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Were you ever tempted to make D1 and D5 into the same universe? They both fit the 'magic, no superheroes, altered geography'. Not that I think they need to be, since there are plenty of reasons to keep stories separated. Just curious.

It would not be unreasonable. I generally am more inclined to put a story with magic in its own universe, rather than have to figure out how to reconcile the magic systems, but it's a close thing there.

I'm glad you finally explained what was going on in THK. I was thinking it was Brazil, then Argentina, and it fit that vibe of being somewhere in Latin America but not quite familiar. Would love to see some Equinoxian foreign students at Wilmot.

The backstory is "what if the British attempts to seize that part of the world in 1806 had worked out, and it became a part of the British empire." In the modern day, it's an independent member of the Commonwealth.

Why, yes, I overthink my porn.

I appreciate the worldbuilding, as you may have gathered from the questions I've asked over the years.

It allows Hidden Knowledge and Beyond Rubies (and Final Form now, I suppose) to have a consistent, but slightly alien feeling.

Were you ever tempted to make D1 and D5 into the same universe? They both fit the 'magic, no superheroes, altered geography'. Not that I think they need to be, since there are plenty of reasons to keep stories separated. Just curious.

why did Fellcty know the address that where she came from ?

Before you start a book/series, do you always have the entire story plotted out, even if it takes years and years to tell the whole story?

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I generally have the overall architecture of the story mapped out, but I don't go down to the level of dialogue and panel descriptions at that point. And sometimes a title goes an entirely different direction from the way I thought it would when I started…

So far, it has only happened for me when the voice in the dark room belongs to a woman.

Right, when there are multiple people in the room. I strongly suspect this is Renee, Dante, and Paula. Renee/Dante are making Allison into Dante's "ideal woman"... and Dante likes pictures.

This is after getting a dark room, yeah? That'll give you a few changes; you'll take pictures of Renee in the bathroom, Allison clearly wants to bang Dante, etc.

Yes, it's after the dark room scene. However, after a bit of testing, I've found that getting the picture of Allison to trigger seems quite hard. So far, it has only happened for me when the voice in the dark room belongs to a woman. Most of the time, you just cum on her face with no picture being taken regardless of whether the voice in the dark room is female or coarse/supernatural-sounding.

This is after getting a dark room, yeah? That'll give you a few changes; you'll take pictures of Renee in the bathroom, Allison clearly wants to bang Dante, etc.

Nanites?

Either that or some kind of chemical/hormone.

I don't know if this is something new, but if you follow this path, you will take a picture of Allison after cumming on her face at breakfast in chapter 5.

⇝ Now is not the time.
⇝ Stop... you have something special to do to her.
⇝ "You will let me come in your mouth."
⇝ "I should deal with that text."
⇝ "Nothing important. Now, we both have big days tomorrow."
⇝ The next morning you decide to sleep in.
⇝ You find one that reminds you of no, this has to wait. Time for breakfast.
⇝ See what you can find on the Internet.
⇝ Then you head off to work.
⇝ I'm over it.  What's up?
⇝ I'm over it.  What's up?
⇝ I'm over it.  What's up?
⇝ I'm over it.  What's up?
⇝ Then you get to work; it's better to talk with Allison about this in person.
⇝ Time for bed. The situation with Annie can wait.
⇝ ... cuddle up to Allison for the night.
⇝ The next morning you wake up alone.
⇝ You check your phone.
⇝ I still can't believe you're asking after what you did.
⇝ It's a bit late for make-up sex.
⇝ Isn't there someone else who could help?
⇝ I don't want to risk my relationship.
⇝ I've told her I'm not going.
⇝ I'm sorry. I love you, but I can't.
⇝ And then you text your "friend".
⇝ Annie.
⇝ Perfect. See you then.
⇝ And then you call Allison.
⇝ ... head off to work.
⇝ "Avoiding some heavy life stuff."
⇝ "Things are just a little rough at home."
⇝ "I think Allison's cheating on me."
⇝ And then you get back to work.
⇝ And then you work until it's time for your date with your "friend".
⇝ You bring up Allison's recent behavior.
⇝ "I have this feeling she's cheating on me."
⇝ "She was OK with me seeing Annie. Does she want me out of town?"
⇝ "I intend to bring it up with her."
⇝ "You're right. I need to tell her. I'll talk to her tonight."
⇝ "Could it be some weird revenge thing?"
⇝ "As if that wasn't enough, I have a coworker..."
⇝ You inquire if the two of you might retire to the bedroom.
⇝ And then you wait for her summons.
⇝ You slide onto the bed and go down on her.
⇝ You slide into her.
⇝ And then you you slowly pull out.
⇝ And then you head home.
⇝ You help her up, and head to dinner.
⇝ You knock.
⇝ "Excuse me for a moment." You duck to the bathroom.
⇝ So, you follow Renée into the kitchen, having left the ring.
⇝ "How did you know about that?"
⇝ "Getting to bang her again was tempting, but..."
⇝ "She was more than just accepting."
⇝ "I would love to see them."
⇝ You accept her offer, and reach out to stroke her breasts.
⇝ "Drop."
⇝ You follow her back to the living room.
⇝ You return to the subject of Renée's boobs.
⇝ As the evening winds down, you say your goodbyes.
⇝ You turn to point her out to Allison.
⇝ You head to the car.
⇝ "No! What makes you think that?"
⇝ "Is everything OK? You've been acting different lately."
⇝ say, "Well, then, roadside blowjob?"
⇝ You finish the drive home.
⇝ Ignore it.
⇝ "I have something I want to do to you."
⇝ "Tell me what you're thinking about right now."
⇝ "Tell me."
⇝ "Who is he?"
⇝ "Who is he?"
⇝ "Who is he?"
⇝ "Who is he?"
⇝ "Who is he?"
⇝ "Who is he?"
⇝ "Who is he?"
⇝ "Who is he?"
⇝ "Who is he?"
⇝ "Who is he?"
⇝ "You will let me come on you."
⇝ You come on her stomach.
⇝ ... hand her a towel.
⇝ And then you dream.
⇝ And then your dream continues.
⇝ And then your dream continues.
⇝ And then during the night...
⇝ Then you roll over to check on Allison.
⇝ The next morning at breakfast...
⇝ "I don't think I have the time to do you properly."
⇝ "So, about the party..."
⇝ say, "I think I have time for a blowjob."
⇝ You decide to come on her face.

The stages in a comic are:

* Me havijng time to write the script.
* Writing the script.
* Pencils/layouts.
* Inks
* Colors
* Lettering

While nearly all of the artists we have do both pencils and layouts, some do coloring and some don't. It generally takes a bit longer if there is a separate colorist, but there are exceptions to that, too: Octavia Moon just bangs them out. :-)

Of these, the one that is usually the longest is the first one. Once I actually sit down and write the script, it's usually less than a day. The part of the art creation that takes the longest is getting to the inks, the colors, and Mr Zipp gets the letttering done in record time.

Our target is 90 days from when the artist (or first artist if there are multiple ones) gets the script until the colors are done. However, the range is huge. Some of it is just how fast they work, some of it is whether they have a full- or part-time job besides art (most do), and some of it is just things coming up in their lives.

So this is something I've been meaning to ask.

There are clearly books where you know the entire story arc before you started: Alchemist, ConFused, Checkered Past, Enchanted Summer. But there are others -- Bigger, Inheritance, Ring Cycle, An Education, Friend Zone, the impenetrable SJI -- where the plot can be more or less infinitely extended within that world?

Before you start a book/series, do you always have the entire story plotted out, even if it takes years and years to tell the whole story? Is the writing down the detail of dialog and blocking, or do things sometimes get out of control and the charagers take over as the story's getting told?