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Photo Update and Fanfiction Notes

Sun Apr 6, 2008, 10:20 AM
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Well, new Cast Photos are up as of last night. This isn't the last batch however...I've got a small backlog waiting to be posted.

Getting back to the writing however...

Yesterday I received an anonymous review for 'Valor and Venom', the latest of these guys to be completed and posted. Readers know that I introduced Torchwood, a paramilitary X-File agency of the British government from the "Doctor Who" universe, in that chapter.

I want to establish a few things right off the bat. I have yet to see any episodes of the Torchwood TV series, having been exposed to it only through the Doctor Who relaunch and through Wikipedia. I hope to rectify that over the summer however - I should have plenty of time to get a hold of the show's first season (maybe the second depending on when it's released). I included it because it seemed like a fun idea.

At the same time however, I do not intend to establish that the history of the Institute within the Whoniverse is exactly the same as that of T:A-R's universe. My thinking is that similar events did occur to those seen, just not identical - involvement of a certain Time Lord or any of his Companions (or the relatives to said Companions) isn't necessarily the case.

I'll be digging into it more in the next installment, "Question Authority". Right now, however, I don't have firm plans for the appearances of the Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, or anyone else from the Whoniverse...beyond Yvonne Hartman. But vague ideas are coursing about in my skull...

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I'd leave the Doc out and stick with Hartman, short of maybe a few references to the Doc (not physically appear but mentioned). One thing I found constant when visualizing crossovers is finding one's ability and limit of handling the amount of universes used -- namely, one's knowledge of said worlds used.

Although it'd be kinda interesting on seeing the TFs' reactions to the Daleks, the Daleks being cyborgs of sorts...

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"Now, we may be idiots anyway, and that's fine with me, but I'd rather be idiots with an explosion." - Adam Savage, "Mythbusters" Season 4 Episode 12 "Steam Cannon"

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That's what I've been thinking. Including Torchwood and Hartman seemed reasonable, but bringing in the Doctor for a full appearance seems like going too far.

As for Daleks...maybe, but not this storyline.

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William Rendfeld
That EchoWing Guy...
Author of "Transformers: Armada (Revisited)"
I'm glad to hear that The story is continuing. I was afraid that you had tired of the series or that FanFiction wasn't alerting me like I had programed it into my account to do. Anyway, I can't wait for the next story and hope that it gets done soon. I did have one question though. Will Scorponok appearing or was he destroyed with Nebulon/Nebulos and the Headmasters' colony or was that G1 Scorponok and the Energon version meant to be introduced as a servant of Unicron?

Kai Ravenblood sining off....

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hubris made the angels of heaven into devils and their obstinacy keeps them in hell
Andromeda Quote episode 519
I'm seeing it through to the end, I promise - I hate seeing a story left unfinished.

As for Scorponok...the version that appeared way back at the end of "Foundation" heading for Nebulos was indeed the Energon version, and I've confirmed that his Cybertron version was the one who attacked the Axalon's crew in "Original Sins". Just how he got to that state will be explained in an upcoming story.

Glad that you're anticipating future installments - here's hoping I can get the finished version of "Combine and Conquer" up soon.

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William Rendfeld
That EchoWing Guy...
Author of "Transformers: Armada (Revisited)"
I was wondering something else. What if you finish before the release of the TF Collector's Club releases their exclusive combiner? Will you go and make up the last two from copies of the other Energon combiners, or wait until they are released to finish the story altogether?

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hubris made the angels of heaven into devils and their obstinacy keeps them in hell
Andromeda Quote episode 519
I've a strong feeling that the last two Club mailaways will be released long before I finish it, especially given how long it takes me to write these things now. If by some fluke my writing somehow accelerates, then chances are I'll wait a bit after finishing Arc Three to do serious work on Arc Four.

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William Rendfeld
That EchoWing Guy...
Author of "Transformers: Armada (Revisited)"
Thanks for clearing things up for me. I know that it's not easy answering questions about things that your working on and I appreciate that you took he time to answer mine. I wish you well on the rest of the story and I plan to be here with you til the end. Good luck and good writing to you sir.

Kai Ravenblood

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hubris made the angels of heaven into devils and their obstinacy keeps them in hell
Andromeda Quote episode 519
It's no problem - I enjoy answering questions about my stuff. It's fun!

Thanks for your continued support. Hope you enjoy the ride to the end.

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William Rendfeld
That EchoWing Guy...
Author of "Transformers: Armada (Revisited)"
I have one more question, but I doubt it will affect the Armada Revisited story. With the Introduction of the Shattered Glass Transformers at BotCon this year, will the evil Autobots and the Heroic Decepticons be making an appearance? Or is it just silly to think that they would show up?

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hubris made the angels of heaven into devils and their obstinacy keeps them in hell
Andromeda Quote episode 519

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