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Joseph L. Wiess's avatar

Oh no....The Suff is the ghost of Christmas Future.

I didn't expect that, but you did great.

Charles Dickens would like what you've added to the story.

But then, who's to say that the GoCF wasn't the suff all along?

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The Man Behind the Screen's avatar

The world may never truly know...

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Harold Ember's avatar

He didn't invent Christmas, that's for darn sure, but perhaps he invented the Suff . . .

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Patricia J.L. 👻🧶🖊️'s avatar

Ha. The Suff as the ghost of Christmas Future fits well.

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Honeygloom's avatar

I love this! We had similar ideas with our Suffmas and telling the future. I love the completely different directions they took, though. He’s the perfect Ghost of Christmas Future, silent and foreboding, what a great connection to make.

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Jeff Kinnard's avatar

Of the short list of Christmas stories/movies that I enjoy, Christmas Carol is one of them.

This was a great, great addition to the Suff collection and probably my favorite Christmas special! I really admire the intelligent idea to make the Suff the Ghost of Christmas Future.

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The Man Behind the Screen's avatar

I kind of had a similar thought process with the idea to Spielberg when he decided to make Jaws lol

"Well, Jaws has four letters, and Duel has four letters, so I'm gonna make Duel but with a shark."

"Well, the Suff wears a black robe, and the Ghost of Christmas Future wears a black robe, so I'm gonna make the Suff the Ghost of Christmas Future."

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Jeff Kinnard's avatar

I appreciate the look into your thought process, it's brilliant 😂

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The Man Behind the Screen's avatar

I have to thank one of my game design teachers from my early college days for helping me develop it lol

He really did teach me an important lesson, though. "Ideas that are great, fun, or cool usually start out sounding stupid. Go ahead, take your favorite game and condense it to a single line idea. Resident Evil? Cops got trapped in a house with zombies and monsters. Mega-Man? Good guy robot fights bad guy robots with lasers and steals their powers. Sonic the Hedgehog? Blue hedgehog runs fast and smashes through stuff. Mario? A plumber smashes bricks, eats mushrooms, and saves a princess from a fire breathing turtle. Stupid ideas, but with a little work they became cool games."

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Jeff Kinnard's avatar

This is actually stellar advice!

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Harold Ember's avatar

We just started this today!!

Have you had the fortune to watch the Christmas Carol with Patrick Stuart?

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The Man Behind the Screen's avatar

I've never seen the version with Patrick Stuart, no. I've seen the animated Disney one, the Muppet Christmas Carol, and an older version many years ago that I don't remember too well.

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Harold Ember's avatar

I've seen the Disney one, I've seen the animated one, and I watched The Man who invented Christmas but I did not like that, thought it wasn't very good. Also, HE didn't invent Christmas!

That one is good, we watch it every year on Christmas Eve.

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