Every week, over on Newsarama, they do a thread in which fans discuss, nominate and vote on a "Moment of the Week"--a sequence in a comic book that was particularly memorable.
Well, I just turned in the script for FNSM #18, and I've got a sequence in there so icky that I am positive that it will easily land on the MOTW thread when it finally comes out, and probably have a good shot at being the top vote getter. When I first conceived of it, I described it to Kathleen and she was literally squirming with disgust over it. When I finished the actual scene, I gave it to her to read and she was no less freaked. No, it's not gory or involving disemboweling and nobody gets raped. It's just...well, it's really pretty sick. And it involves Betty Brant and a date that goes horribly awry, and that's all I'll say about it.
Geez, I hope it doesn't get flagged by editorial.
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Posted by Peter David at December 4, 2006 02:18 PM | TrackBack | Other blogs commentingWhy am I flashing back to that scene in Crimes and Misdemeanors when Woody Allen's sister has a date that goes horribly awry and something really disgusting happens? I hope it's nothing like that.
A sick moment in "A date that goes horribly awry" makes me think back to an old Johenen Vasquez scene from "I Feel Sick" in which the main character's date craps his pants and the scene ends with him screaming, "Someone put shit in my pants!"
So just so you know, that's been done...
C'mon...a hint?
If the editors shoot it down will you tell us what it would have been?
No, nobody craps their pants.
(Boy, the assurances I have to give sometimes...)
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That's something to look forward to. :)
Will we be seeing much change in the series once Steve Wacker takes over as editor?
Hee hee...I loved that issue of JTHM. And now I'm extra-looking forward to FSNM #18 just to see if it triggers my squirm-o-meter. I guess if nobody gets raped or disemboweled, it's no wonder Peter's not working for DC anymore.
YES I WENT THERE. :P
And Peter, think of this assurance as the "do not use hairdryer in shower" warning label - you wouldn't have had to say it if somebody hadn't already tried it.
How often does editorial flag stuff it finds offensive? Things have to be easier now that the comic-code is gone...
You should still spill the beans if it does get flagged. :)
My guess: Betty Brant vomiting on her date (or vice versa).
Will it be more icky than McFarlane's Spider-Man #1?? :)
Oooh, I can't wait.
Hmm. A date with Betty that goes wrong, and something sick. Does Ned Leeds zombie pay a visit?
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I'm going to guess the new biological webbing going off in her mouth.
It turns out to be Doc Ock and after being unable to get May into the sack-- he's grabby. :0)
My first thought was some thing involving licking and that time of the month. Then I remembered that this wasn't a MAX book. :o
Maybe it's someone she met online and "flylikeaneagle27" turns out to be Adrian Toomes, aka the Vulture, in full-on letch mode, showing off the hair plugs he got back in the Get Kraven mini-series?
(As a sidebar, I was disappointed when the Vulture turned up as a bad guy again--I really liked the idea of him and Al Kraven running around fighting crime and trading wisecracks)
Is it like Betty Brant getting stung by a stingray and Flash Thompson having to pee on her leg?
Or is it like J Jonah Jameson dying and Betty tracking down the meaning of his last word, "Rosebud," to Jameson's pet name for the prostate of a guy in Secaucus named Lou?
No, no, what happens is J Jonah Jameson is kidnapped by Comanches, and Betty Brant goes searching for him. She discovers Jameson's virtue has been defiled by his marriage to a Comanche chief named Scar, and decides to kill him. Ultimately, the Comanches give Betty seven ponies to take Jameson back to civilization.
Does it involve the underpantsless Britney Spears?
Does it involve a leap ahead in time to show her children as adults?
No, nobody craps their pants.
Might some of the readers crap their pants when they open the book and see whatever made your wife so uncomfortable?
Of course now that I've read this I'm gonna HAVE to buy the ish...
Why do I detect the shadowy presence of the phrase "broken vagina"?
Speaking of vaginas and sex, I'd wondered if perhaps the guy she went out with is gonna turn out to have some type of particularly disturbing fetish and will spring it on Betty suddenly by leading her into a room where he has...uh, stuff, I guess...rather than sitting down with her and talking about it first to see if she might also be into it, or at least not completely grossed out by it. If I turn out to be right, then it would probably be something *really* out there...
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