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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 4599113" data-attributes="member: 151">I have to admit, I find the tone of the article troubling.  There is a sense of entitlement that seems directly at odds with the situation.  The author claims that she didn't really know Gary Gygax, but then presumes to imply that she knows his mind at least as well as his wife of more than two decades.  The implication, reflected by some posters there and here, is that she has a duty to explain her actions when they don't meet a fan's particular expectations.  Beyond that, there is the inference that she is acting not only in an avaricious manner, but that she may be being untruthful or at least disrespectful to her deceased husband's memory.  (The idea that one would get rich marrying a game designer, even Gary Gygax, is kind of amusing, though, I'll admit).Never mind that her husband hasn't even been dead a full year.  I've lost both my parents...and I recall how long it took to clear the books with all the credit card companies, federal agencies, banks, utilities, landlords and others.  It took a great deal of time and effort...and neither of my parents had creative IP or an active business to be dealt with.I'm just not sure what to make of such sentiments.  I can understand disappointment at delays or changes, but there seems to be an element of a lack of respect that simply seems unpleasant.</blockquote>