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0|0|0|||1||On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|Gryphon||21:50:13|08/31/2013|So%2C as I%27m sure will not have eluded everyone%27s notice%2C I have a fairly powerful %5Blink%3Aen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Imp_of_the_Perverse%7Cimp of the perverse%5D%2C or maybe just a strong contrarian streak%2C such that one of the best ways to get me to do something is to tell me not to do it.  Sometimes this is deleterious%2C sometimes it%27s actually an on-ramp to good times%2C and often its results can be mistaken%2C by those against whom they are directed%2C as sheer spite.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat would%2C for instance%2C most likely be the case if I went through with the project my imp proposed in response to this comment from Merc on %5Bi%5DHoneymoon by the Sea%5B%2Fi%5D%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EYou might want to dial back the %22Corwin is awesome and makes all the %0D%0A%3Eladies love him without him even trying%22 stuff. Just a bit. It%27s %0D%0A%3Ebecome somewhat self-congratulatory. %0D%0A%0D%0AI flatter myself that I handled this%2C if not smoothly%2C at least without actually starting a %5Bi%5Dfight%5B%2Fi%5D about it.  I didn%27t address the bit I just quoted directly%2C but acknowledged to one of the follow-ups to it that he might%27ve had a point%2C though I didn%27t think the matter was quite as serious as all that.%0D%0A%0D%0AHere%27s what my imp wanted to do instead%3A construct %5Bu%5Dan entire series of minis%5B%2Fu%5D entitled %5Bi%5D______ Loves Corwin%5B%2Fi%5D%2C in each of which Corwin has a wacky adventure with one of the ladies who suspect he might be all that.  For instance%2C %5Bi%5DToph Loves Corwin%5B%2Fi%5D would be the raid on King Ulfgerth of Jotunheim%27s treasury%2C while %5Bi%5DKaname Loves Corwin%5B%2Fi%5D would detail the reason why they are barred by court order from ever going back to Fumo Fumo Land.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut I%27m not gonna do that%21  Because I%27m a grown-up and it would be%2C or at least seem%2C petty. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%22I know you don%27t care%2C but it is very dark here.  We may be eaten by a grue.%22%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
1|1|0|||||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|mdg1||22:30:36|08/31/2013|Probably for the best.  Sooner or later%2C you%27d have come up with %22Joanie Loves Corwin%22....
12|2|1|||1||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|BobSchroeck||09:16:53|09/03/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Sep-03-13 AT 09:17 AM (EDT)]%3EProbably for the best.  Sooner or later%2C you%27d have come up with %0D%0A%3E%22Joanie Loves Corwin%22.... %0D%0A%0D%0ANah%2C Erin Moran is too busy doing her %5Bi%5DHappy Days%5B%2Fi%5D spin-off%2Fcrossover with %5Bi%5DAntiques Roadshow%5B%2Fi%5D.  You know%2C %5Bi%5DJoanie Loves Tchotchkes%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
13|3|12|||||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|mdg1||09:21:07|09/03/2013|%3E%3EProbably for the best.  Sooner or later%2C you%27d have come up with %0D%0A%3E%3E%22Joanie Loves Corwin%22.... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ENah%2C Erin Moran is too busy doing her %5Bi%5DHappy Days%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Espin-off%2Fcrossover with %5Bi%5DAntiques Roadshow%5B%2Fi%5D.  You know%2C %5Bi%5DJoanie %0D%0A%3ELoves Tchotchkes%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%0D%0AI prefer the Klingon remake%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DJoanie Loves cha%27DIch%5B%2Fi%5D
2|1|0|||1||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|Mercutio||22:30:36|08/31/2013|%3ESo%2C as I%27m sure will not have eluded everyone%27s notice%2C I have a %0D%0A%3Efairly powerful imp of the %0D%0A%3Eperverse%2C or maybe just a strong contrarian streak%2C such that one of %0D%0A%3Ethe best ways to get me to do something is to tell me not to do it.  %0D%0A%3ESometimes this is deleterious%2C sometimes it%27s actually an on-ramp to %0D%0A%3Egood times%2C and often its results can be mistaken%2C by those against %0D%0A%3Ewhom they are directed%2C as sheer spite. %0D%0A%0D%0ASee%2C now you%27ve got me wondering just how much of the Collected Works of Ben Hutchins have been fueled by this.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Also%2C from the half-remembered stories I pried out of some members of the production team here at parties at cons a dogs age ago%2C one never has to wonder if they%27ve attracted your spite. If it merely seems like one has done this%2C one has not. If Ben Hutchins is being spiteful in your direction%2C you%27ll fuckin%27 -know-.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EYou might want to dial back the %22Corwin is awesome and makes all the %0D%0A%3E%3Eladies love him without him even trying%22 stuff. Just a bit. It%27s %0D%0A%3E%3Ebecome somewhat self-congratulatory. %0D%0A%0D%0AI now note for the historical record that%2C oh%2C a good fourteen or fifteen years ago now%2C I was one of the guys at EFRS who was%2C shall we say%2C not SHY about expressing opinions about how his creator was handling DJ Croft. Take that for whatever it%27s worth to you. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI flatter myself that I handled this%2C if not smoothly%2C at least %0D%0A%3Ewithout actually starting a %5Bi%5Dfight%5B%2Fi%5D about it.  I didn%27t address %0D%0A%3Ethe bit I just quoted directly%2C but acknowledged to one of the %0D%0A%3Efollow-ups to it that he might%27ve had a point%2C though I didn%27t think %0D%0A%3Ethe matter was quite as serious as all that. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd I flatter myself that I got my point across without seeming like%2C well%2C a dick about things. I never quite know how to tell people %22You may be doing something inadvisable in your writing here%22 without it seeming like there%27s an unstated %22and it%27s fucking bad and %5Bb%5Dyou%27re%5B%2Fb%5D bad and you should %5Bb%5Dfeel%5B%2Fb%5D bad%2C you talentless hack%22 coming along for the ride. Which is a bad thing if you don%27t%2C y%27know%2C actually think that about someones oeuvre.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28It doesn%27t help that I love to argue. %5Bb%5DLove%5B%2Fb%5D it. I don%27t even have to win%2C to the extent that it%27s possible to %27win%27 a difference of opinion. I just love the arguing process.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EHere%27s what my imp wanted to do instead%3A construct %5Bu%5Dan entire series %0D%0A%3Eof minis%5B%2Fu%5D entitled %5Bi%5D______ Loves Corwin%5B%2Fi%5D%2C in each of which %0D%0A%3ECorwin has a wacky adventure with one of the ladies who suspect he %0D%0A%3Emight be all that.  For instance%2C %5Bi%5DToph Loves Corwin%5B%2Fi%5D would be %0D%0A%3Ethe raid on King Ulfgerth of Jotunheim%27s treasury%2C while %5Bi%5DKaname %0D%0A%3ELoves Corwin%5B%2Fi%5D would detail the reason why they are barred by court %0D%0A%3Eorder from ever going back to Fumo Fumo Land. %0D%0A%0D%0AI would read the fuck out of these. All of these. I would also suggest that the full title of Toph%27s piece would be %27Toph Loves Corwin %28Subtitle%29 Life-Changing Field Trip.%27%0D%0A%0D%0AMore seriously%2C having re-read my original comment%2C I think that I phrased it badly despite my attempt to be clear%2C which I do sometimes. Corwin actually BEING awesome and making all the ladies love him without even trying is pretty cool%2C although I confess I like the slightly neurotic side of Corwin better.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was the bits where people stand around %5Bb%5Dtalking%5B%2Fb%5D about how awesome Corwin is that I feel are becoming slightly self-congratulatory%2C especially if they pertain to things we haven%27t actually seen on-screen. Corwin is pretty awesome%2C and sometimes people are gonna stand around and make note of that%2C but there maybe doesn%27t have to be a speech about it quite so frequently as there is. %0D%0A%0D%0A%3EBut I%27m not gonna do that%21  Because I%27m a grown-up%0D%0A%0D%0AYou%27ve got one up on me%2C then. I still wake up every day and worry that my parents and co-workers will realize what a colossal sham I am.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%22Carlos and his team of scientists warn that one of the houses in the new development of Desert Creek%2C out back of the old elementary school%2C doesn%92t actually exist. It seems like it exists%2C explained Carlos and his perfect hair%2C like it%92s just right there when you look at it. And it%92s between two identical houses%2C so it would make more sense for it to be there then not. But%2C he says%2C they have done experiments%2C and the house is definitely not there. At news time%2C the scientists are standing in a group in front of the nonexistent house%2C daring each other to go knock on the door.%22%5B%2Fsmall%5D
3|2|2|||1||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|Gryphon||22:35:07|08/31/2013|Speaking of getting old%2C it is going to take you a %5Bi%5Dlong time%5B%2Fi%5D to get through everything Cecil has ever said about Carlos.  Damn%2C yo.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
4|2|2|||||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|Zox||22:42:49|08/31/2013|%3EIt seems like it exists%2C explained %0D%0A%3ECarlos and his perfect hair%2C like it%92s just right there when you look %0D%0A%3Eat it.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs somebody completely unfamiliar with the source material%2C I have to wonder which part of this explanation was supplied by Carlos%2C and which part by his hair. %3A%29
5|3|4|||1||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|Mercutio||22:54:04|08/31/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-31-13 AT 11:04 PM (EDT)]%3EAs somebody completely unfamiliar with the source material%2C I have to %0D%0A%3Ewonder which part of this explanation was supplied by Carlos%2C and %0D%0A%3Ewhich part by his hair. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AIn %5Blink%3Apodbay.fm%2Fshow%2F536258179%7CNight Vale%5D%2C it is best to not ask these questions. Unless you want to find a single lily on your doorstep%2C left by the Sheriff%27s secret police. A week later%2C you will awaken blind in one eye.%0D%0A%0D%0AYou know what you did. %0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%22Lights%2C seen in the sky above the Arby%92s. Not the glowing sign of Arby%92s%3B something higher and beyond that. We know the difference. We%92ve caught onto their game. We understand the lights-above-Arby%92s game. Invaders from another world. Ladies and gentlemen%2C the future is here%2C and it%92s about a hundred feet above the Arby%92s.%22%5B%2Fsmall%5D
6|2|2|||1||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|twipper||23:21:40|08/31/2013|%0D%0A%3EI now note for the historical record that%2C oh%2C a good fourteen or %0D%0A%3Efifteen years ago now%2C I was one of the guys at EFRS who was%2C shall we %0D%0A%3Esay%2C not SHY about expressing opinions about how his creator was %0D%0A%3Ehandling DJ Croft. Take that for whatever it%27s worth to you. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI can%27t be arsed to go look up who%2C but someone came in AFTER NXE%3ATMP was published%2C read the first 2-3 acts of Season One%2C and went off in galactic style on DJ.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe response of pretty much everyone on the board was%2C %27um%2C go read the rest of the story%3B the vast majority of your complaints get dealt with%27.  Said complainer never did%2C or at least didn%27t acknowledge having done so to my shaky memory.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat was my first run-in with the %27I Hate DJ%27 crowd%2C and I still don%27t get their point of view. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0ABrian
7|3|6|||1||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|Gryphon||23:50:37|08/31/2013|%3E%3EEFRS%0D%0A%0D%0AOr%2C as we knew them around the studio in those days%2C %22%5Bi%5DThose%5B%2Fi%5D fuckin%27 guys.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
10|4|7|||1||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|Mercutio||01:26:39|09/01/2013|%3E%3E%3EEFRS%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOr%2C as we knew them around the studio in those days%2C %22%5Bi%5DThose%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Efuckin%27 guys.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0ASmile when you say that. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28It all seemed so important back then%2C didn%27t it%3F%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DLook to the north. Keep looking. There%92s nothing coming from the south.%5B%2Fsmall%5D
8|1|0|||1||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|Bad Moon||00:02:51|09/01/2013|%5Bi%5DKaiju Otachi Loves Corwin%5B%2Fi%5D is why a large part of the Aztechnology pyramid will be under construction for the next decade.%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0AJon Helscher%0D%0A%0D%0AOh God%2C it was me.  I was the grognard all along.
9|2|8|||1||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|Gryphon||00:10:42|09/01/2013|%3E%5Bi%5DKaiju Otachi Loves Corwin%5B%2Fi%5D is why a large part of the %0D%0A%3EAztechnology pyramid will be under construction for the next decade. %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DValhalla Enquirer%5B%2Fi%5D headline%3A %5Btt%5D%22I Am Not %C5%8Ctachi Jr.%27s Father%2C%22 Says Flustered %C3%86s%5B%2Ftt%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
11|1|0|||||RE%3A On Restraining One%27s Inner Evil|trboturtle2||19:50:52|09/01/2013|Isn%27t that the reason there%27s other EPU authors%3F %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0ACraig