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Does that mean we're getting more of the kitty? >:>

Will the fic specifically only cover the piano incident and before that? Or will there be more? :0

Hiiiiii!!! :D

Tooth and Claw is definitely a slow build, or maybe a barreling descent. My plan is for the main plot to follow the events leading up to the breaking of the piano and ending (perhaps a spoiler 🤔) on that final tragic scene. I *was* thinking about including an epilog of sorts, set back in the game-era, where Susie addresses the various beliefs and habits and fears she picked up from her time at camp/ foster care. Though its possible the ending would be stronger without that tagged on resolution. Ending on a moment the reader already knows is inevitable is rather compelling.

It does have to be said: I'm definitely playing fast and loose with canon material I've got to work with, so lots of extra details have been added to anecdote. That might mean lingering a bit longer in those "untold" parts of Susie's story, especially the "why?" And maybe even touching on the consequences of her act. Part of the joy of posting each chapter as I write it is the ability to edit and workshop certain details and ideas as I go!

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I LITERALLY GOT INTRODUCED TO UR FIC BY UR OWN FANART LOLLLL?????

ALSO HAI!!!!!! ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH THE SUSIE??? THE CREATURE???????? WAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWA

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I'LL BE MAKING FANART AS SOON I CAN!!!!!!! GENUINELY OBSESSEDDDDVEUGZKAHKZHS

SUPER EXCITED FOR MORE!!! PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!!!!

HA HA YESSSSS I LOVE THAT!!!! MY CRAPPY FIC ART SERVES A PURPOSE!!!!!

Susie is the baby the creature the GOAT i LOVE HER SO SO SO MUCH

Notes of hope in the dark

Star-struck

Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Deltarune (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kris & Susie (Deltarune), W. D. Gaster & Kris (Deltarune), FRIEND (Deltarune) & W. D. Gaster, FRIEND & Susie Characters: Susie (Deltarune), Kris (Deltarune), W. D. Gaster, The Man (Deltarune), unnamed background characters, Dess Holiday (implied), FRIEND (Deltarune) Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Pre-Canon, Character Study, Susie-centric (Deltarune), Susie Backstory (Deltarune), Susie (Deltarune) is in foster care, Foster Care, Susie Swears (Deltarune), Kris Plays the Piano (Deltarune), Susie wants to play the piano (Deltarune), Work In Progress, Slow Build, Introspection, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Neurodiversity, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Religious Guilt, Bullying, Speciesism, Declawing (sorta), Nonbinary Kris (Deltarune), Therapist Gaster, They/Them Pronouns for Kris (Deltarune), The Man is Gaster, It/Its Pronouns for FRIEND (Deltarune), Panic Attacks, Past Child Abuse, Long Chapters, POV Susie (Deltarune) Summary:

Right before she learned to punch, Susie almost got to play.

Halfway through a miserable summer at some podunk church camp, a ten-year-old Susie takes refuge in their plaza’s piano. Peeled and sun bleached, it seems no one but her has any interest in the old thing.

Well. No one but her and that scrawny kid in the red-horned headband, who she knows has been sneaking out past curfew to play it.

And who’s that strange man always hovering over them, anyways?

CHAPTER FOUR IS DONE AND I’M SO SO SO PROUD OF IT!!!

Finals week is crazy, but I couldn’t focus without getting this chapter out there. It’s one of my favorite pieces I’ve written so far! 

Because digital art hurts my heart and hands, here's some sketches from when I was work-shopping chapter three of my fic Of Tooth and Claw on Ao3

Are they perfect? Nah

Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Deltarune (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kris & Susie (Deltarune), W. D. Gaster & Kris (Deltarune), FRIEND (Deltarune) & W. D. Gaster, FRIEND & Susie Characters: Susie (Deltarune), Kris (Deltarune), W. D. Gaster, The Man (Deltarune), unnamed background characters, Dess Holiday (implied), FRIEND (Deltarune) Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Pre-Canon, Character Study, Susie-centric (Deltarune), Susie Backstory (Deltarune), Susie (Deltarune) is in foster care, Foster Care, Susie Swears (Deltarune), Kris Plays the Piano (Deltarune), Susie wants to play the piano (Deltarune), Work In Progress, Slow Build, Introspection, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Neurodiversity, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Religious Guilt, Bullying, Speciesism, Declawing (sorta), Nonbinary Kris (Deltarune), Therapist Gaster, They/Them Pronouns for Kris (Deltarune), The Man is Gaster, It/Its Pronouns for FRIEND (Deltarune) Summary:

Right before she learned to punch, Susie almost got to play.

Halfway through a miserable summer at some podunk church camp, a ten-year-old Susie takes refuge in their plaza’s piano. Peeled and sun bleached, it seems no one but her has any interest in the old thing.

Well. No one but her and that scrawny kid in the red-horned headband, who she knows has been sneaking out past curfew to play it.

Fanart for my own fic! In particular, a part which has not been written yet!! If you're interested in (eventually) learning the context, please check out my fic! It's the first one I've written and has two chapters so far (number three will be coming out very soon!!)

Fan art, for my own fic? More likely than you think!

Maybe not the most fun part of the story to draw out, but I really wanted to capture some of the brighter, in-between scenes that give Susie some (relative) peace amid the chaos

Let my girl enjoy the trees, the wind!!

If you're interested in the full context, please consider taking a look at my new fic!! Chapter two has just released!!