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Anonymous writes...

I haven't posted anything related to Gargoyles in a over nine months. I'm
still a major fan, however. I just have a schophrenic mind as of always.
Anyway Mr. Weisman, this is an odd question that I haven't seen anyone
ask. This is stemming from a recent S. Baptisrs declaration and talks with my
friend about womens rights with hardcore Muslim groups. ANYWAY, THE
QUESTION IS:

(1)How did the two sexes interact with each other? I mean, were the sexes
equal in respect with, . . .well respect, power etc. Were the males and
females afforded equal treatment or does one have dominion over the other.
You explained that the family was communial but were the females allotted
the "homemaker duties." Was Society basically matriarchial ar
patriarchial.

(2)Going on that same strand even further, how much impact did the human
customs affect it. Would gargoyles pattern their "family values" after the
culture that was nearby.

Greg responds...

1. Gargoyles were generally a warrior race. Males and females can both
be warriors. Leadership and Seconding was decided on the basis of
leadership capabilities, strength and prowess. Males and females both
could qualify, as I think we demonstrated. That doesn't eliminate the
difference between the genders. And males don't have breasts for nursing
new hatchlings, but everyone participated fairly equally in raising each
new generation.
2. I'm sure it was different in different locations. Some
traditions remained. Some did not. Individual gargoyles might have bent
more than their clans. There's no one answer to this question.

(GDW / 7-22-98)

Response recorded on July 22, 1998

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Anonymous writes...

One of the things I have always liked about Gargoyles is the relatively
logical way the events in an episode started. The main characters didn't
get involved in what happened by mere chance, unlike the main characters of
many other series, who often just happen to be nearby whenever their arch-enemy
plots to take over the world again. However, It did seem like a big
coincidence that Elisa's father has a connection with Coyote the
trickster. And Titania's daughter marrying Xanatos of all people also seems like a
big coincidence. So my question is: Is there some logical explanation for this
other than simple coincidence. I'm not asking for a full explanation if
there is any, since you probably wouldn't just give it anyway, so just a
'yes' or 'no' would make me happy. (And anything more would make me even
happier.)

Greg responds...

Were those things coincidences or simply the way the world works?
What about Vinnie or Brendan & Margot? I intentionally tried to create a
Universe where everything was interconnected, even if those connections
aren't immediately obvious. Kinda like the Simpsons. Does that help?

(GDW / 7-22-98)

Response recorded on July 22, 1998

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Anonymous writes...

This is one topic involving "The Hound of Ulster" that has received a fair
amount of debate among Gargoyles fans, and I was curious about your
opinion on it.
What were the Banshee/Molly's feelings towards Rory Dugan? Did she have
any tenderness towards him, or develop any during the time that she was Molly?
The fact that she chose to fight and destroy him only as a last resort,
when her efforts to delude him into staying an ordinary human had failed,
suggested that to many fans; what's your take on it?

Greg responds...

Dang, you guys are sharp. I think she thought she was using him.
But given the opportunity, I had plans to do a further exploration of their
relationship.

(GDW / 7-22-98)

Response recorded on July 22, 1998

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Anonymous writes...

A few quick ones.

1. I know you probably want to be elusive about the "Hobgoblin of Little
Minds" episode. But was it the "very strange little two-parter" that you
once said was "too risky" to be made? If so, in what respect was it risky?
1b. Was Puck the hobgoblin of the title?

2. I've forgotten if I've asked this before. Oh, well. Have you remembered
yet what book Goliath was reading in "Avalon" pt I when he stayed behind
in the clock tower to finish it?

3. You've mentioned before a story you had in mind dealing with the
clocktower itself. Since the clocktower has been destroyed and you can't
do the story (so you wouldn't be spoiling anything we'd have a chance to
see), would you mind telling us what it was about?

4. Will you be at the Gathering 98? If so, are you planning on showing the
same videos (BAD GUYS leica reel, etc) that you did last year? I wouldn't
mind seeing those again. :)

IP: grmn-105ppp69.epix.net

Greg responds...

1. No. That two-parter wasn't risky per se, but it was highly
sophisticated even by GARGOYLES standards. I think we could have done it,
but the higher ups rejected it. It was the ONLY plotline they did reject.
Given how cooperative they were otherwise, it was hard to argue the point.

1b. It's not that simple.
2. No. Maybe the next time I see the episode, it'll come back to
me.
3. I just answered that one. It might be in this very post. IF
not, check the recent archives.
4. I hope to be there. I have my plane tickets, as of today (7/22)
I'm waiting for a confirmation on my hotel room. When I get that, I'll make
an official announcement. I will bring those videos again. If the majority
want to see them again, I'll show 'em. But I'm planning to bring some stuff
none of you have seen as well.

(GDW / 7-22-98)

Response recorded on July 22, 1998

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Anonymous writes...

Hy Greg, here´s another bunch of questions:

1.) When you state the age of a gargoyle, is this age counted from the
hatching, or from the laying of the egg?

2.) When the Emir enprisoned Anubis, Anubis stated, that with him
locked away, nobody would die. Does this a) mean that death is "unnatural" and
onley happens because the third race doesn´t want to have to many of
the first two run around, or b) was Anubis simpley connected to death
somehow?

3.) If the answer is b, then how did this connection start?

4.) Would Anubis be able to let one of the third race die at all, if
Oberon would object ?

5.) When Demona and Xanatos reanimated Coldstone, the souls of three
gargoyles were reanimated within one body, cause they used parts of
three shattered Gargoyles. Coldstone also stated, there were nothing he
remembered after going to sleep this morning, so he didn´t have any
afterlife experience at all. a) Does this mean that a gargoyle who is
shattered during the day is not "technically" dead and b) that his soul
is still present in the shards?

6.) Does Xanatos have anymore parts of shattered gargoyles in his
posession?

7.) When Xanatos tried to make ammends by seperating the 3 souls, why
did he go for robot bodies instead of extracting the DNA from Coldstones
bodyparts and cloning "real" bodies from it? I take it, he hasn´t quit
genetics completeley after Sevarius went his own ways...

IP: 195.3.79.137

Greg responds...

1. Hatching.

2. The latter.

3. Now that would be telling.

4. Huh?

5. Not necessarily.

6. Nothing significant.

7. Can't clone stone.

(GDW / 7-22-98)

Response recorded on July 22, 1998

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Anonymous writes...

in the episode the mirror it showed that there were three races
humans,gargoyles and oberons children if the new olympians from the
episode
the new olympians arn't any of those then what are they?

Greg responds...

I've answered this before. Broadway didn't know about the New
Olympians when he explained the three races to Elisa. But at any rate, the
New Olympians are a hybrid race.

(GDW / 7-22-98)

Response recorded on July 22, 1998

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Anonymous writes...

Hi! First of all, I love the show! : ) Anyway, just one question: Why did
Thailog have Sevarious make Delilah look like Elisa instead of Demona? I'm
done..bye!

Greg responds...

Mostly to torture Goliath and Demona. But also cuz Thailog has some
serious issues of his own to work through.

(GDW / 7-22-98)

Response recorded on July 22, 1998

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Anonymous writes...

Hi! It's me again! : )

1. I saw that in another question that you've answered, you said that
Brooklyn's son(?) would've been named Nashville. Have you ever been there?
(It's my hometown.^_^)

2. I also noticed when you said that you think that Derek would have had
trouble with Goliath and Elisa's relationship. Why?

3. How did you and Gorebash meet?
Thanks for taking time out to answer my questions! Bye!

Greg responds...

1. Nope.
2. Open-minded Derek?
3. Well, it depends what you mean. I didn't actually meet him
until last year's Gathering. We first communicated before that via e-mail,
I think. (Gore, feel free to add your memories of this below. [Heh, now
we'll see if he's paying attention when he posts this stuff.]) I think Gore
somehow contacted my sister Robyn, who hooked me up with him.

(GDW / 7-22-98)

(Gorebash Talkin. Yah I do pay attention... sometimes. Greg's sister somehow
came across my web site one day and gave me an e-mail telling me how she thought her brother
might like the page then added 'he created gargoyles'. heh. So what else is a freak like me to
do but ask "HEY! Can you maybe let him, then, take a peek at it?" and instead of just getting
a "sure" I get his e-mail address with a 'why not tell him yourself'. So I did. The rest is
history.)

Response recorded on July 22, 1998

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Anonymous writes...

Hi Greg - I'd like to ask you, who is the creator of the GARGOYLES video
game? I noticed it was made by Buena Vista, but the plt is all wrong! It
sythe Eye of Oden was made by Vickings, for one. Just woundering.

Greg responds...

Patrick Gilmore was the producer. He ran most of the basics by me
and Frank. It's an adaptation for his medium. As for the Eye, well, they
came up with that concept, so one could argue that we screwed it up.
Except, I don't think the two versions are mutually exclusive. And I
actually liked their visual design better than ours. It was more Odinesque,
more Viking. I always thought ours looked vaguely Egyptian.

(GDW / 7-22-98)

Response recorded on July 22, 1998

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Anonymous writes...

Is there a way I could get ay least one of the Goliath Chronicle episode I
really miss that show.
Is there any update on the Gargoyles Movie.

Greg responds...

1. I didn't have much to do with Goliath Chronicles. EVERYONE GET
THAT?!! And at any rate, I can't get anyone video tapes.
2. And I have no new information on the movie.

(GDW / 7-22-98)

Response recorded on July 22, 1998


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