Initially, Folken and Dilandau were a single enemy commander, but as the story fleshed out, the creators felt the series would be more interesting if there were two with very different personalities.

Initially wary, Straczynski finally did and was hired on as story editor under Jeri Taylor and David Moessinger.

Initially thought to be a hoax, the story became something of an internet sensation.

Initially, the title was reflected in the concept, with each week presenting a separate stand-alone story such as ' If ... Dinosaurs roamed Fleet Street ,' or ' If the Bash Street Kids ran the country '.

Initially, their story of a snow-covered peak near the equator was scoffed at.

Initially titled " Fort Navajo ", the story grew into 46 pages over the following issues.

Initially, Rand planned on publishing Anthem as a magazine story or serial, but her agent encouraged her to publish it as a book.

Initially Paterson drew the vast majority of strips, with the occasional story drawn by Keith Reynolds, but by 2003 other artists such as Leslie Reavey began to ghost the strip due to Tom Paterson's workload.

Initially focusing on tie-ins to his various TV documentaries, 2011 saw the publication of his first fictional story, ' Devil to Pay '.

Initially, only ten chapters of Angel Sanctuary were scheduled, which led her to worry about being able to properly end the story ; she was eventually allowed to continue the series.

Initially too busy to make sense of the story, he later received David Self's adapted screenplay, to which he became attached.

Initially wanting to make a film that was " intimate and small-scale " as he started writing, the script " kept blossoming " and the resulting film was the ensemble piece Magnolia ( 1999 ), which tells the story of the peculiar interaction among the lives of several individuals in the San Fernando Valley, California.

Initially, he denied making the statement, but later changed his story in a VH1 Behind the Music special on Pantera, claiming that the comment had been lighthearted and made off the record.

Initially the film was to be largely based on Aphrodite Jones ' 1993 true crime book All She Wanted, which told the story of Brandon's final few weeks alive.

Initially, after the Roman appeared, other authors who refer to the story, for example, Azalais d ' Altier in her poem Tanz salutz e tantas amors and Guido delle Colonne in his Historia destructionis Troiae, continue to use names derived from that of Briseis.

Initially pitched by Moore to utilize the Charlton Comics characters which had been purchased by DC Comics, Watchmen was re-tooled to feature new-analog-characters when it became clear that the story would have significant and lasting ramifications on its main players.

Initially, Pullman said that the story will take place two years after the events of Lyra's Oxford and will tie into that book, with Lyra being " about sixteen.

Initially it was claimed that his driver was responsible for the crash, but further investigation by the ICAC revealed the story was fabricated, involving three other men and a police officer.

Initially meant to only appear once, they proved so popular that a two part story ran in issues 350 and 351.

Initially writer Paul Dehn who had provided the script for every sequel was hired to provide a story treatment for the fifth film in the series.

Initially rather naive, he becomes more cunning during the story as he is confronted with many difficulties: he is separated from Lucia and then unjustly accused of being a criminal.

Initially, Thomas told De Jarnatt that he wanted to base the film's story around Hamlet but he ended up being too faithful to the play and was told be more creative with the parallels to it.

Initially interrogated by Pakistani and British officials, he told Stafford Smith: ' The British checked out my story and said they knew I was a nobody.

Initially, the story was set against snowy exteriors, but this idea was rejected early on.

Initially, Emperor Wilhelm II told the Archduke Franz Ferdinand that Germany was ready to support Austria in all circumstances — even at the risk of a world war, but the Austro-Hungarians hesitated.

Initially, the idea of having Ball and the distinctly Latino Arnaz portray a married couple encountered resistance as they were told that Desi's Cuban accent and Latin style would not be agreeable to American viewers.

Initially Grant was concerned about being able to play an intellectual character, but Hawks told him to play it like silent screen comedian Harold Lloyd and Grant felt more confident.

Initially, she refused offers of decorations from Australia, saying: " The last time there was a suggestion of that I told the government they could stick their medals where the monkey stuck his nuts.

Initially, she told her clients that their will would be true if it was also the will of God.

Initially, Emperor Wilhelm II told the Archduke Franz Ferdinand that Germany was ready to support Austria in all circumstances – even at the risk of a world war, but Austro-Hungarians hesitated.

Initially, Manson told the group that during this war, they would hide in a hole in the desert, and would emerge when the war was over.

Initially, he told the blacksmith that he wanted a monk's spade weighing 100 jin.

Initially, Gohmert had claimed ( in a speech made on the House floor in June 2010 ) that an ex-FBI agent had told him about " terror baby " plots.

Initially the VC was only awarded to Beresford but he told the Queen that O ' Toole also deserved to receive the VC

Initially, both fleets believed that the reinforcements might be theirs, but as Alcibiades drew nearer he ran up a red flag, a prearranged signal that told the Athenians the ships were their own.

Initially when Kapoor told his parents that he wanted to marry Singh, they refused, as did Singh's parents.

Initially the press was told the fourteen " high value detainees " transferred from CIA custody on September 5, 2006 were held in Camp five.

Initially, John Romero gave him a couple of heavy metal records and told him to create something similar for Doom.

Initially, the Doctor's claims that Voyager was unfairly depicted by the Kyrians are ignored, and he is told he could be held accountable for war crimes when he presents his version of history before the Commission of Arbiters.

Initially, the Scientology agents told DeWolf's mother that they were fellow poets, but DeWolf later remarked: " My mom knew from the moment they started talking that they were Scientologists, which they admitted to.

Initially denying that she had such an ability to the inquisitor, she eventually relented and told him of how she believed that she could see the dead, and how she sold their messages to members of the local community willing to pay, using the money in order to alleviate the poverty of her family.