#cpoto

In all seriousness it’s important to me to give him very different support needs from me because not everyone’s experiences or autistic traits are going to be the same. It’s definitely a lot more debilitating for him than it is for me.

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Quick doodle of him, and I’ll do a better one later, but this is Émile, and he’s Erik’s father.

He was actually somewhat kind to Erik, but not kind enough to take him with when he left. Josephine became increasingly more angry after Erik’s birth, and because Erik was still a newborn kitten at the time, took it out on Émile, who left shortly after.

I’ve decided it’s time for me to officially yap about this, so here goes.

Crow’s Phantom of the Opera, which I also will refer to as CPotO or Crow’s Phantom, is my rewrite of the original novel, but in graphic novel form. Since I’m a loser who’s afraid of drawing Erik from a side profile, all the characters will be depicted as animals.

I will try to keep my rewrite as similar as possible to the original story (so that those who have never read the novel can still enjoy it) while still keeping it very separate.

I would also like to mention that this graphic novel is not made for a younger audience and will deal with some heavy themes.

Crow’s Phantom is currently planned to be split up into three sections, each with a different narrator, and, keeping in line with the original novel technically being a detective novel, I’ve introduced a new character in the form of Corbin.

It’s a more horror focused approach, as well as being queer coded so that’s cool I think!!

That’s pretty much all you need to know for now! Please feel free to ask any questions you may have.

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dead wife flashback 😔😔

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