In the long interview available from Cascade Conventions, the interviewer asks GM about the mystical bit (he says he wanted sweat lodges and psychedelic vision quests in the mountains ::hearts::) and then:
I: Was Blair Sandburg like, THE guy for Jim Ellison?
GM: I'm sorry, WHAT? (GM really plays this up, huge quizzical grin)
I [something, trying to reassure him and explain] Could anyone have stepped in and done what Blair did or was he -
GM sort of talks over her: I don't think -- initially, no, because Blair was the one who had the understanding of it. Now if I'd told someone to say hey look when this guy starts to space out, just tell him to focus and concentrate and give him little things to smell I'm mean I'm sure someone could have picked up the slack but initially, no, because this happens to be my area of expertise, this is what I wrote my thesis on so I was the perfect guy for the gig at the time. Kinda like Garett Maggart was perfect for Blair Sandburg at the time. But, I mean, smash cut five, six years later, if Jim Ellison gets married, and he's with a pretty open-minded girl, that understands that periodically he's gonna space out and he needs a little guidance while he's in this trance, sure, she could pick up the slack and understand what was going on. And maybe she wouldn't have the academic background to deal with more of the mystical aspect of it and if he started having visions or something he could give me a call and I'd come over and say 'this is what that means' and blah blah blah... peyote. [GM's grinning again]
What I find interesting is how often GM says 'I' not 'Blair', the total debunking of the soulmates for life trope, and the sheer boggling notion of Jim getting married at 45ish to an open-minded girl who lets Blair instruct her on the care and feeding of a Jim Ellison.
I like GM; he comes over as painfully sincere and very sweet but, sorry, when it comes to Guides, I accept no substitutes; it's Blair for Jim and Jim for Blair, end of story ::g::
And that took HOURS to transcribe and it was about 2 minutes, and Becky did 65 episodes? I am lost in admiration for people who do transcripts.
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on 2007-09-28 12:19 am (UTC)I: Was Blair Sandburg like, THE guy for Jim Ellison?
GM: I'm sorry, WHAT? (GM really plays this up, huge quizzical grin)
I [something, trying to reassure him and explain] Could anyone have stepped in and done what Blair did or was he -
GM sort of talks over her: I don't think -- initially, no, because Blair was the one who had the understanding of it. Now if I'd told someone to say hey look when this guy starts to space out, just tell him to focus and concentrate and give him little things to smell I'm mean I'm sure someone could have picked up the slack but initially, no, because this happens to be my area of expertise, this is what I wrote my thesis on so I was the perfect guy for the gig at the time. Kinda like Garett Maggart was perfect for Blair Sandburg at the time. But, I mean, smash cut five, six years later, if Jim Ellison gets married, and he's with a pretty open-minded girl, that understands that periodically he's gonna space out and he needs a little guidance while he's in this trance, sure, she could pick up the slack and understand what was going on. And maybe she wouldn't have the academic background to deal with more of the mystical aspect of it and if he started having visions or something he could give me a call and I'd come over and say 'this is what that means' and blah blah blah... peyote. [GM's grinning again]
What I find interesting is how often GM says 'I' not 'Blair', the total debunking of the soulmates for life trope, and the sheer boggling notion of Jim getting married at 45ish to an open-minded girl who lets Blair instruct her on the care and feeding of a Jim Ellison.
I like GM; he comes over as painfully sincere and very sweet but, sorry, when it comes to Guides, I accept no substitutes; it's Blair for Jim and Jim for Blair, end of story ::g::
And that took HOURS to transcribe and it was about 2 minutes, and Becky did 65 episodes? I am lost in admiration for people who do transcripts.