LNH: Classic LNH Adventures #221: LNH vII #50 Part One

[Drew Nilium]

On 11/7/21 5:40 PM, Jeanne Morningstar wrote:
> On 11/7/21 3:23 PM, Arthur Spitzer wrote:
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>> And all that sort of killed whatever momentum there was for finishing #50.
>> But Drew eventually (maybe with some help from Jean -- can't quite remember)
>> did finish the whole thing and edit it into something coherent and posted it
>> in 2014.
> 
> I bear some of the blame for dragging it out--

Like I said, we all feel responsible. X3

> Drew pushed through when no one 
> else wanted (they're good at that)

Aw thank you. :>

> The most fun part was working with Rob Rogers, who besides
> being a really funny writer was as generous and thoughtful a collaborator as 
> that other guy wasn't. He did a remarkable job of "yes-anding" everyone's ideas. 

Yes agreed. <3

> Rob also helped keep the plot on track, as seen at the end of this post, 
> bringing back my whole "secret origin" conceit after it had fallen off the 
> radar. It was really remarkable how he pulled together all those ideas in a way 
> that was not only coherent but also funny.

Right???

> The original #51 was blatantly homophobic, and being angry at 
> that knocked over the first domino that got me thinking about whether I was 
> queer, and that led to everything I'd been and done since. As much as there've 
> been a lot of frustrations along the way, I'm really proud of this community and 
> how much everyone in it has grown.

:> Hell yeah. <3 <3 <3

Drew "the good times!!" Nilium