Spectacle Universe
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Spectacle Universe
I WON'T change my Chapter Zero beginning. There were actually multiple beginnings to the story that I played around with:
- The rough draft literary version (on Royal Road) opened with President Daniel Lawrence and Ckrane discussing the need for new superheroes in 2030. Daniel pressures Ckrane and there's an obvious rift between the two that shows early on.
- There was also a deleted opener that would be grim and open on the death of the Officiators in 2029. We'd open with Oliver, Marnie, and Roger's reactions to their deaths. However, not long after that idea, the stories for "Rise of the Officiators" and "Fall of the Officiators" came to me. I felt like this opening robbed us of those full stories. I also didn't want to just fridge the Officiators. I grew to love them as heroes and wanted more audience time with them so their deaths could be felt and not spectacle (hehe).
- There was another opener involving the origins of the Dead-Enders as a flashback, but that ruined all of the mysteries that I wanted to uncover.
So then I wanted an opener that would establish the world new readers are coming into. Also, a false hopeful opener that still opened with Daniel Lawrence and Ckrane, but more politically focused.
Spectacle Universe
I post trivia for my stories so no one can ever make the assumption that AI created my characters. I created them. AI visually brought them to life.
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Jaded journalist, Marnie Ragno finds herself at a dead-end in her recurring investigation.
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Issue #2: Surgical Precision...
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Trauma surgeon, Roger Redrum walks a fine line between healer and vigilante in the city of Evernight.
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In 2030, Oliver Kushmore is celebrating the red carpet premiere of his new flick, Couch Potato II: Baked & Loaded.
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Chapter 0: Unite America Again (4 years Ago...)
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Chapter 0: Unite America Again
A nation divided stands at a crossroads.
As President Daniel Lawrence delivers a speech...
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You could also not read it, but I appreciate the time you took to do so. 🤷🏾♂️ I created these characters over ten years. I just used AI to bring them to life.
I’m prepared for the whole AI slop insults, what I don’t like is that I don’t even charge people to read these. It’s free because charging is an insult to the artists who do hand draw their stories. I’d understand the obsessively angry approach if I did charge to read them. If you claim your stories are better, send me a link. I’ll support another creator. 🤷🏾♂️👀
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Spectacle Universe
Oh yeah! Aure was not based on my ex. Their names are similar admittedly. Aure's original name was going to be Ari Morales, but Ari sounded too similar to Aria Lunaris who we already met as Awe-Woman in Writer's Block Issue #3. Also Aure isn't hispanic so I did a slight name change: Aure DuVane which fits better because Nick Twisp (Youth in Revolt) and Joe Goldberg (You) both have a thing for women with dramatic names. Aure is based physically on a former crush of mine from many moons ago. I'll never share whom. Hehe.
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Trivia: You're It. was inspired by the "You" and "Youth in Revolt" book series. Both series have the word "you" in the titles, I went with something "you" adjacent. I wanted a protagonist that wasn't a typical male chasing a woman kind of story. So, I leaned into a queer main character.
The nonbinary part came from someone I was talking to many months ago. I wondered how one writes a nonbinary character. Then I found Tag's unhinged voice while writing entry #1 and the rest is history.
I will admit that a tiny part of the story was based on truth: I live in my ex's garage and one day, I found myself high as hell just staring at her room from my door. Then the missing pieces of "You're It." came to me: a queer protagonist changing their whole identity around to move in with their ex. Beyond the living with our exes, Tag and I cope with and handle our emotions differently.
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The goal is to have 10 issues per volume of Writer's Block. The endgame is 3 volumes of Writer's Block altogether.
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"Make Me The Perfect Woman!" was birthed from two things:
- The story of Pygmalion in Greek Mythology was about a sculptor who "hated women", but was a worshipper of Aphrodite. He makes her this statue in her image and Aphrodite brings it to life and they live happily ever after. (YUCK!🤢🤮)
- My own personal frustrations with women in past dating. I write it honestly as a personal lesson to myself. Not everytime a woman is coming off aloof is it about us men. Sometimes they have shit going on too and that's okay.
So then I wondered "What if Pygmalion learned a lesson before he got his perfect partner? What if he became the perfect woman before getting her?" and then I wanted my protagonist to not be entitled or an awful man. Just romantically exhausted and capable of learning a lesson in contrast to Darren Farley in the previous issue.
* The stinger/epilogue at the end was also planned since I first wrote the story, but it was a different superhero that would cameo. The timeline of the universe didn't align so it became Secret Agent instead.
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Arthur Finch's wish for the perfect woman backfires spectacularly when he wakes up in her body as Amy.
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Be-Deviled came to me a decade ago when I had this crazy idea of blending "Bedazzled" and "Bruce Almighty" together plot wise. It was too delicious not to write.
Darren Farley's name is a wink to the Devil in Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell. Darren Farley is the revealed actual name of the person we thought was the Devil for 3 seasons. So I figured I'd pay tribute to my comfort show with the name.
Hell will return as a place and we'll explore the ecosystem of the afterlife as well.
Lucifer and Lilith will return sooner than you think.
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