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  "textContent": "Thanks for returning to Some Sorta Recap, where I reuse my favorite Word of the Moment– _catawampus_ – to describe whatever the fuck I'm thinking of whatever the fuck I'm reading (or watching).\n\nAs I threatened after reading Robotech 2017 (eurgh), we're going right back in it with Robotech Remix. All I know is Lynn Minmei is probably missing, Dana Sterling is taking point in the plot, and Max Sterling is very likely gonna get the brakes beaten off him in this continuity.\n\nToday's rantsona is brought to you by... a surprise. Read on to find out!\n\n## Do I Have To Go Back There?\n\nSo a quick-and-dirty recap of the prelude? prequel? that was established in Robotech 2017 called uh, _Curtain Call_. It was a side story they put in the last few issues. And since it was made abundantly clear that Things are Gonna be So Different, Things are Indeed Different.\n\nLike Max and Miriya _absolutely_ not being together.\n\nFamily drama aside, Minmei is apparently missing. During a concert (and failed rekindling date) _someone_ also hijacked the signal and was doing some haxxors and doing all sorts of weird stuff and all we got is some dude torrenting from this bike or something.\n\n...\n\nOkay, for realsies (though I did just sum it up). During their date at a hologram Minmei concert (not her, in the flesh, because she apparently _died offscreen at some point!?_) someone began hacking and taunting Max. And instead of being Present in the Moment, Max started freaking out over the implications of such a blatant disregard for data security, instead of giving Miriya any sort of attention.\n\nWhich, I get it. I'd be alarmed if Hatsune Miku started addressing me directly as if we were personal pals during World War 33 1/2 and asking if I was still in touch with Strawberry Tower. I'd be fucking tweaking. _On the other hand_ , this dork also shrugged off any concerns Miriya had– the girl just asked if he could _communicate_ what the big deal was– and instead he outright stated that whatever the fuck was going on was more important than them trying to make it work. She was _trying_ and he just... yeah. I'd feel incredibly slighted, too. Enough to punch a guy.\n\nThe panels before disaster.\n\nSo what I'm saying is, Max honey, you should've taken _me_ to this Recording of a Deceased Cultural Idol. I'd be a little upset, sure, at first, but we're both clearly fuckin' nerds that need to get to the bottom of things. Our priorities would've eventually aligned to _what the hap is fuckening_.\n\nBut Miriya is not me, and she needs some respect, here!\n\nYour next date will be somewhere relaxing, without a direct line to your work (you fucking workaholic) and you can actually give her the attention she deserves. We can make this work.\n\nShit, I mean\n\n _men, amirite?_ Cue laugh track!\n\nDana and Max make for the bridge to investigate. There, they meet up with Rick Hunter and the Bridge Bunny crew to triangulate where the signal was coming from. Like most things, it was coming from inside the house. Er, ship.\n\nTheir attempt to apprehend the hacker was ultimately unsuccessful. The concert, they correctly deduced, was a cover for data theft. But what did they steal? And why? And from/to where? And Dana also ripped a whole hole into the hull to circumvent a locked door which was pretty funny.\n\nAlso here's that dude using Transmission on his motorcycle. God, I love the future.\n\nBut can he play card games on it?\n\nOh, yeah. Minmei lives. Because of course she does! Real idols never die!\n\n> _But it's only four issues. I think. What can possibly go wrong?_\n\nlmao let's fucking find out\n\n### btw\n\nSince I was a huge wonk about it previously, I am pleasantly surprised in the very first panel. Here we got the lastest in idol, Aahna, introducing herself:\n\nYeah, I'm still pissed about what the previous series did to Claudia's hair.\n\nSooooooo... let's move on.\n\n## Nothing is the Same Anymore (once more, with feeling)\n\nLisa is Captain. So is Max. Him and Miriya aren't together. Rick's been missing for a week. _Dana is here far earlier than originally scheduled._ And, like, everyone knows about that.\n\nShe gets on a talkshow to explain how she got here, and how her parents were not only badasses but badasses _in love_ in her home/original/NotThisDivorceTimeline dimension. Also how she got sent back in time to save the universes and stuff. Typical Saturday Night with Jay O'Brien late night stuff.\n\nIntroverts everywhere can relate.\n\nThat nightmare aside, we get a bit of the family dynamic. Miriya, to no one's surprise, is a complete hardass of a mom. Dana is the Designated Older Sister Type to Bowie Grant, when she isn't reminiscing over happier times from her other life.\n\nIt's a weird thing. Overall, bittersweet. There's the undercurrent of Dana constantly comparing this reality to her own, and everyone in her immediate circle is aware that, any moment now, there will be a way to send her home. Especially Bowie, her best friend significantly younger than she is. He's hyperaware of the fact that he's not _her_ Bowie.\n\n...\n\nMax is.\n\nWell.\n\nHe's drawn nice?\n\nThat can't be good.\n\nHe is strict about protocol and as we've already seen, all about the mission. He takes his job very seriously. And we do need that energy later when new characters literally _pop out of a moon_.\n\nDON'T DO THAT HE PISSED ON IT\n\nHey, I'm getting ahead of myself.\n\noh shiiiiiiii\n\nNah, fuck it. There's nothing else important going on like _Max's two other kids from another mother or anything._\n\nBack to the whole pissing-on-the-moon thing. They break out of that sphere of cheese and wave \"hi\" to Lisa as she informs Max that they're heading her way via Discord call. But thanks to it being a time anomaly and all, it may be the key to getting Dana back home. But in the meantime, it's a code red, Hunter is furtively paged one last time, and Dana is requested on the bridge.\n\nAnd girl wants to go _home_. With some \"YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD!\" energy she storms right out to try and salvage this, instead of staying put and monitor the situation like a good not!daughter.\n\nDads, amirite?\n\nAnd from what we gather, two mysterious dimension-hopping ships are having a good ol' dogfight around New Macross City. Well, that's being generous. A drawn-from-memory red Zentradi mech was too busy _beating the brakes_ off a Deja Vu Veritech fighter to give Dana and co much mind.\n\nI'm going to be using that phrase __a lot.__\n\nThe loser crash lands and... oh. He's here to kill her. Because of course.\n\nBad OPSEC!\n\nBack at base, Rick Hunter is still AWOL and _this close_ to getting court martialed and thrown in a brig for chasing clues of Minmei's possible whereabouts (theoretically). They also discuss the recent skirmish-and-time-shenanigans. The Sterlings also get a little chewed out for, idk, having lives outside the conference room. How dare we not try to abandon our kids at daycare!?\n\nBut. Yeah, those two guys? They landed in the Zentradi graveyard, and will be in touch with the rest of the cast soon. Since we last cut away from Dana's future assassin, we get some focus on the other pilot that was whupping his ass: Linux Motorcycle Guy.\n\nHe knows about lizards and timed hits.\n\nHe needs more of that sweet, sweet Robotech to get his mech out of its crater and eventually, back home. And his sensors indicate Robotech Stuff right around the corner... where Miriya's day job of salvaging is.\n\n--okay. This is bullshit. Miriya gets the brakes beaten off her, too. _This is bullshit._ I'm tired of the draws and and losses! Let my girl win at least _one_ of the fucking fights she's in!\n\nbaby parade baby parade!\n\nMeanwhile, kids will be (latchkey) kids. Fixing motorbikes. Being upcyclers. Consuming sugar against the wishes of their probably-hardass fathers. Stumbling upon the loser in an aforementioned one-sided dogfight during their one-sided motorbike race for more salvage.\n\nYou should see the other guy (because the other guy is in much better shape).\n\nBut now we're more in contact with The Other Guy. They help him out, because we need a little dramatic irony. Dana's friends, helping out her would-be killer? Classic.\n\nNot pictured: Karen Penn. KAREN! RICK NEEDS TO SPEAK TO THE MANAGER KAREN\n\nOh are you fucking kidding me--\n\n**EXCUSE ME!?**\n\n## ZOMBIES!!!!\n\nYOU HEARD ME, MICRONIAN. ZOMBIES FOR SOME FUCKING REASON.\n\nWHY ARE THERE ZOMBIES\n\n _WHY ARE THERE FUCKING ZOMBIES_\n\n _WHY WERE THEY BURIED IN FULL SUITS OF ARMOR AND SHIT?_ WHO THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA\n\nTHEY GOT INTO THIS!RICK'S VERITECH AND GOT THE FUCK OUTTA THERE\n\nI fucking love comics.\n\n## ...Anyway\n\nBefore the plot comes storming in and tosses a murderous heavily-injured guy on their couch, we do have a quiet moment between BFFs, Bowie and Cameron. It's in contrast to a tense phone call with Bowie's parents as Dana worked late, missed picking him up, and has no idea where he is.\n\nBut with Captain Eratz Rick Hunter quietly bleeding out in the kid's vicinity (not to mention the super cool mech the cooler Another Older Sister Type managed to steer home)... she'll find out.\n\nAlso, he _is_ trying to kill her. Because from where's he's standing, everyone he loves is dead and it's all her fault. Killed them all and stuff. Ergo, _revenge!_\n\nIt's giving \"Dante Hicks absolutely losing it on Randal in that jail cell from __Clerks 2__.\"\n\n...and you're telling me,\n\nthe child of two Ace Pilots and (I assume) rigorous military and self-defense training,\n\n_can't break out of this simple chokehold by a half-dead dude?_\n\nThe ladies in this comic do not beat the brakes off people _nearly enough_. What the fuck? Who do you take me for? This some Bullshit Squared. Men wrote this, obviously.\n\n(Joke aside– I know, she's only human. It's different when it's someone who looks like someone you know is choking you. And she's like, what? Still a teen? Let me shut the fuck up and cut her some slack, actually.)\n\nRegardless. It takes a wrench to the head by Bowie and now look at him, he's got trauma now. Someone hug this baby. Where's Claudia to take care of her nephew!? What is she doing? (We'll find out later. Maybe.)\n\nfree him\n\nWith emo!Rick down for the count (but not so down as able to just Sneak The Fuck Off when no one was looking), the plot marches on. As true with your dramas and comedies, the rest of the important main characters eventually convene on in the Baker's household.\n\nMiriya shows up, Max shows up, I'm pretty sure Miriya calls Max a slur in Zentraedi**[1]** , Dana breaks it up for the thousandths time, Max has a _complete meltdown_ because how dare this woman be near his precious little twin angels because she's a _murderer_ and– weren't you a _soldier_ , ol' top? Get the _fuck_ outta here with this shit.\n\nThis Max sucks. Kill him, Mimi. (also, the meme reference)\n\n...\n\nIn his defense she did _war crimes_. Allegedly. Please don't sue me mommy\n\n--Hey, what's Linux Motorcycle Guy Up To?\n\n\"I have a name, asshole!\"\n\nOnce Arminius LMG Blanc was done beating the brakes off my Warrior Queen, he's been wandering around doing Hero in Another Story stuff and talking to more lizards probably.\n\n## And– Oh, Right! _ZOMBIES!!!!!_\n\nThanks to space-time being absolute bollocks lately because of those two interlopers, there's a bit of a zombie problem. Seriously. Whose bright idea was it to bury these fuckers with hot weapons?\n\nBefore Miriya can call Max _another_ slur and Max can threaten putting her ass back in prison, a stressed Lisa Hayes calls upon Dana to unfuck her situation because _zombie Zentradi are shooting at her and the idol she's with._ Until the cavalry arrives, she distracts them with a prototype **U.N. Spacy Minmay Attack stratagem** (Wikipedia). And until the beefier cavalry arrives, Dana defends the shuttle but can't bring herself to shoot \"her own people\" despite the fact that they're _obviously dead zombies just kill them with fire!_\n\nBut what actually lures them away is some sick Timeline Recovery moves from Arminius \"Beat Da Brakes Off Yuh\" Blanc. He lures them with Vibes, and wipes them off this side of the Time Variance Authority.\n\nBut– like you were really worried– the shuttle managed to land safely with the crew only a little shaken up.\n\n## You Forgot About the Idol, Didn't You?!\n\nNo!\n\nHonest!\n\nI know how important singers are in the ROBOTECH/Macross universe! It's just... other than Aahna's stellar introduction, she's only mentioned in passing until Issue 4... in the main story, anyway. She is here, because Minmei isn't.\n\nShe's heading to New Macross City to kick off her concert tour (keeping the populace tranquil, you know, bread and circuses?). I don't know what her deal is. Other than looking wistful when Rick was mentioned in her presence, I got nuthin'.\n\nBut so far, I like her. There's even some Bilingual Bonus because other cultures also exist, despite what our (US) government tries to pretend otherwise:\n\n\"While the heavens turn inside / Would you like to dance with me?\"\n\n### Some Other Stuff\n\nThe past two issues also had lil side supplemental stories, too; similar to how _Curtain Call_ was introduced. They flesh out the world a little more, and they're fun! And there's _more_ Aahna! That's great because I got _n o t h i n g_ about her in the main story. I'm certain that would've changed with future installments.\n\nFirst up, we get the 101 on how time's working 'round these parts. Thanks to Protoculture tech, you can tweak things just so and travel space _and_ time! With caveats.\n\nDO NOT MESS WITH TIME (unless Rick says it's okay and sends you back in time)\n\nAlso, advice for when you meet _yourself?_ Take care of 'em/yourself like a houseplant and buy Aahna's new hit single, \"Don't Do The Obvious Thing You Fucking Pervert (Southern Cross).\"\n\nAs for the second side story...\n\noh.\n\n_Oh!_\n\n_she's a stan. A Rick stan._\n\n\"My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why...\"\n\nBut seriously. She does outright mention _\"her\"_ Rick, so there could be more Protoverse multiverse nonsense at play we're not privy to yet. Or these are just fun asides with no bearing to the rest of the plot. None at all! Nope!\n\n### Also\n\n**PUT SOME RESPECT ON _MACROSS: DO YOU REMEMBER LOVE?_ 'S NAME!!!!!! **Released and found on Blockbuster's shelves as \"Clash of the Bionoids,\" so Aahna honey you got no excuse! And _hello_ , fansubs? The thing CrunchyRoll got popular for before they decided to get all legit and evil?\n\nShame, shame, shame! Straight to hell! You're on probation from the Rick Hunter Fanclub until you get your shit together. We do this because we love you.\n\n## Speaking of the _Other_ OTP...\n\nLisa also tagged along in Aahna's private shuttle as a priority guest, because she's captain and she can do that. She got word that they found Rick, only to find out that it wasn't _her_ Rick, and then they were getting shot at by zombies, so we still don't know\n\n## Where the Fuck Is Rick?\n\nOh-- there's Claudia!\n\nFuck if _we_ know. Roll tide!\n\n## Issue 5, Though\n\n>  _But it's only four issues. I think. What can possibly go wrong?\n>\n>  --me, concluding _my recap of Robotech 2017\n\nThrough all my _ahem_ myriad ways, when my eyes came upon \"To Be Continued...\", my heart skipped a beat. And then prepared to nut up, shut up, and do some serious searching for the rest of the series– and see if my local comic book shop can add it to my pulls.\n\nYeah, about that.\n\n### Fuck you, shit's canceled.\n\n_The_ thing that could possibly go wrong _did._ If Reddit is to be believed, the artist for Robotech Remix never got further than the cover and rough drafts for the insides. That was about 4 years ago.\n\nDEEP SIGH\n\n## Final Thoughts\n\nDespite my low expectations and the bad taste Titan Comics left in my mouth from 2017, I ended up really enjoying the issues that I did read. It's a shame that there's a lot of loose ends and plot threads that we'll be stuck wondering about til the end of time. Or until they randomly come out of hiatus.\n\n  * Will Dana ever make it home?\n  * Will our OTP ever reconcile?\n  * Who _is_ the mother of those precious darlings?\n  * Where did Minmei go?\n  * Did all of Aahna's concerts sell out?\n  * How many Ricks _are_ there?\n  * When will I watch Macross 7?\n  * And who will Arminius beat the brakes off of next, and why should it be Max?\n\n\n\nEh, there's always fanfiction. (And someone go tell Aahna that.)\n\n### The Not-Rating: Child OC While Being in a Throuple with Max and Miriya Sterling/5\n\nAs promised, I kept today's rantsona until the end.\n\nEveryone, meet Vela! Like most of the fam they know their way around Veritechs– in piloting _and_ as a mechanic, being partial to the FA-109. They also love tinkering with Mama Miriya's old Queadluun-Rau, especially since they spend most of their time macronized.\n\n\"Say hi, Vela.\" \"Hi Vela!\" Courtesy of this Black-Centered Picrew.\n\nHow'd they get here?! Well.\n\nPicture it: in this loving non-monogamous relationship, I'm the normie civilian that makes a great foil to 'em. I tell them to not overwork themselves before I become a hypocrite writing technical manuals about various Roboteching in the wee hours of the night. We take turns breaking coffee machines and playing a lot of battle sims, actually.\n\n...\n\nThen, we get it in our heads to have a science baby with all three of our DNA stuff, and have it cook for nine months in some Zendtradi tech! Boom, baby! (And later, middle child? We can work out the details later.)\n\n__*Protoculture stops__ *\n\nWell, _I_ had fun with that.\n\nI love committing to the bit.\n\n* * *\n\n**[1]** this may be the only time I spelled this correctly",
  "title": "Not This Shit Again: Robotech Remix",
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