[Asks are currently OPEN.] Oh, lovely, we have to go through all this again. Henry's gotten himself into some timeline shenanigans, but at least this time around he'll have a little help. (Spoilers for CtM incoming.) [Check out my art blog for other art related things: @melonsalts, and my YouTube channel for more animations: MelonSalts] {Header drawn by Erik, EtC's co-writer, @eriksartworld}
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how does it feel to be old and would you recommend?
Feels alright aside from being sick, about the same as the past 3 years, I’d say I’d recommend—- Though I’m only 24, don’t start calling me old yet! XD Thank you for the birthday wishes! ^^
I may as well give a small update while I’m here—- Currently taking a short break! I got really burnt out after Art Fight, then got a cold I just got over, and now I’m sick again. I’m feeling alright, quickly getting better, but between that and my always chaotic schedule around my birthday, I’d say I might need another week or two before I get things up and running again. But, even though school season is fast approaching, big news, I do plan on keeping this once a week posting schedule going into next semester! I’ve found it pretty sustainable for me, and because the 4th year of my program is almost entirely independent work, I should have a bit more free time! Posting may just be relegated to weekends, though I was sort of doing that already. May skip a week here or there if I get busy, but I think that’s way better than being stuck in my homework cave and unwittingly going on hiatus during the school year again! XD
Erik’s been going ham with the EtC art lately! If you aren’t already following him, whyyyyy?? Go do it, he posts lots of great art, including EtC stuff!! :)
Beautiful art as always!! It’s always a treat to see fanart of our favorite glitchy friend! ^^ It may be a little while until he’s back, since we’ll be focusing on Henry and Charles for a bit, but he’ll return before Act 4 is done, promise!!
This has some really concerning implications. This basically just confirmed that there are in fact multiple Henry’s, not just our Henry and the good ball (ghost) Henry, but as in, every single ending has one, which is concerning to say the least. Plus, it’s no coincidence that T4L Henry was the one that is glitched, since, you know HES THE ONE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFRAGMENTATION! Any thoughts Collective?
hi, its me again, I confused a lowercase L for a 1 XP
Either way, why is Toppat 4 Life running? Shouldn't the only ctm ending running be T4L? We should still check in on it.
Wait, what was that about the "flashback code causing issues"? Now I'm intrigued.
Haven't done this in a while (and others have definitely done it as well, always happy to see more coders around here), so let's see if the ol' code machine still works...
> SEARCH/ETC UPDATE ARCHIVE
> SET SEARCH TERM(S): "FLASHBACK"
Also, while I'm poking around in the code, may as well check for any new abnormalities in the character files, if there are any to speak of.
> SEARCH/CHARACTER FILES
> SET SEARCH TERM(S): "HENRY STICKMIN", "CHARLES CALVIN", "ELLIE ROSE"
Aaaand done! Sheesh, it's been way too long. But regardless, it's good to have these guys back.
But a day before the event starts, I finally finish all my Art Fight prep!! Surprise surprise, I’m actually prepared this year! All my characters now have descriptions, many have brand new ref sheets, I have an attack hitlist, and my profile is actually decorated, too! Come take a look around if you’re also on Art Fight and looking for someone from Team Comedy to attack!! >:)
I have a bunch of goals set out for this year, which you can take a look at here if you’d like! Credit to PhoenixMasked on YouTube for the base bingo card!!
Attack my beloved rat boy Roy and you will have my eternal thanks—-
Somebody finally got an overhaul to his profile and a proper ref sheet this year!! (I’ve only been waiting to get a character profile on this blog for about 6 years at this point!)
Come take a look at EtC’s favorite CCC employee over on Art Fight if you plan on participating this year! :)
Welcome back Mello!!! Happy to see the return of panels!
Out of curiosity, in the most non descript way possible to avoid spoilers, are there any bits of the story you are excited for us to see coming up? Whether these are big plot points ot small details, I hope there's something your looking forward to with this.
Act 4’s main plot has been anticipated since I think literally day one of the blog?? So that’s exciting! There’s at least one small detail in that part I’m hoping you guys pick up on. And Act 5 is going to have a lot of fun sequences I’m very excited to get to one day. It’ll even involve animation, which is something I very rarely have the motivation to do now, but I know these will be fun and worth the effort!
Heyo Henry!! Big fan of yours and I have a comepletely unrelated question! Have are you able to meet other versions of you in some way or in every timeline it's just.. always you?
So, Henry, Charles, how did talks go regarding…you know…certain alternate timeline things?
(Also, Henry, don’t worry about everyone bringing up your hair; we’re not entirely inside your dimension, and the way we view it can be weird sometimes.)
Question for Mod Mello. Henry has previously said he doesn’t know anything about his parents, but is there any actual lore about them? Are they deadbeats? Did they die? I’ve had this question for a while now so I thought I’d ask.
Yes, they do have lore! But elaborating any further would be spoilers, dear asker~ You’ll just have to wait a bit longer to learn about them :)
