Another 10 Fun S&S Facts

• Spurs & Stripes tries to avoid as many BL cliches as possible since I’m somewhat tired of them (ex: high school setting/characters, "everyone in the universe is gay", love at first sight, etc) ...but will take full responsibility for tsunderes

• Red has 2 cowgirl friends that have helped her with the comic's setting and cowboy life (contrary to common beliefs, not all of us Texans rode horses to school! ;P) and has visited her friend's family cattle ranch, pictured above, many times for fun, er, research.

• Wes was designed to look exactly like Kylee's type (black hair, black clothes, pretty boy, etc) but was never intended to create 'love triangle' drama to avoid further cliches and also prove that love can still form outside of one's aesthetic comfort zone (Kim and Ky certainly aren't each other's preferred type)

• Kylee was more of a slut in the original script and everything he said/did turned suggestive but was reeled back to give him more dignity. And that would've gotten annoying real fast.

• Red spends at least 3-5 hours every weekday working on the comic or Patreon art but won't work weekends (unless emergency) to give her hand and brain a rest

• The bar scene never happened in the original story draft. The boys were going to get drunk/kiss at Kim's house and then stumble to the bedroom together. Changed up for Wes, Rocko and overall change of scenery

• It's never stated exactly where S&S takes place in Texas but it's written with the idea of being on the outskirts of smaller city (where Kylee would've been raised), like maybe Killeen or College Station, as opposed to the ranch being literally in the middle of nowhere. (basically they're not THAT detached from civilization)

• Many characters' last names come from Red's horror roots: Kylee's last name was taken from Vincent Price, Wes's last name was taken from the Freeling family in Poltergeist and Rocko's last name, Hoyt, is from The Strangers.

• Red's family and fujo friends playfully refer to Patreon as "dick money" what with how much man meat she draws for it 😂

• Patreon minicomic (or short fic?) ideas in the works *all are just loosely scripted so far*

-Kim, Ky, Wes plane ride adventure (rated: fluff)

-Kim sick day (rated: fluff)

-"Moaning" (rated: 18+, this one's at least thumbnailed)

-Ky gets ahold of a sex toy (rated: 18+)

Hope these were fun to read! And I hope all our Americans had a good Thanksgiving! I could write a cheesy 'thank you to everyone here, I feel so blessed and lucky to have this patreon fam' speech but 1. my hand hurts from typing so much and 2. you guys already know how much I love you ❤️ See you next week!!