#Q&A: Process

[madaqueue]

people who want to fuck blond men are truly the bravest soldiers

[milangakokoros]

Fashion shun (algo asi)

[lackadaisycats]

Hey Tracy, I'm new to the Lackadaisy fandom since the Pilot came out. I saw the short were Viktor and Mordecai played chess, and was honestly amazed by how much happened in one minute! I really loved it.

According to the credits, there were 3 writers, including you.

I don't know how writing rooms work,

but I was wondering if you knew who came up with the closing line, about "the ballistic aspect" of chess.

If it was one of the co-writers, my compliments to them,

if it was you, my compliments to you!

Hey, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! I wrote that line in one of the early drafts of the script because simply ending on the board being tossed felt incomplete. It needed a sort of micro-denouement in which Mordecai, satisfied with the outcome, tries to lend validity to his own 'strategy' (of being insufferable enough to get Viktor to literally throw the game).

I can't really take blanket credit, though. We (@fablepaint, @davecapdevielle, and I) probably workshopped whatever I initially wrote down. That tends to be how it goes. You write the draft, and you don't worry too much about it being cheesy, clumsy, clunky, and too on the nose with bad comedic timing. You worry about getting the core idea across first. Then you go back over the script repeatedly with everyone contributing to correcting the timing, finding more natural phrasing, teasing out the incidental humor, filtering out detritus, and streamlining the progression of one beat to the next.

[indieyuugure]

Quick question

How do you plan your comics? Do you do storyboards or something?

Im trying to get working on one and idk where to start-

I use a mix of a few things.

Typically a sketch ideas and scenes first and then I write them down.

So that scene in Aliens and Mysteries when Raph’s talking to his brothers in bed was a storyboard-style sketch I made:

I make tons of these for both scenes that are just jokes and scenes I plan to incorporate into the story. Usually, when I have a bunch of these and other ideas swirling around in my head, I’ll start sorting them by canon importance and most structurally important, funny, or interesting. Those ones get added and arranged into the chapter list in chronological order like this:

(Note that this is not a comprehensive list of future chapters, many will be renamed, deleted, shifted and/or new ones will be added)

Then about one week to a day before I start drawing the next chapter I write it out in full detail so I don’t get lost mid chapter and know what to include. Here’s the paragraph that the above sketch turned into:

This screen-shot is from the document that contains both important information about the world and every episode in this format.

And then of course, when it comes time for the episode, it turns into this:

I think my planning style is a little…uh, fluid? It’s very common that the actual comic will deviate slightly from the written chapter. This happens most while planning out the panels; I get a bunch of new better ideas for how it should go and add them in. I usually try to keep the written chapter outlines a little on the vague-er side for that reason.

It’s also worth noting that this is the most common way I plan out stories, sometimes steps get mixed up or skipped or just spawn out of nowhere. It’s a disaster, really, but the final product is pretty good so I don’t question it 🤣

Some people prefer a much more concrete approach to writing, others prefer an even less structured approach. All depends on how your creative thrives and where on the scale of ADHD to OCD spectrum you land 😂 (joking)

This is how I do for the most part, hopefully this helps you? I wish you luck in story writing! ^v^

Good question! :]

[pangzi]

Q just assuming everyone feels the way he does about Toey as everyone obviously adores the boy until he describes how he feels in the most romantic poetic way possible and Peem tells him that's NOT normal

[housewifebuck]

[writers-potion]

What are some ways to start sentences for variation?

Hey thanks for the ask :)

In English, the natural sentence structure is to start with the subject:

John.../It.../They.../Clouds...

While this is certainly a good way to write, a paragraph where every sentences starts with the subject will tend to be monotonous.

Here are some other ways to start your sentences:

Time:

At once...

At dusk...

In the evening...

After...

At the same time...

When...

On Sunday...

Place:

Here..

Under the apple tree...

By the river...

At the house...

Next to...

Close to the road...

In her suitcase...

On the other side...

All across the nation...

In the corner...

Near the bottom of the page...

At the airport...

Present Participle:

Dodging the bullet, he...

Gasping for breath, she...

Humoring him, they...

Others:

Although...

Despite...

Against...

Luckily...

With...

If...

Nevertheless...

etc.

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[greaseonmymouth]

I commissioned the wonderful @domirine for fanart inspired by last year's advent fic, Et Afdeling Q Julemysterie:

Der kommer et billede ind også: en selfie af Assad storsmilende og ved siden af ham, Carl. Carl har armen om Assads hals og sin mund plantet mod hans kind i et stort kys. Hun når lige at se, til trods for vinklen, at Carl også ser glad ud på billedet, før billedet forsvinder, for at blive erstattet med en notits: Denne besked er blevet slettet. 00.17 Det er lige før hun er i tvivl om hun så rigtigt, men jo, det må hun have gjort. Der er ikke andet, der giver mening. Hvor mange glas champagne var det hun fik? Forkert billede, skriver Assad

How, exactly, did Assad wind up texting Rose the wrong photo at the NYE party? It couldn't possibly be because he was distracted at a crucial moment by his happy tipsy smoochy boyfriend, could it? 🤔

Happy holidays, everybody! I hope you love these as much as I do 🥰 Domi was fantastic to work with and I couldn't be more pleased 🥰 I cannot stop looking at their cute happy faces 🥹🥹🥹

[milkweedman]

When you get to a point in fiber arts where you start wanting to learn other crafts just so that you can better make what you're making, that's when you know you're screwed

I keep eyeing inkle looms because I need to make woven straps for the handspun crochet bags I keep making and the knit icord strap is so annoying to make. And I will never know peace until I can make the Perfect Bags.

[fuwabits]

Whatever. *turns the Kamen Rider W catboy expy into a cotton doll*

[goddessofroyalty]

i went through the zaun family au tag (plus a little of work/life balance but i prefer the former lol sorry!) and i dont think youve gotten into many details of how jayce and viktor cope with a newborn baby? clearly viktor wants to go back to the lab asap, and he does carry naph around in a sling, but it's not something he can do like. the next day after popping out that kid.

(admittedly i just want more of jayvik + their baby 😔 you manage to get them soooo right)

Glad you've enjoyed it.

I don't think I've rambled much about Jayce and Viktor with their newborn (more about once things have settled).

Because we are basing this in Zaun Family I'm going to stay with a comparison. I think where Silco during those early days after the birth kind of curls around the newborn to the point where even Vander has to convince him to be able to see them and that only getting more intense the worse the labor and delivery are, Viktor during those early days kind of dissociates and leaves the baby caring to Jayce and it goes on for longer/is more intense the worse the labor and delivery are. He's in a least a decent amount of pain, has gone through an intense experience, and hasn't been able to (and still can't) return to his lab to like 'ground' himself with his work. I've heard some people talk about feeling like their body wasn't their own in those very early hours/days after giving birth and I think Viktor falls into that camp.

I do think both Jayce and Viktor knew that Jayce would probably be doing the bulk of the baby caring in the days immediately following the birth. They didn't have a sit down conversation about it but they know Viktor will need to rest and recover and Jayce kind of needs to do it to help his own feelings of uselessness throughout the pregnancy. It does frustrate Viktor because they're meant to be partners and right now Jayce is doing most/all the work while he's basically stuck in bed recovering but also... Viktor did all(/most - Jayce was a very attentive support through the pregnancy) of the work to that point. Viktor doesn't do nothing but at the start all he can kind of do is hold Naph while Jayce organises things.

Obviously as Viktor heals and is able to do more (and return to his lab - that probably feels like a turning point day of being Himself again for him) the dissociation fades and they more find their rythm together and it does end up being that more equal split that I've talked about previously.

Ximena also probably basically moves in with them the last days before Naph is born and for that early period while they are adapting. But she is very much the Good example of a grandparent moving in when the baby's born. She's there if they need her but is mostly dealing with the day-to-day life stuff (you know organizing food, doing the dishes, emptying the bins) so they don't have to think about it while they adapt to life with a baby (and while Viktor is kind of out of action).

[mareastrorum]

Keyleth: K'Varn's a beholder. Vex: (gasps) Scanlan: A beholder? What's that? [...] Keyleth: Not only is K'Varn a beholder, K'Varn has been experimenting on himself and so he has armor grafted onto him, and the horn The horn which-- I don't know.

[Discussion/planning...]

Travis: Could you tell me what a beholder is first? Because I don't know. Sam: Big bad scary thing. Travis: With finger eyes? Matt: (grabs the Monster Manual) That's a beholder.

Laura: Oh, the thing on the front of the Monster Manual. Ashley: It's on the cover of a book. Travis: Worst possible scenario imaginable. Laura: That's all you could have said. Liam: The iconic creature. Taliesin: It's on the cover of Dungeons & Dragons Monthly right now. It is the cover model.

[ballroomeddie]

not to be buckpilled on main but... isn't it a liiittle 🤏 bit weird that Buck isn't standing upfront with the Grant-Nash family and the fire chief

[colormush]

[burntoutuserboxes]

[This user has auditory processing disorder.]

[mudzdale]

i don't know if it's strictly a result of overcorrecting after critical test screenings, but one of my favorite things to notice in lilo and stitch is the model they use for jumba when they want him to appear extra friendly or comical. the jump to from the small eyes and threatening silhouette to enormous eyes and big-headed body plan is so funny to me.

one of the best parts is when they transition him from friendly-model to villain-model in one shot! it's very cleverly executed, and i love to watch for it