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Subj: I have a note from Sneek, Grabbit, and Thuggery indicating interest is rising by the second. Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 at 07:55:54 pm EST (Viewed 795 times) | Reply Subj: Further payments depend upon interest rates Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 at 03:12:36 pm EST (Viewed 1 times) | ||||||
Funnily enough I was reading a back issue last night where you indicated Alex had found the restore key on your computer and wiped half of the story so you had to do it all again. This time, we can blame the Replicant. See, that villain lives. Quote: First impressions and considered opinions are both valuable feedback.Well, now you get both! Quote: [RE: Ham-Boy] The team really needs a young idealist.Yes indeed. So what is the current line-up as at the conclusion of this tale? It looks like Sally will stay, will Beth/Laurie? G'Eyed? A roll call would be useful. Quote: G-Eyed's very much a spontaneous physical-response guy. Vinnie's a planner think-it-out fellow. They're never going to mesh.And therein lies the good bits. Quote: I e-mailed round as many folks as I still had addresses for when I first posted this arc. Hatman didn't respond and I think G-Eyed's message was one of those that bounced. But by all means, go prod them.I suspect you would have been more successful than I anyway, if it were possible. I don't really have contact and avoid social media. Quote: As far as we know [Ioldobaoth] only used [Amnesia's] corpse as a toolkit. So that's alright.As far as we know is not definitive is it. *shudder* I wonder if he kept her bones? GAH! Why am I even thinking this? Quote: Herringcarp Gothic might possibly make it as a novel one day. Apart from Wangmundo, there are no other people's cast in it at all.Would it work without the context of who the lunatic is? Or would you plan to introduce him first, and then release it later as an origin story? Quote: Already the Hood knew the limits of his power. “I may not redeem you,†he told the spirit of Herringcarp. “Too much would unravel. Too much would be lost.â€Quote: With archvillains it is always best to leave little something up to reader interpretation.Well, I'm interpreting it as the Hood could have redeemed her, but he found himself quite liking the limits of his new power, and did not want it to unravel or lose those. He was talking about what he had gained there. Perhaps he became what Morningstar wanted after all. I'm also convinced Morningstar was more than just what he seemed to be, possibly a conduit setting all this up anyway (by whom? A mystery), but then I'd really need to go back and re-read all the earlier Herringcarp Gothic chapters (which I haven't since their original posting) to be sure on that. Quote: In my original brief epilogue, the Beth-Graham reunion was the first addtion after the Tomb and Asylum scenes.They have a lot of catching up to do. Out of interest, who is Beth's mother? Quote: If I'd still been regularly posting weekly UTs then there would probably have been a courtroom-based issue to resolve all this.I think you did that once with Lisa early on, didn't you? It would have been frustratingly enjoyable in this case though, I am sure. Quote: Explaining how Knifey got back seemed like one mystery too many for what was already an absurdly long issue.Some mysteries aren't meant to be solved. Quote: That was a sub-plot seeded in consultation with another poster for another time, and the opening act of the Da Visionary Code and the no-time-travel peiod that Kyzo mentioned.Stories that you tell us you're never going to write! Quote: It took me four years to clear out my mother's house after she died, and nine months after finishing it I still have a pile of unstored boxes blocking my hall.*nods* I understand only too well, my mother's presence is still scattered around the place, and I don't mean her ashes. I kept her fridge and washing machine. The fridge had a stick of copha in it I just couldn't bring myself to throw out for the longest time. I never used it, but she used to make rum balls for Christmas and that was one of the ingredients. It just sat there happily in the fridge door shelf for the longest time. There is absolutely no logical explanation why I never chucked it, or why I was upset when the washing machine finally bought the bullet (it was very old - twist-knob operated - but worked a lot better than these new fangled ones with buttons and fancy screens). I eventually chucked it - and said goodbye. Makes me smile now. There are still some bits of my father here and there too, and he's been a long time gone. When I moved into my own place I deliberately brought things out to remind me of them. If you can muster up the courage to tackle the boxes I do find it's nice to have some little bits out and around rather than hidden away. Quote: I told you that link was difficult.The Amazons are trying to get free. Quote: Dr Moo has previously posited in Saving the Future that the plane of Corposant Fire is also the origin-point of things like generated meat products, FA's generated clothing, size-changing particle matter, and all the other weird stuff that metahumans can pull from seemingly nowhere.See, Corposant Fire is the key. Quote: I don;t readily recall, but I know some of [the Insanity Stones] were "offscreen". They don't appear to have had any special power-giving properties, which may be why the avoided the Parody Master's Forge.Ah, that's good. I thought I'd missed something. (Wouldn't be the first time). Quote: We may have almost as many characters as a real comic book universe.And better quality ones for a lot of them too! Quote: DBS wrote [Jumbuck] in a rabbit costume, so who am I to change that? Perhaps nobody wants to tell him?Jumbuck: "Are you sure this is a Jumbuck costume?" The Tailor: "Yeth thir, I'm thure." Jumbuck: "Looks like a rabbit to me mate." The Tailor: "You inthult me!" Jumbuck: *shrugs, and takes it anyway* Quote: Nope, because 1. The Hood dated the Faerie Queene, and he wouldn't cheat with her rivall 2. Camellia's not looking her best since her encounter with Magweed, and the rotting flesh, exposed bone, and burrowing maggots can be a turn-off, and 3. Camellia, even with her glamour, is shallow and vain and really not that interesting after an Amazon Queen, two Shapers of Worlds, an amorous advocatrix, a Shee-Yar warrior, and Dancer.LOL, stop gloating. And don't forget Amnesia. Anyway, if I've learnt one thing from reading the stories here it's that making deals with the Fey is treacherous. I hope the Hood gets to experience that. Quote: Quote: Alright, I can put it off no longer. Kyza... Quote: Quote: Son of Harper is a Kylo Ren wannabe. Oh joy. Son, I am disappoint. At least he's not into Ponies, I suppose that's something. Quote: Not that you're judging.Well, not much. I mean who wouldn't want to have an emo kid with grandfather worshiping delusions of grandeur? Luckily, we know that time-travel and future scenarios are often just insights into "possibilities" rather than "actualities". Yeah, that's what I'm clinging to. To be fair, I've forgotten what I had planned for him, or if indeed I every had anything planned. Quote: I suspect that if the Da Visionary Code storyline did happen, Kyza and his siblings would be amongst those deeply involved in it.Good good, proceed. Quote: It was a fun return. I had to figure out what things I'd want to concentrate into Just One More Parodyverse story, since this might be my last chance, and get some resolutions and pay-offs on record.I think resolving the Citizen Z/Laurie/Beth sup-plot was probably the most urgent in terms of needing a resolution. Quote: Thank you for your feedback. Much appreciated. Don't be a stranger.I shall endeavour to not be! | |||||||