I lost track of what day it was around the one that ends with a ‘y’.
Looking back at my goals, I kind of succeeded at most of them. My son had his tests and quizzes, which we worked hard on studying for. It’s so hard studying for math when compared to other subjects. History, science, and ELA can work primarily off facts and concepts that you memorize. Math requires that you get the formula and steps down then add whatever unexpected numbers are shown. It gets harder with word problems where you have to decipher what’s being asked of you. My son is trying hard on that, but it’s exhausting. Cuts into Pokemon Go time as well, so we tried having him play it in the park while I quiz him on non-math subjects. Aced the history test, which is what we did that with, so I guess it worked.
Work was wild and crazy because it was only 3 days with Wednesday being the Life Skills feast. Tuesday was a half-day as well. So, everyone was off in some fashion. This probably helped in confusing me on the day of the week. Not helped by a few coworkers saying it was an early Friday. The feast was fun, but I didn’t eat much because I knew I’d be having the same on Thursday. That and I just wasn’t that hungry on Wednesday for some reason. Probably stress since there was an unfortunate change in holiday plans that I had no control over. Still, a good short week of work before 4 full ones leading into Holiday Break.
The only writing I did was finish the January blog posts and set up all of the Sundays for the year. This way, I can relax a bit after today when I write the final chapter of Darwin & the Beast Collector. I wrote the ‘final battle’ yesterday after dropping my son off with his mother. It took all of late morning and mid-afternoon to get that right because it wasn’t what I expected. The previous section threw me a few curveballs, so I needed to come up with a new plan. Factoring in all of the ‘new’ personalities, I came up with a rather strange solution. I say strange because it really is bizarre, but it makes sense for a character like Darwin to think it up. My low author self-esteem tells me I suck and I should go back to the fight where all of the character growth is jettisoned. Another issue might be that the main villain comes off as pathetic and lame when you find out their true goal, which irks me. Yet, that’s kind of how they should be considering the overall situation and their motivation. I’ll have to use the first section of the final chapter to have the survivors talk about what happened to clear a few cobwebs since they would have the same concerns I have.
Guess that makes it clear that I’m finishing the book this weekend. What comes next will be tinkering until December 23rd or 24th. I feel like I can make progress on the ‘Phi Beta Files’ after rewriting the outline for Darwin & the Joy Path. I’ll start that book when Holiday Break starts up since my ex-wife gets my son for the first 5 days. After the new year, I’m going to start editing a physical copy of Darwin & the Fate Bracelet. I hope to publish that next year. I have the blurb written on my phone, so I’ll put that up on a January weekend when I’m more in the mindset for it.
Still trying to decide on what to do about the new Amazon category system. Last night, I played around with it for Bedlam, Ichabod Brooks, and the other non-series stuff. Not liking the ones I’m seeing for some books like ‘Women’s Adventure Fiction’ for War of Nytefall. Maybe it’ll be my Sunday project while I do some online courses when I’m waiting for new sections to open up. That 3 category limit is what’s bugging me though because it feels really restrained with a series. Doesn’t help that there is a ‘fantasy series’ category, which I don’t know if I should waste a spot on. There’s ‘action adventure’, ‘coming of age’, ‘epic’, and ‘sword & sorcery’ that all work for Legends of Windemere too. Couldn’t find the ‘vampire’ tag, which might be in horror. I can’t put War of Nytefall in that genre, so it’s stuck with the limited fantasy stuff of probably ‘action adventure’, ‘sword & sorcery’, and a mystery 3rd one. Does every book in a series need the same categories? So confusing.
Nothing else is really planned for this week. I’m doing some stuff at my school for two nights, so those will be busy. There’s a sleep apnea check up too, which I hope shows that I’m doing okay. My numbers are better and I don’t have much fatigue like I used to, but I’ve been jolting awake every now and then. Not sure if I’m sleeping well either because I vaguely remember waking up to adjust the hose then passing out again. Every night requires adjustments to the mask too. Guess we’ll see what happens. Next weekend is a fun father/son time as well, so I have that to look forward to after all of the activity of the week.
Goals of the week?
- Finish Darwin & the Beast Collector this weekend.
- Start outlining Darwin & the Joy Path.
- Complete 2 online courses for professional development.
- Help son with homework.
- Work on characters for ‘Phi Beta Files’.
- Watch more ‘Cyborg 009’.
- Puzzles!
- Pokemon Go with son when possible.
- Help out with night events at work.
- Sleep apnea doctor check up.
Legends of Windemere 
I sounds productive. We all have those moments of doubt and I like to park a finished book for about a month before reading it again. Might help???
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I won’t be reading this one again for a year or so. It’s the 5th in a series that I haven’t even published the first of. I think this one went away from the outline more than any other book I’ve written, but part of that might be I was never completely sure about how things would go. More pantser than plotter here, which is unnerving.
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Happens to me, too. Plans sometimes deviate, but I like to think it’s better. I could be dreaming, though.
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I’ve found it to be 50/50 in terms of quality. Sometimes it works out great. Other times, the voices in my head do me dirty.
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Low author-self esteem is definitely a relatable thing regardless of writing stories or doing other creative stuff. It’s also partially why I read more non-fiction than fiction even though that inspires me more for fictional concepts. You’re watching Cyborg 009? Which iteration?
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I don’t have the desire for non-fiction reading because it doesn’t help me escape reality. Probably why I stick to safe, fun manga in recent years. I think this is the 2021 version of Cyborg 009? It’s on Crunchyroll and it says 2021. I remember catching episodes of the older ones years ago and liking the concept. I’m only on episode 8 and I’m enjoying how everyone gets to do something.
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Okay. It’s the 2001-2002 version. I think 2021 is when Crunchyroll got the rights to air it.
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Gotcha. I’ve seen an episode or two of that version. I’ve also seen Call of Justice on Netflix and the Devilman crossover. Cyborg 009 has been around since the 60s and it was created by Shotaro Ishinomori who’s the same person that created Super Sentai which would eventually be adapted as Power Rangers. However, it is cringy seeing the original design of 008/Pyunma. I’m glad Ishinomori Productions owned up to it, apologized and redesigned him in a much better light compared to the earlier incarnations, but I’d be lying if I said I was a massive fan of Ishinomori or Cyborg 009 even though I’ve seen parts of that series.
With the non-fiction aspect, I just like learning about different things and I also want to show that I actually know things especially when I read academic stuff after dealing with people who think I’m stupid or that I can’t understand more complex topics. It is also interesting to use some of these concepts in a fictional context as reference or an allusion.
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Never saw the Devilman crossover, but I think I watched the other one way back when it first came out. Had a feeling you were going to bring up 008 also. I remember seeing the early iterations and noticing the changes. The thing is that anime was doing that without realizing it was wrong back then. No Internet to expose them to other cultural sensibilities and their main audience was their own. Funny thing is how everyone was up in arms about 008’s design, but nobody seems upset about the Doctor (a canon Jew) have the big nose stereotype. Guess my people are always fair game, including when Stars of David are used as demon summoning sigils.
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The other one being Call of Justice, right? Yeah, it was a while ago since I saw that one and even longer when I saw the 2001 version when it was still on Toonami when I saw a couple of episodes back then. I’m not sure if there was that big of an outrage for 008 since it’s not some big series in the West like it is in Japan. To be honest, I wasn’t aware that Dr. Gilman was canonically Jewish and I did research on the character and it was mentioned in the 2001 version in an episode I didn’t see. I’m not attacking you, nor am I going to argue about which group gets misrepresented or derogated more (overtly or covertly) while the creators get away with it. Also, I do find it facepalm-worthy when the Star of David is used as some occultic-summoning sign. Out of curiosity, what made you interested in watching more of Cyborg 009 despite the Doctor’s character design?
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Looks like it was ‘Call of Justice’. Don’t really remember much of it, which might not say much for it. I’m liking this version though because I feel it’s doing more with the characters and not moving too fast. I’m actually not bothered by Dr. Gilman’s character design. I’ve wanted to give Cyborg 009 a chance since I heard good things, so I did so. My only thing with Gilman is that I noticed how many people talk about racism and black face in anime, but nobody really cares if such treatment is given to other groups. As I’ve mentioned before, it feels like there’s a hierarchy of groups when it comes to people being offended about their treatment in media. Jews are pretty low on that list with many people not even believing antisemitism is a thing. My issue isn’t even really with the artists who do things like this, but with the fans who get upset about the treatment of one group and remain silent when the same is done to others.
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I see. It was okay, but nothing mind-blowing. I reviewed it and I pointed out how generic they made locales like New York City and Chicago which is a bit hilarious since the same studio made Gunsmith Cats in the 90s which takes place in the latter city and it actually looked like the Windy City most of the time.
I remember hearing that the 2001 version of Cyborg 009 was considered the best iteration and there is a lot more time with storytelling and characterization.
Are you insinuating that I’m like the people who only get selective about racism or bigotry to various groups in anime? There are times where I bring up Anti-Black racism, and people told me to stop whining or how I should let it go or even that “racism doesn’t exist”. Just because it couldn’t happen or never happen to someone else, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen at all. Sometimes people say that I shouldn’t care about others when some have never cared about someone like me or I call out bigotry that happens to others, but they never do the same when it’s happening to me or someone like me. It hurts even more when those same people treat me like I somehow was responsible for atrocities that happened to them when it’s demonstrably false. Even I’ve called out stuff that’s happened outside of my ethnicity when I see problematic to straight-up racist crap happening like when I reviewed the Mickey Mouse Monopoly documentary for example. I just wish that I wouldn’t be painted with the same brush as others and not have to deal with these Hegelian paradigms of my experiences or opinions not counting in society when I’m not trying to hurt anyone.
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So far, the 2001 version is fun and decent storytelling. I do get an old-school vibe from the plot and how 009 acts. Not sure why they finally have an underwater episode and it’s 009 and 002 in the action so far. Not much focus on 008.
Now for the last paragraph. What I said was towards generic audiences and nobody specifically. You took it as a personal insinuation, which it wasn’t. I still wasn’t wrong. So many people that I saw being big into BLM and speaking up against Asian hate are the same ones sharing posts about how Israel is evil. These posts are not distinguishing between Israel and Jews, which is one of the things that is stoking the current wave of antisemitism. This is why I feel like many people choose one or two groups to support, but forget the rest. As I said, Jews tend to be at the bottom of the caring list, especially when the Israeli government does its war crimes crap. If called out, they try to backpedal or change the topic to something else. For my entire life, I’ve seen anti-Semitic symbols pop up in the areas I’ve lived. They get a burst of media attention and outcry then disappear within a few days. Even now, all of the swastikas showing up in schools is no longer a topic of conversation even though it happened a month ago. So, I do get tired of people pointing out racism of other groups and seeing that they won’t do the same for the one I’m a part of. As for you personally, again I never made an accusation on your actions. I’ve said before that I speak in general and will be direct with a person when I’m trying to be. Not a fan of insinuations and double-speak.
As far as people thinking antisemitism isn’t real, that’s a big societal situation. In brief, it seems antisemitism was widespread and built into parts of the system until WWII. Once the USA declared war on Nazi Germany, the hatred towards Jews was pushed under the rug. That’s where it continues to fester and most people don’t even realize this. Hate crimes against Jews don’t get as much air time as other groups, so why would people who aren’t Jewish be aware that antisemitism is around them?
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I remember liking the couple of episodes I saw back in the day. They did keep some of the retro designs and aesthetics albeit updated with 008 and 005 for obvious reasons. I didn’t see the underwater episode and it does sound weird not involving 008 since he has all the underwater-based powers.
Thanks for clearing that up for meaning people in general and not me specifically. I tend to get defensive as a Freudian response after dealing with several years of getting blamed for everything including stuff I didn’t do like I’m somehow an evil person just for existing, people making covert insults, and dog whistles. Sometimes I just want to scream “WHAT HAVE I EVER DONE TO YOU?!” to those who I know are blaming me for stuff I’m innocent of after internalizing years of pain. I’m terribly sorry that you saw people acting that way towards you and around you. It’s a shame that people aren’t distinguishing all the aspects between Israel and the Jewish community. I’m aware of various differences and the cultures who live there. That’s horrible how those symbols popped up around where you live. No one should have to go through that. I feel the exact same way about those who are selective and won’t do the same for others. Sorry for my defensiveness because I have no ill will against you even when we’ve had our disagreements of different subjects. If you were bullying me, I wouldn’t be following your blog or like your posts whenever I’m online here.
No disagreements about it being a societal problem which is still sadly a thing. I’m not just talking about the obvious things in recent years like Charlottesville, 1/6, or synagogue shootings for example as I’ve been educating myself on these issues that may not always be overt. At my former retail job years ago, I was in the bathroom one day and someone (I never knew who it was) put a swastika and the N-word next to each other on the toilet roll dispenser with a Sharpie and I was the first person to report it to my boss at the time and someone in the maintenance department cleaned it up that day. That sickened me seeing those hateful pieces of graffiti. I’m not saying everyone was apathetic, but I do wonder in hindsight how many people would’ve done the same to report that stuff ASAP.
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I had to stop watching the episode halfway through, so I’m hoping 008 does something later.
The thing with how people act is that I’ve seen it since I was a kid. Good people are still capable of ignorance because you an only know about what you are exposed to. Antisemitism doesn’t get a lot of attention when compared to homophobia, transphobia, and racism. Even in history classes, the Holocaust doesn’t get more than a quick going over because there’s so much to cover about WWII. It leaves people having to stumble onto such symbols and their meaning using the Internet and that can go south fast. I don’t know if any of the swastika vandals were identified, but it’s usually students who don’t really understand what it signifies. They get a general idea, but see that posting it can get them attention or stir up trouble. The actual weight behind it doesn’t get taught like it used to. This is why I know of several schools that paused their history curriculum to have a lesson on the swastika and what it means.
Glad to see that people at your old job cleaned that up quickly. Sadly, I can’t say I’m surprised that those things even appeared. Many people might not report it out of fear of getting targeted by the culprit or simply not knowing what to do. It’s interesting how some will see a hate symbol, know it’s a hate symbol, and mentally lock up. They don’t know what to do or who to talk to about it unless there’s been clear instruction. Guess it can also be a ‘let someone else handle it’ situation. There is a shift from when I was younger towards staying out of things. Not sure if it’s done out of fear or apathy, but I guess it could be both.
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I see. Let me know when you get to finish that episode and maybe they’ll have 008 do something. Here’s another random fact about 008 that I forgot to mention earlier. In addition to redesigning his character, he originally didn’t have a specific nationality until the 90s where they made him Kenyan. It’s another positive that they avoided the “Africa is a country” trope which I hate, but I think you already knew that.
There are good people who don’t know things, but it gets tough for me to sympathize for certain situations because I usually get the stupid “NO EXCUSES!” response if I legitimately didn’t know something when interacting with certain people and I’ve been tempted to treat others the same way when they didn’t know about certain atrocities regards of which group was victimized. Thankfully, I did learn about the Holocaust during my time in school and I think I learned more about that in schools compared to slavery when I was a kid and teen. The other aspects of slavery, I learned from either my mom or with my own independent research with the latter mostly happening after I graduated college. It’s frustrating that they don’t talk about the Holocaust as much because I agree it should be talked about, so people don’t do anything hateful and realize how bad it was. When it comes to racism being discussed, they only talk about the more overt examples, and even then, they still downplay it and don’t talk about dog whistles or subtle forms of bigotry like economic or educational racism for example. This is only a slight disagreement from what you said about certain forms of bigotry getting attention. It’s part of why I was educating myself about other things even if I struggle with thinking that most people are just vile in general as I read about hate crimes, genocides, and subtle forms of bigotry I didn’t know about involving several communities being victimized. Out of curiosity, was there ever an example of something involving history I brought up to you that you didn’t know about? Whenever I did so, I wasn’t trying to shame you or make you look stupid like how I’ve been tempted to try with people who’ve legitimately wronged me. I hope those swastika vandals got caught and punished.
Thank you, and I’m glad people acted swiftly outside of my department. I’d be lying if I said I was surprised. I was definitely shocked, don’t get me wrong, but as I got older, I realized just how diabolical people are. You do bring up interesting points and I wonder if part of it is based on fear or apathy with those people if they were in those situations.
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I read about the nationality thing with 008. He did come to the rescue and stumbled onto a solution for the overall problem. I started watching an episode that actually focused on his background, but the sleep kicked in earlier than expected. I’ll have to restart it at some point. Got enough to see he was a soldier and he was arguing with an old ally about using a weapon. Still don’t understand why he was given the underwater powers since it doesn’t really connect with his history yet. Then again, the woman was a ballerina and is now acts as the cyborg’s early warning system, which doesn’t go together.
Seems things are actually the opposite now. Slavery and the continuing mistreatment of blacks gets a lot of attention in history classes now. My son had lessons on this throughout all of middle school and it touched on racism through the decades. Holocaust got 2 lessons when they reached WWII. You get a little during Holocaust Remembrance Day, but it’s usually an assembly that kids tune out. I think public school can really only touch on the overt because there is tons of history to get through. Racism in America would be a full year course on its own, so it comes down to kids doing their own research to find out more. That’s really more about the curriculum and focus on testing too. History has to be the hardest subject to teach since we’re always adding to it, so the topics grow to the point where you can’t really go into depth on most of it. With your question, there have been several things you’ve brought up that I didn’t know about. Never really took offense or thought negatively about it. Well aware that I don’t know everything and I spend a good portion of my time in fantasy worlds, so I don’t gather as much info on reality as people expect me to. Just so dark and depressing in the world.
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I was curious if you heard about that with 008. Oddly enough, he would be from the same country as Storm if you want to put it that way even though I doubt his real name Pyunma would be Swahili, Maa, Kikuyu, or anything from that country, but I’ll spare you the rant. Yeah, some of the power connections with one’s background can be a bit weird like those examples you mentioned. However, Kenya does border the Indian Ocean and Lake Victoria (the world’s 2nd largest freshwater lake after Lake Superior) touches it, but I don’t know how aware Ishinomori was when he created that series since 008 didn’t originally have a specific nationality until decades after his creation.
I do wonder if it’s in your state or most states now with Black History being discussed more in modern schools. There’s a cheap joke I can make about Florida and Arkansas, but that’s too easy given the political stuff in those places. Good on your son for learning about slavery and some forms of racism even if they probably aren’t going too much in depth because some subjects I know they wouldn’t dare cover, but even I’m shocked why they wouldn’t talk about the Holocaust at the same time. If it’s worth knowing, none of the places I went to school from kindergarten all the way to college never had a Holocaust Remembrance Day assembly. Was this more normal when you were growing up? To be honest, it’s something I wasn’t aware of as a holiday or something schools could do. I hear you with a Racism in America course taking at least a year because there would be so much to cover with just American history even dating back to pre-independence times, covering the plights of multiple groups, and if any curriculum writer had the guts to do this…they would be forced to talk about Bacon’s Rebellion from 1676 which lead to the invention of the term “white” as a racial construct since the rebels were a multi-ethnic bunch fighting against the elites of that day a century before the Revolutionary War. Before that rebellion, any of the settlers were addressed by their ethnicity/nationality (English, Welsh, Dutch, etc.) or their religions. The book Birth of a White Nation by Dr. Jacqueline Battalora opened my eyes to that aspect of systemic racism. Okay, I was just curious and I’m not going to say I’m some know-it-all because I’m still trying to learn about lots of things. While I’m no genius, I get triggered if I feel like people are treating me like I’m stupid or that I don’t know what I’m talking about. If you legitimately didn’t know about some of the things I brought up, then I understand if you weren’t aware. Hopefully, I was able to make you aware of some of those things. Sorry if you felt like I was expecting you to know more about real life events. I wholeheartedly agree with the word being dark and depressing. Even I need escapism at times with how terrible some of the things I learn are or whenever I’m dealing with negative aspects.
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I’m betting the creator wasn’t aware of much in the 1960’s as far as details of Africa. In fact, it feels like Kenya is the default country of origin for African characters during that time. I read one article that said 008 was going to come from a fictional country too.
There wasn’t much for Holocaust Remembrance Day when I was younger. Not much different now besides some acknowledgment. I don’t know about other states as far as the history curriculum. That’s always different from state to state, so it probably depends on the politicians.
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It seems like it’s either Kenya or South Africa when people try to pretend Egypt isn’t in Africa. That wouldn’t surprise me if he was originally going to come from a fictional country at first despite the rest of the team having clearly defined nationalities of real places. Some of this stuff involves things I talked about a month ago in a post on my film review blog.
I was wondering if it was a bigger thing back then or not with that holiday. It should be acknowledged of course. There’s definitely an aspect of different states covering different topics for their respective curricula even though I don’t know all the factors besides the obvious political slants. Even then, I wouldn’t trust everything from the schools whether public or private, not to be conspiratorial or anything.
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Egypt tends to have its own unique portrayal. Isn’t the issue usually with characters from Subsaharan Africa instead of the the Mediterranean coast?
I think people have an issue when they’re far removed from events too. If it isn’t distant past, an event can get lost for some reason.
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I’ve noticed that and it is pretty strange how some people treat it like it’s not part of the continent even though it’s clearly on the mainland. That is usually the case when it comes to a majority of the continent and I’m aware that Modern Egyptians aren’t the same as ones in ancient times partially due to uncomfortable historic truths with most of North Africa.
That is sadly the tricky part about history when it comes to covering events. You could bring up all the legitimate evidence, but you still have some people who say “but that was a long time ago!” as a terrible justification when it involves atrocities. I mean this in a general way because I’ve seen it before with different examples.
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I think one challenge is that Egypt does get its own section in history classes. You have people who don’t realize Greece is part of Europe due to this as well. In fiction, you have an added problem of those outside the area going for whatever is most well known to them. Happens with most regions too. I mean, Canadians tend to just be that or from Quebec. American characters in anime usually had Texan accents too. It’s the stereotypes that artists tend to rely on for their native market.
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True and you have an actual major of Egyptology at some colleges. There have been other kingdoms and countries that have been around just as long or even longer than Egypt in Africa. Even the name Egypt wasn’t the original name because that’s what the Greeks called it (Aigyptos) back then. The original name was Khmet or Kemet in their ancient language. There are people who don’t know Greece is in Europe? Wow! That is new to me and I’m actually stunned that people wouldn’t know that because it seems that Europe at large is talked about way more with the individual countries even if not everyone could find them on a map.
With Canada, I’ve noticed that and there’s a bit of a rivalry with Anglophone and Francophone Canadians. I’ve met people who were shocked to find out Celine Dion was Canadian since she’s a Quebecer let alone that French is her first language until they hear her talk. I’ve seen that with American anime characters. It’s either a Texan accent or a New Yorker one in a few examples. When I hear anime characters sound like they’re from the South in the dub, it’s either an American or a Japanese person from the Kansai region (Osaka being the big example there although Kyoto sometimes gets hit with it) since the Kansai Japanese accent has been compared to a Southern drawl.
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You have people who don’t know that Canada, Mexico, and the US are on the same continent. Others think Russia is its own continent and not part of Asia. There are endless varieties of silliness to find out there because everyone has different levels of exposure.
I’m guessing by New Yorker accent, you mean that ‘I’m walkin’ here!’ type that I never really pinpointed. I think I usually here a Brooklyn accent or whatever they think that is. Southern drawl is used for Kansai like Mitsune in ‘Love Hina’.
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As a geography nerd who grew up watching Carmen Sandiego as a little kid, I am trying to recollect my mind after realizing that people can be this silly at best or plain ignorant at worst.
Yes, sorry if I wasn’t specific, but that’s what I was talking about. I know it’s mainly in New York City proper like the Brooklyn accent you mentioned and some of the nearby places like Yonkers, but I am well aware that not everyone in the state talks like that especially when I visited Syracuse and Albany years ago or people I’ve met from random parts of that state. Good example with the Kansai accent especially if the dubbing company is aware of those differences. ADV Films was really good at pinpointing that when they licensed Azumanga Daioh with the Osaka character or in Neo Ranga where the main characters visit Osaka in one episode and the locals sound like they’re from Texas or Tennessee in the dub.
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Even those who played that game. It really focused primarily on the big regions and capitals. Though I did the games first, so that’s what I’m thinking of.
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Fair enough. I played some of the computer games and board games, but the game show was my main interest. The first cartoon was okay. Even then, I did a lot of independent studying about geography when I was a kid with a talking globe activity and a flag book that I still own the latter of to this day despite it not having counties that became independent this century like East Timor and South Sudan.
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Cartoon? I thought you meant the kids game show.
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There was a cartoon in the 90s that came close to the same time, but I watched the game show a lot more during my childhood. I’m also aware that they made a new one for Netflix, but I haven’t seen it. The game show was more interesting to me in my opinion.
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Guess I missed that 90’s cartoon. Have a vague memory of hearing about it, but nothing else. Heard the Netflix made Carmen Sandiego an anti-hero and didn’t really touch on geography that much.
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Don’t worry if you missed it. As far as cartoons are concerned, I watched X-Men and Batman: The Animated Series more often. Carmen Sandiego not dealing with geography? Okay, they did have that Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego? which was a history-based spin-off game show later in the 90s, but even then they brought up geography at multiple points from what I remember. Wow, that just sounds weird how they wouldn’t focus on the main topic that Carmen Sandiego was about. It just sounds like Gundam without giant robots or Pokemon without collectible creatures.
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Never tried the Time game. Spider-Man was one of my favorite cartoons too.
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Apologies for the extra comment, but I also get upset when I see others don’t believe that antisemitism is real. I’m not someone who denies when people face discrimination or anything horrible.
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Great work finishing your draft. That’s always a cause for celebration.
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Thanks. Though, I always look at this as whatever comes after a draft. I tinker and work on the outline so much that I don’t typically do the ‘80% rewrite’ that other authors seem to think is necessary.
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Congrats on the draft completion. Best wishes for next week.
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Thanks.
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