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*Some of the panels are not in the right order bc this episode went through several rounds of revisions* Hello my babies <3 I made some very random notes on ep62 and I thought I'd share it with y'all (but 'm not allowed to post pdfs so i had to chop up the episode). PDF file attached below - a glimpse into how lily schemes and plots her way through an episode 🥂🔪💄

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Green Eyed Soul

Wow! Thanks so much for the insights, Lily😃 That is really interesting!

Bly

That's so cool!!!! All the cookie points!!

lindsey arguelles

Omg the inner workings of a genius mind. 🥰🥰🥰

Embo

Omg LOVE. It is so fascinating to see things from a story structure point of view. AMAZING first bit of the season, Lily!! Thank you for the extra goodies! (Sending virtual cookies)

Monique

Super cool!!!

KaiyaValentine

I absolutely LUVED this !!! Thank you so much for sharing!! ❤️

Christina Agan

-THROWS ALL THE COOKIES THAT HAVE EVER BEEN AND EVER WILL BE AT LILY-

Christina Agan

Okay, but seriously? This is super interesting. I would love seeing more stuff like this on Patreon. It was very insightful and actually helped me see where you were guiding us with the story. Any little “this is how I make the story” stuff is always so cool. I’m one of those people who watches all the special features and extras on my DVDs. Hell, you wanna show up how you design a character, pick their wardrobe, color scheme or whatever? Yes! Please do! I live for this stuff.

C B I

I love these! Hope you will have another opportunity to write your notes on past or future chapters!

SOPHIA A

This was amazing and gives us a glimpse of how much thought, effort, and work you put into your story. Thank you so so so much!!!

TicklemeAli

You get ALLLLL the cookie points girl 🧑‍🍳 💋

Emily Basso

AHHHH I loveeeee process and the BTS workings of your mind 👏👏👏👏 .... and “laughter of anarchy” is what I want the theme of my entire life to be 🤣😈🔥

EmeryDiLoncrete

Thank you so much Lily! Believe it or not your notes just clarified a lot for me. You and your brain are awesome! 😘

saucytuggles

Master at work 😍😍😍 so many ways to get the reader where you want them and most of it invisible to us, but all soooooo effective 😭😭😭🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽❤️❤️❤️

Ms Scorpia

I love getting a peak at the behind the scenes. More cookies for Lily!

Jen Jen

So many cookies for Lily. This was so great and helped me notice things that I missed when reading the first time.

ladylibris

OOOoooh I love this! This ticks all of my lit nerd theory boxes! Alien lights! Anarchy via laughter! Smoky fairy godmother spark! Thank you for all the nibbles! 🥰🥰🥰

Jenny Wooten

OMG I love this!!! Thank you Lilly!!!

livefromthestyx

This is amazing! Thank you so much for this, not only as a reader, but as someone learning the art of visual storytelling. The amount of thought and detail that goes into composing each scene is a m a z i n g and so inspiring

Jenny Slusarz

I love how you build the flow of the episode and create a sense of noise and chaos even though the medium itself is silent. Getting this kind of behind the scenes stuff is so cool!

Juliana

This is so awesome!

Emma Annunziato

Love it! Favorite part was Tora clutching his pearls lol

Kayla O

That was so cool!! Thanks for sharing. All the cookie points for you 😂☺️😍

BegoniaRex

Okay, I LOVE behind the scenes stuff like this! It's like listening to a commentary track on a movie. I really hope you do more of these in the future, because I love your humor - "Cookie points for Lily" lol.

Linden

I love this commentary! It definitely brings a different perspective, *chef's kiss*

Pvnkfairy

This was so Beautiful! I really love seeing extra things that go into making the comic, it makes me appreciate it so much more 💕

Helen

It’s the layers of nuance and detail that make Midnight Poppyland so fun to read (again and again). Love finding the little clues and details you include, Lily. I loved seeing the intentions behind each expression and frame. More behind the scenes please! Amazing to see the genius at work!

Chibi

Fantastic notes! Loved getting this peek behind the veil. You definitely know your audience! A little too well 😏

Yamz8

Beautiful work, such an amazing read!

Danielle Wilder

Love this!!! That War of the Worlds reference is so cool!

Janoha Novella

These notes are amazing!! I struggled to get A's in all of my English classes, but this feels like the help/perspectives I never received!

WebbyBirb

All the cookies for Lily 🍪🍪🍪🍪

PetitLikeMe

Thank you Lily!!! I love the extra insight we get 😍!

MegKat

I love this so much!! If you're ever inspired to do others - that would be awesome!!!

T. Lele

That was so fun to read! Thank you for sharing! *Laughter of anarchy* 😂

JasmiNails

🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪Super enjoyed this!❤️ 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪 If you ever want to share more details of your creative process, we’d love to see it!❤️ 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪

Seazar

Super insightful! I love behind the scenes stuff especially in MPL where our little obsessed minds work so hard to try and fill in what‘s unsaid ☺️

sweetikae

🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪

Olivia Cheney

I would actually love to see more of these if it's possible! We get to see the inner workings of your mind through your artwork but I'd also love to see the genius behind how it's planned and executed. This is awesome! 💯

Sofia

*Cinderellas fairy godmother* AAAAWWWWW!!! Toora.. My heaaaart!!!!! I absolutely loooove that analogy!!!

Pengwyn

Oooh! That was super cool! More alien lights, please! 👽

Debbie

This was so great! So much fantastic information, it’s absolutely a whole new level of understanding. I see this episode as the flip side of episode 29, when Tora thinks about his own life and compares it Poppy’s, wondering what it would be like to see through her eyes, someone who is able to live so innocently. Thanks for the peek behind the curtain!

Mykala Kearney

This was absolutely phenomenal insight. I love these author notes and you get all the cookies girl! 🍪🙌

Tania Roblot

“Clutches his pearls” I am ded.

Hannah Hagerdon

I love this!!! Totally would love to read more of your thoughts as you make episodes !

HanShotFirst

Love this. It's interesting to see how your ideas translate into the form of the drawings. I'm a writer, not an artist, but the first thing you learn (and then despair to do) is: show, not tell. As an artist with a story, you have to do both. This is a fascinating insight into how you're doing both.

Mickiie1

See? This is why I love the way you set up the story. No dialogue issues here because everything is portrayed properly through the art 💛 I love it! I always take my time reading this WEBTOON(even read it more than once) making sure I didn’t miss anything!

Gaia

This is amazing

Gingerine Tangerine

Wow! I love this! This was really fun to read and I would love seeing this for every episode!

Haley Webb

I really enjoyed reading your notes! 🍪 Points definitely achieved!

Purpledahlia9

This was awesome insight! I love all the behind the scenes stuff. You ma'am get all the cookies 🍪

Anna Samuelson

I love the War of the Worlds reference! That story has always spooked me and the atmosphere fit perfectly for Ares Street.

Queena

Love love love the notes !!!!

Alice

This is so cool. Thanks for sharing your notes and thought process behind the scenes’ structure. Really fascinating.

Mordred

This is an incredible post! I love how the notes bring out things that the reader FEELS and they add to the depth of the episode. I loved the GODMOTHER metaphor with the cigarette light, it adds so much more significance to Tora and his rescue of Poppy. And also points out how important they are to each other whether they realize it or not. I also liked the notes on Tora stepping back and Pops being alone even if they are physically together then him returning to “get her” 😭😭😭 it also reveals how much work and insight goes into ONE episode! Thank you Lily. @lilydusk 🥺🥺🥺

Amanda Pierce

Thank you so much!! This is incredible. It helps us understand a bit what you're doing and how difficult it is. Thank you for sharing your talent and thoughts with us❤

Lindsay James

ALL THE COOKIE POINTS FOR LILY!!

Melanie Curvey

I loved this so much!!! Thank you so much for sharing! A L L the cookie points for Lily!!!

Katy Bear

Many cookie points, indeed! Thanks for sharing this, Lily! What a fun insight into your process!

Christina Jones

Omg I love it! Love seeing into the creator’s mind!

Victoria Dias

i absolutely loved these notes!!!!!!!!!!!! ths should be weekly fr!! cookies for you 💖

Pace

I know sometimes it’s fun to see if the readers understand what you meant when they read it but this is gold! There are so many little things that make the episode even better then it was by getting a look into the creator’s mind!

Katie80

Very cool insights! I loved this! Thanks for sharing some of your process!!

Fallow

I hope you post more stuff like this! I love seeing things through a creator's eyes! I also loved the comic relief thugs, the bit about ordering drinks was hilarious.

Liz

👏👏👏👏👏 love and appreciate all of the insights!

GeekGoddess

Is it just me, or does the guy to the left of Mohawk look like Justin Bieber with stubble? 🤷‍♀️

LauraPianoHands

That. Was. Amazing!!! 82 PDF pages of enlightenment! Thanks for sharing Lily, take all the cookie points!!!

Ester-bean

All the cookies 🍪🥮🍪🥮🍪🥮🍪🥮🍪🥮🍪🥮🍪🥮🥰🥰🥰

Nicolette

This is soooo my jam!! I LOVE behind the scenes stuff like this!! 😍❤️😘 You’ve definitely earned these. 🍪+100 😉

Ester-bean

*Warning: highly complimentary comment* These notes show some of the many reasons why Lily is a high caliber artist. In real life, people focus on their inner world more than they focus on others. Poppy - focusing on not losing face because she's prideful Tora - focusing on how awkward he is because doesn't know what to say, he's also full of rage and struggling to control himself. Plus he's an introvert and yet somehow looks intimidating in his embarrassment (omg I love it *melt*) Mohawk -focusing on his hurt ego and how Stephanie didnt want to be with him (poor him, does he just need a hug? 😕😝) All these characters are reflecting their inner world on the people around them. THIS IS SO REAL. It's also SO complicated to build scenes around FULL characters with contrasting inner lives... I think sometimes it's easy to think that everyone in a scene is focusing on Poppy or focusing on Tora, but these notes show that Lily builds a complex web of inner worlds and egos that is soooooo much truer to real life and makes for SUCH a rich story. All hail queen Lily 🙌👑🙌 Also the artwork is not bad, you know... 😉❤

Staci

I love this!! Thank you for sharing “director s cut” of this episode ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Gracileuda Silva

I love these notes! Thanks for sharing with us💜

Sara

I loved this so so so much, it would make me happy to see more like this

Ricochet

Lily gets ALL the cookie points for this episode. My heart. The colors. The cigarette sparks and noise and fades and framing. The dialogue and inner monologues. And I totally got the alien lasers. GAH. You have a gift, woman. 💖

Satin Aires

I am seeing this for the first time, but I absolutely love this! Just seeing the notes and thoughts that go into the composition, the amount of attention that goes into each detail and the usage of lighting and panelling to convey different feelings is so smart!!