MTF: DEMON HUNTERS: #3
I'm kind of taking a lil break from the story. Or at least, it feels like it. I pushed on #2 and the VS: Beach Head vs Zandar stories then dove right into Demon Hunters 3. Part of the idea, in my mind, was that the stories were going to be short and fast. Nothing too deep. But as I wrote #2 (and to an extent VS: Storm Shadow vs Helix), I found myself creating and connecting various aspects of the Zedd Universe, which is most of the fun (in my mind). Demon Hunters 3 brings in the Andromeda Quest project. It's really weird cuz the project is unwritten, but I showed the very 1st few pages of what the 1st story was going to be like. I fully admit, it's based heavily on Stargate: SG-1. It was supposed to be a short, fast, episodic diocomic. But just the few pages I did took a lot of time. It doesn't look like it, but that all took a few weeks (posted on Facebook). In Demon Hunters 3, the Devil Dogs are sent to New Micronia. This is their first time and for the reader (since the project was never written), it's their first time too. What's weird is... If I ever write the Andromeda project, well, how much will I have screwed things up by going forward x-amount of years? It's hard for me on how much to reveal about the project in the story. Because a lot of it happens 'off screen'.
For example, GI Joe continues to battle the Tyranids on this random planet in the Andromeda Galaxy (this is based on the story TRANSFORMATIONS). Eventually, they meet the Microman race (aka Micronians) and they become allies and eradicate the scout force of Tyranids who were just eating up the planet (not dominating it in this instance). There's no official story for that. Or that the Micronians rebuild the Cobra's Anaconda Research Facility on Earth to stablize the gateway (Micronians called it a 'gateway'. Earthlings called it a 'portal'. It's a play on the Chappa'ai vs Stargate terminology from SG-1.) There's also no story for when the Marauder Task Force takes over, the creation of the Off-world Teams, how people ended up on the teams, etc. There is a GI Joe diocomic that introduced OT1 in which, 1 or 2 members get knocked off. (That leads to Lt Falcon and Bombstrike coming aboard and becoming OT1 which is where the Andromeda stories really start; several years already into it.)
It's a lot of fun to write #3. What's fun is I'm finally exploring the Andromeda project. Plus, the Devil Dogs meet the Demon Hunters (who'll be showing up real soon as a regulars) and OT1. Fun little connection but it won't be the main aspect of the Devil Dogs stories. If I can get my act together, the Devil Dogs stories should be wrapping up soon and then they can evolve into the team called The War Hounds. Still working out the details on that, but it's close. Assuming I can remember what I'm doing.
To note, and this is part of today's blog, my writing on this one is much tighter than the last 4 stories? 5 stories? I went through chapters 1-4 the last few days (me taking a break is not writing, the editing/revising/rework is another matter) and for once, I didn't have to write in my notebook, entire sections to add into the chapters. Rather, the edits were minor enough to do on the hard copies (i edit on hard copies, not on computer). I don't know how it happened. It's not like I had grand plans before writing. It just seems to flow better. Maybe the stories written before were good practice on getting my mind better focused.
*raw image of Blitzkrieg and Razor of the Devil Dogs meeting the Demon Hunters, Rocker and Hunter*
