Maideneir Blog Post #5: What I like about making my own comics!

Hellooooooooo Everyoooooooone!!

I'm kind of surprised that I haven't done one of these in a month! I'm just working very hard at my real life job, the time just kind of slips away. But I thought for today's blog post I thought I would talk about what I like about making comics so much! So for starters, one of the main reasons that I decided to start making my own comics was because the comics I was reading were starting to make me mad! I would think to myself "Why is this character so DUMB!!" And it would frustrate me. Not to call out any other creator, but my least favorite trope in gender change comics is where the main character has tits and they're just like "Oh man, my pecks are so flabby!" Like no sir, you have titties how do you not realize!?

It got the point where I was reading some of these comics and I thought, just for once I want to make a comic where the main character is pretty much aware of what is going on the entire (Or most of) the entire time. The picture I uploaded with this post is from chapter 7 of A Gray Day. It's the first time the hormones really start working their magic and of course Gray realizes this! Because why wouldn't he!?

Anyways, that one little annoyance that I had every time I read a gender change story led to me making my first comic. And one of my core principles is that the changes someone is going through are noticeable. Even in MY TOY for example, there's a reason that Alex didn't notice the changes which was the demon magic. BUUUUUT, as soon as he went home both Aubrey and Ken immediately noticed that Alex looked different. But Ken didn't want to think anything was wrong and Aubrey was being oblivious. BUT then Lisa immediately knew! I don't know, I just don't like the "Main character is oblivious, and everyone around them misunderstands the situation" trope. I see it waaaaaaay to often in these types of comics.

I guess my last observation on this is that even with the demon magic kinda screwing with Alex's head, he did notice that he was changing. He just couldn't figure out what was happening to him. I mean, thinking back to all the comics I've made, I don't think once I've had a comic where the main character didn't realize they were transforming into a girl. Anyway that's all I have to say about that I suppose! I hope you have a wonderful day! And look forward to the first chapter of Winds of Change dropping tomorrow!!

EDIT: I forgot to tie my thoughts back into title for this blog post haha! Basically why I like making my own comics is because I can do what I want with the characters. While some people may not like a certain direction a story might go or something. Ultimately I still have more love than hate I think. And even when I got a little bit of hate for chapter 15 of MY TOY I stand by that it was where I wanted that story to go and ultimately I'm happy the way MY TOY ended. And for me it's the satisfaction of writing something I feel like I don't see much in the gender bender comic world. And the satisfaction of telling a story that I've come up with that makes me so glad to be here making my own comics!!