Post by @Space_Burger_Steve@mstdn.ca

2026-08-09 20:45 UTC

@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social So why don't the people of Adventure Bay object? I think Ryder owns Adventure Bay. Like, the whole region. I think Mayor Goodway was his nanny, who used to tell him about the town in Chile her grandfather used to be mayor of (It might not have been in the movie, but former mayor "Grandpa Grover" was established in the show). I believe the town was abandoned, so Ryder bought it and the surrounding region, and installed Goodway as "mayor," which is why the only political work she does is ribbon cutting, speeches, and other community events. Why buy that land, and where did the money come from? I assume Ryder's money comes from selling technology to the US military. And I believe he left the USA to avoid scrutiny for his "pet project" of developing a team of sentient dogs to do emergency work.

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@Space_Burger_Steve@mstdn.ca 2026-08-09 20:57

@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social I believe Ryder was originally American, and learned engineering at an American University. But where did the sentient, talking dogs come from? That, I think, was not 100% Ryder's invention. I think, while he was in university, he stumbled across an abandoned program from the 70s. One which was attempting to genetically uplift dogs. Their most successful experiments were two great danes, although the older one could barely talk. The experiment shut down when the dogs were liberated by the pot addled hippie who had been volunteering at the facility, last seen with three others in a teal van with large green daisies. I also think that, at the same university, Ryder befriended marine biology and agriculture students Mr. Turbot and Miss Yumi, and offered them funding for their projects if they came to Adventure Bay.

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