Commentary
- When first we saw Rhoda in this arc
- When last we mentioned Rhoda (Rhoda being one of the people Tedd especially wants present while figuring out royalty because she is supposedly quite powerful as mentioned by Hope in the previous arc)
Rhoda!
This page didn't originally have the "Rhoda" narration, but between the similar hairstyles, the lack of earrings, the physical transformation, and the closed eyes, I've seen a LOT of mistaken identity being reported.
Funnily enough, this issue hadn't even occurred to me. It felt obvious in retrospect, but not once while originally making it.
At some point, I need to have a serious meeting to sort out how many characters have similar bangs and decide who are getting haircuts.
Fun!
I think I have the most fun behind the scenes when what comes next is a puzzle. Not a "I don't know what I'm going to do at all" puzzle, that's just writer's block. I mean when I know basically what I want to do, but there's something to figure out along the way.
What Rhoda's doing on this page is an example of the answer to one puzzle giving rise to another (how to start this part followed by how exactly to do it), and that, to me, is fun. If I know exactly what I'm doing and how I'm going to do it for too long, then it's just a thing I've got to get done. If I've only just figured it out and getting to create the result, or I'm figuring it out as I go, that's fun.
It's one reason I prefer loose story planning to having every last detail sorted out well in advance. It's genuinely less fun for me.
Granted, that previously mentioned writer's block is also not fun, so there's pros and cons. The best middle ground I can think of off the top of my head is to have enough planned out to not get stuck, but not so much planned that there's nothing left to figure out or play with.
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