tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414785286921467267.post8113835080362590826..comments2024-03-14T04:51:02.804-05:00Comments on the Adventures of Wyatt Earp in 2999: Why I Should Write SEVEN SOLDIERS #1: The Shining KnightJustinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490957677766912068noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414785286921467267.post-34336133973074349712009-09-11T11:02:58.436-05:002009-09-11T11:02:58.436-05:00Oh, absolutely. Axel Strange resents even having t...Oh, absolutely. Axel Strange resents even having to *be* there! The way he sees it, the program is helping kids from the 19th century or whenever CATCH UP to the present day, but Axel feels he's being DUMBED DOWN to our level. <br /><br />At the same time, though, you start to feel for him when he's absolutely humiliated trying to start a car, punching random stereo buttons and screaming "ON! ENGAGE!" with all the other kids laughing at the futureboy who says he's such an awesome pilot.<br /><br />Being from the past is a mixed bag, because either they think you're a either mysterious gentleman or a freak because you can't understand why somebody would actually *want* to watch television. Needless to say, you either have a lot of girls wanting to go out with you, or you get pranked a lot, but most likely both.<br /><br />The other kids think Ystina, though, is just flat-out WEIRD. She's superstrong and keeps to herself, but is prone to anger and keeps a sword in her room. She's very quiet, and when she does speak she's got this bizarre, phlegmy accent. Never skips class sick because she says people didn't *get* sick where she came from. Better than the teacher at advanced calculus. WEIRD, right?Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490957677766912068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414785286921467267.post-11271174410882416522009-09-10T22:03:54.680-05:002009-09-10T22:03:54.680-05:00Love the mutant classism to be worked into the Tod...Love the mutant classism to be worked into the Today class...people from the future think they're "better", right? But Ystina comes from <i>deep</i> time, that was almost more futuristic than anything out of the 853rd century...nobody's future lives up to her past, and obviously as well she's fought and beaten the Sheeda, which are about as far-future as it gets. And then what about poor Billy Beezer? Guy's got no status at all, by this reckoning.<br /><br />So much better than Harry Potter!plokhttp://circumstantial.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414785286921467267.post-61205932889979730362009-09-10T10:53:32.531-05:002009-09-10T10:53:32.531-05:00Thanks for the kind words! I feel like I could do ...Thanks for the kind words! I feel like I could do fifty issues of SK standing on my head.<br /><br />Yeah, the cool thing about a concept like Axel Strange is it's the kind of setup you can only do in a long-established superhero universe. It's all about possibility; I'd never *need* to have him meet his alleged grandfather, but just to know the *option* is there generates a bunch of story ideas.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490957677766912068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414785286921467267.post-8743759172384201042009-09-10T03:07:00.173-05:002009-09-10T03:07:00.173-05:00I really, really love the Today class -- Billy Bee...I really, really love the Today class -- Billy Beezer and Axel Strange are inspired inclusions.<br /><br />Sorry, I'd planned to leave a really long comment, but it's really just about perfect -- can't think of anything to say!plokhttp://circumstantial.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414785286921467267.post-48197839503523864762009-09-04T08:09:27.233-05:002009-09-04T08:09:27.233-05:00Great!
Gonna sleep on this a bit before replying ...Great!<br /><br />Gonna sleep on this a bit before replying at any greater length...plokhttp://circumstantial.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com