This is not Romance Archive

This is an Archive Blog for the Webcomic "This is not Romance" from Gatobob.

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Hello everyone, this is a fanpage/archive for the Webcomic "This is not Romance".

The Webcomic was made by Gatobob who unfortunatly deleted All her Social Media Account (except for her Instagram account that is privated). Which means that some of the Offical Art and QnA from the Webcomic is gone or really hard to find.

This is where my Account comes into play, I will Repost/Reblog old post from Gatobob that i can find and i will repost some of the Art (Archived and Non Archived), some of it will look a bit "off" due them being Non-Archived (what i mean with "off" is basically low Quality).

If you, yes YOU🫵, Happend to find old Art or blogs that i didn't reposted yet or couldn't find anywhere, you can either dm me or put them into my Mailbox/Asks, i would Happily Post it here and Credit you (Anonym or Publicly).

Now that being Said, here are some Question that you might have.

-Do you Support Gatobob?

No, Even tho i still credit her work (after all, she made the Webcomic), i do not support her. I'm Still pretty disapointed with her about how she handeld the Situation. That being said, I do not wish harm towards her nor do i want that people go after her and harass her.

-Are Minors Allowed to interact with your account and TINR in General?

Yesn't, Gatobob Stated herself that minors that are 13+ can read and interact with the comic, so minors can be in the fandom and interact with my Account BUT They shouldn't interact with the nsfw post. If you do see a minor interacting with a NSFW post, please confront them and talk to them in a civil way, don't harass them or threaten them in any shape of form.

-Do you Archive BTD/TPOF post?

No, but there might be post where some btd/tpof content might slip in (QnA post or some doodles that Gato drew) but in general, i only repost tinr content, you need to seek a diffrent account for that.

-Can I ask you Questions about TINR?

Yes you can ask any questions Related to TINR but be aware, i might not have all the answers to it. 😅

-Can i ask Question that are unrelated to TINR?

Depends.

-Do you also Repost fan-content?

Absolutely!

-Why is your english sometimes bad or poor?

English wasn't my native language so there might be some moments where it doesn't sound good.

Here are some links for the comic and to my Twitter Account

The Official TINR website with the whole comic

This Is Not Romance Webcomic, Updates Every Weekday!

The Tapas website with the whole comic

Read This Is Not Romance | Tapas Web Community

Read This Is Not Romance and more premium Drama Community series now on Tapas!

My Twitter Account (@DailyTINR)

If you have any questions, ask them right away.

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I'm not sure if you got this question yet but let me know if you did or not. So I went back and I was reading the part where Sid starts seeing Ravens memories especially that one part and I kept thinking about something: Why didn't she report Strade for what he did?

Raven and Strade were sent into enemy territory as a 2-person unit. The war was already over, their job was to do scouting in the defeated nation to make sure there were no groups or retaliations uprising.

Once Strade realized Raven was interested in him romantically, he showered her with praise of strength and persuaded her to join the army. Once there were scouting missions available, he took one immediately.

The 2 person units are meant to keep both units safer and accountable. Raven’s job [ as lower rank ] was specifically to report about their activities. However, Strade already had her wrapped around his finger. He’d kill innocent civilians and call it ‘defending her’. He pressured her to report only normal scouting to their home country. Since they were always alone together, in enemy territory, and strade was a much more capable fighter, she had little choice but to follow his command. 

This entire practice was poorly planned at best and corrupt at worst. A few years later, once the defeated nation was basically full genocidally wiped out, the Raven and Strade’s home country decided to cover up any historical record of the event.

So, when Raven’s gem/storage unit was discovered, along with any others, they were not revived. Witnesses tot he actual events in the war were not in their best interest. They were jettisoned into space.

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Are animals different where Strade and Raven are from?

yes, entirely. For instance, in TINR, Raven had no prior knowledge of what a ‘Raven’ was. She looked around in Farz’s head and picked a memory of something he liked to take the form of. After he started calling her ‘Raven’ she stuck with the name because it was something positive and new that didn’t remind her of her old life.

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Hey gato, I was reading TINR for about the 6th time and I came up with a probably stupid question but here it goes. What’s the meaning behind ravens tattoo if any?

Raven and Strade’s tats in TINR are indicative of their army rank. Raven joins the army to be with Strade and ends up just below him in rank as his subordinate.

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Hey sorry if it comes out of the blue but is possible that you can maybe find the rest of the answer? https://www.tumblr.com/indiraisbored/756391882600366080/ive-been-really-curious-do-you-have-any-lore?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/indiraisbored/756391685650563072/is-there-an-actual-history-behind-the-war-on-raven?source=share

I tried everything but i always came to an dead end. :(

For the first one:

"

Anyway, answer under the ‘keep reading’, because it’s long. [ and boring tbh, it’s fantasy history after all… ]

All right, so the planet [ I haven’t named it, I don’t like naming stuff if I don’t have to X’D ] is mostly comprised of two large continents. Left and right hemispheres, separated by a large amount of ocean.

One continent [ the one Raven and Strade are from ] is characterized by forests, rich minerals, and abundant life. The people on this continent have it pretty easy, so they spend their time developing very advanced technology.

The other continent is rocky and barren [ This is the area that I drew for the ‘Death’ chapter of TINR ]. The people who live here spend more time just trying to survive, so they don’t have the technological advancement of the other continent.

Eventually, the two races come into contact- They’re peaceful, and they begin to trade.

However, the high tech people find that they can get away with giving the lower tech people very little in exchange for labour and resources. The people on the rocky continent eventually begin to struggle even more thanks to the unfair trading.

The shitty balance is finally thrown off by a natural disaster. A massive blast of solar radiation hits the planet- right on the hemisphere with the advanced technology. It fries everything. The high tech people are thrown into total disarray. They can’t even handle basic function very well, since they all have implanted electronic meshes in their brains [ to access a sort of internet and interact with local wireless devices ].

The angry and oppressed rocky continent people take the chance to declare war. They travel to the high tech continent and attack the people. They manage to do some damage, but the higher tech people recover from the blast quickly. They repair their tech and retaliate. 

It’s a complete bloodbath, incredibly one-sided. The lower tech army is wiped off the forest content easily.

Unfortunately, that’s not the end of it. The high tech people are hysterical and afraid. They demonize the lower tech people and choose to continue the war on their home turf.

The high tech people haven’t gone to war in centuries before this. They have advanced weapons, but they have no experience organizing themselves. They unleash huge firepower with questionable soldiers and very little communication.

The ‘war’ descends into genocide.

This is where Strade and Raven sit on the timeline. Strade is deployed in an area that’s already long since surrendered. He takes Raven with him as the only other witness to report his actions. 

The rest is in the comic  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

The second posts link is just the first post. Same response.

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‼️ATTENTION‼️

It appearse that the website has been down for a moment, I don't know what exactly happend but it could be a technicale issue.

I don't know when the issue is going to be fixed or if Gato is going to make a announcment about it. I give you an Update if something happends.

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Do you have sexualities for your characters?? Or is it just kinda an up to us thing?? I know Sid's pan but what about everyone else?

I really like to leave it up to the player when it comes to my game characters- I feel like announcing a canon sexuality for those characters would just be super lame. I won’t be announcing any canon sexuality for TPOF characters for this reason.

My comic characters do have more of a defined sexuality though for the most part [ though not always, you know how I feel about details ]

TINR: [ Sid is Pan ] [ Farz is mostly straight ] [ Raven is mostly straight ] [ Farz and Raven sharing a body have a mixed and confusing sexuality which I guess could be described as Bi but it’s two people feeling each other’s sexual preferences and I don’t really think there’s a term for that ] [ Chet is Gay ] [ Anthony identifies as Bi but prefers men ] [ I’m leaving Strade out because he’s also a game character ]

Facility: [ Mona is a Lesbian but she hasn’t discovered that about herself fully ] [ Gideon is mostly straight ] [ Evander is sex repulsed Ace ] [ Marten is ??? ] [ the other characters are likely being cut from the story if I ever re-approach the project ]

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I know questions like this are slightly harder, but I was wondering, how do each of the TINR characters feel about horror, or a game like BTD or TPOF?

Because I have this habit of having conversations with fictional characters in my head, and because I found TINR shortly after BTD, I would tend to accidentally mention BTD in the 'conversations' and all of them would freak out to different extents when I do so (Anthony being the most disturbed, sorry Anthony!). So that made me wonder.

I would have thought Sid might like horror, if it weren't for the thing that specifically says he doesn't like mentions of death. And maybe Farz would be okay-ish with it, but I don't know.

Thank you in advance

This is an interesting question! I suppose it kind of boils down to 'what is their tolerance to horror themes' in general.

Sid: Enjoys horror movies with some comedy in them. The kind that have really over-the-top unbelievable violence [ think Ash vs Evil Dead ]. But he gets scared and squeamish for more realistic or emotional horror movies [ Like the original Saw or Hereditary ]

Farz: Secretly likes the really dark, scary horror movies. Gets bored with the funny stuff. Purposely seeks out movies with really dark themes, even if they freak him out- seemingly trying to prove something to himself. [ Farz's cameo in BTD2 wasn't written by me, and I don't consider it part of his canon at all, this is 100% based on TINR Farz ]

Raven: Does not like horror movies at all. She's afraid of them triggering memories from her past.

Anthony: Actually kinda likes horror movies/games. He tends to push his own limits a little too far though, and can freak himself out. He won't watch them alone though [ definitely plays the 'put on a horror movie to encourage cuddling' card ]

Chet: Puts up with Anthony's requests for scary movies even though he doesn't like them. Gets especially rattled by jumpscares. He does actually handle the deeper dark themes well though.

Strade: Prefer movies with either constant tension or constant torture. Gets bored easily. Definitely has the 'wrong' response to certain horror scenes.

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Morning doodling got weird

apparently I can’t handle the soft brushes responsibly either.

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Hi gato! I love your work so much, thank you for the time and energy you put into it!

I'm not sure if you answered this before, but i was wondering about the significance of strade in btd and strade in tinr. Are the two connected in anyway? What were your reasonings for adding him to both series?

Thank you for your kind words!!

As for your question, Strade was originally a character for my webcomic This Is Not Romance. He actually wasn't even going to originally appear at all but I decided last minute to add the 'Death' chapter for more backstory on Raven. [ The whole comic was written without a plan I admit LMAO ]

Later on, Darqx, EP and I talked about making a terrible dating sim with our worst characters as a joke. This is what eventually became BTD [ which may have started as a joke, but quickly became serious as we put real effort into it ]. All the original BTD characters were characters we'd already had or were using in other projects. [ For example, Rire was already Darqx's established character and remains part of the project 'BattlePriest' among other things ]

I generally consider Strade to be canon in both TINR and BTD, but not the same person [ different universes ] if that makes sense.

I also decided to make Strade in BTD much more human than he appears in TINR. I thought he would actually be more fun to write with no special powers [ no regrets! I still think it was fun :D ]

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Gato, what would farz's voice sound like? I couldn't think of anything I thought would fit well.

Kind of quiet, unsure, and a bit of a stuttering problem.

Somewhere between Brief [ Panty and Stocking ] and Morty [ Rick and Morty ]. Both of these characters are a lot younger than him, he’s pretty sensitive about his voice still cracking when he gets worked up even though he’s like 24.

When Raven uses him to talk it’s a lot smoother and no stuttering. Same voice, but much more confident.

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Hiya Gato I hope u are doing ok! I'm going ask a question already answered about how Sid would be in a dating simulator and what kind of person would draw his attention, but Farz instead of him. I want to write a fic of him and I can't picture his personality in a relationship.

Sorry for the late reply!

Farz is difficult romantically.

He's a loner and he's introverted. He's anxious, and when he gets flustered he tends to shut down and clam up.

He also has a mountain of trust issues.

He lives alone and acts like he doesn't need anybody but he is lonely and does wish for a deeper connection.

He's just a really tough nut to crack. It takes him a long time to warm up to someone enough to even enjoy their company, let alone develop romantic feelings.

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Hiya Gato, hope you're well and not too stressed lately!

Just curious, who is your first/oldest character you've made? Have you redesigned them at all, and if you have, how many times and what aspects did you change the most?

I'm honestly not really sure if the answer to this is Strade or Raven. They both started as very nebulous concepts when I was really young.

Strade started off as the general concept of a sadistic villain, mostly just existing in my head rather than in any art. In my head he had a lot of forms but looking back, I would say it was generally the same character- and it was that same character that finally got to have a design when I concepted his intro in TINR.

The argument for Raven might be stronger since when I was young I also liked to draw a tragic anime girl, same as tons of other weird kids back then LMAO I like to think the concepts behind the 'tragic anime girl' that I did draw over and over were eventually distilled into Raven, who I also drew more specifically before I made TINR.

I guess one weird thing about Raven is that a long long time ago, I used to draw her with a weird 'halo', but it was much bigger and centred around her eyes, light and incomplete. It wasn't meant to be an angelic symbol, but a symbol of blindness [ in a more abstract and spiritual sense rather than a literal one- I don't know, I was a weird kid. ]

Another weird fact is that Strade's eyes were very nearly grey. His first concepts had grey eyes and I changed them last second before adding him into the comic. I did this for two reasons- I didn't want anyone to think he and Raven were related [ they are not ], and I also wanted to create more physical parallels between him and Sid [ to explain Raven's immediate vitriolic reaction to Sid ] So I gave him Sid's exact eye color.

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Personality Spectrums

[ more after the jump in the interest of being kind to dashboards ]

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do any of your characters smoke cigarettes?

Chet from TINR is an ex-smoker [ he chews on match sticks to help with the fixation ], Jedka from Facility is a chain-smoker, Lawrence enjoys the odd ‘left handed cigarette’, and Jack [ the older guy with the jackal mask ] from Derek’s path in the hunt smokes.