April Minicomic #2 Winner (Patreon)

Thank you all for voting, it was a very close race between RAZE: The City and our winning suggestion, which is:

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3. Method Acting Gone Wrong? - The famed Veracroix Theatre of the Orcish city of Mint (yes, one of the largest Orcish cities in the Seventh Realm is just named "Mint"), faces dire straights when one of the lead actors quits the day of the premiere of the latest and greatest play. The only one who can hope to fill in for her role is her much beleaguered understudy.

Unfortunately, the part is explicitly meant for a fine lady orc, and the understudy is human and although not particularly masculine (by choice), he is no fancy lady. Hoping to avoid disaster long enough to get back the main actor, they simply dolly the understudy up in some really good cosmetics to look the part. And somehow, the unique performance gets standing ovations and excellent reviews. Which the understudy finds... exciting...

As the season progresses, the theatre has no luck in convincing the original actress back. Thankfully, the understudy quickly adapts and improves in their acting skill. Soon theatre-goers are as in love with the new starlet as they were with the old one. And between afterparties, promotions, additional coaching and more convincing make-up, the new actress begins to adopt the position as the "Veracroix Diva" more convincingly than any acting role.

By the end of the production's run, the last diva is old news, and the theatre's new star actress draws in the crowds like never before. Reviewers rave about the Orc starlet as the Theatre's crown jewel, and behind the closed curtains, she makes sure that everyone knows it. Haughty, demanding and impatient as she is, the Theatre management does everything they can to appease her, lest they lose a star that they know this time that they can't replace.

[Seventh Realm, corruption themes, awkward AMAB Human understudy to flashy decadent female Orc diva]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/april-minicomic-102031248

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Thanks again to everyone who voted and another thanks to ChiCha for the suggestion!