From: Marlos Rawlings <marlos>
Date: Fri Oct 1, 1999 11:19 am
Subject: Various replies for Main Cycle

> Todd wrote:
>
> This is Prospero, based on the character in Shakespeare's "The
> Tempest" (since the original series did "Macbeth" and "A Midsummer
> Night's Dream", we've got to work "The Tempest" in here somewhere).
> My notion is that Prospero has kept on at his magic after all (Will
> Shakespeare was wrong about him breaking his staff and throwing his
> magic books into the sea) and survived down into modern times with
> it. He now makes his entrance in "Gargoyles" because he's finally
> found out about them (he's been busy with his studies in a secluded
> place, to the point where it took him quite a while to discover that
> gargoyles have reappeared in New York, and he completely missed the
> SUW), and now comes to Manhattan to investigate them.
>
This is a good idea, though I did have feelings that Prospero would
be a better Timedancer story. This will work fine as well.

1> Prospero missing the SUW? I don't really see this happening.
Prospero is a great magician. I don't think he could miss a magical
event of those proportions. It might be more better to say that he had
a vague sensation that something was building up, but whatever he was
working on at the time was more interesting to him. But when 'The
Darkest Hour' happened, he felt things happening and that startled him
enough to bring him out to investigate. He's found the world a new and
interesting place. He quickly picks up on the news of gargoyles
(perhaps bumping into a 'prophet of doom' type fellow as appeared in
Pendragon once or from tabloids) and goes to investigate.

2> I'm unfortunately not too familiar with Prospero (or any of
Shakespeare's works... the drawback of going through the Francophone
school system). Approximately when does "The Tempest" take place?

From: Rahsaan Footman <taleweaver>
> Demona & tragedy> I'm glad I'm not only on this. But I disagree
with killing
> Andrea. It's too obvious and a little wasteful. One of the elements
of
> Andrea's character is her strong relationship to a sister that was
killed
> during City of Stone. While killing Andrea gets tragedy. I think
it'd be more
> dramatic if Andrea found out about this (possibly from Thailog).
Demona now
> loses a friend from her actions.
>
This does sound like the better of the two choices. It opens a rift
between Andrea and Demona that will shatter their relationship for a
time (a few episodes length perhaps) before things are slowly patched
back together. This would end with Demona having to come to terms with
the evil that she has done. A fine closure for this coming season's
focus on Demona.

> Organized Crime> Definately a main player. if anyone should be a
casualty,
> Dracon should be it. I say this because of what little development
is left to
> him. SUW made him into good guy. The only options I see are up and
down. Up,
> he realizes he has some good guy tendecies. Or down, he reverts to
type. An
> idea of mine is that the rest of organize crime wants Tony
eliminated. He
> started working with the cops and the gargoyles. And he used the
cops to take
> care of Tommy, instead of doing it himself. (That sounds like
cheating to me.)
> So they decide not to wait for Tony to make the next leap and take
care of him
> for good. I think Brode should be back and Tommy. Brode has the
sheer
> brutality coming from East Europe gangs, while Yakuza have the
brains.

I'm not comfy with the idea of organized crime trying to bump Dracon
off. We've already seen the turf war idea done in 'Turf'. Having Brode
reappear as an antagonist towards Dracon and the gargoyles a good
idea. Personally, I prefer Dracon sticking to form. Perhaps he has some
'honour among thieves', but he's at heart a villain. He may treat the
good guys with a bit more respect, but if they come between him and
his business, business comes first. Also, why, when we're running low on
great villains, should we work to get rid of another one.

Fuzzles,
Tony / Marlos
The Stripety One