i just saw you started reading, thank you so much! looking back on it, i do think cherry's absence may've been a mistake, but you live and learn
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and wow, he definitely seems an interesting character, but i love that you found a way to have another character fulfill his role and the themes you're exploring while you're at it.
lol, cracking up at trash dad. if he's more trouble than it's worth, then yeah, maybe it's best he stay with the trash
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For Frostpeak West1, there were a bunch. I guess the most notable were
There were several teacher who were cut, one of which was a gym teacher. She was cut because I wanted to par down the number of teachers.
Zombra had a 6 year old son who ended up being cut. I wanted Zombra to focus on doting on Bertie and thought this other son would take away from that.
Zombra's girlfriend. She was cut because her personality was too similar to another character. I do like her design and maybe I will find another way to use her. I don't know yet.
Her dad also got cut. He was a merman who wore this tank of water on his back and walked with braces on his legs.
Fred. While I don't have a drawing of this guy, he was going to be a sadistic 17-18 year old who broke out of a prison facility. He had an ability to emit energy chains in which he would use to shackle and drag civilians with him wherever he goes. He would use his captors to deflect attacks, test his other abilities on and confuse opponents.
He was meant to be a recurring rival for Evan (mc), someone who seethed with uncontrollable rage every time Evan defeats him. Now that he's scrapped, his prison theme merged with another antagonistic character that exists in series (FPS Guy).
I usually structure my writing as a plan A plan B as a fail-safe should RL throw surprises and production time changes. So if plan B occurs, many other planned characters may not make into final product.
This one still sort of exists - in universe, but not in main story:
Mr. Patchez was the original main character with Evan being his sidekick, now is now replaced by Owen (Evan's 12 year old brother) as I thought it was a better fit to emphasize the horror elements.
To pay homage to him, he's instead a popular wrestler and Owen is a fan of him. He is seen across posters in Owens bedroom etc. Wanted to keep him in series and decided in a future season he's a legendary hero connected to events before the series occurs.
Version 1 as the MC
Actual comic, as a poster in Owen's bedroom
The character that didn't make it to the story is Ruth, she is actually part of an early conceptual theme of my comic. I'm not even going to get into her background story since that is the very reason why she didn't make it to the final phase, plus it might spoil the story.
Anyway, Ruth is actually a quiet and reserved character that doesn't socialize, she was taken care of by the ruler of the human kingdom. The king fed her lies and because she was already powerful, he trained her into being a killing machine. Later in the story, what seems like an attempt to assassinate the main character, Nina, they both turned out to connect with each other in a way that causes Ruth to question everything she's known up until now. This was going to be the shift in the story where Nina and Ruth could be friends, but they were torn between, not what they stood for but what they were already a part of.
A little fun fact, the skull on Ruth's head is actually a human skull cut out to be a mask. When she's on a mission she wears this mask to keep her identity hidden. Symbolically, having the mask around was a reminder that her late best friend would always be with her. Ruth's outfit in the drawing was actually made during an even earlier drafting phase of my story so it doesn't mean much anymore. Haha!
Out of most the actual characters that made it to the publishing phase, I liked Ruth the most. However, I had to let her go because the story had changed so much over the years of development. Ruth will always be in my heart.
This girl, her name is Miko Fernando.
I wanted her to be more in my story, she has the potential to be the female lead of the story (as per the beta readers of the story), But I guess sometimes thing don't go as you plan
Find out what happened to her In -
Ch13 - Mistake
Ch14 - Restart
Ch15 - It always goes, same as before
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loving your artstyle and these characters! the zombie and a mermaid couple look so unique and seem to say a lot just from their designs. i understand that not everything makes it to the final draft, but it's always cool seeing stories in their earlier versions
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lmao he literally uses human shields, he sounds like he'd be an amazing antagonist
️️️. even if he didn't make it to the final draft, it's nice knowing he still exists in the form of another character. it's like evolution or something.
hey, that sounds like a really nice structure, good thinking ahead!
wow, a different mc, that's massive
. making him owen's hero sounds like a fun way to still keep him a part of the story, esp with the role he plays before the start of the series. also, so cool seeing the change in artstyles!
wow, it sounds like you put a lot of thought into ruth! the human skull mask sounds so morbid yet so sweet since he keeps her close to her best friend. ruth seems like somewhat that's been through a lot and her almost friendship with nina sounds like it would've been just the right amount of tragic. maybe one day she could feature in another story, but if not, it was a delight to read about her here🥰🥰🥰.
there's so much personality in just this one picture, it absolutely makes you wonder what miko's story is.
The town scene from this episode was originally supposed to have a sort of a "mean girl" who bullies Freja. I ended up nixing her when I wrote the flashback arc. I kind of came out of nowhere and didn't lead anywhere.
The entire original cast of the story hahahahahaha.
I'm not even joking. The original idea for The Ascendant's Path was going to be a mixture of SSS-Rank Suicide Hunter and Solo Leveling with Persona elements. Classic LItRPG stuff, with people climbing a tower while they gain levels. Heck, the protagonist was going to be far closer to the generic MC for Isekais and the like, only with a bit more personality.
Over time, however, I began to question it, since it didn't feel that unique. I've always liked the idea of a man grieving the loss of his wife, so I began to work from that. And thus Caelan, the new protagonist, came to be. Only he was an actual old man before, not a special forces soldier from an apocalyptic Earth, but still.
I reworked some traits of the old cast into the new one, but overall the story has been fully reworked. Even the name was supposed to be The Emperor's Path and only became the current one a few weeks before I released the first chapters.
If that sparked your interest, come give it a read 
I've thought about that. In the future Ruth might be included in a different story, if not, I plan on writing an anthology of all the characters that didn't make it to my works and characters that were only shown in a panel or two. The chapters are probably not going to be short stories but instead really long stories. Haha! Well, it depends on how much details their story has and how much I want to say about them.
i love how much personality everyone's been given here, and the designs are all so striking! and that final scene with just the two of them just rings so true, we all need somebody at some point or another, nicely said
️️️. can't wait to see what happens in the flashback arc.
hey, that sounds like that would've been a cool story. i do love that you wound up pursuing something more unique and that you were able to incorporate something you really liked, it can make a story really shine, i'll have to give it a read sometime🥰🥰🥰.
Yep literally 'human shields' and you're very close on who now stole those tactics 
️ yep your right, a bit of evolutin although the others who stole his ability were already in series with key roles.
Thanks for thinking it a good strategy, since we all wanna get our series finished but RL is the true final boss lol however, will miss some of those should Plan B become the chioce.
On that note some may also change roles too if Plan B happen. Plan A supposed to be 4 seasons but Plan B is 2 seasons. So season 4 Arc happening in Plan B's season 2.
As you mentioned Cherry and her cherry recipies
Dacre, below is a fellow dessert maker (note evil gingerbread minion on his shoulder lol)
He drastically changes going by Plan A or Plan B. He would go from Evan's Rival in season 2 (evil in plan A) to a minor tragic character (a good guy in PlanB). 
Yea was a hard thing to change Mr. Patchez out at 1st so was the only way, thankfully that idea came. The change in artstyle came after the series merged with an action-horror game idea i also had. Version 1 of the comic was a dark fantasy like Hellboy and Devil May Cry but once the game idea merged it felt better to play up the vulnerable feelings horror through Owen
With Cherry, guess if you ever decide a spin off or sequel maybe too? Nice you still considering her for a rewrite 
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now i'm intrigued. and i am loving the evil gingerbread minion, they sound both devious and delicious. also dacre seems really interesting regardless of which path you take, especially with the vulnerability that would come from a main character like owen.
i love how much you've thought through your story's outline, and that's so cool that the change in artstyle was influenced by the change in genre.
i can't say for sure, but i am considering doing something with cherry, still haven't decided yet
The main character of my comic originally had an older sister named Amber who I kinda cut from the story last minute. I replaced her with his older brother, Cole because a big plot line is feeling overshadowed by his older sibling. I felt like it would make more sense to see himself in his older brother rather than his older sister if that makes sense lol
Amber:
Cole
Glad to hear you find them intriguing yep some devious-ness deliciousness ahead 
Path A - Dacre gets to be manipulative and complex, he's not a physical fighter so relies on trickery.
Forgot to mention, this version of Dacre also absorbed some of Fred's role & personality too.
Path A version- One of the other guys in main cast a timid guy named Quim thinks this 'nice' guy wants to be his boyfriend. But he's only using him "technically as a human shield" since Quim powers are shield based.
Turns out the guy Quim truly loves is also Dacre's Ex so poor Quim stepped into a trap and Dacre has everyone locked into his evil plan. The ex supposed to join the heroes to save Quim, also realizing Quim is his true love. (The Ex is for season 2 but fits the thread topic bec he would only exist if 'Path A' happens) 
Path B -the Ex-boyfriend is not part of season 2's final product and Dacre has a total personality change, instead he's a noble no-nonsense kinda guy. He genuinely loves Quim, doesn't see eye-to-eye with the other heroes and Quim is torn between who to side with. This version is more of a minor-secondary chara.
And the main antagonist higher on the "psycho-dude" totem pole so it's why Part A Dacre changeable if I'm stuck with Path B. Deep down Path A is preferred one for all that evil deliciousness lol
Yep true at least you're still considering doing something with Cherry, don't worry, those ideas strike when you least expect it XD
