The Genesis of Jenny Everywhere (novel): Difference between revisions

| writer(s)= [[Richard Prediger]]

| artist(s)= [[Richard Prediger]]

}}'''''The Genesis of Jenny Everywhere''''' was a [[Jenny Everywhere]] webnovel begun in 2015 by [[Richard Prediger]], intended to explore the backstory of Prediger's [[Jenny Everywhere#Jenny Bainbridge|version of Jenny Everywhere]], who would go on to appear in numerous other stories in Prediger's ''[[Tales of Lyniezia (series)|Tales of Lyniezia]]''. It was discontinued after two chapters were released.

When [[Richard Prediger]] posted the story on his blog, he did so with the following foreword:

{{quotebox|Some people might have heard of a character called [[Jenny Everywhere]], who is supposed to be an “open source” character originally designed to be used anybody could use in any story you want, unlike, one presumes, [[Superman]] or {{w|Wonder Woman|Wonder Woman}} or whoever which you’d have to get rights to legally use (not that such stops a whole host of fan works, but that’s a grey area). She’s supposed to exist in all possible dimensions (implying fictional worlds as well) and has the power to “[[shift]]” between them.<br />You can find out more about her [https://web.archive.org/web/20160819082456/http://theshifterarchive.com/whois/ here], though I don’t endorse all the works posted thereon.<br /><br />A couple of years ago, I started to write a tale based on what I thought one version of this character might have started out as. After all, when Clark Kent was growing up in Smallville he wasn’t quite Superman and was just discovering his powers and Kryptonian heritage. Bruce Wayne had to go through a lot before he became [[Batman]]. Peter Parker wasn’t [[Spider-Man|Spiderman]] before he got bit by that spider. So how did the Shifter start out?<br /><br />Lately I’ve been trying to update it, if sadly I’ve been a little too obsessed and letting it get in the way of other stuff, as ever.<br /><br />For the benefit of those who were requesting it and for the sake of slightly broader publicity, here is a working version of the same. Constructive criticism very welcome, as is any advice on whether I shouldn’t bother wasting my time on such.<br /><br />There’s also [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheGenesisOfJennyEverywhere a page on the website TV Tropes for the work], which may be edited by members.|Richard Prediger}}

{{quotebox|This isn’t exactly meant to be the absolute origins of Jenny- after all she’s supposed to exist in every possible reality, probably at any point in history as well. Rather, it’s meant to be the story of how one particular Jenny discovers that she is, in fact, a Jenny Everywhere. After all, there must be millions of them, and they have to start somewhere. And her surname isn’t Everywhere to begin with either- it’s sort of a moniker, a general name used to denote the state of being Jenny Everywhere, in this version at least.<br /><br />And don’t ask where Levendale City is. The real Levendale is a small suburb somewhere in the vicinity of a small town called Yarm. This isn’t it. It’s a lot bigger, for one thing. Like Springfield, it’s everywhere — in fact, just like Jenny. And yet, nowhere.|Richard Prediger}}

{{quotebox|Additional notes:<br /><br />1. Jenny’s dreams are actually a manifestation of her ability to read the thoughts of her other selves in other universes- these portray adventures other Jennies are actually having. Apart from perhaps the fighter pilot one, which is probably just wandering thoughts inspired by her dad’s commenting on the newspaper.<br /><br />2. Amy Johnson was a real-life aviatrix who set a number of long distance records and was eventually killed in World War 2 whilst serving as an auxiliary pilot.<br /><br />3. A “Manic Pixie Dream Girl”, for those who don’t know, is a kind of romantic fantasy figure, basically a crazy, free-spirited girl who shakes up the boring male protagonist’s life. Whether Leelee would actually make a good one is left to the reader to decide.<br /><br />4. Lest anyone get any hints from this story that might seem to suggest such, Leelee is not interested in girls either, in any particularly sexual way. Nor is Jenny in either girls or boys in quite that way. This isn’t meant to be a lesbian romance story or a “straight” one either, and I certainly don’t want any “Rule 34” in years to come (remember the characters’ ages). If you want to do that kind of story, remember Jenny is an open-source character, and you can always write your own with her and your own original characters (not that I’m particularly endorsing such).<br /><br />Charlotte is probably interested in boys (as are the members of her Posse), but clearly would not be interested in either Jenny or Leelee.<br /><br />[Edited this note as it was sounding silly before.]<br /><br />5. School attendance in this world is intended as  a matter for the parents alone to decide, not the state. Hence the state can legally do nothing about it. Nor can they keep kids for after-school detention, only at lunchtimes (hence what Mr. James says).<br /><br />6. Levendale is also partly inspired by a certain village called Leven, probably in East Yorkshire, the author visited as a kid. Certain readers may be familiar with it. Also, the River Leven which is a tributary of the Tees.<br /><br />7. The narrative is very much sympathetic to Jenny’s in-story point of view, and as such may not reflect the author’s actual opinions.|Richard Prediger}}