Coffee and Steampunk

[flyboy_fox]

Heh. Miles may have (finally) got the memo that he can't take over my body or my life... but he's slowly but surely taking over my apartment ^^; He's got his own towel, clothes, shower stuff ('cause he won't touch my Mint Candy shower stuff), and FAR too much coffee stuff for any reasonable person. Seriously, let's see... we have instant espresso, mocha, Colombian instant coffee (or at least we DID until the whole jar mysteriously vanished into thin air along with Jei's iPod, straaange), more Colombian coffee (the non-instant kind), a cafetière, a cappuccino mug, an espresso cup... Ah. Do we NEED all this, Miles? I don't even really drink coffee, but oh well. If Miles has to hook himself on something, I guess coffee is a better fix than vodka ^^;; He also intends to get a leather-bound journal and a fountain pen, as I think I said before. I know that what he'd REALLY like is his own room in the flat, or at least a little corner to make up as his own space... but this tiny apartment doesn't even have room for Jei and I to have our own set areas (not that we really need 'em). More and more I do feel like four people live here instead of two, even if Scourge is (oddly) the quietest and least intrusive one.

*Eyes can of 'Relentless' energy drink on his desk* ... ugh, god damn it, no more caffeine, please~! I wonder if other people with 'bonds' end up completely separating their lives like this, with their own belongings, food, clothes etc. I suppose you'd have to, right? Unless you were spiritually twins in all your likes and dislikes and habits.

Okay, I am going to try to talk about something different. Here we go!

Feedback appreciated on the below! ♥

Jei and I are going to start up a webcomic. No, not a Sonic and Tails one (tempting as that idea is). It's going to be an original (as much as such a thing can be) Steampunk adventure comic, tentatively titled 'Calamity!'. [If anyone decides to tell me that 'Professor Calamity' is already the name of a prolific guy in the Steampunk community I will bite you. I only found out about him today, and 'Calamity' has been my main character in this story's last name for over 7 months now D: I like it too much to change it unless I stumble across something amazingly better before the first page goes up (and 'sides, he's an airship mechanic, not a professor).] It's gonna be full-page, coloured and sepia-toned, hopefully once or twice per week with me writing it and Jei drawing/colouring. There may be hints of a relationship between the main character and his friend that he adventures with (lol they are both boys, am I edgy yet? No? Aww) but the main theme will be wacky adventures and epic landscapes and crazy scrapes. We have some pretty neat ideas already, so I'm REALLY hoping this will work out. It would be great to work on something original and completely ours for once. I know that there are only so many different basic stories in existence and that true originality in a set genre (such as Steampunk) is a difficult thing to accomplish... but we're gonna try, and hey, pretty art, yush~?

So I wonder if anyone reading would be at all interested in reading this and giving feedback/ideas/crit once the first few pages are up? Heck, we're mainly doing it for fun, so if it doesn't take off we won't be too upset. But a readership, if only a small one, would be absolutely the icing on the proverbial cake (:

Okie-dokie, guess that's all for now ^^ Laters!

Comments

[way-past-cool.livejournal.com]

e.e Miles will bankrupt us with his expensive taste. And yet I did nothing to stop it. Infact, I outright encouraged it. What's wrong with me? Seriously? Many many things.

CALAMITY. Damn that guy with the Calamity name, but oh well. We know we had it first. :P I'm SO excited about this project. I really hope we can get it off the ground. I really wanna start drawing!!! ... ;_; damn these commissions. Well... not damn them, they are money. But gaaah!

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what's wrong with you except perhaps that Miles has you wrapped around his little finger right now e.x; I think I need to destroy my debit card.

I'm so excited too! We have so many plans! n.n And yeah, you have commissions, but I still need to get the synopsis and initial scripts down before you can start work on drawing the comic, anyway... But hopefully it'll all get off the ground soon, eee~!

[way-past-cool.livejournal.com]

He doesn't >.> I'm just kindly. That's all.

And I hope sooooo! I hope you'll start writing soon!! DO IT.

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

You're not kind to my wallet ;_; EITHER of you!

I'm gonna work on it lots the rest of this week n.n It sucks that you're back at Uni after the weekend, but you'll still be able to find time for the comic, right? It's gonna be fun, yay!

[way-past-cool.livejournal.com]

I will!! I'll get these commissions out of the way and hopefully be able to work on the comic in the evening n.n

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that you'll ever be done with the commissions XD But hopefully you can find time for the comic too. Maybe eventually we can earn a little money from that also... but if not, it'll still be a fun little hobby/project n.n

[aubergine-pilot.livejournal.com]

I think to some degree there's a division of belongings, yes. Just with regards to folks here - Allyn has his Manchester United shirt (as to why that team? it's a long story), Lief's got his perfume "amber-sandalwood" scented oil, Velasco has claimed a pair of my pants as specifically his... and Ginny's the one who wears corsets the most, when she's "driving". Of course, we're not constantly co-existing, so the situation's probably a bit different. But it does eventually get to a point where you feel like there're more people than there are bodies, haha! (It's definitely for the best that we're not going to be living with Abiquiu and Castle Void's anchors after all, that would've gotten crowded.)

If Miles can't have his own space in the apartment, well... oh god, I almost don't want to suggest "get a traveling desk/box desk for him" because I know how ludicrously expensive the antique ones can get, and the only remotely attractive modern ones I've seen are about US $130! I was lucky enough to find a contemporary reproduction of one for about 40 bucks, though that was back in 1999... but something of the type would be a space for the journal he apparently wants, and any special pens/other writing supplies.

Would TOTALLY be up for a new comic to read! ♥

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

DDDD: Why do you have to go giving Miles ideas? Apparently he really likes the idea of the 'travelling desk/box desk' thing, especially an antique one, probably with some elegant and tasteful Victorian-esque design x.o I'm pretty sure I know the kind of thing you're both talking about... and pretty sure that I can't (currently) afford it XD But if you do happen to see anything online, throw me a link. I guess I'll probably end up trawling antiques/oddities shops all weekend~ ♥

Glad you'd be interested in the Steampunky comic! (:

ETA: I just looked on eBay and the only thing that came up was a renovated Victorian travelling desk from around 1880 with crystal/silver inkwells and an English oak timber trunk. It's around £215 plus another £50 shipping from Australia. Miles wants it. Shoot me now.

[aubergine-pilot.livejournal.com]

If I can figure out what happened to mine (it's somewhere at my parents' house), well, nobody's been using that. Wouldn't mind sending it on to a good home, though it's considerably less fancy than the one you described. (Ginny made a pathetic little squeaky noise at the thought of that one. Oh god. I think I see a computer case mod in my once-I-have-money-again future....) And I'm sorry for giving him ideas! As to online - here is that modern one I mentioned. It's got space for an inkwell, even...

If it's got gay and airships, COUNT ME IN. 8D

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, if you ever DO manage to find yours, I'd be very happy to take it off your hands and Miles will probably live in your pocket (well, at least for a couple of days before he 'remembers' that gratitude is for the weak). I'll check out the link also - thanks! ♪

Well, it's pretty much an airship adventure with a liberal sprinkling of gay, so hopefully you will like it (:

[tangyabominy.livejournal.com]

Huh, surreal and neat. I feel like you're a random intelligent, articulate plural system who... I have never heard of or run into before in my life. Including on this journal. Neat!

...yeah, I didn't have anything useful to say other than that. It's just nice to know (of) more plurals, since I avoid the comms and most of the ones I do know aren't that talky. :)

[aubergine-pilot.livejournal.com]

I'm flattered, haha. ♥

It's a good feeling realizing you're not alone, isn't it? Anyway, I'm Lee (bit blendy with Jane at the moment, but as she's basically younger!me - it happens). What's your name?

[tangyabominy.livejournal.com]

Heh, I tend to jump on people who can articulate their thoughts well on matters relevant to my interests. That's how I've made some of my best friendships, so I figure I'm not about to stop. XD

I'm-- well, historically known as Corin, transitioning to using the name Víkja for my dragon-self. I'm a creature of many names, and tend not to stick with one. At the moment it's mostly just me and Iris floating around the system at all, but things tend to change up fairly regularly.

Good to meetcha!

[overlord-mordax.livejournal.com]

I want to read it! :D

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

I had a feeling you might :D Do you read 'Girl Genius', per chance?

[overlord-mordax.livejournal.com]

Yup! I'm a big GG fan. :D

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

I did wonder if that comic had some artistic/thematic influence on that comic of yours that you were showcasing a little while ago before the whole Silent Hill game thing (: I only discovered GG about a week ago and read the whole thing beginning to current in the space of a few days ^^; I'm in love with it now. I only stumbled across it while doing a quick search for existing Steampunk/Gaslamp comics to see what we were up against, but I quickly got hooked ♥

[tangyabominy.livejournal.com]

Hell yes, with regards to the division of belongings. For us, it's clothes. Always clothes first, and jewellery. Usually, even the Manly Men tend to have some kind of pendant/necklace/chain thing they wear, to distinguish them when they're on front; it's sort of an unofficial system tradition.

And the clothes. They buy clothes like nobody's business. That's always where I worry they'll bankrupt me. Tastes in food/drink, too. At least coffee's a better addiction than alcohol, yeah, for sure. :)

Oh, and I meant to say: definitely interested in taking a look at the comic and giving feedbacks, too. :)

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

Clothes does seem to be a natural thing to divide over. I realised that might be an issue a while ago when I was in town... Miles decided to front randomly, realized that he was wearing a Sonic t-shirt (one of about 50 that I own and wear daily :D), promptly walked into the nearest clothes shop, bought a black 'Rock & Revival' t-shirt and changed into it right there. I can imagine it's a little annoying for him that 99% of my t-shirts are Sonic-themed and somewhat goofy ^^;

Btw, aubergine_pilot above is a relatively new add to my LJ (hence why you might not have seen 'em here much before), but like you they've dispensed invaluable advice to me, so I'd say you're spot on with your evaluation (: I love when my LJ brings like-minded people together.

Edit: Thanks, I'll look forward to your feedback once the comic is under-way~ ♥

[tangyabominy.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, yes. At least you and Miles have similar tastes in gender expression. At any one point in time in here, we've had guys who want to do the whole "t-shirts and cargo pants" thing (that'd be mostly me), guys who want the Visual Kei look or the preppy look, girls who want cute flowery skirts, and girls who want black-and-red corsets and LED glowy accessories from Hot Topic... yeah. Our closet is pretty full, and that's after getting rid of a lot of the stuff from people who likely aren't going to be around any more.

And awesome! :D I've been busy enough between MythiCalia and RP that I haven't been keeping up as well as I'd like, but it's neat to have that insta-evaluation seconded. I was just, oooh, interesting pluraltalk, I don't usually get this too many places other than you.... (See, you do provide a valuable service with your Miles-babbling. :D)

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess I'm fortunate in that Miles and I at least are both somewhat in line when it comes to the basic type of stuff we wanna wear - although Miles seems somewhat stuck in the 'goth/punk' stage I went through when I was 14 >_>; Also this shirt he decided to wear today has glitter on it. It gets over everything. But yeah, it could be much worse :D I just have to hope he's not serious when he insists that he's going to get those spinal piercings x.o;

Hee, and yeah, I'm glad my inane babbling does encourage some positive outcomes after all ^^

[tangyabominy.livejournal.com]

...oh gods yes, I know the feeling. >_> You're reminding me that we once had a running joke in our system that "at least once, every new person in here is going to develop some reason to go to Affleck's Palace" (the big alternative mall in Manchester, though last I saw of it a lot of the stores were closed and it wasn't doing too well for itself). Some people would want coloured contacts, some would want hair dye, some would want some weird type of accessory... and I'd be like, guys, I mostly grew out of this stuff a while back.... (Though the hair dye is making a resurgence. :P)

Oddly enough, nowadays I just have the sedate little alchemist girl who wants to dress kind of demure-feminine-bohemian, which is... about as far from goth as it gets (she won't even touch black), but so not me in its own way. :P Although she does own this, which is pretty cool.

It so very much does. I love reading your stuff, srslylike.

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

Graaaawwrrr hair-dye. Miles is why I currently have black hair right now, a far cry from my usual multi-highlights. And he seriously intends to drag me four hours away to London before the weekend is out just so he can check out Camden Town Market. I'm not sure if he intends to clothes shop, people-watch, or look for drugs, to be honest. Rest assured, if it's the latter, the response from me will be "DENIED".

Oh wow, that is one awesome and badass necklace/pendant thing :D Niiiice.

And aww, thanks. I feel warm and fuzzy now ^^ ♥

[inkedfeathers.livejournal.com]

Bird doesn't drink aaaaany caffiene whatsoever. :D;

Only tea and even then, that's really rare and usually mint tea, although when I was a kid, I was fond of tea with milk. Cut out all soft drinks when I was twelve! I'm especially adverse to cola, eeek.

It's pretty weird whenever I go to a fast food joint and I'm all "do you have apple juice or orange juice? Maybe water?"

... xDDD;;

Coffee is certainly better than hard alcoholic drinks, but is it really alright?! This guy's really something, huh?

I would love to see you two make a comic. Calamity! does sound like a cool name. x33

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

Aww man, mint tea is my FAVOURITE! I love almost all fruit/herb teas, but mint is just mmm~mmm. I tend to ask for sparkling water or fruit juice at restaurants too, as I'm not big on soda either.

Coffee is fine... in moderation. When I'm being drowned in it, not so much D:

Glad you're interested in the comic! Can't wait to get it up online so you can see!

[inkedfeathers.livejournal.com]

♥~!

That's great! I never understood the appeal of all these soft drinks... and they don't do your body any good.

xD;;; T-true!

^_^