So DCB and I are still working on some secret projects. To let slip a little bit, it'd be fair to call them radio plays/shows. Our collaboration - which may or may not involve further talent depending on the project - is currently covering the writing, voice acting, sound effects, and music for these plays. The first episode for one of them ought to be out by the first of September because I have a time machine. By which I mean the first of December. One of them is based on a very popular computer game (*cough* last post *cough*), the other on a nearly unknown - but quite popular in our circle of friends - hardwareless game that Daniel created and for which he has been consistently fleshing out the world system, rules, and mythology of the universe ever since; by that it should be clear that "hardwareless" is hopefully a less staggeringly nerdy proxy for "tabletop."
Now for a few words about what Cletus the Dark Mage is NOT:
Cletus is not Brokeback Potter.
Cletus is not a spoof on Harry Potter set in the American South.
To finish this particular line of thought and move on, Cletus is not any derivative incarnation of Harry Potter and actually has relatively few similarities, such as: magic playing a central role in the story, a plot which starts quite a bit more innocent with shades of black and that becomes significantly darker as the narrative progresses, and a gradual exposition of backstory pivotal to the coherence of the plot. While epic in scope and with plenty of room for sequels, prequels, and all manner of alternate narratives set in the same world, it is not nor is it meant to be a seven-book epic.
Cletus is not PR for dabblers in the dark arts and does not make the audacious claim that dark wizards just need to be loved.
Cletus is not high-browed social commentary meant to show that the right circumstances will turn anyone into a monster. Nor, on the contrary, is it meant to show that people are born with a certain unavoidable destiny. Nor is it meant to show that it is a bewilderingly complex interaction of innate traits and acquired experiences that ultimately determines each person's destiny, although you might get that from hearing it. It also does not endorse the fluffy and vaguely Macguyverian idea that anyone can accomplish anything with whatever they happen to have on hand.
Cha cha (japanese pronunciation, not the dance)!
-R
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