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Backstage Interlude
Character and Place Guide
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This is a guide to the people and places appearing, mentioned, or alluded to in Backstage Interlude. It is not an index to first appearances, let alone all appearances, but it does provide a who's who and a what's where to the disparate collection of episodes under that heading, together with the other AddVenture episodes the comment on. Characters and places are listed separately.
Since comparatively few characters are known by both given and surname, Arrangement of Characters is by name in natural order. Note too that many Characters appearing in these episodes (most of them briefly) are not named at all. These are entered under brief one or two word descriptions if they can be identified as members of a distinctive group, as Unnamed if they can't, or as Extras if they are simple walk-ons of little or no narrative significance. Characters not named or only partially named in this thread whose full names are known from other threads are entered under their full names.
Places are entered by name. Locales appearing that are also not named are entered under brief descriptions. --Dabbler.
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Actor (1). Character. He played You (3).
Actor (2). Character. She played Your mother.
Adama (Original). Author. A real one, according to Messila. Mentioned.
Alvina Russell. Character. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
Angela. Character. A sexy jogger and member of the Mormon Church, who married Jim and Sharon. Appeared in episodes commented on.
Anita. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Anna Jaeger (Avatar/Original). Author. Mentioned by Dabbler.
April. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Authors. The beings controlling the BE AddVenture. The actual Authors (that is, writers) are here qualified as Originals, to distinguish them from their avatars within the AddVenture, here qualified as Avatars. Twelve Avatars appeared in the Chicklets commercial, namely the Bowler Fucker, D<-, Dr. Hook, F-Cup Fitzgerald, Iron Nick, Jazz, L.E., Meiou Bunny, Panache, RaoulDyke, SpaceMoose, and Yzal.
Avabigun. Character. Appears in an episode commented on. Mentioned.
Backstage Central staff. Characters. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
Barbara. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Belle (or Bell) Young. Character. The female version of Billy Young. Eighteen years old, and prone to running into the wrong sort of men (and women). Appears in an episode commented on, the filming of which resumes in the interlude.
billy bob (Original). Author. Writer of an episode commented on.
Billy Young. Character. Appeared in an episode commented on. Mentioned.
Board of Directors. The Backstage’s governing body, comprised primarily of Authors.
Bonkers (Original). Author. A real one, according to Messila.
Bowler Fucker, The (Avatar). Author. One of a dozen appearing in the Chicklets commercial.
boy (Original). Author. Writer of an episode commented on. Mentioned.
Brad. Character. Boyfriend of Belle Young. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
Brenda. Character. Dominatrix girlfriend of Belle Young. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
BSer (Original). Author. Writer of episodes commented on.
Celine. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Centipede. Character. Primary role in the Chicklets commercial. Played by Jim.
Cliff. Character. Old friend, acquaintance or relative of the stage manager, with whom he half intended to "go back into retail."
Comics Code Authority. A non-BEA organization limiting full-body nudity in comics. Mentioned.
Credenso. Character. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
Crew, The. Characters. Employees of the Behind the Camera Backstage, supposed to stay strictly behind the scenes. But Readers have gotten some sense of their existence due to the Fixing in text of their activities in unwritten Episodes not intended to become part of the record. Probably synonymous in whole or in part with the Film crew. The primary Crew members seen are the stage manager, the script girl, and the proofreader, but others are also known, including but undoubtedly not limited to the gopher, the production guard, and scene-shifters. The Film crew, for instance, presumably includes more individuals not yet described (one suspects the existence of a camera man). The SFX department is associated with the Crew and perhaps numbered among them, though it apparently has a separate union.
Cyd Russell. Character. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
D.J. Woohoo. Character. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
D<- (Avatar). Author. One of a dozen appearing in the Chicklets commercial. Also known as Deuce.
D<- (Original). Author. Writer of episodes commented on.
Dabbler (Avatar). Author. Also appears as the Writer (of the Chicklets commercial, for which he serves as Author of Record), Dave, and David.
Dabbler (Original). Author. A real one, according to Messila. Writer of episodes commented on, addressed directly (through the fourth wall) by the script girl regarding problems with the WO thread. Also appears as Me.
Darleen. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Denise. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Dr. Hook (Avatar). Author. One of a dozen appearing in the Chicklets commercial. And, apparently, a real doctor.
DruulEmpire (Original). Author. A real one, according to Messila. Mentioned.
Elizabeth Fruitbat. Character. Also called Lizzie. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
Enid. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
CMOT Dibbler (Avatar). Author. Evil twin, of Dabbler. Mentioned but not named.
F-Cup Fitzgerald (Avatar). Author. Appears as one of a dozen Authors in the Chicklets commercial.
F-Cup Fitzgerald (Original). Author. A real one, according to Messila, as opposed to, say, Gilroy Sippowitz.
Felicia. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Film crew. Characters. Employees of the Behind the Camera Backstage. Probably synonymous in whole or in part with the Crew.
francis (Original). Author. Writer of an episode commented on. Mentioned by the Script girl, who has, to her regret, met him. (By which she could actually mean his Avatar, but given her penchant for speaking through the fourth wall and the scarcity of Avatars in the Original Backstage, I’m guessing not.)
Gertrude. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Gillory Syphilis. Character, possibly. A name to which Messila likened that of Gilroy Sippowitz.
Gilroy Sippowitz (Original). Author. Writer of episodes in the Messila thread. Upon learning this, Messila was horror-struck, likening his name to Gillory Syphilis, whereupon, at least in one option, he wrote the episode out of her memory.
Girls. Characters. Friends of MOCEANU. Appeared in an episode commented on. Mentioned.
Gopher, The. Character. Crew member, and an actual gopher.
Greyman (or perhaps Grayman) (Original). Author. A better one than Gilroy Sippowitz, according to Messila.
Hannah. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Harley Quinn. Character. Villainess. Appeared in episodes commented on.
Henrietta. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
High Commander, The (Original). Author. A better one than Gilroy Sippowitz, according to Messila.
Hugabales. Character. Appears in an episode commented on. Mentioned.
Inez. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Iron Nick (Avatar). Author. One of a dozen appearing in the Chicklets commercial.
Jane. Character. Female version of Jim. Mentioned.
Jazz (Avatar). Author. One of a dozen appearing in the Chicklets commercial. Brother of Yzal.
Jesus. Deity. Name taken in vain by Sharon.
JH (Original). Author. A better one than Gilroy Sippowitz, according to Messila.
JigSaw (Avatar). Author. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
Jim. Character. A member of the Mormon Church, turned superstud, who married Sharon and Angela and died of sexual exhaustion. Appeared in episodes commented on. From his frame of reference, he would be an actor, and the description just presented a role. Later appears in another role, in a centipede outfit open to the front, as an actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Jocelyn. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Jolene. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Kerri. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
L.E. (Avatar). Author. One of a dozen appearing in the Chicklets commercial, although according to him he wasn't even there.
L.E. (Original). Author. Writer of episodes commented on.
Lesley Wu. Character. Appears in an episode commented on. Mentioned. Also called the dragon boy.
Leviathan (Original). Author. A real one, according to Messila.
Lita. Character. Appeared in an episode commented on.
Lord Aethar (Avatar). Author. Mentioned by Dabbler.
Lucy. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Lycanthrokeith (Original). Author. A better one than Gilroy Sippowitz, according to Messila.
Macro. Character. Recruited from the Story by the Crew to ameliorate an Episode Fixing.
Margaret. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Meiou Bunny (Avatar). Author. One of a dozen appearing in the Chicklets commercial. Also appeared in episodes commented on.
Melissa (1). Character. The person Messila was a typo for, according to the Stage manager. Was unpleasant to Messila, and in consequence either stabbed to death in the back by her or injected by her with a shot of Masculinium, turning her into Melvin (depending on the option chosen).
Melissa (2). Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Melvin. Character. Formerly Melissa, transformed by an injection of Masculinium by Messila. Mentioned in an option.
Messila. Character. A typographical error for Melissa, according to the stage manager. She got the promotion from typo to character in her own right, despite her fears to the contrary, but only by acting proactively, either stabbing Melissa to death in the back or injecting her with Masculinium, which turned her into Melvin. She then took Melissa's place in the thread commented on. In her new back story, she was a scantily-clad transfer student from Jersey who smoked.
Midgets. Characters. Forty diminutive female actors who appeared in the Chicklets commercial. All stacked, curvaceous, and nude aside from body-paint, either shiny red, shiny white or multi-colored. The midgets were: Anita, April, Barbara, Celine, Darleen, Denise, Enid, Felicia, Gertrude, Hannah, Henrietta, Inez, Jocelyn, Jolene, Kerri, Lucy, Margaret, Melissa (2), Miranda, Monica, Nancy, Natalie, Olga, Pamela, Priscilla, Ramona, Rita, Rose, Sally, Samantha, Theresa, Tina, Ursula, Vicky, Vivian, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Xaviera, Yolanda, and Zora.
Minerva. Character. Goddess, reputed to be merciful. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
Miranda. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Mister Sister. Character. Seriously altered former Man in Grey with a puss like Sister Souljah's, appearing in an episode commented on. Called Thing Two by Meiou Bunny.
Mister Whiskers. Character. Seriously altered former Man in Grey with a face like a walrus, appearing in an episode commented on. Called Thing One by Meiou Bunny.
MOCEANU. Character. Appeared in an episode commented on (also called Mocrenau and Mocenua in that episode). Mentioned.
Monica. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Mormon Church. An institution that formerly allowed multi-marriages but stopped recognizing such in the 1890s, though splinter groups have kept at it. Mentioned.
Mystery Midget, The. Character. A little pervert who bothered the forty female midget actors. Mentioned.
Nancy. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Natalie. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Olga. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Opera Taur. Character. Called by the stage manager, who was attempting to reach the Operator.
Operator, The (Avatar). Author. Called by the stage manager, who reached Opera Taur instead.
Oprah. Character. Actor in the Oreo commercial with impressive double entendres. Possibly though not certainly intended to be Oprah Winfrey.
Pamela. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Panache. Author. One of a dozen appearing in the Chicklets commercial.
Priscilla. Character. Female midget. in the Chicklets commercial.
Production guard, The. Character. Crew member guarding the Stage door.
Proofreader. Character. Crew member. Wears rose-colored glasses. His actual name is Daimler.
Prophet Tenebrae (Original). Author. A real one, according to Messila.
Ramona. Character. Female midget. in the Chicklets commercial.
RaoulDuke (Original). Author. A better one than Gilroy Sippowitz, according to Messila.
RaoulDyke (Avatar). Author. A variant Avatar of RaoulDuke. One of a dozen Avatars appearing in the Chicklets commercial.
Readers. Beings in Reality who read the AddVenture. The attention of one to an unwritten episode fixes in text activities therein that were not intended to be recorded.
Rick. Character. Friend of Jim. Mentioned.
Rita. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Rocky. Character. Mentioned by SpaceMoose.
Rose. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Sally. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Samantha. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Sanny. Character. One of at least two friends of Messila, but any others would appear to be ghost characters, as they neither speak nor participate in the action. Called Messila’s attention to either Tom or the name of the Author at the bottom of the screen (depending on the option).
Sawyer (Avatar). Author. Evil twin of JigSaw. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
Scene-shifters. Characters. Crew members.
Script girl. Character. Crew member. Gets to wear a blouse, as a perk of being behind the camera. F-Cup Fitzgerald asked if her name was Dorothy. It is, in fact, Sandra. Also called SG.
SFX department. Characters. Group associated with the Crew in the Original Backstage.
Shannon. Character. A typo for Sharon who was later promoted from typo to character in her own right. Mentioned.
Sharon. Character. A member of the Mormon Church, who married Jim and Angela. Appeared in episodes commented on. From her frame of reference, she would be an actor, and the description just presented a role. Later appears in another role, as an actor in the Chicklets commercial. Naked in this role, and presumably busty, too.
Sister Souljah. Character. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
Somebody else. Character. Stepped into the Messila thread, according to an option.
SpaceMoose (Avatar). Author. One of a dozen appearing in the Chicklets commercial. Has antlers.
SpaceMoose (Original). Author. A better one than Gilroy Sippowitz, according to Messila.
Stage manager. Crew member. Also serves as the director. His actual name is Faulkner. Also called SM.
Supergirl. Character. A saucy super-hero, turned into a Super Sex-Squid (or an octo-pussy). Appeared in episodes commented on.
Supers, The. Characters. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
MarkT. Author. Also known as T. The proofreader swears by him.
Theresa. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Tina. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Titty-fairy, The. Character. Possibly mythical bestower of assets. Mentioned by Sharon.
Union, The. Employee association to which the Crew members belong, notably the proofreader. The SFX department also has a union, apparently a separate one.
Ursula. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Vicky. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Visitor. Character. Appeared in an episode commented on.
Vivian. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Whoopi. Character. Actor in the Oreo commercial. Possibly though not certainly intended to be Whoopi Goldberg.
Wilhelmina. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Wilma. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Wonder Woman. Character. An Amazonian prude turned into a Wonder Watermelon patch. Also called Wonder Watermelon. Appeared in episodes commented on.
Worm goddess, The. Character. Appears in an episode commented on. Mentioned.
Xaviera. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Yolanda. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
You (1). Character. Appeared in an episode commented on.
You (2). Character. Just four inches tall. Appeared in an episode commented on and the thread that resulted. At first an anonymous viewpoint character; his name was revealed as Tom when the thread resumed in the third person.
You (3). Character. Teenager, slave to your mother. Appeared in an episode commented on.
Your busty plump English teacher. Character. Mentioned in an episode commented on.
Your mother. Character. Appears in an episode commented on.
Yzal (Avatar). Author. One of a dozen appearing in the Chicklets commercial. Brother of Jazz.
Zatanna. Character. A moronic magician able to speak only in animal noises. Appeared in episodes commented on.
Zora. Character. Female midget. Actor in the Chicklets commercial.
Zorlond (Avatar). Author. Mentioned by Dabbler.
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Afterlife, The (1). A plane with fluffy clouds where people have wings, where Jim found himself after dying of sexual exhaustion. Appeared in an episode commented on.
Afterlife, The (2). A sulfurous-smelling hot plane where red is the dominant decor and the staff has horns and hooves, where Jim found himself after dying of sexual exhaustion. Appeared in an episode commented on.
Antipodes, The. A quarter of the Backstage Ring and a locale in episodes commented on. Mentioned.
Backstage Central. Focal point of the Concourse and a Backstage locale mentioned in an episode commented on.
Bar & Grill. Place in the Concourse. Mentioned.
Barrier, The. Phenomenon of the Antipodes, in an episode commented on.
BEA Studios. The studio behind the Behind the Camera Backstage. Jim is under contract to it.
Behind the Camera Backstage. Adama’s name for the main setting of Backstage Interlude. In the Original Backstage according to the stage manager. The location in which the Crew and the Character/actors work, consisting of a stage, with wings from which one can enter stage left or stage right, along with the area in front of the stage from which the Crew films the action. A query from Oprah implies that there might actually be more than one stage where filming takes place. Dressing rooms used by the actors are nearby, as is a restroom available to the Crew. The BEA pays the Crew’s salaries, including overtime, but not enough to fix francis scripts! The actors are apparently under contract to BEA Studios.
Chateau, The. Place in the Antipodes, a Backstage locale in an episode commented on.
Concourse, The. Sector of the Backstage Ring where the Authors hang out. Contains Backstage Central and the Bar & Grill. Mentioned.
Dabbler's Suite. Place in the Concourse. Mentioned.
Gina's Bed & Breakfast. Place in the Antipodes, a Backstage locale in an episode commented on.
Houston, Texas. Location of MOCEANU's house in an episode commented on. Mentioned.
Jersey. Place from which Messila transferred, according to Tom.
Jim's lab. Location in an episode commented on.
Locker room. Location at the 1996 Olympics in an episode commented on.
Melissa's dressing room. Place near the Stage whose door Messila waited behind to ambush Melissa at the next intermission.
Original Backstage, The. The Behind the Camera Backstage is in it, according to the stage manager. It has a no power-use rule. Dabbler thought that was just in the service areas, not the stage itself, but according to the Stage manager that's wrong. Per the Stage manager: "The actors have to have a safe haven, a place where they feel they're in control, where they can believe the horrible things that happen to them in the scenarios don't really happen, but are all greasepaint, wires, and smoke-and-mirrors." Be that as it may, in the course of events the stage manager agrees to permit Dabbler to use his powers after all.
Periphery, The. The constantly advancing written wavefront at the ragged edge of the AddVenture, peopled by the ghost images of nascent concepts and shadow beings struggling toward birth.
Portlock, The. Phenomenon of the Antipodes, in an episode commented on.
Restroom. Close to the Stage. Used by the Proofreader.
Stage. Place where the Episodes are enacted. Protected by the production guard at the door.
This website. The Stage manager's description of the BEA.
Void. An episode optioned but not yet written, a placeholder in the great gulf of potentiality represented by AddVenture space.
Wall, The. The fourth one, separating episodes from their Readers.
Wings, The. Place into which Messila slouched back when she felt she wasn't going to get promoted from typo to character in her own right.