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Then Be Batman: Chapter six
🕑 Added 2023-10-07 13:45:38 +0000 UTCChapter six is here! I'll post chapter five on the forums later today. This chapter is much more upbeat and hopeful than the last one.
Had a couple people cancel their membership after the last chapter. One guy in particular said that, with all my trouble, my writing had become bitter and cynical.
And, you know, that's sort of valid. My latest status updates of myself haven't been the best. A lot of bad juju has hit me.
I was a little hurt, though, because I thought Ice Pie was nicely upbeat.
But yes, especially in the last TBB chapter, it was kinda a downer. I'll defend that, because him having trouble being Batman is kinda the point, but my former subscriber also absolutely had a point. This is fanfiction, it's an escape for a lot of us. Lots of people are having trouble IRL. No one wants their escape to turn into more nightmare.
So I'd always intended for SIBruce to get his shit together. But, given how fragile I am right now, maybe it's not a great ideal to indulge in the gloom. So to hell with that.
We're gonna be heroes. We're gonna be the goddamn Batman.
Status of me: Got a lot of sensation back. Only real lingering problems, that are serious problems, is a weird sensation in my left stomach that kinda feels like hunger and kinda feels like pain and kinda feels like nausea, and doesn't stop, and serious tingling/numbness in part of my left hand and arm. But the doctors say that, given how much of my other sensation has already come back, I've got an excellent chance for the serious problems to turn into minor problems, or even go away entirely.
Medicaid/foodstamps wise, they're working on it. Won't know anything for a while. Money's gonna be a little tight for a bit, since I don't have foodstamps yet, but if you're subscribed, you're already helping, so don't worry about it. I'll promote Patreon and Ko-fi when I post this stuff live.
Things are getting better, and I figure I'll make it. And even if I don't, I'll try to keep my writing more upbeat, because none of us want to wallow in misery.
Comments
Einar Strandberg
Today's been a real depression malaise day for me. But this really cheered me up. I love BatMite. He makes such a great contrast with the protagonist. I love the dynamic of the protagonist having a coach and cheerleader who actually gets the full context of them trying to live up to a legend.
Luker number 5
You've really sold me on Bat Mite with this chapter. Q level characters rea really hard to write in a way that's entertaining but you've made me attached to the little dude.
