Hi! Sorry I took so very long with this. school’s been a nightmare.
A Fading Hope: Last chapter: rivers flow
Song: River ( see previous post) and Rivers Run. From Browne Sisters’s Miles Through the Night
This weary earth we walk upon
She will endure when we are gone
While kingdoms come and kingdoms go
Rivers run and rivers flow
You know I don't believe it's true
That in this world there's nothing new
For darling, you have just begun
Rivers flow and rivers run
Chorus:
And if the river should ever run dry
Somewhere the rain will still fall
Will still fall from the sky
When I'm beguiled by the fear
That darker days are drawing near
My darling, you seduce the sun
Rivers flow and rivers run
(Chorus)
This wounded earth we walk upon
She will endure when we are gone
But still I pray that you may know
How rivers run and rivers flow
(Chorus)
I cross my heart and I hope to live
Just long enough that I can give
It all to you, my darling one
Rivers flow and rivers run
My darling one
Rivers flow and rivers run
I picked this song because it tied in with the previous one- “hope is a river, etc”- and in this way, by extending the metaphor, I was saying, and if hope should run dry, run out, soon it will return, the rain, hope will still come. Which is what happened in this story. Hope was lost, but then, miraculously, it rained.
Story:
So I was legit crying while writing this. Not even gonna lie. It was hard. I wanted to make it perfect. I’m not sure I did it justice, but I’m... happy with it.
I knew I wanted to see a moment in time, a snapshot of the hospital before it gets messy with people showing up and stuff. It wasn’t exactly the most realistic thing, the Hidas getting out, only Jim being there, but then, I’m writing about digimon. Who needs reality? Bah! so things work out, because you know, nothing has worked out really until the last chapter and it’s due time for things working out. So Jim’s able to revive and rehydrate Izzy. I have no clue if that’s how dehydrated people are treated. I’m running with it, though.
Then comes Jim’s explanation for Cody- really though it was T.K’s mum who came up with it. if it doesn’t seem realistic, again, sorry. Izzy’s fine and that’s what matters, and his first thought is- is everyone ok? Of course it is. Bless you, Izzy.
I also sent most of the digimon elsewhere because 1) too many characters, it would be way too cluttered. 2) even the blindest doctors and silliest doctors would notice that, and I couldn’t suspend that much disbelief. also I figured that it would occur to someone ( Joe, probably) that letting the in-the-know parents know about the rescue and all would be, you know, good. Meanwhile in America, Mimi’s parents are freaking out. Luckily, Michael has an excuse. what is it? I haven’t the foggiest.
I like the light imagery here, a lot. as I’ve mentioned, I have the common theme of hope and despair, light and darkness. I love, love using light imagery. in fact, my all time favorite images from this story are:
the portal out of the dark ocean and through it the pink sky
the darkness dome and web of light with flecks of pink in it
and
the light dome we see in this chapter.
But while earlier things worked the second time, they don’t this time, and that’s, well, worrying. Third time’s the charm, but they don’t know that. Digidestined are surprisingly un-genre savvy. except for Joe. Bless you, Joe.
And then we get the snapshots into the heads of everyone. I had fun writing that. I liked Sora’s because there was more of the Light Dark imagery, ( when Matt saved Sora he was in a golden bubble) Davis’s was also fun, because that was so how I think- I’ll be nice to my brother, I’ll never swear again, I’ll, I’ll, I’ll, just let this work. Of course, I’m usually praying over tests or computers, not my friends’ comatose bodies.
Fun fact: I forgot about Yolei at first. I had to go back and add her in. I felt bad about that.
And then the egg hatches yayay and that Light, that’s enough :)
MATT”S AWAKE!!!!! Sheesh, Hedgi, it only took you, like, 18 chapters. a whole year. but he’s awake and alive and everything’s going to be ok and there’s hugging and everyones happy and cue the strings and happy music isn’t it warm and fuzzy?
Chaos reigned. I was glad to bring that line, a dark thought, back, to reclaim it for something bright and warm and safe.
as for the ending. I worked on it for ages, mostly during class ( hey it was creative writing, I was being creative!) I wanted something that connected back to the Light, something that tied together the theme of the story- loosing and regaining hope. I had the explanation, which I liked, and the crest, which was a scene I’d been planning for ages and ages, since the very start... and the kiss, which I’m sure the Takari shippers loved.
I wrote the last bit- “ hope child, light child, you chose your path well” on a scrap of paper, crossed it out, re wrote it, over and over. nothing else felt as right, nothing else fit. at first I wasn’t sure about it, but it grew on me, and became the end.
Thank you for taking this journey with me. I hope to write the first chapter of Ken’s story on saturday and post it very soon.
