#Sanders sides comic idea

[menace-sama]

sappy continuation under ‘keep reading’ below ⤵

“Good night, Roman,”

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This was drawn way before Thomas announced those youtooz dolls. I only have the courage to share it now hhhh

I’ve been whining about wanting a custom roman plushie for months (yes, way before the dolls announcement) I could buy the youtooz ones but the site doesn’t accept paypal plus it’s long past now. still in coping phase, really

#Logince #Logan Sanders #Roman Sanders #Sanders Sides #TS fanart #TS Art #Menace's comic strip #MENACE'S ART #just putting ideas out there like a bandaid #also how to have motivation to color comic #trying to color one panel scares me enough

[sometimes-love-is-enough]

The Endless aren’t gods, but from a certain point of view one might look at them and go, ‘yeah, close enough’. They’re patterns; motifs repeated so often in the fabric of the universe that they become personifications - beings that oversee a certain sphere of influence that they dedicate the entirety of their long, endless existence to. 

Dream is one of these beings, and his business is that of dreams (of course) and nightmares. Rarely seen without a raven by his side or his trusty amethyst around his neck, Dream of the Endless (Virgil to his friends, although he’d claim that such friends don’t exist) is frequently gloomy, overwhelmingly pessimistic, and has a sarcastic edge sharp enough to cut through glass. He does have a soft spot for cats, though. And spiders. Spiders really do make excellent nightmares. 

Recently out from a hundred-year imprisonment in a binding circle (why are mortals like this), he’s got a lot to catch up on and a lot to get on with. A dream-lord’s work is never done, apparently. Ugh. Honestly, he’d really rather just go back to bed. 

patton | janus | logan | roman | remus | others

#sandman au #tss art #sanders sides #my art #virgil sanders #I watched the Sandman show reread the full comic start-to-finish and then went 'HEY I HAVE A GREAT IDEA' and now you're looking at it #anyway! more to come extremely soon. i've been turning this au over and over in my head and have many thoughts #thanks to the joan collective discord for fuelling me in my glorious return to this fandom #mr sand(ers)man.... man me a sand(ers) (sides)

[toxiphobia]

it he :]

#sanders sides #ts roman #art :] #sasi super au #i have so much brainrot abt this au #but i still have 2 figure out logistics so i cant actually talk abt my brainrot #absolutely devistating #this au has been all i can think abt 4 multiple months now #i am not a writer #might make it a comic ?? i have no idea

[floatingxendlessly]

Day 5: I'm so saaaad, the wifi was has been so weak that even the providers sent a message apologizing, LOOK HOW LATE IVE BEEN UPLOADING MAN ;w; At least the boys keep me happy :'3

Kaz's hair is soo unkempt so I like to give him fringes? Bangs? Are those the same thing? Anyways two lil bonus' for today (yesterday). Hopefully day six will go better when I wake up 6 hours from now -_-

I POPPED A POMEGRANTE ON MY SKETCHBOOK and had to take the opportunity for a lil angst. Maybe Kaz and Fuyu switched roles in that one anime episode? Or what do you think happened to lead up to this?

I found this OLD comic from like 6-7 years ago. I should get back into watercolor...and redraw this, I had the right ideas -v-

It's basically ripped word for word from Thomas Sander's "Sanders Sides Q&A!" but here's the text anyways.

F: My most recent mistake?

K: OOH! He misused "infinitesimal" last week!

F: SHUT IT

K: He thought it meant really big but it actually means really small.

F: THAT WAS ONE TIME! How did you know what it meant?

K: I know big words.

F: WELL! Kazuichi corrected me today! Up is down, black is white, and I'm gonna go re-evaluate my purpose!

And the video! If anything is scuffed, it's cuz I'm uploading on mobile version : )

#fuyuhiko kuzuryu #kuzusouda #kazuichi souda #drif's art das a me #Youtube

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

A normal teenage kid? Nah its traumatized!

by floofzombrs After the events of Infinity War Peter is thrown into a messed up world. he must learn how to live. however, will he do it? heavily inspired by:   time flies by(bye) by WHYISEVERYMANTAKEN Peter the pizza guy by Irisen Spiderhead by Emmacortana peter parker's dimensional travel to emo city(gotham) by ZaaratFeasal and dark matter by mysterycyclone Words: 37, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: The LEGO Batman Movie (2017), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman (Movies - Nolan), Batman: The Animated Series, Red Hood - Fandom, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), crime boss - Fandom, Violence Jack (Anime & Manga), proper use of micro hairs, in-proper use of death, rewriting uncle Ben's death for the trillionth time, I have no idea what I'm doing - Fandom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi, Other Characters: Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne, Rogues Gallery (Batman), Kate Kane (DCU), Reagan (Batwoman), Imani (Batwoman), Ocean (Batwoman), Mouse (Batwoman), Margot (Batwoman), Tatiana (Batwoman), Mabel Cartwright (Batwoman), Selina Kyle, Black | Catwoman (Batman Beyond), Dick Grayson, Nightwing, Barbara Gordon, Oracle (DCU), Jason Todd, Red Hood's Henchmen (DCU), Cassandra Cain, Orphan (DCU), Tim Drake, Red Robin - Character, Stephanie Brown, Spoiler (DCU), Duke Thomas, The Great Revolutionary (SIGNALIS), Damian Wayne, Robin (DCU), The Jokerz (DCU), Joker (DCU), Bane (DCU), Batfamily Members (DCU), Harley Quinn (DCU), Regulus Black, Scarecrow, Killer Croc, Dark Creativity | Remus "The Duke" Sanders, Ivy (Poison Ivy 1992), Two-Face's Gang, Clayface, Penguin (Character), Mr. Freeze, Slade Wilson, Étienne (Deathstroke) Additional Tags: Lazarus Pit Side Effects (DCU), Lazarus Pit (DCU), Lazarus Pit Mad Jason Todd, Lazarus Pit Madness (DCU), Lazarus Pits are Ectoplasm (Danny Phantom and DCU), Character Death, Orphan Peter Parker, Hurt Peter Parker, Hurt No Comfort, Found Family, Angst, Death, Gotham City is Terrible via https://ift.tt/eb4vYGz

#IFTTT #bruce wayne #batman #the dark knight #the caped crusader #gotham #dcu #dc #ao3 #ao3feed

[galaxy-shapeshifter]

I have gone insane after 2 days of studying without seeing my phone

So I present to you:

Sanders sides, but it's for Bruce Wayne. And each side is represented by different eras of batman. (cuz I am batman first and Bruce Wayne second and all that crap)

If ur not familiar with Sanders sides, it's a YouTube series where a guy has conversations with 6 aspects of his personality, where they would debate moral delimmas and other such things. But let's make it batman!

Morality would be the 60s batman, that campy, chummy persona with the blue suit and the eyebrows on the cowl, making quips and spouting life lessons randomly. The one who will call young men "chum" and "lad" and pat them on the back after a job well done. The one who's so idealistic and basic when it comes to the fundamentals of justice, but still does a good job to help others around him. Probably what a 9 year old Bruce Wayne would've pictured a superhero to be. That batman.

Logic would probably be the Dcau batman, I think. The one who really leaned into the detective aspects of the character, the "man with the plan" who had to come in with those smarts so they can pair him up with the justice league, and still have him as an important part of the team. The first thing someone would picture when you tell them "imagine batman"

Intrusive thoughts is batman from the Millerverse. I can't think of a better batman for that, no quelms about decency or being an actually good human being. He just does and says whatever he wants because he's the goddamn batman, yes, he did have sex with black canary surrounded by corpses. Yes, he did kidnap a child to groom him into being his Lil sidekick. And he'll do it again!

Now this is when I started running out of ideas, cuz I'm not sure what kind of batman era can be chosen to represent "anxiety" and "creativity" Sanders-sides style. So any Sanders sides fans who are also comic book geeks I would love to hear suggestions, or your own interpretations!

Oh, but I saved the best for last.

Because the mask, the character who is meant to represent the personification of deciet, is not batman–

It's Brucie Wayne.

#dc comics #batman #bruce wayne #sanders sides #I'm going insane #Nobody will find this coherent

[meowthefluffy]

An update on my unfinished au’s!

I have over the last few months fallen deeply out of love with the Sanders Sides series and as a result I have not updated any of my projects in some time. At the current point I am at I am only planning to do the final two installments in the cupid au (because I pretty much lost my affection for the ts series right before the big finale of the project!!) and the lust Roman au (as it is my longest running work to date and I want to comple the project as a show of dedication to my younger self) although it will most likely be on a much quicker time scale than I was intending originally! (Instead of the 11 more parts I was hoping to produce it will probably be closer to 5 and I will most likely skip a few parts of the story that weren’t as important)

I feel a lot of affection for the work I have created but not a lot for the actual series so I’m trying to find a way to rework the stories I’ve created for the au’s to become independent creations that I will enjoy continuing to make! (Aside from the Lust au which I feel is mostly a story I don’t feel the need to come back to/rework since it relies so heavily on the source material) Most of my au’s function as stories mostly separate from canon material except for the characters archetypes present in each, so I’ll be working on retooling/reskinning said work to be more original and workable as long term projects! (Since u guys were really invest in my plots which had almost nothing to do with the canon characterization)

I’m currently working on retooling the Zombie au (Which I used as heavy inspiration for my oc Sophia I sometimes post about and her girlfriend) the Cupid au (I’m putting together more creative designs for the characters so that I can hopefully redo the comic- since I’m super in love with the concept) The sleeping beauty au (since it functions entirely the same as a stand alone story- and I could use the designs of my princess characters from that comic I made a long time ago for Valentine’s Day ) and the Super hero au! (Which I never properly defined and thus have a lot of incomplete ideas for, and my only struggle is coming up with better super hero names for them)

The only one of my main au’s I probably won’t rework is the Evil king au- just because I’m not sure how I could retool it to not just be a story about abuse(I feel more comfortable creating a story where everything is horrible and bad and the people involved are just bad for eachother when it’s an au- because there is other work of those characters where they aren’t that way to balance it out- but if it were my own new characters I feel as though it wouldn’t be nearly as fun to read or write)

This is a series of decisions I’ve been trying to wait on for a long time because I have been hoping something sanders Sides related would come out soon that would re spark my interest but nothing so far has happened- and with the way the story is going I don’t think it’s something that is going to happen. I still love all the work I have created for this fandom and I am so proud of all the collaborative projects I have been able to create with you all! I will happily re-read your asks and comments on my comics and I am still really proud of the community I’ve been able to create!

I’m sad to let this part of my life go (it’s taken up a solid 4th of my lifetime) and I understand that a lot of you all won’t follow me to my new projects- because I understand you guys didn’t come here for random oc projects- or original comics. And Altho it breaks my heart to see some of you move on and leave my notifications I am happy I the time with you all that I did!

Thank you all for everything- and I’ll see you soon 💖

#Im going to use the Prinxiety tags so that more people will see this post- since I am one of the bigger Prinxiety centric creators) #prinxiety #ts roman #tsvirgil #virgil sanders #cupid! au #sanders sides #roman sanders

[halloweenhorrorfest]

Halloween Horror Fest 2023!!!

Hello Fanders! Welcome to our first horror themed sander sides event!

Halloween Horror Fest Links:

Ao3

Tumblr

Discord

-Main Information-

**What is this event?**

A writer and an artist come together to create something wonderfully horrific~

After a writer comes up with a storyline, the artists choose a scene (or more) to make

**What Do I Have To Do / What Are The Requirements?**

There are Three options: You can submit a fanfiction as a writer, be an artists for a writer, or be a beta reader for a writer. (Yes you can be all three if you want)

Artists:

- Complete piece and colored

- Can be digital or hand drawn

- No sketches or incomplete works

Comic style is also allowed, as long as you provide a link to all parts. If you choose to hand draw you must take a clear photo that isn’t blurry and is well lit.

Writers:

- At least 5,000 words

- Complete fic and edited

- No reuploading older fics and calling it new

It can be a multiple chapter fic. You can write more than 5k. Getting a Beta reader/editor highly is recommended but not required.

Check-ins:

Check-ins are mandatory. This gives writers, artists, and betas time to give us an update with what they have so far and if they have any questions or concerns. This will also tell us if anyone is falling behind.

**Important Dates**

Sign up will be from April 27th - June 21st

Post dates are from October 2nd - November 5th

Check-in dates:

June 23rd - June 26th

July 21st - July 24th

August 18th - August 21st

September 15th - September 18th

-Concerns-

**Is there an age limit?**

Yes. You must be 18 years of age or older. If you lie about your age you will be taken out of the exchange as well as any future events and will be blocked from this blog and our personal blogs

**Vultures**

Vultures are needed!!! Vultures are people who pick up dropped ideas from others who decided to leave the event. Vultures will be Artists and/or Beta editors.

We are looking forward to your jaw dropping creative pieces and we hope you join this wonderful event!

Please send an ask if you have any questions. Anon asks are available. You can also contact the mods at any time by Tumblr Dm’s.

[Sign up for Halloween Horror Fest 2023: Sanders Sides]

**Disclaimer**

The discord is an adult only safe space for all adult fanders - including pro-shippers! This means remrom is mentioned there, which also means that yes people can write/draw remrom for this event if they wish!

As long as it’s horror themed anything goes!

#halloweenhorrorfest2023 #halloweenhorrorfest #Halloween horror fest #sander sides #sander sides horror fest

[spoofy-drawings]

Gimme a number 1-100, and whatever number you give me, I’ll find on my Spotify wrapped playlist, and draw something Sanders Sides for it- I wanna draw the goobers but I’ve run out of ideas and I have too little motivation for a full drawing or comic- 😭

#sanders sides #art requests #spotify #Spotify wrapped

[muppetable]

How would you go about making a sonic sanders sides au? (if you have done this before and I didn’t see it, I apologize)

This idea has been floating around in my head for a while now actually!! It'd probably be a comic or maybe even a podfic, but I have all the characters chosen. I might not actually do anything with this AU, but...

C!Thomas- Silver

Logan- Tails

Patton- Amy

Roman- Sonic

Virgil- Shadow

Janus- Mimic

Remus- Scourge

Yeah Virgil/Shadow and Patton/Amy are SO original I know aren't you proud? /j

#sanders sides #thomas sanders #logan sanders #virgil sanders #roman sanders #remus sanders #patton sanders #janus sanders #ts sides #sonic #sth #sonic au #sonic the hedgehog #logan's askbox #tss au #sanders sides au

[sophiesjunkblog]

Idea - Sanders Sides "Psych" (2006) AU

Janus - Lassiter

Juliet - Patton

Vick - Virgil

Woody - Remus

Now, I know you're wondering who would be Shawn and Gus, as they are the main characters. I say to you, the roles are shared by Logan and Roman. I'll use a version of the first episode as an example:

Logan and Roman are hanging out, talking, when Logan makes a quick call to the police station with an anonymous tip. Janus, who is on the other end, realizes that this number has called in a suspicious amount of anonymous tips, and requests for the caller to come to the station. Logan, confused, goes, and Roman comes with him.

When they get there, Janus accuses Logan of being a criminal, and Roman quickly covers for him by saying he's psychic. The two of them have a typically comical argument about this when Janus goes to get his partner, as Logan doesn't believe in psychics and resents being associated with them; Roman resents Logan apparently preferring to be arrested.

When Janus comes back with Patton, Logan is resigned to keeping up the charade until they can be released. Patton, of course, is incredibly excited about meeting a "real psychic", and his support bolsters Roman to start making more and more claims about Logan's "prodigious abilities", until Patton exclaims that maybe the psychic can help them with a case they're stuck on. Roman (enthusiastically) and Logan (hesitantly) agree, and as they work on the case, Virgil shows up, asking why there are civilians on their investigation.

Janus starts in on how he didn't want them and still thinks they should arrest them, but he is drowned out by Roman and Patton explaining that the psychic and his "assistant" are being consulted on the case. Virgil is about to order them off (and possibly to be detained) when Logan, who was not paying any attention to the argument, interrupts with the most promising lead thus far, so Virgil relents, but parts by saying they are still being held under suspicion.

The episode continues, and Logan and Roman solve the case (with Logan providing the near-photographic memory and precision, as well as most of the worry over continually lying to the police, while Roman provides the classic Shawn charisma, easily imagined half-truths, and cavalier attitude toward the rules). After a bit, they meet Remus, the extremely weird but somehow eerily competent coroner!

Janus continues to not believe a word the dynamic duo say, but infuriatingly can't hold on to a shred of evidence, while Patton seems to trust them implicitly. Virgil lets the two pseudo-detectives become regular consultants (especially after Roman sets them up a mostly legitimate business), but is still delightfully snarky and skeptical (whether he actually believes all that "psychic" racket is yet to be seen).

Other than this, who knows!

Is Thomas Shawn's dad?

How does Juliet's brother figure into this?

Mr. Yang? (And, come to think of that, Mary Lightly?)

Despereaux?

I surely don't have a clue. It's your problem now.

#sanders sides #sanders sides au #logan sanders #roman sanders #janus sanders #patton sanders #virgil sanders #remus sanders #logic sanders #creativity sanders #deceit sanders #morality sanders #anxiety sanders #creativitwins #i mean #they aren't exactly related #but i still like to think they meet up eventually and proceed to get on like a house on fire #maybe they are related #and remus just forgot to tell roman that his #'awesome new job with dead people' #led him to Santa Barbara #or wherever they live in this world #maybe it's still florida #but #again #not my problem now #:)

[edjectedly]

Fanon vs Canon

Alright y’all buckle in cause this is gonna be a long one. Here lately I have seen a lot of discourse over fanon and canon and frankly I am growing tired of it. I by no means think that this post will be the end all be all of this discourse, but I am hoping to at least shed some light on the importance of fanon and its impact on content, especially in regards to comics and accessibility.

TL;DR: Everything boils down to if you don’t like something there is absolutely no need to comment on it or interact with it :) Comics are hard to get access to and canon can be hard to experience. Fanon is a crucial part of fan culture. 

Recently, I have started devoting a lot of my time towards the Batman fandom, as superheroes have been something I’ve loved for a while and something just clicked when I first found Young Justice back when it was still on Netflix. I watched all the episodes and then realized afterwards I wasn’t content with the amount of content I got regarding my boy Dick Grayson, so I switched over to AO3 to find anything more. There I was introduced to the extended BatFam and that led me to reading exclusively Batman fanfiction so I could see more of these four brothers. A few years passed, my hyperfixation changed to Sanders Sides, and now I’m back neck deep in Batman. I don’t know what triggered it this time but I’m super happy to be here. Let me get to the point; I got into the Batman fandom through Young Justice fanfiction.

So why does that matter? Well, I tried to find a way to read all the comics so I’d have an understanding of canon so I could make my own content because I had just gotten out of a fandom where I was creating content regularly and I wanted to continue. I couldn’t find a way to read them, so I stuck to just reading fanfiction and finding stuff on Tumblr and slowly I stopped wanting to create things. I was too nervous that I wouldn’t abide enough by canon that I’d get roasted for what I created. The second thing I posted I even clarified that I hadn’t read the comics and that my knowledge came from fanfiction and so this was based on my canon and I still had people in my inbox and on the post telling me that I wasn’t being canon compliant. Which I wasn’t trying to be. This put the brakes on me creating again for a bit, but this time I got angry and started thinking of new ways to make things.

Still, I was seeing things about canon vs. fanon and how fanon was bad for changing characters. I decided not to care and now we have the Alternative Introduction AU I so love creating for. I thought about Sanders Sides and how that had been a big issue in the fandom, people characterizing characters differently from canon. I contributed this largely to a lack of content, the issue with Batman is that there is so much content.

Comics are weird. There are many timelines, versions, writers, etc. Canon changes writer to writer, and frankly I think that allows for a lot of different interpretations. Others, however, try to pick a set way characters should be. One of the biggest, or at least most memorable to me, was Tim Drake and his coffee addiction. Fans latched onto it, whether they saw it as funny or relatable or whatever, it became very popular. It made sense and people enjoyed it. This is great! People are engaging with the media, making it enjoyable for them, and expanding on characters in a fun way while forming connections with other members of the fandom. Then, I started to see people angry about this little thing people saw Tim Drake doing. This anger only grew when it happened to make its way into a comic. I think it was like one panel? No matter, it wasn’t big but I know people who got mad. They got mad that fanon became canon cause they didn’t agree with it.

Here’s the thing we have to think about; media convergence. Henry Jenkins researches Fan Studies and Culture and has an entire book about it. I am not gonna cite directly because that is a lot of work and honestly I am tired. But, the big idea is that fandom is ever evolving and changing across multiple platforms. No one can actually have all the knowledge in a fandom, it’s impossible. This idea of media convergence shows a shift in how we view culture in general. Media has become more participatory than in the past where most interaction came from spectation. People are seeking to make connections across different forms of media which leads to the adoption of fanon.

Where am I going with this? I have laid out a lot of pieces but some have lacked connection, so here we go. Comics can largely be inaccessible, leading to people seeking out the information in other ways as Henry Jenkins discusses, this leads to an adoption of different headcanons creating fanon. Now, how does this tie into my personal experience in creating content? I am not alone in the fear of retribution for not following the strict guides of canon. I was able to move on from it, mainly because I am full of spite and anger and ready to fight at the drop of a hat, but not everyone is comfortable doing that. How many people are we keeping from fandoms in general because of adherence to canon? I am wary of using the word gatekeeping because there is a trend of people moving towards dismissal of anything using the word, but this is what it is.

Gatekeeping is occurring in a different way than normal. In this instance the strict adherence to canon is pushing out those who cannot find a way to get ahold of comics or don’t have the time to parse through everything. I was one of those people, hell I still have issues getting a hold of comics and even though I know how to pirate them now, that doesn’t necessarily mean that I have the time to go back and read everything. In addition to having multiple iterations of one character, comics also present the unique challenge of having multiple writers per character per timeline. I know in one of the only comics I’ve read that was released recently, Dick is twelve when Bruce gets him and that his parents are shot instead of falling. Batman kidnaps him and purposefully antagonizes the Justice League, which he isn’t a part of. From fanfiction, I know that Dick was eight in a lot of iterations, that his parents fell because the lines to their trapeze had acid on them, that Batman is a founding member of the Justice League and among other differences.

What does this mean? Canon isn’t clear cut and can be confusing. Strict adherence to this idea of what is right and wrong leads to the lack of participation in fandom spaces, and can even oust people who would otherwise enjoy this space. Fanon is fun, hurts no one, and provides spaces for creative liberty. If you don’t like how people are characterizing your favorite character, simply don’t read it. (This is different from people attacking characters, which if anyone wants that essay I’ll write it but that isn’t what I’m here for today.) Why are you so annoyed at people enjoying headcanons? If it has become fanon, that means it is widely liked, why do you feel like you have the authority to dictate how characters are? Besides, this is fandom/fanfiction/fan interactions, they aren’t canon. This is fans having fun and should be regarded that way. Shitting on other people's interpretations can and has stopped people from contributing their own fan content and limits the amount of growth a fandom can experience. Basically, it boils down to if you don’t like something there is absolutely no need to comment on it or interact with it :)

I could go on with the idea of fan service, but once again I am tired. If anyone wants that essay let me know lmao and I’ll work on it.

#batman #discourse #fandom discourse #ace rambles #things i say #batfamily #dick grayson #tim drake #fanon and canon #fanon vs canon #rant #I choose violence #ace writes #fan culture #fan studies #I have so much to say #all the time #and I am so angry #let me riot #I am rioting #fanservice

[catwalkvivi]

Re. Your comic question: I presume they mean Sanders Sides! From a quick Google it's a comedy TV series by Thomas Sanders. There's a bunch of different Sanders that all represent like, different parts of him.

MOTHERFUCKER STOLE MY IDEA WTF

(jk, thank you for the answer hehe ♡)

#asks #i like playing around with ways to represent the voices in my head like this #really helps with processing stuff #it's also a great way to access how you're feeling about something

[beauty-and-passion]

How about some ts criticism? 🤔

Sure! The perfect work doesn’t exist and Sanders Sides has flaws just like everything else. Some are acceptable, others are subjective and then we have what is, in my opinion, the biggest flaw of the series: the lack of a complete, detailed outline.

What is an outline?

An outline is a general plan of what you are going to write. It can be just a list / a short resume of the idea you have in mind. And it can be enough... if you plan to write a short story. If your story is starting to count more chapters, well, maybe it's easier if you put down more information and make your outline more detailed before writing.

Why?

Memory. We always tend to forget and/or remember things in a different way, because our memories are not perfectly set in stone... unlike writing. When we write something down, that thing isn't going to change so easily.

So, unless you are one of those incredible humans who remember the exact date of every single event of their lives, you should write stuff down to remember it. And if we talk about something as precise and full of details as a story, then you REALLY need to put down as much information as possible.

And yes, this works for all kinds of stories, no matter if it’s a novel or a script or a comic.

What if I don't do it?

Okay, but your story will probably have:

disconnected parts

inconsistencies

repetitions

plain mistakes due to the fact you forgot what you wrote 5 chapters before

sudden personality changes, because you forgot what your characters' personality was supposed to be

a confused progression and an even more confused ending, because you lost some threads along the way

How can you be so sure?

Personal experience. When I started writing my first, big project, I was 11 and knew nothing about writing: I was just putting my ideas on paper and that was it.

But when my project evolved from a simple story to a very long one, to a full series with five novels, I had to think more about what I was doing. I realized my work was weak, full of details I kept forgetting about. The events were disconnected from each other. The characters had sudden personality swings. And, worst of all, a lot of times I had no idea what to write in the next chapter, because I didn’t know how to connect two big events I had in mind.

Over time, I developed a better plan, in order to solve these problems: if the story is one-chapter-long, I just need a brief summary of the events that should happen and a short recap of the character’s personality traits. But if the story is multi-chaptered, then I need to know what happens in every single chapter and day by day. I need to know the characters' backstories and how their personalities will change throughout the story. I need to put down all the threads and decide how they will evolve and connect at the end.

And I need to know all of this before writing the first word, so I will be sure everything will be coherent and make sense from the beginning.

Back to Sanders Sides

It's not a secret that this series has all the issues I mentioned above, especially in the first episodes: character errors, repetitions, inconsistencies, lack of a clear thread. Thomas himself admitted he had no plan, when he started this series - he didn't even know if there was a series. His first videos were more like “experimenting with these characters, while talking about concepts I like”.

On a meta level, this is a good point, because it shows how the series evolved from its simpler, more naive approach, to something more structured, full of hints and details.

But on a writing level… that’s not good writing. Those are all the mistakes of a bad writer - or a beginner like Thomas.

And, just like every beginner, Thomas is lucky too. Why? Because the main point of the series is "Character Thomas is learning more about his Sides over time" and this justifies a lot of additions and mistakes. Sure, it’s a weak justification, but it still works.

But this is the past. Thanks to a mix of luck and good ideas, Thomas found a way to solve the lack of planning.

The problem arises when we look into the future.

An unplanned future

Until now, Thomas has just added pieces to the big puzzle that is Sanders Sides. There is still one piece to add (Orange), so he still has some “freedom”. And he can still use the “Character Thomas is learning more about his Sides” excuse.

But he cannot go on like this forever. Two thirds of the series are already done and we are now approaching season 3, the season that should wrap everything up and close the whole series.

Aaand we still have a lot going on. Maybe too much.

There are at least five topics we have to see that are related to Roman only (his relationship with his brother, the creative process, his relationship with Logan, Patton's influence, his own sense of self). FIVE for just ONE character. If each of the 6 present Sides has at least five threads to develop, then we are talking about a total of 30 threads that should be explored, discussed and wrapped up in one season. Not including Orange (who should be presented, fleshed out, explored in all of his relationships and wrapped up) and Thomas himself, with his issues and his relationship with Nico.

There is more than enough material not for one, but for two whole seasons. Nevertheless, Thomas said he wants to wrap up Sanders Sides with three seasons, so he should have a clear plan of what to do in season 3, right?

The answer is no. If you ask Thomas now “Do you know what will happen in the middle of season three?” he has absolutely no idea. He still keeps adding pieces over time. Just recently he finally decided to write more episodes at the same time. Glad to know he’s learning how to be a better writer, but this is still not enough - not at this point of the series, with 30+ threads to explore and wrap up.

This is what worries me the most, because it’s way more possible that he will forget something, rather than remember every single thread. Especially considering he wants to plan just a couple of episodes at the same time and not the whole thing.

But hey, there are two writers!

Oh yes, Thomas is not writing the story by himself. As far as I remember, he has two writers helping him and this is both a good and very bad thing.

Why is it good? Because Thomas isn't a writer. Joan was and it's thanks to them that we have the dark sides and a more mature development of the series.

But we don't have Joan anymore. And sure, they are free to do what they want with their life... but it's a bit worrisome when the main writer leaves a story. Every person has a different vision of a story and its characters, so a new writer will never have the exact same vision. The work will be filtered through different minds.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing: maybe the new writers have an even better vision of the story, flesh out the characters a lot more and write wonderful things.

But there are two big, very big problems that could arise:

1) Too many heads

Sometimes one head is not enough, but more heads are too much. More heads mean more ideas, but also a more fragmented vision. Worst of all, more heards could mean compromise and this is the worst possible solution in writing, because it means making something of which no one will be truly satisfied.

Also, according to what Thomas said in a previous livestream, WTIT is a bit too “ahead”, because there were some things (probably Thomas’ incoming depression) that were supposed to happen later on. But hey, if you lack a complete outline, this is what happens. And maybe the many heads were too eager to introduce those things, to not stop and think with a clear head about the natural progression of the series.

2) Being too fan of a character

This is something even the best writer has to face, during their life. We all have a favourite (or favourites) and this can lead to a bias in which we make one character shine over the others.

I particularly remember a Sanders Sides fanfiction I read years ago: the writer was clearly very biased and (I hope) very young, because Roman was the main character and he was perfect in everything. But, in order to make Roman so perfect, the other characters became wimpy kids. I particularly remember how Janus was turned into a whiny damsel in distress, unable to do anything more than scream and look at Roman in awe.

Now. I know the writers have their favourite, still I don't think they will be like this and make their favourite shine over the others. But I fear the bias. I fear the moment I will see one of the Sides being perfection incarnate, while the others are reduced to adoring fans.

But you should have faith!

Faith died long ago. And logically speaking, it's a lot more plausible that things will go bad. I might be biased because of my experience, but it's not just my experience. I saw a lot of good ideas being ruined by a pitiful organization. My closest friend is still fighting with her lack of organization, every time she tries to write a new story. Even logical sense is on my side, because writing without a clear plan of course leads to mistakes.

My biggest hope is that a) Thomas Sanders is the luckiest man in the world and finds a way to make the story work even without planning the whole thing or b) Thomas plans the entire season three ahead and not just a bunch of episodes at a time. He needs to know what will happen, because there could be a topic so huge, to require multiple episodes. And if he uses more episodes on one single topic, then what about the other topics? How long will season 3 be? Will he be able to cover everything up?

And if he doesn't have any idea about the topics to talk about, then he needs an outline even more, because, again: how long will season 3 be? He cannot wait forever for the right inspiration to strike. This series needs time, sure, but if Thomas starts at 30 and finishes at 50, then it's way too much time.

When time is too much

When people complain that "every episode takes so long!", they probably forget that Thomas Sanders is one person and he has to play seven different roles: six Sides and character!Thomas. And soon he will play another role. It's not easy to do it and, last time I checked, Thomas was not a machine, so he's not able to play 24/7 either: he needs time to recover, take care of himself and of his career and do other stuff because he has a goddamn life like all of us.

So yes, it makes sense that this series needs a lot of time - maybe even more time than usual, considering that there is one man doing the job of seven actors.

However, that doesn't mean Sanders Sides can last 20 years. Taking some time is fine, taking an eternity is not. Thomas should not take people's interest for granted and do 200 other things at the same time because "people will keep waiting for Sanders Sides".

If Sanders Sides is his main project, then the biggest part of his energy should go into this project and not be equally divided between millions of different projects. It would just be disrespectful towards the series he considers the most important and towards the public who is patiently waiting.

And let’s not forget that, due to the lack of a complete outline, if Thomas doesn’t keep his focus on the main series, more writing mistakes are prone to happen. I said it before: human memory is not perfect. We tend to forget.

And if we distract ourselves with many other ideas, we will forget even more.

So is this series going to be terrible?

I'm not saying that either. The series is still ongoing, there is a whole third season we have to see and Thomas still has some pieces to add. It would make no sense to label it as a bad product already. Only when it will be over, ONLY THEN, we will be able to properly evaluate its merits and limitations.

And even though the series will end up being bad, we still cannot deny the good things. Like the use of fascinating concepts and interesting characters to talk about psychological themes - even heavy ones. Or the entertainment value. Or even just the ability of this man to portray seven characters all by himself. That's not something all actors are able to do, so this is definitely a great proof of acting.

There are good things here. I just hope the writing will be just acceptable enough to keep everything up.

#sanders sides #ask #beauty talks about stuff #writing tips #moral of the story: write a fucking outline #do not make your life more difficult #just plan ahead #maybe it won't solve all the problems you have with writing #but it will surely help a lot #at least you will know what you're doing instead of just being in the dark #ts criticism

[janus-cadet]

Announcement - Art Request : Pride Month

Tomorrow, it will be June again ! For the occasion, I’m re-opening the same kind of art request as I did last year (even tho my style is quite different, now). The principle is simple : give me one character, the flag(s) you associate them with, and I’ll draw them for you! 

To give you an idea of both what I can do and what it could look like, here have the first fanart of the month :

This is Viago, from What We Do In the Shadows. For those who know him, hearts on you people. And so, that’s the spirit ! Let’s spread as much pride positivity as possible ! 

More details under the cut 🤗

You can ask me any character from the following fandoms ; I might prefer drawing simple portraits, because it's easier, but if you have an idea for a couple composition with one of your OTP, bring it on :P

Most of the drawings I’m putting to illustrate are from last year!

List of fandoms : 

American Horror  Story

What We Do In The Shadows

Our Flag Means Death

Doctor Who

Good Omens

MCU (and I insist on the cinematic universe : I don’t read the comics !)

Le Visiteur du Futur

Sanders Sides

I can also consider requests from others fandoms. I would need to know them a little bit, but don’t hesitate to try !

Kingsman

Last detail, I will not take any OCs requests, I’m sorry! Nor will I take anything NSFW. Other than that, really, do as you wish!

Don’t hesitate to ask, and have an amazing Pride Month ! :D

#viago fanart #viago #Taika Waititi #wwdits #wwdits viago #what we do in the shadows #pride month #pride month 2022 #lgbt #lgbtqiia+ #pride flag #pride art #american horror story #AHS #art request #Our Flag Means Death #ofmd #doctor who #dw #good omens #MCU #marvel cinematic universe #marvel #le visiteur du futur #vdf #sanders sides #kingsman

[kkachi35]

8 for the artist ask game?

8. What’s an old project idea that you’ve lost interest in

There are so many😂 Comics, animatics, zines, charms, etc.

I always tell myself I’ll get back to it but most of the time I can’t find enough time, and lose interest after a few years.

Anyway here are some of them, I still like them too much to let them go to waste🥲

Richjake animatic

Sanders sides comic

Marvel steve/clint comic

#artist ask game