theothersideoftheuniverse

[theothersideoftheuniverse]

WELCOME, TRAVELLER!

[Link to the comic itself will go here] (when it exists)

MORE INFO UNDER CUT

The Aforementioned Cut:

"What is this? What's it about?"

This is a webcomic written, drawn and posted entirely by @crayonsquadlilac . It is about a human who meets an alien and then goes with them into space, and they have many adventures together. It takes place in the present day. It will be occasionally seem a little episodic in its chapters with individual adventures, but there is continuity and an overarching story going on, and an eventual end it will reach. Charachters develop, new things get introduced, problems get worse, and actions have consequences. It is telling a story, not several little stories.

"Who are the charachters?"

That's a really general question. But here's the two main charachters:

This is The Human/The Protagonist. She does not have a name yet because she is still figuring herself out (notice the transgender pin hint hint wink wink.) Perhaps she will find a name in her adventures? She is 13 earth years of age, and she is very silly and nerdy. An awkward rambler who gets really excited at things. Unfortunately she will eventually experience the Horrors. Such are the whims of the narrative.

This is Slush, the alien. They are 112 earth years of age (which is the equivalent of being a 30-something year old human for their species.) They live alone on their Spaceship and travel space, and when they meet the human they realize how lonely they were. They are wise and knowledgeable, but nobody's perfect. They are running from something both literally and figuratively. They may think they have experienced some decent horrors, but there is in fact much worse to experience.

Look at these various doodles. I love these two so much and I draw them a lot.

There will be many more characters other than these two, of course. But these two are The Main Two.

I would love to say more about them and other charachters however i do not want to Spoil anything. You must understand.

"When can I expect it to update?"

I am extremely bad at that specific sort of thing. The short answer is sometimes. The long answer is whenever I get around to finishing some pages and posting them, and that there is no set schedule as I have many other things also going on in my life and an imperfect brain that much to my dismay simply decides not to work sometimes. I am deeply sorry, there may be great hiatuses. Perhaps in the future it will be better, but for right now it's like this.

"Where else can I find it other than here?"

Currently it does not yet have its own website, and I'm not comfortable putting it up on webtoon or tapas. So until it has its own website in the future, it's here on tumblr and there on twitter. And Bluesky.

(The word twitter there is itself a link to it on twitter.)

(Same for Bluesky.)

"What content warnings would you give it?"

I do not think of it of it as ever *extremely* intense save for some few moments. However I know everyone is different and handles different things better or worse than others. So here is a list of all possible sensitive things to be aware of;

There will be some rare blood and violent scenes, and a small amount of death. Some vague discussion of/lightly touching upon the topic of gender dysphoria and a bit more of some similar heavy stuff. Some eyestrain/very bright colors sometimes Maybe. And instances of disturbing imagery- there are some certain chapters in particular planned that might seem rather dark compared to much of the story before them.

Individual chapters will have warnings for any possible disturbing content beforehand, and anything too bright and eyestrain-y that might actually hurt the eyes of some people will be hidden under a readmore for safety's sake.

This isn't meant for any specific sort of age demographic, just for anyone who wants to read it, young or old.

I suppose you could call it "kid friendly," ? but like in the same way that some beloved cartoons like Gravity Falls or The Owl House were supposedly made for a younger age demographic but contain horrifying concepts and emotional depths that older viewers could get more out of- thus marking them media for Everyone, really.

Except unlike some of those this comic is like starting with the specific target demographic of "whoever cares idk." If that makes sense.

However if I *had* to give it an age rating I'd say maybe pg-13? So if you're younger than 13 best be wary I suppose?? But again, anyone can read it.

And if it's any consolation, this story is meant to in the end be bright and hopeful. Yes, there are the horrors, but there are also the wonders. There is pain, but wounds do heal, there is fear, but we face our fears sort of thing.

Also if you care; there are very little to almost zero (human) cusswords in the comic, but I the Creator in regular conversation cuss Quite A Decent Amount, so like. Yeah. If you care. (I will not put warnings for cusswords.)

"Anything else I should know?"

If you are the type of person who likes science-fiction-type stories more for the science than the anything else, I think this thing is going to be a bit more cartooney than sciencey and that's Okay. Please do not expect extremely astronomy-knowledge-detailed planets. Expect cool and pretty plants with unique ideas upon them that might be possible but if anything is scientifically inaccurate or impossible about anything Please Do Not Get Mad And Kill Me. OK 👍. But also do not expect absolutely zero science, I know some stuff, just not All the stuff, so like yeah there will be science. There will also be Cartoon. It is simply how the mind works

I've mostly worked out the story in my brain, but when drawing the comic I am figuring out how to *tell* the story, and there may be a few things I just come up with on the fly, or actively rewrite what I had in my brain a little in order to flow better reading-wise. So basically the process is: Come up with it in brain (mostly all done already) -> Figure it out on paper (per chapter & with various creature or world designs & "storyboards"/rough drafts of the chapters) -> Draw Final Things in digital art program (The comic panels themselves. Usually using photos of the paper figuring out phase as reference)

Please remember I am merely a fellow on the internet creating my silly little things. Not only am i not multiple people I am also just as much of a person as you are. So please be understanding when it takes a while for things and also do not be weird about me. I simply wish to create stuff and share it with others. I would love to do that peacefully.

The main tags are #tosotu , #the other side of the universe , and #the other side (of the universe) . Feel free to make new ones though idk. Those are just the main ones.

Sorry for rambling. If you couldn't tell, I have a lot of (too much) fun typing up large amounts of information.

Wrapping this post up now!

Various Links :

The comic itself (when it will exist) (here on tumblr)

The person behind all this (here on tumblr)

The person on Twitter

The comic on Bluesky (when it will exist)

The person on Bluesky

I hope you have a nice day!

[theothersideoftheuniverse]

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