Anima Sutura

Charles never meant to let Erik in-- not like this. But psychic wounds don’t stay buried. A story of a heart stitched shut, and what happens when the seams begin to fray.

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Heavy is the Crown. Shared is the burden. They had a connection but it's all lost.

(Unfortunately, this is the last page of the year. I will resume working on the following splash page when I get access back to my computer in mid January. TT o TT I do like this page capping the year, since it's a cherik crumb. Intimate banter before the fall. A bit of angsty Charles, a bit of sassy hubris. Concerned Erik.)

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Forgiveness was lost to a cheap death.

(Yes. That is a redesigned Cerebro--partially, anyway. The design of Cerebro in Krakoa era comics is all over the place, so I decided to just envision it slightly to be a lil unique to Charles. It has some hardware support for high-end data communication, 'cause boy, Charles must think in yottabytes. Also, ventilation? Hello? That helmet was overheating his poor bald head. That man needs a supercomputer mounted. It also comes with a charging/connection port for some easy access. lol)

Hope you like some Charles angst, victim of his own hubris. I hope I don't take as long for the next one.

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Charles contemplates his future over a cup of tea. He has to be strong. He is not allowed to break.

The name of the chapter: "Seven Days Without" Finally, chapter title drop. This took way too long to color and render. I hope you enjoy drama!Charles staring in despair into his tea. I do want to drop a hint that there is symbolism in props and designs I use. Do with that truth nugget what you will. The next two pages are going to be rad to draw.

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Charles wakes up from a nightmare. Mayhap the third time in a row. He tries to make sense of it --to no avail.

(His room is based on how it's shown in the Way of X and Legion of X settings. :> I took some artistic liberties to add bedroom details because he is in his awkward king phase during Krakoa. I'm not sure living-in-the-wilderness would do well with privacy, so I added walls. #architecturalglowup #solarpunk) Thanks so much for the comments on my other pages :> Things are moving forward!

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The two meet in dreams or thereabouts. How many times has Mags reached into the waters?

(Strategically placed water.)

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In the waters of the mind, a visitor comes to help. Or to bother. The next update is a spread page. I do like breaking panel frames in the abstract when it comes to astral stuff. Reality doesn't work here. (/▿＼)

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Transition page. Next page comes out Sunday since this one is a transition. :) And wanted to take a moment to thank everyone liking and commenting. I read it all! I do have a bit of a tough time with caption boxes as I tend to overdesign them, so I hope it's not too jarring. We are now in the present, chapter one starts~

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Final page of prologue before the chapter start.

The spark of light is asleep... (Maybe I could try doing one page per week for the start of the chapter next. Just trying things out. ;w; hope you like)

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Spread and magick. :>

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Prologue

First page of the prologue.

(hopefully the pages are legible ;q; It is 12pt font.)

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Foreword

Hello all, and thank you for the reblogs and likes on the cover of Anima Sutura! :> I'm so happy peeps like it!

As for the tumblr blog setup itself, I tried to make the comment section thingy work, but I'm not a savvy web wiz, so... hopefully it fixes itself. I'll be trying different upload methods to test the Disqus thing. Otherwise, I'll continue uploading as image-only and it's okay to communicate via # and notes.

Anywho, welcome to Anima Sutura: a webcomic about two older, superpowered men so emotionally constipated that their feelings might just tear reality apart.

Here's what to expect:

It's a two-parter with an epilogue. I have it written, I just need to edit and plot it for the webcomic. What this means is, many, many pages. Oh God.

First chapter is already plotted. There's no need for waiting a million years.

I prefer uploading in batches of a couple pages worth a scene, however, sometimes one page packs a punch and then that's preferable.

Superpower angst. Old men yaoi drama. Push and pull. Secrets. Fluffs and cries. And some triggers that I will tag when they come up (spoilers and all).

Nothing above PG16 (on the main blog anyway).

Story tags: rom-drama/rom-angst, slow burn, comic-logic violence, disabled character.

The next update will be the prologue to the story~

Jesel

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