The Fan Takeover BEGINS!
And so begins the Jeanie Bottle Hiatus Fan Takoever! For the next ~4 months, we’ll be posting Jeanie Bottle fanart, fanfiction, and even tangentially JB-related comics, all of which have been contributed by YOU, the fans! Come back every Tuesday AND Thursday for new content!
This week is an experiment, to see how you guys want to consume the rather extensive amount of fanfiction that has been written by Shadowrnnr. Our current plan is to post each of the four short stories that he wrote in small chunks. Partially to make each post more consumable, and partially to build suspense, hehe.
However, your feedback is important! Please let us know if you’d prefer that each story simply be posted in full all at once, so you can read the whole thing in one go. Each story is fairly hefty, though (about a 15-30 minute read), which is why we thought they’d be more digestible in parts.
Anyway, without further ado, here is I Dream of Natalie! A fanfic that asks “What did Natalie get up to during all those years after she got left behind at Prom by Jeanie?”
(Note that we previously posted this in four parts, but it’s now been condensed into one.)
Good start for Fan Fic takeover.
Thanks for the feedback!
What do you think about splitting the story up into shorter chunks? Do you prefer several short reads spread out over a few weeks, or one longer one in a single day?
Everyone should feel free to give their own answer.
Good Idea a little bit twice a week to keep us going for more love it.
I like the current story length published once a week. But I don’t dislike half the length published twice as often.
I am thoroughly enjoying the story itself. Thank you.
It’s not a bad read. The interspersed titles and music stuff, though, is kind of distracting.
I think it’s intended to be a thematic reference to the contents of that section.
Yes, they’re there to sort of set the mood for that particular section, although I’ll admit not all of them hit the mark as well as others.
I’m sure you’re right. But I don’t feel it contributes anything to the experience, it’s just mildly annoying.
Yeh, I didn’t understand the music reference in the first scene to be a music reference. It just seemed like lost text. Then when I saw the second scene I realized what the author was doing and it all fell into place.
I liked it! And I think it’s fine to break it up.
A good first chapter. I feel bad for Natalie, but hopefully this reality isn’t all bad for her.
who is the artist in the header?
That would be Th3go, who is a regular fan artist in the CD Rudd Discord. Some of his older fanart is in the FanArt pages linked in the menu at the top, but we haven’t posted any of his new stuff there in a while.
His DeviantArt, which has *most* of his JB fan art, but not all, is https://deviantart.com/Th3go. You’ll have to come to the Discord server to see the rest, as it hasn’t been posted elsewhere, afaik.
I think it’s Thego
he draws a lot of discord
So no comic this week?
Nope, CD Rudd has been deployed to parts far-North for a few months now, and the previous storyline has concluded. So until he gets back home in August, it’s the Fan Takeover, instead. 🙂
Great fanfic! Well told and well written!
I thought it was going to be the story Th3go drew of natalie with danny
Did he draw a story involving those two? I hadn’t heard about that.
I imagined DRAWN fanfiction as well, but THIS story is definitely something I want to read even without images.
This has my attention so far. I’m curious to see how the time changes are affecting everyone and how well it’ll mesh up with the main story.
Thank you all for your comments and support. Natalie has both good and bad experiences over the years, and I hope you all enjoy the journey.
Good story so far. I like the idea of short chunks, it keeps me wanting more!
NitpicK: My first job out of high school, early seventies, was working in the public library. But I was not a librarian, not even an assistant. For that lofty title, you needed to be at least working towards a degree in library science. “Circulation clerk” was the lot of lowlevel functionaries such as myself, and we handled almost all the tasks the general public regards as the domain of librarians. The Dark Arcana were performed well out of sight, lest the hoi poloi be disturbed by the rituals required to keep The Others from drifting in from the more remote stacks of L-Space.
I am really loving this story so far. It’s highly unexpected and really appreciated. I look forward to future chapters.
The fanfic sadly seems to have been deleted. I hope someone has saved a copy and is reading back catalog comments at some point.
Thanks for the heads up. I’m working on getting this fixed.
That was good. Tearing a bit here. Thank you.