End of Year Q&A (Patreon)

This is the log of the Q&A.  I hope you enjoy it! Questions in BOLD.

The end of year Q&A is starting!  Hello everyone, hello all LV fans!   I hope you have a lot of questions, I'll try to answer!

alright, who has the first question

marblepants —  Can we get any hints as to what Outlet is up to? or when they'll come back into the picture?

Ah yes, good question!  Outlet is scheming, trying to find a way to regain what he feels he deserves.  Machinations are being hinted

ZangetsUK — What do you think of my Bellona idea, for one more goddess with a champion? I'd love to see a British character in the comic and she'd be am excellent person for him to transform into!

I don't dislike the idea of other patheons empowering champions, just have to make it work with the cosmology I established

marblepants — How much longer do you expect the current Lady Valiant arc to go for?

Challenge of the Gods will be ending end of March/Beginning April

ZangetsUK — When do you plan on the physical release of LV? I think you mentioned previously

I will work with Xam next year, set up a campaign to get a print going, and also to pay for the extras that will justify a physical release, like some making of pages, etc.

Ricardo — What it's next for Cabin?

Cabin?  We have an Abby story planned, and then another for a Tale of the Tome regarding another spell

DocVS — Are there any other planned collaborations coming up with other content creators?  Say in the superhero genre?  hint hint…

hah yes, I am doing Golden Infinity with @Jaycee of Bloomin Faeries, and you and I are talking about a project @DocVS and I have another @tracyscops project planned next year

marblepants — What are the plans for the changes in the patron structure? Did anything happen with the Cabin tier?

@marblepants sadly it looks like Cabin Tier won't have enough extra support for the time being

ZangetsUK — Are there any plans for remaking the original pages of the comic? Where they're coloured and resemble the current artwork?

@ZangetsUK great question!

The first 100 pages are being recolored and will be released next year!

Ricardo — How much money do you you need to make a monthly Cabin story?

approx 250-300 USD

marblepants — That's too bad, is support steady right now at least?

support is good right now, but I don't want to get too deep into finances.  But right now, LV and Turb and Sidestories are stable, and we occasionally have a little extra for stuff, so we're good

marblepants — Glad to hear it. So then what about after March? Can we get a hint as to who the next villain will be?

expect more machinations and villains that will tie LV and Turb's stories.

marblepants — Will there be any lasting effects of the current arc?

Oh, yes, lots! We will feel the effects for a while!

Ricardo — Who is your favorite character for side stories?

I wouldn't mind to see a Turb sidestory, but we haven't had one yet.  Of the ones we had? I really really like the first chapter of "Shuffled"

marblepants — I'd like to pile on to that, what's you're favourite sidestory so far?

hah, same answer

marblepants — dang I was too slow

ZangetsUK — When will we see more of John in Venus' body?

Lots more, maybe too much lol

marblepants — More of a request really... but can we get the colored cabin pages of day 3 and 4 in pdf?

I'll see if I can get that together

Ricardo — What other shuffled stories would you like to do?

Shuffled sort of told the tale it needed to

ZangetsUK — What will the dynamic be with John, Tom & LV, especially with John's new body?

That I'll leave for you to see, but it will be a bit of a "been there, huh?"

marblepants — I don't always keep close watch but what stories have hit the "boneyard" and which one are you hoping to bring back if possible

MDcanizoAIT — Wish we could see more John as Venus

Oh we will we will!

MDcanizoAIT — I think he will get his body back but keep the form and power of Venus

I don't want to spoil, but don't worry, you won't be missing Venus's boobies

Ricardo — If You could make a regular cómic of a sidestorie character, who would you choose?

I'd honestly like to do an Agents of SWAP comic about dealing with gender changes and body swaps in a superhero world from the view of secret agents trying to keep it all hush hush

Ricardo — Like an anthology with body swap tematic?

pretty much yes

Ricardo — Boobs or ass?

Boobs

ZangetsUK —What would it be like for a new recruit in SWAP, would he have to switch with one of the veterans?

ah, they don't swap a lot in SWAP.  lol.  they try to stop swaps in SWAP...

Ricardo — When the boobs are too big for You?

well, for me? Powergirl is perfect size

Ricardo — More than that it's too much?

Yeah

Ricardo — LV it's Wonder woman, Turb it's Powergirl, how would be your Scarlett Witch versión?

I think Chant is kinda it?

marblepants — Is there a piece of lore that you consider canon but never added to the comics?

Well, one idea i have that I consider canon is There's at least two different swaps that have happened in the past that are covered up/hidden since it is too much trouble to reverse.  That's all I'lll say lol!

marblepants — Where did the idea for Lady Valiant come from?

it's a lot simpler than you would think lol!   I like body swaps and at that time I had a thing for nerdy student/hot teacher swaps, and I also liked Wonder Woman types

Ricardo — As a comic creator, have you ever had problems with the woke o anti-woke people?

wellllll, and I will not say who, but lots of people say my style of swaps are 'exploitative' and 'victimizing', which I find strange since in the realm of all possibilities, body swaps are physically impossible

ZangetsUK — Will we ever see a bat girl type of hero? No super powers, just a guy switched with a really wealthy woman who goes out every night like Bruce Wayne?

@ZangetsUK there are ideas for that, and a patron created character that fits that mark

ZangetsUK — Is the Patron character/comic available on Patreon currently?

@ZangetsUK yes it's Joser's Furycat.  it's in the Mega.  Under "Patron shared commissions"

Ricardo — I kind of remember someone posting that comment, but as you said it's not even possible.

Like, there are certain things I understand why people would find bad in fiction, but those are things that a person can realistically do

marblepants —I feel as far as Lady Valiant goes it's pretty low on the dark side of this fetish

but I don't want to steer this QnA into that kind of discussion

@marblepants yes, LV proper is pretty lighthearted mostly.   The sidestories can get darker, Turb not as dark, and Cabin can get pretty dark, but that's what to expect

ZangetsUK — Also, what's your favourite m2f body swap movie?

hm, favorite movie?  I really liked parts of Red Mist(Freakdog)

Ricardo — Favorite anime body swap?

Seikan no Qwasar had a pretty hot possession

marblepants — Do you ever worry that characters start to look too samey as more are added?

Yes, I do. which is why I sort have to justify who a new character is when added

marblepants — or a better way to ask is what is your process for coming up with new character design?

I look for things I like, give a rough description, and then let Xamrock do the rest

one of the things with our partnership is I give Xam nearly full creative freedom

Ricardo — What are your limits on the cabin stories? I mean, what things would you never do on Cabin or any other story.

I am not sure if there is a limit. I would like to, after Abby is done, just not visit the Cabin girls a while and do a few stories about the book itself going into new hands

Ricardo — What other spells the book has?

well, there's a few possession spells, phantom hand spells, and the mirror spell which I hope you all will see soon

sleephollow98 — I've always wondered l, but if the comic was a cartoon, then would voice the characters like -

Lady Valiant and Tom

Teen Valiant

Turbulence

Dr. Cumming

Athena and her Guard

John and Venus

Outlet and OG Lady Valiant

Hercules and Bacchus

SWAP Agents

And maybe even the side story characters.

Oh wow, I'd need time to think of appropriate voices!

Ricardo — Who would be your dream fancast for a LV movie?

Again, will need to think on the casting.

Ricardo — The superhero movies are dead?

nah, just bad movies are dead lol

Ricardo — And the MCU

Exactly

marblepants — Are future stories going to stay focused on LV or will there be time where another character mainlines

I have toyed with the idea of when I feel like the LV story is done, keeping the comic going as tales from the LV-verse... but no plans of that yet

ZangetsUK — Is there a DC comic story that you would have liked to have included a body swap? I remember a comic where wonder woman switched with another woman, but I would have preferred if she'd switched with a guy

Yes @ZangetsUK that story

Ricardo — Catwoman or Black Cat?

Catwoman because of the zipper scene

Ricardo — Rogue or Powergirl?

Powergirl

ZangetsUK — What do you think an actual reaction would be, if a man switched bodies with a woman in real life? I'm sure he'd be terrified 😨

Depends entirely on the man and the woman

ZangetsUK — Like if a machine was made, or a brain transplant? If it was a cis man and cis woman?

but who are they? Like that's where things get weird/interesting

Ricardo — What it's your oldest internet memory?

AIM chatrooms

Ricardo — You are an internet veteran.

ZangetsUK — Do you have a favourite story on fictionmania or TG storytime?

well, with Fictionmania, There was one I really liked called Brainswapping, I think Carolyn Collins

Ricardo — Favorite body swap cliché?

and favorite cliche? Hmm, that's hard to explain, I sort of like it when two people swap, I like it if swapped in sleep, and like the woman, we see her realize she swapped, then she sees who she swapped with.  It's someone she doesn't like, and/or knows exctly what he would do with her body, then look of horror.... then smash cut

Ricardo — Kind of miss Lane waking up in Tom's body

I don't see that as a look of horror, lol.  like the smash cut has to be like, sort of like that scene in Rising Stars

Ricardo — What of your stories has that cliché?

well, none of mine I don't think have that moment of horror, at least not yet

ZangetsUK — If you could switch with any woman throughout History, who would you choose? Cleopatra?

90's Kate Beckinsale lol.

ZangetsUK — What type of body swap movie, would best suit Gal Gadot in your opinion?

one where she has bigger boobs

ZangetsUK — Lol, I this she had one of the most beautiful appearances! Tall women, are the best!

Like Lady Dimitrescu!

Yes, but I wish she had something more up top lol

Ricardo — Geek disappointment of the year?

Spider-man 2

Ricardo — Superior Spiderman inspired Lady Valiant?

I sort of feel like we did that with Outlet Wins.   But if I had a chance to do another superheroine dark swap, I have ideas.

Ricardo — Can You tell us some of them?

I want to see a story where something like Damage Control where it's not contained, it's awful, and everyone knows

Ricardo — Like Golden Infinity?

Yes

Also I do have a new smaller project to announce

https://glassangelcomic.com/ Glass Angel, a Sci fi space opera body swap comic that I hope will be of interest.

But I hope you all enjoy the Q&A.  any final questions?

MDcanizoAIT — can we get more stories like Damage Control and Triple Threat

MD, yes, we want to

MDcanizoAIT — are we gonna see a story about the past LV generation?

That's an interesting idea... maybe someone can Goddess-tier that

MDcanizoAIT — also are you planning to do another big comic like LV when you make kickstarter?

I am not putting it off the table, but I have a full plate right now 🙂

alright, so let's wrap up this Q&A session! Thank you all for your questions!