#no devil use

This guy has 4 pages worth of tagged posts on my blog but no proper introduction, so I'm fixing that now.

This is Gold, the main character of my eventual graphic novel, No Devil Use. He's a cat slipshape (shapeshifter) who's deeply distrusting of most people, a kleptomaniac, a good liar, and a bad judge of character. He gets by via a variety of petty crimes and is in a totally-not-a-relationship with his dealer, Cain. The story follows his No Good Very Bad Time after a person from his past suddenly reappears.

Lament of the Albatross, a short comic for a Negative Space Comics competition.

I love hearing other people's interpretations, but my intentions are under the cut for anyone interested :)

Ohohohoho. I'll rank them in reverse skill level with a little bit of description bc I'm so nice

8) The Arm Demon - Inventing whole new categories of sex crime.

7) Carapace - Jesus Christ. It's bad. I'm not even sure she has junk, so her idea of sex would be unrecogniseable to most people. She's also always sticky.

6) Kai - He's asexual and completely neutral on the matter so... he'll do it if asked, but with the enthusiasm of a sponge. He is attentive, at least.

5) Gold - Cain isn't his first rodeo, but all of his previous rodeos were spontaneous, clandestine encounters that were never spoken of again. He has the raw skill and energy but no concept of communication about or during the act. I rank him below Cain but they're pretty close to a tie, it depends on your individual priorities.

4) Cain - He's learnt the dance of a decent, vanilla sexual encounter and is almost as good at pretending that's enough. It's difficult to describe what he's like otherwise... He sort of stumbles into good sex practices accidentally via selfish intentions.

3) Swamp Thing - Skilled and will actually communicate, but has difficulty dealing with anything unexpected or spontaneous. Everything must be hashed out beforehand several times and not diverged from. Doesn't shower everyday, but that's a plus for some.

2) Tobias - Knows how to do a bunch of extreme kink relatively safely, has good hygiene, good at communicating. Only downside is possible incompatibility as he's the subbiest sub to ever sub.

This is Yap, a character in NDU and Gold’s “friend” (he doesn’t let people get close enough to be friends, rip). She is a ferret badger shifter who works in her parents’ restaurant.

When I talk about slipshapes, I’m usually referring to established ones that have existed for multiple generations. “Fresh” ones however… aren’t as good at the whole shapeshifting thing. It’s likely a lot of mythical half animal, half person creatures originated from someone glimpsing these first awkward transformations.