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matt_zimmerI stayed up all night stimming and working, and I finally completed the penultimate issue of The Un-Iverse Proper (which is shorthand for how I refer to the original 90 issues of The Un-Iverse.)
UnComix Tales: The Terran Wars Aftermath #1: Part One "Robots And Rabbits" (Un-Iverse #89)
What do I tell the Dreamwidth Faithful? I can only talk in broad strokes because I don't want to give away exactly who has survived The Terran Wars so far.
I will say it's unusual in that the second-to-last issue focuses almost entirely on Lance Lockjaw, of all characters. He teams up with one of the surviving characters of Gilda And Meek, and one of the surviving characters from F.I.S.H..
The cliffhanger is legit devastating and will piss people off. Hell, the entire issue might piss people off for not focusing on the Gilda And Meek and Lace Doilies characters more. Those are the books with the characters who really resonated with people, so I ought to have focused the second to last issue on THEM all instead of just Lance.
The thing is, the second-to-last issue isn't about them. Sure, I could pad a bunch of pointless scenes with the fan-favorite characters, but I want you to miss those characters, so I refuse to write underwhelming, unnecessary scenes featuring them. Even if it would please the reader, even if it's how every other writer is conditioned to write their franchise, especially in the second-to-last issue, it's bullshit, and my rule there is the same as Gilda's. Not gonna happen.
There are many examples in The Terran Wars of the story deliberately channeling and paying homage to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and this is one of the bigger tributes. I mentioned the cliffhanger is gonna drive you nuts, right?
And part of the reason the cliffhanger will drive people nuts is not just because of the lack of favorite Un-Iverse characters. It's because I predict there will be a huge lag time between this issue and the final one. It will seem cruel. But while I am putting The Dark Child Saga: The Fall Of F.I.S.H. and The Terran Wars to paper, I will simultaneously be scripting and putting to paper both Un-Iverse Handbooks, The Un-Iverse Companion, and finishing the Linear Notes for all 90 issues. ALL of that stuff will be put on the site the same day as the final issue, so I have a lot of final work to get done all at once. There could be a wait time of a year between both issues, and considering how cruel the cliffhanger is, that will make people mad.
What else? It's a short(ish) issue, which I'm glad about. The lengths of both Lance Lockjaw: The Way Home: The Terran Wars: Part Fourteen "The One With The Spaceship Battles" and The Further Adventures Of Gilda And Meek: The Terran Wars: Chapter Sixteen "Planet Meek!" annoy me. It probably won't be as short as the issue Otterman: Quest For The Conduit: The Terran Wars: Chapter Three "Resurrection". But that will probably be the only Terran Wars issue that IS shorter.
These past couple of issues have been difficult. I expect the final issue will be a pure pleasure for me to write. And I hope the reader will like it as much as I do what's already in the majorly filled out outline.
UnComix Tales: The Terran Wars Aftermath #1: Part One "Robots And Rabbits" (Un-Iverse #89)
What do I tell the Dreamwidth Faithful? I can only talk in broad strokes because I don't want to give away exactly who has survived The Terran Wars so far.
I will say it's unusual in that the second-to-last issue focuses almost entirely on Lance Lockjaw, of all characters. He teams up with one of the surviving characters of Gilda And Meek, and one of the surviving characters from F.I.S.H..
The cliffhanger is legit devastating and will piss people off. Hell, the entire issue might piss people off for not focusing on the Gilda And Meek and Lace Doilies characters more. Those are the books with the characters who really resonated with people, so I ought to have focused the second to last issue on THEM all instead of just Lance.
The thing is, the second-to-last issue isn't about them. Sure, I could pad a bunch of pointless scenes with the fan-favorite characters, but I want you to miss those characters, so I refuse to write underwhelming, unnecessary scenes featuring them. Even if it would please the reader, even if it's how every other writer is conditioned to write their franchise, especially in the second-to-last issue, it's bullshit, and my rule there is the same as Gilda's. Not gonna happen.
There are many examples in The Terran Wars of the story deliberately channeling and paying homage to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and this is one of the bigger tributes. I mentioned the cliffhanger is gonna drive you nuts, right?
And part of the reason the cliffhanger will drive people nuts is not just because of the lack of favorite Un-Iverse characters. It's because I predict there will be a huge lag time between this issue and the final one. It will seem cruel. But while I am putting The Dark Child Saga: The Fall Of F.I.S.H. and The Terran Wars to paper, I will simultaneously be scripting and putting to paper both Un-Iverse Handbooks, The Un-Iverse Companion, and finishing the Linear Notes for all 90 issues. ALL of that stuff will be put on the site the same day as the final issue, so I have a lot of final work to get done all at once. There could be a wait time of a year between both issues, and considering how cruel the cliffhanger is, that will make people mad.
What else? It's a short(ish) issue, which I'm glad about. The lengths of both Lance Lockjaw: The Way Home: The Terran Wars: Part Fourteen "The One With The Spaceship Battles" and The Further Adventures Of Gilda And Meek: The Terran Wars: Chapter Sixteen "Planet Meek!" annoy me. It probably won't be as short as the issue Otterman: Quest For The Conduit: The Terran Wars: Chapter Three "Resurrection". But that will probably be the only Terran Wars issue that IS shorter.
These past couple of issues have been difficult. I expect the final issue will be a pure pleasure for me to write. And I hope the reader will like it as much as I do what's already in the majorly filled out outline.
