Putting the Butter in the Freezer

[scarfman]

pedanther commented at my post yesterday:

3b. Rename this script Episode VIII and draft a new Episode VII. Announce that since we've waited this long, it won't kill us to wait a bit longer. Debut Episode VII as soon as it's confirmed that David Tennant will be leaving the series (however long that takes), quickly rewrite Episodes VIII and IX to include whoever his replacement is, and take it from there.

I responded:

You know what, I like that. Well, like may be a bit strong; I dislike it no more than I dislike the options I thought of myself. "3b" hell, that's now option 4 on my list. Stay tuned.

...And it has the added bonus that it perpetuates the traditional Lucasian hiatus between trilogies. (Proportionately, sort of, since I mean to take one year between episodes instead of three.) I'm disliking it less and less the more I think about it.

I think this is what I'm going to do - so thanks, Paul.

(However, a caution to any readers who may be anticipating these crossovers with visions in their heads of my productivity levels of the early 00s: I ought to mention that as plans now stand - and as Episode VII Episode VIII is presently scripted - these stories aren't going to be full-length comic strip serials. The only way I got myself to produce the existing script at all was to recall how I treated my only more recent crossover story idea.)

Comments

[dirkdada.livejournal.com]

glad you figured out how to get that continuity butter into the next room. I was at a loss myself.

well, at a loss for any idea that didn't involve transdimensional time travelling butter-beetles, at any rate. :)

[vagabond27.livejournal.com]

Are you coming back to #webcomics? We miss you!

[scarfman]

I'll be back. I only chat a few nights a week, is all.