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If you can spare a bit of coin, our co-writer and my lovely partner Mercy is in need of some help. Please go support them by donating or purchasing a commission from them if you can! If not, just a reblog to help spread the word around would be appreciated!

-Mod Mello ✏️

!EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS!

Hey everyone, I'm opening up writing and pixel art commissions because I need help paying my bills and rent. I had a potential roommate that was going to replace the one moving out who bailed last minute, and now the other friend who I got doesn't think they can afford the stupidly expensive security deposit (Not their fault at all). I genuinely have no idea what else to do, as my remaining roommate and I cannot afford to do half and half on our own. Anything, and I mean anything helps! Price info below:

Prices

Writing:

Starting price (500 words): $10,

Every additional 500 words: $5+

Heavy Suggestive Elements: $5 (one time fee)

Pixel art:

Standalone Character: $15,

Character w/ bg: $20,

Additional Character: $5

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Hi, Mello here. I’m sorry you’ve found the comic to be unfriendly towards new readers. Please understand that this was never the intention, and I want to address your concerns for the sake of anyone else who may have just started reading.

The Red Strings Archive is not mandatory reading. It’s meant to be a pretty simple arg type puzzle for extra lore. All it involves is looking for three sets of numbers in some early posts and putting them together in order to create the password. It is still solvable to this day, you did not have to be there day one in order to solve it. It’s just there for fans to get additional lore, accessing the archive is not required to enjoy the comic. It’s all extra. There has never and will never be one time events that lock out information from you.

As for the Discord, it’s been closed for years because it isn’t a fan server. That’s how it started, yes, but then I realized public Discords are hell to keep up with, because I’m not a moderator, I’m just the guy who made the comic, and I started only letting in people I trust. It hasn’t been a fan server since 2021, it’s just a server for my friends and family now. And they don’t get any extra information, the details about EtC’s original characters aren’t exclusive to them. The only reason they’d know more is if they’re the ones who made/helped make said characters, or if they’re my co-writers. And I don’t even tell my co-writers everything, because they’re readers too. Just reading through the main plot will tell you everything you need to know about them at this point in the story, I promise.

And concerning a Patreon/Ko-fi, I wanted to make one for years. But the circumstances made it difficult to impossible to do so. This blog will have been running for five years this coming October. I couldn’t make a Patreon early on into the comic due to bank complications, and now, I just don’t post nearly as much as I used to. I have a lot going on outside of this comic now, it’s something I can really only work on in my free time, and even then, there’s other things I want to do than constantly work on panels. A Patreon would add another layer of things to keep up with, and I just can’t.

All this is to say, this comic isn’t perfect. I started it on a whim when I was 18 because I needed something to do while locked inside due to Covid. I’ve done my very best to make this comic as accessible as possible for everyone, but please remember, at the end of the day, that this is just a Tumblr ask blog, and that I’m not perfect either.

New readers, you don’t need to read all the extra blog posts, you don’t need to be in the Discord server, and you don’t need access to the archive. You are not missing out, I promise you. All the extras are just that; extras, for you to find and read through only if you want to. It is not necessary for your enjoyment of the story. Just read through the main plot, as you would with any other comic, it is its own standalone experience. I wouldn’t recommend just jumping in anywhere, it is definitely best to start from the beginning, but that is all I will ever ask of you as the reader. Everything you will ever need to know will be presented through the course of the main story, and I’m sorry if it has ever come off otherwise.

-Mod Mello 💎

hey charles, you gonna make pancakes or waffles? or, dare I say, have ice cream for breakfast?

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...yo, mello? you ok?

Yup, just been enjoying my summer break, doing some Art Fight, playing the new Deltarune chapters, stuff like that. I’ve come to realize that schedules and self imposed deadlines just make me not want to work on things?? Sucks the motivation right out of me. So I’m not forcing myself to work on panels right now, scheduled updates just burn me out real quick. We have some stuff to plan out and prep for Act 4 anyways, so don’t worry, updates will come out when they’re ready, just like they always have :)

-Mod Mello 💎

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Damn, looks like Kevin’s bio is glitched.

Hmmmmmm, I wonder…..

>OPEN FILE/"KEVIN_EAGLEYE”

>SEARCH ETC DIRECTORY/SEARCH FOR ANYTHING WITH “KEVIN_EAGLEYE” TAG/ SEARCH ALL FILES. FOLDERS, SUBFOLDERS

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Ooo, bio time? *clicks guy in photo with Charles... Kevin (?)*

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hey charles, you gonna make pancakes or waffles? or, dare I say, have ice cream for breakfast?

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Go wash your face Henry, your face looks like a mess. Also hi Charles.

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*Military_trompet.mp3* ATEEEEEEENTIIION!!

Alright soldiers, Today is going to be a BIG DAY so GET UP, TAKE A SHOWER AND MAKE YOURSELFS BREAKFAST. DID YOU GOT THAT?

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I’m back!! Another year of college is done, and I am now on summer break! Which means I can finally get back to drawing some sticks!!

Here’s the plan, gang:

I’d like to try doing regular posts again for the duration of the summer. Not daily, that was too much, but weekly. As always, big updates will require more time to put together, and once September rolls around, it’s back to work with school. During school season, I may switch to monthly updates, but we’ll see, it all depends on my work load. I’m going into the third year of my degree this year, so I may get swamped again.

So, look forward to new posts in the near future! :)

-Mod Mello 💎

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Soooo, heads up, I’m still absolutely wiped from Christmas this year. Asks are coming along, but it’s really slow going because I’m so tired, and I need a break. I want to still get a few more asks in before the 7th, but I think I need to cut the daily posting thing short. Glad I tried it, but I’m having trouble keeping up. There’s still other things I need to get done before school starts up again, unfortunately ^^;

Here’s a sketch of Charles doing a little salute for an upcoming ask as consolation. Thanks so much for all the support, everyone, it means a lot to me 💕

-Mod Mello 💎

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You might wanna look in a mirror there Henry.

You know- because of the hair- floof-? Thing-?

Idk- because you have hair now-

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Wake up, Mister Stickmin. We got a city to save.

[Charles is now available for asks, too!]

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Bios? *Click click*

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For those who haven’t seen, here’s the blog’s new banner going into Act 4! Thanks again for the beautiful art, Erik!! ^^

The New EtC Banner! For those who’d like to see it in its full rendition~

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==>Collect keychain accessory

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[Henry is now available for asks!]

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