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First drawing of 2024!!! 🎉 A fluffy moment from Tears Don't Put Out the Fire. It's going to be just about equal parts angst and fluff, so you can count on lots of cute moments like this.

Bos isn't used to his hair being this long, so he still needs help putting it up. Or maybe he just likes the way it feels when Ryza brushes it. Either way, Ryza loves playing with his hair, so she doesn't mind. 💙

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Happy birthday Reisalin Stout!! 🎂

I wanted to do another comic but I haven't had time 🥲 Oh well!

This scene is fairly late in TDPOF. Ryza went to bed having completely forgotten about her own birthday... but Bos certainly did not!!! What did he get her??!! You will find out eventually. ⏳

Bonus:

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A scene from my fic Tears Don't Put Out the Fire. Nothing super spoilery, just a snapshot of how things begin to change.

I can't even remember the last time I did a full background, but after this I want to do more! Gotta face my fears!! 💪

Also I just realized this is the first time I've posted Bos with long hair??? I've been drawing him like this for half a year, how is this possible??? Oh well. Expect more.

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Just posting this by itself because it's my favorite part of this comic

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Happy birthday Bos Brunnen!! 🎂

Okay. So. Bos doesn't actually have an official birthday, so I gave him one to use in my fanfiction. December 22nd! I like the idea of him being born in deep winter. ❄💙

This takes place between two scenes in TDPOF. What is the context?! Why is he crying??!! You will find out eventually. ⏳

I haven't posted a comic in years and it felt nice to work on something like this again. Hopefully I'll have time to do more in the future!

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wEEEHHH a wip from the longfic

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wehhhhh

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Fic reveal!!!!

At long last, on the 6-month anniversary of its inception, I have decided to reveal my upcoming BooRai angst fic, Tears Don't Put Out the Fire.

The story begins one year after Atelier Ryza 3, with slight canon divergence that has Ryza and Bos working together on the island's reactor, along with all their other duties. Ryza is taking on loads of requests on top of teaching alchemy to the island's children. Bos is taking over all the responsibility of running the island as his father retires. They're both too busy for adventures, so they're excited that all their old friends will be visiting soon for the summer festival.

HOWEVER!!! On the day of the festival, everything goes horribly wrong when a mysterious gate appears on the island. The two of them are forced to make a decision that leaves their village completely empty except for a colony of bloodthirsty philuscha. With every human and animal on the island suspended in protective stasis, Ryza and Bos only have a limited time to close the gate before their people are lost forever.

This story is going to be very lore-heavy and very long. It's a slow burn in every sense and that means it's taking a while to write. It will be a little while longer before I'm ready to start publishing chapters, but I'm excited to start sharing teasers!

I won't post any serious spoilers for the story, but to avoid general spoilers, block the tag #tdpof spoilers

Subscribe to my AO3 and stay tuned!!!!

(Bonus: Here's the casual version of their default outfit, which they wear when they're staying home working on research.)

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At last...

The first two chapters of my long-hyped longfic.... are finished. 🥲

I will post them on June 11th, the one-year anniversary of the fic's inception.

However, I should mention that the story has undergone a title change. The working title (ICSTW) has been swapped out for the final title: Tears Don't Put Out The Fire

It will be abbreviated and tagged as #TDPOF (omit the 't' from 'the') and spoilers will be tagged with #TDPOF spoilers

Subscribe to my AO3 for updates.......