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matt writes...
this may or may not be a tough question:
if you were given a choice to either run a Gargoyles series again exactly how you wanted to or given $100,000, which would you choose?
Greg responds...
Are we assuming I get paid to do the Gargoyles series or does this preposterous hypothetical assume I have to work for free?
If the latter, than I'm afraid I'd HAVE to take the money.
If the former, well, then I'd wind up doing okay financially, and I'd much rather do the series.
julio writes...
I am sorry greg that I am writing to you again but I just wanted if you could put back the gargoyles video clips back
on your website
thank you
Greg responds...
First off, this isn't my website. Station 8 belongs to Gorebash. He's generously created this sub-site for me to answer your questions.
I don't know anything about the video clips, so you should address that question to him -- assuming it isn't moot 18 months after you asked it.
Shannon writes...
What proof Can we find that Macbeth was a man filed with greed, ambitons and desire
Greg responds...
Uh... beyond the fact that he's a human being and we are all filled with these things, at least to some extent...
And having said that, I wouldn't say that those are Macbeth's foremost qualities. (At least not in the Gargoyle Universe.) So how hard should I work to offer you proof?
I'm not sure I understand the question.
What proof do you require?
Denis writes...
Hello, Greg!
here's the first of two post, about two separated topics.
Anonymous' question about Proteus' lifespan made me wonder; though not about his future, but about his past.
Have you set the year of his birth, or his age?
Greg responds...
Nope.
Sea Otter writes...
Hi Greg,
My grandson has been bugging me to purchase a "Goliath" figurine. (At LEAST 6" or 7" in height.) Do you know where one can be obtained?
Greg responds...
Nope. Sorry.
I'd try e-bay or one of the dealer's tables at the GATHERING 2003. For more info, check out...
Justin writes...
Greg,
This question has been bothering me for quite some time.
Is Hippolyta, (Hudson's daughter)in the 938 rookery ( Goliath's generation) or 978 rookery ( Bronx's generation) Cuz I have heard both.
Greg responds...
Heard from whom?
Anyway, the answer is Goliath's generation. And, btw, the spelling I've chosen is Hyppolyta.
Hudson does have a biological child that hatched in 978. I'm referring to her in my notes as "True". (I can't remember if I've mentioned her before to anyone but Todd.)
Wingedbeast writes...
Questions regarding three of the Fair Folk
1. After the Wierd Sisters were banished by a simple parlor trick, they rather easily accepted the ARchmage's suggestion for help. Why that as opposed to just using Avalon's magic to destroy the clan?
Why put that much trust in a single human?
Did they even hedge their bets with attempts of their own to remove the clan?
2. When Odin went through his entire deal of getting his eye back, why didn't he, at one point, attempt identifying himself as Odin before threatening a Gargoyle's protectorate? It seems he'd tried everything but the truth before threatening Elisa... and then the truth at the same time, so what really could it have cost him to identify himself before going to threats?
3. While Oberon may have seen himself as being well in the right for wanting to rid Avalon of the mortals, why didn't he think to identify himself as Oberon: Rightful Lord of Avalon? Seems to be pretty much an obvious thing that he may have missed.
Basing this next question on the idea that Avalon wants the humans and Gargoyle clan to remain (or else why bring the world tour group back to Avalon just in time?). Why did Avalon obey Oberon's commands to attack Goliath, Angela, and Gabrial?
Greg responds...
1a. Well, I could say, "Why not?" But the not-quite-as-short answer had to do with their own banishment from the island by Oberon. By becoming "servants" to the Archmage, it enabled them to embark on the island at his command. Otherwise, how do they attack the Magus, et al, when they're forbidden to set foot on the island. There's also a longer answer and a very long answer, but I'm not getting into those now.
1b. They didn't.
1c. They have three plans in play and removing the clan is only a part of each.
2. Chalk it up, as he did, to recent inexperience at dealing with mortals.
3. I believe he did.
3a. That's a big assumption. The Island didn't bring the travellers back. To return to Avalon, the travellers use a spell. In any case, what the island wants and needs, doesn't change the fact that the island is soaked in magical energy, which Oberon is a master at utilizing.
roxy J. writes...
I've heard that disney cancled Gargoyles because it was getting to in depth and lossing its whole "kiddy show" thing. Do you think that's true and if it is then what do you think about that?
Greg responds...
I don't think that's true.
They cancelled the show for a number of reasons which I have outlined in great detail here:
http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/faq/realworld.htm
You could have found this by checking the ASK GREG FAQ, btw.
Lily V. writes...
I read somewhere that Hudson had a child with mate. Was it a male child or female? Do you think he had grandchildren?
Greg responds...
Hudson has had three biological children, if that's what you're getting at, including Broadway.
But you're thinking like a human. Hudson has many rookery children and grandchildren, including Brooklyn, Lexington, Broadway and Angela.
wizebeaz writes...
Hey Greg I just want to say you did a great job on the Gargoyles. Ok now for a couple of questions.
You know on 'hunter's moon 2' after Jason kissed Elisa, then Elisa went to the clock tower. Well, was she going to go visit the gargoyles, namely Goliath? And if she was would she tell him who she felt about him if she was?
Greg responds...
I do think she would have come to see them, to talk about the crisis in general. I don't know that they would have discussed the kiss. I don't know what she would have revealed about her own feelings. But I tend to think -- very little. It's just not her -- guarded, pretend to be invulnerable -- way.
Anyhow, it's moot.
Zelandonii writes...
Have you written any novels? Have you thought of writing one in the Gargoyles universe?
Greg responds...
I have written the first draft of a novella. I'm about halfway through the second draft, though to be honest, I haven't worked on it in almost a year.
I have started a number of other novels, without finishing them. It's an unfortunate fact that I have trouble motivating myself without an externally enforced deadline.
I would absolutely LOVE to write a Gargoyles Novel. A series of them, actually. I've got a number of stories in mind. All I need is an interested publisher. I can't justify writing a book based on a property I don't own without one.
Zelandonii writes...
In the Gargoyle universe, did Ragnarok already happen? Or is Fenrir still waiting for dinner...
Greg responds...
A Ragnarok happenned. Maybe not THE Ragnarok.
adam writes...
in the labyrinth clan, who would be considered second after Talon?
Greg responds...
I don't think they are currently organized that way at this time. Ironically, by default, the answer might be Maggie. But I don't think it's formalized.
adam writes...
who will delilah take as her make, one of the four original clones or another gargoyle?
Greg responds...
I'm not answering this at this time.
Reno's Demona writes...
Greg-i love the show. I think it has some of the greatest character development i have ever seen. My question is this, would you say Demona is a tragic charachter? I would, but that's just me.... THANKS A BUNCH!!!
Greg responds...
I certainly think she's a tragic figure... the fact that she's her own worst enemy not-withstanding.
Edward Haynes, Jr. writes...
Future Tense.
I won't keep you long, Greg. I just had some questions I thought you could clear for me about this particular episode.
Was the vision that Goliath saw just a dream or a prophecy? Why wouldn't Puck tell him which one it was? Would the events have REALLY started to come true if the series had continued after the the Goliath Chronicles??
Greg responds...
Some of each.
Why would he?
Some of them started to come true before the end of the second season. The birth of Alexander Fox Xanatos, for example. The destruction of the Clock Tower.
The Souldier writes...
I have an off the wall question for you, in "Enter Macbeth," what was Macbeth drinking? Was it coffee, tea, or cocoa? It had to have been something hot because there was steam coming off of it. If it was cocoa, did he have marshmellows in it?
Greg responds...
I don't know.
matt writes...
do gargoyles have any special terms or names for the years or the parts of the year that they mate, lay eggs, or eggs hatch?
Greg responds...
Gargoyles aren't too big on naming things. But, yeah, probably.
Edward Haynes, Jr. writes...
In "Temptations" Demona mentions Goliath and Lexington being hunted by the Pack "like animals" to which Brooklyn responded with "How'd you know?" I noticed she never answered him, so my question is how DID she know? She never showed up in "Thrill Of The Hunt", so how did she know that it happened?
Greg responds...
Just cuz you didn't see her, doesn't mean she wasn't there.
Also, keep in mind that in those days, Demona was allied with Xanatos.
Tukins writes...
Hey Greg
I'm not gonna bother you long, I only got one question
I was just wondering, since gargoyles see upon the entire clan as their family, and they concider them all brothers and sisters, how do they prevent interbreeding? I mean, they don't know just how closely they are related to eich other, doesn't that lead to problems sometimes?
That question has been bothering me for a while now, hope you can answer it for me
Greg responds...
It's been bugging you, but you chose not to check the archives for the answer. Instead you posted a question that I didn't get to for a year and a half.
Couldn't have been bugging you too much.
Within a generation, you're not going to get anyone mating with their biological brothers or sisters, because they don't have any among their rookery siblings. First Cousins are a possibility, I suppose. I have posited in the past that smell creates a natural anti-disposition for a gargoyle choosing a mate that he or she is too closely related to.
Anonymous writes...
What is the true form of the Children of Oberon? Anything close to a Will O Wasps?
Greg responds...
Not particularly. I think of them as more solid than that. But I'm not sure even they know what their true forms are.
Anonymous writes...
Did Oberon and his children invent the gods they were worshipped as or did humans invent them?
Greg responds...
Huh?
If I'm getting your drift, the answer, I guess, is both.
Mostly, Oberon & Co. just were who they were, and various humans began to treat or worship them as gods.
Occasionally, I think it's possible that a culture had a god or two that one of the Children posed as.
Todd Jensen writes...
Something that I've occasionally wondered about "Pendragon". Unlike the rest of the spin-offs (except maybe "New Olympians", which had connections to Greek mythology in its core concept in that the New Olympians are descended from the gods and monsters of classical myth), which were primarily based on the elements of the Gargoyles Universe ("Dark Ages" and "Gargoyles 2198" with the Wyvern clan's past and future, "Timedancer" with Brooklyn, and "Bad Guys" with some of the gargoyles' former antagonists), "Pendragon" appears based more on a "pre-existing mythology" (the Arthurian cycle), involving the return of King Arthur to the modern world. Of the five major characters that we know of in the projected spin-off (Arthur, Griff, Blanchefleur, Merlin, and Duval/Percival), all of them except for Griff are figures from the legend (though Percival is here the head of the Illuminati, a "Gargoyles" rather than Arthurian element). We do know that Griff would probably have stuck around as one of Arthur's knights for the duration of the series (and of their lives), and that a gargoyle clan would spring up at New Camelot when Arthur finally founds it (though I doubt that that would happen for a good long while in the spin-off if it had ever been made), but aside from that, the focus seems more on the Arthurian survivors (though we don't know as yet how large a role you'd planned for the other four survivors - the Lady of the Lake, Morgana, Nimue, and the Green Knight - in the series).
Did you primarily imagine "Pendragon" as more of a "return of Arthur" story that simply happened to be set in the Gargoyles Universe, or would "Gargoyles Universe" elements (as in, elements specifically created in the series, such as the gargoyles) have played about an equal role with the Arthurian aspects of it?
Greg responds...
I don't have a quota in mind. But I guess the answer is both.
Certainly, it was a "Return of the King" story set in the present of the Gargoyles Universe.
But I think one of the strengths of the Gargoyles Universe is its interconnectivity. So elements, like the Illuminati, the Gargoyles and Macbeth would have definitely entered into stories of the Questing Beast and the Holy Grail, and vice versa, etc.
Jackie Hunter writes...
What is Hudson's favorite sport and what's his favorite
team?
Greg responds...
Celebrity Hockey.
The B-Players.
Alex Katsaros writes...
what is the significance of the bird on top of Hakon's helmet?
Greg responds...
Fresh eggs?
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