"It was easier when I went back after the Graal. And less stressful", Indy thought.
Nominations to the Council of Seven
Lo Pang (Big Trouble in Little China) possible new Viceroy / Governor of America
Genetically chosen / engineered son of Fu Manchu (similar to Sang Chi from Marvel comics) also possible Viceroy
Evil banker colluding to bring down Western civilisation (Carlton Clutch also from Marvel)
Thanks for the suggestions. I was also thinking about historical personalities. Whether historical or fictional the CV for the candidates would include villanous or at least ruthless antagonists of Western colonialism - historical people I've been considering are the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, the Zulu king and Ho Chi Minh. However, I fear they could derail from the pulpiness of the story and make it more politically controversial, which I do not want.
Another posibility is that Fu Manchu will dispense entirely with the Council of Seven and rule the Si Fan with an iron hand as an autocrat. After all, the Si Fan, like so many other things in his long life has merely been a means to an end. As ruler of the Pan-Asian Empire, it's not really in his interest to retain a strong secret criminal society like the Si Fan. Rather, it's membership will be gradually absorbed into the Imperial administration and security services, and the remaining Council members set up as Viceroys of India, Indonesia and Persia respectively.
Thanks for the suggestions. I was also thinking about historical personalities. Whether historical or fictional the CV for the candidates would include villanous or at least ruthless antagonists of Western colonialism - historical people I've been considering are the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, the Zulu king and Ho Chi Minh. However, I fear they could derail from the pulpiness of the story and make it more politically controversial, which I do not want.
Another posibility is that Fu Manchu will dispense entirely with the Council of Seven and rule the Si Fan with an iron hand as an autocrat. After all, the Si Fan, like so many other things in his long life has merely been a means to an end. As ruler of the Pan-Asian Empire, it's not really in his interest to retain a strong secret criminal society like the Si Fan. Rather, it's membership will be gradually absorbed into the Imperial administration and security services, and the remaining Council members set up as Viceroys of India, Indonesia and Persia respectively.
OK, I might.Yes, bring Fu Manchu to AH.com. Would probably fit on the ASB (Alien Spacebats) board or in the Writer's Forum.
I'm sorely tempted to include that line somewhere down the line."It was easier when I went back after the Graal. And less stressful", Indy thought.
And they never learn, do they?So they're not alone down there
Serves them right for disturbing what should not be disturbed ...
He must have real heavy steps. Or perhaps the things were never asleep to begin with.Of course, Indy can't enter an ancient ruin without awaking all the sleeping critters there.
That will have to wait. These baddies are not of that bent.Still, this is Indy. We need the inevitable and one of the baddies must stand at an elevated position, raise his fist and yell: "JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONES!" in furious anger as Indy escapes.
Interesting nominations. Lo Pang is a ghost though, isn't he?This will not end well.
Shub-Niggurath vs Ghatanothoa?
Nominations to the Council of Seven
Lo Pang (Big Trouble in Little China) possible new Viceroy / Governor of America
Genetically chosen / engineered son of Fu Manchu (similar to Sang Chi from Marvel comics) also possible Viceroy
Evil banker colluding to bring down Western civilisation (Carlton Clutch also from Marvel)
You're not learning in this update, but it won't be long (in terms relative to the usual pace of this story).A grim and foreboding update for Dr. Jones. I'd like to know what's going to happen, soon.
I'm sure people on those other forums the other readers are suggesting would eat this story up. It's good.
Mostly from deviantart.com. It's a great source for unsettling pictures.Great update again.
It is sometimes like reading two or three different stories but they are all great.
Where do you get those cavern pictures?
And they found only debris of those...Flying polyps.... Invisible, out-right invulnerable creatures with senses that spot a nearby target without any need for sight or smell. A lightning gun from aeons past is their only hope now
Yen would have been an interesting choice earlier in the story, but by now he'd be a military nobody, a thirten-a-dozen Chinese General in the Pan-Asian military. Odjob is a perfect Si-Fan killer, but he'd be far to young for a Council Seat, quite apart that he's frankly more of henchman than evil overlord material.What about General Yen from A bitter Tea with General Yen orOddjob from the James Bond franchise.
Yes, some more interesting in pursuing a criminal career than furthering a new Chinese Empire will feel dissaffected.Could be interesting if that allows Fah to conspire with angered SiFan memebrs to organize a SiFan betrayal of Fu.
These people would be cast as villains and are heroes to some. In contrast, nobody really identifies with Fu Manchu or Shiwan Khan.You've already had a lot of pulp and myth about elder races and whatever, plus a huge genocidal war against white people that seems to be going OK; I don't know how a political appointment could be too controversial, even if it is Uncle Ho.
Hmmm... Not Bohlwinkel, for many reasons. Sponz would require Borduira to be in the story, so no. Rastapopulous... possibly. Will consider it.Sandokan the pirate is in, is he not?
What about the villains from the Tintin comics...
Mr. Bohlwinkel
Roberto Rastapopulos
Colonel Sponsz
Not really supervillains, though. Although Rastapopoulos is a powerful and influential person with international connections. Sponsz is a bit of a buffoon but he's ruthless.
Actually, the SS Karaboudjan with (an uncredited) Haddock as Captain and Alan Thompson as first mate already did a small cameo.I love the Tintin characters, but while they are bad guys, all of them are very much Western. I am fully in favor of including some of them, however - I think it could be a fun twist to have the Rastapopoulos-owned SS Ramona captained by Allan or Rastapopoulos' submarine assist our heroes somewhere.
Interesting nominations. Lo Pang is a ghost though, isn't he?
He is a kind of ghost (strictly speaking an immortal sorceror cursed to exist without permanent flesh until he marries and sacrifices a girl with green eyes). But in the context of the story I fail to see the problem with this existence (given ghouls and Cthulu, Fu Manchu and all)