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(Fancomic) Bound Together episode 10½ : Second Opinion
At this point, it would be difficult to find any TF enthusiast with any sort of presence on FA who doesn't know who 
chesshire88 is. In case you haven't been keeping a close eye on their gallery, though, Chess has been producing a wonderful ongoing comic series called Bound Together. Considering that it's a series that involves TF (mostly TG elements), it's also a well-written and poignant story about the importance of respect and communication within romantic relationships. For the uninitiated, in brief: The series follows an engaged couple, Gabe and Chloé, as they discover that their engagement rings (which Gabe obtained from Chess) are actually inhabited by a powerful and mischievous magical entity with a tendency to genderbend them any time either of them disrespects the other. I've been following it closely, and I can't recommend it highly enough-- and now's a good time to get caught up, too, since the series is currently on a small hiatus between 'seasons'.
So, as an admirer of the series and with Chesshire's blessing, I've created a little crossover with my canon, with the very specific goal of being respectful of the original story and not imposing any sort of major continuity ramifications of my own on it. It probably won't make much sense if you haven't read the first season of the comic, but without going too deep into spoiler territory-- when Chess originally tried to confront the ring entity, it... did not end well for her. After a particularly harrowing experience involving the rings, which happens later on in the season, I thought Gabe and Chloé might decide it was worth seeking a consultation from a different witch.
Unfortunately, despite her high confidence in her own abilities, Blaire's luck isn't much better than Chess's. X3
If I've piqued your curiosity, you can read Bound Together here. And you can see the fallout from Blaire's poor life decisions here!
chesshire88 is. In case you haven't been keeping a close eye on their gallery, though, Chess has been producing a wonderful ongoing comic series called Bound Together. Considering that it's a series that involves TF (mostly TG elements), it's also a well-written and poignant story about the importance of respect and communication within romantic relationships. For the uninitiated, in brief: The series follows an engaged couple, Gabe and Chloé, as they discover that their engagement rings (which Gabe obtained from Chess) are actually inhabited by a powerful and mischievous magical entity with a tendency to genderbend them any time either of them disrespects the other. I've been following it closely, and I can't recommend it highly enough-- and now's a good time to get caught up, too, since the series is currently on a small hiatus between 'seasons'.So, as an admirer of the series and with Chesshire's blessing, I've created a little crossover with my canon, with the very specific goal of being respectful of the original story and not imposing any sort of major continuity ramifications of my own on it. It probably won't make much sense if you haven't read the first season of the comic, but without going too deep into spoiler territory-- when Chess originally tried to confront the ring entity, it... did not end well for her. After a particularly harrowing experience involving the rings, which happens later on in the season, I thought Gabe and Chloé might decide it was worth seeking a consultation from a different witch.
Unfortunately, despite her high confidence in her own abilities, Blaire's luck isn't much better than Chess's. X3
If I've piqued your curiosity, you can read Bound Together here. And you can see the fallout from Blaire's poor life decisions here!
Category Artwork (Digital) / Transformation
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Yeah, hehe. My intention is, it's one of Blaire's sexual partners. I don't delve into her personal life outside of Forbidden Arts all that much, but I was thinking that she enjoys hooking up with partners who have a kink for transformation, and (consensually) decorating her home with them for an agreed period of time~ X3
Blaire having a spider themed teacup that literally has the name of the Black Widow Spider's genus on it is a nerdy thing to do. On the translation side of things, what is the difference between the T and D glyphs? I originally mistook the D for a T and got "Latrotectus" but autocorrect gave me a helpful clue. Does the D just have an arrow pointing down; it's kind of hard to see?
Goodness! That's impressive! I wasn't expecting anybody to catch that! Though, I suppose I should've known better, since you've already deciphered most of my glyphic alphabet from Mona's previous encounter with Johanna. ;)
Yes, the glyphs around Blaire's saucer do indeed spell out "Latrodectus hesperus", which is the scientific name for the western black widow. Fun fact: Did you know there are actually seven different species of black widow spiders, which all fall under the genus Latrodectus? Five are found in North America, one is Eurasian, and one is native to Australia. With that in mind, to reward you for your superb observational skills, I'll share with you my headcanon about Blaire's teacup. As I was working on this comic and designing Blaire's cup, I came up with an interesting idea for it:
It's part of a magical black widow tea set which Blaire owns, with a cup and saucer for each of the various distinct species of black widows. They're called 'Widows' cups'. You can't see it here, but each cup has a small painted image of its particular black widow species on the inside, as well as the same name printed on the underside of the cup in glyphs, so that the correct cup and saucer can always be paired together. When filled and placed upon its saucer, each cup reacts to its corresponding scientific name being spoken aloud, much like any other Latinate magic incantation; in this case, the result is that the indicated cup instantly poisons the beverage contained within. The effect and degree of the poison is different for each cup-- they range from blocking the drinker's access to their mana (and therefore, any magic usage), to a mild temporary form of paralysis, to a fairly strong sedative... and yes, one of the cups (the Australian species, naturally) does release a poison which is lethal. Blaire is shown here, nonchalantly and deliberately drinking out of a teacup that could theoretically poison her, because she knows she's the only one in the room who knows about the enchantment or how to trigger it. She gets a bit of a thrill out of living dangerously-- although, again, it's not actually that dangerous, because she's in full control, and she's banking on it being astronomically improbable that either Gabe or Chloé are going to randomly chant the scientific name of a black widow species aloud in the middle of a casual conversation. (Notice, though, that she gave the two of them normal coffee mugs to drink from. She's a risk-taker, but she isn't going to impose unnecessary risks on innocent unsuspecting people.)
Lastly, to answer your question about the difference between the T and D glyphs-- they are extremely similar, yes. You may have noticed already from deciphering most of them, but when I was designing my glyphs, I took phonetics into consideration and created pairings that use similar characters for related consonants, except with small modifications to distinguish the 'hard' ones from the 'soft' ones. It's the same basic principle as hiragana and katakana characters in Japanese having dakuten diacritics to make voiceless consonants into voiced ones. In this case, T represents the unvoiced alveolar plosive, and D is the voiced alveolar plosive. Therefore, the symbol for D is the same as the symbol for T, except with a short extra horizontal stroke through the base (which I admit, is difficult to see here, since the text on Blaire's saucer is pretty small and low in resolution).
Yes, the glyphs around Blaire's saucer do indeed spell out "Latrodectus hesperus", which is the scientific name for the western black widow. Fun fact: Did you know there are actually seven different species of black widow spiders, which all fall under the genus Latrodectus? Five are found in North America, one is Eurasian, and one is native to Australia. With that in mind, to reward you for your superb observational skills, I'll share with you my headcanon about Blaire's teacup. As I was working on this comic and designing Blaire's cup, I came up with an interesting idea for it:
It's part of a magical black widow tea set which Blaire owns, with a cup and saucer for each of the various distinct species of black widows. They're called 'Widows' cups'. You can't see it here, but each cup has a small painted image of its particular black widow species on the inside, as well as the same name printed on the underside of the cup in glyphs, so that the correct cup and saucer can always be paired together. When filled and placed upon its saucer, each cup reacts to its corresponding scientific name being spoken aloud, much like any other Latinate magic incantation; in this case, the result is that the indicated cup instantly poisons the beverage contained within. The effect and degree of the poison is different for each cup-- they range from blocking the drinker's access to their mana (and therefore, any magic usage), to a mild temporary form of paralysis, to a fairly strong sedative... and yes, one of the cups (the Australian species, naturally) does release a poison which is lethal. Blaire is shown here, nonchalantly and deliberately drinking out of a teacup that could theoretically poison her, because she knows she's the only one in the room who knows about the enchantment or how to trigger it. She gets a bit of a thrill out of living dangerously-- although, again, it's not actually that dangerous, because she's in full control, and she's banking on it being astronomically improbable that either Gabe or Chloé are going to randomly chant the scientific name of a black widow species aloud in the middle of a casual conversation. (Notice, though, that she gave the two of them normal coffee mugs to drink from. She's a risk-taker, but she isn't going to impose unnecessary risks on innocent unsuspecting people.)
Lastly, to answer your question about the difference between the T and D glyphs-- they are extremely similar, yes. You may have noticed already from deciphering most of them, but when I was designing my glyphs, I took phonetics into consideration and created pairings that use similar characters for related consonants, except with small modifications to distinguish the 'hard' ones from the 'soft' ones. It's the same basic principle as hiragana and katakana characters in Japanese having dakuten diacritics to make voiceless consonants into voiced ones. In this case, T represents the unvoiced alveolar plosive, and D is the voiced alveolar plosive. Therefore, the symbol for D is the same as the symbol for T, except with a short extra horizontal stroke through the base (which I admit, is difficult to see here, since the text on Blaire's saucer is pretty small and low in resolution).
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