Backstage AU - Kei and Adira
'Keiren' is filming the tavern scene with 'Adira' but not used to keidran in the fur, suggested by Abstract Indigo! Based on Page #1260 where he blushes.
See also: Breakroom Banter | Couples Off Set | Backstage Rewrite | Backstage Wire Stunts
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My question remains: Does Backstage Vanity retain her magical mask form-shifting abilities? Or is Adira's actress going to be "doing her own stunts" as it were? Also, hi Dave! Glad to see you got out of Accounting (and Spycraft) and found your new calling as Head of Makeup.
The whole intent of the prompt was to deliberately blur the line between Vanity and her actress by having them be essentially the same personality. But gonna go out on a limb here and suggest the casting call did not demand a soul-stealing shapeshifter, if normal magic even exists in the backstage AU. Vanity's actress is just an actress. And the whole point of the gag was to explicitly split Vanity-as-Adira -> Adira's actress, and Vanity -> Vanity's actress to allow them both to tease Keiren's actor, which would be impossible in canon. Vanity's actress being a soul-stealing shapeshifter would undermine the entire point of the gag to begin with. And raise some extremely serious ethical concerns about the TwoKinds TV show production...
Vanity I love you. XD
Mmm sexy Adira
fun!
Vanity being silly as usual.
One of those actors who only needs to play themselves to become a star.
Cute
Love that this backstage AU is still cooking! It always gives some neat little moments! I bet "Adira" is quite the loved celebrity in this world. Wouldn't be this AU without a vixen scarfing donuts
Yah like Keidran Aye?~ 🤭
I wonder if this could be a future couple in this AU
I like the detail that there are green screens in the background to digitally insert the fire that burns the Tavern to the ground.
It's actually really clever work by Tom. Outside the meta it sells the backstage filming theme. If it was a full on redraw from the comic, it could be visually confused at a quick glance, especially on the smaller thumbnails. In universe it's almost certainly how a real set would be constructed to save a load of money, and allow exteriors / VFX to be done in post. But still enough for the actors to base their performance off.
For some reason Adira looks very... curvy here. Larger bust and wider hips. I ain't complainin' just saying.
Fan service
Does Landen leave any coffee for the customers?
I ENVY Keiren's actor.... ENVY!!! I would do just about anything to be near Adira like that. For me... she is the most beautiful lady of the series with Dahlia, Kat, Flora, and Vanity right behind her in THAT order. Raine, Nat, Maren, and Adelaide are close behind. Course, Maeve is in her own category. She's too damn adorable! Just helps that she's the daughter of my goddess. 10/10 would adopt.
Hey! It's Dave! Romulus and Remus's nerdy brother! Edit: I think I'm the only one that recognized him so far.
I knew he was a character, but I couldn't remember his name. Thanks.
Another great job
I love Vanity's seagull face
Vanity is by far the hottest character.
People really latched onto her lol
Vanity is definitely a funn person to hang around with, there’s no doubt in that 😂
GORGEOUS!!! ADORABLE!!! SEXY!!! NAKED!!!
Vanity: "By the time I'm done, he won't be able to get through a single line with a straight face!" Director: "Another day of improv? Well, at least we'll be entertained, even if filming is delayed again..."
The sequel headcanon I have is that however bad he thinks it is now, Keiren's actor is completely doomed and it will be a million times worse. He thinks he's ready after this. He is so not ready. And she can't wait for the glorious breakdown.
In his defense, even with all her fur it leaves very little to the imagination :P
It’s weird the see TwoKinds being “fake” or “staged”. I think it’s very cool though!
Vanity's actress name is Ginny in my headcannon now and no one can change my mind. Also, Adira is so fine and cute, even more when blushing like that
I wonder if Tom will ever tell us the actors' names.
Blushing from both Kei and Adira 😏 This looks great in color!
At least tail Katanas can be cropped from a scene
Is this the suggestions that suggested the joke that made Vanity laugh like in her ref sheet?
Directly? No, completely separate idea. When specifying a reaction for Vanity the snorty laugh came to mind, the prompt for Tom directly referenced it from her doodles/ref sheet. Literally "'Vanity' watching can't wait (goofy laugh from doodles)". But it also doubles as a good "explanation" so it's kinda two for one.
I hadn't realized that keidrans walking around like that was so rare in cities, but this is the AU, so maybe that's a more significant difference there than in the main storyline.
Well, if you look at pages where they were in cities, (like at the beginning of the series) all of the enslaved keidran are all wearing clothing (or more so rags) rather than them being "in the fur" as adira calls it
'Adira'! Take 'Keiren' out on not-dates in the Keidran district to "loosen him up"! 😉👀 Also, first-time "Dave" in color! 🥳
I really love the idea of characters in fictional media being like actors.
Adira looks so beautiful, along with Vanity. Dave, my goat, he returns! :)
Vanity’s personality is just such a vibe. “I can fix her”
Seeing her so unhinged is a welcome contrast
I love this so much
The backstage AU is so fun. It's great.
Gonna have to use some careless whisper play in those scenes
Wife material (i will never stop saying wife material until tom makes me the prime minister of the fox clan)
😮😮😮😮😮😮
Thrilled this got picked — huge thanks to everyone who voted, and massive thanks to Tom for bringing it to life so vividly. I thought this might be a nightmare to colour with how complex the original sketch was, but the green screen elements really sell the backstage AU set feel, avoid comic confusion, and keep it manageable (especially the internal tavern shot facing the entrance). Very smart choices. Hope to contribute more to the Backstage AU in the future — it's such a fun concept. Thanks again all! (No rambling this time, promise!)