>Heh, I remember the occasion, although I can't recall anything about
>the content of the conversation itself, except that I have the general
>impression that it was a fairly civil and productive exchange of
>views. (I don't, for instance, have a clue what a Torpedo Sphere even
>is now.) The Torpedo Sphere was one of WEG's additions to the Star Wars universe. They were basically mini-Death Stars, much smaller and without the superlaser, but still, you know, floaty balls of space death. As I recall, I was of the opinion that Genom Corporation would probably have built a bunch of them to serve as an impressive entourage for the AT&T, whereas you and Overstreet were of the opinion that aesthetically speaking Largo would have wanted the thing to appear as uniquely badass as possible.
We somehow wasted like ninety minutes on that topic alone, if memory serves. The only other detail that leaps out me from the conversation is your contention that if you were ever going to self-insert yourself into Evangelion, you would 1) totally be in charge, because fuck Gendo, and 2) every single meeting at NERV would end with mandatory tacos.
>Phil to set the thing up in the first place; can't quite remember. I
>think that was 1999, and I may have been ill at the time. I
>usually was when I was fool enough to go to a con, particularly if I
>had to get on an airplane to get there. :)
I believe it was Katsucon 6, back in 2000. Notable for it's fanfic panel being "all UF writers, plus Stefan and Ryan Mathews."
>>(He may remember me as the guy who went to the trouble of getting
>>t-shirts decrying Eyrie's fanfiction hegemony made.
>
>Heh, yes, I seem to recall not minding the having-a-beef-with-my-work
>thing so much, but rather taking exception to being described as
>"evil".
You know, I owe you an apology for that. My only explanation is that, well, I was young and very, very stupid, and you guys were an enormously tempting target. There was less fanfic in general then (in 1999 it was actually possible, by dint of effort, to read ALL anime fanfiction in existence on the internet) so poking at the eye of the 800lb gorilla of that jungle would generally ensure people noticed you, if nothing else.
This may be a bad time to admit that I was -also- part of the Evangelion Fanfic Review Syndicate, which I believe now survives online only in that you guys made fun of us once in one of the NXE Bonus Theaters.
>Anyhoo, nice to see you again; enjoy the site!
I have been for years and years. It's pleasantly old-school.
Don't get me wrong, I love FF.net and various and sundry other places. But this place has always been a nice reminder of the days when the gold standard of fanfiction was to have your own web site for your collected stories, even if it was just a shitty little joint at geocities or angelfire.
Also, everything is formatted in plaintext and has a hard line-wrap and orients to the left side of the screen. The way God INTENDED.