[8Fold/Contest] Journal Into... #14 : All Us Zombies (HC13)

[Scott Eiler]

On Sep 28, 6:59Â am, Andrew Perron <pwer... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:54:49 +0000 (UTC), Saxon Brenton wrote:
> > But if he's a mad scientist with all the drawbacks of
> > bombastic ego, a drive to crush his rivals and avenge insults, and a
> > loose grasp on reality (you know, all the character traits that _Girl
> > Genius_, _Narbonic_ and even _A Miracle Of Science_ revel in) - then I
> > don't see him just wandering away to play in his own sandbox.

I suppose, but it would be refreshing to find one who did.

> > Darn. Â These are things I never thought of when I was just writing a
> > simple one-off pulp story between rival generations of villains.
>
> See, I don't see this as a drawback. Â It seems like the main conflict is
> between the generations of Longitudes, but the counterpart Longitude would
> appear every so often to give it some variety and to make the conflict less
> one-dimensional.

Yeah, you could make it work that way if you wanted.