Halkenna Fairway

Halkenna

"this album was written and recorded between the years 2010-2014. the depiction of the character "Space Boyfriend" of this record is in no way related to the character of the same name in "OMORI" (2020). that character was written by someone else with no knowledge of the character as I wrote him. as such, please treat these characters as separate entities. thank you for your support and understanding."

-Jami Lynne on the bug spray (never give up) bandcamp page

To know more about the character’s appearance and role in OMORI, go here.

Okay, for the time being I will put every time the character has been described, and I will likely put them into a proper description at a later date

"Watch out, kids!! It's the Intergalactic Fighter of Love and Absolutely Nothing Else!

It's...

\_SPACE BOYFRIEND!\_

weekdays at 4:30

...Man, if it were the 90's, every girl under 13 would be all over this show.

This came to me in a dream where I met 's parents in person and they hated me, but called me her Space Boyfriend. Obviously, this isn't supposed to be me, but is what I picture SPACE BOYFRIEND to be."

-Jami Lynne, description on original drawing, deviantart

“This is the hero all 13 year old girls from the 90’s have dreamed of.

HE IS THE INTERGALACTIC FIGHTER FOR LOVE, AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE!

He is blue! He’s lean! He’s got an Earthworm Jim blaster!

It’s…!

*SPACE BOYFRIEND!”*

-Jami Lynne, description on original drawing, forum

“ But Space Boyfriend is his own character.  It is an extension of me, kind of a persona of sorts, but “Space Boyfriend” as a character is who he is.  And I like to believe that it’s a very silly title to begin with, and I think the idea of a ginga bishounen gender-neutral alien dogg, or even a girl going by the name “Space Boyfriend” is kind of funny and fits the sort of universe I want to create with that character.  ”Space Boyfriend” is a title, it’s modular, and doesn’t really speak about the person themselves.  ”Halkenna Fairway”, the name of the character who is known as “Space Boyfriend”, is separate from his title.  There are also other characters in this universe that represent different parts of me, so “Space Boyfriend” is just one part of it, and that’s a part I still identify with and relate to.”

-Excerpt from an ask response, Jami Lynne

“ "Space Boyfriend", or Halkenna Fairway, and Little Jack are two characters in this "Space Boyfriend" universe who represent two different parts of myself. Space Boyfriend is the ideal; my feelings at my best, my most confident, the strongest face I put on, it’s essentially a ‘persona’ in that way. He represents the idea of free exploration, taking action that affects others in positive ways, and to inspire and empower others and yourself in what you do and to share these times with the ones you love. He represents my purest idea of "happiness". [...] On one hand, as it has always been, it is primarily about Space Boyfriend himself facing his own failure and wanting to return to his original ideal, my original ideal, of what kind of person I wish I could be. [...] Maybe “Space Boyfriend” isn’t really a real person even in this universe, and to me, I’ve never quite been him this whole time. Or maybe I am now and that’s the point, that once you achieve those goals you idealized so hard for happiness, that things aren’t quite as they seem. In that way, I think Space Boyfriend and Little Jack aspire to be each other, in their best ways. I aspire to be the best of them both, as earnest, and as free.”

-Excerpts from an ask response, Jami Lynne

“ The “Space Boyfriend” character came out in a silly way, having had a dream about meeting an old partner’s parents referring to me as their “space boyfriend” because they didn’t know anything about the internet and that is how they referred to us being in a long distance relationship. The goofiness of that aside, I thought the term “space boyfriend” was so cool, that I made the original design that morning. I was doing internet radio at the time and I expressed desire to do a silly radio play for him, even before he became the identity of my music project, so I think I’ve always gotten art made of the character by friends, and now I post fanart that people give me directly to my tumblr. It’s really cute and wonderful that people like the character enough to do that, I have a lot of gratitude for it.”

-Jami Lynne, in an interview with several others

“ **Space Boyfriend** is the persona/stand of Jami Carignan, from Los Angeles, CA. **Space Boyfriend** is your boyfriend in space.

Inspired by punk rock, anime, and Japanese electronic and idol music, **Space Boyfriend** was a project and character originally designed and created in 2009. The character existed in many small and inconsequential forms until 2011, when it became the embodiment of the music project he now known for today.

Aiming to exist somewhere in the rift between punk musician and pop idol, Space Boyfriend identifies as "**idol punk**", music and personality that hopes to inspire and relate and comfort, but through highly emotional, energetic, and almost vulgar displays of feeling. Exploring concepts such as optimism, desperation, youth, distance, and hope in the face of despair, Space Boyfriend wishes to tell you a story that is for you, more than anyone else, to remind you that you are powerful and beautiful; that, despite whatever has you down, the stars will shine again, and your light will return.

Let's raise our voices and sing out our youths together. ★”

-Space Boyfriend about page

“ well, it's hard to say what's "canon for real" in terms of OMORI specifically, bc I didn't write that instance of the character and I don't think OMOCAT knows that he's transmasc nor wrote him with that in mind. but he existed as a character in my own internal continuity for Many Years before that game came out. so when I've drawn him, including most recently for the OMORI countdown, yeah, he's a trans dude. As his mother, this is the truth, though it's sad to say that there's no real representation of that fact in the video game he appears in.

thanks for reaching out! idk how you figured this out but I'm happy to confirm it, at least to the degree that i can.”

-Jami Lynne

many other things are told about the character via the music, some more than others.

The working title for “In Your Mind (demo)” was “Halkenna Freeway”, which, similar to “Surpass the Universe” defining Little Jack’s motivation and character, could imply something similar with Halkenna’s character.

The character’s name seems to be inspired by Jami’s music interest, similar to other in universe characters. Fairway is a Supercar song title. His first name may also come from another song title from the same band, Halkroad. As of writing this segment on the wiki page, it’s not entirely known where the “enna” part of the name might come from. It may be possible that the name Halkenna comes from HAL Laboratory's old logo, HALKEN, though its not entirely certain.

### Gallery

Original drawing of Space Boyfriend (July 1, 2009)“Who the heck is this guy again” drawing, SBF with another (likely scrapped) character. (January 13, 2010)Binary drawing (May 27, 2010)“It’s So Much Further” drawing (July 7, 2010)Old profile picture, an incarnation of Space Boyfriend (2011)Old profile picture, an incarnation of Space Boyfriend (2011)Space BF album cover (May 11, 2012)Original Bug Spray album cover (July 20, 2012)SBF at the end of Jami's route in Sweet 33 (2013)Pin design concepts (March 9, 2013)“Highlighters are fun” (June 6, 2013)Promo for a free show alongside other artists (June 18, 2013)Grill Moonlight (December 17, 2013)Bug Spray (Never Give Up) album cover (February 25, 2014)“You should live on the moon” Profile icon for SoundCloud and twitter (April 1, 2013)Limited edition shirt (no longer available)Limited Edition shirt designLimited edition pins and sticker (no longer available)Limited edition stickers (no longer available)Halkenna with top surgery scars (August, 2017) (slightly censored because fandom took it down the first time)Imminent Omori: 11 days remain art (2020)