Why writers have GI Joe sets leftover from their childhoods.

[mrissa]

timprov and I were talking about a webcomic we both read, and he had spotted that its creator seems to use a particular method of getting out of a jam: character redesign. Every time the comic seems to be painted into a corner or going nowhere, one of the characters gets redesigned. "It's like the guy coming in with the gun," he said.

"Writers should collect those," I said. "Different guys with guns for different circumstances. Because more ways to get yourself out of a jam are always useful."

And so I tell you now.

Comments

[janni.livejournal.com]

And of course, all the guns need to be hung over the proper mantlepieces first ...

(Someone should start a web page or blog for people to contribute fictional guns.)

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

I told you I finally figured out what to do with the eighty-foot shark in the library, right ?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Nnnnooooo?