#but I honestly haven't drawn a comic in like 4 years so I'm actually kind of excited to finish this piece

[mocc-tok-flip-flop]

The submas brainworm is only getting stronger, so I have drafted a whole-ass comic for a new AU idea! One where Chandelure gets to take center stage and become the main character she was always meant to be~

The gist of the AU is that Chandelure has a ghostly soul-bond with Ingo, which essentially means that his soul is under her protection and he sorta registers as a ghost to other pokemon. Basically protects him from other ghosts trying to put their sticky paws on her trainer and also gives the two of them a bit of an empathetic connection. Not quite telepathy, but able to transmit complex feelings and lets them check how badly they're hurt.

Naturally, this means that when Giratina (who was honestly just trying to play around. They were given the tedious task of just opening rifts and looking through all those peep holes made them curious. So when they saw a soul that had a beautiful ghost bond, they became fascinated) snags Ingo and drags him through, Chandelure immediately feels when Giratina's power accidentally tries to overwhelm Ingo's soul and she absolutely loses her shit. Through psychically screaming and using her protective aura to try and bash Giratina, the distortion god acts like a dog that's done something they shouldn't and tries to hide the evidence of their messing around (Ingo getting fucked up via soul and getting not too gently dropped off a mountain).

I have more ideas, especially relating to how Emmet is taking his brother's ace losing her mind and how her actions affect the investigation, but if I keep going down these tracks I'm going to end up with another 90k WIP fic like i did with Naruto. (Though if people wanna see the AU written out...👀... I could absolutely be convinced. I'm very weak...)

#Whew...that's a lot of text for a silly WIP #but I honestly haven't drawn a comic in like 4 years so I'm actually kind of excited to finish this piece #not sure if I will do more...maybe if people have questions better answered through drawing... #poor Giratina. dude was just lonely #I kinda wanna have Chandelure have a Mystery Dungeon adventure to round up pokemon to rip through time and space with her #And of course she can't really communicate with Emmet #So his world is falling apart around him and his brother's beloved pokemon's insanity makes it seem like he's dead #oops...Chandelure please inform your trainer-in-law before the police arrest him on grounds of suspicion #aaaaand I went crazy in the tags too #oh submas boys...look what you've done to me... #submas #subway boss ingo #subway boss emmet #pokemon #my art #art wip #giratina #are there other submas/pokemon tags? I have only recently gotten into the fandom here on tumblr #Once I have a name for this AU I'll tag it

[elstreem]

Behind the scenes for this comic -

This is preeeetty long, so I'll put it under read more.

So as with all the other comics I have done, the process usually is: lay out panels - lineart - adding special effects (which really is just adding gradients, I haven't really figured out using proper comic tones and stuff -)

Sketches for pages 1 and 2! I often used red pencil for basic outlines, just to figure out what goes into which panel, and then a more polished blue sketch I can draw off.

Initially, dark Bedi (lol) had one eye showing but that just made him look like the angry mango Avenger so I decided to show only the mouth instead.

If I'm feeling confident enough, I go straight off my initial sketch, as was with page 3. Here's the comparison between the sketch and a finished lineart!

And it is not fun drawing the bby so distressed :'''<

Page 3 had a few things going for it, like the fact that it had a gradient background and character outlines were in white - which I kind of blunt-forced my way into doing by clipping another layer on top of my lineart and painting that white. So many layers lol. I had separate panels for the blood drip on Altria's chest because I honestly wasn't sure what I was doing lol.

As for Princess Helena's design (again, she's the princess abducted in the story of the Saint Mont-Michel) there's nothing really deep about it. I don't think Fate will ever show what she looks like so I just thought to draw a princess-y outfit, but I ended up kind of liking it.

And man, the fact that Bedivere still remembers Princess Helena and feels guilty over it after all those years, enough to tell Ritsuka about it in his Interlude. I kind of wanted to explore that really, that he feels a lot of guilt for the people he thinks he failed, and naturally, that fear of losing another person he loves extends to Ritsuka. Which leads to imagined fears on the next page.

Page 4 is probably the most complicated page, it took me 3 hours working on the line art for this. The hands around Ritsuka are the Foreign God and Goetia...well, I tried, but Beast I has really detailed hands...

It's a bit confusing to me how much of Chapter 6 the summoned Bedivere actually remembers, because Mash says he probably didn't experience it, but he definitely is aware that he's a Bedivere from a different history - the profile even says he swore loyalty to Ritsuka because they helped him fulfill his wish. So...does he actually remember it or not? From some comments on character materials on the wiki, he acknowledges the Camelot allies, and he finds himself upset at seeing Altria Lancer (which she also comments on in her own materials and I realllllly wish we see this interaction in the game.) He also knows she isn't his King, so he seems to know that they were able to let Goddes Rhongomyiad to rest. On the other hand...Bedivere seems to avoid talking about Camelot in Tristan's Interlude and doesn't seem to acknowledge it in his My Room lines. Which could just be him not wanting to talk about it rather than having forgotten, but couldn't be Fate without some messy lore. Welp. This got long.

Anyway, these four pages are actually the only ones I initially laid out, and the rest is me going rogue and thinking, "Let me add one more page....hm, not concluding enough, one more - and one more -" so the rest of the comic is a bit plain in comparison.

It's a bit of a mind twister figuring out where Ritsuka's side ponytail is every time I draw her. I've drawn Bedi enough times to not be confused where his metal arm is lol.

I also realized midway that it's a little confusing as to what is really happening and half-assed it into Bedivere having his intrusive thoughts while walking with Ritsuka. The first four pages had something going for it which changed in the last six pages, that's me not planning ahead lol.

What else...oh yeah, I initially wrote all dialogue in by hand but my handwriting is atrocious and not really consistent, so I ended up using CSP to insert the text. If you're ever gonna make a comic, don't be like me who lays out all the visuals with only a vague idea of what the dialogue is gonna be and then end up with longer text than expected in place ^^;

#comic process #whoops this is really long

[thatblondeperson]

Hi! I'm the girl who recommended "All I've Ever Known" from Hadestown from your most recent chapter, which, by the way, completely blew me away.

I wish I could send some of my own TimSteph thoughts/writing towards you, though I haven't done much. You are an excellent writer and I love your interpretations of both characters. They're so perfect together.

1. Do you have any fanfics concerning them coming after this one?

2. You have no idea how much it kills me that I have to wait 7 days to read another chapter. This fic should be CANON and no, I'm not joking.

3. Also, I recommend listening to Mr. Blue. It reminded me of Chapter 9 (was it?) when Steph said she was worried about Tim's mental health.

4. You said in Chapter 11 that you had a soft spot for Steph playing piano (that happened) and there would be more of "fun" Tim. Is it coming soon?

5. Have you seen Marcus To's art of TimSteph? They're so cute.

Again, so sorry for the long questions/responses. I just love TimSteph, which is weird, considering I'm not THAT big of a shipper and I'm more of a book fan than a comic book fan. I actually preferred DickKory when I got into the Batfam comics, and I still have them ranked high, but over time, these two grew on me. It was like, "Ooh, these guys are great BFFs! They can't get any better--"

Then I realized that they were dating, and the more and more I thought about it, THE MORE AND MORE IT MADE SENSE. I COULD WRITE A 10-PAGED PAPER ON WHY THEY WORK SOOOO WELL.

But IncoherentBabblings beat me to it with her incredible post on "Why TimSteph is Nice," and it's one of my favorite posts ever.

Hey hey!! Sorry, busy couple days at work!

I am so happy that you've been enjoying the fic!! I listened to the song and it's so so sweet!! I totally get the TimSteph vibes from it, where it's just the two of them clinging to each other in the face of everything else.

If you ever post anything lmk! I'm always happy to see more TimSteph content! You are too kind about my writing! I am just happy that I'm finishing my first multichapter fic like this. Never finished a big project before, honestly never thought it would happen.

1. I have a whole to-do list of little projects, god knows when anyone will see those. I'm drafting little things now that I'm winding down from FMWBTY. I am gonna be doing a collab project with @incoherentbabblings but we are just in the planning stages so far.

As far as with this fic, I would love to do a sequel to write the relationship more on this timeline, but we'll see! There's a lot more I'd like to cover, idk if it would be as long of a project. I do want to utilize Cass and Damian though, I want to bring them in since Cass is such an important person to Steph, and I'd love to see some forced bonding hilarity between Tim and Damian with Tim playing nice out of respect for Steph lol

2. lololol yeah I though a week would be a good amount of time in between chapters. It's better than waiting for me to write the chapters, I promise. I made my first draft of this thing in 2019!

3. I will listen to that too! It's on the list!

4. I use "fun" in an odd way. I'm trying to have Tim relax around Steph and act like himself again. He's kinda been battered by a lot of shit over the years, so he's kinda receded in on himself. I will drag him out a bit, but that's where a sequel would also be fun. Let him be a jokey, lovey dovey boyfriend for Steph.

5. Love Marcus! Hope to be able to commission a TimSteph piece from him someday. I do wish that she was drawn with more wavy, kind of untamed hair, since I just like the idea that Steph has this super thick hair. But his art is literally always stunning, such clean line work and I like that he doesn't draw the men too bulky, and that the women aren't oversexualized.

Long questions are fine! I think a lot of us started with DickKory in the form of RobStar in the Teen Titans TV show, that was definitely one of my first major ships, and it was a painfully wonderful slowburn. Wonder where I latched onto that trope? 🤣🤣🤣

Idk when I hopped onto TimSteph. I think I just latched on after I started reading Tim because their dynamic was so fun and sweet. And then fandom, cuz when I joined there weren't so many antis and Steph haters. Truly sad to see now.

Thank you thank you THANK YOU for all your support!! I definitely plan to keep writing TimSteph while I still have ideas! ❤💜

#personal #ask tbp #timsteph