LNH/LNH20/LNHX: The Tao of Reboots

[Andrew Perron]

On Dec 5, 8:08 pm, Saxon Brenton <saxonbren... at hotmail.com> wrote:
> [Currently wading through the accumulated RACC posts that I've
> more-or-less been ignoring for more than half a year]

Woo!

> A very good point.  The implication that for a given number of writerly
> participants there's only a given amount of attention/enthusiasm that
> can be applied at any one time makes me wonder if this is possibly a
> cosmic threat that could be used against the characters at some point
> or another.

Well, the thing is, it's not a zero-sum game.  Enthusiasm begets
enthusiasm; but the thing is, it's a fire that requires careful
tending, else it gutters out.

> Actually, thinking about it, I used much the same concept
> way back when Lipid-Artery Lad asked if he could become a supporting
> characterin _Limp-Aspargaus Lad_ series: to get some much needed
> attention focused on the Oddball Looniverse.

Hmmmm.  Which reminds me, I've been meaning to do something with
them...

> As I recall the Biblical *themes* allowed me to play with the concept
> of 'Knight of St Christopher, dog-headed patron saint of morally
> upright monsters' that I'd had kicking around on the backburner for a
> while.

I always thought that was Grover.

> However, the dark *tone* was a result of me looking at the initial
> character and team writeups that Arthur had posted, seeing things like
> the Teen Fascists, and getting a visceral _Handmaiden's Tale_ reaction
> that in respect may not have been entirely fair.

Mmmm, I think it would be, considering the manipulative-bastards-
gaining-power-by-playing-to-the--the-far-religious-right that both
works were reacting to (especially in 2004, with Bush's reelection
before his approval ratings started to slide post-Katrina).

> Saxon Brenton
> 'Why, yes, the Apathy Beat did kill me and eat my innards, and is
> currently using my skin as a disguise to walk among you as it plots
> your downfall.  Why do you ask?'

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, Rogue of Mind.