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Anonymous writes...
Who came up with the caped wings idea and who thought of the loin cloths?
Greg responds...
Loin cloths were there from the beginning. No one wanted to see Goliath twisting in the wind, so to speak.
I think Gary Krisel came up with the idea of "cloaking" the wings when they were at rest. I resisted that notion at first, but I soon became a convert.
Anonymous writes...
Why won't you answer some of the questions asked? If there were still a show(sob) I could understand, but it's not like we're ever going to find out the answers, are we?
Greg responds...
Sigh, I've answered this before too. Gargoyles has one good shot at coming back. If and when the live-action movie is completed, interest in the property might be revived and Disney might consider bringing the show back.
If that happens, then I want to have a few surprises left.
Anonymous writes...
Are there plans for any new clans to be discovered like the ones found on Goliath, Elisa, Bronx, and Angela's tour of the world?
Greg responds...
Yes.
(Seems like a good time to remind you guys to check the FAQ for ASK GREG before re-asking old questions. It's fine to reask something I've dodged.
Or to get more specific in your question. But try not to ask the same question over.)
Anonymous writes...
I'm a huge fan of Gargoyles, and I wonder what plans you had for the Owen half of Owen/Puck.
Greg responds...
More of the same, plus more of the different.
Anonymous writes...
Is it a coincidence that all the clans mentioned so far are on islands or in the New World? South America, Japan, Scotland, England, Manhattan, Avalon.
Greg responds...
Islands or the New World? What's the connection between those two?
Guatemala isn't an island. I guess the answer is no, because I don't get the question.
Anonymous writes...
1. Forgive me if this has been asked and answered before: Did you know about Angela's character and who she was from the start (i.e. that Demona and Goliath had a child) or did who she would be come to you later, when you started planning "Avalon"? 2. This may be something Carl Johnson has to answer, but did he use any medieval/Scottish folk tunes or ballads as the basis for any of the music in gargoyles? Thanks.
Greg responds...
1. I knew that one of those eggs from the first episode was a child of Goliath's and Demona's. I didn't give too much thought initially to who that child was. Later, it became clear that she would be a female. A female who was in many ways Demona's opposite (hence the name Angela) but in other ways very much like her mother. The positive side of Demona, so to speak.
2. I'm not sure.
Anonymous writes...
I'm not sure this is a fair question to ask, but here goes anyway: Why was the episode "The Hound Of Ulster" so inaccurate in terms of the original legends -- in which, among other discrepancies, "the Hound of Ulster" was not an actual dog, but a nickname for Cuchullain himself?
Especially considering that one of the writers for that ep was Diane Duane, and I KNOW she knows better than that?
Greg responds...
You seem to know Diane pretty well. What's her excuse? :)
Are you sure that Cuchullain and his "hound" weren't actually combined and confused in the legend? Are you sure our version wasn't the true truth? :) :)
To be honest, I'm not that familiar with the Cuchullain legends, so I didn't double check Diane, Peter and Michael's version. Also I asked for some changes from their early drafts. They told me they had problems with some of the changes, so we compromised. (Or at any rate, we found something that I liked which they didn't object to.) Maybe they compromised too much, I don't know. But I do take full responsibility for what got on the screen.
Ultimately, I was the guy in charge of story, so the buck stops with me. I just wasn't aware we were making serious errors. I'm still not. Where did we go wrong, besides adding a gargoyle beast to the legend (a logical extension in our series)?
Anonymous writes...
One question Greg, you said in answering an earlier question that you wanted to have Elisa and Goliath to have some sort of marriage ceramony, but do you think that the censors or whoever made those kind of decisions would have let you? I would have liked it but some people have a thing with different race marriage I guess.
Greg responds...
I believe I said that we had no censors. And I didn't say "marriage ceremony", I think I said "commitment ceremony". I don't know exactly what I would have done, if I had been given enough episodes to get to this issue.
I have no reason to believe that it would have been even vaguely controversial. But rest assured, when I felt the time was right, Goliath and Elisa would have had some sort of clear moment of commitment. I don't think it would have been a traditional marriage ceremony (not because of censorship, but because that doesn't feel right to me vis-a-vis the two characters), but you'd have gotten the message. Trust me.
Anonymous writes...
1. Which is your favorite character? Mine is Brooklyn. 2. What made you decide that Angela would choose Broadway as her mate. I think that she and Brooklyn would have made a better couple. 3. It seems that Brooklyn is always getting the short end of the stick. First Demona tricks him. He loses Maggie to Talon. He's forced into leadership and then he loses Angela. Why are you doing this to him? 4. I never got to see the third season. Where could I get copies of it?
Greg responds...
1. I've answered this one too. The short answer is Goliath, but they're all my children, and I love them all.
2. I've answered this too, but see below.
3. Faulty assumptions. Who doesn't get the short end of the stick sometimes? Lex? Goliath? Broadway? Demona tricked Brooklyn. Goliath lost his clan and castle. The Pack tried to kill Lex. Broadway shot Elisa accidentally. Bad stuff happens. Particularly to cartoon characters.
Was Brooklyn "forced" into leadership? I suppose you could look at it that way, but don't forget he WANTED it. It's a lot of responibility, but even now, I don't think he'd give up being Goliath's Second-In-Command gladly.
And Brooklyn never lost Maggie or Angela. He never had them. Hell, he never KNEW them. He was in love with their looks, their seeming availability. He had crushes. Broadway, on the other hand, understood Angela inside and out -- her fears, her desires, her moods. He's a more sensitive guy. He sees inside people. Brooklyn doesn't. Or at least he didn't. When Brooklyn does truly fall in love for the first time, he'll know the difference immediately. It will be real, not superficial. It will be lasting.
Gargoyles mate for life. Brooklyn won't be an exception. He just hasn't met the right girl yet.
So when you ask me why I'm "doing" this to him, I don't know how to respond.
Either you go inside the show and realize that this is his life. He has to go through the bad stuff in order to learn enough to appreciate the good. Or you remain outside the show and realize that this is storytelling. We put characters through paces. We challenge them. We watch them overcome odds.
If everyone's lives were always perfect, it would make for boring television.
4. I have no idea. Sorry.
Anonymous writes...
do you ever dream to be a gargoyle as me ???
Greg responds...
Not in the sense you mean.
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