So this weekend I ended up at Saloncon. It’s a little one day convention in Jersey that focuses on Victorian, and now it seems, steampunk stuff. It’s tiny, and I have little interest in the theme, I was just going to hang out with some friends.

But it got me thinking a tiny bit about steampunk. Coming home I had a realization:

Ash is steampunk. Well, in Army of Darkness at least. I mean come on! He makes himself a metal hand that is powered by tension gears and levers. He retrofits his broken down car to become the Deathcoaster, which is steam-powered, including a giant propeller on the front – for Deadite choppin’ don’cha know.

And yet all these people dressed up in steampunk attire and such, giant, elaborate fake robot arms on themselves, goggles and soot and boots and … none of them dress as Ash. Is he not recognized as steampunk by people? Do they try and disown him? That would be foolish. So that must not be it. I dunno. All I know is Ash is the man.

Ash – Steampunk before steampunk was steampunk.