--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Mark Lungo <bfltoons@...> wrote:
>
> I read the beta of the history pages about the
> *Skunkworks/Caterwaul*world. Nicely done, Jim! Here are my comments.
>
> • I notice that the countries and continents all have the same names as in
> the real world. This just seems weird to me, especially with their history
> not matching up with ours. Will this be changed in the final version?
Yeah, there are a few countries that have different names, as well as numerous cities that are different between our world and theirs. Texas, for example, is nowhere near as large as it is here, since the events regarding that state played out differently in their world.
>
> • Will we ever learn more about historical figures like Constance O'Dell
> and Edward Lindsey?
Possibly, though that would be at a later time. I originally wanted to produce some old-timey pictures of them, but that's still up in the air.
>
> • For that matter, will Samuel Vaughn (who's presumably still alive) appear
> in one of the stories? (Oh, and what species is he?)
He was a Feline, and was Crystal Vaughn's father (the main lead character of "Caterwaul"). If he was still around, "Caterwaul" would have never existed (he's been dead for awhile).
>
> • I have to say, there seems to be an element of Mary
> Suetopia<http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySuetopia>in
> some aspects of the history, from the fundamentalists being dealt with
> early on to the major powers cooperating on space travel. I'm not judging
> or anything--I wish our history had turned out that way too--and besides,
> anybody who creates a fictional world does so at least in part to speculate
> on how our world could be better (or worse).
The beta versions of those pages didn't touch on any of the negative elements, since I was still working those out at the time I wrote those pages. There is certainly a lot of conflict, and there is also a fair amount of discrimination between different species. Just like in our world, there are also religious zealots and government tricksters, but the difference between our world in theirs is mostly how those sorts of situations are dealt with.
--JMH
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