I believe it's time to come clean. CNC Baby doesn't work.
Try as I might, I hit a hard wall. I can't climb over it, I can't go through it. So my only option left is to demolish it. Bring the whole fucking house down.
Now, this may come as a surprise to the few people who have followed the story of Daniela Olivares since last year. It's been forever since I came up with anything for her or even worked on her for a gallery. The reason for that is, even though I do have scenes ready for what would have become Issue 4; I don't feel any sense of progression within the story. And the root of all these problems lies with Dani herself, and her relationship with Max.
"But what do you mean?", you CNC Baby fans may ask. I mean that, within the context of the story and the original intent behind it, Dani and Max DON'T WORK together as they currently are. I had this epiphany not twenty minutes ago. I figured their relationship doesn't feel earned, or genuine, or anything. I was blinded by my desire of giving everyone a spotlight and worldbuild, that I forgot that my protagonists need to work in order to move the story forward. So I need to make a DRASTIC change in their dynamic, no matter what. This means cutting off and adding new scenes, writing new things and retconning a lot of stuff for this to make sense. But what is most important: Dani and Max will already have been intimate by the beginning of this new version. This part isn't even up for debate. It HAS to be this way.
So, basically what I'm going to do is pull a God card and snuff the current iteration of CNC Baby out of existence from the TrappVerse canon. There's no other way.
However, there are several scenes that will still make the cut, and recontextualized. For example, Rassia's backstory with Dani, beautifully written by the Comrade @SovietTiger will still remain in place, but with minor differences. Same with all the secondary character interactions, at least the ones that make sense within the story progress. Also, the Masked Man is at risk of being erased from the story unless I can use him for something more interesting. I like what I did with him, but for the new ideas I have, I am not sure if it's even going to work. Another event that will be included within the canon is my universe's version of Operation Redout, by @Oz70NYC. That will happen word for word as he originally wrote it, but with a much different long-term result.
So there. I think you could speculate as to what those changes will be, but for now, I'll leave you in suspense. This is it. The REAL CNC Baby is coming sometime soon.
Sound off in the comments, as usual.
For context:
From @Oz70NYC: