Because I did not know him personally I feel sort of cheap writing about him. I don't have anything grand to say anyway. Yet I felt terrible hearing he died, and so feel a compulsion to say something, especially as he has given so much thought to me...
Holmes, Crashfrog, and Randman--what more could a satirist want?
What more can a character want than his satirist?
Ironically I read of his death while looking for something to boost my spirits at EvC, because a main character on a series I was watching died. Not the actor, the character. The tv episode was all very emotional and I was looking for escape from the weight of that fictional death only to find worse in reality.
I suppose in a way a main character has died on this show, who also happened to be one of the writers. Unlike others who have stopped posting, and so "left the show", we are certain this one won't be coming back to the program (except as a ghost writer?).
I hope that his passing was not too painful, I hope that he knew that he would be remembered well. I wish his family the best. And finally, I wish his constituent atoms equal success in their future careers as they had making up RR.
Providing his nihilistic position is true and ultimately he will not be remembered forever, at the very least he was not forgotten while he lived.
holmes {in temp decloak from lurker mode}
"What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away." (D.Bros)
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