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Anonymous writes...
Hello again Mr. Weisman. You mentioned that The Goliath Chronicles moved
"too fast" with public acceptance of the gargoyles, and that's certainly
true. My question is this, by the time "Bad Guys" rolls around (that
leika was AWESOME!), Yama is a member of this covert team. What is his
"status"? Does the mysterious group behind this Dirty Dozen-esque team
grant him any legal rights or acceptance, or is he considered along the
lines of a trained animal, more like Hunter's property than a sentient
beast? Just curious, thanks for answering (if you can)!
Greg responds...
The Director and the Hunter both know that Yama is fully sentient. That
doesn't mean that they choose to recognize that he has any rights. As with
Dingo and Fang, they basically blackmail Yama into joining the team or
else. The Squad's operations are, at least in theory, covert, so there
wasn't any need for a public stance on this point. Good question though.
(GDW/12-15-97)
Anonymous writes...
Mr. Weisman, I?m sorry that there are so many questions, but watching the
repeats on the Disney Channel (in England at least) has given me a lot to
think about. At the time of writing I can?t find the answers to these in
the archives, but ignore the question if that has changed or I?m wrong. 1.
How long do the New Olympians generally live for, naturally? 2. One of my
favourite shows was HERITAGE, but it is the only one that nobody seems to
talk about. A) Whatever happened to Raven? B) Would he have featured again?
3. How and when did Demona come to know that Puck and Owen were the same?
4. I might be reading too much into this, but through the first two seasons
Xanatos and Demona were the two main recurring villains. Xanatos changing
some, if not all, of his views seems to set him up to be a character on
either side, as it suits him (like Macbeth). Castaway, after THE JOURNEY,
can hardly be less than a major villain. A) Is my analysis correct, at
least partially? B) Would having two main villains driven by hate and guilt
make the stories start to seem repetitive? 5. When (ie. The year and maybe
month) would the New Olympians make themselves known? 6. In THE PRICE, out
of all the villains, why did Xanatos choose to make a robotic version of
Macbeth? He knew that the weird sisters took him away in CITY OF STONE, but
presumably didn?t know about HIGH NOON. To him, Goliath would have been
suspicious. 7. Why did Goliath not show himself when Elisa introduced the
Mutates to the Mazas? Although he is a different species, the Mazas would
probably not have noticed until he turned to stone. That way Goliath could
have had the support of the Mazas. Goliath had no problem with Derek
knowing in HER BROTHERS KEEPER. 8. Were the human gargoyles and gargoyle
Elisa how the clan would have looked had they been human or was this only
Puck?s interpretation? 9. You once mentioned that the World Tour was
?laying seeds.? What were they? New Olympians, Pendragon and Matrix for
their series, Hakon, Brod and Griff for other stories in the season and the
clan in Japan was presumably setting the stage for Katana. All these are
obvious. What about the Loch Ness Monster, Raven, Anubis, Odin, Cucullain,
the Guetamala clan and the were-panthers? 10. Was it just chance that
Demona chose to speak to Brooklyn or did she pick him knowing his
character? 11. One of the Weird Sisters mentions, in AVALON PART TWO that
the Eye of Odin was forged on Avalon. Was she referring to Odin?s birth?
12. Would there ever have been any truce or even friendship between Demona
and Elisa? Thanks for doing ?Ask Greg? and especially if you can bear all
these questions.
Greg responds...
1. They're all pretty different, but I'd guess it ranges from between 13 and
250 years.
2. Raven was present for the Gathering on Avalon, where he's currently
residing. I did have more stories planned for Raven.
3. Shortly after Puck created Owen.
4. As far as it goes, your analysis is correct. I'm not particularly
concerned about having both Castaway and Demona as villains. I wasn't
concerned about having Xanatos and Thailog as villains, and their motivations
were fairly similar. I'm making no attempt to have a quota on the number of
Major Villains, Minor Villains, Swing Characters, etc. I try to be true to
each individual and allow them to grow if they're capable of it.
5. I can't answer that. It depends on when, if ever, I get another chance
to tell their story. It's intended to be a contemporary event however, if
that's what you're asking.
6. Xanatos chose Macbeth presumably because he served as believable
misdirection. David guessed correctly. Goliath did believe that Macbeth had
a magical powder that could keep Hudson frozen in stone.
7. I don't think Goliath wanted to intrude on their moment of reunion. They
had enough to deal with, without having to hear Elisa's whole history with
the Gargoyles on top of everything else. And yes, Goliath probably could
have passed for a Mutate, but I doubt he'd want to lie to Elisa's parents,
even by ommision. Also, I'm sure Elisa had input on the decision, and as we
know, Elisa wasn't big on sharing that secret with anyone.
8. Uh... How do I answer that? Both. I mean, how would you look if you
were born a platypus? How would a mule look if he were born an anteater?
9. Yes.
10. When?
11. Maybe. Or maybe to his eye being transformed into the jeweled form we
were familiar with.
12. I'm not sure yet.
(GDW/12-15-97)
Anonymous writes...
1) How did Puck decide on the name Owen Burnett? 2) What does Owen do in
his spare time? 3) Who are Puck's parents? 4) Who told Shakespeare the
story of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and why? 5) How accurate is AMND? Is
it more accurate than Macbeth? 6) What is Puck's real name? (I'm hoping
that that IS his real name, but...) 7) Xanatos does pay Owen, doesn't he?
If so, how much? 8) Does Xanatos ever let Owen take a vacation, and if so,
where does he go during his time off? 9) Why is the window in Owen's
office up so high? 10) What happened to Queen Mab after Oberon overthrew
her? 11) Whenever people ask you if Oberon's Children are immortal, you
get kind of evasive, so I'm going to rephrase it. Do Oberon's Children
eventually die of old age? 12) You've also pointed out that since they're
shape-shifters, Oberon's Children can look any way they want to. Does Puck
really look the way he usually appears? What about Oberon and Titania? 13)
Did the events that occured in "The Gathering" happen exactly the way
Titania planned them, or just generally the way she planned them?
Specifically, did she expect Oberon to eternally ban Puck and take his
powers away? I guess I'll stop now. Thanks for putting up with me. :)
Greg responds...
1. I'd have to think about that. I'm sure he was looking for something that
had the feel of Preston Vogel without actually sounding so close as to arouse
suspicion. (They already looked so much alike.)
2. What spare time?
3. I'm not telling.
4. Ask me again later.
5. Less at stake, so in its way, probably. But the play is heavily
anachronistic and analocalistic (a new word), so it's not exactly a
documentary.
6. Puck is ONE of his many "real" names, others include Owen Burnett and
Robin Goodfellow. In fact we briefly considered using the latter name or
just plain Goodfellow instead of Puck because a couple people were nervous
that Puck would be mistaken by parents for another word which it happens to
rhyme with. Ultimately, we figured that we'd go with the name that the
character was most famous for and just make sure we were really careful with
our enunciation.
7. Yes. I don't know the exact amount. Quite a bit, but he's worth every
penny.
8. Xanatos would let Owen take a vacation, but I don't think Owen's
requested one yet.
9. Design fluke?
10. Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh.
11. I honestly don't know, because they don't know. I'm not trying to be
evasive on this point. Here's what we do know: (1) they are, at the very
least, extremely long lived; (2) none of them have died of old age YET;
(3) They are shape-shifters, so they don't ever have to look old, and most
choose not to. Even the ones who do choose to look old, like Grandmother for
example, don't age visibly, they simply maintain an elderly form. None of
this is evidence against the evenutal possibility of dying of extreme old age.
12. Who knows? I doubt Puck does. Or Oberon or Titania for that matter.
When you can choose any form, who's to say which form is the "true" form?
I'd say Puck, Titania, Oberon et al are in their "true" forms because those
are the forms they most often choose to be in.
13) You'd have to ask Titania, but I wouldn't bet against her.
(GDW/12-15-97)
Anonymous writes...
Some questions and comments: 1) I was wondering if you think Disney would
consider licensing the comic book rights to Gargoyles to an imprint other
than Marvel (ie. Dark Horse, WildStorm, Topcow, ect.) and would you
consider taking on writing duties if they did? Marvel didn't do a great job
with the series because it didn't have the same quality of art and
story-telling that the cartoon had at the time. Without a T.V. series to
compete with, a Gragoyles comic could continue your stories with adequate
sales. Just a thought. 2) To your knowledge, were any of the other
Gargoyles videos edited down from the original broadcasted version? 3)Did
they include any new scenes? Although "Awakening" was cut down a lot, I
noticed a new scene where Goliath answered the airship captain's question
of "What are you?" with "Your worst nightmare", a cliche that kind of
deserved to be edited out. 4) I just want to say that I'm glad your staff
put out such a great animated series without resorting to adding the
pointless violence that your Mighty Morphing competitors survived on. There
are only a handful of children's shows nowadays that rely on true
story-telling, but they seem to be getting cancelled all of the time in
exchange for mediocre programming. Thanks for your time.
Greg responds...
1. I think Disney would consider that. The question is, how do you get a
new comic company interested, when Marvel's version poisoned the water from a
sales standpoint. Still if you guys could convince a comic company to take
it on, I'd love to write the book. Again, I was poised to take over the
writing of the Marvel book (and I had already scripted one issue) when the
mag was cancelled by Marvel. Incidentally, I think the art was generally
pretty strong on the book. The stories suffered because they were tangential
to my series continuity, but I don't think it was a bad effort. The main
problem was that it was marketed poorly and/or incorrectly.
2. To my knowledge, they were not. Though I didn't watch them. I'm just
confident that they didn't spend the money to do any editing.
3. There were no new scenes. Even that wasn't a new scene. As you noted
the two (nearly) simultaneous edits of "AWAKENING" and "THE HEROES AWAKEN"
were done by two different sets of people who had two different sets of
marching orders.
4. Thank you and you're welcome. (GDW/12-15-97)
Anonymous writes...
A few questions, all fey (fae, fay, whatever) related. Thank you in advance
for your responses. 1)a)Does Oberon have any biological offspring other
than Merlin? b)Who are they? c)Which of the above, if any, are also
Titania's children? 2)Where was Puck during the late 15th century? (I am
not asking WHO he was or WHAT he was doing, since you are unlikely to
answer such questions. All I want is the name of a city - or country, if
you would prefer not to be more specific.) 3)You mentionned that Queen Mab
was Oberon's mother, and several people have asked who his father was, but
who were TITANIA's parents? 4)Just out of curiosity, have you read the
novel "The Mists of Avalon"?
Greg responds...
1a. Yes.
1b&c. I'm not telling.
2. Around.
3. I'm not telling.
4. No. Though I received it as a gift while I was working on the show, I
haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Right now I'm in the middle of
reading the plays of Christopher Marlowe. After that, I plan on reading the
complete works of William Faulkner. In between, I generally fit in a Tony
Hillerman book here and there. Everything else is in line behind those three
authors. (GDW/12-15-97)
Anonymous writes...
Hi Greg, thanks again for answering all our q's. 1)You said in one of
your responses that one of the main, gargoyle characters would die
violently. In another response you said that Castaway might (in the future)
kill a gargoyle. I don't want to break your rules by assuming any of my own
opponions on this, but are these two responses any way related? 2)How
long ago was the Guatemalan clan mostly killed out? 3)What happened to
Pendragon's son that Oberon needed to owe him a favor? 4)I know you
told us "Let me surprise you" on the ceremony between the commitment of
Elisa and Golith's relationship, but I'm just wondering one thing...Were
any of their friends there, or were they in privacy? 5)You said that
you had 10 monthes to produce/make the first 13 episodes, but I heard
before that it took a year to make the final copy of an ep. Am i wrong? If
I am, how long should it take to produce a great final copy? 6)I have
noticed that while watching TGC (and I'll take this from the first ep that
you did) the sound affects, and the animation is strikingly similar to the
sound affects and animation the the cartoon, "Spiderman". Was their an
animation/company change between the 2nd and the 3rd season? 7)In
another response you said that Elisa and Goliath barely had a realtionship.
Was the "date" that Elisa and Goliath were planning to have, before being
ambushed at her apartment, in "The Journey", considered to you, part of
thier progress in their realtionship? Thanks for your time! I greatly
appreciate it!
Greg responds...
1. I'm not sure that I said exactly what you're reporting here. I don't
remember. At any rate, I'm not responding to this.
2. Not very.
3. Huh? Oberon owed his own son Merlin a favor.
4. Friends and relatives will be in attendance.
5. "Final Copy"? I'm not sure what that means. From premise to air can
take as little as six months to as much as two years, depending on schedule,
staff, money, etc. Obviously, the more time, the better the odds that the
quality will be high in the end result. Time is no guarantee of quality, but
it sure helps.
6. Yes.
7. I'd say it was progress, though aborted progress. You'll notice
Elisa did dress up for it. (GDW/12-15-97)
Anonymous writes...
Well first I what to thank you and the rest for a great TV series. First,
you probley bee asked this one a few times, are you or your staff Star Trek
fans, no malice intended, I enjoy Star Trek. Just wondering about the
voices, personally i think are great choices. Second, this might be
stepp'in on some toes, but ya never know less ya ask, is Disney or anyone
going to be porting the second season to video, I know the movie and first
season are already on video. And now I can't remember any other questions,
oh well, thanks for your time...
Greg responds...
I do like Star Trek -- some episodes and films more than others, of course.
I've discussed why we had so many Star Trek voice actors before. Check the
archives, but the short answer is that a bunch of them auditioned for us
right off the bat, so that later when we were casting we had them in mind.
No plans for putting the 2nd season out on video as far as I know.
(GDW/12-15-97)
Anonymous writes...
First I would like to say that I think gargoyles had to be the best
animated series I have ever seen. Now for the questions. 1. Do you have
any gargoyles fiction on this or any site? I have enjoyed alot of the
fanfiction but would love to read some of your work. 1. I have been
curious abaut Demona. How evil is she rated from 1 to 10? I mean could
she bring a new born human infant to harm, or isn't she that bad? 3.
Does Oberon have an equal? Or someone who's power nears or exeeds
Oberons? 4. I am from New Zealand And the last Gargoyles episode we got
here was "Hunters Moon". Are there any more episodes to follow and if so
do I have much to look forward to? Thanks alot Greg.
Greg responds...
1. Not really, though I have written a couple of short things here at ASK
GREG. A little story about City of Stone, as I recall, plus the multi-part
background piece called "Once upon a time there were three brothers..."
1. [Two question ones. Boy, this numbering thing must be harder than it
looks. :)] I don't know how to numerically rate a character's evilness.
Everything with Demona is situational. I'm sure she believes she could smash
in an infant human's skull. But frankly, I doubt she'd do it when push comes
to shove.
2. There was no question 2.
3. Yes. Mommy Mab for starters.
4. There were 13 episodes done after the HUNTER'S MOON 3-parter. They were
collectively titled "Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles". I worked on the
first episode of those 13, a show titled "The Journey". I'm fairly proud of
that episode. The other twelve were done by other people, and I don't much
care for them, but I'm hardly objective. I'm told that they aren't as
good as the original 65 episodes, but that they are pretty good compared to
other cartoons. (GDW/12-11-97)
Anonymous writes...
I have a silly little question. Before Oberon overthrew Queen Mab, were the
Children of Oberon called the Children of Mab?
Greg responds...
Yes.
(GDW/12-11-97)
Anonymous writes...
1. You said in a previous question the vial with the virus was destroyed?
How'd it get destroyed if breaking it causes the spell to be unleashed, or
can it only be unleashed on a Hunter's Moon. 2. What the blazes was meant
by Demona being on the side of the Angels. I looked all around the archive
for that question and the first two parts of THE THREE BROTHERS but didn't
find a single one. 3. Who's Kenneth I? I hope this question isn't wiped
but: was THE THREE BROTHERS a cut scene or an ep that was lost from the
original ep making? 4. Will you insert all the scenes you had to cut from
the eps GATHERING up to HUNTERS' MOON before Gorebash closes this archieve,
and any other scenes you had to cut, or are some going to be left out? 5.
I hope the question isn't wiped either but: What I meant by timeline in my
previous question is how exactly would you have started off your spinoff
serieses, like, with an introductory GARGOYLES Ep: Or in TIMEDANCER case,
FUTURE TENSE Ep, or would you have just started them giving no reasons. 6.
I hope this question isn't wiped either but: If you do the spinoffs and
then decide to conclude one, then wanted to make a Second Season for it how
would you start it back up? 7. How many years of timedancing does Brooklyn
do before he meets Katana, after he meets her but before they have
children, after they have children but before FUTURE TENSE, and after that
before returning home, or, assuming FUTURE TENSE comes first how many
before FUTURE TENSE, then between that and metting Katana, then between
when they have kids, then between when they come home? 8. How would you
have pulled off where Brooklyn shows up with a mate and two kids and keep
the show going while having a spinoff, why would the he touch the Phoenix
Gate, how would it exit the Timestream, and why wouldn't Brooklyn be able
to control it. 9. I hope this doesn't get wiped either but would Demona
ever learn about the Illuminati? Are there other secret societies besides
them, and if so, which is the strongest? Who was the first Fae? Who was the
first gargoyle? For Demona's redemption or becoming an ally, whatever you
want to call it, would that have happened in a single ep, a multiparter ep,
or started and gradually taken shape and conclusion over a series of eps?
10. Why would Yama, Dingo, the Matrix, and Robyn be considered BAD GUYS
since they're all good now? 11. What would happen if some idiot did change
the timestream?
Whoops, ignore question 11 please! I think that might've been an idea, and
I don't want the whole question wiped.
Greg responds...
1. You answered your own question. (Man, I'm feeling so redundant.)
2. I'm only guessing here, because you gave me no context, but I assume
you're referring to the proposed FUTURE TENSE spin-off series.
3. Kenneth I was Kenneth MacAlpin, considered by history to be the first
High King of Scotland. And no, I'm writing "Once upon a time there were
three brothers..." as the mood strikes me, as an ASK GREG exclusive. A lot
of the ideas were already in my head of course. And it's all based on a few
real historical facts.
4. I'll include as much stuff as I get around to including, but all the
major stuff has already been included.
5. I'm sorry, I really don't understand the question.
6. All right, quit worrying about whether your questions are going to be
wiped. Questions aren't wiped individually anyway, only posts. Gore has his
instructions and parameters. So do you, if you've read the guidelines. If
Gore wipes it, I'll never know it existed. If he doesn't than the odds are
good that the questions were o.k. If you are unsure about what is or
isn't acceptable, just e-mail Gore. As to question 6, well, you are asking
me to answer a hypothetical question based on a whole set of hypothetical
circumstances. There's nothing "real" to hang an answer of any substance
on. Sorry.
7. I haven't done the Math yet to that degree of specificity. Ask me again
some other time.
8. Again, this is all theory. We didn't know how many series if any would
be on the air. But I was prepared to have Brooklyn as the lead of TIMEDANCER
and as a member of the ensemble of GARGOYLES simultaneously. As to the
details of how the Gate operated in TimeDancer, I don't feel like revealing
that right now.
9. A lot of questions, many completely unrelated to each other, are grouped
under one number here. Please, NUMBER EACH QUESTION SEPERATELY.
10. The TITLE of that proposed spin-off was Bad Guys. It was indicative of
attitude and background of the characters, not necessarily their
immediate good/evil orientation, though Fang would be fairly slow to make a
real transition.
11. Can't be done in the Gargoyle Universe, no matter how stupid you are.
And again, Gore let the question through, so you're safe. But again,
let me make this totally clear. If you suspect that you've slipped in an
idea, than you had better erase it yourself. Gore has very specific
instructions not to edit posts. (He won't play this game: "Question 5 is
o.k. But this question 8 must be deleted." Uh uh. No way. That's not how
it works.) IF EVEN ONE QUESTION IN A POST DOESN'T JIBE WITH OUR GUIDELINES,
GORE WILL KICK THE ENTIRE POST. THE ENTIRE POST. Everyone clear. Good.
Thanks. (GDW/12-11-97)
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