MATTHEW - I haven't seen that movie, but thanks for telling me about it.

While I've had this creativity demon for some time, it felt particularly appropriate to share it in the comment room today, since July 11 is the birthday of Robert the Bruce - and, also, of E. B. White, the author of "Charlotte's Web". It recently struck me as something of a curiosity that two men with well-known associations to stories about spiders should have shared a birthday.
Todd Jensen
posted @ Fri, Jul 11, 2025 7:44:50 pm EDT from 68.99.93.213

Todd> That creativity demon of yours made me think of the film "The Spirit of St. Louis" where Jimmy Stewart's Charles Lindbergh accidentally picks up a passenger on his historic flight, a housefly.
Matthew the Fedora Guy
You're Gonna Carry That Weight
posted @ Fri, Jul 11, 2025 6:39:37 pm EDT from 184.23.35.150

Should be "early 14th century", not "early 13th century". I got a bit distracted; I wasn't able to reach the comment room the first couple of times this morning (apparently more bots shaving at it).
Todd Jensen
posted @ Fri, Jul 11, 2025 9:41:28 am EDT from 68.99.93.213

This is a crazy little creativity demon I've had about Brooklyn's Timedancing for a while, by the way, and thought I'd share with the comment room. It's based on one I shared here earlier, but expanded upon.

After Brooklyn parts with Mary and Finella, but before he meets Fu-Dog or Katana, he gets deposited by the Phoenix in Scotland during the early 13th century, and secretly witnesses Robert the Bruce's encounter with the spider that inspires him to renew his attempts to free Scotland from the English. After Robert leaves, the Phoenix re-appears, and this time, whisks not only Brooklyn away, but the spider as well, who becomes a temporary companion.

They have a few adventures together, up and down the timeline, including disrupting a girl's midnight feast (after she runs away at the sight of the spider, Brooklyn says to it "I can't take you anywhere, can I?") and in a "behind-the-scenes" manner, helping to inspire a man to write a story about a spider writing messages in her web to save a pig's life. (Ideally, they also ought to encounter Anansi at some point.) Finally, the Phoenix deposits them in a modern-day laboratory. Brooklyn is delighted to learn, from looking about, that it's present-day New York, but then notices, to his disappointment, that the date isn't quite right and that he's got more Timedancing ahead of him. The Phoenix spirits him off again, but this time leaves the spider behind. The spider then gets exposed to some odd radioactivity, and shortly afterwards, when a high school student is visiting the laboratory, crawls over to him and bites him....

Obviously that last element would keep this hypothetical adventure from becoming canon, of course, unless in the upcoming "Gargoyles"/"Fantastic Four" crossover.
Todd Jensen
posted @ Fri, Jul 11, 2025 9:19:57 am EDT from 68.99.93.213

Just finished listening to the podcast on "Sentinel" and enjoyed it as well. It was nice hearing Matt's voice in person, in particular.

[SPOILER] Like Craig, I was also surprised by the mention of what inspired "Gargoyles 2198" and that "Sentinel" hadn't been intended as a back-door pilot. The other big discovery for me was the indication that Brooklyn's visits to 2198 might have a different chronological order from his perspective than from that of the people in 2198 like Samson - which seems natural for a time travel adventure, of course, but I hadn't considered that possibility until I heard the podcast. [/SPOILER]
Todd Jensen
posted @ Thu, Jul 10, 2025 10:07:23 pm EDT from 68.99.93.213

Another great podcast. It was particularly interesting to learn that [SPOILER] "Sentinel" wasn't an actual backdoor pilot when it was produced. Maybe I'd known that at some point, but if so, I'd forgotten. [/SPOILER] Matt's contributions were as smart and entertaining as they are in the comment room. A terrific and welcome addition. I particularly enjoyed the extended riff on [SPOILER] the creation of the moai statues and what Nokkar's reaction, or lack thereof, must have been during that process. [/SPOILER]
Craig
posted @ Thu, Jul 10, 2025 9:24:10 pm EDT from 69.118.30.106

It really was! I was 19 when the contest ended. Hard to imagine now as a 43 year old.

Should've mentioned you by name, Phil! My apologies. You certainly did a lot more work than me! I kinda feel like I just had a lucky thought at just the right time.
Matt
"My daughter?! How dare you mock me! I have no daughter." - Demona, 1996
posted @ Thu, Jul 10, 2025 7:33:44 pm EDT from 69.229.197.48

Another great episode of the podcast. I really enjoyed hearing from Matt, and it was fun to hear references to myself as well (though not by name) since I was the other winner of the Gargoyles 2198 contest. That brought back a lot of good memories. Was it really 24 years ago?
Phil
posted @ Thu, Jul 10, 2025 1:32:24 pm EDT from 50.192.123.171

MATT - Thanks for telling us about it. I was surprised at how early it came out this time; usually, it's up on Thursday evening rather than Thursday morning. (I'll have to wait until evening to listen to it, but I'm looking forward to it, as ever.)
Todd Jensen
posted @ Thu, Jul 10, 2025 9:25:47 am EDT from 68.99.93.213

New episode of Voices covering "Sentinel" dropped. Someone I know well was a guest!

Big thank you to the entire Voices team for the fun opportunity!
Matt
"My daughter?! How dare you mock me! I have no daughter." - Demona, 1996
posted @ Thu, Jul 10, 2025 9:07:46 am EDT from 69.229.197.48

6th
Margaret Demona May Stephens - [realdemonamay at gmail dot com]
The real living insane gargoyle
posted @ Tue, Jul 8, 2025 5:26:53 pm EDT from 72.28.171.136

Fifth.
I see that we're down to 10 on the Young Justice Character Countback. It's been going on so long it'll be interesting to see the Q&A back up again.
Matthew the Fedora Guy
You're Gonna Carry That Weight
posted @ Tue, Jul 8, 2025 4:05:20 pm EDT from 184.23.35.150

Fourth.
Anonymous
"My daughter?! How dare you mock me! I have no daughter." - Demona, 1996
posted @ Tue, Jul 8, 2025 9:17:30 am EDT from 69.229.197.48

Third
Phil
posted @ Mon, Jul 7, 2025 4:28:40 pm EDT from 50.192.123.171

Second!
morrand - [morrand276 at gmail dot com]
posted @ Mon, Jul 7, 2025 1:09:29 pm EDT from 108.69.72.60

First.
Todd Jensen
posted @ Mon, Jul 7, 2025 8:32:18 am EDT from 68.99.93.213