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Disney’s TRON 2.0 | 2015 | Limited Series

When a wayward young script named Quorra offers Jet Bradley and his best friend Sam Flynn a once-in-a-lifetime chance to enter the Digital World, they begin living a double life that radically alters their perception of reality.

Season 1: 10 Episodes

S1E1 “The Legend of Sam Flynn” | 81m | The graffiti tag “1982 Forever” begins to appear all over Valley High. Sam is accused of the vandalism. To clear his name he enlists the help of a delinquent artist named Beth Wilder.

S1E2 “The Perfect Score” | 42m | When he gets dragged into an elaborate cheating scheme by Sam’s new friend Beth, Jet decides to take matters into his own hands.

S1E3 “Separate Ways”  | 52m | Going through his mother’s old things, Jet discovers an old journal and photo-album that chronicles the last six years of his mother’s tenure at ENCOM and the reason for her departure.

S1E4 “Blast From The Past”  | 81m | Lora returns from Washington and reunites with Flynn. Flynn suspects someone found his old server. Quorra’s message leads Sam and Jet to Walter Gibbs’s old home.

S1E5 “Grey Thief”  | 81m | When Sam is famed for hacking Valley High’s mainframe, Jet joins forces with Beth Wilder to find the culprit. Meanwhile, Jet is getting messages from a secret admirer.

S1E6 “White Throne, v1”  | 81m | Kevin and Lora’s investigation leads them to Eva and Annie, employees of FCon Industries and Elfwood Studios. Alan catches Sam and Jet breaking into ENCOM. Chaos ensues.

S1E7 “Teller's Gambit”  | 46m | Are Quorra’s programmer and Jet’s secret admirer the same person? A suspicious Sam tries to figure out Teller’s intentions before Jet and their secret is exposed.

S1E8 “Thorne In My Side”  | 45m | J.D Thorne sends [his programs] Tek and Odorus after Quorra before she can escape the old server. Sam is trapped on the Game Grid by the ICP after Jet goes missing with Teller. Alan gets an S.O.S page from Jet.

S1E9 “White Throne, v2”  | 45m | Young Intern and Star programmer, Eva Popoff begins tracking unusual activity in the FCon server and happens across Thorne's plans to sell company data on the black market.

S1E10 “Sweetness, Are You Listening?”  | 81m | It turns out Sam was worried about the wrong blonde. Jet comes to terms with his feelings for Beth. Eva and Annie are offered a job at ENCOM. Quorra finally meets the legendary Tron.

Teaser: TRON 2.0  | 1m

Trailer: TRON 2.0 | 2m

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Subroutine (Tron 2.0/Tron Legacy Rewrite)

Subroutine - [23/30] - T (PG-13) - Jet Bradley lived in a world of computers, his entire life was built around them. But the idea of conscious, living programs lurking within a computer system isn't a reality he can comprehend. Not even when he finds himself smack in the middle of it. An alternate canon fusion of the TRON 2.0 and LEGACY universes.

First Clean Up (8.21.2018 -11.28.2018)

Second Clean Up (3.30.26 -4.30.26)

Last Update (7.28.19)

[subroutine-fic]

Subroutine (Tron 2.0/Tron Legacy Rewrite)

Subroutine - [23/30] - T (PG-13) - Jet Bradley lived in a world of computers, his entire life was built around them. But the idea of conscious, living programs lurking within a computer system isn't a reality he can comprehend. Not even when he finds himself smack in the middle of it. An alternate canon fusion of the TRON 2.0 and LEGACY universes.

First Clean Up (8.21.2018 -11.28.2018)

Second Clean Up (3.30.26 -4.30.26)

Last Update (7.28.19)

Subroutine has officially been republished on SQWA and proofread on FFNet a second time since 2018.

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Subroutine (Tron 2.0/Tron Legacy Rewrite)

Pragmata [1/1] - PG - [AU] Legacy/2.0 (Subroutine 'verse). Tron and Lora want the same thing. Kevin isn’t likely to budge on the issue.

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Fragmentation: A 'Subroutine' Series

Fragmentation I [4/4] - PG-13 - AU. Subroutine 'verse. More fragmented pieces of narrative from the "Subroutine Universe". Tales span from Edward Dillinger, Walter Gibbs, Mercury, and Jethro Bradley. Fragmentation II [10/10] - PG-13 - AU. Subroutine 'verse. Progress demands that the sacrifice of others is necessary. The victims, of course, have no say in the matter. Unless you're a User, that is. Fragmentation III [3/3] - PG-13 - AU. Subroutine 'verse. More fragments of the Subroutine short story series, focusing primarily on Mercury, Quorra, Jet Bradley, and Sam Flynn. Fragmentation IV [6/6] - PG-13 - AU. Subroutine 'verse. Five Times Someone Told Jet Bradley they loved him, and One Time He Didn't Think It Was Just Sentiment. Following Jet from October 1988 to November 2009.

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"TRON: Ares will feature characters going into the real world"

Tron's biggest issue aside from Disney's horrendous timing (for anniversaries or reboots) and inability to actually promote the IP, is that computers and the very concept of the internet are no longer the mysteries they once were back in the 80s and 90s.

Where TRON failed to capitalize on a very young audience's curiosity about the internet (and technology), things like ReBoot and other series like Digimon, Batman Beyond, and Code Lyoko, occupied that space to different degrees.

(I think TRON 2.0. was in a place to capitalize on my demographic, but the lack of promotion and prerequisite of having to watch the original film was probably a bigger barrier to entry than desirable in the 2000s. Being an FPS probably didn't help either given the era was more third-person or platform-geared.)

I think the growing computer and internet literacy issue hitting later generations rn (intentionally manufactured by tech companies) is something I think a TRON story could use to its advantage. Ain't nobody thinking that deeply, though.

Digital characters entering the real world was always an idea I thought shattered the suspension of disbelief for an already out-there concept. That TRON: Legacy never actually got the chance to execute that goofiness was a blessing in disguise.

Alas, Disney's obsession with pushing IP in directions that don't suit it remains steadfast.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: "Subroutine" and Archive of Our Own

Subroutine and all its related stories are no longer available on Archive of Our Own. I will not passively or actively support the website's Zionist leanings on top of denying the active genocide (by calling those declarations an "antisemitic trope") going on in occupied Palestine.

I'd say that was a tough choice, but honestly?

I'm glad to be away from that cesspool.

I urge anyone to withhold monetary or publication support from the OTW/AO3. Name and shame them, because they've already done a bang up job of suppressing their actions, and uncritical AO3 supporters are complicit in helping them do that.

Remember to:

Listen to and amplify the voices of Palestinians on the ground (wizard_bisan1, motaz_azaiza, ismail.jood) or in the diaspora (iamsbeih, anat_international, byplestia).

Read about the history and culture of Palestine.

Support LGBT+ Palestinian voices pushing against US and Zionist peddling of Pinkwashing, Islamophobia, and anti-Arab stereotypes (of pre/post-9/11 xenophobia that allowed them to invade the Middle East and destroy millions of lives)

Boycott, Divest, and Sanction all parties and actors (lit., actors) involved with the genocide of Palestine, it's people, land, history, and culture. Yes, that means local, non-profits, or non-corps offering sympathy or monetary support of the Zionist movement and all forms of military or government bodies here in the states or abroad.

Do your research: visit the Palestine Archive, Palestine Academy, Decolonize Palestine.

Support organizations like Jewish Voices For Peace and Students for Justice for Palestine.

Call your representatives and demand they vote no on the numerous anti-Arab/Palestine bills or resolutions Zionist organizations such as the ADL and AIPAC are trying to push through. Keep calling them, make yourself a nuisance to these people.

Look into projects like Open Secrets, Olive Grove, Vote Socialist 2024, and in general, become more involved in your community and general elections. Look into what unions like United Auto Workers (UAW) and [Iowa City] Starbucks Workers United (SWU) are doing with regards to Palestine.

Look into supporting Unions working toward a General Strike.

Support anti-Zionist Jewish voices (sexualityscholar). They're gonna be your best source on why you shouldn't support a white nationalist movement that's, in part, responsible for the spikes in Islamophobia and antisemitism across the world.

Support Pro-Palestine content creators (realgodivagoddess, jupiterbaal, blacademics) trying to raise awareness about the genocide going on right now, but avoid grifters like Shaun King (aka, Talcum X/Yasser Arafraud).

Support news publications like Aljazeera or Jewish Currents who are covering the ongoing genocide and pushing back against disinformation and misinformation peddled by ADL and AIPAC.

Avoid Zionist websites like Facts for Peace and Jewbelong (dot org). - Honestly, start using adblockers to avoid being blasted by Zionist ads on YouTube, and etc.

Download the No Thanks app, and use bdnaash to avoid Pro-Zionist brands.

Be wary of/avoid Washington Post/Times, LA Times, BBC, Sky News, the Guardian, ABC News, WBAL CH11, JZ13, CNN, Fox News (srsly), or any other legacy news org. They are actively aiding in the misinformation and disinformation campaign against the Palestinians, and have fired news anchors or journalists questioning the Zionist agenda.

Watch Israelism, Tantura, and Palestinian cinema/films (GQME, PC).

Read the Goldstone Report, IMEU article on broken ceasefires, amnesty internationals report of illegal settlements in Palestine

Look into ongoing genocides or destabilization efforts in Haiti (bertrhude, flowerboyserge), Sudan (bsonblast), Lebanon (meriam awada), Syria (AJ), the Democratic Republic of Congo (sincerelysparrow), Yemen (AJ), etc., going across the Global South. Look at who the common actors are, who benefits from this chaos.

Archive and save all information about this current genocide and cultural history of Palestine. Because they will be trying to rewrite the story, and are doing it as we speak.

There are some just a few of the things you can do to support Palestine and support your own liberation from systems that have brought most of to the brink of poverty, zero job security, lack of proper healthcare, the destruction of our education system, erosion of free speech, and houselessness.

Happy New Year.

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