look, I miss Vanguard, too. I admit it, I think about "Ultimatizing" the stuff all the time. The Light Brigade post in the "deaths of Drake Marshall" story grew out of that as did PAIN Agents. it's fun to think about some of the characters and imagine them doing things that they haven't done and may never will.
when I say things like "misplaced nostalgia" it's from the pov that I don't think some people fully appreciated what it was when it was around. too much time spent talking about "the old stuff" or this was "the old stuff. this is what we did." rather than just letting it be what it needed to be.
well, now Vanguard is "the old stuff" and conveniently it's now missed. I bring up the MBL and it's deterioration because rather than see Vanguard drug up out of mothballs again, I'd rather just remember the good times, shrug my shoulders at the bad, and let it stand on it's own.
the people and times and places that made the MBL, TOMB, and all the "old universe" stuff what it was are mostly gone, but it's not stopped people from trying to drag it out again and again and it never works. many of the people once again, that made Vanguard what it was, are largely gone or are no longer writing.
funnily enough, it always seems to begin with someone "just wanting to talk." I'm not naive, Euro, I know how you work.
the nostalgia is misplaced in my view because it seems imo that you're only able to fully appreciate something when it's gone, rather than enjoying it while it's around. I know I'm not only one who shares that opinion, although I may be the only one willing to say so.
but this is a point that has been debated round and round in talk threads to death for years on end and you and I are simply never going to see eye to eye on this. (there's a run on sentence)
while we may not be writing "the great american novel", let's face it, we can all stand to improve our writing in some form or another. it's one of many reasons why several of us came here and stayed.
yes, there are some things I would've liked to do still. but outside of finishing up some old stories I've decided to let them go. I just wish you could do the same.
ultimately though, you're going to do what you want to do. as is anyone else here. I'm not going to stop you, but I'm not going to help you either. this is my last real word on the subject.
consider my "Promethian" bitchfest over.
