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Still playing around with ways to make covers more designy. I looked a little at the opening of Cowboy Bebop when I did this one. I tried the lack of contour lines out on one side.
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Their outside Damien’s palace which has been scene once before but I didn’t assume people would know that by looking at it. So I made sure to mention it later in the chapter. I also wanted to show there was more going on in the country Damien lives in than the plot is involved in.
Everything Lope and Suzanne do in this scene is to quickly establish who they are for people who haven’t read As We Were. So we get Lope’s English lesson and them quickly taking care of a demon that is following them. Suzanne doing most of the violence while Lope hangs back. Then is establishes that everything is delaying Suzanne from hunting down Seth.
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So I looked up how long it takes a broken femur to heal. And then made a note that Danny needs to stay on cruches for that long. And then tried to think of stuff he’s not gonna do while on those cruches, such as go down a long flight of stairs.
I had fun drawing the street while Danny waits for Brad and Ally. Suzanne immedately assumes Seth did it, but she’s pretty victum blamey about the whole thing. I figured she is pretty harsh on that end because she is also victum blaming toward herself when it comes to Seth.
Lope and Danny’s conversation is to tell people who don’t know him from As We Were a few things very quickly. I always have it that he usually understands English but doesn’t talk to humans a lot. So he learned mostly by listening and not getting an explaination. So he doesn’t know that boyfriend is different from boy friend. His dealing with humans is limited enough that he doesn’t actually know what humans are capible of. So he whispers even though him and Danny are outside. Also he is behind the times tech wise. No cell phone. And finally him and Suzanne travel a lot so no landline or mail box.
I wanted the transition to be the exposition both Lope and Suzanne give rather than wasting time repeating it.
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Even though Suzanne assumed Seth did it, she does at least check to make sure it wasn’t Damien, given her recent experience.
Danny’s always has stilted conversations with Suzanne. I figure her friendliness goes to Ally first, then Brad, and she just tolerates Danny. Their whole arguement is kinda a passive verse active way to deal with the same problem. Neither of them really have the reasources to deal with Seth, to the arguement switches to Damien to is an easier antagonist to deal with. Also, Danny’s dismissel of “I donno, he’s crazy” is to show how little thought Danny has paid Damien.
Suzanne storming off and Lope’s expression are supposed to hint that this isn’t an uncommon occurance for her.
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Connor being a dick all through werewolf lessons is basically what Danny deals with everyday that Connor’s not asleep in class. Him asking about Seth is more signs that he and Seth have been sleeping together. He is sorta hopefully standing up with Seth with the little info he has, only to learn the whole story. His bad mood should be understandable once he has learned how bad a decision he has made romantically.
Lope and Danny’s conversation goes much better than Danny and Suzanne. I wanted to make sure while Suzanne’s dislike of Danny was clear. Lope and Danny are on good terms. Also that Lope’s mission isn’t to help Suzanne kill Seth. It’s more complicated than that.
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And while everyone is thinking about Seth, we check in with the antagonist no one thinks about. Damien gets dismissed as crazy and not having a reason for focusing on Brad. I wanted to show he does have a reason. Even if it’s one he doesn’t understand. Also, Cassia is very much not giving a shit about Brad, but supports Damien when he gets shouty about it. So Damien is honestly getting played as much as Danny.