#all cast

[ihopesocomic]

If the characters were humans, half of them would be dead by now for one reason or another. Malnutrition and physical injury being the most major causes imo

Pretty much, yeah. It's part of why we've never thought about a human AU or human names. The latter of which is a bit of a pointless exercise because a lot of the characters have the names that they have for a reason and they may as well be different characters if you're gonna turn them into humans and change their names.

Not to mention names like Hope, Diamond, Jasper, Rose, Heather and so on are perfectly acceptable human names so you may as well keep them all. And no, you don't need to be in a cult to have names that one would deem outlandish.

Especially in this day and age. Take it from somebody who came close to being called Atticus in the year 1992 lol - RJ

[firebirdxvi]

[forgeryinflames-if]

What do the ROs want/need/dread most to hear from MC

Want || Need || Dread

Armon

I need your help. || Let us bring peace to the kingdom. || I don't care what you think!

Caelestis/Caelestia

Good job! || You're important too. || Get away from me! Leave!

Lucien/Lucienne

You can trust me. || I'll stay by your side. || Who would have known you were so easy to fool.

Matías/Malèna

Hello gorgeous! || I missed you. || I hate you, I'll never forgive you!

[gamingperipety]

What do the ROs want/need/dread most to hear from MC

Oh this question gave me arrhythmia, I love it.

want/need/dread

Dominik:

w/ I understand. / I'll always come back to you.

n/ Our paths may lead us away from each other, and that's okay.

d/ I hated every second of being stuck with you.

Teht:

w/ you've grown a lot.

n/ you've done more than enough. / let me help.

d/ you are wrong.

Zet:

w/ thank you.

n/ I love you.

d/ to me, youre nothing more than a weapon. don't think too highly of yourself.

Miata:

w/ I look up to you.

n/ I see all of your efforts. you are kind, Miata.

d/ you're selfish and nothing but ruthless. I'll never forgive you.

Narkis:

w/ you're strong.

n/ you are not weak for trusting. / it was not your fault.

d/ you are hard to love.

Prisca:

w/ I support your vision.

n/ but, they're still waiting for you to come back... I'm waiting for you.

d/ you're on your own.

Herian:

w/ I love you.

n/ you are not an extention of them. you're your own person.

d/ you're mediocre, at best.

Shin:

w/ I respect you.

n/ You've been through so much/ I'm proud of you/ I'll always be by your side.

d/ you're just like your father.

Kalipso:

w/ I'll pay you as much as you want.

n/ you can rest, I'm not going anywhere. / you're safe.

d/ I can't believe anything you say.

Deoki:

w/ I never held it against you.

n/ your name, I remember it.

d/ I'll kill you myself if no one else does it.

[a-drama-addict]

not caring too much about a fandom’s favourite guy is the worst. you’ll think “oh i’ll look into the tag see if anything new and cool’s there” and it’s just that fucking guy again

[shesmore-shoebill]

"I had choice paralysis :(" is a KILLER line.

He's such a comedic powerhouse, I'm glad more people are getting exposed to him :'D

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

[hansoeii]

The Doctor!

[avastazyana]

'Transformers One' Cast Answer 50 of the Most Googled Transformers Questions (x)

[indigonite]

my main criticism for Baldurs Gate 3 is that you can’t keep wreaking havoc if you accidentally polymorph into a cat

[ihopesocomic]

What are some scraped ideas that you had for the IHS comic?

Here be a list:

Carnelian was originally planned to originate from an order of warrior lion mercenaries named after types of weaponry. They were located in an area of the map known as Acacia Grove (which was roughly in the empty territory between the Thundering Mountains and the Kingblessed Coast). We wrote it out because it seemed like a ton of wasted potential. I'm reusing the idea for one of my IHS OCs though.

A couple of things we had planned but changed due to critique from readers include: Hope opting to choose to disown her parents vs. being exiled and Diamond being non-binary trans masc as opposed to a trans lioness. The latter was back when we had them and Wind as our only canon trans characters and yep, we were in danger of falling into stereotyping so kudos to that anon who very kindly pointed it out for us.

Hopeful was originally going to have a broken back leg vs. an undeveloped limb. We changed this so that her disability would not feel like a tragedy hanging over her like it does with Nothing and somewhat switched this circumstance over to Bronze instead, showing that - despite the loss of his limb - he is still capable of carrying out the duties handed down to him but with assistance and accommodation from the other tunnel guards.

We were originally gonna use wc-style names similar to My Pride but that got dropped almost immediately because we wanted to make it easier for prides to be told apart.

We originally were gonna have a tigress character who the girls were going to meet and converse with, to highlight how tigers are critically endangered and how such a thing leads their culture of depending on the self vs. folklore heroes. Unfortunately, we couldn't verify if the South African reserves that house these tigers are managed ethically and we didn't want to promote anything problematic. Thus, she was replaced by a pair of cheetahs instead.

Daffodil was originally a lot older and a minion of Rose's. They were replaced by Heather and made into a reincarnation of Quiet.

We wanted to do a side comic for Careful but soon realised we would not have time for this. It's probable I'll dedicate a written story to her in the future however.

Fade was originally planned to be killed accidentally by Storm.

Diamond was originally going to be a deaf lion known as Zoisite. We changed this due to feeling that we would be unable to properly portray deafness in comic form. Zoisite as a name was retained for Amber's aunt, however.

Zircon was originally known as Topaz. - RJ

[firebirdxvi]

[cryptocism]

"just as I did, in 1983."

you'd never know my favourite parts of the show are the fucked up insane bits when my first instinct is to draw the cheesiest thing imaginable

[angelofdumpsterfires]

how i feel about all the changes in s3

[draconym]

Live theater in the His Dark Materials universe must be wild. Surely an actor's daemon also has lines to recite, so their daemon's form probably also factors into casting decisions. Maybe some plays have vague character descriptions for daemons, but I bet other plays have really specific or central daemon characters. And sure, big-budget theaters can afford to hire a separate actor with a particular daemon to stand backstage while their daemon plays its part onstage, but community theaters don't have those kinds of resources.

Like if you're casting for Julius Caesar, surely the real historical Caesar had a pretty iconic daemon, right? Are you going to cast an actor with a pigeon daemon as Caesar and just have everyone suspend their disbelief that it's Caesar's lioness, ἁμαρτία?