I have a little story about another group of Charlies bumping into Andrus… but that’s something that would depend on the comic’s future… IE if we get to the point where I can do eight page ancillary stories, like we want to.
I’ve been thinking more about Charlie Prime’s plan, and it actually makes some sense.
–Kill Hitler.
–Prematurely stop WWII
–Remove the impetus to create nuclear weapons.
–Significantly delay the development of nuclear weapons and prevent the creation of a global infrastructure for nuclear strikes.
–Stop Dark Everett from bombing the shit out of everyone.
Of course, all of this is probably going to blow up in Prime’s face and Leo will stand there with a smug grin and say “I told you so.”
A good thought, but the truth is, he can’t stop what the Dark Everett did, at least, yet/now. Essentially, he’d have to go back in time and stop him, which would create a grandfather paradox. Plus, he’d have to have an Andrus (remember, when Charlie goes back in time, he’s just hitting randoms until he finds what he’s looking for, or he can use the “trick” if he wants to hit a monkey’s paw potentiality.
As you’ll see (eventually), there is quite literally no way to stop what the Dark Everett did. I feel comfortable spoiling that because I know something else you don’t know. I know, that’s so much cryptic babble, but let me just say, your desire to see what the Dark Everett did set right will be assuaged, as will the fact that he still does exactly what he did. Confused? Understandable. But you won’t be when the story reaches its conclusion.
One thing I read (in the very kind article by Greg Burgas) was the idea that DE convinced nations of the world to fire off nukes. I can rule that out. That’s not how he did it… and how he did it is quite an interesting story, I think. One that, alas, we won’t get to by the end of year three, as I’m writing it, but I know it.
Charlie just wants to kill the worst person he can think of, and since his scope is narrower than, say, a historian, and since he’s an average joe, he thinks of Hitler. Personally I’d go after Stalin or Mao or Pol Pot or that dude who said “Hey, let’s sacrifice a bunch of people to the sun and create laundry detergent.” Or the shmuck who started the crusades, or Bismarck, or Sherman, or Pilate, or Pharaoh…. actually, you probably shouldn’t let me have an extra-dimensional translocator. It’d make me a serial killer of assholes.
Is it ok that I just spent five minutes cracking up at the thought of you scribbling away at Cura, then catching a glimpse of the TV and moping because the Doctor was gonna kill Hitler before you? XD
I did, certainly… give the “Let’s Kill Hitler” episode.
It’s one of those weird moments in making something that comes out WAY before something else. Though not the way you might think. I wrote this page about three or four months before I saw the “COMING SOON: LET’S KILL HITLER” thing on Doctor Who. And I went “Ah, crap. They’re going to kill Hitler before I do my story.”
Fortunately, what they did is dissimilar to what I did, or this’d be all rewritten and whatnot.
That is not, of course, to claim I do not owe a debt to Moffat and the crew. I certainly do.
A good thought, but the truth is, he can’t stop what the Dark Everett did, at least, yet/now. Essentially, he’d have to go back in time and stop him, which would create a grandfather paradox. Plus, he’d have to have an Andrus (remember, when Charlie goes back in time, he’s just hitting randoms until he finds what he’s looking for, or he can use the “trick” if he wants to hit a monkey’s paw potentiality.
As you’ll see (eventually), there is quite literally no way to stop what the Dark Everett did. I feel comfortable spoiling that because I know something else you don’t know. I know, that’s so much cryptic babble, but let me just say, your desire to see what the Dark Everett did set right will be assuaged, as will the fact that he still does exactly what he did. Confused? Understandable. But you won’t be when the story reaches its conclusion.
One thing I read (in the very kind article by Greg Burgas) was the idea that DE convinced nations of the world to fire off nukes. I can rule that out. That’s not how he did it… and how he did it is quite an interesting story, I think. One that, alas, we won’t get to by the end of year three, as I’m writing it, but I know it.
Charlie just wants to kill the worst person he can think of, and since his scope is narrower than, say, a historian, and since he’s an average joe, he thinks of Hitler. Personally I’d go after Stalin or Mao or Pol Pot or that dude who said “Hey, let’s sacrifice a bunch of people to the sun and create laundry detergent.” Or the shmuck who started the crusades, or Bismarck, or Sherman, or Pilate, or Pharaoh…. actually, you probably shouldn’t let me have an extra-dimensional translocator. It’d make me a serial killer of assholes.
Poor Leo. He’s like, “Seriously? Seriously? You’re STILL stuck on this idea?”
I think it would be hilarious if the Cura team ran into Andrus on their time travel misadventures.
I have a little story about another group of Charlies bumping into Andrus… but that’s something that would depend on the comic’s future… IE if we get to the point where I can do eight page ancillary stories, like we want to.
I’ve been thinking more about Charlie Prime’s plan, and it actually makes some sense.
–Kill Hitler.
–Prematurely stop WWII
–Remove the impetus to create nuclear weapons.
–Significantly delay the development of nuclear weapons and prevent the creation of a global infrastructure for nuclear strikes.
–Stop Dark Everett from bombing the shit out of everyone.
Of course, all of this is probably going to blow up in Prime’s face and Leo will stand there with a smug grin and say “I told you so.”
A good thought, but the truth is, he can’t stop what the Dark Everett did, at least, yet/now. Essentially, he’d have to go back in time and stop him, which would create a grandfather paradox. Plus, he’d have to have an Andrus (remember, when Charlie goes back in time, he’s just hitting randoms until he finds what he’s looking for, or he can use the “trick” if he wants to hit a monkey’s paw potentiality.
As you’ll see (eventually), there is quite literally no way to stop what the Dark Everett did. I feel comfortable spoiling that because I know something else you don’t know. I know, that’s so much cryptic babble, but let me just say, your desire to see what the Dark Everett did set right will be assuaged, as will the fact that he still does exactly what he did. Confused? Understandable. But you won’t be when the story reaches its conclusion.
One thing I read (in the very kind article by Greg Burgas) was the idea that DE convinced nations of the world to fire off nukes. I can rule that out. That’s not how he did it… and how he did it is quite an interesting story, I think. One that, alas, we won’t get to by the end of year three, as I’m writing it, but I know it.
Charlie just wants to kill the worst person he can think of, and since his scope is narrower than, say, a historian, and since he’s an average joe, he thinks of Hitler. Personally I’d go after Stalin or Mao or Pol Pot or that dude who said “Hey, let’s sacrifice a bunch of people to the sun and create laundry detergent.” Or the shmuck who started the crusades, or Bismarck, or Sherman, or Pilate, or Pharaoh…. actually, you probably shouldn’t let me have an extra-dimensional translocator. It’d make me a serial killer of assholes.
Anyone else think Doctor Who with this page?
Is it ok that I just spent five minutes cracking up at the thought of you scribbling away at Cura, then catching a glimpse of the TV and moping because the Doctor was gonna kill Hitler before you? XD
Absolutely. There’s even a nod to it in the comic. My immediate reaction was “YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!” (directed at Moffat)
You’ll see that in, oh, less than twenty pages. At the beginning of the next trade.
I did, certainly… give the “Let’s Kill Hitler” episode.
It’s one of those weird moments in making something that comes out WAY before something else. Though not the way you might think. I wrote this page about three or four months before I saw the “COMING SOON: LET’S KILL HITLER” thing on Doctor Who. And I went “Ah, crap. They’re going to kill Hitler before I do my story.”
Fortunately, what they did is dissimilar to what I did, or this’d be all rewritten and whatnot.
That is not, of course, to claim I do not owe a debt to Moffat and the crew. I certainly do.
I can totally see you yelling that and then proceeding to flip some table simply because it felt right.
A good thought, but the truth is, he can’t stop what the Dark Everett did, at least, yet/now. Essentially, he’d have to go back in time and stop him, which would create a grandfather paradox. Plus, he’d have to have an Andrus (remember, when Charlie goes back in time, he’s just hitting randoms until he finds what he’s looking for, or he can use the “trick” if he wants to hit a monkey’s paw potentiality.
As you’ll see (eventually), there is quite literally no way to stop what the Dark Everett did. I feel comfortable spoiling that because I know something else you don’t know. I know, that’s so much cryptic babble, but let me just say, your desire to see what the Dark Everett did set right will be assuaged, as will the fact that he still does exactly what he did. Confused? Understandable. But you won’t be when the story reaches its conclusion.
One thing I read (in the very kind article by Greg Burgas) was the idea that DE convinced nations of the world to fire off nukes. I can rule that out. That’s not how he did it… and how he did it is quite an interesting story, I think. One that, alas, we won’t get to by the end of year three, as I’m writing it, but I know it.
Charlie just wants to kill the worst person he can think of, and since his scope is narrower than, say, a historian, and since he’s an average joe, he thinks of Hitler. Personally I’d go after Stalin or Mao or Pol Pot or that dude who said “Hey, let’s sacrifice a bunch of people to the sun and create laundry detergent.” Or the shmuck who started the crusades, or Bismarck, or Sherman, or Pilate, or Pharaoh…. actually, you probably shouldn’t let me have an extra-dimensional translocator. It’d make me a serial killer of assholes.
No, sir, it would make you a Boondock Saint of assholes 😉
Though, to be fair, expect Leo’s smug grin. A Monkey’s Paw is a Monkey’s Paw.