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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
===Genesis=== | ===Genesis=== | ||
====Creation of the character==== | |||
Jenny Everywhere's creation was a collaborative effort which took place in 2001 and 2002 on the Barbelith Underground forum, where she was initially thought up under the name of “the Shifter”. Her basic look was unveiled on August the 13th, 2001 by [[Steven Wintle]] in a pair of public-domain sketches. He spoke at some length about the origins of the character, whom he had originally conceived (under an earlier form) for a never-materialized comic project. | Jenny Everywhere's creation was a collaborative effort which took place in 2001 and 2002 on the Barbelith Underground forum, where she was initially thought up under the name of “the Shifter”. Her basic look was unveiled on August the 13th, 2001 by [[Steven Wintle]] in a pair of public-domain sketches. He spoke at some length about the origins of the character, whom he had originally conceived (under an earlier form) for a never-materialized comic project. | ||
{{quotebox|This is the Shifter. She has dimensional powers. To her associates, this means she can traverse say 4 or 5 dimensions, whatever taht means. The truth is, she can access all dimensions. Again, not sure exactly what that means (and now you can see why it was abandoned). The part I really liked about her was that she inhabited all dimensions at the same time. Or, to be more accurate, parallel universes. And yes, I was thinking Crisis on Infinite Earths. Basically, she's having an infinite number of adventures on an infinite number of planets. Our story involved her staying on one Earth, but that needn't be the case in this exercise. | {{quotebox|This is the Shifter. She has dimensional powers. To her associates, this means she can traverse say 4 or 5 dimensions, whatever taht means. The truth is, she can access all dimensions. Again, not sure exactly what that means (and now you can see why it was abandoned). The part I really liked about her was that she inhabited all dimensions at the same time. Or, to be more accurate, parallel universes. And yes, I was thinking Crisis on Infinite Earths. Basically, she's having an infinite number of adventures on an infinite number of planets. Our story involved her staying on one Earth, but that needn't be the case in this exercise. | ||
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20060621205238/http://www.barbelith.com/topic.php?id=15206 Further discussion] served to crystallize the power-set and basic concept of Jenny as “the Shifter”, as there was initially some debate on the extent to which she'd be aware of her other selves' lives and the nature of her dimensional abilities. | [https://web.archive.org/web/20060621205238/http://www.barbelith.com/topic.php?id=15206 Further discussion] served to crystallize the power-set and basic concept of Jenny as “the Shifter”, as there was initially some debate on the extent to which she'd be aware of her other selves' lives and the nature of her dimensional abilities. | ||
==== Earliest stories ==== | |||
Steven Wintle began working on a comic story entitled ''[[Cars (comic story)|Cars]]'', which was never completed — in fact, ''[[Tribute (comic story)|Tribute]]'', written for the 10th anniversary of Jenny's creation, would be the only full Jenny Everywhere story ever created by Wintle. Instead, the first comic project featuring Jenny to be completed and released was ''[[My Bloody Valentine (comic story)|My Bloody Valentine]]'', and the first to be released was ''[[Name's Not Down (comic story)|Name's Not Down]]''. Data are difficult to find, but the [https://web.archive.org/web/20040603172530/http://www.queergranny.com:80/jennyeverywhere/comics.shtml original Jenny Everywhere website] gives the following official reading (and, likely, release) order for the thirteen earliest [[:Category:Barbelith Stories|“Barbelith stories"]]: | Steven Wintle began working on a comic story entitled ''[[Cars (comic story)|Cars]]'', which was never completed — in fact, ''[[Tribute (comic story)|Tribute]]'', written for the 10th anniversary of Jenny's creation, would be the only full Jenny Everywhere story ever created by Wintle. Instead, the first comic project featuring Jenny to be completed and released was ''[[My Bloody Valentine (comic story)|My Bloody Valentine]]'', and the first to be released was ''[[Name's Not Down (comic story)|Name's Not Down]]''. Data are difficult to find, but the [https://web.archive.org/web/20040603172530/http://www.queergranny.com:80/jennyeverywhere/comics.shtml original Jenny Everywhere website] gives the following official reading (and, likely, release) order for the thirteen earliest [[:Category:Barbelith Stories|“Barbelith stories"]]: | ||