Author's Note: Erm, I always forget to put the disclaimer and stuff so use
your imagination . . . also, forgive me, but sometimes you'll see a period,
then no capital. That's because my computer sees three dots as one. No, it
can't count, but I can't be bothered to teach it.
As for the "story behind the story" sort of thing, erm, well . . .Let me
explain. The entire thing was I was getting a little tired of all the
"Hogan wins the Congressional Medal of Honor, becomes President, single-
handedly rebuilds Germany, and saves Lois Lane" scenarios. Don't get me
wrong-several are excellently written, but I wanted to show the flip side
of what could have happened. I mean, he could've become a bum who spent all
his time drinking and thinking of what might have been. So it was less that
I had something in mind that happened to him than that he could have fallen
into this eternal drunken stupor, instead of going on to do wonderful
things.
*shrugz* I meant for it to be a one-shot, but if y'all guys want to hear
"what happened", I'm sure I can find a scenario to run by you. Like I said,
it was originally just to show a more cynical view of Hogan than anything
else. You don't see a whole lot of stories saying that Hogan is anything
but a demi-god, and I just wanted something original.
Oh! By the way, several people (ha, 4 whole reviews, moving up in the
world, I am!) have been commenting they don't think that Kinch would've
left him. I really meant for it to show that Kinch always respects Hogan
because of what he is, but when he gave up, Kinch only saw this man who
gave up, and didn't show the same respect for him. Hence the sentence
that's something like, "He surveyed the broken man in front of him". . .
sort of saying that Kinch didn't respect Hogan, per se, but he respected
Hogan's work; when Hogan gives up on that, there's nothing to respect him
for.
Granted, you could argue that Kinch wouldn't not mind his civic duty, but
maybe he was thinking that it might be better this way, that this guy could
rest finally. Or that even if he tried, he couldn't stop it, and didn't. .
. hum, how to put this? Like he didn't want to help anyone who didn't even
want to live anymore. Probably more that Hogan would find a way (ah, it's
morbid, but I'll say it anyway-Hogan is resourceful) even if he did stop
him then. I don't know. Maybe I'll write that in there if I decide to write
more to this.
Thanks for the reviews I *did* get. The people who know me will tell you
that my work is usually not at *all* dark, especially not to the degree
this one turned out to be. Sorry about that, just frustration at Hogan, the
Human Wonder showing through I think.
Love you all, those who commented. You really have no idea how much reviews
help me keep going, and I really do appreciate it more than I could
possibly tell you.
Thanks again,
Kits