Ryuususa Day October 1!

Quick doodle for ryuususa day

(shameless promo for @ryuususa-day hehehe) This is one of my favorite official art, I find it to be really serene and adorable, I love how Iris and Susato are enthralled, but then I looked at Susato's bag!

ZOOM IN!! ENHANCE!!

On November 1, 2024, I received the below comment on one of my fics. I had replied to it, believing it to be in good faith. This person, Leaona Colin, as seen by the Ao3 comment chain and discord profile below, directly messaged me under the guise of discussing my fic, and the conversation was normal for the most part

The conversation started to change into an attempt to strong arm me into commissioning them directly (something that unfortunately does happen through a desperate measure) for an animation project. I had believed, in my naivety, that this was just two artists workshopping ideas until they had mentioned this being a "paid collaboration". Please note that I at NO POINT made any indication of wanting to make a commission or anything of the like. For the full context, I will link our discord conversation in its entirety

At this point, the conversation started to change to the commission, and in my own personal awkwardness/fear of being perceived as rude, I played along because I honestly did not know what to do next. The way that this person has approached me feels like a MUCH bigger red flag than the insane price they came up with. It would be one thing to come into my direct messages and say "hey, I'm an animator and I'm wondering if you'd be interested in commissioning me to draw [scene] as a paid commission", however what I went through was a bait and switch. I had gone into this thinking I would be entering a casual conversation about my fic, about the story, and about my writing process, but that pretense was very quickly dropped after the above polite small talk

Mind you, THIS is the animation that they seem to be requesting between 1800-2200 USD for:

I had debated whether or not I should include the video, but I feel that it is important to bring up due to the insane price and the information that @baratrongirl helped provide me with due to her husband's own experience in this industry (thank you SO much Richard!!)

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mikotoba Susato/Naruhodou Ryuunosuke, past asoryuu - Relationship, Asougi Kazuma & Naruhodou Ryuunosuke, Asougi Kazuma & Mikotoba Susato, Asougi Kazuma & Barok van Zieks, implied homumiko, Mikotoba Susato & Naruhodou Ryuunosuke, Asougi Kazuma & Mikotoba Susato & Naruhodou Ryuunosuke & Barok van Zieks, Mikotoba Yuujin & Naruhodou Ryuunosuke Characters: Naruhodou Ryuunosuke, Mikotoba Susato, Asougi Kazuma, Iris Watson | Iris Wilson, Sherlock Holmes | Herlock Sholmes (Dai Gyakuten Saiban), Mikotoba Yuujin, Barok van Zieks Additional Tags: Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2: Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Kakugo | The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve Spoilers, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, POV Multiple, Fluff and Angst, Complicated Relationships, Mutual Pining, Personal Growth, Feelings Realization, Romance, First Kiss, Bittersweet Ending, Hopeful Ending, ryuususaday24 Series: Part 1 of RyuuSusa Day 24 Summary:

Fic can be read Here