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Anonymous writes...

1. In Hunters Moon, did Sevarius know that Dominique was Demona?

2. How did you conceive of the name Dominique Destine? I can only
guess
that it's a play on her conviction that she is fated to rule.

3. Who are Demona's future great loves? I'm assuming from your
previous
answers that you were refering to mates. Naturally she'd also care
for Angela and any of her descendants.

4. This is more of a comment than anything. Still, I'd love to hear
your opinion. After all that Demona has been through and the grief(that's
certainly putting it mildly) that she has brought upon herself and
others, I'm surprised that Demona isn't overtly suicidal. Hate is a good
motivator, but is it really enough for her to want to carry on. After so many
failures its a wonder she still gets out of bed in the morning, much less
continuing to plot new schemes. Ending it all would seem like a deceptively
simple solution and Demona's track record suggests a rush to judgement
without considering the consequences. I guess it all boils down to how
hopeless her view of her existance is. Considering all that has happened to
her just in the past three years, I've got to think that it is a daily struggle
for her to justify her continuing on. Especially now that her 500 year
brainchild was foiled. Even without considering all of Demona's
other reasons for felling miserable, there is the inevitable problem coping
with a neverending existance while watching those you love gow old and die.
Gargoyles grow old and die. That is the natural way of things. Why
should she be any different? At the very least, Demona might derive some
satisfaction, however fleeting, from acting on those murderous
feelings she has towards MacBeth. Oh well, I'm probably just being overly
pesimistic, but it sees to me that Demona would be near the end of her rope by
now.

Greg responds...

1. I'd guess so.

2. I wanted a D name for starters. Some human equivalent to
Demona. Something that evoked the same emotions in the audience.
Something that sounded vaguely French, since the first time we used it
was in SANCTUARY, and she was posing as a French native. Something that
sounded like something Demona would pick for herself. Eventually we
wound up with Dominique Destine. It worked for me.

3. Right.

4. Maybe. But Demona possesses one "gift" that renders a
considered suicide next to impossible. A stellar sense of
self-deception. Nothing's ever her fault. Nothing's ever going to stop
her. No one matters to her THAT much. (It's not true, but she believes
it.) And to be honest, Angela's existence would also preclude suicide.
Angela, in Demona's opinion, needs her too much.
(GDW / 4-20-98)

Response recorded on April 20, 1998