The protagonist is the projection of my inner fear. Comments on Volume 4 and request for leave
The protagonist is the projection of my inner fear——Remarks for Volume 4, and request for leave
Hello everyone, this is Mr. Skeleton. It is 10:00 pm now. I planned the plot of the outline today. It is almost 9:30. After writing for a while, I found that I didn’t have time to finish it. I will just write 6,000 words tomorrow!
I wanted to post the 6,000-word chapter around 11:00 last night, but after I finished writing, I fell asleep as if my head was broken. As a result, I woke up at more than 12 o’clock to post it. I am really sorry, but this also caused me to lose a day of full attendance. I had to use a leave note. But then again, since the leave note has been used, I will not update today for the time being. I will take some time to chat with you.
I usually write novels quite fast, but I plan for 5 hours and write for 1 hour, so I often finish it late. I have a little liver damage and fatty liver. I am taking medicine now. I really dare not stay up late.
You see, I look very normal now, neither crying nor whimpering, which means I am still a relatively normal human being, right?
Okay, enough of the small talk, let's get to the main story.
You should have seen my plan for the new volume. In fact, although you have seen the ending of the previous volume, there are still many unfinished ideas, such as how Barbatos defeated the combination of Superboy Prime and Parallax Demon Hal, and I introduced clues about Emperor Joker at the end.
The first small unit story or micro unit story of this volume is about the Joker, but please rest assured that I will not write a plot that makes the protagonist very painful. The first unit story will be more inclined to a light-hearted, happy, romantic and cute plot.
The intensity will be pinched later.
Next, let's talk about my book.
In July of 2020, I wrote my first novel, 300 yuan per book, and didn't make much money. I wrote 1 million words for love.
Faced with such a failure, I decided to -
run away.
It happened that Uncle Bilibili was giving money away, so I decided to change my job and become an up master, and then--
(Someone asked about the Bilibili account. After the failure, I directly cancelled the account. Now there is a new account called Bai Gu Zhuan Yu Pan. If you want to follow it, you can follow it.)
Suffered a bigger failure.
So in April of 21, I started planning this book with a life full of failures.
At the beginning, I planned a Star Wars-type protagonist who used the Force and lightsaber. He ran from Star Wars to the DC universe, and then accidentally got the Joker's laughing gas, and then began his story.
This is the original appearance of this book. As a result, I wrote half of it, planned for a long time, and was about to publish the book. It was about when, in 22 years, and then one day I saw a book exactly the same as my plan in the recommendation position.
I couldn't believe that there was such a coincidence in the world! ! !
I was so dumbfounded. The protagonist of the Force Warrior was poisoned by the Joker, and then went to find the scarecrow. The early plots were completely the same, exactly the same.
What's more, we both started with Batman's comic Batman Dark Victory, and we also copied the same line from the comic, which is Catwoman's line about Gotham being hot. The plot is similar, the character of the protagonist is similar, the beginning is similar, and the lines are exactly the same.
No fool would believe that I didn't plagiarize!
Oh, by the way, that book has been abandoned. I was so upset that I went crazy in the comment section.
It was banned for another 50 years.
Crying.
I was so upset that I tore up the manuscript. I still have two pieces of the outline in my drawer.
Then I didn't plan to continue writing, but I started again after a lot of twists and turns.
Then the second time I designed Killer Croc as the protagonist. You can see that Killer Croc had a lot of scenes in the early stage, but it was actually the sequelae of Killer Croc being the protagonist.
I originally planned to prepare some drafts and then show the script to the editor to see if it could be approved, but as I was writing, I felt something was wrong.
Since my protagonist is Killer Croc, the story takes place in Gotham. However, Batman can do what the protagonist can do, and Batman can do what the protagonist cannot do.
Then what is the use of you as the protagonist? ? ?
You might as well choose a monitor as the protagonist, at least he can monitor Batman's ass and chin in all directions. Otherwise, all the work will be done by Batman, and you, the protagonist, will be a pendant on Batman's thigh.
In the 80-year history of American comics, the character of Batman has achieved perfection in problem-solving ability. He only has weaknesses in character, but not in ability. He is a mortal with the will of God. As a fan, it is impossible for the author to create an original protagonist who can compete with the character of Batman.
I gradually realized that once the complete Batman appears in the novel, it is an absolute destruction of all the plots of the novel, because he is too strong and dominates the protagonist. No matter how awesome the protagonist is in the setting, he can only become a pendant when he sees the complete Batman.
After realizing this problem, I started to study how other American comics of the same type on Qidian handled Batman, the king of cheats.
Later I found that before me, Qidian had three main schools of thought on how to deal with Batman.
The first type, the representative work is Sister Rope's opening guide Batman. Can you directly set Batman as a teenager, or the rookie Batman of Earth 1, and avoid the problem that Batman is too strong and can help the protagonist solve all difficulties from the setting, so that the story can go on.
The second type, the representative work is Tuanzi's American comic Deathstroke, which directly makes Batman disappear, and then lets the protagonist do everything Batman does. Batman is tripped up by something, so he can't appear in the story, and can only become a background board like the Taoist Gu in the martial arts novel. Everyone says that Batman exists, but no one has ever really seen Batman.
The third type is to directly be hostile to Batman. This writing method has both good and bad results, and there is no representative work.
So the situation I faced at the time was that I had to choose one of these three ways of handling.
But I thought about it and I always wanted to present a complete and terrible Batman in my book. He must be extremely dangerous to the enemies, just like Batman in the Arkham animated film series. Batman fought against the entire Suicide Squad alone. In the eyes of everyone in the Suicide Squad, Batman was like a ghost. His teammates fell one by one, and five or six superpowered people couldn't even touch a bat hair.
So I tried to come up with the fourth method, but no matter how I modified it, I would find that no matter what I did, as long as Batman appeared in the plot, my protagonist would immediately be eclipsed. This was completely beyond my control as an author. It was this perfect character that was destroying my story.
I felt like I was fighting with Batman, one trying desperately to limit his ability, and the other trying desperately to show his strength, so I was finally forced into a panic. Since Batman can do all the work of my protagonist, aren't you very good at snatching it? I'll just treat you as the protagonist.
This was originally just a rant, but I thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed possible!
So this book was born.
It is now 10:28 pm on August 14, 2024, and my average rating is now 6257, so maybe I can say:
After myself, there are now 4 mainstream ways to deal with Batman in the category of DC American comics fan fiction.
And the representative work of the fourth method is "What Bad Intentions Can Batman Have".
Hum!
Then let's talk about the character Chen Tao.
When I was planning this character, I deliberately wanted to integrate a part of myself into the core of the character Batman.
In fact, for me personally, what resonates most with the character Batman?
It's fear.
That's right, do you think it would be something else?
I am quite afraid, everyone.
I was born in 1999. During the global financial crisis in 2008, I happened to be in a state of knowing a little but not quite understanding.
Then my father worked for the Germans in a foreign-funded enterprise. At that time, my father was also under a lot of pressure because his colleagues were constantly being laid off.
The story that impressed me most was a story my father told me about a middle-aged employee who was laid off with a mortgage and a car loan, and had a heart attack in the company and was taken to the hospital.
This left a shadow on me, so I have always been looking forward to the feeling of Batman who always has a plan, as if he can handle everything with ease and in control.
In particular, you know that in the comics, Batman actually deployed bombs on every major building in Gotham, so that he can activate his backup plan wherever he goes.
Batman is very good at protecting everything he wants to protect, and this is what I desire most, so the character Chen Tao was born. He also has a plan like Batman, which is also what I hope to do most in my heart in reality:
Always be able to deal with the worst situation.
Before the financial crisis broke out, who knew that he would be laid off?
This fear took root when I was a child, and gradually became more profound when I became an adult.
Although I know that I have a main job now, my reason knows that I should not be afraid of the sky suddenly falling, but you know that things like emotions and sensibility cannot be controlled by reason at all.
So I started writing novels. Even after I failed once, I still tried to write.
I think I need another financial support besides my main job.
For me, deep in my heart, emotionally, I always feel that society is a terrifying dark forest. Even after many years, I still recall the middle-aged employee who had a heart attack due to layoffs described by my father.
Of course, my father was also under a lot of pressure at that time, and he was also on the verge of being laid off at any time.
Although I know that this idea may not be right, this is the kind of emotional thinking anchor.
So thank you all, you are my plan B.
The current 2 million words of this book are built by readers and authors together. Thank you very much, thank you every reader who keeps reading.
You reached out and pulled me out of that dark forest.
Thank you very much.
The book has now finished the 4th volume, and the original 8-volume outline has been completed halfway, so I hope everyone can continue the story together. Thank you very much.
I speak in a somewhat colloquial way, but that's what I mean.
About the state of 嘤嘤嘤, actually I didn't have this state at the beginning, but I will become like this when I am nervous. I am not like this in real life, I am a normal child.
Oh, by the way, there is one more thing, when I was a teenager, I was even an aggressive reader.
As a reader, what I hated most was ooc.
When I became an author, I became the most ooc author on Qidian.
People always become the guys they once hated the most.
It smells so good.
Let me think about what else I want to talk about? Oh, by the way, our leader Qing Gua Gua Kara has decided to hold an event. From today, in the book review area, choose the category of fan creation to create fan creation. The one with the highest praise will get a copy of Black Myth Wukong or 200 meters. If you are interested, you can participate.
Another one is to recommend books:
Batman's Owl Godfather, the author has also seen me on B station, great!
From slaying demons to immortality, Lu Lushen once wrote a character based on me, hehe!
Then I think about what else to say.
Tomorrow's plot is about the Joker, everyone look forward to it.
Also, please read on, the book's grades are based on the reading, please.
I am trying to update 6,000 words every day during this period.
That's it, it's 10:50 now, I should take my liver medicine and go to bed.
Good night everyone!