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|caption1= First page of the story. | |caption1= First page of the story. | ||
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|hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere | |hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere 1 (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny Everywhere 1]] | ||
|villain(s)= | |villain(s)= | ||
|featuring= [[David (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny's date (I)]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere's nonhuman date (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny's date (II)]]<br>[[Master-thief (My Bloody Valentine)|A master-thief]]<br>[[Scientist (My Bloody Valentine)|A scientist]]<br>[[Jenny Anydots]] | |featuring= [[Jenny Everywhere 2 (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny Everywhere 2]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere 3 (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny Everywhere 3]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere 4 (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny Everywhere 4]]<br>[[David (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny's date (I)]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere's nonhuman date (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny's date (II)]]<br>[[Master-thief (My Bloody Valentine)|A master-thief]]<br>[[Scientist (My Bloody Valentine)|A scientist]]<br>[[Jenny Anydots]] | ||
|setting= <small>[[Jenny Everywhere|Jenny]]'s house, [[Universe A (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe A]]<br>Unknown jewel room, [[Universe B (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe B]]<br>[[Scientist (My Bloody Valentine)|Scientist]]'s lab, [[Universe C (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe C]]<br>Unnamed alien planet, [[Universe D (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe D]]</small> | |setting= <small>[[Jenny Everywhere|Jenny]]'s house, [[Universe A (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe A]]<br>Unknown jewel room, [[Universe B (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe B]]<br>[[Scientist (My Bloody Valentine)|Scientist]]'s lab, [[Universe C (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe C]]<br>Unnamed alien planet, [[Universe D (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe D]]</small> | ||
|length= 6 pages | |length= 6 pages | ||
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==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
===Plot=== | ===Plot=== | ||
It's [[Valentine's Day]] across | It's [[Valentine's Day]] across [[the Multiverse]], and [[Jenny Everywhere 1 (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny Everywhere]]'s [[shifting]] rapidly between several of the universes in which she exists, each one bringing a new jolt of some sort which knocks her from one to the next; in each world, her date has something extraordinary to offer. But what will [[David (My Bloody Valentine)|her human date]] on boring old urban Earth give her? And is the extraordinary really what she wants when she lives and breathes it every day? | ||
===Worldbuilding=== | ===Worldbuilding=== | ||
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* Jenny ruefully remarks that she would like ''one'' of her Valentines to someday gift her a box of chocolate or some other normal gift. | * Jenny ruefully remarks that she would like ''one'' of her Valentines to someday gift her a box of chocolate or some other normal gift. | ||
* The last panel shows that somehow, all the gifts given to the various Jennies are available to the Jenny of “[[Universe A (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe A]]”, with the bond between the cross-dimensional Jennies going beyond blurred lines of individual awareness and into some sort of ''physical'' [[shifting]] of matter, even if Jenny isn't seen to physically shift ''herself''. | * The last panel shows that somehow, all the gifts given to the various Jennies are available to the Jenny of “[[Universe A (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe A]]”, with the bond between the cross-dimensional Jennies going beyond blurred lines of individual awareness and into some sort of ''physical'' [[shifting]] of matter, even if Jenny isn't seen to physically shift ''herself''. | ||
====Universes==== | ====Universes==== | ||
* In this story, Jenny shifts between four unnamed universes: | * In this story, Jenny shifts between four unnamed universes: | ||
** “[[Universe A (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe A]]” seems to be an urban, contemporary Earth, though not devoid of supernatural elements. | ** “[[Universe A (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe A]]”, home to the story's [[Jenny Everywhere 1 (My Bloody Valentine)|main Jenny]], seems to be an urban, contemporary Earth, though not devoid of supernatural elements. | ||
** The Jenny of “[[Universe B (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe B]]”, also an Earthlike setting, is apparently a glamorous master-thief in a committed relationship with a [[Master-thief (My Bloody Valentine)|male counterpart]]. | ** [[Jenny Everywhere 2 (My Bloody Valentine)|The Jenny]] of “[[Universe B (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe B]]”, also an Earthlike setting, is apparently a glamorous master-thief in a committed relationship with a [[Master-thief (My Bloody Valentine)|male counterpart]]. | ||
** In “[[Universe C (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe C]]”, she has some sort of relationship with a [[Scientist (My Bloody Valentine)|mad scientist]] specializing in the study, and, sometimes, creation, of strange animals. | ** In “[[Universe C (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe C]]”, [[Jenny Everywhere 3 (My Bloody Valentine)|she]] has some sort of relationship with a [[Scientist (My Bloody Valentine)|mad scientist]] specializing in the study, and, sometimes, creation, of strange animals. | ||
** In “[[Universe D (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe D]]”, Jenny inhabits a sci-fi, outer-space setting and is in a romantic relationship with a [[Jenny Everywhere's nonhuman date (My Bloody Valentine)|huge nonhuman being]]. | ** In “[[Universe D (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe D]]”, [[Jenny Everywhere 4 (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny]] inhabits a sci-fi, outer-space setting and is in a romantic relationship with a [[Jenny Everywhere's nonhuman date (My Bloody Valentine)|huge nonhuman being]]. | ||
====Other==== | ====Other==== | ||
* [[Master-thief (My Bloody Valentine)|The master-thief]] claims that the diamond he and Jenny are stealing would allow them to buy [[Paris]]. | * [[Master-thief (My Bloody Valentine)|The master-thief]] claims that the diamond he and Jenny are stealing would allow them to buy [[Paris]]. | ||
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* [[Jenny Everywhere's nonhuman date (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny's nonhuman date]] in Universe D travelled to the [[Mountains of Ismalia]] through the [[Barren Desert of Qlaq]] and “engaged a female [[Raggalisk]] in hand-to-hand combat” to obtain the [[Raggalisk Egg]] he gives her, as “they were sold out at the shop”. | * [[Jenny Everywhere's nonhuman date (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny's nonhuman date]] in Universe D travelled to the [[Mountains of Ismalia]] through the [[Barren Desert of Qlaq]] and “engaged a female [[Raggalisk]] in hand-to-hand combat” to obtain the [[Raggalisk Egg]] he gives her, as “they were sold out at the shop”. | ||
* [[David (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny's human date]] in Univers A, meanwhile, claims he sold his soul to a “minor [[Hellhound]] of the [[Seventh Circle]]” to get her one of the only three existing copies of the ''[[Plasmanomicon]]''. | * [[David (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny's human date]] in Univers A, meanwhile, claims he sold his soul to a “minor [[Hellhound]] of the [[Seventh Circle]]” to get her one of the only three existing copies of the ''[[Plasmanomicon]]''. | ||
===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
* The jolt of a piece of toast popping out of the toaster in “[[Universe A (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe A]]” coincides with Jenny's first shift from one universe to another; as such, the toast is given signifiant attention in the first page of the story. A liking for [[toast]] would later become a recurring quirk of Jenny's character. | * The jolt of a piece of toast popping out of the toaster in “[[Universe A (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe A]]” coincides with Jenny's first shift from one universe to another; as such, the toast is given signifiant attention in the first page of the story. A liking for [[toast]] would later become a recurring quirk of Jenny's character. | ||
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Soulless Mate (comic story)|Soulless Mate]]'' was written as “a Spiritual Sequel to a Portion of ''My Bloody Valentine''”, picking up the narrative of [[Universe A (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe A]]'s Jenny and her boyfriend. | * [[COMIC]]: ''[[Soulless Mate (comic story)|Soulless Mate]]'' was written as “a Spiritual Sequel to a Portion of ''My Bloody Valentine''”, picking up the narrative of [[Universe A (My Bloody Valentine)|Universe A]]'s [[Jenny Everywhere 1 (My Bloody Valentine)|Jenny]] and [[David (My Bloody Valentine)|her boyfriend]]]. | ||
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Death of Jenny Everywhere (comic story)|The Death of Jenny Everywhere]]'', also written by [[David Barnett]], alluded to [[Jenny Everywhere | * [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Death of Jenny Everywhere (comic story)|The Death of Jenny Everywhere]]'', also written by [[David Barnett]], alluded to [[Jenny Everywhere 2 (My Bloody Valentine)|the master-thief Jenny]], suggesting that she had died during the robbery attempt. | ||
* One of this story's incarnations of Jenny (the [[Jenny Everywhere | * One of this story's incarnations of Jenny (the [[Jenny Everywhere 4 (My Bloody Valentine)|“space opera” incarnation]]) was one of the Jennies glimpsed by [[the Nommo]] in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Say The Word (comic story)|Say The Word]]''. | ||
* Several characters from this story made cameos at the interdimensional [[Christmas]] party in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Merry Christmas Everywhere (comic story)|Merry Christmas Everywhere]]''. | * Several characters from this story made cameos at the interdimensional [[Christmas]] party in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Merry Christmas Everywhere (comic story)|Merry Christmas Everywhere]]''. | ||
* In [[PROSE]]: ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'', [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|a Jenny]] recalled how | * In [[PROSE]]: ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'', [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|a Jenny]] recalled how “[[Jenny Everywhere 2 (My Bloody Valentine)|one of [her]]]” had “gotten into trouble” trying to steal a diamond from the [[Louvre]]. | ||
* The ''[[Plasmanomicon]]'' was referenced again in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere]]'' by [[Jeanne Morningstar]] and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Folly of Men (short story)|The Folly of Men]]'' by [[Scott Sanford]]. | * The ''[[Plasmanomicon]]'' was referenced again in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere]]'' by [[Jeanne Morningstar]] and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Folly of Men (short story)|The Folly of Men]]'' by [[Scott Sanford]]. | ||
