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Anonymous writes...
1. In his recruitment speech in "The Journey", Castaway used the word
"alone" a lot. Did you intend this as a deliberate echo of Demona (I
feel pretty certain that you'd intended Jon Castaway to be a human
counterpart to her)?
2. In your opinion, do the bulk of the Quarrymen realize that
Castaway's real plan for the gargoyles is genocide, or have they been deluded
into thinking that it's some sort of "neighborhood watch" organization?
3. If you ever got to relaunch the series again, which one element of
"The Goliath Chronicles" do you suppose would give you the most amount of
trouble in returning to your planned continuity?
4. Had Puck planned on making "Evil Lex" the villain of his "Future
Tense" nightmare from the start, or had he originally planned Xanatos as the
villain, and then changed his mind halfway through?
5. I noticed that, both in the episodes following "Future Tense", and
in your announced plans for the series' future, there were a number of
"Future Tense" echoes (the birth of Alexander, the destruction of the clock
tower, Brooklyn's TimeDancing adventures lasting for 40 years, the formation
of the Ultra-Pack). Were these echoes deliberate?
5. If Demona had released the contents of the plague vial, what would
have happened to Oberon's Children, the New Olympians, and Nokkar? Would
they have perished alongside the humans?
Greg responds...
1. Yep. Yep, yep.
2. Some of each. Keep in mind, that I wouldn't have taken as
much for granted as the staff of TGC did. As far as humans knew,
Gargoyles weren't a race. They were monstrous beasts (or maybe even
demons). Extermination would be the appropriate word to many of the
naive and fearful people he recruited. But in general, I tried to
indicate in "The Journey" that the Quarrymen ran the gammut from the
Neighborhood Watch types through mercenaries, and everything in between.
3. I dunno. I'd have to watch them again -- which would be
kind of painful. Some things would be ignorable. I had an
Alexander-is-kidnapped story in mind. Totally different from what was
done on TGS. If no executive objected, I'd probably just do my story,
ignoring theirs. I guess one thing that would be a real pain is their
trial episode. It took so much for granted. I had plans for Margot.
Hmmmm. Ugh. I don't even like to think about this.
4. If Puck could have gotten Goliath to turn over the Gate to
"Brooklyn" in the first five minutes, he would have stopped it right
there, and the Lex thing would never have been revealed. But I'm sure
he was prepared to continue his escalation as far as necessary. He's a
tricky guy.
5. Yes.
5. (Another #5). I don't know about Oberon's children, who are
creatures of magic, not biology. Or Nokkar, whose biology may be so
vastly different. But I think the New Olympians would definitely have
been in trouble, except for the New Olympian citizens who happen to be
Gargoyles, who would have been protected by the Praying Gargoyle Statue.
(GDW / 4-20-98)