Raphael Intermission

Raphael Intermission

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This intermission takes place in the middle of the previous comic.

Haarlep has been benched in favor of a pet Tiefling because he kept shit-talking Raphael to his staff.

This is why you shouldn't body shame your boss D:

(Will be uploaded to Webtoons at later date, I might have to censor some dialogue and .. Haarlep's body.)

An Addendum: Since some people have been annoying about this on my main blog before, Nymrod is an adult and has an adult body. He's just a brat personality wise, with noble background.

Twink Disasters with pastel pink cute aesthetics.. Heh.

Hey chickadees! Here's your Daily Reminder to Click for Palestine!

* The Ascended *

Ascended Astarion, because we need him in our lives. Corel Painter Follow me also on Instagram!

DON'T BULLY PEOPLE OVER FANFIC ITS NEVER JUSTIFIED NO MATTER WHAT!!

You are a lovely and creative writer!!!

In recent weeks, I have been receiving hate anons on my ao3 fic. I have tweeted about it here and there, but have mostly ignored it. Unfortunately, today I received another, and due to the content, I feel like I have to respond. It’s been said before but it bears repeating: public accusations like these are damaging to creators, even when they are phrased passive aggressively rather than direct. 

I shall endeavor to answer these in full in this message and then I don’t plan to address this issue again. I would have preferred this to be resolved more maturely, through conversation, but as these remarks have been placed in the public sphere, and have been happening for weeks now, I am opting to reply openly. 

The concept of an A!A that could be softer was inspired by a number of A!A fanfics, particularly 'The Rogue You Were', and I have always been open about this. In fact, were you to look at chapter 1 of Whither, an acknowledgment exists. Whither’s foundation was built on this concept, and grew into 2 – going on 3 now – full longfics from there. I have never been shy about where my original inspiration came from. 

These tropes that I am now accused of copying (masquerades, Raphael-esque characters, Astarion being murderous, comic relief, and bats) are as we all know common tropes amongst the fandom and amongst vampire literature, and were not new concepts when they were used by the person claiming credit for them.

My favorite thing about fandom spaces is that they are a place to share ideas and collaborate. The person who made this accusation was someone I considered a friend: we had openly expressed to each other various instances where she and I were inspired by each other’s work. I have credited her influences; she has not credited mine. Dredging up screenshots to support this statement would be exhausting, and I hope it doesn’t become necessary. I’d much rather be working on my fic than dealing with this, and I hope this is the end of it so we can all get back to doing what we enjoy with our time.

I have as of late retreated from reading other fanfic within the fandom; mental health issues and intense impostor syndrome have rendered it impossible for me to engage in others’ writing, no matter how much I’d like to. Art, being something in the fandom that is removed from writing, is something I really enjoy seeing and delve headfirst into, but I am not at all up to date on the latest fic trends. These ideas (the masquerade, batstarion, and a more light-hearted tone) are things my editor and I have long wanted to add to the fic, but they did not fit into the plot right away. Presenting a cohesive, well-thought-out story has always been the most important thing to me, rather than chasing the latest trend. 

We are all playing the same game, writing from the same base material, often for the same characters with slightly different takes on those characters. There is no way to write for a fandom, particularly one like this, without a fair bit of overlap. I've worked hard this year to find my peace with that, and to not see others using similar plot points as copying. We are all appreciating the same masterpiece of a game, after all.

And lastly, I’d like to add that I don’t in any way condone harassing anyone, anonymously or otherwise, so please do not do so on my behalf.

Comment can be seen in this chapter, will post a screenshot if it's deleted:

Anytime I see a post that’s like “accessibility isn’t just a ramp” I’m like yeah, but also sometimes we barely get a ramp or we get no ramp at all. Obviously we should push for more but you should recognize that some people literally can’t get around most places because of things like stairs, broken elevators and lifts.