Hey! Coming from a fan of the original show, I absolutely loved Intermission. I laughed. I cried. This was so amazingly crafted. You and the other VAs who worked on this are so talented. There are a million questions I wish I could ask you, but I'm a little nervous to ask any. I just want to say thank you for bringing this to the MD fandom.

Thank you so much !! <3333 Please feel free to ask any questions! I know I've been slow with responding, but I love answering them!!

Hey! Do you have any advice/tips for storyboarding or starting your own animatics? I have two projects I’m working on and I want to make them look somewhat organized 😅

Also how long did intermission take? And how did you pace yourself? I have adhd and I’m so terrified of burnout from hyperfixating on the projects I have is why I’m asking!

I really enjoyed Intermission, I hope you are taking a break and I hope to see more projects, Murder Drones or not from you in the future!

Thank you so much!! I'm happy you enjoyed it!!

I also deal with ADHD, so I may be able to provide some helpful advice.

When it comes to storyboarding, what I found is very important is is consistency and having a plan. Before I begin boarding, I break my project down into smaller steps. First, I write a loose script in my notes app of what I want to board. Nothing fancy, just random ideas that come to me. The lack of fancy formatting helps alleviate the pressure of commitment.

I'm usually nervous to send questions, especially when they're not anonymous. but I have to spit all these words in one message.

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...And then SHIT! I mean friend! YOU and your beautiful team filled me with love for the first 8 minutes, tore me apart, tore me to pieces, put me in a blender and then put me back together with a hug.

I mean shit! Uzi with the guilt of having hurt the only people in her life who did ANYTHING good for her, N in the middle, "either I hurt her or she kills us" the hug he gave her with the sincerest relief that she was okay, because he couldn't bear to lose her.

SHIT V reflecting her old self who looks her in the eyes and apologizes for her mistake. The empathy between V and Uzi (they are my favorite ship, in general I like the idea of the three together but having Uzi in the middle, personally for me V and N are like brothers) and then V breaking up because she is alone in the world and N is practically the only thing it has... God, I don't have enough words to express how many things I felt with that chapter, as a lover of animation and someone who wants to work in the medium I tell you with all my heart that I admired you and I love the way you (again) finished me off! Please take care of yourself and keep doing what you love, because even if it is in the most superficial way possible, I will support you ⁠♡

:,))) Thank you so much for these kind words. They mean so much to me. Everyone's does. I'm a writer at heart and I wanted to do all i could to show the love and tribulations the main Murder Drone trio face. I love showing the humanity in characters, whether it be through pain or love. I hope to keep making stories that make people happy.

i love all the Enuzi content shown on the fan episode and genuinely me and my two other friends liked it! it's really on spot! you cooked an ten course meal, promoting you to certified chef

RAAAAH THANK YOU NYEHEHE

Consider that an appetizer >:3c nyehehehe

I love how you and your buddies Voice the characters

Your Voice of V is so Charming

Ghost Voice is soo Adorable

Tomota almost sounded like N to me

It's sooooo Gooood!!!

Thank you so much Anon!! All of us did our very best to do these characters justice! And above all, have fun. It makes me so happy to see people enjoyed our performance. Especially Ghost's since she's looking into becoming a VA. What a debut :,) I'm so proud of her. I can't wait to see what the future brings her.

oh and here's my part of the soundtrack

Hey there!! I hope you're getting good rest!! I just read the first script of Intermission and I gotta say- it's not bad at all!! It's so sweet and I love how comforting N is in it. The script has come so far though and you should be so so proud of yourself!!

From the User Manual Anon

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Okay maybe I should rephrase that initial post AKSJSJS

Murder Drones: Intermission (First Script vs. Final)

First Script versus Final

The first script is rough. I'm not saying that as an excuse, to put myself down, or to look for consolation. I'm saying this as a matter of fact. After surfing A03 on New Years Eve at 3 AM I decided I wanted to get back into fanfic writing. However, I realized that storyboarding a Murder Drones short would be even better!

A short.

This was originally going to be 3 minutes long I kid you not. I opened my notes app, sleep deprived as all hell, and threw so much crap at the wall for the sake of making my brain vomit out as much as it could. I made sure to not edit any of this either. This is the untouched original script from 6 months ago, dents, fissures, and all

Why am I saying all this? Because I know I have a lot of baby writers who follow me. I want to make a point to say that making something rough is the first step to making something even remotely good. I cannot stress this enough. So many of you only ever see the finished product of a project in all its polished glory. I really want you to know that making imperfect things is okay. You can't grow unless you start off super rough. Even the final product isn't perfect!! And that's okay!! It's! okay! to! not! be! perfect!!

Im about to upload the MD intermission script- if you see a buncha reblogs just ignore them. I need to upload then clean up the post

Im about to upload the MD intermission script- if you see a buncha reblogs just ignore them. I need to upload then clean up the post

I love how you actually gave V some screen time and character lore. It’s nice actually seeing how V feels and seeing her warm up to uzi. Overall the fan episode was amazing and I can’t wait to see people’s reactions- especially if Liam or GLITCH sees it

I really hope Glitch and Liam see it. That would be very nice 😭

This may be obvious by now, but V and Uzi are my favorite pairing in the show. They’re messy in so many ways and I found that so intriguing. I’ll go more into depth about my process on writing V in another post.

I’ll admit that a lot of my fascination with these two is the result of me kind of just sitting in my head thinking about them. The show doesn’t provide us with a lot of V and Uzi time, which I can understand given the fact that they’re on a considerably tight budget. They have to be economical with how they choose to spend screen time. With that said though, I did want more of them so badly. Badly enough that I decided “Screw it, if I want something I’ll do it myself.”

Did I dedicate 6 months of my life towards this project just for the sake of seeing V and Uzi interact? Yes. Yes I did.

Am I delusional? Of course I am. I’m a writer.

plannin on animating over storyboard?

Is md intermission gonna be a whole fan-made show?

Oh definitely not :,) I am very happy people enjoyed Intermission, however to make an entire show it would require for me to hire an entire team. While I understand there are people out there willing to do the work for free, I’m not comfortable with not compensating people for their work.

Secondly I’d like to focus on my own projects as well. I have work I’ve been doing to create my own stories. I don’t post much about them, but they are concepts I have in the backburner.

Intermission was meant to serve as a challenge to me. See how far I can go! Push my limits! Really test myself to better understand where I am as a creator right now and what steps I need to take to become even better.

The possibility of me creating another episode is incredibly slim, especially with how exhausted I am. I made a splash with Intermission, and for now I’m content with that.