#Nova SpellAstra

[alexissara]

Probably The Top 10 Characters of 2023

It's time for the hardest top 10 list of the year, deciding who my top 10 characters of the year are. I am a very character focused writer and GM and that translates to my enjoyment of art too. I love characters and it's so hard to pick between the amazing swath of fantastic characters I read this year. Lowering the list down after eliminating stuff I had the list at like over 20 characters so getting this down to 10 was an exercise in self doubt. Of all of these lists this really is the list that I want to thin about next year and see what characters I am still thinking about in one years time. Unlike my other lists this is not even roughly in any order it simply is the 10 characters that at the moment I was writing this I managed to cut a list down to. My 45th character at this moment might be number 2 tomorrow and you can't see my 45th character, you can only see 10.

Mary Satome [Kaguri Twins]

I watched this early in the year but Mary stuck with me. She's funny, she's clever, she is messy, she's an asshole, she's sweet, she's passionate and determined and I just want the best for her and her girlfriends. It's rare to see a woman be as messy as her and remain the main character but she gets to both be kinda noble and heroic while also clearly being self motivated.

Prospera Mercury [gwitch]

Easily mother of the year, Prospera Mercury is a litness test for me on someone's taste and makes for an easy read on if someone will have utterly trash politics or not. If Prospera was a man she would probably be one of the most beloved characters in anime as a passionate loving mom who tries to teach her child hard lessons and is willing to do anything to give her child freedom and get her revenge. However, she is not a guy so from the start everyone suspected she was awful and abusive and terrible when the text never not even at the end supports it, she is mean to Sulleta exactly once and that is so she is not an accomplice to her crimes in case she ends up getting stopped.

Tilty Claret  [MagiRevo]

My favorite "side" character of the year has to be Tilty, this little freak. Tilty is sweet, she's kind, she deserves a girlfriend, two girlfriends, she should be dating Anise and Euphy. She is funny, she's well used, she does great emotional support and understands Anise so well, I love her so much and I love how loyal and great she is to the people she loves. I love her sciencey freaky attitude too she's just great.

Honey Trap [Super Women In Love]

Villain to Hero Honey Trap is utterly endearing. She starts as simply simping for Rapid Rabbit but it's fun to watch her evolve as a character and as a person over the course of the manga. She's sweet, endearing and brutal at all the right times. She's so gay and really funny, and she is really a perfect protagonist for this romantic comedy action yuri series. She's such a perfectly crafted character who can really command a range from serious threat to tragic damsel to Hero to gay little goof ball all while feeling like the same consistent character.

Satya [Pink Sugar]

Satya comes in with an air of mystery but this trans lesbian swiftly shows how quickly someone can go from sexy mystery to beloved dork. Satya gets a lot of the most soft and sweet moments with her future girlfriends getting to be someone to listen to them, to ask questions as an outsider to the trio and to be the inciting incident to get them to go on their wild road trip to begin with. I am really curious where her story will go but it would be lying to say she hasn't already endeared herself to the top of my list despite being probably the least focused on girl of the quad so far.

Shadowheart [BG3]

BG3 has a lot of good characters, great characters even and that is in spite of it being attached to one of the worst IPs around D&D. Shadowheart stood out to me among the many characters of a character who had queerness as part of her character done well despite being a player sexual character and I think she has the most dramatic character arc of the batch on her good path. Shadowheart starts as a catty Mormon girl and evolves into this kind heroic adventurer who you could see saving the world many more times.

Adalia [En Garde!] 

While En Garde! might be a short 3 hour romp all three hours with Adalia are perfectly used. She's funny, charming, cute, and heroic. She's fitting a very classic archtype but is a spin on it by having it both be a woman but also be queer. These two factors do add to Adalia's charm, the gay side lets us see her enter dork mode where she is very gay for a sexy pirate woman and her animations change and she makes worse decisions then snap out of it when it's what needs to happen to help people. She's utterly lovely and a true delight.

Nova [Spellastra]

While almost every character here has a bit of a silly side, I can appreciate a more dramatic character. Nova is a character covered in tragedies, of angst, of wanting to love but feeling unable, she's rough and prickly and messy and makes bad choices but they all make a lot of sense for where she is at in any given moment. Nova is at once the older mentor who knows what to do but also the love interest who's fucked up plenty of times and blames herself even more than she ever should. Nova's a testament to the depth and layers you can really give a character while having her be lovable and desirable and still fit in for more fun moments while having these hard edges.

Jala [Thirsty Suitors]

Speaking of messy queers we have the disaster bisexual herself Jala. She's a character I really wanna dive deeper into because I think there is so much to Jala and the game does a pretty good job at leaving a lot of space for my brain to get cooking about why Jala is like this while also explaining a lot of why Jala is like this. Jala has hurt a lot of people, like most of the people in her life and her path to make it right with everyone is great. We get to see where other people fucked up, what complicated situations, where she grows and where she stands firm. Jala is a really perfectly envisioned character with a cast weaved so perfectly around her that every interaction is splendor to behold.

Astra [Grand Slam Romance]

Astra's on a quest to fuck every woman on the planet and more power to her. Astra is kinda the villain of the first book but she's also the romantic lead which places her in an interesting position in the story where we see her at her worst, we get to understand how she got there and we are cheering for her to tone it down like 10%. I am fully biased in my love for her and I make no excuses for it. Astra is designed exactly like many of my OCs with a personality similar to a lot of my OCs, I love everything about her, I want her great success and I look forward to people telling me I ripped her off even if I made characters like her like 10 years ago and have a record of it. I love her and I just wanna see more of her.

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[neptunejheart]

I am currently in love with Nova Stanfield from the Webtoon, Spellastra by Zephylith. Omg! 🥰😊 She reminds me of myself in some aspects so ofc I'm in love with her🤷🏻‍♀️ she's got depth. All the characters do actually. I really like the Webtoon in general. I'm just hyperfixated on her.

All of the characters are hot as fuck. The art is fabulous & I enjoyed the story. I am looking forward to seeing how the story plays out. I need more!! The Webtoon is SO SAPPHIC 🥰 I love it!!

[riveramorylunar]

I have to say all these characters from SpellAstra are hot like um excuse me please...... Making me have a gay panic right now

[wlw-webcomic-bracket]

Part two!

P.E.T.S. (Tasha and Tourmaline)

Pandora's Devils (Evie and Jack)

PaperTeeth! (Avery and Scarlet)

Paradise (Pam Gripps and Evon Bali)

Paranatural (Mina and Valerie)

Penny & Aggie (Penny and Aggie)

Pink Sugar (Blake, Rocko, Artemis, and Satya)

Pinky and Pepper Forever (Pinky and Pepper)

Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess! (Evie and Elsa)

Poppy O'Possum (Poppy and Kit)

Princess x Pistolier (Katrya and Annilysse)

Purple Hyacinth (Belladonna and Neyra)

Questionable Content (Faye and Bubbles; Dora and Tai)

Rain (Rain and Emilly)

Rainbow! (Boo and Mimi)

Realta (Elowen and Amelia)

Ring My Bell (Mai Sohn and Chungyeon Lee)

Rock and Riot (Connie and Carla)

Sanguine (Red and Morgan)

Savior (Seyeon, Wohn, and Juyi)

Serenity Rose (Serenity and Catrina)

Seven Days in Silverglen (Tess and Mira)

She Makes Hungry (Kou and Villi)

Shootaround (Hotaru, Kayla, and Elise; Ana Sofia and Lakka)

Sister Claire (Catherine and Oscar)

Sleepless Domain (Undine and Kokoro; Amy and Carina)

Somebody To You (Lia and Jian)

Sparklecare (Rem and Mood)

SpellAstra (Mana and Nova)

Starward Lovers (Jen and Rocker)

Strawberry Seafoam (Rouge and Koris)

Sunflowers & Lavender (Penny and Bianca)

Sunny and Rainy (Sunny and Rainy)

Surprise! You're Gay! (Bianca and Chandler)

Tamen De Gushi/Their Story (Sun Jing and Qiu Tong)

That Time I Was Blackmailed By the Class's Green Tea Bitch (Xiao Lu and Tong Tong)

The Best Girl (Amy and Kay)

The City Between (Rebecca and Marnie)

The Four of Them (Mari and Mica)

The Greenhouse (Mica, Liv, and Red)

The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All (Aya and Mitsuki)

The Prettiest Platypus (Lillie and Beverly)

The Sea in You (Corinth and Skylla)

The Shepherd's Sword (Shep and Wayne)

The Stoop Gallants (Mica and Alta)

The Sweetness of Salt (Leah and Sha)

Tiger, Tiger (Ludovica and Luck)

Trixie Slaughteraxe for President (Trixie and Klara)

Unfamiliar (Sun and Babs)

Us Right Now (Rina and Noa)

Vampire Girlfriends (Tabitha and Poppy)

Vowrune (Hilda and Viwyn)

What's a Soulmate (Jessica and Rose)

Widdershins (Verity and Patience)

Wilde Life (Eliza and Darcy)

Witch Watch (Witch and Checkpoint Guard)

YU+ME: Dream (Fiona and Lia)

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WEBCOMIC DIRECTORY

Half the reason I created this tournament is so I could find new webcomics to read, and I know a bunch of you are following it for the same reason.

So: Here is a directory of every webcomic that was submitted!

Please note that this list is Very Long, so (1) I have not read most of these webcomics and can't vouch for their content, and (2) I have not tested any of these links, but I can fix any errors if you point them out.

Comics are listed in alphabetical order, with the featured couple(s) or poly ship(s) in parentheses. Broken into two parts because Tumblr only allows 100 links per post and there are 140 comics.

180° Angel (Sam and Lilith)

2 Slices (Ruka and Rio)

A Week in Warrigilla (Hazel and Willie)

A&H Club (Adrian and Hildegard)

Alice and the Nightmare (Edith and Quinn)

Alien Heart (Ivy and Rosa)

Always Human (Sunati and Austen)

Balderdash (Georgie and Afia)

Band vs Band (Honey Hart and Turpentine)

Blindsprings (Ember and Irelia)

Boyfriends (Jock, Prep, Nerd, and Goth)

Bugtopia (Arachne and Scarlet)

Burn Away (Abella and Edie)

Charity Case (Sylvia and Jerry)

Circuits and Veins (Ai and Aki)

Console Her (Claudia and Ava)

Cucumber Quest (Almond and Peridot; Piano and Ametrine)

Cursed Princess Club (Nell and Jolie)

Dame Daffodil (Charo and Alesea)

Daughter of the Lilies (Lyra and Margot)

Dead Winter (Lizzie and Alice)

Dicebox (Griffin and Molly)

Dirt Creek Runs Red with Blood (Ines and Sarepia)

Dom&Mor (Dominique and Morgan)

Dresden Codak (Kimiko and Elith)

Drop-Out (Lola and Sugar)

Dumbing of Age (Becky and Dina; Jennifer/Billie and Ruth)

El Goonish Shive (Ellen and Nanase; Catalina and Rhoda; Diane and Lucy)

Eldritch Darling (Ina and CJ)

Encore! (Quinn and Hana)

Ennui Go (Izzy, Darcy, and Tanya)

Errant (Sarin and Jules)

Facing the Sun (Aarya and Liza)

Finding Wonderland (Alex and Lucky)

Flowers For the Arsonist (Lucia and Paige)

Four Leaf (Carla and Lina)

Gals (Croix, Sam, Lux, and Charlotte)

Ghoul Crush (Sison and Laguna)

Girly (Otra and Winter)

Glitterlaced (Goldie and Luck)

Go Get a Roomie (Roomie and Lillian)

Guide to the Land of Monsters (Arnatuk and Tove)

Gunnerkrigg Court (Kat and Paz; Zimmy and Gamma)

Hard Lacquer (Claire and Robin; Claire and Petra)

Heartstopper (Darcy and Tara)

Heir's Game (Sevilia and Ilianna)

Her Tale of Shim Chong (Shim Chong and Madam Jang)

High Class Homos (Sapphia and Odette; Sapphia and Marla)

Homestuck (Rose and Kanaya; Calliope and Roxy; Vriska and Meenah; Vriska and Terezi)

How to Be a Werewolf (Marin and Marisa)

I Love Amy (Amy and Bibi)

I Want to Be a Cute Anime Girl (Cheryl and Delilah)

I'm the Villainess but the Heroine's Trying to Capture Me (Nelly and Nancy)

In My Heart (Wantanabe Yuki and Sasaki Mari)

Isadora (Isaline and Theodora)

It's Okay to Like Girls (Sophie and Olivia)

Kidd Commander (Phineas and Agatha)

Kill Six Billion Demons (Allison and Ciocie Cioelle)

Kiss It Goodbye (Aruka and Yukimi)

Lady of the Shard (Radiant Goddess and Acolyte; Radiant Goddess and Old God)

Lesbiampires (Daphne and Veronika)

Lore Olympus (Athena and Hestia)

Mage & Demon Queen (Malori and Velverosa)

Matchmaker (Kimmy and Marlowe)

Missing Monday (Foyle and Monday)

Monsters and Girls (Lili and Sera)

Motherlover (Imogen and Alex)

Moving In (Jackie and Riley)

Muted (Camilla, Nyra, and Dendro)

My Dragon Girlfriend (Dani and Christie; Callie and Olive)

My Sweet Archenemy (Mad Spade and Miss Sunshine)

My Wish Is to Fall In Love Until You Die (Shiina and Mimi; Seiran and Ari)

Namesake (Selva and Alice)

Nano List (Chacha and Zavi)

Never Satisfied (Neith and Isra)

Nevermore (Lenore and Annabel Lee)

Night Owls and Summer Skies (Emma and Vivian)

Not So Shoujo Love Story (Rei and Hanna)

Octopus Pie (Jane and Marigold)

Offbeat (Beau and Julie)

On a Sunbeam (Mia and Grace; Alma and Char)

On Borrowed Time (Rune and Dielle)

Osora (Celia and Catalina)

Remaining links in part two!

[alexissara]

SpellAstra Season 1 - Quick Review

SpellAstra is a really beautiful webcomic by Zephylilth. They are a french artist and translate the comics themselves into English. This leads to some awkward phrasing but if you can get past this you are in for one of the best pieces of lesbian fiction being written right now. It's a super fun magical setting that has clearly been something the author has been super dedicated to for many tears before this book and it's very "comic books" without any of the baggage of these big comic book universes. She has several series she wrote before this and their all tied into this same world but the story doesn't need you to know that she had one of the characters in a different comic, you'll know everything you need to know about the returning characters when they show up.

The main trio of the cast has some fun messy lesbians with a nice age gap and plenty of layers of potentially problematic and dramatic that is just so delicious and fun and romantic and enticing. I'd want to take a bite out of this comic it's so fucking delicious. It's like exactly the kind of self indulgent art people deserve to make and it's so fun and well drawn with some of the sexiest women I've sever seen in a comic. We got demon girls, we got magic witches, violence, alterative dimensions, it's got everything good, a buffet but it all works as a cohesive narrative.

The basic plot is simple multi axis story telling with a basic plot of the demon plane being up to something and our characters being caught up in the events while each has their own narrative. Mana is in love with Nova her mentor and now co-worker/Teammate but also has a demon sealed inside her she must restrain. Nova is dealing with the trauma of her past and a means to correct it all while being trying to maintain a professional relationship with the woman she is in love with. Syphea is most directly dealing with the overall plot when her weapon of choice is the target of a demons plan but also she has a romance brewing with a single mom with a bad ex husband. Their stories are connected and interlinked and they bring in more characters, more conflict and it's just juicy and fun.

Personally I love messy polyam lesbian Roda and there was a big plot twist with her at the end of season one I really hope she stays as utterly delicious to deal with as she was before. If you want a fun, dramatic and juicy time I really commend this webcomic and it's free so like, just do it.

If you enjoy these reviews you can read more, I write lots of them and if you really enjoy them I can always use support over on Patreon and Ko-fi.