From: guest@chopin.Physics.McGill.CA (Muhep Guest account)
Newsgroups: alt.comics.lnh,rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: LNH: Continuity
Date: 23 Jan 93 15:42:07 GMT
Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

> kogutt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SCAVENATOR) writes:
> 
> >In ref. to MT-M's statement that over at Marvel, heroes pop up in  
stories
> >with no thought to continuity...We Are NOT marvel.

I think you're refering to *my* statement.  Yes, we're not Marvel
because 1) we're not paid and 2) we don't have editors to tell us what
stories to write and what not to write.  Seems to me Scav, that you
placed upon yourself the burden of continuity and yet so far all we've
heard is "don't write anymore" and "we're not marvel".  Well, you might
not like it but I'm going to make it easy for you:

The amount of time that passes between the (upcoming) Lurking Girl LS
and the end of the (upcoming) Lurking Girl / Rebel Yell LS is roughly
equal to the amount of time that passed between The Flame Wars and
the beginning of the Leadership Crisis.  Thus, Rebel Yell will be able
to make it back in time for the Leadership Crisis.  Meanwhile, the
CrossOver Caper appears to begin right after Ultimate Ninja #5 so it
clearly takes place before The Leadership Crisis.  As it stands, no
Legionaire can be killed off during the CrossOver Caper.  I can always
repost The Leadership Crisis at the end of the CrossOver Caper, however,
to remove dead characters or, for that matter, add characters.  There.
It's simple.  Rebel Yell can pack up and leave again if that's what he
wants now that the leadership crisis is settled.

People writing into the CrossOver Caper should keep in mind that there
is some resentment to Ultimate Ninja's leadership at this time but that
they follow him because they trusted Rebel Yell's judgement when he named
him leader.  Oh, even more important: REBEL YELL CAN'T APPEAR IN THE
CROSSOVER CAPER!  I'm assuming here that Scavenger won't decide to include
him. :)

Then there's Harith's RAClipso storyline.  I can see a problem with Harith
planning a major storyline with the CrossOver Caper going on.  Obviously
Harith's storyline should take place after the current CrossOver Caper
storyline but beyond that it should be left up to Harith.

Finally, I want to make one thing clear: I'm *not* going to apologize for
writing The Leadership Crisis.  Those who got back here promptly in the
new year know that the Leadership Crisis' place in continuity was  
discussed on the net: I said "I've got a problem" and went on to say that
the Leadership Crisis would be delayed because it takes place after
Ultimate Ninja #5 (leaving Myk-El dead and giving Rebel Yell a chance to  
get back).  This really isn't a problem anymore now that The Leadership
Crisis is out. In fact the continuity is pretty good: there is no 
ambiguity as to when the stories wReam and I did take
place relative to each other.  For that matter, I honestly feel The
Leadership Crisis is a good story!  If you recall, I wanted to see "how
the characters relate to each other" so I've been reading posts, old and
new, trying to get the characters right and the result is a two part
story that features 82 chacters, 41 of which get lines!  Not that I've
forced this on you: the inkling of the idea comes from Generic Man (tm)  
#7; as I recall, wReam gave me strong support (gave me a wReamy :) )
for what I did in that issue and, in Ultimate Ninja #4, wReam put the
Legion firmly on the road to a crisis over its leadership.  I really
didn't have any choice *but* to write The Leadership Crisis after that!

BTW, Scav, if there really *is* a problem, tell us.  As far as
I can tell, Rebel Yell just needed some time to get away from the Legion. 

Martin Phipps (aka Deja Dude)
won't be bought with a SCAVIE
LOULA@hep.physics.mcgill.ca
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