Basil: So. Me: No. Basil: Hey. Me: SHUSH. Basil: Listen. Me: No. Basil: The drummer blows out his shoulder so he switches to guitar and the band needs a new drummer. Me: This is sounding familiar. Basil: The band gets a new touring drummer. Romance ensues. Me: Romance with who? Basil: The new drummer and the only girl in the band. Me: This is just Friends of Ledger. Basil: HE’S THE DRUMMER. Me: Sam busts…
Basil: HEY! Me: What now. Basil: She moves in with one of the band members when her house is uninhabitable because of reasons. Me: Gonna need some more information. Basil: She’s renting and a water main breaks and her landlord is a putz dragging his feet to fix it. Me: You’ve already used that ploy with other characters. Basil: AND YOU NEVER WROTE IT. Me: Because it was—that story didn’t need—never mind. Not worth it….
Basil: HEY! Me: …one…two…three…four…five… Basil: Heeeeeey. Me: …six…seven…eight…nine…ten… Basil: Hey. Hey. Hey listen. Me: What. Basil: Ben and Marina. Me: JFC……What about them? Basil: What if the roles were reversed? Me: What roles? Basil: The brothers. Ben and Chris. What if Chris was older and Ben was younger. Me: What would that accomplish? Basil: Ben would be the annoying little brother instead of the obnoxious older brother. Me: And what would that accomplish? Basil: Different…
Basil: Hey! Remember that fanfiction you started a few years ago? Me: Could you be more general? Basil: You KNOW the one. Me: (I’m gonna regret this)……Why? Basil: WHAT. IF. Me: Please don’t. Basil: No, but what if. Me: Stop. Basil: Hear me out. Me: There are already FOUR iterations of that thing. Knock it off. Basil: Here’s number five. Me: Weren’t you hibernating for the winter? Basil: Nah. Winter’s over. I’m here to help…
[ From ye olde blog: Kill the lights… ] I don’t remember when Basil the Gremlin Muse was officially created. I had ideas about a gremlin muse rolling around for a long time before I created a critter in the game Spore. The game came out in 2008 and the first mention I can find of Basil on the blog is in 2010. So he’s been around for at least that long. (I’m not brave…
