I have been supremely dying, as it is finals week coming up and I have to finish one of my term papers by Monday, but have this page I finished during study breaks lol
It's because of the name-change, and we decided to do the [REDACTED] thing just as a silly running gag until the whole thing gets clarified later on (simply because we found it amusing, but also it's easier than just not addressing their character at all, because that would feel extremely unnatural dialogue-wise and also just cause a lot more confusion in the comments lol not that the [REDACTED] thing doesn't also cause some confusion, but at least it's something to address the character by rather than trying to avoid using names/pronouns for them altogether XD)
True, a little fourth-wall-breaking never hurts for comic relief.
Though probably the simplest solution would be for everyone to just call them "Pichu." It works for Ghastly/Haunter after all. Or if you wanna get creative with it, have each character (most of them from Ace) have "nickname" for them, like "Ashchu Williams," "Texas Pichu Massacre" or "LumberjackChu."
Ye, totally XDDD
That would work for the Pokemon characters, ye! But it wouldn't make as much sense for the human characters that know their name to refer to them as "Pichu" all of a sudden, I don't think-
Also I know this is kind of a nitpicky detail but, you've always drawn Ace's eyes as the generic "brown." I've been drawing them teal for the past several years.
https://www.weasyl.com/~unownace/submissions/1981863/canada-is-here-for-you-i-am-here-for-you
https://www.weasyl.com/~unownace/submissions/1976358/one-small-step-for-a-pikachu-pmd-explorers-of-mars-fic-cover-art
https://www.weasyl.com/~unownace/submissions/1911046/grumpy-ace
https://www.weasyl.com/~unownace/submissions/1904906/andrew-the-yoshi-doesn-t-like-coffee-commission
https://www.weasyl.com/~unownace/submissions/1904875/ace-spade-s-super-pikachu-costume-commission
https://www.weasyl.com/~unownace/submissions/1904434/ace-spade-s-dramatic-lightsaber-stare-gif
I remember in the original Ace saying Darkening had a "girlish" scream. The new dialogue is actually better, imo.
The second panel has a really cool angle! I laughed at the chainsaw comment, of course she'd just look at it qsdfjkqsdgj
Ace's dialogue is pretty fun too, poor Darkening
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So, are you redacting their name because said name is a spoiler or because their name is in the process of potentially changing? Because in either case, why have the characters refer to them by name this early at all? Why not save the reveal for later?