A humorous timeline of Our Story.....
May 7, 2016
User @actualpuppywillgraham: do you ever just wanna watch a fanfic
Lex: *thinks of Rilaya's lack of canon status*
Lex: hell yeah
Also Lex: *avoids making one of his own out of cowardice*
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January 4, 2017
Michael Jacobs/Bob Iger/whoever the fuck: *cancels Girl Meets World for no apparent reason without making Rilaya explicitly canon*
Fandom: wtf *petitions, spams Netflix and Hulu like crackheads*
Netlfix/Hulu: we gotchu boo
Fandom: oh fuck they're listening keep going guys
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May 3, 2017
Michael Jacobs: *tweets his failure to move to a new network*
Majority of the Fandom: okay well we tried peace guys i'm out
Lex: *goes through existential crisis*
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French Narrator: Three weeks later
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May 25, 2017
Lex: fuck it imma do this myself *starts fan film company called Rilaya Indie Project*
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August 2, 2017
Long-Distance Team: *fails to communicate and get stuff done*
Lex Smith/Emma Lane: *step down because of other commitments*
Kris Moulaison: maybe you should idk localize the project
Lex: fuck okay *localizes Rilaya Indie Project*
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August 9, 2017
Lex: I wanna take this project hella seriously and be A Professional™ even though this company is but a grain of sand
Lex: *creates website and email address for Rilaya Indie Project*
Lex: NICE
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August 21, 2017
Lex: *reads Vanilla by shes_cured on Ao3 and loves it*
Lex: *contacts shes_cured* yo can i use your story for a movie i'm making?
shes_cured: sure bruh
Lex: hell yeah thanks bro
Lex: *starts Vanilla project*
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French Narrator: One year later
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November 2, 2018
Local Team: *realizes making Vanilla a movie won't work*
Kris: *suggests episodic format instead*
Local Team: fuck yeah let's do it
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February 3, 2019
Kris: hey why don't we get the ball rolling and Officially Discuss Things™ shall we?
Local Team: fuck yeah
French Narrator: Two weeks later
Local Team: *at the first production meeting* what if we just idk cast the director's girlfriend as riley and his sister as maya yUp thAt sOuNds lIKe a gReAt pLaN
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The Next Day
Local Team @ Local Team From Yesterday: ....You need to get off those desperation drugs bro it's making you do stupid shit
Local Team: *retracts semi-incestual casting decision*
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January 31, 2020
Wix: *minorly inconveniences Lex*
Lex: fuck you Wix I don't need you
Lex: *goes to Webs and finds a Bay Window template*
Lex: *shook*
Lex: *changes company name to Bay Window Productions*
Lex: finally, i don't have to use RIP as the acronym
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March 12, 2020
Lex: i feel like a gatekeeper of the fandom's creativity... how can i change that?
Lex:
Lex: OH I KNOW
Lex: *expands BWP to let the fandom make and upload their own goddamn films/series to the site*
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August 21, 2020
Lex: hmm..... g8keeping is still there... what should i do about it?
Lex:
Lex: WHAT THE HELL BRAIN WHAT SHOULD I D- ah right, i shoulda done that a while ago *expands BWP again to include the entirety of the GMW/BMW fandoms*
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I hope you enjoyed that! A short-form version of this timeline is also available on the website.
