GAHHHHH CHATT I'M SO SORRY I DIDN'T SEE THIS FOR A LONG TIME?????? (I haven't been logging in to itch much because I so rarely get notifs anymore... LOL)
Sob but this is such a wonderful and sweet comment omg... thank you so much for playing? And leaving such a kind and detailed message about it???
I loved so much especially what you wrote about Iggy's aceness because it was definitely a key aspect for me as well going into it like, how are we gonna do this this time? Tbh I really like that about making these kinds of AUs, because I get to approach so many aspects of their characters in completely different ways and have fun getting to learn more about them and think up entirely new scenarios for things I already did before, like experiencing the characters all-new again (this time I also got to have fun in a scenario where Genzou and Iggy had never met, which was something really fun). But at any rate, yeah, like... vampires in any media have always had this kind of inherently sexual vibe to everything they do, like it's just a very intimate way to kill someone??? (I suppose it doesn't have to *kill* them per se, but that is often the usual outcome at least, and it certainly isn't something pleasant!! And though I didn't start writing this with the final outcome of the first ep in mind, it just kinda........ led there, on its own, without my really even planning it. Until it just turned into this huge allegory on its own. (I already have a tendency not to plan things out, but with this one in particular, I literally just winged the whole thing, I will admit, with zero plans in mind hahaha.) I was really happy with how it turned out in the end, even if it started to hit on really personal places and past experiences in my life. And I liked how it could potentially be relatable just a real experience and not even as a case of vampirism LOL Ahhh anyway... thank you for saying all that, because that ended up being such a big part of this that I connected to a lot and hoped other people might be able to, as well. I got really emotional while working on the ending.
And LOL YES. Genzou is pretty much feeling just as lost as Iggy but he's just hamming it up in hopes that all his tactics in rizz will somehow work this time (which they do actually, which is probably what surprises him). But he's just as much of a "failure" as Iggy also thinks he is so really they're both just a pair of "failures" that somehow find each other and maybe, just maybe, they can be what the other one needs... sob.
I'm glad you liked the shift in dynamic! I feel like I could write 50 million stories about these two (and probably have in my head at this point, given how I tend to randomly come up with AU storylines that I could do with them at the drop of a hat but usually never actually do anything with them). I love getting to write them finding each other in so many different ways because I just love them so much they make my heart hurt ahhhhh. I'm really glad you liked getting to see them in a new scenario and how that played out!!
And thank you for all the kind words about the animations and art, too!!
Just thank you so much for playing and all your incredibly kind words ahhhHHHHH AND I'M SORRY AGAIN THAT I DIDN'T SEE THIS FOR SO LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG FORGIVE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕