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-[[Image:Lj15-alexis-cover-final.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Cover with Alexis Capshaw]]'''LonelyJournal15''' is a [[fan fiction]] sequel to ''LG15'', presented in the format of blog entries. It is set after the events of ''[[LG15: The Resistance]]'' and provides a conclusion to the LG15 story.
+[[Image:Lj15-alexis-cover-finala.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Cover with Alexis Capshaw]]'''LonelyJournal15''' is a [[fan fiction]] sequel to ''LG15'', presented in the format of blog entries. It is set after the events of ''[[LG15: The Resistance]]'' and provides a conclusion to the LG15 story.
 The main character is a young woman named Alexis Capshaw who moves into a Los Angeles apartment and discovers that Jonas, Daniel, Sarah and Gina are her new neighbors. Alexis has to deal with her social anxieties and insecurities as well as the bizarre activities of her neighbors.

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-[[Image:Lj15-alexis-cover-finala.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Cover with Alexis Capshaw]]'''LonelyJournal15''' is a [[fan fiction]] sequel to ''LG15'', presented in the format of blog entries. It is set after the events of ''[[LG15: The Resistance]]'' and provides a conclusion to the LG15 story.
+[[Image:Lj15-alexis-cover-final.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Cover with Alexis Capshaw]]'''LonelyJournal15''' is a [[fan fiction]] sequel to ''LG15'', presented in the format of blog entries. It is set after the events of ''[[LG15: The Resistance]]'' and provides a conclusion to the LG15 story.
 The main character is a young woman named Alexis Capshaw who moves into a Los Angeles apartment and discovers that Jonas, Daniel, Sarah and Gina are her new neighbors. Alexis has to deal with her social anxieties and insecurities as well as the bizarre activities of her neighbors.

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 == Production ==
-ireactions wrote each blog entry on LiveJournal with a backdate designed to set the entries shortly after the ''LG15: The Resistance''.
+ireactions wrote each blog entry on LiveJournal with a backdate designed to set the entries shortly after the LG15: The Resistance.
 After the third week was finished, suze900 expressed concerns that Alexis Capshaw's language was not convincingly Californian, but instead reflected ireactions' Canadian background.
-ireactions rewrote the entries to make Alexis a French-Canadian immigrant, using French-Canadian actress Laurence Leboeuf as the physical model and voice for the character.
+ireactions rewrote the entries to make Alexis a French-Canadian immigrant, using French-Canadian actress Laurence Leboeuf as the physical model and voice for the character and putting her image in the original blog icons. However, the mockup cover uses a different model with a resemblance to Leboeuf.
 == Release ==

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-[[Image:Lj15-2.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Cover with Alexis Capshaw]]'''LonelyJournal15''' is a [[fan fiction]] sequel to ''LG15'', presented in the format of blog entries. It is set after the events of ''[[LG15: The Resistance]]'' and provides a conclusion to the LG15 story.
+[[Image:Lj15-alexis-cover-finala.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Cover with Alexis Capshaw]]'''LonelyJournal15''' is a [[fan fiction]] sequel to ''LG15'', presented in the format of blog entries. It is set after the events of ''[[LG15: The Resistance]]'' and provides a conclusion to the LG15 story.
 The main character is a young woman named Alexis Capshaw who moves into a Los Angeles apartment and discovers that Jonas, Daniel, Sarah and Gina are her new neighbors. Alexis has to deal with her social anxieties and insecurities as well as the bizarre activities of her neighbors.

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 {{Show
 |name     = lonelyjournal15
-|image    = Lj15-1.jpg
+|image    = Lonelyjournal15-gina-cover-final.jpg
 |creators = ireactions, suze900, renegade15
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-[[Image:Lj15-2.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Cover with Alexis Capshaw (model: Laurence Leboeuf)]]'''LonelyJournal15''' is a [[fan fiction]] sequel to ''LG15'', presented in the format of blog entries. It is set after the events of ''[[LG15: The Resistance]]'' and provides a conclusion to the LG15 story.
+[[Image:Lj15-2.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Cover with Alexis Capshaw]]'''LonelyJournal15''' is a [[fan fiction]] sequel to ''LG15'', presented in the format of blog entries. It is set after the events of ''[[LG15: The Resistance]]'' and provides a conclusion to the LG15 story.
 The main character is a young woman named Alexis Capshaw who moves into a Los Angeles apartment and discovers that Jonas, Daniel, Sarah and Gina are her new neighbors. Alexis has to deal with her social anxieties and insecurities as well as the bizarre activities of her neighbors.
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 TVTropes.org[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanficRecs/Lonelygirl15] lists lonelyjournal15 as a recommended fan fiction, with the following comments from reviewer [[BobbyG]]: ''"This fic seems to be an attempt to recapture the feel of the original series, and is told from the perspective of an outsider, Alexis Capshaw, which means it's easy to follow even if you aren't familiar with the later seasons or with ''[[LG15: The Resistance]].'' It succeeds in correcting some of the biggest Wallbangers of the last series and the sequel, but does so in a subtle manner that feels very natural. Very well written, with a very nice balance of humour and drama, too."''
-==Behind The Scenes==
+==Development==
-Before ''LG15: The Resistance'', [[ireactions]] had felt that the ''LG15'' story suffered from confusing and contradictory continuity and a lack of compelling characterization [http://www.webseriestoday.com/2008/06/has-lg15-gone-off-rails-can-it-be-fixed.html] The appeal of the series had come in two forms: the sense that fictional characters could seem as 'real' as any online friend, and that the main characters (Bree, Daniel and Jonas) were isolated youths venturing into a threatening world.
+Before ''LG15: The Resistance'', ireactions wrote [http://www.webseriestoday.com/2008/06/has-lg15-gone-off-rails-can-it-be-fixed.html an open letter to the LG15 creators] saying he felt LG15 suffered from overemphasizing the mythology and underemphasizing the characters. After ''LG15: The Resistance'''s first season ended with no resolution in sight, ireactions began seeking collaborators, pitching a fan fiction blog-format sequel and conclusion, suggesting the mythology could be simplified if the story were told from the perspective of an original character unfamiliar with the ''LG15'' mythology.
-After ''LG15: The Resistance'''s first season ended with no resolution in sight, [[ireactions]] began seeking collaborators in the LG15 fan community. His wish was to write a sequel to ''LG15: The Resistance'' in the form of LiveJournal entries. The sequel would be told from the perspective of an original character who would not be familiar with the ''LG15'' mythology, in order to make the story easy to understand.
+By April 2009, ireactions had a broad outline but needed help with the fine details of the ''LG15'' mythos. suze900 volunteered her help. ireactions proposed that the story reveal that the Order was not the global, multibillion-dollar corporation it presented itself to be; that instead, the Order was a small organization using hired actors, stuntmen, costumes, props, special effects and alternate reality game techniques to masquerade as a globe spanning power to intimidate a small number of families with trait positive children into obedient compliance.
-By April 2009, [[ireactions]] had a basic idea of the story direction for ''LonelyJournal15''. However, he lacked an encyclopedic memory for the details of the ''LG15'' mythology. [[suze900]] volunteered her help. [[ireactions]] wrote up a brief document about how he felt the Order could be explained, exposed and perhaps defeated by the TAAG. [[suze900]] took the document and added specific continuity references. She was able to mesh his story outline with continuity and made only a few alterations.
+However, he feared that debunking and demystifying the Order to reduce it in scale and make it vulnerable would not match the continuity of previous videos. In response, suze900 pointed out that such a reveal would actually explain the low budget, minimal-resource look of the ''LG15'' series. She provided a history and overview for this new vision of the Order and wrote in specific continuity references for all previous depictions.
-With [[suze900]] having organized the myth-arc into a manageable form, [[ireactions]] wrote a detailed outline for each week's worth of entries. When the plot required revealing the secrets of the Order, he relied on [[suze900]]'s material. After writing each week's outline, he submitted copies to [[Renegade15]] and [[suze900]] for their review and suggestions.
+ireactions wrote a point form outline for each week's worth of entries. When the plot required revealing the secrets of the Order, he relied on suze900's material. Renegade15 advised that ''LonelyJournal15'' make all references to the ''LG15'' mythos as scarce as possible for the first half of the story. Another suggestion was the final fate of the Order's leader and creator. He also suggested that one of the Order's dummy businesses be named "Eternal Quest: Alternate Lives." For overturning Sarah's betrayal and Gina's death, Renegade15 suggested key details to include while leaving the explanation vague to avoid slowing down the story with convoluted exposition.
-[[Renegade15]] strongly advised that ''LonelyJournal15'' de-emphasize the mythology of the Order in favor of everyday life. At one point, [[ireactions]] was struggling with finding a way to overturn Sarah's villainy and resolve the cliffhanger of ''LG15: The Resistance''. Renegade15 advised "skimming over the details" by keeping the story within the perspective of a new character. Another suggestion was to bury Lucy alive. [[ireactions]] made full use of these ideas.
+== Production ==
-After the outlines were complete, [[ireactions]] began writing the individual blog entries, posting each one with a backdate designed to set the entries shortly after the ''LG15: The Resistance''. [[ireactions]] decided not to publicize the LiveJournal account until all the entries were written, posted and reviewed.
+After the third week was finished, suze900 expressed concerns that Alexis Capshaw's language was not convincingly Californian, but instead reflected ireactions' Canadian background.
-After the third week was finished and uploaded, [[suze900]] expressed concerns that Alexis Capshaw's language was not convincingly Californian, but instead reflected [[ireactions]]' Canadian background. [[ireactions]] decided to add a paragraph to an earlier entry, establishing Alexis as a French-Canadian immigrant. During the fourth week, [[Renegade15]] felt that [[ireactions]] had written Lucy's dialogue in an excessively formal manner, and [[ireactions]] amended it, adding contractions.
+ireactions rewrote the entries to make Alexis a French-Canadian immigrant, using French-Canadian actress Laurence Leboeuf as the physical model and voice for the character.
-In a message to [[suze900]], [[ireactions]] commented that his fan novel contained deliberate allegories to the real-world circumstances of the ''LG15'' franchise and fandom.
+== Release ==
-"I don't know how subtle this is," he wrote, "but ''LonelyJournal15'' reflects all my thoughts on the show, its fans and the creators. My feelings about EQAL are represented in the Order as a force vastly exaggerating its power and using others to do their work for them and now really existing only to perpetuate its own existence with neither creativity nor vision. My thoughts about the community that arose around ''LG15'' are reflected in my desire to show the TAAG as a weird but loving family. I thought of Gina as the long-time fan of ''LG15''; abused, misused, dismissed once her usefulness had expended itself. And Alexis is the new fan of ''LG15''."
+In 2022, ireactions recompiled and revised the LiveJournal entries for reposting on Archive of Our Own. The LiveJournal entries hinted at a lesbian romance, but the [https://archiveofourown.org/works/37670755/ Archive of Our Own version of ''LonelyJournal15''] presents the romance overtly.
-In keeping with this theme, [[Renegade15]] suggested that one of the Order's dummy businesses be named, "Eternal Quest: Alternate Lives."
+The new version also includes an added epilogue set in 2022 in which Gina awakens from a nightmare and describes events from ''LG15: The Last, LG15: Outbreak'' and ''LG15: Anchor Cove'' as appearing in her dream.
-−
-On May 13, 2009, [[ireactions]] announced on Anchor Cove that he had finished his blog-novel.[http://forum.anchorcove.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2252]
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-After the original posting, [[ireactions]] revised the original LiveJournal entries for reposting on Archive of Our Own. The original LiveJournal entries hinted at a lesbian romance, but '''[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37670755/chapters/94040431 Archive of Our Own's version of ''LonelyJournal15'']''' presents the romance overtly and also includes an added epilogue to present the 2016 ''LG15: Anchor Cove'' videos as Gina having a nightmare.
 ==Notes==
 *Despite a few joking references, ''LonelyJournal15'' does not acknowledge or tie into ''N1kola'', ''LG15: The Last'' or ''LG15: Outbreak''. The revelations regarding the Order in ''LonelyJournal15'' contradict the Order's depiction in ''LG15: The Last'' and ''LG15: Outbreak''.
-*The image of French-Canadian actress Laurence Leboeuf is used for Alexis Capshaw's blog icons. The Alexis character states that she is from Montreal, Canada, and that she has a French-Canadian accent.
+*The image of French-Canadian actress Laurence Leboeuf was used for Alexis Capshaw's blog icons. The Alexis character states that she is from Montreal, Canada, and that she has a French-Canadian accent. However, an unnamed model who resembles Leboeuf is used for the 2022 recompilation.
 ==Links==

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 ''LonelyJournal15'' is composed of thirty-three LiveJournal entries. The first entry takes place within days of the final installment of'' LG15: The Resistance''. Several developments have taken place since the finale: Sarah's loyalty to the Order has been revealed as a deception, Gina is alive, Daniel has rejoined the group, and Maggie and Reed have ventured off to parts unknown.
-Originally shared on LiveJournal, the story has been recompiled and reposted on '''[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37670755/chapters/94040431 Archive of Our Own]'''.
+Originally shared on LiveJournal, the story has been recompiled and reposted on '''[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37670755/chapters/94040431 Archive of Our Own]'''. In addition to some expansions, the story has a new epilogue that addresses the 2016 ''LG15: Anchor Cove'' videos.
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 On May 13, 2009, [[ireactions]] announced on Anchor Cove that he had finished his blog-novel.[http://forum.anchorcove.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2252]
-After the original posting, [[ireactions]] revised the original LiveJournal entries for reposting on Archive of Our Own. The original LiveJournal entries hinted at a lesbian romance, but '''[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37670755/chapters/94040431 Archive of Our Own's version of ''LonelyJournal15'']''' presents the romance overtly.
+After the original posting, [[ireactions]] revised the original LiveJournal entries for reposting on Archive of Our Own. The original LiveJournal entries hinted at a lesbian romance, but '''[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37670755/chapters/94040431 Archive of Our Own's version of ''LonelyJournal15'']''' presents the romance overtly and also includes an added epilogue to present the 2016 ''LG15: Anchor Cove'' videos as Gina having a nightmare.
 ==Notes==

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-{{Show/row|URL|[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37670755/chapters/94040431 Archive of Our Own]
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-{{Show/row|URL|http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5692309/1/LonelyJournal15}}
+{{Show/row|URL|[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37670755/chapters/94040431 Archive of Our Own]
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 ''LonelyJournal15'' is composed of thirty-three LiveJournal entries. The first entry takes place within days of the final installment of'' LG15: The Resistance''. Several developments have taken place since the finale: Sarah's loyalty to the Order has been revealed as a deception, Gina is alive, Daniel has rejoined the group, and Maggie and Reed have ventured off to parts unknown.
-Originally shared on LiveJournal, the story has been recompiled and reposted on Fanfiction.net.
+Originally shared on LiveJournal, the story has been recompiled and reposted on [https://archiveofourown.org/works/37670755/chapters/94040431 Archive of Our Own]
 ==Description==
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 On May 13, 2009, [[ireactions]] announced on Anchor Cove that he had finished his blog-novel.[http://forum.anchorcove.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2252]
-After the original posting, [[ireactions]] revised the original LiveJournal entries for reposting on FanFiction.net. The original LiveJournal entries hinted at a lesbian romance, but the FanFiction.net version presents the romance overtly.
+After the original posting, [[ireactions]] revised the original LiveJournal entries for reposting on Archive of Our Own. The original LiveJournal entries hinted at a lesbian romance, but [https://archiveofourown.org/works/37670755/chapters/94040431 Archive of Our Own's version of ''LonelyGirl15''] presents the romance overtly.
 ==Notes==
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 ==Links==
-LonelyJournal15: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5692309/1/LonelyJournal15
+LonelyJournal15 on Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37670755/chapters/94040431
 Original LonelyJournal15 blog: http://lonelyjournal15.livejournal.com
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