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Catharsis script: the whole plate

Added 2025-02-20 00:09:21 +0000 UTC

Hi everyone. I've thought about it, and since I don't think I will ever finish Catharsis, it seemed like it would at least be fine to upload the entire script so that people knew how the story went. I was originally going to upload this scene-by-scene, but it is probably more convenient for both me and anyone who wants to read it to just post the whole thing.

I have attached 2 files to this: a .docx file, which I think will be more compatible with more programs, and an .odt file, which should be opened in Wordpad, because that's what I used to write the script. The latter will show you the reference images in the document correctly. They sort of freak out in LibreOffice for me. It opens correctly on both my laptop and desktop in Wordpad, so it should work on most Windows OS computers regardless of resolution.
I uploaded the thumbnails in this script here (I don't know if I've uploaded them ALL before? perhaps) if you don't care to open Wordpad to read it... I think the last one there may not be in the script at all, since it's unfinished.

This document includes not only the script itself, but a lot of the outlining process and notes I wrote for the story. Some of the notes are very old -- about 8 years old.
You will see that the writing style is very different from Idletry's script. I was in a very different "headspace" at the time and if you asked me about anything more detailed than the gist of the document, I wouldn't be able to tell you. It is difficult to qualify what level of roughness in the writing is from this difference versus the fact that most of what you see is "finished" comic, or at least more edited script, even though it's obvious to me.
I do remember the ending, though; my favorite part about the story is probably how Charlotte is more aware of Felix's lies than they are. It helps her feel a little less like a chew toy for the plot. There is a similar plot point in Idletry. And the miscommunication reveal at the end is a little less expected by the reader because Felix's lies were more prominent.
I believe the very first sketch comic I drew of Izzi was about her alter, Diesel, breaking up with her partners and paying them off (or possibly threatening them!) to never speak to her again. Diesel is a protective alter and there are smaller hints, like Izzi suddenly flipping a switch and becoming angry and flighty when Felix asks for some clarification, about this. It may still have been too out-of-nowhere. It was, on a thematic level, related to the lying: Izzi was lying to herself -- or, if you're a little more correct, Izzi's alter was lying to her. That's why the story ends on that instead of the talk with Charlotte.