DB Sommer wrote:

Now that really rough draft of the chapter is finally complete (currently
120k, which probably means about 130K for a release, with the way I revise),
I finally have a chance to respond to some of the responses the teaser
generated.

Since people have been prodding me lately, I shall once again prove this
isn't dead yet. Mind you, this is just the teaser for the next chapter:

Let's see if I can't be productive today...

You're always productive in my book. Unforunately JK, Mia, you, the Wildes,
and others have recently released stuff, which means the backlog has grown
impressively once again. *Grumble Grumble* Had it down to 210 messages about
3 weeks ago, and now its creeped back up to over 300.

  Or in my case, respond twice. :p

  You know, you _did_ get back to me on this already... Not that I'm complaining. ;)

  I get so little mail, really.

I get around. Besides, I have a bad tendeny to have host sites need to
change their addresses from time to time. Not their fault, just that it pays
to have the stuff stored in one spot. People tend to let you know when your
site is down, and they're never particularly happy about that. :)

  You mentioned something about that, yes... :p

I trust all the repetition of 'hand' is intentional? :p

Nope. Cut the first 'hand-embroided' one to just embroidered.

  Cool -- last time you didn't see it.

Kodachi: Just you wait, you red-haired hussy, Shiiko will be mine!
No, wait... wrong series.

True. Although you never know when an Ako character might be popping up.

  Oh, _sure_, go get my hopes up like that...

Except the entire, "taking off all her clothes and donning the armor
in public" thing, but she thought she could get used to that pretty
quickly...

Silly. That's what public phone booths are for: quick costume changes.

  They don't have too many phone booths like that any more... Though I remember some from when I was a kid, yeah...

Have you ever read 'Your Half'?

Nope. Who wrote it?

  The People's Cartoonist.

  Interesting, but be warned about the sexism.

  http://www.timedisorder.com/

  Reason I mention it is because of the Hardsuit the girl from Your Half gets...

Thought so.

Same joke in there, eh?

  Not quite. She has to put the pieces in the trunk of her car.

Or better yet, someone to carry it around for her...

So, you think she needs in equivalent of Jim Rhodes or 'Happy' Hogan,' eh?
Perhaps Sasuke, as a future War Machine...

Nah. Even I'm not that evil. :)

  ...

  I didn't quite get that reference... :/

Repetition of armor? Additional defences, protection, shielding, etc?

Not sure what you mean. You think I need to add those in?

  Well, perhaps replace an instance or two of 'armor' where she's refering to the defensive qualities, rather than the 'suit' qualities... Just to avoid repetition.

First and second instances of 'this' -- 'the' ? Not sure.

I think it's okay as is. Sounds all right to me, anyway.

  Good enough, then. :)

"The Stilt Man!"

That sounds... usefull. I guess.

No. It's silly. One of the reasons he never made it far out of DD's book
save a few instances in the 70's when the total number of villains was
lower.

  Heh. Serves him right. Who's this villain's arch-nemesis? The Woodcutter? The Raging Woodchuck? Gopher Man?

Tripping could be bad, yes.

The legs did tend to be wide and powerful enough that he rarely fell, at
least later on. Got his first appearance recently and will read that. It's
probably the way DD defeated him the first time.

  Probably. :p

He must have very long arms.

No. The crowbar is long.

  Mmm... Long crowbars.

  Ahem.

  Anyway, carry on...

Comma before the *gasp* ?

Should there be? He's is saying 'gasp' to indicate how unintimdating the
ability to jump is. Perhaps I should get rid of the asteriks or something.
Want to make sure the effect is right.

  Well, the idea is when you're speaking like that, there's generally a pause before the 'gasp'.

  But then, ultimately, the choice is yours.

  The power is yours? Yes! By your powers combined, I am Captain C&C!

  ...

  Ahem. Moving on...

Also, that ten tons of hydrualic force only works if Stilt Boy
weighs more than ten tons. That pressure's going to send him _up_, not
his target _down_. Maybe he's not as much of a hydraulic genius as he
thinks. :p

Hmm. He never had that problem before. Must be comic book physics in action.
:)

  Like Ranmaverse physics! Just thought I'd share that bit of trivia -- I mean, after all, the Batmobile wouldn't _really_ have room for passengers with an engine as powerfull as it's supposed to have, and Superman flying upwards at x number of miles per hour isn't going to be any softer than the waiting concrete below for Lois Lane...

Man. Sucks to be him.

Oui. I imagine all of the cool super villains used to beat him up when he
was in jail.

  Hah!

  But then, the really cool supervillains get special unique cells. Like Magneto, you know?

  What would they do for Stilt Man? Put him on a high platform where the only way off was a rope bridge?

  Wait... that actually does sound kind of cool...

Is 'UFO Catcher' a name brand? I always thought it was just the type
of machine...

I think you're right. I'm not going to capitalize catcher.

  Coolness.

Yes. Yes we will, won't we? :p

Hehehehe. And we see that indeed, my prediction was horribly off. Will
probaby be next week I post the first half, depending on when the couple of
prereaders I have are done looking it over. Second half will hopefully not
be long after that.

  And maybe I'll be able to finish Rursus Iterum in that time...

I only remember one or two Daredevil comics, actually, and the one I
remember most clearly involved something about vietnam... which tells
you how clearly I remember it. -_-

I'm a Marvel freak. Don't remember everything, but I remember enough.

Thanks for the comments and the grammar tips.. Hope you enjoy the rest when
it comes out.

  I expect I will. :)

D.B. Sommer