Actually, I do have some other things I've been planning to put here, but I wanted to start with the fanfic asides, so I had to wait until that whole mess was finished.
Hands down, the line Kryss "quotes" here is my favorite thing that I wrote for the fanfic. It really says nothing, but is also very explicit with a little imagination (this version is toned down slightly from what it was originally in the fic). Unfortunately, it was pointed out that it wasn't appropriate for the character whose point of view we're following at that stage to use such flowery language. You can still find a stripped down version of that text in the fic, but I swore to save the line, and I did so by putting it here. You'll notice I quite foolishly drew everyone so that you can see their shoes. That's the last time I make that mistake. Shoes are very hard to draw. Though not as hard as Sapphwolf's sandal-things. I complained more about his outfit than anything else. You wouldn't realize it, but Kryss is also too tall (something I didn't always remember to remedy in the future either). It's okay though, if I hadn't mentioned that, you wouldn't have known. But according to kryss (the forumite), Kryss (the character) is much shorter than drawn here, and should be more like five feet tall. Sapphwolf is also somewhat too short. Sorry if the text flow is difficult to follow. If I'd been thinking, I'd have switched Kryss and Sapphwolf to make the dialogue easier to read. (Incidentally, if the quote bothers anyone, let me know. I'll gladly censor the image and provide a link to the real one. I'd thought about doing it proactively, but we have said worse things on here before, so I figured I might be able to get away with it.
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Yes, this is actually something kryss told me, more or less; it's paraphrased only slightly. I think the flippant part of the reply is also roughly how I responded. The more serious part of the response is simply true.
Actually, come to think of it, the whole thing's probably true.
This is also based on an actual conversation between Sapphwolf and I. I get to blame any inaccuracies in the gay bits of the story on him not telling me the right thing, and he gets to blame my ignorance on not taking him up on his offer of "research," so it all works out.
Unfortunately, this isn't an exchange that Verilidaine and I had; she really didn't give me much to work with for somewhat derogatory mocking one-liners.
Though I will admit that an adaptation of "Lube nuts?! wtf?! Why does Alaric have those in his office?! ...Oh, okay. Still…lube nuts??" would be a strong contender. This is instead a reference to her request that it be "drooling over Keith and Alaric" and that she played a big part in making sure I wrote Natani to the character. Every time I remembered to have Natani think of herself as a male, that's because Verilidaine reminded me that I needed to do it.
This is supposed to be Rock Band, only with magical, wireless instruments. I thought seriously about actually doing a real Rock Band-esque background (or taking a photo and blurring it), but I finally decided it'd be too busy. The song is one of them that I think is particularly befitting; it's a sweet, romantic sort of song, that for some reason, seems very homoerotic to me, although it's probably not supposed to be. If you search for it on YouTube, you'll find eleventy billion AMV's using it for the music. The quoted text is the chorus and the first half of the second verse. If I have to admit it, "Kiss and Swallow" by I Am X, and "Between Breaths (A XX Perspective)" by Blaqk Audio were probably more of an inspiration for this part of the fanfic, but "Melt the Sugar" had its influences.
Actually, I'm planning to do one of these for every part of the fanfic, and I think "Between Breaths" is going to be the one for the next section.
After everything was almost finished, I realized I forgot to draw an aside mentioning that I was dividing it up. Sapphwolf's line had been planned for him since I decided to do the asides, only it was originally to be at the very end. Since I realized that I should break the fiction up into sections, I decided to put it here, rather than risk forgetting the joke. (Besides, I've scripted out a way better one for when the fiction is completed.)
Before you ask, yes, I have an anatomy book (it was decided by my artistic friends that I wouldn't be allowed to lean on ignorance as a crutch any longer
); no, I haven't managed to read it yet; yes, I do intend to do so now. I'm aware of a lot of my weaknesses, but feel free to point them out (or my strengths too, I wouldn't mind that ), just in case I missed something. I realize that's inviting Sage to say something mean and shatter my self-worth, leaving me nothing but a broken and hollow shell of a man, but if a guy can't take a little nastiness, he's going to have a lot of trouble in life. 
