#ditv

I started DITV (Dining in the Void) the summer after I graduated high school. I was freshly 18, starting my first long term part time job, and I had a story I wanted to tell.

And let me tell you, I had no idea what I was doing. Like, zero idea. I knew where I wanted season 1 to end, but not much else. And so I dove in head first! What could go wrong?

A lot it turns out 💀

Here’s where I messed up:

I had a cast before I had anything written, I was releasing episode by episode as they were getting done, I didn’t really know where I wanted the show to go, and I’m really scared to kill characters off. Details were added that went nowhere, parts of the story keep dragging on when they should have ended a long time ago. Today I’m still dealing with the consequences of that 🥲

I still am figuring out where the show is going, and if I was to do it all over again I’d make a lot of changes. I know there will be one last season but I need to figure out how it ends still. Bonus: my health is very different than it was nine years ago, so that adds extra chaos to producing.

I don’t regret making this show though. I know I’ve messed up a lot, but I’ve learned a lot too. And I enjoy the story! I made this show for me! Sometimes it feels like someone else wrote it, but it’s me. This story came from my head.

Making this show has introduced me to some of the most fantastic people I know. It’s let me talk at conferences, travel, and make amazing art. I learned how to compose music for it, which is now one of my favorite things to do. And I get paid to do it sometimes!

I am proud of what I have made, flaws and all. 18 year old me wanted to see more queer representation in shows after watching so many beloved characters get killed off (The 100 was a big one). I wanted to share my love of clue, make a mystery I would have fun unraveling, and just make a show I wanted to listen to.

I’m expanding this world with more stories, and sometimes there are little one off details that’ll tie it all together. There are gods and wars and love and life and I have so many more stories to tell. I love this universe I’ve created.

DITV will have one last season. It’s coming to its natural conclusion, I just need to figure out what that is 😅 I also have other shows at a higher priority right now (because they pay, unlike DITV) but I promise I have not forgotten this story. I want it to be done and finished, I want it to have an ending. It’ll just take a bit more time.

Brother Lark wants to be just like the demon-hunting Dogs of old, upholding the law with miracles in the distant stretches of the west. Unfortunately, real life ain’t as clear-cut as the stories make it out to be. Will he survive his first mission? We join Harlan, Jo and Erica of the Invictus Stream tonight to find out!

artist credit

Wtnv: Mostly I remember I was on the morning bus! It's a nice way to fall asleep as well

Taz: I've banned myself from listening to taz in public because of all the weird faces I make trying not to laugh in public

TMA: Last Autumn I binged most of the season while I rollarbladed(I did alot of rollarblading)

TPP: I don't really have a specific place, but I binged alot of the 2nd season while I was painting!

King Falls Am: A couple years ago I was making some String Arts for my friends and listened to this a whole lot! Although the day I listened to the whole Christmas Musical I was on the Bus trying not to look like a stupid goofy idiot

Medical Mysteries: mostly I listened to this whenever I went out to harvest my strawberry patch.

DITV: why do I remember playing the Sims to this??? But also the Afternoon bus!! I ended season 1 on there and I think my jaw just kinda dropped until I regained my composure heheeewhoops

Galatea: World cold and hard...titties warm and soft.

Katie Belle: Girl hot.

*IT'S SAWYER NOT SOREN I DID AN OOPSIE*