Tales of the Parodyverse - The sun rises even if you're not alive to see it. So they sa

Post By

In Reply To

Visionary

Subj: The sun rises even if you're not alive to see it. So they say.
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 03:08:10 pm EST

Reply Subj: You know, the "always darkest before the dawn" saying only works if the sun is actually going to rise the next day.
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 02:47:00 pm EST

<< Prev

NewEmailPrintRSSIndex

Next >>

> An excellent collection of scenes which whittles down the players with brutal efficiency (and quite a bit of entertainment.)

I really had to be efficient, because otherwise there's no way to land this fish. This wasn't an easy chapter to do. Rhiannon has to speak to me quite firmly about it.

> You know how you accused me of really thinking through the whole Denial = Moderator bit? Well, the fact that Shaper is his mother completely slipped my mind, showing how well thought out it really was.

Mine too. Rhiannon pointed it out. She and Samantha can be quite scary.

> Quite the gamble that Flapjack took going to face her... Looks like it didn't pay off. Still, it was worth a good comedic funeral scene, and we could all use more of those in life, I'm sure.

Would it help to know that Flapjack will be in the finale?

> Salieri's reaction to things remains unclear... He *is* the seventh smartest boy in the world, however, and if others can travel and exist beyond the dimension/timeline they originate from, then perhaps he can find a way to exist outside of the changes as well. I'm sure Sam would love to have him haunt her the way that she originally haunted him. Who doesn't want that kind of running commentary on their life?

Salieri will also be in the finale. We can correspond about what I think he's going to do if it helps with your chapter. Alternatively, you could just have Salieri run off into the anomalies and Sam chase after him and leave Vizh and Brap told hold off the enemy.

> Considering that I'll get Fleabot back if we're successful, I suppose I'm not one to talk...

Heh.

> Quite the surprise with the reveal of Baroness Muffy B. Harplicker Dewdrop Ven-Zemo there. I'll see if I can't have some fun with that one in a tie in.

I thought it was the missing element in the whole crazy situation. After all, otherwise the interactions would be mundane and pedestrian.

> I'll be curious to see how Shrike handles the Dominator after this chapter... As of this moment, we don't know for sure if he's our Dominic or, like Doorman, a different one. He's the only current Legionnaire that's still on the Moderator's side, and he's being really ruthless about it. Not that Fleabot is doing much better, mind you... but pulping CSFB's mom could make for some awkward moments around the breakfast table.

I suspect by now that we're dealing with an alternate reality Dom. Certainly the view his writers have taken is that he's a brutal, ruthless bastard. the Meg situation was Kirk's idea, by the way.

> Good set ups, and I look forward to the tie ins and the big finale!

The tie-ins should be fun. I can't say I'm relishing the idea of bringing this home but it deserves to be done. It's playing havok with my other writing schedules, though.

Posted with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 2000

NewEmailPrintRSSIndex

The Moderator Saga #41: Assembling the Pieces, or How To Thin Your Cast Down To Manageable Proportions In Six Bloody Lessons · Despite the best efforts of the board host to stop him, the Hooded Hood moves the plot on · Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 11:56:54 am EST
- How do you DO this? How? · Dancer is thinking about getting a hat so she can take it off to you. And maybe shoes. · Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 05:33:24 am EST
  - As long as you keep the rest on. (no text) · HH · Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 02:26:38 pm EST
- This being schizoid is becoming rather dreary. (no text) · Baroness Elizabeth Zemo has been possessing entirely too many bodies and brains · Sun Feb 17, 2008 at 12:36:30 pm EST
  - It was a last-minute addition when I felt something was missing from the relationship mix of that particular subset. (no text) · HH · Sun Feb 17, 2008 at 02:48:15 pm EST
- I know the deadline is almost up, but I'm still hoping to do at least one tie-in. (no text) · Visionary has had a busy week. · Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 08:46:43 am EST
  - We can always extend the deadline. In fact let's do that. (no text) · HH · Fri Feb 15, 2008 at 05:22:08 pm EST
  - You and me both. Presidents' Day is a nice day to have off, but not when you have early deadlines. (no text) · CrazySugarFreakBoy! · Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 07:41:19 pm EST
    - Deadlines are of the devil. Take the time you need to tell the story you want. (no text) · HH · Fri Feb 15, 2008 at 05:23:12 pm EST
- Poor Mrs. Meng...Partial man is misleading.. (no text) · jack · Wed Feb 13, 2008 at 09:24:06 pm EST
  - It's almost as if he was a villain or something. (no text) · HH · Fri Feb 15, 2008 at 05:22:38 pm EST
- And now, I owe you a tie-in. [Spoilers] · CrazySugarFreakBoy! · Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 12:21:56 am EST
  - Not just me. You owe it to the world. (no text) [Spoilers] · HH · Fri Feb 15, 2008 at 05:12:54 pm EST
- That's quite an interesting story you've assembled there. · L! · Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 07:21:58 pm EST
  - It's supposed to function as a launch pad. · HH · Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 07:45:04 pm EST
- I have never had much success in assembling creatures from component pieces. · Manga Shoggoth · Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 10:44:33 am EST
- These things just never stay small eh? · Hatman · Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 12:56:25 am EST
  - I hardly think I can be blamed for the breadth and size of this one. · HH · Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 04:44:59 am EST
    - Re: I hardly think I can be blamed for the breadth and size of this one. · Hatman · Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 12:54:45 pm EST
  - I think HH meant... · killer shrike · Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 01:51:40 am EST
    - Indeed. (no text) · HH · Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 04:52:00 am EST
- Manageable? [Spoilers] · Anime Jason · Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 04:29:41 pm EST
  - Should be. [Spoilers] · HH · Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 04:50:06 pm EST
    - Re: Should be. [Spoilers] · Anime Jason · Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 06:09:54 pm EST
      - Re: Should be. [Spoilers] · HH · Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 07:48:12 pm EST
        
        Re: Should be. [Spoilers] · Anime Jason · Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 09:48:47 pm EST
        
        Re: Should be. [Spoilers] · HH · Fri Feb 15, 2008 at 05:15:09 pm EST
- As always, you do an excellent job taking all of the disparate plot points and moving them forward. (no text) · killer shrike · Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 04:07:38 pm EST
  - And as always it takes me far too many words to do it. (no text) · HH · Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 04:51:21 pm EST
- You know, the "always darkest before the dawn" saying only works if the sun is actually going to rise the next day. · Visionary · Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 02:47:00 pm EST
  - The sun rises even if you're not alive to see it. So they say. (no text) · HH · Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 03:08:10 pm EST
    - The Sun doesn't rise. It merely squats on its barycentre. (no text) · Manga Shoggoth · Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 05:53:44 am EST
      - The sun doesn't squat. It maintains an almost perfect spheroid. (no text) · HH · Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 07:26:38 am EST
    - Okay, so there was text in the reply above. There isn't in this one. (no text) · HH · Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 03:09:17 pm EST
- Too short, write more. What was written is very good though. (no text) · Rhiannon · Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 12:44:22 pm EST
  - You're really asking to be put up for adoption. (no text) · HH · Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 02:05:10 pm EST