Yep, it is Siryn. Stephen took over Avalon Mists, could barely get one issue off the ground, it goes on hiatus for a year, and Siryn decides to help him out, ends up doing all of the work, and Stephen hogs all of the credit.
As for TGS, and I was Head of Edits for a few years. But removal of limbs is definetly within the PG-13 level. It happens on television all the time. Hell, almost every Star Wars movie has limbs being chopped off right and left.
But Stephen's exact wording on the whole thing with Thailog taking Claw's wings was "That's too mean.". And saying we can't be that cruel to the characters. His stories had no balls, and the reason season 3 of TGS turned out as disjointed as it did was because he wanted it to be kiddie fare, and some of us wanted to tell good stories, "City of Stone" or "Hunter's Moon" type stories.
And he didn't want to turn Goliath into a human temporarily. He wanted to give him the same deal that Demona has. Human by day, gargoyle by night permanently. So he can be with Elisa... and thus removing any all dramatic tenstion from that relationship.
To quote Greg Weisman at Gathering 2003 (when asked if Goliath and Elisa would ever change species): "The Mirror was a one shot deal, but anyone who would change Goliath and Elisa permanently like this does not 'get' these characters or their dynamic.". Stephen was there, I looked over at him when Greg said this, and his face was turning red.
As for the rest, when Stephen finally did leave TGS it was because, for no reason whatsoever, just his ego and entitlement complex, he declared himself "Project Head", and tried to use that to be the Gathering 2000s Fan Guest of Honor (so he could get a free trip to the con), but TGS didn't have the Project Head position, never did. We told him to stop calling himself that, he wouldn't. This went on for a long time, and finally he took his bat and ball and went home. And good riddance.
At Gathering 2003, he said to me "I'd be willing to come back, if you guys asked me. But I want to be Art Director"... never mind that our Art Director, Revel, was standing right next to me when he said this.
Aw well, not on TGS anymore myself. But he was just a disgrace.
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Date: 2006-01-09 12:51 am (UTC)From:As for TGS, and I was Head of Edits for a few years. But removal of limbs is definetly within the PG-13 level. It happens on television all the time. Hell, almost every Star Wars movie has limbs being chopped off right and left.
But Stephen's exact wording on the whole thing with Thailog taking Claw's wings was "That's too mean.". And saying we can't be that cruel to the characters. His stories had no balls, and the reason season 3 of TGS turned out as disjointed as it did was because he wanted it to be kiddie fare, and some of us wanted to tell good stories, "City of Stone" or "Hunter's Moon" type stories.
And he didn't want to turn Goliath into a human temporarily. He wanted to give him the same deal that Demona has. Human by day, gargoyle by night permanently. So he can be with Elisa... and thus removing any all dramatic tenstion from that relationship.
To quote Greg Weisman at Gathering 2003 (when asked if Goliath and Elisa would ever change species): "The Mirror was a one shot deal, but anyone who would change Goliath and Elisa permanently like this does not 'get' these characters or their dynamic.". Stephen was there, I looked over at him when Greg said this, and his face was turning red.
As for the rest, when Stephen finally did leave TGS it was because, for no reason whatsoever, just his ego and entitlement complex, he declared himself "Project Head", and tried to use that to be the Gathering 2000s Fan Guest of Honor (so he could get a free trip to the con), but TGS didn't have the Project Head position, never did. We told him to stop calling himself that, he wouldn't. This went on for a long time, and finally he took his bat and ball and went home. And good riddance.
At Gathering 2003, he said to me "I'd be willing to come back, if you guys asked me. But I want to be Art Director"... never mind that our Art Director, Revel, was standing right next to me when he said this.
Aw well, not on TGS anymore myself. But he was just a disgrace.