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Anonymous Coward · 1mo

How far have you thought about Cy and Lynn into the future? A bit of a dark question, but I was wondering which would die first and how the survivor might react. Sometimes one partner dies soon after their lover from heartache. That aside, how long do they both make it age wise?

Thank you for sharing your characters, by the way! I always stop to read your comics whenever they appear on my dash

I have actually already drawn how Cy and Lynn will canonically die! I'll be vague to avoid spoiling too much, but needless to say, one dies very closely after the other. I say they make it to their eighties!

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Anonymous Coward · 1mo

Silly thing I got stuck in my head regarding your latest AMAZING fic. How are cylynn at managing finances? I remember Lynn saying they had more than enough savings to live off on and it got me curious esp since they live thru the 2008 recession. Were they at any point struggling or having to pinch pennies? Utterly adore how huma and genuine they both are

Outside of Cy's love for spoiling Lynn and his gfs on occasions, they're actually quite frugal and don't do anything risky with money.
As for the 2008 recession, I'm glad you brought it up because that means I get to lore dump a little about Cy's mom: Mandy's a financial analyst! And a quite astute one at that, so Cy and Lynn came out of that crisis unscathed, mostly through putting most of their savings into Treasury Bonds and smart placements, and Lynn insisting they pick a Credit Union back when they got married and opened a joint account. Mandy herself got off with utterly indecent bonuses while the people working on the other side of her street got laid off.

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Anonymous Coward · 1mo

Is the “ Physics Major “ in the fic refering to Isabelle? Or another person:)) love your fics!

Not Isabelle, Cy actually doesn't teach her at all, she's a Music Major!

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Anonymous Coward · 1mo

Neospring being down is really ironic goddamn...

Anyway! My question is do Cy and Lynn have middle names?? I can't recall if it is ever mentioned. I know both their last names but what about middle?

Cy's middle name is Walter (paternal grandpa's name) while Lynn's is Líng Lán (铃兰, Lily of the Valley in Mandarin)!

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Anonymous Coward · 2mo

hello, i'm somewhat new to your account, who is alec?

Alec is the father of Isabelle, and both are characters created by my friend @macthedke, so by all means go ask him all the questions you want about them!

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Anonymous Coward · 2mo

does lynn's internalized misogyny make her think less of other women or is it only towards herself?

I think it's important to understand that Lynn... Doesn't feel much misogyny at all. The reason her misogyny kink hits her so hard is because it's contrary to her beliefs.

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Anonymous Coward · 2mo

Feel free to ignore if this is something already addressed, but do you have playlist for Cy and Lynn? If not, what are their music tastes?

I do have a playlist for them on Spotify, but it's more songs that make me think of them than their tastes.

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Anonymous Coward · 2mo

can i draw two of your characters (lola and cy in this case) together?

Feel free!

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Anonymous Coward · 2mo

There's a character in great ace attorney 2 who looks like he was designed by you and it distracted me the entire chapter. (Enoch Drebber)

When I read this I thought you might be exaggerating because my chara designs are quite plain and therefore unlikely to be that distinctive, but then I checked out the character and laughed out loud because somehow he really does look exactly like the kind of character I'd design😂

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Anonymous Coward · 2mo

I created a new nsfw acc to start posting art, thanks for the encouragement ;; 💞 may i dm you about ocs?

Of course!

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Anonymous Coward · 2mo

has lynn ever safeworded before? sorry i im not part of your substar so i'm not sure heh

She's used it multiple times in comics I've posted!
https://twitter.com/null_backdoorho/status/1694431562736218528
https://twitter.com/null_backdoorho/status/1779962904395293007

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Anonymous Coward · 2mo

maybe this has been answered but how is cy and lynns financial situation? considering them both being teachers and lynn going part time when shes older..

You have to remember Cy was overpaid like crazy for like 20 years + his stint as an engineer + his inheritence, and Lynn was also nicely paid. So by that point they're loaded, Lynn works just for the sake of having a job, some autonomy and not feeling like a housewife.

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Anonymous Coward · 2mo

so in canon, CyLynn meet Isabelle in their 60's, I haven't read divorce AU but i'm guessing it happens before then agewise. so does Lynn ever learn about Isabelle in the divorce AU? if Lynn's involved with her dad post divorce, does she ever learn of how Isabelle was treated?

In the Divorce AU, Lynn remains mostly clueless about Isabelle but she does quickly realize Alec is a ruthless person who has an. interesting relationship with the very concept of consent, something she personally enjoys but feels gross about whenever she thinks about his previous relationships, so she tries not to think too hard about it. If Cy were to end up dating Isabelle in that AU, he'd quickly clock who Alec is and what he did but not tell anything because he wouldn't want Alec to know Isabelle is around here and potentially putting her in any danger.

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Anonymous Coward · 2mo

Would Kate and Cys relationship still end the same way in the divorce AU?

No, they'd probably just slowly drift away without any violent end to their relationship.

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Anonymous Coward · 2mo

are you not nervous at all about sharing Cy & Lynn’s story with Isabelle’s creator? things happen and then people grow resentment towards a story for whatever reasons like an argument when sharing ocs stories making it kinda nerve wracking,, I just love Cy & Lynn so much and i’ve seen so many stories be abandoned over drama or things like that due to bad associations idk :,)

First of all- I almost never collaborate to this level with other people because I'm very protective of my OCs and very demanding when it comes to style, writing, and simply compatibility as friends! So for me to canonize Mac's characters in my works, you can imagine it means I have a lot of admiration and trust for him, and I don't have any fears regarding any falling out.
But if you're still really scared, rest assured that the Isabelle segment of the CyLynn story is very specific and doesn't really impact any previous part of the story (which is. most of it), so if somehow that part gets nuked for any reason in the future, there will still be a lot of 100% null-made CyLynn left!