Needs Met, page 06

[erinptah]

Title: Needs Met, page 06
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: "Stephen"/Jon, l!"Stephen"/Jon, Sweetness
Disclaimer: This is a work of parody. Although reference is made to real persons, the dialogue, actions, and content are products of the artist's imagination only.

The Stephens react to the discovery that their Jons have switched places.




Also here on DA, with links to the rest.

Comments

[zekris.livejournal.com]

I like how much juxtaposition there is in this story. Like between l!Stephen c!Stephen and that nifty split-screen look you've been doing. (I really love stylistic effects like that, and the extreme contrast it shows really helps lend more humor into the situation than if you just took each half of the comic and looked at it alone.)

And there's the juxtaposition between how adorable the drawings are compared to the complex issues/consequences of what those adorable drawings are doing. (It's so cute! But you just get a continual sense of impending doom because the Jons didn't take the Stephens individual needs into consideration and you just know that pretty soon c!Stephen's going to be suffering from his suddenly worse and now-justified trust issues, and l!Stephen's going to...what is l!Stephen's reaction going to be? He seems so accomodating, he just has to be boiling over on the inside...)

Anyways, tl;dr. Basically, I love contrast. And essay writing, apparently. Oh, and this comic/story thing! Gonna stop rambling now...but really, I'm loving this.

[erinptah]

The split-screen has been ridiculously fun. Especially when I can get the two parallel panels to look like they belong in sequence -- like the one Jon saying "I wonder what else I forgot...?" -- cut to the other Jon with "You have a gun."

And, yeah, I think this would tumble into over-the-top angst much more quickly if not for the chibi-ness. (It also allows the art to switch to a more realistic style in order to punch up certain moments. More on that later!)

A clue about l!Stephen: He is terrible at standing up for himself, but much more comfortable defending other people...

So glad you're liking it, and more is on the way!