Somebody once said, “You have to be just a little bit crazy to want to play dress up and get your ass kicked from time to time” and I can’t remember who, but JS is right – it’s the good kind of crazy.
Until the moment it goes bad. JS II is in control now, but he won’t be someday when it’s critical that he be so. Bipolarism isn’t ‘just a little bit crazy.’ It’s got the potential to be a lot crazy, and the worst part is that the manic part feels so good, you don’t know it.
Now I understand what was going on back when JS II rescued Triops from the hospital.
Dang, Rob, you are spot on! This is exactly what we intended! We did the first five issues setting up how clinically depressed Greg Buchanan was, and then moved into how manic Johnny Saturn is.
Bipolar illness is a major illness, one that should be treated. This is why we played it on the downlow, never coming out and saying it, letting Greg’s actions speak for him.
Don’t worry, in that JSII’s mental condition is NOT the plot or point of this story. It is an important element in the mental state and actions of the main character.
Then I’ll make a prediction: Greg’s either going to resist treatment or go off the meds. He won’t be able to help it—it’s hard, hard, hard not to have that extra ‘oommph’ when you need it after having gotten used to it. (If he can really turn it on and off, which I doubt, although I do know one way to work that, up to a point. More likely, he’s on a manic ride now and is about to fall into the bad times for a while.)
I’m surprised TiTom knows or cares about this. But he is right—if he knows, everybody knows. I am surprised anyone knows about Greg and Victoria, though.
Kinda figured it was something like that. Greg self-medicates with booze and JS II approaches the speed of a crack fiend.
You’ve done a good job showing him to have a mid-range case. Most media portrays only the most extreme cases. The ones that kill their families when they’re down and take meth to calm down when they’re manic.
Somebody once said, “You have to be just a little bit crazy to want to play dress up and get your ass kicked from time to time” and I can’t remember who, but JS is right – it’s the good kind of crazy.
Until the moment it goes bad. JS II is in control now, but he won’t be someday when it’s critical that he be so. Bipolarism isn’t ‘just a little bit crazy.’ It’s got the potential to be a lot crazy, and the worst part is that the manic part feels so good, you don’t know it.
Now I understand what was going on back when JS II rescued Triops from the hospital.
Dang, Rob, you are spot on! This is exactly what we intended! We did the first five issues setting up how clinically depressed Greg Buchanan was, and then moved into how manic Johnny Saturn is.
Bipolar illness is a major illness, one that should be treated. This is why we played it on the downlow, never coming out and saying it, letting Greg’s actions speak for him.
Don’t worry, in that JSII’s mental condition is NOT the plot or point of this story. It is an important element in the mental state and actions of the main character.
Then I’ll make a prediction: Greg’s either going to resist treatment or go off the meds. He won’t be able to help it—it’s hard, hard, hard not to have that extra ‘oommph’ when you need it after having gotten used to it. (If he can really turn it on and off, which I doubt, although I do know one way to work that, up to a point. More likely, he’s on a manic ride now and is about to fall into the bad times for a while.)
I’m surprised TiTom knows or cares about this. But he is right—if he knows, everybody knows. I am surprised anyone knows about Greg and Victoria, though.
You know… everything all makes sense now. That is so brilliant how you did that.
Thank you, Sir! That makes my day!
Kinda figured it was something like that. Greg self-medicates with booze and JS II approaches the speed of a crack fiend.
You’ve done a good job showing him to have a mid-range case. Most media portrays only the most extreme cases. The ones that kill their families when they’re down and take meth to calm down when they’re manic.