mad. Only perhaps a creative who has been immersed in the bureaucracy of his own demise for too long. I must rest now. I thank you for your understanding.
만약 다른 상황이었다면, 나는 자네에게 자네만의 로봇이라는 선물을 줬을 거야. 현실이 될 수도 있었지. 나는 내가 미치지 않았다고 믿네. 그저, 창의성이 자기가 파멸되기 전까지 관료주의에 몰입해 있었던 것뿐이지. 이제 나는 휴식을 취해야 하네, 이해해줘서 고맙네.
May all of your ideas find wings.
자네의 모든 아이디어들이 날개를 찾길 바라며,
>더 이상 아닌, 닥터 스틸
닥터 스틸이 은퇴를 선언하자 팬클럽이던 Army of The Toy Soldiers는 닥터 스틸의 사상을 이어서 창의력을 발휘하는, 서로를 응원하는 커뮤니티화 되었다. 하지만 로고가 닥터 스틸의 로봇 밴드 그림인 것을 보면 팬클럽이던 시절의 흔적이 남아있다.
4. 자칭 2대의 등장
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