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gollygeeshucks:

This post is a question to individuals with DID (dissociative identity disorder)

TW: MENTIONS OF OFFENSIVE STEREOTYPES

Hi! My name is Rowan and I have been making stories to turn into comics, since I want to be a comic artist. I usually lean towards horror comics, usually slasher based. However, I have a slasher character and I am unsure if the fact that they have DID is offensive and stereotypical.

In the story our main character who has DID witnesses a murder and then gains an identity where the person murdered wants to seek justice and revenge for their own murder. It’s supposed to be a plot twisty thing with psychological horror however I’m reluctant to start planning the story out more properly. Now my question to you guys is if that is offensive, since a character with DID in horror is often represented with having an evil alter and I do not wish to offend anyone with stereotypes and ableism.

I had an idea where I can add another main character who has DID to be able to save other people from the slasher alter their friend has. I was thinking maybe that could add a ‘it doesn’t matter if someone has a mental disorder or not the person can be good or evil just like anyone else,’ sort of aspect to it. If that works please tell me?

If there are changes you can recommend to the character that portrays them less offensively please tell me, and if the character is completely offensive and stereotypical please tell me too! I do not condone offensive stereotypes and neither do you guys, obviously. So comment your thoughts please and thank you for reading!

I would like to thank everyone for the replies! If you want an update on the story I have now changed the story to a more supernatural one rather than one about DID. Thank you guys for the tips about writing a character with DID (and saying that it might be a bit iffy with having the stereotypical 'evil’ alter) and thank you guys for being so nice - I was a bit worried the question might be offensive.

I’m thinking about adding a character with DID later on in my stories where they don’t have an evil alter or anything bad, they’re just a character who has DID as a coping mechanism. I would like to do this because of the things you guys have told me about DID and how it works - it’s very interesting and I want the information you guys have told me to incorporate into my story ideas!

But thanks guys I appreciate the recommendations on writing the character, plus it’s fun learning new things about how people live. Hope you have a wonderful day <3

This post is a question to individuals with DID (dissociative identity disorder)

TW: MENTIONS OF OFFENSIVE STEREOTYPES

Hi! My name is Rowan and I have been making stories to turn into comics, since I want to be a comic artist. I usually lean towards horror comics, usually slasher based. However, I have a slasher character and I am unsure if the fact that they have DID is offensive and stereotypical.

In the story our main character who has DID witnesses a murder and then gains an identity where the person murdered wants to seek justice and revenge for their own murder. It’s supposed to be a plot twisty thing with psychological horror however I’m reluctant to start planning the story out more properly. Now my question to you guys is if that is offensive, since a character with DID in horror is often represented with having an evil alter and I do not wish to offend anyone with stereotypes and ableism.

I had an idea where I can add another main character who has DID to be able to save other people from the slasher alter their friend has. I was thinking maybe that could add a ‘it doesn’t matter if someone has a mental disorder or not the person can be good or evil just like anyone else,’ sort of aspect to it. If that works please tell me?

If there are changes you can recommend to the character that portrays them less offensively please tell me, and if the character is completely offensive and stereotypical please tell me too! I do not condone offensive stereotypes and neither do you guys, obviously. So comment your thoughts please and thank you for reading!

We’re through the first half of Avania, Issue No.7 now, and these inter-chapter breaks are starting to feel routine. Back when I was still posting from my original 3-issue buffer, I wasn’t sure how well the change over would go… But now after several chapters of this on-off pattern, I think things have gone pretty smoothly! (Of course, I’d still prefer to just run every week without interruption, but that just isn’t feasible with my actual job). As before, chapter 15 is in production and is nearly halfway completed!

As the second chapter of the issue, that also means I have the back cover and misc. extras to complete Issue No.7, but I’m pretty confident it will all be finished by Avania’s 4th anniversary on July 8th.

Overall progress of the “season 1″ story arc also just hit a nice milestone–40% of projected pages have been completed! That’s 144 full interior comic pages out of the 360 I am aiming for (depending on how the details of the season finale go, there may be more or less).

It is exciting to be reaching the middle of the season, as even these early-middle pages seemed so far away when I launched Avaniaback in 2018… There’s some great action coming up, plus some other scenes I’m really looking forward to drawing. Going out even farther to the 3rd quarter of the season, there’s so much awesome stuff to be excited about, I can’t wait to get there!

In the meantime though, I hope you enjoyed the last chapter.  If you are interested in purchasing issues of Avania, you can order the first six issues in full resolution digital format on Amazon, and high quality printed issues on IndyPlanet! I’ve worked very hard to try and make these comics look great in either format, and your support is greatly inspiring.

If you’d like to support the comic without spending any money, I love reading your comments and Avania Mail questions too! Stay tuned to the Avania blog@worldofavania​ to see more responses and stand-alone artwork.