Vice & Violence

A while back I was working on a project about a barmaid that dealt with contemporary millennial problems in a fantastical sword ‘n’ sorcery world. 2020 kind’a decimated the central thesis of the story and the project got shelved, but I think there’s still a lot of juice in the core idea of a barbari

Just to bring it up to snuff with some of the newer art.

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Instead of Bella's "wanna be roommates" question coming purely from a poverty standpoint, Bella and Gremlin Dave bond a little over looking at attractive barbarians on the street and saying what weird sexual things they'd wanna do to 'em.

Bella talks to a notable anti-feminist screechlord.

High-res version here.

Had to redraw the Shouting Quarter because a game that claims that the pursuit of ad revenue is negatively impacting modern society should probably have some fuckin' ads in it. Here's it clean and with our exhausted protagonist and a Screechlord in front of it.

A quick and easy joke but one that has to be said.

Bella learns about U'Qai's binge drinking culture.

Bella runs off with Gremlin Dave.

Touched up the Money Buzzard scene so that Bella lays her cards on the table as early into the game as possible. I was gonna make the money buzzard take a jab at the libertarians but I'll save that for an "outside the vent" scene, seeing as that's the in-thing among the youth.

Figured the transformation should be a bit more gradual. The Shadowlords aren't gonna bestow demigod mutations on these two just because they can afford a 2 bedroom flat. Plus it makes Aporia look a little different from End Game Bella.

Ben's not nice.

Hopefully I can write Aporia's counterargument in such a way that some folks think "Hmm, maybe I'll put a fuckin' magic octopus on my head".

Yer best start believin' in dystopian nightmares, Miss Beufal. YER IN ONE

More toxicity and outrage right outside The Vent. Bella doesn't twig that it's Aporia and her comfy abode that's doing this until after her stint in the E'Qo Chamber. (I'm deliberately doing liberals vs liberals for the toxic arguments outside the Vent, there's plenty of right wing shite in the Shou

People that believe in fair taxation and people that believe in communism are two different types of people. Or they used to be. Fuck, maybe I'm an old man.

Redesigned Old Lion to Grondak the Frostbaron. Little easier to draw, since he's the 3rd "boss fight" and who gives Bella a pep talk near the end.

Chilly gets dark. Jesus.

Outside The Vent, tensions run high as people that have just had their emotions and opinions affirmed by Aporia's magic.

Aporia does this for everyone. Absolutely. Everyone.

The next day Bella wakes up, shouts at a ghost, finds a tiny blue room mate, and gets a bundle of ad revenue from a giant buzzard.

Bella meets Aporia after the depressing montage of her waking up/showering/going to work/ waking up/etc. The camera will pan up from Aporia's waist, partly to show that she's a barbarian and partly to bask in her presence.

Chilly doesn't teach Bella the Jojo poses she uses during arguments. Jojo is just that ingrained in the culture of this fantasy desert world.

Cut to 20 minutes of Bella doing Third Impact Shinji screams. Just kiddin', of course she starts arguing. With God.

And then Parathusralar hits her with the "tax avoidance is a global issue" and Bella nails him with the "yeah, one perpetuated by you cunts and your offshore territories". Augh it's gonna be so good. I gotta sneak in the "Oh, you're approaching me?" shot in there.

This scene is gonna go on for a solid 15 minutes. Gotta have Bella doing some JoJo poses while she argues with the toff.