Trapp

First of all, I want to thank our dearly departed admin @Oz70NYC for making this club. Without him and his drive for telling compelling stories full of life, this club wouldn't even exist today. In the wake of his passing, I would like to reach out to the community, especially those interested in reading comic books and want to know what it takes to release them. I want to encourage those within Klub Exile to join us and interact a little with creators such as myself, @ArtsAndCrafty and @SovietTiger. I would also like to extend an invitation to @frabb and @amaronap, who have published a few comics in that section to come on board and share their experiences as well. It's a hard time to be an Exile tonight. But I believe Oz would want us to grow this niche just a little bit more. Which is why I want to extend the invitation to everyone in the community who wants to join. You can find some interesting topics to get you started and with your support, hopefully make this a more active place. Once again, thank you for what you left behind for us, Oz. And to our current members: @Morius, @demonv1, @Mongrel, @Tovlenin, @MarkZappa, @Sexvision, @nandosuave86, @franzmann13 and @HDiddy: Thank you for what you've done to support us comic creators. Let's keep Oz's legacy alive and well.

This sucks. The man was a TANK. Even in the face of disease and weakness, he still managed to pull through and deliver plenty of stories that will now remain unfinished, with no one to carry on his work, which is absolutely devastating. As @SovietTiger put it, he's the sole reason Comics had a big output here at KlubExile. I am going to miss the fuck out of him, and I hope his loved ones can get closure from this. They're the ones that deserve it the most.

If the story moves forward with too many similarities, it is a possibility. Otherwise, I can keep them up, or archived. Maybe a download? Who knows? So can't I. Working on the first draft as we speak!

I mean, I get it! That will still stay up until the new version is released, to serve as the "prototype" for what this new iteration will become. There aren't going to be too many differences in the overall story development, but some characteristics are going to be changed. Like I said, a lot of the subplots and character moments will only be slightly modified, but remain unchanged for the most part, while some of them will either be recontextualized or flat out erased. But the threads need to be connected differently. I don't want my main characters overshadowed by my side guys and gals! Well, if things stand as planned, some things might yet change. As for your last phrase: I can only hope to earn it. Yeah, there are going to be some serious twists and turns around that. Like I said, things are going to EXPLODE in the very first issue.

It's not dead, it's getting rebooted. And honestly, I'm going to be using A LOT of the scenes I already used for previous issues. No sense in starting EVERYTHING over when there are some solid plot points there. But I think this might just be what I need in order to tell the story I want to tell.

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:

Well, given his mental instability and emotional frailty, that would probably be a quick victory!

Now I want to see her beating the shit out of Homelander! This was a pretty cool post!