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Post by fairchild on Jul 1, 2016 17:57:54 GMT -5
This took me back. The simplicity of days long forgotten yet I recognize all the research that Meri had to do with the time period. He tied in the post Vietnam era, NYC Mayor Ed Koch, and Jimmy Carter. You did a good job Meri. For those that don't know, even though he states it in his Author's Notes, Meri is from Europe. Great Britain if I remember correctly - so getting things right for the time period takes some research especially in another continent. I would be so afraid to write an Excalibur series incase Meri read it.
The Gatefold helps to explain the focus on Gyrich during the issue. There wasn't a lot of Avengers actually in the issue, and that was fine. It was more an explanation of the period with the members. I remember the forced quota of race on the team that many would forget. It was even rehashed in 616 when Rage joined the team years ago.
Ill keep reading this to see what twist Meri does that will separate itself from the already established continuity.
I have to ask: How come you did not capitalize Senate or Presidency? I would never be a grammar Nazi with Meri, but as an American I always capitalized the office of government. Just curious.
next review Fantastic Four
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Post by Stephen Crosby on Jul 1, 2016 19:56:09 GMT -5
Read it, loved it. Though one takeaway is that Meri apparently isn't a fan of the walk-and-talk style. I generally don't scream at the screen while I'm reading, but come on!
Also, the mention of something that happened in the Captain America series at that time suggest that Meri may resolve a plot it took Marvel nearly twenty years to address.
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Post by fairchild on Jul 1, 2016 21:30:05 GMT -5
I picked up on that too but thought I was reading too much into that.
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Post by Meriades Rai on Jul 2, 2016 6:51:49 GMT -5
Stuart, thanks for the review! Yes, I'm from the UK (in political terms Great Britain isn't so great just at the moment, but the less about that, the better ), so I needed to concentrate quite hard to try and get certain details right and to try and capture that turn-of-the-decade feel. I'm glad it came across as authentic; I was winging it, and just hoped I didn't get anything drastically wrong. The Senate error stems from exactly the same thing. In my first draft it was actually capitalized, but as I went through I changed it, because I wasn't sure if it was supposed to be. In the UK, you often get our equivalent - parliament - without the capital P, although it probably depends on the context. I shall remember from now on! Also President, which I wouldn't necessarily have capitalized in the future (until now) - fanfic's great for learning stuff! Maybe Dave will one day have the time to quickly go through and add some capitals, if we ask him nicely...? There will definitely be more focus on the Avengers themselves going forward, but Gyrich (along with Jean DeWolff) was such a key character from the period that it seemed natural to keep him in the foreground from the get-go. Thanks for reading!
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Post by Meriades Rai on Jul 2, 2016 7:19:02 GMT -5
Steve... oops! I don't know exactly what walk-and-talk is, but I'm going to assume it's characters actually doing stuff instead of standing around and talking? Sorry. I'm terrible at that, especially in first issues. I was torn between wanting to give everyone proper period introductions or just getting on with it, and went with the former because I wanted to establish where everyone was at in their heads. The issue clocked in at about 8000 words, which was daft (and that was with cutting a couple of interlude scenes that'll now carry over!). I'll work at making future issues much pacier. I've definitely fallen out of the habit of 'monthly installment' writing as opposed to chapter writing. The former needs to move much quicker, and always have something happening, whereas you can take your sweet time in the latter knowing that a reader can always get an immediate pay-off in the next chapter if they continue reading. Is the sub-plot you're referring to a certain Miss Carter? Because, if we're looking at things literally, there's no mystery. She died, on-panel, with very little ambiguity. All very tragic, but that was the end of her story, and Cap is now free to move on. It was only because Mark Waid wanted to bring her back that she was even mentioned again, almost twenty years later. However, if there was something more to Sharon's story, this would certainly be the place for it to happen, yes...?
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