lake_wrangler wrote:
I am thoroughly enjoying this latest chapter in the saga of your characters. It is touching to see how well Al is loved, even if he didn't realize it completely. I hope his journey goes well.
Just ride along with him...you'll see. This is not TTB by any stretch of the imagination, but I think it will hold the interest.
You have to know with a trained chaos demon like AL that things will not go completely smoothly. Break out the popcorn, and beware thrown objects.
"The Empire was founded on cups of tea, mate, and if you think I am going to war without one you are sadly mistaken."
If he had come through the Thousand Islands, he would have traversed ONTARIO and Québec... Staying on the 401 in Ontario, he would have never gone near the city of Ottawa...
Seeing as he's camping on the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay, do you think he'll run into Elliot?
I mean, he's probably long-lived enough to still be around, no? Though if he considers himself an American citizen, he might not cross far enough into the bay to be seen from the Canadian side...
... wow... Al, do you have any characters from WS actually in here? I noticed Atsali and Castela in the shopping list, but other than that isn't this entirely our own peoples in this?
Rule 17 of the Bombay Golf Course- "You shall play the ball where the monkey drops it,"
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.
He's mister GlytchMeister, he's mister code
He's mister exploiter, he's mister ones and zeros
They call me GlytchMeister, whatever I touch
Starts to glitch in my clutch!
I'm too much!
Sgt. Howard wrote:... wow... Al, do you have any characters from WS actually in here? I noticed Atsali and Castela in the shopping list, but other than that isn't this entirely our own peoples in this?
That story takes place entirely in the Expanded Wapsiverse...
(And there's nothing wrong with that, as far as I'm concerned. They are closely related to the main cast, and we, or at least, I, care about them as if they were part of the family.)
(And I just noticed now, that you said OUR own peoples, not YOUR own peoples... Either way, I just hope that was not a mild rebuke, on your part.)
I will take time to read it later on. Until now, the only knowledge of that event I had, was via this Canadian Heritage Minute video (you might want to get a tissue, before watching it...)
I also found additional information on the subject, as I was looking for the aforelinked video.
Sgt. Howard wrote:... wow... Al, do you have any characters from WS actually in here? I noticed Atsali and Castela in the shopping list, but other than that isn't this entirely our own peoples in this?
That story takes place entirely in the Expanded Wapsiverse...
(And there's nothing wrong with that, as far as I'm concerned. They are closely related to the main cast, and we, or at least, I, care about them as if they were part of the family.)
(And I just noticed now, that you said OUR own peoples, not YOUR own peoples... Either way, I just hope that was not a mild rebuke, on your part.)
... It's more about can this be published without Paul's permission? If so, I think it a good candidate...
Actually, I think it a GREAT candidate... and understand, I fully recognize that what we have created is a group effort- my only works that avoid the other fan fictionists are "A visit to Phix" which became chapter 1 of "The sphinx and the Centurion", and "U-296"- everything else carries work with Al, Joe, Dink, Taz, Freeflyer and so forth. We are all very proud of this magic we have been gifted with and the way it works- Al in this story is sorta working solo- Dink has been very helpful, and I know I have offered suggestions, but for the most part this is his baby... frankly, I think he is in the wrong trade
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Rule 17 of the Bombay Golf Course- "You shall play the ball where the monkey drops it,"
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.
Sgt. Howard wrote:... wow... Al, do you have any characters from WS actually in here? I noticed Atsali and Castela in the shopping list, but other than that isn't this entirely our own peoples in this?
That story takes place entirely in the Expanded Wapsiverse...
(And there's nothing wrong with that, as far as I'm concerned. They are closely related to the main cast, and we, or at least, I, care about them as if they were part of the family.)
(And I just noticed now, that you said OUR own peoples, not YOUR own peoples... Either way, I just hope that was not a mild rebuke, on your part.)
... It's more about can this be published without Paul's permission? If so, I think it a good candidate...
Actually, I think it a GREAT candidate...
Published... as in print? Or as in radio drama?
Oh, and we did "see" Katherine watch Al drive away...
Radio drama with illustrations on YOUTUBE- possibly narrated reading with sound effects, or full-scale audio interpretation. Not sure- Joe and I are working on a 'non-wapsi' storyline that features Joe and Neil... but not in the context you know them.
Rule 17 of the Bombay Golf Course- "You shall play the ball where the monkey drops it,"
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.
I will take time to read it later on. Until now, the only knowledge of that event I had, was via this Canadian Heritage Minute video (you might want to get a tissue, before watching it...)
I also found additional information on the subject, as I was looking for the aforelinked video.
BTW, the claim that it was the largest non-nuclear explosion ever is highly dubious . . . there are quite a few explosions that make that claim.
I will take time to read it later on. Until now, the only knowledge of that event I had, was via this Canadian Heritage Minute video (you might want to get a tissue, before watching it...)
I also found additional information on the subject, as I was looking for the aforelinked video.
BTW, the claim that it was the largest non-nuclear explosion ever is highly dubious . . . there are quite a few explosions that make that claim.
--FreeFlier
Now now... you weren't supposed to get bogged down in the details, you were supposed to be moved to tears by the video...
(I, for one, would have no idea on the veracity of that claim...)
FreeFlier wrote:BTW, the claim that it was the largest non-nuclear explosion ever is highly dubious . . . there are quite a few explosions that make that claim.
And there are enough different ways that their size can be defined and measured, that they possibly could all be correct.
The Halifax explosion, estimated to be 2.9 kilotons, was almost certainly the largest *up to that time*, but for sheer energy release it has been beaten several times.
On the other hand, as it happened basically in the middle of downtown Halifax it may remain the most devastating non-nuclear single explosion. The property damage and fatalities...
And for strictly accidental explosions it's probably the second-biggest energy release behind a Soviet rocket-launch failure in 1969.
FreeFlier wrote:BTW, the claim that it was the largest non-nuclear explosion ever is highly dubious . . . there are quite a few explosions that make that claim.
And there are enough different ways that their size can be defined and measured, that they possibly could all be correct.
The Halifax explosion, estimated to be 2.9 kilotons, was almost certainly the largest *up to that time*, but for sheer energy release it has been beaten several times.
On the other hand, as it happened basically in the middle of downtown Halifax it may remain the most devastating non-nuclear single explosion. The property damage and fatalities...
And for strictly accidental explosions it's probably the second-biggest energy release behind a Soviet rocket-launch failure in 1969.
... not to mention one of Uncle Clarence's chili farts... THOSE were pretty awesome...
Rule 17 of the Bombay Golf Course- "You shall play the ball where the monkey drops it,"
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.
Sgt. Howard wrote:... wow... Al, do you have any characters from WS actually in here? I noticed Atsali and Castela in the shopping list, but other than that isn't this entirely our own peoples in this?
Other than a few cameos, it's essentially all in the Extended Universe. To be honest, Al has never been more than a peripheral player in the Minneapolis paranormal scene - he's an engineer with a bad case of chaos demon.
Yep, it could be modified and moved - and that thought did cross our minds.
"The Empire was founded on cups of tea, mate, and if you think I am going to war without one you are sadly mistaken."
