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act-iv · 2 days ago

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Fun fact the franc comic was supposed to be so much more angsty and then I drew Anton's face asking "you know I loved you right?" and asdfhj I just fucking melted.

Anyway here's the inspo for that comic, which actually fits more with my route with franc (send him to the military then start a war lol)

#i love scrolling through web weaving bs for inspiration #anyhow just some more ramble.#im thinking of drawing sth with deana #i rly like ending where she also goes into politics. like father like daughter...#love that if your book flopped so hard it fucked her career lol. could not be me

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act-iv · 3 days ago

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Hello, fellow brother from the Suzerain community, i found you fan arts and comic about Suzerain to be extremely interesting and fun, including your latest comic about Franc and Anton having an emotional bonding moment, which i dunno embarrassed the father and son? I dunno, but it's wholesome. Especially with Monica and Deana silently watching it unfold, yup cherry on top. Also i found your art on the discord suzerain server. Which makes me happy. So dude, please keep doing it. I love your fanarts and comic my dude. Your so fucking awesome and talented, including your designs of Nia Morgna, Lucian and Soll to be embodiment of Emperor, Magician and Justice. Its so awesome like dude, anyway enough of me rambling... have a good time dude.

Hi fellow sord!

Thank you for the generous compliment :) Really brighten my day to see this in my inbox <3

To elaborate a bit on my suzerain content: the game is so tight with its happening that theres barely any downtime, low-risk scene and not a whole lot of emotional moments either — not a criticism, Suzerain is a political sim first; and trying to do complex emotional stuff is a lot of effort word-count wise — which is probably why the vague slice-of-life element of the comic is so interesting to me. Eg, I know Anton cried at the state funeral, and he was also pissed off that Petr betrayed him, but what else is there yk? Same for the comic with Franc. Like, I wish we can spend more time with him and Deana and Monica, and then maybe I'll care about my family more. So the comics in the future will probably also focus on these inbetween moments, because I care so much for these characters its kinda absurd lol.

(It also helps that Suzerain lends itself to the comic medium really well, somehow. Probably just the lack of ingame visual and sparse description is simply begging for some accompanying art.)

Tl;dr: I love small fluff (not fluff as in "cute, wholesome", more "redundant") moments, hence the comics, and I'm very happy that people like that as well :)

On the other hand, there's not much thought behind the tarot beside it's gonna look cool, so I'm glad you're also liking that! Hanged Man Petr is def the fav thing I've drawn as of recent.

Sry for my own ramble, you have a good one as well my friend. Again, thanks for the generous message!

#suzerain #ask and ye shall receive #will i always be sad about the lack of fluff scene? yes. do i understand why its not feasible? also yes.#but hey! if you want it; make it.#So don't be surprised by the increase in Petr content from me I have a grudge against how hes portrayed specifically.#(which is another rant in and of itself — one I wont go into)#I'll say they did great with Lucian though. His general presence / screen time lets me get closer to him AND he has a special chess scene!#I just wish other characters can have that. But again that will just bloat the game so...

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act-iv · 4 days ago

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Emotional vulnerability? In my Suzerain? In the 50s? Between father and son? More likely than you think.

Idk man, I just want some fluff to compensate for all the time I send franc to the military then start a war against rumburg.

Bonus:

#suzerain #anton rayne #franc rayne #my art #comic #embracing the sketchiness because theres no way i would actually be done if i line this entire thing properly #plus the style has a charm to it :)#anton is so cute here man.#this is about the two of them being stupid but it is specifically about anton being a dad.

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act-iv · 5 days ago

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Creon: Why did you to try bury your brother? Antigone: I owed it to him.

#self reblog #del later

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act-iv · 6 days ago

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Creon: Why did you to try bury your brother? Antigone: I owed it to him.

#suzerain #anton rayne #lucian galade #petr vectern #my art #comic #The next chapter of deadwood has two pages (and counting) thats all about petr #and after finishing the draft for that ive been thinking a lot of thoughts #and im so GNAWING about petr and anton man.#THATS HIS BROTHER!

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act-iv · 8 days ago

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Sordblr! There was a Reddit thread about how people pronounce the various character/city names in Suzerain, and one that came up was Lucian's last name. The responses were not conclusive. So let's have a poll, I desperately need some closure on this.

#ga-LAD (like... lad i guess.) with a soft trail off #its a very open ɑ or æ kind of sound #im admittedly influenced by german (which also lines up because sordish has a root in proto germanic with some latin borrowed word)#(its how i translated it anyway.)

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act-iv · 9 days ago

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I was happily making my way through the Maroon Palace soap opera section of Suzerain when I noticed this pretty significant dialogue change:

Please compare to the original:

Innnnteresting. I have to admit, the way Petr talked about Anton behind his back there has definitely influenced my perception of his character. I wonder why they changed it – probably trying to make Petr more likeable. I prefer the original.

A change I do really like is this one:

In the original, when you called Evelyn, you only had the option to make excuses for Petr and ask her to take him back, and I always hated having to do that. But the conversation with Evelyn is super important because it establishes that this isn't a one-time thing for Petr, that he has an established history of going after women in vulnerable positions. So I'm really happy that they added this option.

#oh thats a fun change #tbh between prez stick up his ass and first alcoholic vp i do read that as their usual fucking about #but this is a lot nicer :)

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act-iv · 10 days ago

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