Even The Ones From The Same Media Barely Get Along. Have You Seen The Mess That Is Cobra High Command?

Even the ones from the same media barely get along. Have you seen the mess that is Cobra high command?

Hmm…just picturing Zartan and Boba Fett both working for Cobra. That would get interesting. (As much as I like to picture my boy Boba being better than that, let’s be real. He worked for Jabba the Hutt, and he worked for the Empire. He would probably follow the money and the challenge. Unless…he saw G.I. Joe as being the force of order. It really depends on who is writing him.)

I get the feeling the two would have a grudging respect for each other, much like Boba Fett does for Han Solo, as both are very competent in their areas of expertise, but Fett would be less than impressed by the Dreadnoks. Not sure how Fett would respond to Zartan impersonating him. He doesn’t seem to take too kindly to that. (Twin Engines of Destruction, anyone?)

Man, I kind of want to write that as a fic now…Fett would be a bit like Destro in a way, a villain but a man of honor. I could see him being more loyal to Destro than the Commander in the long run. Maybe in that AU, Destro’s family did business with Jango prior to his death? Maybe Destro’s family is to the Fetts in this universe what Jabba the Hutt was in the Star Wars universe. Being on retainer for MARS industries would explain where the Fetts get all those fancy toys.

It would be fun seeing a plot where Cobra Commander and Destro pitted Zartan and Boba Fett against one another, much like how Jabba and his family would pit their bounty hunters against each other from time to time.

Oooh, and instead of Jedi hunters, Jango and Boba are ninja hunters. Or mutant hunters if I wanted to bring some of my DC/Marvel baddies into this.

I had no idea this post would spark so many ideas. Thanks!

(I have to write this at some point, but need to wrap up a few other projects first.)

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Boba would survive, but the person who patted him on the head probably wouldn’t.

Unless it was his dad. I could see Jango doing that to him a lot when he was a kid. If it was his dad resurrected from the dead, Boba would probably be an internal mess.

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I Love Liminal Spaces and Wanted to Go Fishing Indoors

This is the result.

I call it Mergek’s Trippy Hippy Liminal Home.

Writer Problems

Beginning a story is one of the hardest parts. I have the general shape of the thing, but don’t know how to begin. So many entry points, each with its own pros and cons. I’m sure it will come to me. As one of my old professors said, writing is 90% gray matter work, and 10% writing.

The two other hardest parts are the middle and the ending. So basically all of it.

As Thomas Mann said, “A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”

But once you get it right, it is rewarding in a way nothing else is. That’s why I keep coming back to it!

Rough Sketch of Zartan’s Cat

Meet Ozzy, Zartan’s rough, semi-feral cat. This original feline character has been causing chaos in my head for a while now, and it was a lot of fun finally putting him on paper in some form. And it always helps to have a visual representation while writing!

I drew Ozzy with brush pens and a white Jellyroll pen for added details. I had initially pictured him as primarily black in color, and hoped to capture all the shades from both a reference photo and one of my furry nephews’ fur. Ozzy had other ideas, though, and turned out slightly more brown than anticipated, but I like it. (Also tried to capture the white fur on the scar, but it didn’t quite turn out how I’d hoped. I would do it differently next time.)

In any case, drawing this rebellious scruff-ball was a lot of fun, and I’m looking forward to writing about him and Zartan.

Most of them I’d clean up and comfort, but not gonna lie, there’s a few I’d flush depending on what they’d just done. I’m looking at you, Cobra Commander!

Cobra Commander, glaring at me as he spirals down, plotting his next move against me:

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