Unused strips for May 16 and May 17, 2024
Added 2024-05-19 13:34:07 +0000 UTCThis sequence would've ran when Dorothy entered Walky/Booster's room, and I got two strips in before realizing I was gonna miss some things I wanted to get to and I was also getting to things I wanted to get to in the wrong way.
Walky starts out pretty snarky, and as he notes, he's lashing out a bit. Just getting mad and then noting why he's mad! Creating conflict and immediately closing it out. Thanks, Walky! That was a fun 3 panels where you're just out-right telling us what you're thinking! And besides, when Walky last had Dorothy thoughts, it was about reacting to her drunken Instagram with Joyce. I felt leading with acknowledging that instead was a better transition, as it keeps things together instead of just throwing out emotional acknowledgements of things.
But first I penciled this one out, too. Again, Walky's just kind of being more direct than is amusing to me, I think, with his "what about YOUR autism" that feels a bit too strong. And then he lists all the cast members he thinks are also autistic, because we're just friggin' throwing out any subtlety here, we're just naming shit out-right. This strip is being written as if my primary mission is to provide information for a Walkypedia article. Nope nope nope nope nope nope let's start over.
So I started over, threw that Instagram acknowledgement in there, and then IMMEDIATELY GOT THEM OUT OF DODGE, because I actually wanted this scene to be on top of the Meaningful Snowhill rather than drawn out and spinning its wheels directly in front of Booster. And I was happy that I was able to do it in a way that made me laugh.
And then I was able to hit a lot of the same moments I wanted, but without, like, you know, directly just friggin' stating them. Tried to do it with a little more art, rather than going down the checklist of things I wanted said and having them said.
i do still, however, think it'd be funny if amber were autistic but amazi-girl isn't, i do regret not having that little bit in there
but i can probably find a way to circle back to that at some point, who knows
Comments
Sadly that's not quite how it works with Autism + DID. All my partner's alters are autistic but one of them "has the autism for the collective" meaning most of the visible traits they got punished for having come out in that one alter and not the others. But the rest of them think like an autistic person still, it's a neurotype that applies to the whole brain, not just the part that does the stimming and has texture issues and whatnot.
Jane Bailey
2024-05-23 14:09:39 +0000 UTCI love seeing your process! I don't think I've ever seen one of these WIPs that was better than the final, and if really good lines get cut, they usually turn up later on. The Edit is an essential tool, and you wield it masterfully.
Sibre Collard
2024-05-23 02:38:11 +0000 UTC
