Herr Korrektor signing in,

Pardon me for being rude but lately I've been feeling really angry, pissed off, and aggressive towards the world, so don't mind me if I pull a bitch out of my ass and go on a mindless rant.

You all remember these guys, right? My RATS, yeah? Well good, I'd be damn surprised if you didn't because I've been getting a lot of comments from you poking and prodding me not to ditch them or put them on hiatus for a bit because ... well, what can I say? You love them. And I have no problem with that! In fact I think it's kinda neat that I have so much support for this poor bunch of anthropomorphic rats with nothing ahead of them but hardship and death but I didn't just give away the "ending" of my story.

Rather, I can't "give away" anything from their "story" since I don't have anything but fragments and mini scenes in my fucked up, confused, angsty brain right now. Currently my RATS are nothing but cool characters in funky clothes that I drew when I was feeling particularly industrial and now they're practically an occult thing in my DeviantArt watcher group, or maybe I'm just flattering myself.

Anyway, hooray for me going off on a tangent again! What I meant to say is that--okay, they're not that fragmented a concept as I have some rough ideas of what could potentially develop into a plot, but I don't have enough of a solid idea of who they are, how they came to be, and where they are right now to build a decent story. Some of you have expressed wishes of me releasing "episodes" of RATS in the form of short stories since my god DAMN MOTHER FUCKING IB HIGH SCHOOL SHIT!!! isn't giving me enough time to breathe lately (yes, all these craptastic sketches I've been puking out were only drawn because my concentration has been degenerating to zero as of late, and were made when I should have been finishing homework, projects, coursework, essays ... the fucking list goes on). And I would write those stories! I really would! If only I could think of god damn plotlines!

So what I'm asking is if any of you lot have ideas for RATS that you might have gotten from seeing pictures of them, or the impressions you gleaned from the bits of information I sometimes type in the artist's comments then please, feel free to send me a private note with your ideas. Already I've had one damn good shitload of ideas that actually correlate with the basic skeleton I already had in my head, and now I'm curious to see other peoples' ideas too. I will credit you if I ever use them, assuming I ever actually do do something with these furry motherfuckers.

On that note, the ideas and bits of plot I already have remains strictly in my brain as RATS is a story I would rather have people discover for themselves. If it ever became a full blown graphic novel I want to try and successfully build suspense, tug on heartstrings, etc. etc. using you as my faithful guinea pigs, and that would be kinda' lost if I gave everything away right now.

So, send those notes. Send them, dammit!!

Or don't, I don't care.

Now if you don't mind, I have some homework to suffer through.

--Sak, out.