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  • Hello, and welcome to the world of Starbound!

    This is a wip project of artist @sweetdonutsart, focusing on a urban fantasy/slice of life/drama comic idea of three black girls from different backgrounds coming together to fight the evils of the world around them! Focusing on friendship, love, fighting for what you believe in and choosing your own destiny. Tentative date to be announced!

    Summary:

    College senior Mori is tired of life passing her by, and constantly complains to her roommate Juniper about what to do after graduation. After a chance encounter, she meets Hazel, a young graduate student who she quickly finds out to be a witch. However, after Mori invites Hazel to live with her after an accident despite Juniper’s objections, she soon realizes that her new roommate is not what she seems, and is hiding some dark secrets that could potentially destroy the perceptions of their town and even the world around them…

    This blog is to record some of the wips, progresses, and ideas bouncing around in my head about these 3. Feel free to explore and ask questions about them!

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    Dorm Days Ch 4 - Aimee

    Mori goes outside! No Juniper drama today, only a (generally) nice time where Mori explores town! Maybe she’ll make a new (old) friend along the way…

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  • sent by kiirodora

    Love how this comic is going so far!! Do you have any plans on putting it in WebToon?

  • answered by starbound-sda-comic

    Thank you so much, a few people have asked me that! I’m hoping that after chapter 5 I’ll have enough to start posting on Webtoon or even making a website via ComicFury (although, with 10 months between chapters I’m scared I won’t actually be able to make it this year so I’m hoping 😭) Tumblr will still get updates though!

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  • I know i don’t really post much on this blog but I FINALLY FIGURED OUT NAMES FOR MY SETTINGS! Well, at least the university and town in the mortal realm, the magical realm is gonna need some work.

    I’m just super excited cuz I’ve been trying to think of something for like over a year and never got even close to something I actually liked. So now that this hurdle is out of the way I kinda want to get back into writing (and drawing) some worldbuilding for the comic cuz it felt kinda weird not even referencing a university name 😅

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  • sent by Anonymous

    17. What are three moments in their life that impacted your OC the most?
    Question from the OC meme ask for Mori!

  • answered by starbound-sda-comic

    Thanks for asking about Mori! I’ll try to keep it simple as a couple of these will be expanded upon in my comic:

    • Mori got into cosplay in her early teens after an incident in her childhood where she snuck out from her mother’s “take your child to work day” and met a Sailor Moon cosplayer on a parade float. She wanted to be as magical as that cosplayer was.
    • When she was 13, Mori was confessed to by a female friend, and they started dating. This relationship didn’t last long after her mother found out, but after that Mori became very open about her sexuality.
    • A few days before Mori’s 16th birthday, Mori and her father get into a car accident, and he doesn’t survive. This damages the already strenuous relationship with her mother, who doesn’t approve of a lot of Mori’s interests and hobbies in favor of her growing up to run the family’s company.

    A lot of Mori’s experiences frame around her upbringing and her family, so it’s hard to explain a lot of them without bringing up her mother lol.

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  • OC ask meme (or you can just fill it all out yourself for fun…not that I do that or anything)

    works for either fantasy or modern settings…tbh mostly just the things I want to be asked about my own ocs

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    1. Describe your OC physically- what do they look like? What notable features do they have, or what’s your favorite part of their design?

    2. What role would your OC fill in a friend group?

    3. What is their stance on religion? Are they a devout believer, against the idea of gods, or somewhere in between? Do they make their practice or their opinions public, or keep it private?

    4. How do they act when they’re sick, and does it change depending on who they’re around or how sick they are?

    5. What’s one hill your OC will die on (anything from a guiding moral position to a strong opinion about combining mint and chocolate)?

    6. How did you choose your OC’s name?

    7. Lots of people don’t have a favorite food when put on the spot, but what’s a food or drink that your OC would never turn down if someone offered it to them?

    8. What’s something that your OC owns that means the world to them? What’s something they own that they don’t like, but can’t bring themself to part with?

    9. How do they fare in cold or hot climates, and which do they prefer?

    10. Share a sentence of dialogue from your OC that you think represents them well.

    11. How are they seen by people around them - family, close friends, colleagues, or strangers?

    12. What does their bed and/or desk look like? Tidy or cluttered - are they both the same, or is one neat and the other messy?

    13. How do they deal with pain (physical or emotional)?

    14. How comfortable are they relying on other people, and what situations would change their comfort level?

    15. How does your OC take up space? What do they do with their hands when they talk, or how do they sit in chairs?

    16. Point assign D&D ability scores to your OC (STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, CHA; out of 27).

    17. What are three moments in their life that impacted your OC the most?

    18. If they can or would drive, what would their car be like?

    19. How do they connect with the people around them? Love language, how they offer comfort, etc.

    20. What kind of clothing do they feel most comfortable in? What kind of clothing do they wear most often?

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    When I made the Mori and Juniper coffee pic a couple people on Instagram asked to see a comparison between their dynamic in Dorm Days (they’re 18/19 years old) and current day around the time Starbound comes around (when they’re around 23/24 years old). They’re two people that go through a lot together and a big part of their story is them trying to get past their own hang-ups (Juniper being closed off and making assumptions and Mori being naïve and navigating her people-pleasing tendencies), especially in the beginning when they’re really sensitive around others. So when they do get through their issues, they’re much more open to becoming friends.

    And it’s not a quick progress; it takes years to forge the friendship they have in the second pic. Don’t get me wrong, I love stories that have the two main characters hit it off immediately and they just have a few speedbumps along the way. But I think the interesting part of a story like this, where neither is exactly open at first, is that they both grow and learn despite being thrown together unexpedtedly.

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  • sent by yettea

    I may be thinking too hard but if I'm a mean roommate I'm going to make all the noise when I wake up so imagining her being ever so quiet to not wake the cute roommate has me questioning her harshness lol

  • answered by starbound-sda-comic

    I like how you’re thinking lol. There’s a possibility that Juniper isn’t really trying to bother her new roommate, so she just tries to stay out of her way and expects the same in return.

    There’s also another possibility where Mori is just a really heavy sleeper lol.

    I’ll let you decide which is more likely 😊

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  • if i say "i imagine" or "i think" in regards to my ocs its because i dont knowwwwww. theyre living their own lives im just filming them at occasional moments and calling it a day

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  • Want me to gush about my OCs?

    Send me a “🖊+an OC“ and I will talk about that OC! It can be a headcanon, a fun fact, a small paragraph of backstory- anything!

    Alternatively, send in just a “🖊“ and I will talk about any one of my OCs at random!

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    Dorm Days Ch 2 - Classes

    Mori tries her best to make friends and survive her first day! It’s not working out in her favor, though. Juniper is still mad.

    Thanks for the support on the first chapter! I’m excited to dive more into the story of these two and improve my storytelling!

    Previous chapter | Next chapter

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  • An update on progress for my comic Dorm Days! I've been feeling motivated to finish ch 2 again after dropping it for a few months (I got a new job and am still learning the ropes). Trying to finish a page of rendering each day so that bubbles and effects can be done all at once. Hopefully i can finish it by the end of the month 😊

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