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Reply Subj: Well, so long as spiffy has everything under control out there. Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 at 10:51:39 pm EDT (Viewed 602 times) | |||||||
Quote: And Gothametropolis thought it had it rough when he was just mayor... It did. Quote: An entertaining story set in the slimiest place on Earth! I too quite liked the interactions of the common folk as they observed the cascading apocalypse that was boiling across their city. The Parodyverse is filled with a hearty stock, I think.I think comics miss quite a bit of emotional resonance when they don't ground things in the reactions of everyday folks - or even lass than everyday folks. One of the things I dislike about the X-mutant ethos is that "they're only prejudiced norms" stuff. Nobody is normal. Everybody has a story. Even the guy who makes the red shirts. Quote: I'm a bit alarmed to see that press releases of Vizh's position have been making the rounds before the official announcement. Well, it's about time he started earning his paycheck. Um... there is a paycheck involved, right?I think we're massively overdue for a Vizh story on that count. I've been trying to fudge continuity so as not to undercut it. Not wishing to Dancer you but... get on with it. And I'd expect the alien community to be rather more up-to-date with what Vizh was doing (or going to do) than the population of Earth or even his associates. Especially if there were Caphan girls in the newsreels. Quote: Squibb's role was fun. One note, which I'm not sure has been established or not: Lust is probably the one vice Squibb doesn't revel in. He's very cold-blooded in that regard, and mammals' preoccupation with sex is baffling to him. To him, fertilization is something you do ideally after the female has left the room, largely because it's expected for her to devour her mate out of general testiness, hunger or simply boredom. And maybe also devour a few of the eggs after they hatch, if she can be bothered to show up. Don't even get him started on Mother's Day. I've amended a tiny part of the posted story to reflect this. Quote: I imagine his confused thinking on the matter in Badripoor is probably due to some vile scent or pheromone in the environment coincidentally triggering his reproductive instinct... otherwise, no male on his planet would be foolish enough to ever show up for a date.Maybe that's why he's interested in the way other species manage to mate without such a high body count? Quote: I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone gets out of this intact. Well, probably not everyone will, but still...Why should the story end badly for anyone? Can't we all just get along? | |||||||
