Small acts...
I was in the final stages of completing my current fan fiction project, still editing and shuffling points-of-view, and I planned on uploading it tomorrow night. However, I discovered today is World Suicide Prevention Day, which inspired me to finish early.
If you've been following Into the Nothing, you know I incorporated a lot of youth problems like bullying, suicide, addicitions, and family fights to spur-on the supernatural, superhuman events of the animated DC Comic story. The family quarrels were a given for the character, a reason I connected to him so strongly. Yet the rest was also intentional, a reflection of many of the things I had to face as a kid-and even now.
Granted, I can't tell why my brain decided to go that route at the start of it. Write what you know, I guess. However, Eduardo Jr. was an independent boy, very sociable despite his frown-face and buried anger, and he turned into a skater-punk once Americanized. XD ^^ But something about him made me believe he could be that teenage hero. Not the crime-fighting, super-powered Good Guy battling it out against the masterful villain set to destroy the world. But the good-hearted kid who could stand up to nasty bullies, having been put into a victim situation himself.
Because sometimes being a hero is about facing your fears, or offering a smile to a random stranger, or speaking up when someone else is being dragged down. That's what I wanted to show.
"Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I find it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay... small acts of kindness and love." (Gandalf, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
Sometimes it can be the tiniest things that brighten someone's dark day. Memories I don't share, but usually imply, are my own moments standing on the edge of the abyss, wanting to jump, wanting to end it all. I've spent many hours contemplating suicide myself. I spent an evening years ago with 21 [unconsumed] sleeping pills; then again, during a sleepless night not as long ago, with a makeshift [unused] noose using my jumping rope. Today is an official #SuicideAwarenessDay. And believe me, I get it.
A truthful and empowering song for #WSPD14
I don't consider myself an advocate for anything, mainly because I myself still struggle to overcome and have my voice be heard. But if my writing can help someone overcome their own adversities, even just at the smallest level by filling their time with something fun from the fandom, than I am honored. Stay strong and hang in there, guys! You gotta choose to believe it will get better! ♡(*´∀｀*)人(*´∀｀*)♡
I'm also sad to face the ending of this fanfic. It not only allowed me to gorge myself on my current favorite fandom and characters and get back into the swing of writing, but to express a lot of my own vulnerabilities, too. It was an epic little ride, and I sincerely hope my few dedicated readers enjoyed it fully until the end as well. Thank you!!
Cover art by me
He never wanted the power. He wasn't a hero. All Eduardo Jr. wanted was to have a normal relationship with his father, to simply live life as a normal teenager. But starting over after the Reach was hard-especially when the ability to teleport brings him to the attention of a surprising adversary... Contains language, dark themes, and violent action.
If you've been following Into the Nothing, you know I incorporated a lot of youth problems like bullying, suicide, addicitions, and family fights to spur-on the supernatural, superhuman events of the animated DC Comic story. The family quarrels were a given for the character, a reason I connected to him so strongly. Yet the rest was also intentional, a reflection of many of the things I had to face as a kid-and even now.
Granted, I can't tell why my brain decided to go that route at the start of it. Write what you know, I guess. However, Eduardo Jr. was an independent boy, very sociable despite his frown-face and buried anger, and he turned into a skater-punk once Americanized. XD ^^ But something about him made me believe he could be that teenage hero. Not the crime-fighting, super-powered Good Guy battling it out against the masterful villain set to destroy the world. But the good-hearted kid who could stand up to nasty bullies, having been put into a victim situation himself.
Because sometimes being a hero is about facing your fears, or offering a smile to a random stranger, or speaking up when someone else is being dragged down. That's what I wanted to show.
"Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I find it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay... small acts of kindness and love." (Gandalf, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
Sometimes it can be the tiniest things that brighten someone's dark day. Memories I don't share, but usually imply, are my own moments standing on the edge of the abyss, wanting to jump, wanting to end it all. I've spent many hours contemplating suicide myself. I spent an evening years ago with 21 [unconsumed] sleeping pills; then again, during a sleepless night not as long ago, with a makeshift [unused] noose using my jumping rope. Today is an official #SuicideAwarenessDay. And believe me, I get it.
Click to viewA truthful and empowering song for #WSPD14
I don't consider myself an advocate for anything, mainly because I myself still struggle to overcome and have my voice be heard. But if my writing can help someone overcome their own adversities, even just at the smallest level by filling their time with something fun from the fandom, than I am honored. Stay strong and hang in there, guys! You gotta choose to believe it will get better! ♡(*´∀｀*)人(*´∀｀*)♡
I'm also sad to face the ending of this fanfic. It not only allowed me to gorge myself on my current favorite fandom and characters and get back into the swing of writing, but to express a lot of my own vulnerabilities, too. It was an epic little ride, and I sincerely hope my few dedicated readers enjoyed it fully until the end as well. Thank you!!
Cover art by me
He never wanted the power. He wasn't a hero. All Eduardo Jr. wanted was to have a normal relationship with his father, to simply live life as a normal teenager. But starting over after the Reach was hard-especially when the ability to teleport brings him to the attention of a surprising adversary... Contains language, dark themes, and violent action.