Intergalactic Little Spat

[-->On hiatus until August 6th 2017<--] Comic strip about Little Spat, a krogan OC from the Mass Effect trilogy.  Updates Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Mass Effect is intended for mature audiences and so is this overall story, though many individual comics are easily safe for all/most audiences. See the "About" section for more info. This blog is currently Mass Effect Andromeda spoiler free, outside of readmores!  Expect Mass Effect original trilogy spoilers, though.  ✨ Thanks for reading! ✨

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‘Cover’ art

[Image description: Lothric, Lorian, Yhorm, and Siegward are interacting in front of a plain brown background. Text behind them reads ‘Annun Londo/ The Sunset City.’ Text in the lower right corner reads ‘drawn by Tav.’ Siegward is cheerfully running towards Lothric and reaching out his hand to shake. Lothric is shying away defensively and frowning. He’s also holding a snake. Behind Lothric, Lorian is looking up from some papers to frown protectively at the situation. Behind Siegward, Yhorm is sitting hunched up, looking contemplative. End description.]

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Hello everyone!

I don’t know if I’ll end up continuing Intergalactic Little Spat, but I want to say that it was an incredibly meaningful creative project while it was going, and I’m so sincerely grateful that you all joined in for the ride.

I’m reblogging this here to say, I’m currently working on a new comic about Dark Souls 3 characters navigating a modern setting. It’s hmm... darker, but while still being a hopeful story about connection. I guess it’s about trauma and authenticity and meaning-making in uncertain times. Lothric is very much less of a “likeable” protagonist than Spat (and a very different person in general); and I’ve found it really satisfying (and a bit ambitious and risky!) to try exploring these heavy subjects without having friendly energy to rely on to “justify” it. Intergalactic Little Spat has always felt like more than hollow and superficial “entertainment,” but with this new one I’m really finding ways to dig even deeper.

Wanted to share in case that sounds interesting to any of you guys! Hope you all have been doing well, & just thanks again for such a wonderful reception to Spat <3

-Tav

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brief reminder!

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Multiples of 10 from that character meme for Spat!

10. Is your character more feminine or masculine?

Spat is 100% Just Spat!  Masculine and feminine in all the right ways!

20. Does your character like animals? What are some of their favorite animals? Would they want pets? What about mythological creatures?

Spat likes chasing animals much more than cuddling them.  They wouldn’t want pets.  Spat loves krogan mythological creatures because I’m assuming krogan mythological creatures are huge and cool and eat everybody.

30. When it comes to the arts (music, film, theater, etc), what does your character like?

Krogan mythological creatures that are huge and cool and eat everybody.  Video games where you get to fight stuff.  Things that are funny!

40. Does your OC have any guilty pleasures they enjoy? Hobbies, past times, music, etc that they wouldn’t want known by others?

A lot of Spat’s personality around strangers is a performance, like look at me I’m a silly krogan who loves being cute and wants your money :)  People don’t need to know things about Spat that don’t directly relate to that performance.

50. If your character confessed love to their crush, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc, what would they say?

Spat’s aromantic, but you can tell that they’re really starting to open up to someone if they show sincerity instead of only goofing off or gleefully picking fights.

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Question for Julius and Spat: What's your favorite movies?

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Update

YOOOO

I said in the past I’d post a summary of the story if the hiatus got too long, or something like that, but I’m realizing I’d rather cling to plot secrets selfishly while there’s still a chance I’m going to finish the story (and I want to).  So that’s what we’re working with here!

I opened the ask box again, so you guys are welcome to ask Spat, Julius, or any of the others questions!

I’ve been having one of the wildest years of my life, and that’s been so great and so productive!  But there won’t be time to really get up to a variety of personal art projects for a good few months, and I’m still focusing on stuff with Bloodborne OCs (to the extent I can find time for art at all lol).  You can find that at @thesunwillriseinyharnam and I’ve got a roleplay blog at @cosmicuncanny and I set up a patreon at [x] for, yknow, a whole damn book I’m trying to find time for.  As of now Spat’s story is still pretty firmly on hiatus, but it’s just not sustainable for me to stay this busy forever, and as soon as I get my shit together and figure out what the hell work-life balance is I can’t see why I wouldn’t resume scribble comics.

Since you guys have waited so long, I do have a few plot things to share (which I’ll put under the cut for people who don’t want even hints of spoilers).

Keep reading

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Update

YOOOO

I said in the past I’d post a summary of the story if the hiatus got too long, or something like that, but I’m realizing I’d rather cling to plot secrets selfishly while there’s still a chance I’m going to finish the story (and I want to).  So that’s what we’re working with here!

I opened the ask box again, so you guys are welcome to ask Spat, Julius, or any of the others questions!

I’ve been having one of the wildest years of my life, and that’s been so great and so productive!  But there won’t be time to really get up to a variety of personal art projects for a good few months, and I’m still focusing on stuff with Bloodborne OCs (to the extent I can find time for art at all lol).  You can find that at @thesunwillriseinyharnam and I’ve got a roleplay blog at @cosmicuncanny and I set up a patreon at [x] for, yknow, a whole damn book I’m trying to find time for.  As of now Spat’s story is still pretty firmly on hiatus, but it’s just not sustainable for me to stay this busy forever, and as soon as I get my shit together and figure out what the hell work-life balance is I can’t see why I wouldn’t resume scribble comics.

Since you guys have waited so long, I do have a few plot things to share (which I’ll put under the cut for people who don’t want even hints of spoilers).

I’m planning to end the story at the ending of the Mass Effect trilogy, and over the course of the story I’m going to be building groundwork for an alternate option for an ending that I think is, if I do say so myself, way better.  Those caterpillar guys on the purple planet are going to be central to that.  

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Drawing prompt thing: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DRAW SPAT AS A DESSERT OR A KNIGHT OR A MAGE

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the one and only!

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Julius

Reblog and Tag with your ocs’ NamesAnd then for every name you get in your askbox, you must fill out the following character profile for said oc:

Full Name: Julius (I don’t think I have a last name etc. for him yet)Gender and Sexuality: Gender questioning and maybe ace or gray ace.Pronouns: He/him.Ethnicity/Species: Bare-faced Turian.Birthplace and Birthdate: Palaven, and I’m not sure.Guilty Pleasures: Selfishness, normal self care stuff he interprets as selfishness.Phobias:  Failing at the role of team player, letting people down, being a defective turian who has no right to be part of society.What They Would Be Famous For: Writing books!  Julius wants to be an author and I just know he can do it.What They Would Get Arrested For: So being a space mercenary and keeping the company of space mercenaries introduces some challenges to following space laws.  But Julius is the absolute prep who still cares about speed limits and paperwork and things like that, following space laws is NO LAUGHING MATTER.  I imagine it’s not entirely rare to find turian mercenaries with mindsets like this, considering how much cultural and perhaps instinctive importance they place on civic duty.  What would happen is, Julius would be hanging out with Spat, and then Spat would get arrested, and then Julius would start hyperventilating.  And then Spat would grab his hand and they’d run away, and they’d get away, and Spat would be like HAHA COOL :V and Julius would be like my soul is leaving my body.OC You Ship Them With: his relationship with Spat is very important but I can’t say for sure if it’s supposed to be an exclusive kind of thing or if Julius is still in the market for an exclusive life partner.OC Most Likely To Murder Them: Julius is not well suited for being a mercenary, unnamed mooks could murder him.  Space is dangerous and Julius is dangerous too but only kind of dangerous.Favorite Movie/Book Genre: He loves reading about war heroes; everything the wiki has to say about Palaven assures me stories like that are all the rage.  As he feels more and more allowed to branch out, I bet he’ll end up liking lots of stuff.  I’m not sure how coming of age stories written for girl turians go, but I’m pretty damn sure Julius would discover them like where was this my whole life.  This character is ME. Least Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: I’m positive he has strong opinions about literature and gets absolutely grumpy about cliches he doesn’t like, but I still have to puzzle out the details.Talents and/or Powers: Being grumpy!  Being loyal!  Small victories when he feels like garbage!  The power to hang in there when nothing seems to be going right and the immediate future promises no kindness!  He’s amazing, he can do it all!Why Someone Might Love Them: ^^^ he’s perfectWhy Someone Might Hate Them: Because he struggles with stuff and some people like invincible characters?  I’m biased, I love him, I’ll let people find reasons on their own and hope they don’t tell me :PHow They Change: He’s learning to love himself and find meaning for his life after finding he wasn’t cut out for the path society expected him to take and falling into a life he finds disgraceful (and dangerous).  Spat is helping.  Spat is helping sometimes and sometimes not.  Spat is there.Why You Love Them: Because he’s cynical and volatile like turians aren’t supposed to be, but he’s loyal and wild about civic duty like turians are supposed to be, and he’s the question and the answer to whether there’s multiple valid ways for a turian to turian.  I love a lot about him, and so much.

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planner Spats

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HELLO HUMAN

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Vicar Amelia vs. a krogan

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Update

Hello all! 

Things turned out somewhat different from what I was expecting, and I’m still too busy to give this story the attention it needs.  I’m probably going to be busy until the end of September, so I’ll loosely plan to use October to see how much I can fill up the queue, and then start posting updates again in November.  

Not to be dramatic, but from a practical standpoint there’s a chance I’ll end up deciding to scrap the project.  If that happens I’ll post an outline of what I had planned & how the ending goes so you guys aren’t left hanging.  I have a few fics from other fandoms in a sort of limbo, hasn’t updated in years but is it really dead? kind of state, and I don’t want that to happen to this story!  It might not get finished all pretty, but it’ll get finished!

Thank you guys so much for reading!  This project has been super meaningful, & I never could have accomplished half of that without such a great audience!!

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Spat, if something bad happened and you only had time to save one crew member, who would you save?

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Spat, does Julius snore or make noises/talk in his sleep? Any juicy details?

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Hello everybody!  

I’ve been thinking about this story vs. other projects vs. all that real life stuff, and right now I think it’s best to take a break.  There’s always a balance between pure fun/inspiration and staying on schedule, and for a hobby level project it doesn’t make sense to keep going while too much of the drive to make comics comes from staying on schedule.  I’m also on the last semester of a masters degree, and I still have a lot of work to do on my thesis, and it makes the most sense if the only deadlines I’m worrying about come from that.

I plan to resume the story on August 6th, after graduation.  I’ve closed the ask box, but I will try to answer the asks in the inbox within a week or so!  Drawing this story has been a fantastic experience so far, and I’m looking forward to picking it up again as soon as it makes sense.  Thanks for reading!

-Tavs