FM: Hope

FM: Hope (FM: H) is a short story set in the Elsaverse. It's a special case in the saga as it's the result of a special commission requested by a Tora Productions' patron: this mysterious supporter wanted a large and spicy sex scene with Miranda on it, and the dev team writer, Tlaero, convinced herself to write a canon story to go with the commissioned pics. With this anonymous backer's blessing, FM: Hope was released for the rest of Tora Productions' patrons on December 19, 2022; and then made public one day later.

FM: H tells a particularly emotional story for Miranda, as she recalls the evening in which a stranger named Cassandra O'Rourke taught her how to shut her brain off while painting, giving her hope to endure her sleep deprivation condition.

Miscellaneous

 * Prior to the release of FM: Hope, Tora Productions told their fans that they were planning to finally give Miranda a last name, as it had never been mentioned in the whole saga, and asked them to submit their personal suggestions. Then, a couple of weeks later, Tlaero announced that she would pick one from these three options: Hopper, Mara, and Wright. The chosen one, Wright, was unveiled when FM: Hope was eventually released.


 * The last picture in FM: H is a shot of the magazine cover, with the now well-known artist Cassandra O'Rourke on it, that triggered the whole story. Other articles supposedly included in that magazine are two easter-eggs created by Tora Productions' artist, Mortze: one is about Tora Productions' writer, Tlaero (Is Tlaero finally going to reveal more of herself?), while the other one asks if the rumors about Jessica Springfield and her friend SeraB hooking up are true.


 * The official build of FM: Hope includes a couple of hidden sexual pictures in the files folder that are not displayed in the story. After Tlaero finished writing it, Mortze still made a couple of extra, non-commissioned renders, and Tlaero included a couple of lines to make them fit into the narrative. However, and even though the commissioner was more than happy with this extra content, she felt this last minute edition was detrimental to the story and eventually chose to commenting out those lines of code. This way everyone can still read and see the 'hidden' content just by editing those lines near the end of the story.