tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464382918796251124.post2890292735488244906..comments2021-05-16T13:41:12.015-04:00Comments on The Chaos Beast: Crossover Chapter 6 - CommentaryScott Delahunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735796666483741699noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464382918796251124.post-30940686385903222532015-10-10T20:52:17.565-04:002015-10-10T20:52:17.565-04:00I needed out of Nasty's head for a bit. Vicki...I needed out of Nasty's head for a bit. Vicki got to observe things and misread everything.<br /><br />I don't have a full count, mainly to give me room to add characters as needed. I have a few teams in my head, including the Vanguard, a Justice League/Avengers analogue; an LA-based team, inspired a bit by the West Coast Avengers; and some former Peregrines still in the game. Nasty wasn't Peregrine for long; she started in November and returns home early in the next year. Nasty's age is a factor, as is her not-safe-for-TV language and a personal life that doesn't attract clicks.<br /><br />It is. There are areas that I would have done different today. But if I hadn't written Crossover, I'd have never learned from the experience. And, sometimes, it's fun to play with the "what ifs".Scott Delahunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06735796666483741699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464382918796251124.post-82736527969564218472015-10-10T20:41:14.417-04:002015-10-10T20:41:14.417-04:00I think my confusion was more following the logic ...I think my confusion was more following the logic behind using Vicki's point of view... in particular because you shifted to Nasty's POV almost right after, and neither of them really revealed the history between them.<br /><br />I also may have a false sense of how many superheroes there really are in the world, since people seem to be treating them as pretty commonplace (to the point of dressing up like them). Didn't recall how long Nasty was with Eagle. I suppose her age might also make some reporters wary, though that does assume they have ethics.<br /><br />It's sometimes fun to look back on old writing, eh? I don't think it's necessarily bad to have things dovetailing here though, as opposed to earlier.Gregory Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547180132612659893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464382918796251124.post-43426646354178466082015-10-08T19:06:47.471-04:002015-10-08T19:06:47.471-04:00Yes - Vicki's tried to recruit Nasty for the Y...Yes - Vicki's tried to recruit Nasty for the Youth Brigade prior. Vicki is unaware of the mirror universe and the implications. Nasty does know, and knows there's a mirror-Vicki in mirror-Cleveland. Nasty's conversation with Micki was hiding that Vicki is Pixie; Nasty knows Vicki's hero ID. From Vicki's view, Nasty is being rude and snippy.<br /><br />Peregrine should be, but she had the position for two months at most and is a more regional heroine. She did have some exposure, but other superheroes get more press. Active heroes get more press. And I figured that supers would be treated the same as celebrities are in the real world. Nasty just isn't that interesting to the paparazzi.<br /><br />It took some time to get people to interact. Probably would have gone a different route today in getting them together, but that's seven years of learning. It made sense to me, too. Tori is a little annoyed at being Natasha's grunt. Vicki won't notice until she gets back home and checks her spending. Yeah, Tori could have rolled someone, but that risks being caught by police.Scott Delahunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06735796666483741699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464382918796251124.post-55250746276233495592015-10-07T21:18:17.255-04:002015-10-07T21:18:17.255-04:00So, you've confused me a bit here. The fact th...So, you've confused me a bit here. The fact that Nasty knows who Vicki is harkens back to the latter's conversion with Kid Inscrutable, right? Implying some former meeting? (It's even followed up here with Nasty's "rest of the team" remark.) How does that have anything to do with the mirror dimension? Or did you merely mean that's what Nasty and Eric would be talking about at the encounter, rather than convention stuff? Because there's nothing to imply Nasty thinks Vicki is from another dimension, and she does simply come across as rude - and confusingly so, particularly when Nasty doesn't clarify anything for Micki. Like we're missing a chunk of... something.<br /><br />I'm also a bit surprised that a guest of honour like Peregrine isn't getting more attention from the crowd (outside of Vicki, and apparently some comic guys). Even the waitress didn't ask for an autograph (granted, she seems more of an Eagle fan, and I liked the logic she used there). Is it that things have become that much more mainstream in our present?<br /><br />Nice to see the character paths finally intertwining. Also, the bank card thing made sense to me; the dimensions are close enough that the readers would work, and that they'd think alike. Plus if the charge is small enough, one probably wouldn't even notice until looking at a statement or balance a week or two later. Tori even has a point, they should have thought of currency, like fleecing the squatters for cash or something.Gregory Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547180132612659893noreply@blogger.com