Greg responds...

1. That's o.k. You're entitled to your opinion. Ultimately, if
I'd been given more episodes you would have seen more of Hudson and the Trio
and you would have seen a couple more episodes with Goliath and company as
well. When you ask me "Why?", the answer is that I thought we had more
interesting and unique stories to tell on the road. More characters to
introduce, more threads to unspool. Plus we were traveling with the series'
two lead characters, a new character that I wanted to give fair introduction
too and an underused character, Bronx. Plus we got Xanatos, Fox, Macbeth,
Thailog, Demona and Puck. So our recurring antagonists were well
represented as well. Clearly, I underestimated the popularity of the Trio
(and Hudson). I knew they were well-liked. That's why we featured them in
PENDRAGON, KINGDOM FUTURE TENSE and THE GREEN. But I didn't think there
would be a cry for equal time. I was wrong. But I have no regrets. I
still think I told the most interesting stories in our arsenal at all times.
There were other stories to tell, but I picked my shots. So I'll live with
that.
2) See above. Yeah, I'm sure some other noteworthy stuff happened.
I'm sure Xanatos attempted to take advantage of Goliath's absense as he
hinted he would and as Brooklyn feared. It would have been a great story,
I'm sure. But which story would you have yanked to tell it? I'm sure
everyone could find a single episode at least of the world tour that they
would have traded for another view of the homefront, but again, I felt I was
picking the most powerful stories I had and using them.
3) See above.
4) Lot of attitude coming from you, pal. Obviously, I strongly
disagree with your assessment of Goliath. So would the clan. Goliath isn't
perfect. But he's hardly a bully. Specifically, you're pointing at a
highly traumatic moment in his life and you're faulting him for not wanting
to abandon his ancestral home. You're expecting him to think like a modern
human, only a few short months after he'd awakened to the twentieth century.
I'd say every one of our characters had plenty of blind spots. Brooklyn had
Demona and Maggie. Lex had the Pack. Those are the most obvious examples.
Ultimately, I don't think anyone was better qualified to lead the group. So
the "why would they put up with it" stuff just doesn't wash with me. Who do
you think could have done a better job?

(GDW / 7-17-98)