by ais | Oct 7, 2013 | afterimage, background info, behind the scenes, crossposted, evenfall, extras, fade, icos, inspiration, interludes, Q&A
Over the years, we’ve been asked a couple of times about how we came up with the titles for the series/what meaning they have. On April 8, 2012, Chaos asked on our forum and I wrote the answer below. There are possible semi-spoilers for the series in the answers, mostly in the themes. Q: Question from Chaos: I’ve been wanting to ask about the story titles for a while now. I’ve wondered about the meanings behind them, especially of the series name In the Company of Shadows and Evenfall. I can see the meaning behind Afterimage and Fade, or at least some of it. With what Sin goes through in book two and the early information we find out in book three, some of it is obvious while maybe some other meanings may be more elusive. I finally decided to look up the word “shadow” and garnered many results, some of which I hadn’t thought of. 1. darkened shape of something in light: a darkened shape on a surface that falls behind somebody or something blocking the light 2. darkness: relative darkness in a place that is being screened or blocked off from direct sunlight Part of the room was in shadow. 3. hint of something: a slight suggestion or hint of something 4. ominous gloom: a depressing or ominous gloom 5. threat: an ever-present threat or blight 6. dark area under eyes: a darkened area of skin under the eyes usually caused by fatigue 7. overshadowed state: a state in which somebody is always overshadowed by another person 8. somebody always following after another: somebody who constantly follows another person around wanting to be with the other person 9. person secretly trailing...
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...
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