By the turn of the millennium, with the advent of the internet, a looming threat was on the horizon. The internet had provided avenues for charismatic creatures such as the Siren and Nix to begin reaching whole new crops of victims to be swayed by their acts. Those who were in the know watched in great anticipation and fear as the internet’s power continued to grow and become a valuable resource for those who would corrupt it. And, with the announcement of a new talent show called Pop Idol, an old fear returned from the depths.
Once upon a time, the Sirens had attempted a similar strategy. Though the 80s had been marked primarily by Reaganomics and the unleashing of the old god Gordon Gekko upon civilization, the lesser known crisis brought on by Star Search had been monitored closely by those who feared the coming of a Siren overlord. Ed McMahon, an early thrall of the Sirens provided an audience for fledgling Sirens attempting to gain power through the use of television. But with the cancellation of the show in 1995, Ed McMahon was once again returned to his tomb and the threat was averted.
Until the announcement of Pop Idol and it’s American counterpart.
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| Clearly an attempt to summon an ancient evil from the depths of the sea |
With the more powerful networking resources available to them, the Sirens would easily be able to take the world over in short form with this new resource. More importantly, the act of getting the audience to interact with the show meant thousands of people would be drawn in deeper. It was only a matter of time before this Pop Idol provided the foot hold for our new overlords. But before this fate could befall us, one man stepped forward and said “no” in sarcastic and belittling ways. That man was Simon Cowell.
But how did he prevent our enslavement by the unscrupulous “entertainers” that threatened to flood the airwaves with their song?
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