#cocal

I, Blazeismyname, have finished the character portion of the CoCaL document.

I have laboured so long on this project of passion and Love (ha-). Please enjoy what I have. I will be working on a summary of the main story, but that will be a while. For now, enjoy a year's work of labour on this silly au.

As well. I want to announce that I've opened a Redbubble where I've posted my official designs for every canon character!!

Here's some of the designs!!!! I hope you like them, as much effort was put into them as was the AU and I'm so proud.

Thank you so much for the love and everything on CoCaL, it means the absolute world. I'm so glad I can share all this now. I've been waiting so long.

Peace

I MADE MYSELT ANTLERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 years ago I posted a silly post detailing an AU that had been in my head for a while after a musical. Shout out Lilly for begging me to go because otherwise, the dominos would’ve never fallen into these places. 2 years ago, Rocks, you replied with your thoughts. And I was ECSTATIC. You were, and still are in many ways, my idol. I was so excited and I eagerly responded. I remember the days when we would exchange ideas back and forth, I would get scolded in math class and I would stay up extra late on my laptop to add one more addition to the massive hellspawn of a thread. And then Ebb came in, added more, and Ebb was an inspiration for me. I had seen your post about Jonny’s ticking heart and it became so important to how I characterized Jonny. But not just him, myself too. It resonated with me on a level and when I found out that was YOU!! And you’re beautiful additions of artwork for us all to appreciate, so detailed and filled with love. And Moons. I barely remember how you got here and I like to think that’s just the nature of you. How did the wind get here? Who knows lol. I miss you though, COME BACK TO US!!!!

That thread has to be one of the most important things to me, not just because of this great story. But because I finally became friends with you guys. I needed that a lot at that time, and I thank the outer gods it was you guys. You guys have always talked to me when there’s something wrong, one of the things I’ve been striving for most in friendships. We’ve never fought and when we had our disputes, we talked it out. You guys have always been the best to me, and I thank you so much. Rocks, you’re so pretty and kind and sweet and inventive. Ebb you’re so creative and smart and cool and funny. Moons, you’re so fucking mysterious and cool and I’m scared of you (/silly). You guys have helped me through my lowest points, both cat deaths, multiple friendship falling outs, the mental hospital, the Craig situation, everything that’s happened you three have comforted me and been by my side. You three helped me turn each new bit of trauma into a story and a pain to inflict on The Characters and I couldn’t have asked for anything else.

Happy 2 years of CoCaL. And to many more.

I get that Lyf is a fan favorite, I'm obsessed with them trust me, but I vote that they're not the only one from the albums that makes it in. Most of the important roles are taken up already, but how hilarious would it be if the townsfolk were just a large clump of people who in other worlds were tragic protagonists.

A bakery with no plot relevance worked by the Pendragons, the tavern owned by Ulysses, and Snow and Cole have been fighting over the position of governor for as long as anyone can remember. There's this one shut-in who practically lives in his basement, they say his name's Pilchard? He's never seen leaving the house except in the regular attempt to break into Carmilla's house. He's an incompetent idiot, and she actually knows what she's doing, so it has yet to work, but he sure as hell hasn't stopped trying. He's too afraid to approach her in public, though, and she thinks it's funny, so it just keeps going for decades. (I think it's even funnier if the town is all just Rose Reds, personally, but probably wouldn't actually work.)