#it IS weird as fuck and the only thing thats a bit bothersome about it to me is that there is very little awareness about hardware

[kraniumet]

the weird noise reduction and edge enhancement + general software processing to prevent the image looking like it was taken on a 2003 digital cam IS the medium of phone camera photography

[machudson]

@bup-oh​ said:

Hey, sorry if this is a little weird, a random person in your askbox, but with talk about tammy and her shortcomings as a writer, I wanted to interject. While I DO believe tammy isn't a fantastic writer, imo her main issues are; she seems to favor quantity over quality, and has bad time management. She works on multiple comics, and strictly commits to her once a week updates. She posting pages before the comic is fully complete(?), shes on a time constraint to get pages drawn, and (1/3)

most likely be forced to rush to get them out the door at some point. On top of this, she has to keep in mind that we only see one page a week, and I feel like it effects the pacing. IMO, tammy doesn't necessarily lack skill with character development and proper character interaction, she just doesn't give herself time to do it. Throughout CCT and ESPECIALLY OE, it feels like some of the pages are missing panels and are spaced too far apart (2/3)

You can see in some of the pages she wants to do more, but doesn't have the room to do it. Pair all this with the fact shes so excited with starting BUP (which I don't blame her) and even more time is taken away from her. Tbh I feel like if she got better at time management, and when shes down to one comic for continuous updates, she could greatly improve and put more thought into her writing, by. giving. herself, ROOM. (3/3)

ok so im gonna try and sum up your points just for my own ease of understanding this: 1. you agree that she’s not great re: time and 

actually wow im so bad at reading comprehension rn. thot you were trying to start discourse not just add your own point of view LOL im so good at this

personally i feel like she is good at time management, she’s just... idk... i wanna say she’s just focusing on bup way more than cct. because she was able to keep up four comics at a time (rd, ice climbers, cct, and the private nsfw cct comic i think), but she finished rd a while ago and ice climbers is almost finished on the patreon side. she basically has half as many comics going as she used to. (and a bit off topic but now that i think about it, i don’t think her writing re:character development declined from where I felt it was at while reading first match two years ago, it’s just becoming more relevant and visible now.) so it’s not rushed because she just doesn’t Have time, but she’s probably managing it poorly

ok so i came back to this after i wrote the above bit at 11 pm last night and wrote like three paragraphs and then tumblr crashed on me and deleted them so uhhh im gonna. rewrite all that. remember kids, when writing long tumblr posts, write them in the drafts page and save often. or just write them in word or gdocs or something just make sure you wont let tumbly fuck u over

so. personally I believe she’s not really having a time management issue. she has fewer running comics than she used to - she’s finished RD, ice climbers is nearly done on patreon, and the nsfw comic she once had going has been long over - and even when doing four comic updates a week she still managed to be successful. ice climbers is fully sketched and just three pages away from finishing on patreon. cct is 8 pages ahead on patreon and tammy sometimes leaves responses like ‘oh just wait till next page’ so I think it’s safe to say she has a couple pages sketched in advance. she’s been doing comics for at least a decade, i think she’s pretty experienced in that area by now.

i agree she’s rushed, but not in regards to bad time management. she’s got a good work schedule for herself, but with her focus shifted to bottled up, she’s rushing herself in terms of comic progress. she clearly wants to start bup as soon as possible, and that means finishing her other comics as soon as possible. and to nobody’s surprise, rushed comics are lower quality! she plans to start bup before the end of the year. there’s expected to be ten or so more  patreon pages in cct, or about 19/20 publicly, and there’s twelve more thursdays this year. and ice climbers is gonna stretch into the new year too, ending on jan 8th i think. (so unless she decides to give another slot to one of those two she’s probably gonna give the former RD update day to bup if she wants to start it publicly this year.)

though I do think she has an issue with writing. she’s said before that for cct, she never writes down her plot lines in advance. she just keeps them in her head until she sketches the pages. and i feel like this really screws with pacing and also just the writing in general. idk if you’ve seen it but a while ago there was a post floating around of pixar’s writing tips - one of which was “putting it on paper lets you start fixing it”. which I feel really applies to tammy. if she wrote down her plans before sketching them, i feel like she could work them out at a better pace and with better quality. she also tends to think of a lot of stories and plotlines she wants to get to, but ends up with way too much on her plate and never manages to get around to covering most of them. also the one page a week schedule definitely affects pacing too. i feel like since we have to wait a week to see each page, it’s kinda common for them to end on cliffhangers to keep readers hooked (like yesterday’s public page)

also related, she doesn’t…. stay true to her word. i had another example for this but its mostly regarding future comic stuff thats currently patreon only rip. but you know for tetrox’s story. she’s recently been talking about how tetrox was the octarian soldier who attacked whinter back in HoI. and i think at one point she had a more in depth story planned for tetrox (and probably also arnick) regarding that, but since she wants to get onto bup soon she made the decision to skip it over and just move onto final match, and how her original plan was to have tetrox be an infiltrating soldier who planned to take the zapfish again. and she’s been saying that since she isn’t going to do that tetrox arc, that she might change tetrox’s backstory to be more like octo expansion’s story - watched the match against Octavio, decided to run away to the surface to join inkling society. And personally I feel like it’s … really telling of tammy’s character (as in, how she is as a writer) that she decided to just change her backstory because she knew she wouldn’t get to writing the comic.

a while ago on patreon she answered an ask of mine with the sentence “My stories and especially my mind changes all the time. So, holding me to things I say months back isn’t really the best idea.” and that’s really…. bothersome to me because while I love stories that develop and bloom as they move along, like cct (and also ovw’s lore), it’s incredibly disappointing when you practically memorize the lore and then the writer decides to retcon major details. and it shows how she hasn’t been planning well enough to keep what she’s already said in the past as canon. going back to the third paragraph, she might not have this issue if she wrote down her stories before sketching them, But Alas. :(

tldr: i believe she doesn’t have an issue with short-term workloads, but instead has trouble with long-term planning and writing her story.

[paperprinc3]

You: I heard you're back in town. Do you want to get coffee and catch up? H (Hux had Kylo's baby while he was in the army and didn't tell him)

Stranger: Perhaps? K

You: Only maybe? H I'll treat. H

Stranger: I'm very busy currently. K And I've not been, uh, doing well. K

You: I'd like to see you. It's been years. H I'm a mess if it helps. H

Stranger: Its hard to leave my apartment, Hux. K I'm not adjusting to this. Being back. K

You: I see. Could I come over then? H

Stranger: Yes. Yes that would be much better K

You: Great. H Want me to bring something? I learnt to cook while you were gone. H

Stranger: You can cook? Thats weird. Bring me a surprise dinner then. K

You: Okay I will. H It's been four years, I learnt how to do housework. H

Stranger: Again, thats weird. K

You: I have Ben to look after. H

Stranger: Oh so you got a new boyfriend then? K I figured as much. K Look, maybe you shouldn't come over. K It would be odd. K

You: No. I've been single since you left. H I missed you. H

Stranger: I missed you too. K Who is Ben? K If you seriously got a cat and named it after my dumb old name...K

You: Sort of. The cat is called Milly though. H

Stranger: Who is Ben? K

You: Can I bring him with me? H

Stranger: Um...Sure? K

You: I think it's best you meet him in person. I'll explain promise. H

Stranger: You're scaring me. K

You: It's nothing bad. H

Stranger: Okay K

You: You'll love him. H

Stranger: Who the hell is this? K

You: It's Hux. I thought you remembered me. H

Stranger: No I mean who the hell is this Ben? K

Stranger: I don't like surprises anymore. K

You: He's my son. H

Stranger: What the /fuck/? K

You: He's five. H

You: Here is a photo. H [ Mini Kylo with blue eyes]

Stranger: What the fuck? What the fuck? K

Stranger: You can't come over. K

You: I'm sorry. I didn't want to just spring it on you. H

Stranger: Can't see him. K

You: Right. H

Stranger: I'm a mess. K

Stranger: And this is too much K

You: I understand. H

You: What if I just come round? H

Stranger: Fine K

You: We can talk. H

Stranger: Yeah okay that'll be fine. I can do that much K

You: Great. H

Stranger: Bring photos. K

Stranger: Of him. K

You: I will. H

Stranger: Like...growing up K

You: I've lots of them. H

You: I'm sorry I didn't tell you. H

Stranger: Yeah I'm pissed about that K

You: I expected that. H

Stranger: Why wouldn't you tell me? K

You: You were going and I didn't want to get in the way. I didn't want you to feel bad about not being there.  H

Stranger: Yeah but you wrote me a few times. You could've said I had a kid. K

Stranger: Does he know about me? K

You: I know. It was complicated. You were far away and I didn't want to hurt you. H I mentioned him a bit. All that stuff about my brother's kid. H He knows everything about you. H

Stranger: If you could come over now that would be great. K

You: Give me twenty minutes. H

Stranger: Cool. Great. K

Stranger: Panicked. K

You: Don't panic. H I'm coming. H Hold on I couldn't get a sitter. H

Stranger: I cannot see him, Hux. I cannot. K

Stranger: Not yet. He can't see me like /this/ K

You: He's asleep. H

Stranger: Hux. K

You: It will be fine. H

Stranger: He'll hate me. K

You: He loves you. H

Stranger: Not when he sees me. Whatever you told him about me, I'm not that guy anymore. K

You: Why are you so afraid of him seeing you? H

Stranger: I didn't tell you everything either. K

Stranger: I got hurt. Badly. K

Stranger: Thats why I'm home K

You: Phasma told me you got hurt. H

You: How bad is bad? H

Stranger: Scarred face and body. Lost a leg. K

You: I see. H

You: I shouldn't have let you go. H

You: I shouldn't have let you go. H

Stranger: I look scary. I have this gash across my face. It'll scare a five year old. K I know because I went out for the first time this morning and the kid in front of me with his mum started pointing and crying. K So K

You: He wont be scared. H I'll explain. H

Stranger: I'm scared K

You: Don't be. H

Stranger: (Can you start para?

You: Hux hurried to Kylo's address, that Phasma had helpfully given him. He couldn't help but worry about Kylo, he knew he should have told him about Ben in person. Beside him Ben sat in his car seat and played with his wookie doll. "Daddy, visit daddy!" He chunted excitedly. Hux smiled. "That's right baby. Remember what I told you. Daddy got hurt. but he's not scary. he loves you lots." Hux pulled up outside Kylo's house and picked Ben up. "Be a good boy now. We want daddy to live with us maybe hopefully." Hux carried him to the door and knocked. "Kylo? It's Hux." He said biting his lip.

Stranger: "You can just come in. Its unlocked." Kylo yelled out. He had fixed his dirty hair up into a bun, figuring that was the best thing he could do. He had tried to get a semblance of clean about the apartment, but it was hard. It was pretty obvious he had been sleeping on the couch and ordering takeout and then not cleaning up that takeout. The curtains were over the windows and the television was on but muted. He looked like shit and he knew it. He fussed with the newly healed scar on his face and tried to figure out what to do with his hands. He had covered his lap with a blanket, not wanting Hux or Ben to see his new leg. When the door opened his shoulders instantly tensed and he couldn't help the way his heart raced. He wasn't ready for this. "Hey..." He said, not even able to turn his head to look.

You: Hux entered Ben on his hip and glanced about, it was messy but nothing that couldn't be fixed with a little cleaning. He caught sight of Kylo and his heart quickened. He smiled as he walked closer. "I've missed you darling." Hux said his old petname for Kylo spilling from his lips automatically. His eyes widened slightly at the sight of Kylo's scars, and Hux regretted not being there for Kylo sooner. He took Kylo's hand and kissed it.

Stranger: Kylo glanced up and gave a weak smile to Hux. If anyone knew his tendencies towards the dramatic and the depressive then it was Hux, but even Hux hadn't seen him this low. "Hi." He said quietly, gazing at Hux's familiar face. His eyes teared up instantly, a new bothersome thing that had been happening lately. "Wow, you're still so handsome." He breathed, blinking his tears away. He shifted his gaze to the face of Ben and began to shake a bit at how much they looked alike. "Hi little guy. I'm Kylo. No. Daddy. Right? You can call me Dad if you like. Thats fine. You're very big. Fuck." His eyes widened. "I mean...No. Don't repeat that. Okay?"

You: Ben smiled at Kylo and held out his stuffed wookie for him to take. "Don't cry Daddy. I'm being good!" He said trying to get out of Hux's arms and get to Kylo. Hux let Ben down and Ben climbed onto the sofa and gave Kylo a hug. "Papa says bad words all the time don't worry." He said cuddling close like he'd always wanted to.

Stranger: Kylo was startled by how small Ben was, small and warm. At the same time he was so big and Kylo thought his heart was going to burst. He shifted an arm around Ben, wishing he had showered and didn't smell so stale. He was meeting his son and giving a terrible first impression. He glanced up at Hux again and patted the couch next to him. The second Hux sat down he shifted his face down to the man's slim shoulder and breathed deeply. "You changed your cologne." He mumbled, placing a kiss on Hux's neck. "I like this one though, its nice."

You: Hux laughed and leant against Kylo. "I don't have the money to spend on cologne. I smell like cookies because we were baking before. I brought you some if you want them." Hux felt his eyes start to tear up at the sight of Ben and Kylo together. You two are adorable together." He said as Ben tried to climb onto Kylo's lap. "Pay attention to me Daddy!" He said pouting.