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What Is Fatekeepers?

Fatekeepers is an in-progress animated show about five characters from different worlds. They work as a team with the goal of being granted a wish if they prove themselves worthy. There is a lot of drama and worldbuilding.

MOST RECENT UPDATE: Production on the Fatekeepers animated pilot has been postponed indefinitely as I focus on building an audience. Instead, the pilot will be released as a comic- which is coming soon!

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What is he making this face about? Answer below:

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-> a stranger tries grabbing a character's arm! How does the character react?

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Happy: Gets free as quickly as possible and grabs a weapon, but doesn't attack until he knows who it is.

Kelly: Instant backhand, kick or elbow to the face. One does not touch a princess without consent.

Kitty- assuming they grab him somewhere else, since cats don't have 'arms' exactly: Flinches in surprise, but then leans into the touch and begs for cuddles.

Lazarus: Calmly turns to give them his attention.

Spike: Flinches and screams in a disproportionately intense way, as if he just experienced a jumpscare. He then pretends it didn't happen and sinks in embarrassment.

Grabbing references for the Fates and found a drawing I don't think I ever posted.

The Fates (and Al) watching a horror movie.

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Spike is a certified yapper. And nerd.

#hiding lore into blocks of text so if anyone WANTS to read it it's there #but anyone who isn't interested can just mentally read it as blah-blah-blah and move on

I have good news and bad news about Fatekeepers.

If you guys have been following along recently, I finished the pilot script and put out a casting call for voice actors.

Now- the bad news: there are not enough auditions. I figured I could keep pushing it and sharing in as many places as possible, but it occured to me that even if I scrounged up enough VAs now, my audience and reach is so small that whatever pilot we manage to make is going to be seen by only a few dozen people at most. I need to build an audience deliberately over time and THEN make the pilot. If I can't I'll just end up throwing something into the void with no traction.

The answer was clear... I need to postpone the pilot indefinitely. Again.

I am super grateful for the auditions I recieved and the support you guys have given me. I feel pretty bad to have to make an announcement like this, but it was too ambitious for me at the moment. I need to step back, regroup and gather the resources I need to make it properly.

So. What's the good news?

I've rederected my efforts into a version of Fatekeepers that I can make without needing a crew and without much monetary commitment. We're doing a comic.

The comic will act as the pilot- showing off the story in a way that should help people fall in love with the characters and get excited about what's to come. I'm turning the pilot script into a comic, so you'll get the same story I've been planning this whole time.

I'm going to try my best to get it done quickly and make it worthy of your time. Thanks again for all your support. I'm excited for what's coming, even if the road we're taking is going to be a bit different than I hoped. The show is still happening! It's just got to happen properly and I don't have confidence in my current capabilities.

As thanks for reading this far, here's a sneak peak of what's to come:

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Fun fact: Kitty is the wealthiest of the five Fatekeepers.

Kelly is a princess, but all of her funds belong to her mother and she never learned the value of money, so whatever the Fates pay her, she treats as an allowance that she should spend entirely before she gets paid again.

Lazarus has no money from his homeworld and while he's more responsible with money, he usually ends up spending quite a bit on necessities.

Spike has no money from home either and is usually the one who buys groceries for the group, so he spends quite a bit.

Happy has no money from home and spends his money on collectibles and alcohol.

Kitty comes from a world of garbage and has no concept of money. The others buy him food, and he doesn't really care about belongings. He is paid the same as the others by the Fates and just... never spends any of it. He has a card in his room that is untouched and slowly just building funds. It has not occurred to the others that Kitty has money and wouldn't mind letting them spend it.

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Cordelia! Kelly's beautiful big sis! She is always looking wistfully into the distance, nowadays.

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Kitty bio! The cat has existential dread and isn't sure if he is a person or an animal! Yippee!

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It was really hard to fill this considering how straightforward Lazarus is before you add spoilers. The next one is gonna be the hardest though.

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Happy Halloween from the Fatekeepers! If you go out this week, be safe!

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THIS WAS HARD TO WRITE WITHOUT SPOILERS!!! Spike's backstory and full character issues are revealed halfway through season one because they're so hard to hide. You think being a victim of genocide with survivor's guilt and crippling self-loathing is the depths of Spike's problems? Hahahahahhahahaha. The cute one must suffer.

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