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Published: 2019-08-19 17:23:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 1529; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 0
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Hey Vilkas, you missed a spot... of brains... still in your hair.
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Blah. I'm moving in a week and have been preoccupied with that. I probably won't be too active anywhere online (I say that as if I ever am...) for the time being and possibly for some time after that because I'm not sure what my internet situation will be.
In any case, I've decided on an semi-set update schedule, that will hopefully become more consistent eventually. Public updates will always be on a Monday, unfortunately not ever Monday yet, but the following Monday after they go up on Patreon; they'll always go up there as soon as I finish, regardless of day. (Unless I finish on a Sunday or Monday, then it'll be a week before I make it public, because I want to maintain early viewing as a Patreon reward). I'll continue to announce on Twitter when I finish and when the public update will be.
Also, because I've gotten confused/surprised reactions about Vilkas and Ferri, it's something I have mentioned before but I guess just barely.
Once I get through this part of the story, I'm actually going to go back and add a "chapter 0". It probably won't be a separate chapter when it's done, but basically I want to "rewind" the start point a bit just to get somethings, such as this that I think feel too shoe-horned in as is, established better at the beginning. I'm also planning on making some other edits (not redoing pages or changing anything that would affect the story as whole) and putting together a "final" downloadable or printed version (haven't fully decided how I'll go about that yet. And as mentioned, it wouldn't change the story for those who don't want that), and would plan to do this for each chapter. But I've also got maybe about 5-10 pages before I get to that.
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Comments: 17
I really dig this! Man, poor Vilkas, even his girlfriend sounds a little bit toxic...although she hasn't been properly introduced so, maybe not.
Giving drugs to people with PTSD is a BAAAAD idea.
Yeah, moving's a pain. I just moved myself. Not fun.
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Thank you! I do wish I'd taken the time to introduce Ferri beforehand, not that this doesn't work, having this as her first impression, because at this point it is pretty much all Twi knows about her; but as I mentioned, I still want to go back and establish her character at least a little within the story as apposed to her so far just being talked about without having been seen.
But yeah, properly introduced or not, Ferri doesn't have the best ideas sometimes... like giving Vilkas hallucinogenics...
Yeah, I hate moving. so much. Especially when it's been awhile... you never realize how much shit you have until you have to move it all.
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I like how the characters grow. It's interesting that we see how Vilkas and Twi interact before we meet their significant other. Their dynamic builds on itself as we find out more and more about how they relate to other people.
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On one hand, I do see it working in that way, with Vilkas and Twi not being caught up on each others lives; which is what I was thinking when I originally chose to start here. But when it comes to some things that are supposed to happen later, I think it would work better if there was a bit of precursor to establish some things better in the beginning. It's not totally necessary, hence why I'm going to get the current part wrapped up first, but I think it would clear somethings up; especially for readers who only follow the comic and not the backstory/side drawings, that's where I most frequently hear confusion coming from.
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VIlkas and Twi in that weird world of "We'd-be-a-great-couple-but-it-would-be-like-incest". They almost know a little TOO much about each other. I think this REALLY works to your advantage: we get to know THEM, not their circumstances. Too many people make their fantasy world about the world and not the characters, which is a BAD move. YOu've made the reader care about the characters, which is the right decision.
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They're relationship is weird and hard to put an accurate label on. Largely because they definitely do know almost too much about each other; too much to cross each others' radars, but also in terms of looking at their relationship as "sibling-like", they do cross the line into what would be awkward if they really were siblings.
Oh yeah, I'm always going to keep the focus on the characters. I can't ever get into anything that starts off with a big exposition/lore dump about the world. I'm trying to let the world info just get filled in as things go as much as possible.
(holy shit, this reply is late.)
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Near the place I live there is a roadway bridge with long reeds and cattails around it like this. There's a trail that's of one those unofficial footpaths the authorities would rather not be there, just enough graffiti to know people go down there, and feel like people use the space, but no clues what they use it for.
Always a problem creating characters with winding, intertwined pasts. But I like them!
Good luck with the move!
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Thank you!
There are a few places like that around here, I love going down to places like that.
Yeah, also with how long the timeline is when counting all the backstory I have, deciding where to draw the line between "backstory" and present was hard.
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Hope your move goes okay. I look forward to seeing more of this comic when you have the time.
Also really curious to learn more about the Strigoi parasite.
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Thank you!
More will be explained for sure as things progress
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I just noticed Vilkas has a scar on his right arm with a moon and lines crossing it. Did he have just the moon and it was crossed out at his exile or is the whole thing a symbol of exile?
Also, grats to reaching page 30.
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The whole things is a mark given upon exile.
Thank you! ^^
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Ah, makes sense. It is visible enough on the dominant hand and can only be covered for so long (unless the canid wears bandages, I guess.) I love this lore so much, especially how it is visible while yet unexplained.
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Yeah, it's not something one can really hide if questioned about it; long sleeves can be rolled up, bandages can be removed, etc.. About the only thing that could be done would be attempting some sort of scarification over it, but that would be pretty conspicuous.
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I guess the only method to hide it would be to tattoo over it, but even then it depends on how deeply the mark was carved on and it has to have healed. Would be a lumpy mess otherwise.
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At best tattoos just make scars less noticeable, but you can always see them if you're actually looking, even on fairly small scars.
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True, and Vilkas' look VERY fresh.
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