Hey Everyone, As My Early Adopters Anthology - Early Adopters: Rogue Elements lumbers on, ever closer to publication on Amazon, I'm back again to give you the low down on the cluttered thoughts behind another one of those stories. The second Early Adopters story I wrote was The Dancer. In it, we meet an entirely new member of the Early Adopters crew - Victor Deng, The Dancer. From Vic's involvement in the Early Adopters Project, he acquired super human agility. When the project fell apart, he discovered a love for dancing and is trying to make it big in entertainment, using just enough of his special ability to get noticed, but just not get noticed by the wrong kind of people (MiliTech). It's not a massive spoiler to say things don't go overly well for him in that department - This is Early Adopters after all. I do love Vic as a character though as I'd say he is probably the one character from the crew that has come through the dumpster fire of their collective past (which I might step back in time to write and fill in the blanks one day!) and has remained relatively optimistic. Everyone loves him. The story also acts as a bridge. It's the point at which the crew decide to stop running, hoping the problem will go away and really begin to commit to doing something about MiliTech. Romeo (from Star Crossed) is involved again and I loved writing the first meeting we see between him and Connor. Due to the somewhat muddled order I wrote theses stories in, this was the first time I'd written Conner, but in terms of final story order, he actually appears in the first story, We Are Gargoyle (we'll get on to that in another post). Connor and Romeo have an interesting dynamic which for me cuts to the heart of Early Adopters. Both men have seen too much. They are jaded and tired, but Connor still believes in whatever a 'Hero' is meant to be and wants to try and aspire to that, even if it gets him kicked back on his ass again. Romeo, well he's not so convinced of the merit of it all. He thinks that any attempt to go down that road, to do some good will only put them and everyone else in a worse position in the long run. Their shared history shows that he's probably not wrong, but still, who's side are we on, and can they co-exist? For me, this was the story where this started to be more than just stories happening in the same 'world' - this was where the overarching story arc began to develop and I really decided to push on with this as a full project rather than just a bit of a distraction, so The Dancer is a big step for the characters and for the whole project too. Once it's out there in the world, I hope you guys enjoy it. Just one other really important thing before I go - the project now has a cover! I think it is glorious and I'm forever grateful to the fantastic @EVCComicsBooks for bringing it to life and putting up with all my demands! Maybe sometime soon, as this was my first fully commissioned cover, I might do a blog post on that process. For now here's the cover - hope you all love it as much as I do! Until next time - stay safe everyone!
D.T.
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