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Interesting story direction. Do you think we'll see more of these "darker" storylines in the future or will it be back to comedy when this one's done?

I realized I didn't actually answer this part of the question. Honestly, it depends on what I come up with. I didn't actually sit down and think, "Gee, I'd like to do a darker and more serious storyline". This idea just came to me and I went with it. If I get another idea for a multi-parter, I'll do it, but it's just much easier to do the comedy ones. And even for those I have to wait until ideas come to me.

The interesting thing is that Honen probably could have killed Honen in that situation. So, it seems like Honen is hesitating.

Another thing is that '95 Honen doesn't at all see present-day Honen as a threat.

Well, a few things:

1. 95's behavior here was foreshadowed in the first sketch of this mini-series. It's also been a reocurring idea throughout. "If I had just gone back to being a villain.; I am not a family man, I'm a mad scientist...etc."

2. Gotta remember, he's not being rational and not thinking rationally. Also keep in mind that present-day Honen did destroy his Megallon. It's a wonder he wasn't MORE pissed about that originally, but still gave present-day a chance to explain himself. Also, Honen's siding with Deuce Koma and Prof. McRaven, who are 95's sworn enemies.

3. It is supposed to be at least a little unsettling.

That's allright. One thing I like about my series is that sometimes you can only catch things if you read through it again.

Uh, no...What do you mean "have to"? It's not like that's a law.

She'd be devastated, I'm sure, but she's not the type to commit suicide.

Thanks, Sethra, although this isn't very good for my ego.

Anyway, to address this:

although I do take some exception to Honen, even angsty evil enraged Honen, being used to represent the stupidity of the internet -- c'mon, even he's more likable than that,

I don't remember if this ever made it to the forums or not, but Crawl and I were once discussing writing and he said that when you write for a character, it's good to try to write a little better than what people are really like. But even with that aside, "stupidity of the internet" isn't the only thing he symbolizes. As Tyler already mentioned, he is also Honen's own personal conflict. He's had trouble dealing with it on an emotional level. Dealing with it on a physical level is even more taxing. If you removed all the subtext and symbolism, you'd still be left with a character who is no way inconsistent with what he was like when he was a villain.

I know it's my own fault that before now, we've not really seen Honen like this (except in a few old out-of-context IA panels), but that was another reason to write this series - so that I could write with him as a villain again and to show what he was like.