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Stepford Ad Company #4

With Dear Darling Doctor done, let's dip a toe into our upcoming oneshots, shall we?

It's been a bit since I last wrote an Ad Company anthology, but it was fun getting to play around with some of these again. I wanted this to stand apart from others though, so most of the ads in this story actually tie back to various other things I've written. The most notable are the reference to Game Night and that story's instigator, Lina Bonner, as well as Puriderm, which showed up in DDD as well a...

Dear Darling Doctor: Chapter 9 (FINALE)

Time for the grand finale~

I have so much I could say about this, but I'll try not to go on too long. I'm really glad that I did decide to redo this story; Cassandra has come such a long way that the original version of this just didn't feel accurate in any way to who she became, and I find this version of events much more fitting. Just like with Runaway, I'm very pleased with how this remake turned out, and it's even set up a few characters we may seen again down the line. You never kn...

Dear Darling Doctor: Chapter 8

So... Last chapter had a bit of a rough ending. I didn't want to spoil it in the Chapter 7 commentary, so I'm going to put that Siobhan talk here, along with saying that I hope you all enjoy this new chapter! I did promise that this story would deal with some darker subject matter, but it's ground I've really wanted to dig into for a bit.

Siobhan as a character sprang fully formed for me. Whereas Cassandra and Marion both grew as I've written them (with me now going back to make Cassan...

Dear Darling Doctor: Chapter 7

Without giving away the ghost on this chapter, I will say that this story has proved itself one of my favorites to write, and I think it's certainly my best work set inside of a brainwashing facility. Stories like Two Ladies and Stoplight are still ones I'm very fond of, but this has been a lot of fun in terms of really properly showing exactly how the process goes down, and what it can involve (Happy Hills does operate differently, but this is how Sunny Skies works at least). It's been great...

Story Roadmap (Fall/Winter 2025)

Hello neighbors!

It's been a bit since our last update on this front, so I figured it would be a good time to let you all know what we have to look forward to for the rest of this year.

Dear Darling Doctor will be wrapping up at the very start of November, and I'm very happy with the state that it's in. It'll be 9 chapters in total, and we may pop in on some of the characters through oneshots or the like next year.

After that, we've got a few oneshots to take us throug...

Dear Darling Doctor: Chapter 6

Well folks, we're officially past the halfway point! In fact, based on my current status as of scheduling this post (writing chapter 8 as we speak), this story is going to end with Chapter 9, so we're actually 2/3rds of the way through! I think it's a good length for what's going on and the number of characters involved in the story.

Before I set out to reboot this story, the main question that's been driving me is "how does Cassandra go from a toxic but otherwise ordinary woman to the...

Dear Darling Doctor: Chapter 5

As of posting this, I'll be just recently getting back home from a visit to Iowa! I've built up a bit of a story buffer to prepare for my being gone in August, so hopefully that won't be noticed too terribly. I'm sure I'll have had plenty of fun of course, and I do hope you've all enjoyed this story in the meantime! We're about halfway through it now, so let's forge on ahead.

Last we left off, Cassandra Bloomington was still reeling from the consequences of her failed escape attempt, a...

Dear Darling Doctor: Chapter 4

Content Warning: This chapter includes scenes of SA and related violence. If this sort of content is triggering, please tread with caution.

This chapter is one that is fairly pivotal in the overall journey for our less-than-friendly Cass Bloomington. In the original oneshot, it's shown that she's particularly rattled by being punished, and that starts her real transformation into a properly behaved citizen. With this reboot/expansion on the story, I wanted to dig a bit deeper into how ...

CMSN: Ménage Á Troi (Chapter One)

Thank you so much to Angus for commissioning this! This is probably going to be the longest commission I've ever written, and I'm excited to share the first part of it with you all!

We'll be seeing updates to this story posted whenever they are available, so there will be more where it came from in the future! I've also got some other commissions that I'm working on as well, so we'll be seeing a few different commissions over the next few weeks!

It was so much fun writing a stor...

CMSN: Spa Days

Thank you to the anonymous commissioner responsible for this story!

We have here the first part in what's going to be a series of 3 interconnected stories, each involving a certain salon and a variety of girlboss CEOs who find themselves there one way or another. This first story in the series is our dear Lyn, an uptight corporate powerhouse with a spine to stiff it might crumble to dust if someone doesn't get involved~

I loved writing the central romance in this story, and I hop...

Dear Darling Doctor: Chapter 3

Last commentary, I talked about how Cassandra's personality has shifted over time, and how I opted to write her with a more up-to-date personality in this, and how that led to Marion's creation. This time, I'd like to talk more about the rest of the cast.

Doctor Reginald Sang hasn't changed much since the original story, beyond the addition of the fact that he's really a profoundly boring man. He's about 15-20 years Cassandra's senior, and is the son of a prominent doctor (Doctor Arnold...

Dear Darling Doctor: Chapter 2

So... I've a few bits of commentary for this chapter, since last chapter's commentary was more about the general reasoning behind writing this story.

First things first, Cassandra's personality! In the original version of DDD, she was honestly more of a rebel, more disgusted by the sexism and patriotism at Sunny Skies, and lacked her eventual internalized misogyny that I think has become so core to her character. I wanted to make her personality more consistent, and really delve into h...

Dear Darling Doctor: Chapter 1

As promised, here is the first chapter of the Dear Darling Doctor remake!

When I ran the poll a while back to determine which story would get a full length remake, Runaway beat Dear Darling Doctor by one, maybe two votes. In comparison, the third option (Atomic Bandstand) didn't receive any votes at all. As a result, while I was absolutely thrilled to rewrite Runaway as a proper multi-chapter story, I also decided that I was going to still give DDD the same treatment. Runaway got prior...

CMSN - Gotham Prep

Thank you to DragonCanaLove for commissioning this story! I'm also so sorry it took me so long to post this after writing it. I've been making my way through commissions at a steady clip, but just haven't found the time to post them. Thankfully there's just one more already finished commission to post after this one, and then I'll be caught up!

This story is one involving some DC characters, and I had a lot of fun writing it! Enjoy~

Patriotic Fervor (4th of July Special)

Happy Independence Day! I know I'm off by a few days, but alas, the 4th didn't land on a Wednesday this year, and I'd rather be a bit early than delay an update.

I opted for an anthology story this time, inspired in its format by the movie Trick R Treat, which for those not in the know, is a horror movie following several stories that occur in the same town on Halloween night, with all of the stories intersecting at various points. Those intersections are pretty minor in this story, bu...

Story Roadmap (Summer 2025)

Helloooo neighbors!
I hope that June has treated you all well so far. I wanted to give a quick update today just to re-affirm where our stories are heading for the next few months!

As mentioned last time, I've written a 4th of July story which will be our next story to post! It's going to be an anthology story starring... Mya, Molly Johnson, and Cassandra Sang! Each will be getting their own dedicated segment in the story, with a different tone and plot, but all centered around th...

All Pent Up

I did promise some one-shots this year, and here's one of them!

There's something about control, and denying someone their more personal quirks and preferences, that's so interesting to me. Taking someone who is very vibrant, very colorful, very much full of life, and then making them stuffy and boring and plain, is just such a cruel thing to do, and so of course I wanted to write about it. Marion's exact backstory is left a bit ambiguous here, but I do have a more fully formed idea of...

Social Butterflies: Chapter 3 (Finale)

This story, much like the Stoplight Stepfordization series I wrote, ended up being more of an anthology than a straightforward story, but I enjoy anthology storytelling, so I'm pleased with it. Like how Stoplight had the throughline of Nurse Maddock running through it, this story has Darla's opening and closing segments, and her control over the people in her life.

I was probably most excited to write this chapter out of all three, simply because it focuses on Kelly. For a character wh...

Social Butterflies: Chapter 2

Following from the last chapter's focus on Pretty Pam, this chapter is going to shift focus to another Butterfly~

In the original story, I didn't dwell much on the other members of the Stepford Butterflies, and admittedly I don't believe their lineup here quite matches the various extra members mentioned in that story. That being said, Runaway did feature an appearance from Pam as a bit of a teaser for this story, and I do have a more definitive lineup now. Someday this year I plan on ...

Social Butterflies: Chapter 1

Coming off of our reboot of Runaway In Stepford, I've been itching to revisit the Stepford Butterflies for quite some time, and I'm excited to finally do so!

This is going to be a bit episodic, with each chapter following Darla, the leader of the Stepford Butterflies, and a mini story in the middle focusing on a different member of the Butterflies! This chapter follows a member by the name of Pam Nakano, but we'll be seeing Nora and Kelly again, as well as a member named Bonnie, before ...

Patron Update: Story Roadmap (Spring 2025)

Hi again neighbors! I'm back with another of these little updates, which I think I've really enjoyed doing, and as you can see, I plan to continue them. They're just a nice way to be transparent about my plans and anything that may come up in the meantime. Anyways, let's get to it, shall we?

With Runaway's first arc coming to a close (yes, there will be more, but I'll get to that later), I am happy to confirm that the next story that will be starting is indeed one focused on the Stepfo...

Patron Feedback

Hi everyone! I wanted to just reach out today and ask, more or less, for any general feedback that you all may have! Really just anything that's on your mind, whether it's positive or negative or both. Anything you'd like for me to start doing, anything I've been doing that has been frustrating, so on so forth.

I just realized that it's been a long while since I've asked anything like this, and while I can't promise that I'll be able to do everything that everyone wants while still ma...

Runaway In Stepford: Chapter 7 (The End?)

And here we are again, friends and neighbors, at the end of the story. I've had such a blast writing this remake of Runaway. Honestly, as fun as I've had writing stories like Bad Beat or revisiting Mya with that Bet On Black interquel... This is the most fun I've had while writing a story in quite some time. At the time of me scheduling this, only the first two chapters have been posted, which is the farthest ahead my writing has been in quite some time. I was writing Runaway basically nonsto...

Runaway In Stepford: Chapter 6

We're just one chapter away from the finale, and I hope you're all looking forward to it.

I don't have a lot of commentary for this chapter in particular, just that it is one of the chapters that pulls back towards the original oneshot story a bit more. We've got dinner with Don's boss, and some more firsts for Molly! Some pretty important ones, in fact.

I'm gonna miss writing about her when this is done, but thankfully she's in a recurring neighborhood, and so I know for a fact ...

Runaway In Stepford: Chapter 5

I really do hope that this detour through the sweeter side of Stepford is enjoyable. I promise, once Runaway is over, we'll get back to the more sinister side again~

That being said, this chapter is very deliberately one of the cuter things I've ever written. I really want it to make sense why a girl like Molly could come to love Stepford and the people who live there, and that includes her feelings for Sam. I wanted them to come across as genuinely flattering and smooth, and according ...

Runaway In Stepford: Chapter 4

So sorry about the cliffhanger from last chapter~

I won't discuss the events of this chapter, instead I'd like to take a moment to just talk about the cast of this story, and the inspirations for them.

Molly doesn't have any direct characters that inspired her, but I really try to keep the focus with her on the fact that she's someone who has faced tremendous abuse throughout her life, but is still very much hopeful and full of love. She's got a layer of cynicism, yes, but it's a ...

Drawing Commissions Open!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am currently taking drawing commissions! These will be full body, color commissions with basic backgrounds, like I typically draw.

Fictional characters and OCs are okay, I would just need references to work off of.

Pricing is $80 per character, paid upfront via paypal.

DM me if interested!

Runaway In Stepford: Chapter 3

One of the things I've been trying to focus on with this story, and I hope it shows as we go on, is to give each chapter its own unique identity and focus. I don't want chapter 3 to feel the same as chapter 4 or chapter 5 to feel like a retread of chapter 2, so on so forth. I want readers to be able to talk about my work and have their favorite chapters be memorable for a reason. So here we have chapter 3, which I won't spoil here, except to say that I think I did a good job of making it memo...

CMSN: CEO To Glamorous Stepford Wife

Thank you so much to Hallowed Sphinx for commissioning me to draw this before and after! This character, Lyn Fan, is actually going to be the focus of an upcoming commission story that I'm also writing, about a CEO who undergoes a transformation into a glamorous Stepford Wife thanks to the help of a particular spa.

Enjoy!

CMSN: Saint Dorothy's Home

Thank you to Angus for commissioning me! It's always a pleasure!

The mission statement for this story, and Saint Dorothy's Home itself, is essentially "those other facilities are too nice to their patients; let's REALLY show them how cruel we can be", and honestly? That made for some fun writing.

I even took the opportunity to have our lead Nurse here be a returning Monique from Bad Beat! I hadn't yet determined where she was working exactly when I finished Bad Beat, and was cons...