I especially like the fretful, pleading "put the scimitars down now?" look on Torg's face. It's funny, and it's got the pretty darn friendly subtext that Pete expects his fanbase to include a fair number of touchy furries, and he's fine with that as long as they don't mail him anything venomous. :)
{snicker} I was wondering who on my friends list would be the first to post this.
It's all the more amusing when you realize that the quiet guy who was sitting next to Bill Holbrook at the Plan 9 table in the Anthrocon dealers was none other than Pete Abrams.
Yeah, I talked to Pete a little bit at AC while he signed my book for me (Yippy Skippy, The Evil! Easily my second-favorite sluggy story, after Go-Go-Gofotron). I asked if we freaked him out much... he seemed to be talking it all in stride.
Bear in mind that this is a guy who goes to a lot of role-playing conventions too. He's probably dealt with freakier than us.
I sent Pete a nice email thanking him for doing this in a cool way. I LIKE silly little stuff like that, its okay to poke fun at furries and our little odd ways, just don't be mean about it.
Nice = pawpads and fuzzles for you Mean = claws and teeth for you
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Date: 2003-10-02 07:59 am (UTC)I especially like the fretful, pleading "put the scimitars down now?" look on Torg's face. It's funny, and it's got the pretty darn friendly subtext that Pete expects his fanbase to include a fair number of touchy furries, and he's fine with that as long as they don't mail him anything venomous. :)
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Date: 2003-10-02 08:52 am (UTC)It's all the more amusing when you realize that the quiet guy who was sitting next to Bill Holbrook at the Plan 9 table in the Anthrocon dealers was none other than Pete Abrams.
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Date: 2003-10-02 10:01 am (UTC)Bear in mind that this is a guy who goes to a lot of role-playing conventions too. He's probably dealt with freakier than us.
Heh,
Date: 2003-10-14 11:54 am (UTC)Nice = pawpads and fuzzles for you
Mean = claws and teeth for you