Curse you audio technology! Also, I made another Let’s Play.
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So, as I promised on Monday, here’s a post on my thoughts about writing chapter seven, which also acts as the end of the first volume of Domain Tnemrot. And don’t worry, we are nowhere near finished yet.
This story was meant to be in a much different place initially. I first plotted it out in late 2008. Chapter Three was meant to be Morris’ last appearance for a while, but I liked what Tatiana did with him, Raid and June so I brought them back. The fourth chapter was supposed to be the fifth and instead of Angel’s character development, she was supposed to just be awesome. Chapter Five was actually the fourth and had more of a general back story on how the slaves got there. However, upon re-reading it I discovered it conflicted with the story I had written in the About section. Serves me right for not checking my notes. So I pushed it back, made it more about Dae’s personal back story and we got to see the actual ball (Angel and Mia were just supposed to leave then come back at the end).
Then I got to chapter six. I looked at what I had planned out, and then decided to throw it all away in exchange for what we got. I wanted a big ending and Morris getting his comeuppance was the first thought that came to my mind. An epic beatdown delivered by Dae and Angel in the ring as he’s humiliated in front of his fans.
Only problem was I didn’t know how to do it.
The glove was easy. I wanted to bring in something like it soon in order to make the non-slaves a threat without resorting to guns. I’ll probably have a couple of gunslingers featured later, but not for the moment. No, the hard part was the set up. I had chapter seven worked out except for the moment in which Morris is thrown into the arena. That was the part that kept getting changed until I sent Tatiana the version we saw. In a couple of versions it was the Ref who threw him in just to see what would happen. But I’m happy with the result we got and I’m glad you all enjoyed it.
As for the future, well I’ve pretty much scrapped the original overall plot. I have a few ideas, but nothing concrete. Chapter Eight’s been finished and is setting up a new arc, but aside from that, I’m going in blind.
This is going to be fun.
~ David
Have you guys bought a copy of Tnemrot yet?
So you guys may remember our past Christmas and Easter guest spots where other artists came in and drew Angel as something holiday related. Well Halloween is only a few months away so it’s time to start thinking about that. I have some costumes in mind, but there’s something I’m wondering. Do we stick with Angel this time?
See, I’ve noticed a few people are letting June grow on them. This makes me wonder if you guys wouldn’t prefer she gets the Halloween pin up. And yes, it will most likely be sexy.
So post your preferences here and whoever gets the most requests gets to be drawn by another artist.
PS If you want both, sorry but it’s still only one. Next year I’ll start the doubling up though.
You guys, for reading this. Thanks for enjoying Domain Tnemrot.
I need to say that more often.
PS We’re on TV Tropes if you’re interested.
I meant to do this a few weeks back, but I couldn’t think of what to say.
So, I hope everyone’s enjoying the current chapter. I realised Angel needed to catch up on the action scenes, so I gave her this chapter to show off what she can do when not under the influence of the collar. Have to give everyone their moment in the spotlight.
Also, you may have noticed earlier or guessed from the title, but we have a new FAQ section. I’ve answered a bunch of questions there already, but if you have one you can’t see there, then just let me know and I’ll get an answer for you ASAP.
Hope all is well with you guys.
~ David
So today is the day we upload the last page of the first chapter of Domain Tnemrot. Hooray.
I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I mean, there might be a hole in the story I missed and I didn’t do much in the way of character development, but I did get everyone introduced and managed to set up the scene so you guys know what you’re in for. The characters will grow and change, plus we may leave Tnemrot in the future to have adventures elsewhere, but this chapter pretty much represents what the series is about. And I hope you’ll stick around to see what happens.
The chapter went through some changes. It’s a lot more decompressed than my version, which was about 30 pages long, but Tatiana was right about that. It was pretty rushed without an occasional break, since I was writing for an American comic rather than a manga and I was still a little fresh to the whole thing, so I couldn’t expand my writing the way I wanted to. It’s why I haven’t tried to write a novel yet, I keep summarising too much. But she did basically get it down exactly as I envisioned. Well, maybe not her specific style, but the camera, the looks of the characters, their expressions and actions is pretty much how I saw it in my head. And she did a fantastic job crafting it. A special thanks to her for coming on board.
I can’t wait to show you guys what comes next.
~ David