(Historical Notes: I remember making a conscious point to not skimp on the background details in Mooney’s quarters, specifically so that no one would ask where he got a weapon from. I still don’t think it was enough. He should[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: I’ve mentioned elsewhere that back when I was first trying to come up with Far Out There ideas and didn’t understand how important tonal consistency is, I wanted to make a lot more hard turns into spooky horror[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: I really like the way IO’s slip into crazy robot mode is basically just his proper programing continuing to assert itself when it’s not supposed to. That’s a lot more satisfying and believable than just immediately going “KILL[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: Does this count as one of Far Out There’s better action sequences?)
(Historical Notes: I still really love this twist. Yeah, I know it’s not really a “twist” since Ichabod was already talking about this happening, but it’s still a great DUN DUN DUN moment.)
(Historical Notes: Another one of those pages that’s not really a “Wall of Text” in actual fact, but still a Wall of Text in spirit.)
(Historical Notes: I’m still not entirely sure I like Ichabod dropping the actual plot into his speech, at least not the way it’s presented here. My thought originally was that Ichabod would fear that if he left one really obvious[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: Seeing Ichabod pull “oh crap” moments like this on other people is important for understanding why it stings so hard when Layla manages to pull them on him)
(Historical Notes: I’ve said on numerous occasions that the biggest challenge in trying to write a clever, intelligent character is that the character can generally only manage to be as clever or intelligent as the person writing him… which is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: FINALLY. Back firing on all cylinders again. The stuff related to Vance may have needed some rewrites, but I still think just about everything with Mooney works pretty dang well.)