Thanks so much for the support on Twitter for my last post. I love Brian, and I hate conflict and confrontation, so it was difficult for me to speak out against his wife. As soon as I clicked the publish button, I felt sick to my stomach at the thought of him possibly seeing my post. I typically try to fly under the radar, but as I’ve seen many people say, “Silence is compliance.” After days of feeling conflicted over this, I couldn’t stay quiet anymore. In the past couple days, Leighanne has made her Facebook page private and protected her tweets, which at least makes it so only her friends and followers will see her posts. She has also expressed a willingness to have a conversation with some of the fans who respectfully called her out, saying it’s something she’s been discussing with Brian. I consider this a small victory for the BSB Army.
Speaking of Brian… A few of my fellow Brian girls were talking on Twitter this week about how we wish Brian had a fan club, so we decided to start an unofficial one of our own in the form of a forum for Brian fans. If you would like to join us in drama-free discussion about all things Brian, head over to the Brian Littrell Fan Forum!
And finally, for those who have been reading Heroic Measures, you’re finally gonna get some answers about Brian. I know I left you hanging last week, still wondering about his fate. Hopefully Chapter 5, which is up now, will help make up for that! This is the first chapter I wrote during quarantine, and it’s more than triple the length of any of the previous chapters, so it’s like you’re getting three chapters for the price of one.
This is the perfect point in the story for me to give a shoutout to the writers of ER. Writing this story was a lot harder than I thought it would be because of the level of research it took to get things “right.” I put that word in quotes because I’m sure it’s not perfect, and neither is ER, but as far as TV medical dramas go, that show comes pretty damn close. I’ve read articles and watched videos with real doctors reviewing the various hospital shows on their realism, and they always rank ER near the top. As I researched for this chapter in particular, I made a point of looking up what was considered best practice in 1995 because I know the guidelines have changed since then. Reading journal articles from the early nineties and then watching ER episodes made around that same time, I was able to appreciate just how right the show got it most of the time. And not only did they nail the medical info, but the way they wove it so seamlessly into the action of each scene was masterful. I tried my best to emulate them, but it was definitely not as easy as the ER writers always made it look. Kudos to them!