You may recall that I am an Austen fan, and have a thing for well-spoken men in tails.
I've toyed with the idea of an Austen-era gay romance story, and have several scenes and conversations planned out. That's where the journey had stalled out until my recent work with Greg on a sci-fi buddy pitch inspired me to envision a transition of my story to steampunk!
Here's how it goes...intro, flirtations, sexual tension, more sexual tension, and whiz, it's more than you thought. It's a sci-fi story wrapped up in Victorian-era imagery with lots of gay undertones.
The story I am working on with Greg is more of a buddy thing, set in the future, and while there is some serious male bonding between the two principles, they are both so self-aware and living in an anything-goes age, I just don't see any sexual tension.
Once our mini comic is complete and we pitch it around, I will share some details here. Until then, enjoy some steampunk inspired sketches.
3 comments:
I believe the appropriate expression is "squee!"
OMG! You must do this! It's brilliant. (And Steampunk is trending.)
heh...my biggest problem at the moment is steampunk is typically mid-late 1800s, but my preferred Austenian zone is circa 1800.
I know the steam engine was retooled enough around then to make railroad engines possible, so I suppose one of the leads could be brilliant and a few years ahead of his time.
or some other idea that is now brewing in my noggin.
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