Talk:Jeff the Killer Redux/@comment-25024572-20151209172535/@comment-25148755-20151210184450

Wow thanks for the in depth review! I'm glad you generally liked it. In response to a few of your comments: Regarding Katy you're absolutely right that the physical basis of her character was meant to resemble a classic JtK fangirl. However, I took her name from a girl who supposedly killed herself after being bullied on Internet forums. Some people believe the original "Jeff" picture is actually a heavily photoshopped picture of herself she had posted. Moving on to the things you didn't like, I tried to maintain as much of the original as possible (including dialogue as you pointed out). Although some stuff (most everything that happens at the party for example) I couldn't make work, other stuff like the bullies at the bus stop sort of turned out ok but is still a bit clunky. Regarding Liu getting arrested, I kept it because I don't think the events of the party go down the way they do if Liu is there. Also considering the nature of the injuries and Randy's connection to the police through his father I think the cops looking into it makes at least some sense. On Jeff being an asshole, this is a kid who's been bullied for being different his whole life. His girlfriend chose suicide and rather than feeling sorry for him, people are partially blaming him for what happened. The foul language is him putting up a shell to distance himself from that pain. Jeff's mother is desperately trying to hold onto a sense of normalcy. Jeff and the family were recently investigated for possible involvement in Katy's death and the scandal has caused them to move out of town. The stress and the characters destructive ways of dealing with it has already driven Jeff and his father to blows at least once. His mother is grasping at anything she can, in this case the party invitation from the well to do neighbors. Lastly, in my mind Jeff is possessed by Katy's vengeful spirit. In the original he does things like killin someone by punching them in the heart, as well as simply becoming a super powered serial killer after sustaining horrific injury. Supernatural means is the only way I could logic this in. I tried to hint at it with Katy's pagan rituals, as well as Jeff being from Arthur's Wake originally (a setting of other worldly hijinks in several of my other stories). Think that was pretty much it. I really do appreciate the time you took to read and review!