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Subj: That would probably kill me.
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 at 03:40:25 pm EST (Viewed 2 times)
Reply Subj: Try to get that nice Amnesia woman to join you.
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 at 08:27:18 am EST (Viewed 530 times)



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    So the villain stands revealed! I admit, I don't recall how Wilbur was ultimately dispatched last time, but I look forward to finding out again (whenever that may occur.).


I am dreading writing the next chapter because I will have to go fimd the references.


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    Interesting way of dealing with Citizen Z in the past, having the two characters who make up her being sisters. It was good seeing her return to form as well and take down Anvil Man and Appendage Man ... couldn't happen to any nicer sleazeballs.


MacGillicuddy isn't really that sleazy in his usual modern incarnation. He even went for a drink with DBS. He's just a blue collar villain-for-hire who can't take his pants off. I actually wrote him a bit nastier under Vernold's influence. Appendage Man - yeah, he needs a lot of kicking all the time.


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    This chapter reminded me that Wangmundo was caught up in that past Herringcarp history, and I admit that his ultimate fate there has slipped my mind. Do you recall which episode featured his last appearance?


He was around in the last couple of chapters of Herringcarp Gothic, and then we had this scene in UT#351:

A swift demolition later, he led the way through a cloud of debris dust into a chamber that was older and cruder than any they had seen before. Vizh shone his comm-card around the space and yelped. “Gah!”

A stone monster loomed over him. Remarkable in Visionary’s experience it was not moving or trying to tear him apart.

Inevitably he recognised it. “I’ve seen this before…”

Amnesia stroked the creature’s granite cheek. “This is my friend Wangmundo,” she whispered. “Trolls turn to stone in daylight. But the Hood promised me, a very long time ago, that this one could be restored when the time was right. I hope it will be soon.”

“And you know a troll because…?”

“I’m his focus object. But mostly I’m his friend. He kept me sane at the worst time of my life. And when you know about my life you realise how worst that must have been. Anyhow, one day I shall restore him – or my friend Valeria of Carfax will. For now, he’s doing what trolls do best. He’s guarding the way.”

“The way to what? You said emergency exit?” asked Hatman.

“Say rather a back door. You know how supervillains love to have a secret way out in case the good guys crush their plans? We’re using one of the Hood’s escape routes, but in reverse.”

“Reverse?” worried Vizh. “As in we’re going into Herringcarp Asylum?”

“Exactly. While Iscanean Went is busy being out of his league with Sir Mumphrey we are heading through… here.”


And then in UT#352, when Laurie expects she'll die:

"Send word to Val and Derek if you can. Tell them that Hatty and Vizh have a tough job for them sometime, bringing back my friend Wangmundo."


And then there is UT#359, of course.


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      Well, you have a lot of tie-ins and artwork to catch up on, for sure.



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      And today I added in-story links for my new chapters that included your BZL Christmas story and Happiness #5.



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    Are these the unpublished ones? Interesting. I have a Magweed story started that would take pre-stabbing.


Splendid. There's a couple of months time gap to work in there.


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      Now, 17 years later, I estimate the chances of Pete being too sore about any relationship issues with Elyse or Elyse noticing that her fictional namesake has been promoted to a descendant of spiffy are relatively small; hence I decided it was probably safe to dust off the plotline and get on with it.



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    That seems like a safe bet. Nice to see it not going to waste, and I'm impressed you actually remember where you were going with that nearly two decades later.


This storyline has required me to dust off a lot of old notes. I even picked up a Meggan Foxxx subplot from Hooded Hood Chronicles #9 (the predecessor series to untold Tales). Because clearly that cannot be left dangling.


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      For a moment there it looked like Vinnie was unemployed. Then he got anihillated too, so that was alright.



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    That's just mean. I've been wiped out of existence and had to go through the unemployment line there with Fleabot and Quoth. It's not fun.


Depends whether you're in it or reading the story.


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      These days I always have to try and balance Hatman - Sorcy scenes a little carefully.



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    Personally, I like that dynamic between them. Admittedly, I personally don't take fictional relationships between fictional characters, even avatars, seriously, but it's a good compromise that works well in the story.


It's strange to think back to me writing a story about Lisa giving birth to Christopher - in PV continuity - to explain how this superceded her six other children by poster characters or villains. I can only imagine what not-fictional-Christopher, now reportedly driving, might make of the density of slut jokes about his saintly mother - including some not written by Lisa.

Of course, spiffy always felt cheated that nobody ever followed up on what happened to the kid that Evil spiffy had with Lisa, so I cover that in UT#359 as well.


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      As you might expect, we will be hearing more about this. Chapter 24 is written, but I'm vassilating abou when to run it.



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    So I see... I, being naturally self-involved, would hate to be left hanging, but it's not my schedule or free time that we're talking about.


We're on till Wednesday.




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