Just wondering where we found out the name of Saejima's sub/slave/Arm. Anybody know? I didn't see it mentioned in the subtitles of Ep. 1.

Charlotte calls her by name when discussing the course of action with Kasumi. Ichiha's name on the other hand comes from the booklet included in the first BD volume.

So I am relatively new to all this stuff. What's a "BD volume"?

Also: Was there any backstory on Saejima and Ichiha in the book?

So I am relatively new to all this stuff. What's a "BD volume"?

Also: Was there any backstory on Saejima and Ichiha in the book?

I assume they're French and are using the term Bande-Dessinée, which basically means the same thing as comics or manga.

So I am relatively new to all this stuff. What's a "BD volume"?

Also: Was there any backstory on Saejima and Ichiha in the book?

Blu Ray. And no, only design notes.

Ah, so it looks like Ichiha is her family name and Shirasu is her given name.

I think I am about to ship these two in a serious way. My head is aswim with story possibilities.

Vankomycin posted:

Ah, so it looks like Ichiha is her family name and Shirasu is her given name.

I think I am about to ship these two in a serious way. My head is aswim with story possibilities.

Nope. It is given in western way. Kanji are written in jps way so it is Shirasu (surname) Ichiha (first name)

Ah, same for Saejima then?

Vankomycin posted:

Ah, same for Saejima then?

Yup

Do those design notes mention how old they are?

Here's a picture I commissioned:

http://i.imgur.com/uQUP5xq.jpg

I submitted it as an upload request, but I kinda suspect the artwork isn't quite good enough to get uploaded here. I still wanted to share it, though. Hope that's okay.

That looks pretty good!

Gotta say, I'm pretty impressed for you to have become such a fan of these two.

I got involved in BDSM 20 years ago with my ex-wife. We only did it for one year, because she didn't enjoy it as much as she thought she would. I liked it a lot, though, and I've maintained residual interest ever since. And I still feel tied (no pun intended) to that community.

And it always torques me whenever we're supposed to identify villains by their "deviant BDSM practices". Most of the people I know who practice BDSM are warm, loving, compassionate, and so on. They just show it in unusual ways.

So I wanted to see if I could rehabilitate these two and show them in a sympathetic light. I've got another commission in the works, a 6-koma comic featuring them. I've also written a doujin script featuring them, showing them as a non-scary BDSM couple like the folks I know. (Said script also does the same thing with Nukui Tomomi-san.)

Yep, I'm now officially a big ol' fanfic-writing dork. I am shipping the fuck out of these two.

Wow! All of that seems pretty neat, I look forward to your next commission and hopefully you can make that doujin a reality in the near future.

Valkyrie Drive really has the best fans.

Thanks for the request, but yeah, I don't think it's uploadable.

Can you give me some idea of what could be done to improve it and make it more suitable for uploading? Is it just an overall quality issue?

I'd say it's just an overall quality issue honestly.

Welp, I'm gonna keep working on it to see if I can help her improve the quality. Maybe not much I can do just being the guy with the money (and not a lot of it at that), but I'm gonna try.

Finally got an account at AO3, so if anybody wants to read my Saejima x Ichiha doujin script, you can find it here:

Murmurs in the Background - Chapter 3: Switch

Another commissioned artwork of these two. I think the art's a little better this go around.

http://i.imgur.com/y6GUbXR.jpg

EDIT: Should probably mention that it's NSFW.

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