Weekly Update #2:
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Welcome back to another brand new weekly update for X-Men: Standing Guard! It's the end of June and the beginning of July. I'm glad to announce that release dates for both X-Men: Standing Guard and Bishop have been released. They are below:
X-Men: Standing Guard
September 6th
Bishop
September 14th
You might be able to tell, or not, that these dates are not Wednesdays. Due to the fact that a higher amount of people visit my stories on the weekend (specifically Saturday), I've decided to move both X-Men and Bishop to this new slot. If you don't like this, let me know and I can easily change it!
You may also have noticed that Bishop premieres the Sunday after X-Men's Saturday release! What's going on there? The second episode of X-Men Season 2 immediately precedes the Series Premiere of Bishop in both release dates and events in-story. Pretty cool, huh? Just wait, that's not even the most exciting thing to happen that weekend!
Here's something else for you: X-Men will run a full season without needing any reviews to continue. For the series to be renewed for the third and final season, however, it will need 50 reviews again. Bishop will operate on the same requirements as X-Men did the first season. We'll need twenty-five reviews for the second half of the season (trust me, that cliffhanger will make you want the next episode!), then fifty for Bishop to be renewed for Season 2. I'm not 100% sure you'll be getting a #XMENSGS3 or #KBishopS2, it all depends on how things in my life sort out.
PLEASE NOTE: All release dates are scheduled to change, this is most likely when I'll release the episodes, but no promises!
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Changes Coming in Season 2
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After everything that happened in Season 1 (the death of Kurt, Rogue's loss of power, etc.), things are going to be very different for the X-Men in the upcoming season. I've made some drastic changes to several characters, most of which are end-of-season related, but are visible from the very beginning.
Rahne/Wolfsbane is going to be having a nice story arc in Season 2. Some of you may recognize it from the comics, some may not. I'm not going into too many details, but it will result in her leaving the X-Men.
Rogue and X-23 are a very big part of Season 2 still. While Rogue remains the "main" character, Laura is going to have two separate arcs in the coming season. One will begin in the second episode, one will culminate two episodes after the mid-season finale. She's going to do something in the season finale that will knock your boots off. I've already written the scene! ;)
Just for a general idea: only Episode 1 and 5 out of the first 6 episodes don't have a major cliffhanger.
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News and Updates
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So, how has writing been going? The minute I published that update last week, I not only finished Episode 1 of X-Men, but Episode 2 in the same day. I've already gotten almost done writing Episode 3 already! I'm trying to work in bundles, get a few episodes of X-Men done, then write Bishop (by far the harder series to write). I've been doing pretty well. Been spilling my guts on my Twitter account. Check that out! (Link on Profile)
I'm actually getting ready to finally get to work on my main project. After four years of planning, character creating, character erasing, character killing, bombings, mass shootings, and every other sort of mischief I can create, I'm finally ready to start working on it. Because my series exists in a completely different and separate world from X-Men and Bishop, once I start, it doesn't seem like I'll be writing our dear mutants and vigilantes for some time. I'm attempting to write as much as I can in the month of July, then I'll stop. It's damn near impossible I'll actually be able to finish both series in that one month, so expect after a few weeks some huge delays in episode releases. Remember, it doesn't mean that I've stopped writing it (unless I say otherwise), but it does mean that it's taking time. To keep up with episodes, follow my stories!
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New One-Shot series?
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I've recently had the inspiration to write a few new series, but obviously I can't do that, so I was considering writing a few one or three off shorts based around characters in the X-Men series. Right now, I have three that I want to do:
1) X-Men Origins: Rogue
Explaining the origins of our favorite bad-ass, sass-talkin', so damn sexy Southern Belle in the X-Men: Standing Guard universe. If I do this, I'll end up spoiling some huge character reveals (that you guys didn't catch on to, so I have to practically scream it!). It will be two "chapters" skimming through important events in Rogue's life that will ultimately end with her walking in to the coffee shop in the pilot.
2) Lyla Miller: Private Eye
Classic Film Noir, with a mutant twist! In the comics, Lyla worked for X-(something or other, can't rightly remember), and worked as a detective. In X-Men, as you'll see in Season 2, she's very smart and notices things. (Amara even refers to her as Ms. Sherlock Holmes.) I have a plot set in motion, don't know how long it'll be, but I do know it'll introduce Jaimie Madrox (Multiple-Man) to the X-Men: Standing Guard universe.
3) Chylde of the Night
You have to be past the mid-season of the second Season of X-Men: Standing Guard to understand this one, so it won't be until after that when this is released, but it's going to revolve around Piotr's sister Illyana Rasputin/Magik/NightChylde. Can't give too much on it right now, but it's going to be good. It'd only be a one-shot.
If you like these series ideas (remember, only 1-3 chapters), I'd love to do them. The Lyla story will premiere over the summer, the Rogue one taking X-Men: Standing Guard's spot on Wednesday during the first part of the season, and Illyana's will take place over the mid-season break. If you have any other ideas, or would like to write one yourself and have it featured here, message me! I'm always open!
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Anyways, that's all I have for right now. Just a few general updates: subscribe to my X-Men: Standing Guard Season 1 Specials story for these weekly updates. I've released the first three deleted scenes from Season 1 over there! Really important stuff! The second update is that I'm working on a Bishop trailer and a X-Men Season 2 teaser right now. I'll release those the week before SDCC 2014 as well as the Bishop pilot for your approval. Keep the reviews coming. I appreciate them. Just because we hit 50, doesn't mean we need to stop! Finally, check out my Twitter. Huge spoilers and extra specials on there.
Thank you for your support, and here's to Season 2!
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Also, here's a nice little...something for you:
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