#canischat

[crystalcanis]

random thought but I feel like when people want to write about abuse survivors or ptsd or something along those lines they feel like they Have to write a healing journey, as in like the character(s) learn to get over it or feel better about it enough that they arent bothered anymore by the end of the story and like.

You really dont. Have to do that.

[crystalcanis]

Noriel would either get mischaracterized as a sassy angry and aggressive character or the exact opposite, a wholesome little baby who is harmless and needs rescuing.

I dont like either equally please my character has nuance please I swear, please dont narrow her down just because she has trauma and reacts to it in the only ways she knows. She's not aggressive for snapping when she feels threatened and she's not a harmless baby for accepting help and love. I could also see her being mischaracterized by being narrowed down to just her trauma and the things that have happened to her and I think that would make me explode. That could end up going in so many different directions and every single one I fear. Oh god and her relationship with Dawn too, god I fear it ALL with this caracter.

Kana worries me too, I think people see her as a perfectly good and nice character who just wants to give love and other characters should just accept it.

People seeing her as the perfect picture of goodness and morality are falling for her very purposeful facade. Which I guess in part I write it that way on purpose yes but it just has me worried that if people fall for it too hard, once we reach *That Scene* everyone will do a 180 and mischaracterize her as a dangerous lying bitch who is so unstable and mentally ill that she's beyond saving and needs to be put down or something. I swear if people see her character and conclude something like "so she did actually have some innate desire to hurt people this whole time!" I will literally cry.

tldr; I'm afraid people will not know how to handle mentally ill characters but I have read enough comic comment sections to know the drill.

my bad if you've done this prompt before but!! assuming your oc has their own fandom, how would the fandom mischaracterize / stereotype them?

plain text: assuming your oc has their own fandom, how would the fandom mischaracterize / stereotype them?

[crystalcanis]

I need you guys to know that Argus was originally a sparkle dog design I bought on deviantart for like 10 points

[crystalcanis]

I literally can not stop thinking about Mouthwashing, what has this game done to me.

[crystalcanis]

Idk about anyone else but PERSONALLY I think "I don't want to die" is one cool as hell villain motivation ok.

I dont care what anyone else says, I want to watch that fucking loser do everything in their power to not die and inevitably end up being their own biggest downfall because of it.

[crystalcanis]

You will look at them.

[crystalcanis]

I have decided to rewrite all of the next Fade Away chapter even thou Im only one scene away from finishing drawing this one.

This is totally not going to kick me in the ass lol

[crystalcanis]

aaawwh Fade Away is so close to hitting 200 follows on comicfury pleaseee so closeee just 3 more

[crystalcanis]

Really feeling like those kinds of characters that are probably trans in some way but because of The Plot Horrors they really dont have time to think about all that rn

[crystalcanis]

Fade Away and Wings end of the year meme!

I was able to achieve the goals I wanted for this year, which was get through most of Fade Away chapter 2 (we only have 1 scene left!), learn to draw pages quicker and introduce Wings Loona and FA Wander! And then I went beyond what I thought I would achieve so I feel pretty happy with my accomplishments comic-wise!

[crystalcanis]

its thinking about Kana's mom hours

fuck man fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck what the fuck

[crystalcanis]

OCD got her ass in every universe

fyi Kana's got different compulsions depending on the story because of different experiences and all that. The obsessions are mostly the same all the time thou being harm OCD with moral scrupulosity. But Wings does have the add on of contamination OCD for Reasons.

The context of the picture above is basically a mixture of all of that.

[crystalcanis]

For "The Getting To Know Your Character" Questions: (Fade Away) Kana - "How patient are they with themself vs. Others? Why, and how so?"

Noriel - "What would they Not want to change about themself? What parts of their self do they cling to, desperately? Even when those things would be already gone?" Wonder - "Are they able to perform something 'Quick'? Do they prefer to sacrifice time over quality, or vice versa? How do they dispense effort per task?"

Loona - "Do they think of something as "Their thing", even though other people would disagree? Why so? Are they just not as open or upfront about it as they think? Or do they have gaps in self perception?"

Kana - "How patient are they with themself vs. Others? Why, and how so?"

Love this question, this will actually get shown quite a bit in the scene after the current one in the comic. Its a little complex but in summary I would say Kana is way more patient and lenient with others than she is with herself. The reason for why, is Kana has specific beliefs when it comes to morality, what it means to be a good and bad person, and that includes high expectations for herself because she always feels like she has something to make up for. That "something" is so vague that it can be anything she comes up with in the moment and that's a problem when your mind already can come up with so many horrors as it is, logical or not.

What this leads to is a lot of unfair comparisons between herself and others, where no matter what, she has set herself up for failure and her wrongdoings have a more massive impact in her mind than other people's and thus deserving of bigger punishments. Everyone else is trying their best while she needs to try harder.

I said earlier that its a little complex because if somebody does something that makes them a "bad person" in her mind then LOL. LMAO EVEN. Things change and you're in her level now <\3

Noriel - "What would they Not want to change about themself? What parts of their self do they cling to, desperately? Even when those things would be already gone?"

I LOVE THIS QUESTION A LOT TOO. I'm going to try to not spoil too much since we just started to learn who she trully is instead of other characters' perceptions of her.

Noriel has learned through her little trauma riddled brain that the world works a specific way, how she believes it works is a spoiler for now but they have learned to survive in it through very specific coping mechanisms and beliefs that she keeps close to her chest because they have kept her alive so far. A lot of it boils down to avoidance and detachment I think. THAT is how the world works for her, not in a cynical pessimistic sense but just this is what "normal" is to her. But like obviously no it's not and now that Noriel is out of the foster home more than ever is she forced to face that reality so I think she is very protective of how she's lived her life and defensive if you question her on it at all because to her its essentially like being sent to a different world where the sky is in the ground and the ground in the sky and you have to relearn everything and she would rather Not Do That and if you believe otherwise then you are either naive, stupid or trying to trick her.

Wander - "Are they able to perform something 'Quick'? Do they prefer to sacrifice time over quality, or vice versa? How do they dispense effort per task?"

Ok so the answer to this depends. A part of Wander's character is how in the harsh enviroment that he lives in he finds a way to regain a small bit of control in his own way. And he does this by making himself and what he provides needed enough that he can do his job by his own terms. So taking as much time as he wants despite how much that might anger other people is something he really enjoys because he knows most other people can't really do anything about it. However Wander as a person is very agile and quick and he prides himself on how fast he is on his feet and words. So people seek him out for a reason! He can be quick if needed and provide quality results. But if he doesn't have to be then he won't just because he doesn't want to :3

Loona - "Do they think of something as "Their thing", even though other people would disagree? Why so? Are they just not as open or upfront about it as they think? Or do they have gaps in self perception?"

I think Loona probably sees herself as someone who is emotionally detatched and upfront. Thing is, she does tend to focus more on achieving goals she's set in mind and doesn't deal with emotional situations well so this has caused her to believe that about herself. But in reality she is a very emotional person! A lot of what she is trying to achieve is usually because she feels very strongly about something or someone! She's emotionally motivated but her approaches are logical. And anybody that knows her can see that. What exactly she's feeling is what's a mystery to everyone else. Her emotions are so intense in fact, she ends up burrying them deeply to not get overwhelmed. So most of her feelings and conclussions feel like they come out of nowhere for everyone else because she keeps it all so tight inside her brain (its that ADD man).

[crystalcanis]

I am thinking about Kanas mom a normal amount

I am thinking about her.

[crystalcanis]

I need people to understand that all but 1 of all the canon ships on Fade Away were not originally created to be together at all and the characters personally asked me to make them kiss each other pretty please.

[crystalcanis]

biggest writing fear is making a scene thats meant to be a plot twist or reveal but my previous foreshadowings were so obvious that people dont think its a big deal.