I wanted to write a couple thoughts about FNN now that it's over. Feel free to ask any questions you might have!
Overall I really enjoyed doing this comic. It was something that's been on my mind for ages and I decided to just finally get it done. I expected people to dislike it a lot since there wasn't going to be any gain or much stuffing even. It turned out to be my most liked comic which is quite baffling to me but I'm definitely not complaining.
One thing that sometimes annoyed me but mostly just amused me was how people kept commenting about how this is all going to be a dream. Which I found silly because that is the lamest cop-out ending to any story ever, I don't think no one's really done this after the 90's because it's so unsatisfying to the viewer. It's understandably a very hated trope. While I tend to do a lot of twists and sometimes unexpected outcomes in my stories I don't think I've ever done an ending that's just a fuck-you to the audience. In all of my stories there has been some kind of closure and/or contentment from the climax which has generally involved girls being stuffed. So please don't expect me to make a decision only for the sake of pissing off the readers.
For the people who felt like Cindy shouldn't have had any attraction towards Connor and that's why it felt like a dream: here's how it was supposed to go
Cindy was shown as very insecure about her body throughout the comic. First they relaxed together with Connor so she'd let her guard down a little. Then she'd find out that connor actually thinks she's really attractive. This being late evening and them being alone together talking about movies made it into a pretty romantic setup as soon as she stopped worrying about her figure. Being a horny young woman who didn't find Connor as a threatening creep but rather a really trustworthy genuine guy they would naturally hook up. While this development might have felt like a dream it was actually somewhat intentional as all of my experiences like this IRL have had the same vibe. The feeling of "I can't believe this is happening, my heart is racing" is something I really wanted to get across, but a lot of people interpreted it as being an actual dream. I am not sure how I would have convinced the audience that it was real, I guess that's really difficult when it's fiction. I have to consider this in future projects.
About Cindy: Cindy was actually designed for the University comic, she was supposed to be a character there and she was going to be a lot bitchier which might be apparent from her design. I was thinking about early 2000's fashion when it was really common to wear very unflattering clothes that exposed a lot of midriff and cleavage, so it always ended up looking really trashy on chubby girls. There's a certain design element about that time period that I absolutely adore though so I really wanted to go ham with it. Which I'm glad I did, Cindy's style is entirely based on that aesthetic. I decided to do the babysitting comic on a very short notice (because nolunchtakeout ended and the next comic script was way unfinished) so I just used Cindy there as a character. I imagined that I could just reuse her for the university but I had NO idea people would like her this much, still don't quite understand how she is so well liked, part of me still thinks it's just because she has big jugs...
Anyway, Cindy quickly grew up to be an entirely different character than I thought she would be, mostly because I just kind of let the characters in the comic interact with each other as felt natural to them. It's crazy how fast they defined into their own personalities. This meant though that the dynamic for the University comic would not work with Cindy anymore and I had to completely redo the cast for that story. Story stayed mostly the same but it became an entirely different interaction for the main characters. Also the setting changed from a fictional early 2000's to modern day.
As for the FullNightNanny sequel, there is entirely the possibility of continuing the story from where it left off. However it would be a completely different comic with different goals and whether that is interesting to people or not remains to be seen. The prequel is also a possibility but it would not be the same wholesome-happy dynamic either. Basically it's impossible to make "more of the same" unless I redo the whole comic with an alternative ending or something, but that's not a very interesting idea to me. We'll see what comes next, but I definitely won't let Cindy be forgotten considering the amount of love she received from the community.
Also included, Connor, mom and Sannah designs for download
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