Re: In Defense Of Continuity

I'm really glad to see thoughtful comments by people like Bennet and Mr. 
Turnip contributing to this discussion -- I just don't have any specific 
response to their posts. I think I've said most of what I want to say, 
but I'm enjoying seeing other positions. 

 "dpeattie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > That said, I do think editors and writers could try harder, if
> > continuity was something they wanted to shoot for, but I think there are
> > many more immediate problems about that working environment that should
> > be addressed first.
> 
> I'd be interested to know what those things are, just out of curiousity.

Inconsistent expectations, personality politics, all the kinds of things 
you find in corporate environments that make jobs more difficult than 
they need to be. 
 
> That's sad that the extremists have gotten to you to that extent.  All I can
> say is that I don't see that happening to me; whether this is because I love
> the field too much, or am simply too stubborn, or too G-D stupid is for
> history to decide.

Well, we'll see what you think if you make it through the other side. :) 
 
> I think I come away from our conversations with a better view of what some of
> the inherent problems are, and armed with that, I can try to come up with
> better ways to address those problems in my writing.  So for that, I thank you.

Oh, I'm so glad you found it helpful! I did, too. 

> Well, now we're splitting hairs.  The reason "it's a comic book" is the
> real-world, behind the scenes reason for a creative decision.  Within the
> fantasy framework of the fictional universe we're visiting, is where an
> explanation for the discrepancy is needed.

No, no, I mean that was the reason given in the comic book itself for 
her being alive when she used to be dead. In the Catwoman Secret Files, 
specifically. It was a rather odd approach.

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