Danny is tricky.

> > > An amusing aside, not sure if you want to use it or if you'd rather I tie it in: If the Psychic Samurai has been replaced by a Space Fandom, that would be really amusing because she's highly self-aware with her extended abilities. If the Space Fandom copied her accurately enough, it too would be self-aware. It would know it's a Space Fandom, and annoyingly cooperate with the heroes. > > I'm guessing that since Chiaki was in the Arctic battle zone at the time of the big transfer she'd be left behind as one of the genuine humans. And since most of the Space Fandoms don't know they're Space Fandoms until the thing they're programmed to do comes round then that might give her some very confusing psychic inputs. > Oh, I missed that part. I thought it was anyone on Earth who wasn't stuck in the Land that Time Forgot.

I'd considered doing it that way but decided it missed too many characters out on all the fun.

> > But if you have a good story to tell with it the other way round, with Chiaki being substituted, then go for that one instead. > I thought it was amusing right up until the part where it becomes story destroying. If Chiaki has been substituted, the substitute would probably know about all the replacements and screw things up. > The alternative would have been her replacement being discovered early, or killed early, because it lacks the perceptiveness that keeps the real Chiaki a couple steps ahead of everyone.

I guess Chiaki would sense a general wrongness with the planet but could only pinpoint the problem when a Fandom remembered the truth and came to kill her.

> I have an "empty earth" story in reserve if I need it. Right now it's in the "hold" pile.

I think we should be ready for that in a week or so's time. I might get delayed by a planned trip to London for the episode after that.

> > Danny may well have intimidated Vinnie. Penguins are good but needed replacing in this instance. > I guess either there will be a pissing contest to show whether Danny or Vinnie is more scary, or someone will yell at the two of them for creating one.

Vinnie's not really into that, and he's not really into scary (although he would be scary of he allowed himself to be). Now Danny and Tom Black, that would be a pissing contest.

> I still say penguins are better.

In the end the part went to the puffins.

> One time I had the Hooded Hood and Faite work together briefly. They're perfect complements of each other - they can't destroy each other, and therefore aren't at all afraid of each other. It also, of course, means they bicker constantly about everything, and annoy each other. > Their abilities also complement each other - the Hooded Hood re-writes the past, and Faite re-writes the present. If they stop bickering and work together, they can make permanent changes that leave no sign anything has been changed (of course I bet the office-holders and the Carnifex both want to prevent just that). > But getting them to cooperate, that's another matter.

The Hood is moving very circumspectly, both because the Carnifex's gambit right now is to lure out, map, then neutralise each guardian of the Parodyverse as they get involved, and for another reason yet to be revealed.

It's also true to say that only Flapjack - and through him the Hood - is aware of the Carnifex's involvement with the Moderator, the first hint that anyone might have that he's not what he seems.