Filler: Aki by Merlin

Speedball on Sept. 5, 2012

More fan-art by Merlin to tide you guys over. Isn't she just incredibly SWEET here? (and Merlin is incredibly awesome and generous for this!)
Many of you expressed concern about the remake of Chapter 1. I've thought long and hard about it and it just NEEDS to be done. As many of you that came in and were fans of the unique premise, I'm sure there are dozens more who couldn't stomach the hideous grade-schooler art and missed out on a unique premise because of it. Hell, *I* can barely stand to look at it now.
I'm not going to fall into the Lucas pitfall where I lose sight of my creative spark, nor am I going to fall into the Accidental Centaurs pitfall where I chase my own tail reinventing the wheel every year. Everyone who liked Chapter 1 before will still like the new version of it, I assure you.
And I'm not going to lose steam for Chapter 17 either, since I am laying it out at the same time. See, guys, I actually have far more spare time on my hands than I let on–the real issue is that I have crippling ADD and my ability to focus on my projects waxes and wanes. Sometimes I would sit down at the computer and do nothing at all because I got distracted by everything else.
I'm taking better meds for that now so hopefully I'll be able to sit down and create. If I can do it right it'll be like the time when I was updating DAILY. (Remember those days….?)