I Still Believe (Lost Boys zine)
| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | I Still Believe |
| Publisher: | Heart of the Matter Press |
| Editor: | |
| Author(s): | Tami Marie |
| Cover Artist(s): | Paulie |
| Illustrator(s): | Paulie |
| Date(s): | October 1995 |
| Series?: | Yes |
| Medium: | |
| Size: | |
| Genre: | slash, m/m |
| Fandom: | Lost Boys, Kiefer/Lou |
| Language: | English |
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I Still Believe is a slash Kiefer/Lou 137-page novel by Tami Marie.
It is a fusion of Kiefer Sutherland in Lost Boys and an original character named Indigo, portrayed by Lou Diamond Phillips.
Series
- Lost in the Shadows
- I Still Believe
- Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me (proposed but never published)
Summaries
From Media Monitor: "Estranged from David, Indigo hunts down the secret of his kind in Santa Carla."
From a 1992 flyer: "In this, the long-awaited sequel to Lost in the Shadows. Indigo Ramirez returns to his roots: Santa Carla, His quest for his vampire origin leads him to answers he never expected to find — and brings him face to face with old loves, fearless vampire killers, and a secret his creator David tried to bury in the caves by the sea."
From July 1993 in GAZ: (note the 1991 date in the blurb...): "Indigo goes to Santa Carla to find out about the elusive David's past. Why and how is he who and what he is and how does that effect Indigo's new eternal life? Slated for summer of 1991."
Original Title
The original/working title of this zine was "Power Play."
From the editorial:
I STILL BELIEVE was originally called POWER PLAY. I decided to change the title because there have been so many other fannish publications with that name. [1] Rather than run the risk of confusion (I really don’t want any Blake's 7 fans writing to ask if this is a Servalan story!) [2], I went with the title of another song from the soundtrack for The Lost Boys. And I think this one is more appropriate, too: I STILL BELIEVE is about losing and finding faith, of trying to find something to believe in when all the odds are against you and there seems to be no hope left.
From the Editorial
Hello, everyone. Yes, it certainly has been along time. When I wrote LOST IN THE SHADOWS back in ‘87-88, I had no idea it would be so well received in ‘89, when it was published. Now I look back at it and I still wonder. Ever the editor/proofreader, I cringe at the grammatical errors — but every writer is her own worst critic. I do like the story, though, and to this day I feel it is probably one of the best fan-related pieces I've ever done. I'm very proud of it.
I’m also amazed at the following it has gained. Over the years, I have heard so many ask, “When will the sequel be out?” Many were disappointed each time another delay arose to keep me from writing, to keep the story from coming out. But I was determined to get it done and get it out. Not only for myself, but for all those people who I consider to be the true driving force behind this universe: the readers.
LOST IN THE SHADOWS is special to me for another reason. It was the “first born” in the Kiefer/Lou (K/L symbol of a sparkling diamond) universe. When I saw The Lost Boys, I completely fell for David. Of course, any fan worth her imagination knows that if you love a character, there are ways around death scenes. For me, it was “Horns aren’t made of wood.” But in resurrecting David, I needed a partner for him. No one from the movie seemed appropriate, so I created someone new. I chose Lou Diamond Phillips to “portray” Indigo because, as someone greatly influenced by the performing arts, I like to “cast” my stories with actors. It allows the artist to render the character accurately, and the reader to “see” and “hear” it as the writer intended.
Choosing Lou was, I now think, kismet. I didn’t know who he was. I merely saw him in a commercial for La Bamba and thought, “With longer hair, he’d look perfect as David’s companion. A few months later, I heard about Young Guns... and there was David and Indigo, alive and together, in the form of Doc and Chavez. Kiefer and Lou were actually working together and from various interviews are in reality very close friends. Call it fate, call it luck, call it psychic premonition.
While I’ve gone on to write many different K/L symbol of a sparkling diamond pairings -- from Doc/Chavez and Buster/Hank (Renegades), to various original characters who resemble the boys -- David and Indigo hold a very special place in my heart as The First. Getting back into this universe was not difficult; immediately I was filled with a sense of comfortable familiarity. I love these guys and always will; they are a very special part of my life.
Sample Interior
portrays Sam the comic shop worker, likely fan casted
References
- ^ See Power Play.
- ^ This fan is likely referring to the very early Blake's 7 story, Power Play, though it does not feature the character of Servalan.