It’s time for another Question and Answer round!
In the past, I have done “campaigns” to get more questions from readers, for me to answer! Some of which have been answered in comic form, as well. Recently I have fixed up the FAQ section of PSI (it was still on the OLD site), so please check out the past FAQs. The 2007 answers have been updated a bit, so please check it out again!
Now I want some more questions! You can ask me ANYTHING! … of course, I will not directly answer questions that are future spoilers, but I promise to respond to every question in some way… just don’t ask more than 10 questions. Some questions may receive comic answers.
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Q:Given how often crossovers happen in the main comic, does the world of PSI have a high webcomic awareness rate? Also, what fraction of the background characters would have some kind of previous experience with crossovers?
Hello Bucky! I hope the following more than answers your question! Feel free to ask again, if not!
To answer your question, the “World” of PSI does NOT have Webcomic Awareness… just a few of it’s characters do… The problem with PSI is that, in the early stages, I was still developing things, and somewhere along the line, the comic *changed*… part of what I am trying to do now, is to completely avoid ANY Webcomic Awareness in the story (if possible).
Of course, Scale and Jenny Everywhere were brought in SPECIFICALLY as from other comics and are VERY webcomic aware (it’s all part of the Crossover Wars). These days, if I can, I try to pass them as from “other worlds”… but really, for them, I try to only bring them in if only Webcomic Aware characters are only present. .. all at least for the “Main Archive”. Otherwise anything goes for the “Side Strips”.
Fes and Ernst were originally the only Webcomic Aware characters…. Ford *kinda* was too, but then fully was during The Crossover Wars when he met “Fesworks”… aka “me, the creator”. “I” will never again appear in the main archive. I’m trying to keep the main archive/story as free of 4th wall breaking, and webcomic awareness as possible.
Nemi WASN’T originally WCA (webcomic aware), but the plan was always to make her that way. There are a couple other characters that might be WCA in the future, but probably not in the main archive/story…
In the future, when I do crossovers and cameos (that result from comic jumping or such), they will be passed off as “dimensions”, and not “comics”. I can’t really undo the past without redoing it, so I’m going for the constant molding as I progress. Scale will likely appear again… at least in the SIDE STRIPS. Same for Jenny. If they appear in the main comic storyline, they will not make references to the 4th wall or act WCA.
(When I go about rewriting the comic to make a print version, the Crossover Wars will be scrapped completely, but I *might* still have some world jumping, but it will likely be with Jenny, instead of Scale.)
As far as the background characters… well I’ll just make a rundown of the listed Cast page:
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Leading Cast
Primary Characters
Fes – Yes
Ernst – Yes
Nemi – Yes
Bodil – No
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Leading Cast
Secondary Characters
Ford – Yes
Bob – No
Fesworks – Yes
(The Reaper: coming soon) – No (but may appear that he does)
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Leading Cast
Tertiary Characters
Dahla – No
Rachel – No
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Leading Cast
Quandary Characters
Reevo Arth Von Liam – No
Kerr – No
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Extended Cast
Supporting Characters
Combo – No?
Cpl. Max Catnap – Yes
Gertrude & Brunhilda – Probably
Scale – Yes
Jenny Everywhere (PSI’s) – Yes
Toshubi & Toh – No (it was technically a dream for them)
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Extended Cast
Additional Characters
Lucy Koneko – No
Jack (The Reaper) – No
Suzy – No
Becky – Probably
Any other character ever shown – Not Likely
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