I also believe that if the Wolverines do reappear, in whatever guise or form, it needs to be something pretty monumental and should be done in a way to catch the fan base off guard. I don’t own Clan Wolverine, I simply was given the chance to tell their story. There are some courtesies that you get affronted about the characters you create, but not always. You don’t own these factions or characters, they are part of the IP (Intellectual Property). That isn’t entirely true – but pretty close. That means you can’t just write what you want when you want it…no matter how cool the idea is. As a BattleTech author, you have to recognize that you are working in a shared universe.
Just as we started to right the ship, fictionally speaking, the plug was pulled on published fiction altogether. By the time we got product out, the damage had already been done with the fan community…on multiple levels. How’d that work out for you Wizkids? In two years they were asking us to come back…with no apology either. Kind of a kick to the balls to get that kind of message after a number of quite successful novels. This is not paraphrasing, this was what I was told. I was told, “We are going to bring in some good professional writers to do the stories going forward.” Ouch. Wizkids made a decision early on to deliberately NOT use the established BattleTech authors to advance the story. God knows there are enough Dark Ages haters out there, I’m not on that bandwagon. The reality is that there are only so many hours in the day to dedicate to writing, so I shifted to address the hottest topic and I like to think advancing the storyline out of the Dark Ages is a priority.ĭon’t get me wrong, I didn’t hate the Dark Ages, just some of the execution of the Dark Ages. Let’s talk about the end of the Dark Ages era.” Well, when you get a call like that, you jump. Then I got the call from Brent Evans, “Hey, super-neat idea you put together, let’s not go there right now.
In fairness, I had a plan for them that was pretty cool. People bonded with the Wolverines in Betrayal, even though we all knew it was not going to end well. The people who say it is retcon are morons. Amid the wails of loud mostly unimportant and misguided people of “retcon!” I think the story of Clan Wolverine stands the test of time. I get this question every two weeks or so: “Why don’t you write another book on Clan Wolverine?” Believe me, no one loves Betrayal of Ideals more than me. “So you’re saying Nicholas Kerensky was insane?” “Aff – VERY Aff.”
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