{"id":98734,"date":"2026-02-27T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=98734"},"modified":"2025-10-25T22:52:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T02:52:47","slug":"footfall-and-cultural-blindspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/02\/27\/footfall-and-cultural-blindspots\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Footfall<\/em> and Cultural Blindspots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ngn3B3NnkW8?si=a4jDf9tTzAAuyLb9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Feral Historian<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 24 Oct 2025<\/p>\n<p>Niven and Pournelle&#8217;s tale is one of the classics of the alien invasion genre and is deserving of more attention these days than it gets. Space elephants, asteroid strikes, and Orion battleships. Let&#8217;s get to it. <\/p>\n<p>This one has been sitting in the WiP folder since early spring. There&#8217;s not much <em>Footfall<\/em> art out there and for whatever reason &#8230; I can&#8217;t seem to draw elephants.  <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n03:25 The Herd(s)<br \/>\n07:13 The Foot and Michael<br \/>\n10:13 Flushing the Story<br \/>\n12:33 Launch and Negotiations<br \/>\n15:50 Takeaways<br \/>\n18:06 Rounding Corners<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Link to William Black&#8217;s &#8220;Michael&#8221; ship artwork. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2R0cDBrazdVTlJpa2dCYk0wQTdxY1JTeW9VZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsMWczU2JhV0tKcUQ1VlNZNllJNEp5T2ZCY3Y0LWtpUEQtNkUwSHNlWFhzamxZcnZSM3NZcEctTFRJd0s0WXFqNFAyUmw4SVZFdG5XT28tbl9tRVBfWXZJQy1WU0JucTNqM0ZqbGoxWkFRQ29PcDJSWQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deviantart.com%2Fwilliam-black%2Fart%2FMichael-508661509&#038;v=Ngn3B3NnkW8\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/william-bl&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 Patreon   | patreon.com\/FeralHistorian<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 Ko-Fi     | ko-fi.com\/feralhistorian<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 and Merch! | feral-shop.fourthwall.com<br \/>\nStill plugging <em>Ninti&#8217;s Gate<\/em><br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 amazon.com\/dp\/B0CYXH9BWD<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 also on Kobo<br \/>\nkobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/ninti-s-gate?sId=f30f9d90-907a-449a-aeab-7b25215297f1<\/p>\n<p>Correction 1:05 &#8211; Dawson is a Congressman, not a Senator.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feral Historian Published 24 Oct 2025 Niven and Pournelle&#8217;s tale is one of the classics of the alien invasion genre and is deserving of more attention these days than it gets. 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