Special Announcement Concerning the Future of VLC

 

We wanted you to know that, having hopefully corrected much of the badness and the unresolved storylines from the past few seasons, we plan to bring the Buffy series to a suitable and more final close.  We don't promise a happy ending of course, but we do plan to have a resolution...

There will not be a VLC-VS9. 

This has been an absolutely amazing experience.  It has also been absolutely exhausting.  Our final ep is scheduled to air on October 12th, almost exactly one year since our first ep, "Home Is Where You Hang Your Axe" aired, and a year and a half since we started production.  This has been more than a full time project for most of us and we simply cannot continue to keep the pace and maintain the quality.

As promised, we will be doing a small BtS (Behind the Scenes) after the season ends where we'll discuss in a bit more detail everything from how we came up with ideas to what we really think of the D/E ship.  We may even tell you some of the alternative plots and stories which never made it to our "screen."  We'll also talk about characterization and if folks have interest, reveal some of the secrets about just how we managed to do all this.  There are some good stories to be had, and you won't believe some of the polls...!

And there is a chance, not a promise, but a chance, that over the next year, there may be a few "Made for VLC Movies."  We enjoy very much working together and we have thought about one or two "Reunion Specials" being possible in the future.  We just can't keep up with the deadlines anymore, and of course, working on a 22-episode seasonal storyarc has been a particular challenge.  A few self-contained specials MIGHT be possible....

We are also discussing opening up a section on the boards to VLC fanfic after the season....and we may also post a few alternative fics ourselves--stories that came to individual Lunatics during the season, but we were unable to work into the actual series.  You might even find yourself reading a few AU pieces where Giles & Jo do get married, a few familiar faces come to visit, or Wicked wipes out the entire town.  We'll see!

These fics, yours and ours, can take place during the season or after as people want--you can play in the universe when we're done with it, just as we're playing with Joss's universe now that he's left it.  However, the group and series are not up for "taking over," sorry.  We do reserve the right to keep the Lunatic Name and the ownership of the Lunatic Universe to ourselves.  People can play in it, but we don't want to turn our world over to another group. 

On a serious note, we would like to ask people to respect this decision.  There has already been tremendous pressure put on us both in public and private to do even more eps and extras this season as well as demands for a commitment to a VS9.  We honestly do appreciate your enthusiasm, but REALLY, we can't.  Please don't make us feel guilty about this--after all, we barely made it through this season alive!  (Well, technically, we haven't made it through yet, and of course, none of our characters have made it through either....)  Please don't push Lunatics individually--some of have received passionate pleas already and this decision is hard enough on us as both individuals and as a group.  We really WILL do our best to offer a special in the future, plus some other treats, but we simply cannot do another full season.

As always, thanks for the support,
The Lunatics

www.VirtuaLunatics.com

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