Post #17 - Reference Sheet

Rough Draft: Scene 1 Page 3

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AND I'M BACK! Somehow I managed to finish the first draft of my novel in a matter of 20 days! I feel so accomplished—only now I have a ton of editing to do, and a million other things that come before publishing a novel.

That will be for future me. The current me is excited to get into the swing of things. Behold the next page that I started last month and I'm only now finishing...

Let's hope page 4 doesn't take as long.

FAWN: Pages 9 & 10

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Okay, so I know this is only two pages, but I really wanted to keep up the daily posts while my attention is honed in on this. Do you guys think the tone is a bit too comedic? I know I'm asking a million questions, but the feedback is really helping to shape the comic.

Post # I Lost Count - Life Update? Yay!

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So, I’m aware this isn’t a personal blog, and I don’t exactly want to make it one of those, but I need to vent a bit, my friends have a lot going on in their lives that what I’m about to complain about will seem like small potatoes, and I don’t have any other social media. So, this Undertale Tumblr blog will just have to do.

For the last month and a half I’ve been attempting to get a business off the ground. I have all the documentations and legal whatnots, but what’s been holding me back is the flipping website. Maybe I’m cheap, maybe I’m just too prideful, but I decided I would build the site myself completely by scratch with zero knowledge of HTML, or CSS, or any of that. I’ve managed it. The little creative spirit in me picked up the basics after many hours of trial and error (now ask me to solve a simple math equation and you’ll see how intellectually inept I am). Amazing news, right? This website had its foot on my neck for weeks now, and this morning I was finally victorious!

Until I wasn’t.

I sent the site to my friend to test, and on mobile whenever you scrolled down it would zoom the page way out into the void. I thought I’d put back on my handy dandy hard hat and make a simple tweak here, and little change there—I fucked the whole thing up beyond repair, and I didn’t make a proper backup of the site, so now I need to start from scratch!

Well, not completely, but all the fancy code I added needs to be redone, and to be frank, um no. Not doing that shit again, so I’m just gonna have a basic ass website and call it day for now because the longer it’s taking me to mess with this thing, the longer I’m not launching my business. The little procrastinating, self-doubting, coward in me is super happy that I now have an excuse not to move forward and do this thing. Too bad since I spent too much money to just quit now.

All that said, I’ve been missing Discord lately. I’m currently only in one server, but I’d love to join another one, preferably something small and fandom focused. I’m fine with any of the fandoms I have written for (so far Undertale, Sonic, and TMNT, but you can add in ATLA too. Plus, I like some “adult” shows—whatever the fuck that means. Actually, I don’t watch much television, so that is a lie).

If anyone wants to send some servers my way I’d love that a bunch! I used to run several Discord servers back during lockdown, and I definitely do not want to do that again. Too much work that I currently can’t keep up with, but having a chill place to discuss fandom stuff, or creative projects, or fucked up websites that break on you when you change one line of code, is something I’ve been craving lately.

tumblr has the dumbs in asks.

Typical Tumblr…*shakes head*.

Post #7 - Time Skip

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Finally home, and wasn't the last day and a half just a stressful mess! Definitely not a big fan of the journey from destination to destination, especially because airports suck. Anyway, while waiting during my layover, I have sketched out the next scene!

We skip to present day after young Sans and Papyrus return home. Papyrus will be going through his normal morning routine—totally unaware that he is about to run into the lust of his life on his rounds. Because I am still on the fence regarding the AU, I will be avoiding any canon attire for the time being, so expect slacks and button-ups during this stage of the design process. I will also be leaving Gaster’s whereabouts vague so there is room for future story building. 

I want to give a big thank you to @lands-of-explorer-shenanigans for all the likes and reblogs! My heart always melts whenever I get a notification from you. 

Post #10 - A Deer in the Snow

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✔ - Vote in the poll.

Frisk was pretty clueless in Lugubriosity. Some of that naivety came from being a child, and some from memory loss. Without her knowledge of the past RESETs, Frisk was literally thrown into a world of the unknown. What are your opinions on Frisk being left in the dark? I debated allowing her to remember—at the very least she should remember Sans, but then again, she has Chara, so is it really necessary?

So let's quickly discuss the above. The last scene will happen slowly. We'll get environmental shots, background monsters interacting with Papyrus, so we'll get some establishing scenes. I want the community's perception of Papyrus to be very clear (regardless of whether it's admiration or fear). Perhaps we'll see a glimpse of Alphys? Perhaps Undyne? Perhaps not. It won't be long before he's in Snowdin's forest.

And then he sees her.

We have done it! We have reached the end of stage one. Despite this being small, I feel like it's a great victory. I definitely didn't think I would keep my attention on this project for as long as I did. Let's cross our fingers and hope I can keep it up! I'm also curious to know your thoughts on the plans for chapter 1.

I will be taking a bit of a break from daily posting. I want to get a few chapters written and up for my Sonic fanfic. Considering all of my free time has gone to working on Fawn, I think stepping back and taking a small breather before diving in head first into stage two might be best!

And lastly, I want to give a big thank you to everyone following along and even adding their feedback! It's exciting to know people have opinions on the story and want to help shape it.

Post #8 - Pink Elephants

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This post is about two days late, but I have a good excuse for that; work, work, work. Now that I'm on a bit of a holiday break I can see about returning to daily posts, or at least getting the next scene out in a timely manner.

Beyond work holding me up, I binged the latest season of The Handmaid’s Tale yesterday. I wanted to say that it could serve as a great resource for this story, but I don't want this fanfic to be anywhere near as hopeless as that show. I love it, but its total misery porn, and a person can only handle so much misery before it starts to effect their mental health. So Fawn will take some inspiration from the mentioned while following a more heartening tone.

We have the concept for scene four above. Papyrus will come downstairs with his shirt buttoned, lace up his boots, and remind Sans not to be late for his million side jobs (or complain about something equivalent depending on the AU). He’ll leave, and Sans will continue with his slacking off. The television will be on, we get a shot of a ballerina taking a bow, as Sans snorts, smokes, or injects Dust in somewhere or another. 

All of the finer details of this scene will really depend on the AU we choose. I didn't think it would be such a hindrance, but its turning out to be one. What I do know is that Sans drug addiction is fundamental to the story just like Papyrus’ pedophilia, so it honestly doesn't matter what we ultimately settle with. Sans will still be a junky. 

I checked on my stats today to find I now have over 20 followers! It was just last week that I was celebrating 10. I want to thank everyone for sticking through with this so far. I hope to keep it up until the very end of the project.

Post #15 - Stuck On Onomatopoeias

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I want to preface this post by proclaiming that I'm both a wannabe perfectionist and far too indecisive for my own good. What does this mean? Well, I've been looking over the last few pages of the comic and picking at it like a pimple on a freshly washed face. I gotta get it right, but at the same time these are just thumbnails...right!?

I actually do not know.

On the one hand, I'd love to get the final product on one scrolling page with color, clean line art, and consistency on Sans' face. On the other hand, I am lazy and afraid that if it becomes too much work I'll simply drop it. Quite the predicament. I will say that 6 pages are the farthest I've gone with a comic, colored or otherwise, so who knows. I just might surprise myself.

That said! Let's talk onomatopoeias.

What are they? Google says they are:

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).

What are they to me? Oh, just the best thing since mango mochi. I found my dream font, learned how to describe a flute playing at a ballet, and now I'm wrestling with myself to not overdo it. Should I add in the sound of the wind for safety measures? What about the click of heels, every breath a character takes, when they pass gas? Ah, yes, I can hear it all now, or rather, see it.

Plus, one of the benefits of describing sound(?) is the filling in of whitespace, and as a lazy artist (how many times will I say it?) this pleases me very much.

Below is a list of just five onomatopoeias that I will reference later:

bloop, blop

ting, tong, tang

twingle, twangle

bam, ban, bang

fwoosh, swoosh, whoosh

Thank you to YourDictionary and this blog for providing examples.

I might sneak in a few more edits to posted pages this week. There could be very small tweaks, maybe major ones. I might try to give Sans reconstructive surgery on his face until I get him just right. I might wait until we get more pages done before I go back for more tweaks.

They say when working on the first draft of a novel you are to write and not look back until the draft is done. Unfortunately, this isn't a novel, so I'm gonna ignore that advice.

Post #6 - Storm’s Brewing

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His father marched out of that dance studio with thunderclouds above his skull. “Ungrateful bitch!” He spat under his breath. “If she thinks she can worm out of this just willy-nilly, then she’s dumber than she looks.” The mumbling went on for half a mile. 

Neither Sans nor Papyrus dared to interrupt their father’s tantrum. They followed like a silent shadow, both knowing they’ll probably get it once they got home. What would “it” consist of exactly? It was hard to tell when their father was sober. If the boy were lucky, they’ll only get a smack across the face. 

Scene two will be the shortest, and mainly consist of Gaster fuming because of an off-screen conversation that went south. We won’t get a glimpse of what the boys are thinking, but my goal is to tell a story through the visuals (which is what a comic is, but this is definitely my first crack at it). It would be neat to slip in some world building background shots too. 

I’m torn on whether or not Gaster looks like Gaster. I asked my sister, and she didn’t know who he was, (ha!)  but after I showed her some examples of the character she was on the fence. As a layperson with zero experience of the fandom, she could at least recognize him as being Gaster with a slight variation. What about for fans with knowledge of the character? Would it be obvious, or a bit of a stretch?

I suppose we'll just have to wait and see. 

Post #2 - So Many Skeletons

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I know I just posted last night, but instead of finishing up packing for my flight, I decided to make a few quick sketches of Sans. Not just one Sans, as you can see, but two! This leaves me with the question of whether or not I should stick with Underfell or just the OG Underground as a starting point. 

Decisions, decisions. 

I shall now discuss some of my headcanons for this character (yay)! I personally imagine Red as more animalistic compared to his counterpart. He’s bigger, cruder, and an addict—at least in this story. He’s exactly what would happen if things went extra sour Underground and Sans was nothing but a violent, depressed, pervert. 

In Fawn he will remain as his degenerate, unlikable, self. I intend to make his motives a bit more consistent, though. Of course, I’m super open to suggestions and ideas, especially this early into the project.

I wanted to design the Sans’ anatomy in a similar fashion while still adding Red’s more unique characteristics. Comic is like bland bread when standing in the shadow of Red. I’m also leaning more on realism with the artwork, so we get pretty human looking skulls―well, sort of. That also reminds me that, seeing as the opening comic will only be the first chapter of the fanfic, I can’t say for sure if we’ll ever get visuals of Red with his pants down, so no comparing that between the two. 

I guess no skeleton dicks...

..for now.