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The links appear to work! Neat!
This third page here got a little exposition-y, but I felt like it really had to be in order to explain everything that was going on and to set the story for Nestle and Valerie's relationship in the future. I tried to keep the text moving as smoothly as possible, and it's always fun letting a villain monologue, but it still feels like a lot of text for a comic. There are various things I would do differently with this comic now to convey some stuff better, but I wanted to preserve it as it is, for better or worse.
So, one of the things that made posting this comic so difficult for me is that it's focused around an important character's most traumatic moment, and, for Nestle, that was a moment that not only set the stage for major events later in my world, but also gave her a crippling phobia of laughter and of a hobby that I and a number of my other characters enjoy. I wanted to make sure that this wouldn't be taken as playful or titillating. It's supposed to be scary and feel like a bit of a 'corruption' of good things, which is pretty much Valerie's MO. I think presenting it in any other way would be kind of disrespectful, but that can also make it really difficult to read. Being uncomfortable, however, is kind of the point here.
Doing the expressions in this series of panels was a lot of fun, by the way. Having to express so many stages of emotions is becoming one of the things I like the most about doing comics.
We're not quite done yet.
The links appear to work! Neat!
This third page here got a little exposition-y, but I felt like it really had to be in order to explain everything that was going on and to set the story for Nestle and Valerie's relationship in the future. I tried to keep the text moving as smoothly as possible, and it's always fun letting a villain monologue, but it still feels like a lot of text for a comic. There are various things I would do differently with this comic now to convey some stuff better, but I wanted to preserve it as it is, for better or worse.
So, one of the things that made posting this comic so difficult for me is that it's focused around an important character's most traumatic moment, and, for Nestle, that was a moment that not only set the stage for major events later in my world, but also gave her a crippling phobia of laughter and of a hobby that I and a number of my other characters enjoy. I wanted to make sure that this wouldn't be taken as playful or titillating. It's supposed to be scary and feel like a bit of a 'corruption' of good things, which is pretty much Valerie's MO. I think presenting it in any other way would be kind of disrespectful, but that can also make it really difficult to read. Being uncomfortable, however, is kind of the point here.
Doing the expressions in this series of panels was a lot of fun, by the way. Having to express so many stages of emotions is becoming one of the things I like the most about doing comics.
We're not quite done yet.
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Heh, I always like to have layers to the stories that I tell and think about. I never considered myself as 'going dark' so much as allowing myself to go to scary places for the sake of understanding a character and their story.
I'm glad that you like it :) And, for what it's worth, I prefer playful and happy stuff too, as well as happy endings even after turmoil.
I'm glad that you like it :) And, for what it's worth, I prefer playful and happy stuff too, as well as happy endings even after turmoil.
Trusting a stranger's word about a spell you never heard of that you learned from them, indirectly killing your brother, indirectly letting everyone in the village die... Man, Nestle isn't gonna forgive herself ever.
All because she wanted to win against her bro's magic battles just once.
Can't believe Valerie and her crew are willing to kill children too. What will she ever do with souls even ;_;
But she also knew the kid's name. Quite the stalker, huh. If there's an immortality-nullifying spell somewhere, the vixen isn't gonna die a peaceful death, probably.
The comic is great, but I won't deny it made me feel uneasy. Tickles are fun, but they can be abused to kill apparently... and that's what it is. Tickles are just means for goals, not actual certain killing methods. Problem is, if Valerie's right about her being immortal, it will take a lot of time for the cat to get rid of the tickle-kill trauma. ;_;
All because she wanted to win against her bro's magic battles just once.
Can't believe Valerie and her crew are willing to kill children too. What will she ever do with souls even ;_;
But she also knew the kid's name. Quite the stalker, huh. If there's an immortality-nullifying spell somewhere, the vixen isn't gonna die a peaceful death, probably.
The comic is great, but I won't deny it made me feel uneasy. Tickles are fun, but they can be abused to kill apparently... and that's what it is. Tickles are just means for goals, not actual certain killing methods. Problem is, if Valerie's right about her being immortal, it will take a lot of time for the cat to get rid of the tickle-kill trauma. ;_;
Well, again, I'm not sure if I'd say that this spell is really tickling or if it's just taken that form in order to mask her true intentions. Either way, it's awful and, yes, Valerie was especially prepared for this. She knows her targets well.
And, yeah, Nestle has a lot of self-hatred over this moment in life, and she's had a very long time to let it fester.
I'm glad that you think the comic is great despite the uneasy nature of it! Thanks for your thoughts :)
And, yeah, Nestle has a lot of self-hatred over this moment in life, and she's had a very long time to let it fester.
I'm glad that you think the comic is great despite the uneasy nature of it! Thanks for your thoughts :)
Oooof... It hurt to read this. Honestly even if it's been a thousand years or more... I'm kinda in the category of: This is unforgivable, your good deeds later do not earn you forgiveness. If you can't die? How about a casket in orbit around your star forever?
Absolute monster Valerie ¬~¬ 10 million years of suffering upon her head.
Absolute monster Valerie ¬~¬ 10 million years of suffering upon her head.
I'm glad that Valerie is suitably despicable ;) She has a bad habit of getting away with her horrible deeds, but karma always finds a way to catch up with folks in the end...
In truth, this was rather hard to write/draw, but I also didn't want to sugarcoat what happened to Nestle. I'm glad that people are responding to it.
In truth, this was rather hard to write/draw, but I also didn't want to sugarcoat what happened to Nestle. I'm glad that people are responding to it.
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