A few notes on Melting Pot Season Two.

First of all - to those who read and enjoy the series,
thanks!  Any and all comments are always welcome.

Secondly - I had scheduled Episode 3 to come out on
Sept. 5, but finally realized that is labor day.
(I realized this due to the fact that my inlaws are 
coming to visit this weekend.  Appropriately enough,
the Episode is titled "Inlaw Blues")
This being the case, I have decided to post the story
a bit early.  Thursday, Sept. 1st it will be available.

I hope this doesn't mess Brendan up too much, if so,
my apologies.

Third - some of you (BorgCrazy) have pointed out some
rather dark things happening so far.  Oddly enough,
some of what I thought were dark have been overlooked.

To summarize:
The Destruction of the Wing Chun
Handing over Admiral Windgarde for Torture
Seetamyn's continued disfigurement
and other little things.

Unfortunately, its going to get even darker.  I say 
this not to scare anyone away, but to give fair warning 
to those who read Traks for the light-hearted humor.

In the next several Episodes, I'm going to be exploring
themes like; responsibility, duty and honor and the 
consequences of those themes.

Episode 3 will be the lightest Episode for some time.
It serves as a prequel to Episodes 4 and 5 which are,
to put it frankly, real downers.  I'm gonna throw a spoiler 
in here, so if you want to be surprised, skip the next 
paragraph!  (You'll have to highlight it to read it)












In Episode 5 a major crewmember DIES!  I'm not going to
say who or under what circumstances, but they're gone!

In Episode 6 I wrap up the Black Queen Saga.  There's
more death and destruction and someone will transfer
from the Menagerie to the Aikido.  So that's two
crewmembers gone in two Episodes!












After Episode 6, comes the first Movie.  Its not real upbeat 
either, but it does put certain situations in place for Season 
Three.  It isn't really that dark, when you get down to it,
(at least not for Melting Pot), but it is a bit intense.

Then come three pretty light Episodes.  These will serve as
a chance for the crew to catch their breaths for a little bit
until the two-parter at Episodes 10-11 - a trip to the Happyverse!

Episode 12 is a pretty dark story with repercussions that carry
into Season Three, but nothing will prepare you for Episode 13,
the Season Finale!

I've decided to go without sleep for a while and I have completed
Episodes 3,4,5,6,8 and the Movie.  The other Episodes are in
various stages of completion - anywhere from 10% to 80%

I have outlined, titled and scheduled the next 23 Episodes, bringing
the series through Season Three (July 2006-April 2007)

Season Three will be MUCH lighter! (really!)
It will also be MUCH different from what has gone before.

Thanks for reading,

Paul C.
8/30/2005