by ais | Sep 30, 2013 | behind the scenes, boyd, crossposted, extras, icos, jokes, not so very important conversations, outtakes
Two separate conversations, yesterday and today. 9/28/2013 Ais: good idea to use scrivener Santino: i know im so smart dont you wish you were this smart Ais: every moment of my life Santino: too bad Ais: i know i should probably just kill myself and let you do all the editing yourself Santino: you are emo Ais: lol i thought you were going to say “Okay, Boyd” Santino: LOL 9/29/2013 Ais: it wouldnt bother you if i did that? sweet im totally doing that Santino: why would i care Ais: idk Santino: i care about barely anything im basically boyd Ais: lol Santino: but ghetto — Poor Boyd. He gets no respect....
by ais | Sep 25, 2013 | behind the scenes, crossposted, extras, icos, jokes, not so very important conversations, outtakes
(Not So Very) Important Conversations, or NSVIC, are excerpts from joking conversations Sonny and I had during the process of writing, editing, or otherwise working on ICoS. This one is a joke about Fade’s epilogue, and even though I don’t think it contains spoilers past mid-Afterimage I’m still putting it behind a cut just in case. How April Fool’s Epilogue didn’t become a thing. convo on 1/23/2013 ais: aww i just got really sad that we’re not finishing the series anywhere around April sonny: why ais: we couldve totally punked everyone with a fake epilogue set 10 years later with sin marrying some random lady for april fool’s sonny: thats a terrible joke ais: it would be awesome for April Fool’s XD imagine how much that would mess with everyone Sent at 9:49 PM on Wednesday ais: wtf internet sonny: ?? ais: it signed me out of chat randomly anyway im just saying, it would be hilarious ann could come back suddenly and be like “oh btw sin i got pregnant back then and never told anyone, and so here is your kid and he really needs a father in his life” and sin would be like “oh ok well forget boyd then” and ann/sin ride off into the sunset and boyd commits suicide THE END WHY DOES IT KEEP SIGNING ME OUT sonny: because youre talking crazy ais: google hates my idea so much it kicks me off the internet FINE. as it turns out, after 6 years of watching us write this story, google has developed a love for boyd and sin and will not abide talk...
by ais | Sep 17, 2013 | behind the scenes, crossposted, icos, inspiration, keelin, owen, photos, pics, real people, what might have been
Over the years of writing In the Company of Shadows, we learned to be very fluid with our plot. There were some things we planned to do but when it came to that time in the story it just didn’t work anymore. Other times, we pushed a scene forward or back, or had to remove it altogether. Some plots were nixed, some were expanded. Some characters were supposed to reappear but the story was too compact to fit them. And more than once, I wrote multiple versions of the same scene well in advance of something I knew was coming, and by the time it appeared that scene changed dramatically. Any post labeled What Might Have Been or WMHB is a sneak peek into what was planned but didn’t end up happening. For the first post: Caoilfhionn O’Connell, aka, Keelin My favorite model inspiration for her so far is Anna Lutoskin from storm models. Keelin is Owen’s younger sister. She shows up in his side story -somnia, but that wasn’t supposed to be her only appearance. Keelin was going to end up working at the Agency. Most likely, she was going to become a civilian. There was also talk of her first appearing in the main series by meeting Hsin on a bus, probably in Afterimage. One of the things that would have been interesting about her was how it would have not only shown a civilian’s adjustment to the Agency, but also how it would have affected Owen to have his little sister so close. And how she would have dealt with the same secrecy and lies already...
by ais | Sep 17, 2013 | background info, behind the scenes, boyd, crossposted, icos, inspiration, pics, real people, yesteryears
This is the character Henry from the TV show Criminal Minds. Henry is played by Mekhai Andersen. From the moment I first saw him, he made me think of what Boyd would have looked like as a kid (except Boyd’s eyes are lighter). The way he acts in some of his scenes also seems Boyd-like to me. More than once I thought, “Aww, it’s okay baby Boyd!” This kid is seriously too cute for words, so have some animated gifs instead: Rock on, baby...
by ais | Sep 17, 2013 | behind the scenes, crossposted, evenfall, icos, locations, research, screenshots, trying for accuracy
Google streetview made the editing of the Monterrey arc of Evenfall about a thousand times easier and more accurate. This entry contains minor spoilers for around Evenfall chapter 37 so I’ve put it behind a cut. After researching the city to determine the neighborhood where Los Perdidos live and Lo Más Chingon hangs out, it also became easier to determine which areas Boyd would have identified for safe houses. Below is an example of the screenshots I took in the editing of that arc, to remember a feel for the setting of the area and to use as inspiration when describing the houses and streets. I figured out Boyd’s whole route and popped in along it on streetview to see the different areas and determine whether I needed to make a record of it. I also left myself notes on the screenshots so I could recall aspects of why that screenshot was taken. These are only three of several screenshots taken at that time:...
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