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Yep- Part 3 of THE DOCTOR & I! I finally got time to finish some art for it (all by me this time since my talented bud Shawn Van Briesen is busy with SARAH JANE SMITH: FINAL REPORT). But here's another chunk of the script for our "lost" webcomic, bringing it's first "episode" to a close (but there's plenty more to come).You Art History majors will probably recognize the TARDIS catacombs, as they're shamelessly ripped off from Giovanni Piranesi's "Prisons" etchings: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni… I just tried to fuse those with some of the architecture of the McGann TARDIS.
PART ONE HERE: fav.me/d4hc49n
PART TWO HERE: fav.me/d4vnkzw
UPDATE: Well it took long enough, but due to repeated requests, here's the first part of Episode 2! www.patreon.com/posts/doctor-i…
EPISODE 1, PART 3
PAGE 12
12.1
The TARDIS (or another TARDIS, anyway) materializes in a familiar place- the 8th Doctor's console room. It's a bit worse for wear. The Tiffany lamps and potted plants are gone, the books are dusty and scattered. The Doctor hasn't had time to tidy it for quite awhile. Whole sections have been repaired crudely- as if scavenged from other TARDISes. We see some cables here and there that have been badly wired into the console. It's like Terry Gilliam redecorated the place. We see the first signs of the console room becoming the grungy organic affair the Eccleston version of the Ninth Doctor used. It looks dark and foreboding- this is a TARDIS on a "war footing".
TARDIS SFX: VWORP! VWORRRRRRP!
12.2
The Shalka, Eighth, and Cushing Doctors step out, along with Alison. The Richard Griffiths Doctor is nowhere to be seen.
SHALKA DOCTOR: YOU'VE MADE CHANGES IN HERE, HAVEN'T YOU? I DON'T LIKE IT.
ALISON: ARE WE EVER GOING TO STOP CHANGING TARDISES??? I HAD LESS CONNECTIONS WHEN I WENT ON HOLIDAY TO MALAYSIA...
DR. WHO: MMMM. I DON'T CARE FOR IT EITHER. ALL THIS TRAVEL REMINDS ME OF MY DAYS IN THE NAVY.
8th DOCTOR: I THINK WE'RE DONE. SEVEN HOPS SHOULD BE ENOUGH.
12.3
Alison looks at Dr. Who incredulously. He smiles.
ALISON: THE TIME LORDS HAVE A NAVY?
DR. WHO: OH, I MEANT THE ROYAL ONE, MY DEAR. H.M. ARMED FORCES AND SUCH. JOINED WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN. EVEN SAW ACTION AGAINST THE HUN AT JUTLAND!
ALISON: WHAT?!
DR. WHO: I'M AFRAID I DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT THESE "TIME LORDS" CHAPS- JUST WHAT THIS YOUNGSTER'S TOLD ME.
DR. WHO: I'M AS HUMAN AS YOU ARE. IT'S EVER SO AWKWARD.
12.4
He frowns nervously. The 8th Doctor puts his arm over his shoulder and smiles. Again, he reminds us of his younger, less troubled self.
8th DOCTOR: DON'T FEEL BAD- I'M HALF-HUMAN MYSELF.
DR. WHO: REALLY???
8th DOCTOR: NO- THAT'S TOTAL RUBBISH. JUST TRYING TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER. I USED TO BE A BETTER LIAR WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. SPEAKING OF-
8th DOCTOR: WE'RE SAFE NOW, EVERYONE.
PAGE 13
13.1
The MARK GATISS and LENNY HENRY Doctors walk out of the shadows, holding some ridiculously inappropriate Big F***ing Guns- like the kind used for killing Daleks in the new series. Gatiss tosses his aside into one of the few remaining comfy chairs. The Henry Doctor is wearing sunglasses. The silhouettes of two more Doctors approach from the right. #8 smiles in the foreground and gestures to the new arrivals.
GATISS DOCTOR: THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT.
HENRY DOCTOR: WHO'S THE NEW GUY?
8th DOCTOR: HE'S A NINTH, ACTUALLY. AND THIS IS ALISON.
13.2
They surround this "new" Doctor curiously. The other two silhouettes are revealed to be JOANNA LUMLEY and NICK BRIGGS' Doctors. The Shalka Doctor timidly shakes hands with Briggs, the closest one. Lumley looks at our Doctor with a sly smile and one slightly raised eyebrow. Briggs smiles warmly but points one finger of his left hand at him, looking a touch condescending.
GATISS DOCTOR: REALLY? ANOTHER NINE?
LUMLEY DOCTOR: MMM. LOOKS MORE LIKE A "TEN" TO ME.
SHALKA DOCTOR: I'M THE, ER-
SHALKA DOCTOR: HELLO. YOU'RE ANOTHER NINE, PERHAPS?
BRIGGS DOCTOR: ER, PERHAPS. PROBABLY BETTER IF I DON'T SAY, OLD MAN. YOU KNOW- "SPOILERS" AND ALL THAT. JUST CALL ME "Nth", OR "FRED", OR-
13.3
Lumley shoves Briggs out of the way and shakes the Doctor's hand energetically. She seems to be pushing her very noticeable cleavage up toward his face just the tiniest bit. Lenny Henry takes his glasses off and waves a single index finger in greeting from over her shoulder. Gatiss leans in and also offers a friendly handshake.
LUMLEY DOCTOR: OH JUST IGNORE HIM- ALWAYS TRYING TO BE IMPORTANT AND MYSTERIOUS. I'M A THIRTEEN, DARLING.
HENRY DOCTOR: SEVEN. HEYA.
GATISS DOCTOR: ALSO A NINE.
13.4
The Doctor shakes Gatiss' hand. Gatiss smiles and nods like he's been through the whole "meeting yourself" drill many times. He has the air of a celebrity at a Comic Con who wants to politely keep the line moving...
SHALKA DOCTOR: OH, WELL... PLEASURE. AND... GINGER?
GATISS DOCTOR: USUALLY.
SHALKA DOCTOR: THAT'S REMARKABLE. YOU KNOW, I-
GATISS DOCTOR: -ALWAYS WANTED TO BE GINGER.
SHALKA DOCTOR: YES, OF COURSE YOU WOULD. SORRY.
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14.1
The Doctor turns at the sound of another, less friendly voice. DAVID COLLINGS (the Doctor from the Big Finish "Unbound" audio FULL FATHOM FIVE) steps from the shadows. He tucks his Walther P38 into a very un-Doctorish shoulder holster beneath his frock coat. He regards the new arrivals with a detached coolness.
COLLINGS DOCTOR: WHERE'S THE FAT ONE? THE OTHER EIGHTH?
14.2
A hand falls on Collings' shoulder. He jumps ever so slightly.
VOICE: THE "FAT ONE" DIDN'T MAKE IT, DID HE?
14.3
He looks over in dead silence. It's the DAVID WARNER Doctor, also from the Big Finish audios. He ignores Collings with a cool disdain, looking over at the Shalka Doctor. This Doctor has an authority about him- the others obviously look to him as a leader, or at least a voice of wisdom.
WARNER DOCTOR: THERE'S ONLY TEN OF US NOW.
WARNER DOCTOR: I THINK YOU'D BETTER COME WITH ME, DOCTOR.
14.4
Flashback to a bit earlier. The Doctor, Alison, #8, and Griffiths are in the console room of Griffith's TARDIS. It's familiar to old-school fans as the "hanging console" design Mike Tucker created for a hypothetical Season 27. The ship is spinning violently out of control, rocked by an unseen force. Griffiths works the sparking, burning controls feverishly as the others run into yet another TARDIS (this time the Cushing movies' clear-windowed version). Alison turns back and calls back to Griffiths, as the Doctor drags her away. #8 calls out too.
CAPTION: EARLIER
GRIFFITHS DOCTOR: WE HAVEN'T GOT LONG! ABANDON SHIP!
ALISON: WE CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT YOU!
8th DOCTOR: C'MON, MAN!
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15.1
Griffiths rushes over and points at the doors. The sound of the strange laughter Alison heard earlier emanates from beyond...
GRIFFITHS DOCTOR: IT'S TOO LATE, THEY'RE HERE.
VOICES (o.c.): Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...
15.2
CU of Griffiths mouth, whispering a name that no one dares say too loudly...
GRIFFITHS DOCTOR: THE LAUGHING MEN...
GRIFFITHS DOCTOR: THE NEVERWERES.
15.3
He grabs the Shalka and 8th Doctors and shoves them into the other TARDIS. Yes- for this brief moment, it's one big Withnail & I reunion.
GRIFFITHS DOCTOR: THIS... "TARDIS" IS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO TRACE. I'LL TRY TO DRAW THEM AWAY.
GRIFFITHS DOCTOR: NOW GO, MY BOYS! SAVE YOURSELVES!
VOICES (o.c.): HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA...
15.4
Inside the strange interior of the Cushing TARDIS, the Doctor hits the takeoff switch. Alison stands by the doors, freaked out by the sounds on the other side. We can see a great, terrible shadow moving past the windows.
DR. WHO: LOCK THE DOORS! T.A.R.D.I.S. IS TAKING OFF!
SFX: KKKKKKRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEAK!
ALISON: IT'S THROUGH, IT'S GOING TO-
15.5
CU of the Griffiths Doctor, outside, back against the dematerializing TARDIS' doors. He looks in resigned dread as a huge shadow falls over his face.
VOICES (o.c.): HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA...
GRIFFITHS DOCTOR: TOO LATE.
GRIFFITHS DOCTOR: OH...
GRIFFITHS DOCTOR: ..GOOD LUCK, MY DEARS.
15.6
Back inside, Alison recoils from the door as a bloodcurdling scream comes from the other side. Blood splatters across the TARDIS windows- we can only guess what's happening. She buries her face in her Doctor's arms. He tries to look consoling, but he's obviously quite shaken himself.
GRIFFITHS DOCTOR (o.c.): AAAAAAIIGH!
PAGE 16
16.1
Cut back to the present. The Shalka and Warner Doctors walk through the gothic, torch-lit corridors of #8's TARDIS. Warner's face makes it clear he can't really get emotional about this sort of stuff anymore.
CAPTION: NOW.
SHALKA DOCTOR: I'M SORRY.
SHALKA DOCTOR: I WISH I COULD SAY HE DIED FOR MORE.
WARNER DOCTOR: ONE OF HUNDREDS, I'M AFRAID.
16.2
They pass through a door into the TARDIS' massive library. A pair of bats fly overhead.
SHALKA DOCTOR: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AT THIS?
WARNER DOCTOR: HARD TO SAY. YOU KNOW HOW TIME CAN GET WHEN YOU DON'T LEAVE THE TARDIS... OR TARDISES RATHER... FOR A WHILE.
16.3
They walk through the narrow passages between the ridiculously high shelves.
WARNER DOCTOR: I'D GUESS THE CAMPAIGN'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS AT THIS POINT.
SHALKA DOCTOR: "CAMPAIGN". YOU SOUND LIKE A GENERAL.
16.4
They descend a staircase, going past even more bookshelves. These seem more archaic. Most look Gallifreyan. This is a place of old, old knowledge.
WARNER DOCTOR: MORE OF A GLORIFIED SERGEANT. AT BEST.
SHALKA DOCTOR: WELL, YOU SEEM TO HAVE THE RESPECT OF THE OTHERS ANYWAY.
WARNER DOCTOR: LIKE I SAID- A SERGEANT. BUT I'M TOO YOUNG TO COMMAND. SECOND REGENERATION- ONLY ABOUT 575 YEARS OLD. OUR "GENERAL" IS A GOOD DEAL OLDER. HE'S WAITING FOR US...
WARNER DOCTOR: ... IN THE CLOISTER ROOM.
PAGE 17
17.1
Warner stops on a small landing by a medieval-looking door and turns to look at the Doctor. He fumbles in the inner breast pocket of his trench coat for a key. The Doctor looks at him incredulously.
WARNER DOCTOR: WE'VE MET BEFORE, YOU KNOW.
SHALKA DOCTOR: WE CAN'T HAVE MET BEFORE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT TIME LORDS ARE UNIQUE IN THE MULTIVERSE. THEY DON'T HAVE COUNTERPARTS. RASSILON MADE SURE OF-
WARNER DOCTOR: YOU WEREN'T ALTOGETHER WELL, IT WAS IN YOUR SIXTH INCARNATION. A WOMAN NAMED EVELYN WAS WITH YOU...
17.2
Suddenly the Doctor remembers this. We see a vision of it behind his head. The 6th Doctor (in blue) is shaking hands with Warner and an older, not-so-militaristic Brigadier (see the Big Finish audio "100" for more information).
SHALKA DOCTOR: WHAT?
17.3
Warner unlocks the door and walks into the dark chamber beyond. The Doctor remains on the landing for a moment, a bit thrown.
SHALKA DOCTOR: THAT HAPPENED.
WARNER DOCTOR: YES.
17.4
Warner lights an old lantern that looks vaguely Japanese, casting light on a massive "underground" structure- we're deep into the TARDIS now. The "TARDIS Catacombs" are a vast, cavernous sprawl of column-like structures, meandering staircases, and doors that seem to lead nowhere. Do a Google Image Search for "Piranesi's Prisons" and you'll get an idea of what to go for (heck, just rip off Piranesi- 500 years puts it pretty safely in public domain). It's also a bit shades of David Warner's own "Fortress of Ultimate Darkness" from Time Bandits.
WARNER DOCTOR: AND THEN IN YOUR SEVENTH INCARNATION- YOU VISITED AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE WHERE-
SHALKA DOCTOR: YES, YES, YES. IT'S ALL THERE. NEW MEMORIES.
SHALKA DOCTOR: BUT TIME CAN'T CHANGE THAT DRASTICALLY. TEMPORAL PRIMALITY DOESN'T ALLOW-
WARNER DOCTOR: THE OLD LAWS OF THE TIME LORDS ARE DEAD.
PAGE 18
18.1
The Doctors navigate a treacherous spiral staircase. We're looking from a high angle, and can see that this crazy maze of stairs and landings seems to go down forever. Warner stops at another door, which seems to just be standing over an impossibly long drop, and turns another key...
WARNER DOCTOR: I NEVER CARED MUCH FOR THEM ANYWAY. ABSOLUTE LAWS MUST BREAK ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A PITY OUR PEOPLE WERE NEVER INTRODUCED TO BUDDHISM.
SHALKA DOCTOR (under his breath): OH YOU'RE SUCH A THIRD ME.
18.2
CU of the Doctor, exasperated and weary. He can't stand to be teased with these Earth-shattering hints at what's going on anymore. He stops in his tracks and asks point blank...
SHALKA DOCTOR: DOCTOR...
SHALKA DOCTOR: WHAT'S HAPPENED?
18.3
Warner pushes open the door, revealing warm torchlight beyond. The Doctor's eyes go wide. Of all the horrible surprises he's had today, this may be the worst. A calm, controlled voice comes from within...
WARNER DOCTOR: HE'LL EXPLAIN.
VOICE (o.c.): YES... I THINK IT'S TIME I PROMULGATE OUR PREDICAMENT TO OUR LATEST INCARNATION.
18.4
Through some sort of transcendental magic, the door opens onto the upper landing of the Cloister Room (as seen in the TV Movie). The place has changed a bit, now lined with tables of charts, books and maps- like some arcane wizard's workshop. This is where a very strange war is being masterminded. Standing amongst all this, THE VALEYARD waits with a small smile. He's aged a lot since we last saw him in TRIAL OF A TIMELORD, but it's unmistakably him. He's ditched his Time Lord robes for a black Victorian suit and cape. A small knife (a "sonic scalpel") gleams at a table by his side. He looks eerily like Jack the Ripper. He reaches into a pocket and produces a brown paper bag, holding it up to the Doctor...
THE VALEYARD: JELLY BABY?
END OF EPISODE 1
TO BE CONTINUED: www.patreon.com/posts/doctor-i…
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nice! love the Piranesi riff, one of my favorite artists
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I really do hope you post the rest of this script one day, it is absolutely brilliant! I never thought I'd see so many alternative Doctors in one glorious fanwank AND have it be so well written! Even if you don't have plans of posting the rest at any point, I thank you for such a great experience.
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Thanks! I do actually have the first part of Episode 2 written- just never got around to doing the illustration for it and I've been too busy ever since. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and go "full fanfic" and post it on it's own. HMMMM...
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With or without the art I would gladly read it and imagine the absolute beauty of a fan fiction that it is.
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Damn! Someone bet me to the idea! I just started writing a book that was following along the same lines. Oh well...
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Brilliant!
The Doctor is half-human though.
The Valeyard is rad.
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I am kinda lost. But in a "I need to see more to understand" way!
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And that's when David Morrisey, Trevor Martin and Tony Garner turned up with a flamethrowing machete
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Whoa. Is there still hope for an update? It'd be a pity if it ended just when the Valeyard joined the party.
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Yes, I'll be getting back to "Doctor & I" (and the Sarah Jane webcomic) eventually. The last 6 months have just been very busy professionally, and I haven't had the time these projects need. On the upside, one of the things keeping me away is something official that'll be of interest to Who fans. Expect a very cool announcement around the beginning of March.
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Ah, that's good news! I need to keep an eye on you then.
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This is absolutely brilliant! I hope we'll be seeing some more of this story!
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Thanks! The next month or so is busy, but hopefully I'll get time later in the year to illustrate more of it. The next part's a real corker.
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This just keeps getting better and better. I wish it were canon I love it so much! So many awesome Doctors, together! David Warner's and David Collings' appearing made my day too because I love the Unbounds! Just marvelous! I hope you keep doing these and something more comes from them one day!
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Brilliant stuff, this...most intriguing, and the intrigue can only be further increased when the Valeyard is involved! An inspired plot twist, if I may say so, sir...incidentally, I don't suppose we will eventually see a brief cameo from Trevor Martin's version of Dr. Who (from the stage play "The Seven Keys to Doomsday") in this lengthy cavalcade of Doctors that never were or very nearly were, will we? If you don't mind my asking, of course...
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Thanks! And we're pretty much done with the big reveals for which Doctors are in it. Just to keep things under a TINY bit of control, I limited myself to having eleven doctors (get it?) "in play" in the present. The Valeyard's the last of those to be revealed, and as Warner observes, they're down to ten now with Griffiths gone. THAT SAID, he did say "now"- so who knows what we might see in a flashback at some point. 
But who're these mysterious adversaries they're up against, eh? Still some big revelations on the way in Episode 2...
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So we won't be getting the Rod Hull Doctor then! ah well, you can't have everything! gr8 pic, btw
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Oh, I see...well, of course, we couldn't have you being overwhelmed with trying to manage so many different versions of the Doctor in one fanfic, never mind the fact that they're alternate versions for the most part, and trying to keep the storyline relevant and exciting. I just wasn't too sure as to how far you had meant to take things, considering the momentum of events that you've built up to this point. But no, I am satisfied, for this alone is more than I could ask for, and I will "stay tuned", to be sure!
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I see a particular sexy Doctor in thar!
No wait...two! Collings and Lumley! lol
Great job man!
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I just KNEW you were going to like this one. 
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This is wonderfully brilliant.
If I could Kickstarter / donate / throw money at the screen to see this all drawn out in wondrous splendorous colour then I would.
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Thanks! I would do a Kickstarter for this in a heartbeat, but I THINK it would be illegal b/c of the copyright issue. Or would it, since it's essentially donations? Really not sure on that one. Either way, I suspect it'd annoy the BBC, and I'm still holding out hope of getting some official WHo comic work someday.
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You Art History majors will probably recognize the TARDIS catacombs, as they're shamelessly ripped off from Giovanni Piranesi's "Prisons" etchings
Never be afraid to draw on the work of your great predecessors.
But only draw from the wells of the great!
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This is just amazing.
I liked the Uncle Monty-ish touches, saying "My boys", etc.
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It would've been too much extra "business" for the scene, but I thought about giving him a pet cat who he thrusts into Alison's arms as they're abandoning ship. "Take this little beast with you- he was nothing but a constant misery here, anyway!" Or something equally Monty-ish.
And of course, "Good luck, my dears" is Tom Baker from DIMENSIONS IN TIME. But it sure SOUNDS like a Monty line, doesn't it? Actually, if they ever had the (very bad) idea of remaking WTHNAIL & I, Baker would make a hilarious Monty.
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That would have been funny. Thank goodness noone called him a "terrible ****"!
Now I'm trying not to imagine Tom Baker as Uncle Monty...
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Oh this is just a joy to read. I love all the references that I recognise (and discovering some that I've missed over the years).
Wonderful
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I should be thinking "I'm glad he doesn't draw the whole thing - there's no way he could create something as good as the mental images summoned up by the script." but then I remember that you are that good and instead find myself wishing for pages and pages of this stuff! Dilemma!
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The first part of the second episode is such an orgy of fanwank that I want to draw it in full sequential-paneled glory if time will allow. It'd kinda be a crime not to.
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Indeed it would *chains Paul to desk and cracks whip* Get to it!
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Oh my ... yes! Fantastic I must say. I do hope that an illustration of the "Jelly Baby" moment will materialise some day
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Glad ya enjoyed it. 
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Wow. Awesome writing. I imagine this is extremely confusing to someone who isn't aware of all the 'alternate' continuity, but still, awsssummm
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Thanks! And yeah, it's unapolegtically aimed at the "hardcore" fans. If I were writing it for some kind of official publication w/ a broader audience, I'd definitely do it differently. But it isn't, so I don't have to.
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