DUNGEON MASTER
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Abandon all hope, ye who enter-- the lair of the mad Dungeon Master!
Fiddleford McGucket has never properly "DM'd" a game of Dungeons, Dungeons & More Dungeons before. At least, not to completion. Enter: Ford Pines, sick and tired of filling in as the DM for the Backupsmore TTRPG club-- and looking for a real challenge. Over the course of their first true collaboration, they may come to learn a number of things about themselves... as well as their burgeoning feelings for one another.
DUNGEON MASTER is a 20-page, fully colored Gravity Falls fancomic, thought up in a bout of madness and completed over the course of several months' work, exploring a romantic reading of Fiddleford and Ford Pines' relationship in college. It includes themes such as gender identity, mutually beneficial partnership, roleplay, and wilful dynamics of control/submission.
All rights for these characters are owed to Alex Hirsch, Disney and the Gravity Falls LLC. I am not associated with any of these and am selling this work under fair use laws.
WARNING: This work is intended for a 16+ audience and includes mildly suggestive subject matter! CWs are limited to unintentional misgendering + a brief fantastical depiction of self-harm for game mechanic purposes.
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love this comic so much, you did incredible with the line work and the coloring! I adore the dialogue, they feel real to the characters and it was engaging the whole way through! i was literally sucked into it from the moment i downloaded and started reading! I love the queer themes being spread throughout the thing, alongside each immersion into their sessions. So many details to make their time period feel real and perfectly in time, like the protests against the vietnam war and their clothing and everything. i love their kiss, and the little gag with their big noses before it succeeds (it made me chuckle). this is fantastic work of art and it was well worth the money (added a few extra bucks just because i think you deserve it). great job! ^^
ahh I'm always glad to hear I got the details right! while working on the comic I had read "Kent State" by Derf Backderf, which ultimately ended up influencing the characters' clothing and general visual atmosphere, though I also trawled the internet for photos of college students during the era. namely, I made sure to look at what "tomboy", butch, and otherwise gender-nonconforming students wore, those in g/s alliance groups, etc... additionally the gag at the end before they kiss was actually inspired by something that had happened to me in real life ^_^; I ultimately found it more romantic and true to the characters than if it had gone perfectly. anyway, thank you so much!
oh, i'm not really an expert on that time (too young to have experienced it, all i have is secondhand impressions haha) but from what i hear about that time your comic feels true to it. sorry if i gave the impression i was more experienced with it than i am ^^".
anyway, it's really cute that the gag was inspired by your real life, i love that. the best fictional stories are inspired by real situations sometimes. i do agree it fits too, it was so real for them haha. you make them feel so real, honestly.
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I jumped up from my chair in excitement when Fidds pinned down Ford during their battle, and their kiss was so incredibly satisfying. The panel work and coloring was absolutely amazing, and the background atmosphere perfectly captured how Backupsmore would feel like. Just!!! Everything about this comic was amazing. I think I'll print it out so I can immortalize it alongside some of my favorite fanzines on my shelf (Though if you ever do decide to release this as a physical print, I'd be more than happy to but it again) Anyway's, so much love and admiration for your work on this <3 <3
woah thank you so much... this is such an exciting comment, I'm so glad to hear my work got that kind of reaction out of someone!! I am unsure about printing at the moment so please do feel free to print it out, I would be delighted to know someone appreciated the comic that much :] !!
Good god ford what can I say except "it's peam." I'm so obsessed with the way you navigate desire here — the kind of clumsy sensuality of two people who know the shape of what they want but don't totally know how to get there yet. Which of course dovetails perfectly with the gender of it all!! thank you as always for being an insane genius about these guys
THANK YOU SO MUCH COLIN!!! admittedly I was wondering what you thought but was too shy to ask.... it makes me extremely happy to hear someone with a very good understanding of what I was going for irt the themes of newfound desire, that sensuality you describe was kind of like the core concept behind the whole thing in the end... anyway, thanks again!! ^_^
Stunning work! a thousand chef-kisses
thank you so much!! ^_^