OOC: Gozer Vs. Cthulhu

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I don't know if any of you guys are still out there, but I know over the past year I've had the occasional indicator of interest from people reading this journal who may or many not read Ray's Milliways posts. This is addressed to you guys.

I'm sorry it took me so long to finish the October plot and set up Gozer vs. Cthulhu. I'm also sorry that I decided to convey the ending of that plot to Milliwaysers in a purely IC fashion, rather than writing it up as an OOM. Since I know the possibility exists that some of you may be interested in seeing how it ended, I'd like to point you at the threads where Ray tells his Milliways friends exactly what happened instead.

Ray tells Tyler Marlocke

Ray tells Annabelle Newfield

I'd been planning to end it this way for months, but couldn't figure out how to write it properly, so this seemed like the best way to convey it without blowing the whole thing. Thank you for your patience, and I'll do my best not to pull this on you again.

Comments

[midnightlurker.livejournal.com]

No prob here, I troll Milliways on a semi-regular basis looking for Ray anyway :)

I wish now that I'd posted my guess as to Ray's choice for the record, as there's now no way to prove that I totally called Gozercron. ^.^ Didn't see the Twinkies coming though.

What does the Gozer cult think of all this? Their god has abandoned his holy mission in favor of an iconic product of the very same sick and decadent civilization they wanted him to end!

...And Lacey Davenport is President of the United States? Awesome.

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The Gozer cult is currently going into convoluted arguments of all kinds. About half of them are arguing in favor of going public and claiming to accept their god's current status so they can claim freedom of religion in the courts, and the others are calling for adopting a policy of infrastructure terrorism to disrupt the Hostess supply chain and get their god back on track.

And yes, she is. I'm very, very tired of Hollywood putting brilliant liberals or brilliant Democrats in the White House and putting them up against evil, scheming, or stupid Republicans in Congress. Lacey Davenport seemed like the best possible Republican to put in the White House as a countermeasure. (Her opponent was Dave Kovic, aka Kevin Klein's character in Dave, although in this world he was governor of Virginia rather than just an impersonator.)

[aeons_crackshot]

I want you to know that I was anxiously reading the showdown post before you posted the link in the Milliways. I was reasonably certain that you wouldn't condemn Ray to a fate worse than death, but I was certainly not expecting the solution you actually used. My reaction was remarkably similar to Annabelle's.

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My major problem was that I started planning this plot out back in January and as of October still hadn't figured out how to finish it off. I mean, I'd tossed around several different solutions- including having the gods of several different Pacific Rim nations show up to complain, combine their efforts, and lock the combatants in a reality bubble away from Earth- but none of them seemed to work right. I stalled out for the rest of October mostly because of work stress.

The thought of turning Gozer into either Galactus or Unicron to kick Cthulhu's ass occurred first. That, at least, gave me the opportunity to come up with an ending that didn't require me to take Ray's whole universe as grim and horrible as a place where the Great Old Ones were winning would be. (Much as I like the Mythos, Ray is from a comedy universe, and I am not prepared to make it black comedy.) The prospect of Twinkies occurred within about fifteen minutes of deciding that it'd have to be one of those two, most likely Unicron. Galactus was beaten once in Marvel by Aunt May, using Twinkies. Granted, it was an Assistant Editors' Month issue and the story was presented as the dream of an editor who fell asleep at his desk, BUT STILL. I wound up going with Unicron rather than Galactus because Ray would have an excuse to find the Twinkies if he had to run away from the victor in search of a way back to Milliways so that he could get Optimus Prime and a Matrix of Leadership. The Yith delivering the twinkies were just sort of icing on the cake, so to speak.

The Twinkie idea turned up in my brain back in mid-September. It just took me a while to get it properly implemented.

[aeons_crackshot]

Oh, I liked the ending, it just wasn't what I was expecting. I think it's fitting because, as you said, Ray's universe is a comedic one. Also, watching everyone else go "..." in response is hysterical. ;-) Incidentally, Annabelle has a christmas gift for Ray here. I had little trouble doing Christmas shopping for the real people in my life, but doing Christmas shopping for my RP character's friends stymied me for a while. ...This makes me a horrendous geek, doesn't it?

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I'm hoping to work it into continuity for the coming year. A plot like that can usually be milked for a good long while. No sense wasting previous foreshadowing, y'know?

[aeons_crackshot]

No indeed. If nothing else, Gozer may be convinced to help humanity to keep the Twinkie supply line going. ;-)