Hi~! Happy STS! @tisiphonewolfe here with another question!
How far in advance do you know approximately what the final line of your WIP will be?
happy sts! <3
i never really know until i get there, honestly. i get a pretty good idea of what i want the vibe to be by the time i hit the final paragraph, and just spend that paragraph building up to it.
(the building up to it is an important part of the process. i am a Dramatic Bitch™ and I love dramatic final lines, and the only thing that stops me from jumpscaring my readers with ridiculous gut punches is the voice of my CRWR 240: Intro to Fiction Writing instructor reminding me to earn the line. everyone say "thank you, kevin.")
It's been almost two months since Kevin Conroy passed away.
I was fortunate enough to get to meet him back in 2016 before I ever watched Batman: The Animated Series. Funny thing before meeting him, there was a bit of confusion on which Batman people were seeing. The lines for Adam West and Kevin Conroy were near each other, so people would laugh about how crazy the con was to have two Batmans in the same location.
I drew him a simple Batman drawing because I didn't have money for a autograph/photo. He liked the drawing and said thanks which made me smile. I asked him what his favorite Batman line was, and then he performed it: "I am vengeance. I am the night. I am Batman!"
Skip forward to 5 years when I finally watched the show and heard that line in the episode, Nothing to Fear. I got that same feeling of that line the same way I heard Kevin said it to me. I was hoping to meet him again and tell him that I finally watched the show and applaud his performance as Batman.
Unfortunately...news broke out.
I remember crying all morning when I found out, and I still hate looking him up and how he's gone.
I didn't write a post back in his passing because I was still in shock and devastated. I'm typing this now because I'm currently watching Justice League, and I got to a certain episode that was a big emotional hit to Batman along with an amazing performance that Kevin Conroy gave. I was reminded how he and Batman share similar challenges & struggles when it came to their own personal trauma and hiding their true selves for their own protection. I'm glad he was at the right place at the right time to become the Dark Knight we all love. There's a part of me that hopes he knows that he left an impression on a 17 year old back in 2016.
To say that it has been a tremendous honor would be an understatement. I am immeasurably proud of what this account has become and it’s due to every single one of you. Your passion for this account was the driving force at the end and I can’t thank this fandom enough for being a rock in the storm of all of this.
I began this account as both a love letter to a story that has consumed me since I was first introduced to it, but it was also created to prove that I could sustain something for this long and this intensely immersive. During this past year alone I have been dealt hands that were not always the best, but this account kept me above water, even through the many sleepless nights. It energized and empowered me through all of your retweets/re-blogs, likes, and comments.
I also want to highlight and thank all 40 artists that gave me permission to share their incredible work. The scenes came alive due to their immense talent and exceptional hard work. Every artist was kind and considerate, incredibly understanding and just as invested in this project as I was. I truly can’t thank them enough for their trust and support.
Thanks also need to be delivered to my wife and best friend who, without their constant push and patience, none of this would have happened. They were my first followers, my biggest fans, and were Abandoned so many times during the course of this and yet encouraged me to keep going. Maybe now we’ll finally have time to play all those games we’ve downloaded over the last year :).
I also want to thank Nora for…. so many things. For the creation of this story, for the encouragement when this account became so big YOU even saw it, and for becoming a dear friend in the process. You’ve been an inspiration throughout this in more ways than I can say.
And finally, I want to once again, thank all of YOU. The followers, the commenters, the re-posters, the veteran fans, the new fans, the obsessed fans, and the casual ones. Fandom can be such an intrinsic and beautiful thing. Pulling people together and bringing a life to these characters through our own individual experiences. We are all our own Foxes in a way, tied together with the understanding that second chances are immeasurable and the family we make are the best ones of all.
You gave this account a shot. And for that I am eternally grateful.
robin cross and kevin day parallels actually go so crazy. they both spent their formative years in a basement underground with exy-obsessed captors. they both saw exy as freedom. they both were isolated even within the foxes’ group of outcasts. they were both under andrew’s protection. it cost kevin jean to leave the nest and it cost robin another girl’s life to escape her kidnapper. robin carried her racquet with her to self-soothe and kevin restrings the net of his when he’s anxious. they’re even bird coded