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Answering your questions, yes, there are going to be multiple chapters and their number has been set for quite a while now. The plot is set too: I know exactly how the comic will go and how it will end but I don't really have it written down except for a few chapters and bits and pieces here and there. Whenever I open the Word file to actually write down all the ideas my brain shuts down so I just memorise the entire thing (I actually remember everything I need down to the visuals) or ramble to TRMD in messages. I'm planning to actually pull myself together and at least do a diagram after finishing the prologue.

When I think about the time needed to finish it I can't help but feel anxious because it's my first time committing to a project this big. Or to any project at all. You're right, I've been cooking the concept and the plot for almost two years before I began properly drawing out the pages. The only reason I didn't start making the comic sooner was because I was hit by an awfully long artblock. Sometimes I get a bit uneasy about people losing interest to the comic due to how I don't talk about the plot much or how long the parts take to come out. Not worrying about it too much and just doing my thing until everything is done helps a lot. The support I get from the community helps a lot too, I'm really grateful for it!

Also sometimes I feel a bit uneasy about dedicating so much time and effort to a fan-project. There's this stupid little worm in my ear reminding me that I have my own stories and concepts and that I could spend all that time and energy on them instead of someone else's characters. And you know what? I've NEVER felt so passionate about something as I am for this comic about silly colorful dudes. I love working on the AU, the plot, the characters, the scenarios. Atp I've put so much of my soul into it I don't even consider it a fan-comic anymore, so yeah, I AM ready to dedicate this much time and effort to it. Art is art, you can't really choose what you get passionate about huh

This entire event is one of the most important moments for many characters in TDAU, especially Felix.

As I see it (and as it's portrayed in TDAU), Felix really wants to be liked by everyone but also he wants to do the right thing. It messes with his head a lot because he is too dependent on what others think about him and he actually wants to be a good person but without having the consequences of making the decisions that are right from the moral standpoint. I believe that his heart is in the right place but he's too impulsive and indulges too much into the idea of being "good" and the appreciation it gets him. I will bring this up later in the comic so I won't talk too much about it, despite Felix's moral dilemma being one of my favorite things to write. I can say tho that him sending everyone to the Card world was probably one of the most efficient ways to deescalate that mess where NO ONE was thinking straight, Felix included. Yes, it was impulsive and not thought through, but I guess that decision tells more about him than whatever he has to say about himself.

I had the idea for this animatic for MONTHS, and while I was thinking of it, you sent me a perfect ask just for the very video I wanted to make! It was a very funny coincidence, thank you for it!

About you're other questions. Yeah, some of the clones were very obviously mad at first. And some just immediately accepted the situation. The isolation of the Card world helped everyone to cool off relatively fast, especially Spade who was on edge the entire time. He did snap at Felix, sure, but he also was extremely agitated after the whole confrontation in the apartment. After taking his time to calm down properly he admitted that he wasn't thinking straight and everything could go to absolute hell if not for Felix's interference, though never out loud. So yeah, Felix still doesn't know Spade is not mad at him anymore. As for Fёdor, he too needed his time to cool off and think about everything. His side of this story will be shown much later in the comic, so I won't talk about it here, sorry ":)