#also Buddy's outfit having fur instead of thorns

[3llatricks]

I have a little theory for Cinderella Boy.

(no idea if this has been said before)

So, throughout the series, Buddy shows more and more skin, right?

I was thinking about that and I've noticed the more skin he's showing, the more open and trusting he is with Chase.

My theory is further proven in Still Waters where we see little to no skin.

And THEN! In Still Waters, we see more of Chase's chest than we ever have.

What if that's Chase's way of trying to connect with Buddy and say: "I know I messed up. Please trust me."

[erinptah]

Annotated Leif & Thorn AU

As I write these back in 2021, I’m trying to avoid any “present-day” statements about Leif & Thorn. Sure, my plan is to have it still running a long ways into The Future — but if I take that for granted in my writing, you just know that’s gonna jinx it.

That said, even here in The Past, the strips for Volume 5 are almost completely drawn! Barring any huge unforeseen problems, it should be launching on Kickstarter next month.

(Knock wood.)

So it seems like a good time to cross-promote with the annotated Crossover Art.

As of writing, about half these BICP characters have turned up in Leif & Thorn:

Katya (Kara Lynn): Embassy servant, turned out to be a pretty major character

Pine (Poe): recast as a minor miner, alongside Patrik (Patrick)

Briony (Bianca): still a Presidential archivist

Camellia and Lily: appeared among the Kolpovision contestants, along with cameos of Kaguya, Ilsa, Freyda, and a bunch of others

I’d like to use Ana Wagner at some point. Also, Strawberry and Morinda, though they’d have to be redesigned — right now, their outfits are “variations on Holly’s magical girl outfit,” instead of “unique homages to different magical girl series.” (Morinda is perfect for a Princess Tutu homage…)

Original character concepts:

Strawberry and Morinda: Both identified young as having serious magical potential. Strawberry is friendliest with earth spirits; Morinda has a strong affinity with water. They argue a lot about which spell techniques are most practical, most effective, and/or most morally acceptable.

Pine: Morinda’s patient and loving boyfriend. Totally normal human in this universe. Works at a wildlife center, rehabilitating injured birds.

Ana Wagner: Trade mogul from Leif’s home country. Always wearing classy furs. Has some lucrative business partnerships with vampires.

Katya: Embassy servant, same position as Leif, though she has different specialties. Taller than he is.

Briony: Works at the highest level with the Ceannic government’s technomagical databases. (They have computer-esque technology, it just all runs on giant crystals.)

Reseda and Lily: Separate characters! Twins, but not hard to tell apart. Reseda is the outspoken fighter; Lily is the mild-mannered dreamer.

Camellia (Torvald): Openly lives the bigender life, because this society doesn’t understand transness as something controversial. Work buddies with Reseda; met Lily in a literature class. You can imagine the rom-com mistaken-identity shenanigans.

(Originally posted here on But I'm A Cat Person.)