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The poll results are in!
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Dec 15, 2022 10:11
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Kicks got 13th place. That's a pretty good showing.
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Dec 15, 2022 10:19
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Potsticker posted:Kicks got 13th place. That's a pretty good showing. I'm also very happy with how many points Team Melty got (18th place), since they were also write-in.
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Dec 15, 2022 10:23
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I can't wait for next poll's #1 spot to be a close match between Kicks and Undine's new puppy.
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Dec 15, 2022 10:25
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I'm concerned the vote engagement / totals are like half of last year.
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Dec 15, 2022 14:43
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Wasn't there a lengthy hiatus and spottier updates this year? I think that was this year but it's covid era and time has no relevance or meaning. Regardless, that stuff has a big impact on reader retention.
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Dec 15, 2022 15:01
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I feel like the story lost quite a bit momentum this year. Stressa vs. Anemone is unrelatable high level stuff and kinda confusing. The poll winner appeared two times since the last poll. It's not in "always bad" territory or anything like that, but at least personally I'm not eagerly waiting new updates like I did a couple of years ago.
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Dec 15, 2022 15:11
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The polls aren't a great judge of reader investment because it usually comes down to how well publicised the poll is. This one came out of nowhere with no warning - literally just someone on the Discord asked if there was going to be one this year and Feen spun up the form. It might not have run as long either, I'm not sure on that. It might well be a factor, though, that the entire year since the last poll has taken place in one in-story night. Not a lot has actually changed since the last poll. Zoe winning comes down to her being disproportionately popular with the hardcore fans on the Discord, which is where the poll actually gets a bunch of attention.
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Dec 15, 2022 15:27
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I did not vote in the poll because of the travesty of Eggbaby not winning last year (also I forgot).
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Dec 15, 2022 17:54
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Come to think of it, one of the main ways for more casual fans to find out about a poll is from Mary tweeting about it, so lower vote totals might be Musk's fault.
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Dec 15, 2022 18:13
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Meanwhile I just forgot to do it entirely.
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Dec 15, 2022 18:30
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Tenebrais posted:It might well be a factor, though, that the entire year since the last poll has taken place in one in-story night. Not a lot has actually changed since the last poll. With updates being as slow as they are, and how many plot threads are weaving around, I honestly didn't notice this until pointed out.
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Dec 15, 2022 20:15
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I didn’t realize it either, but until the infamous years-long night from that one Paranatural arc before I stopped reading I haven’t minded this as much.
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Dec 15, 2022 20:52
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Bussamove posted:I didn’t realize it either, but until the infamous years-long night from that one Paranatural arc before I stopped reading I haven’t minded this as much. For proper contrast, Paranatural's story from the end of the last chapter (a few weeks ago) to when Sleepless Domain began took place in the same 24 hours.
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Dec 15, 2022 20:55
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a story can take as long as it once in a single period of time so long as it feels like things happen One Piece spent 3 years spanning approximately 1 night once, it's fine.
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Dec 15, 2022 21:14
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rannum posted:a story can take as long as it once in a single period of time so long as it feels like things happen Yeah. Like it has only been one night for the past year but a heck of a lot of stuff has happened in that one night so it doesn't really feel like the comic is dragging it's heels or anything. It really does feel like we are building up to an imminent climax of some sort and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens. That said if folks are getting bothered by the pacing, sometimes taking a break is good. Then you can get multiple pages in a row when you come back which can help a bit.
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Dec 15, 2022 22:12
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This is a comic that reads exceptionally well archivally. I like to re-read it every now and then and the pacing in each chapter is perfect.
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Dec 16, 2022 06:11
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You can tell a comic's got great pacing when going back to check one page inevitably results in binging the entire thing. Dr. McNinja and Cucumber Quest ( ) were like that, and so are Sleepless Domain and Kill Six Billion Demons.
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Dec 16, 2022 07:41
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Well Toooooo baaaad The last panel is adorable.
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Dec 20, 2022 00:37
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Twibbit posted:Well Toooooo baaaad 
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Dec 20, 2022 03:44
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Yeah yeah the barrier failed dozens are dead maybe but are they smooching the public needs answers?
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Dec 20, 2022 04:55
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Look, once you work up the nerve for your big coming-out announcement it's too late to back down no matter what the man on the news did this time.
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Dec 20, 2022 06:42
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Clearly no one will ever pry that information from HP's poker face of steel.
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Dec 20, 2022 07:58
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“So how are you and your new partner getting alo—“ “THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER. *Punches heart-shaped hole in set wall, flees*”
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Dec 20, 2022 08:07
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Awww that hair clip thing is right out of Demon Girl Next Door, I approve greatly.
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Dec 20, 2022 15:12
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It's entirely understandable to want some comfort and normalcy in times of stress and trauma, so it's not surprising that folks would want to keep up with the latest Magical Girl team-ups and speculate on them dating. Everything else about the concept of marketing child soldiers is still hosed, of course.
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Dec 20, 2022 16:20
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On the plus side for HP, Undine has already shown willingness to soak annoying reporters
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Dec 20, 2022 16:41
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Joe Slowboat posted:Awww that hair clip thing is right out of Demon Girl Next Door, I approve greatly. Anyone who's reading Sleepless Domain, by the way, might like Demon Girl Next Door if they've got any patience for anime at all. Mary Cagle loves that thing and she's right to do so.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:15
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Ragnar34 posted:Anyone who's reading Sleepless Domain, by the way, might like Demon Girl Next Door if they've got any patience for anime at all. Mary Cagle loves that thing and she's right to do so. The manga is also really good! Shamiko is my precious weak idiot daughter who never loses, and Momo is basically HP but instead of going from ‘depressed goth to cheerful fitness dork’ she’s going from ‘depressed fitness dork to healing goth gf.’
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Dec 20, 2022 17:45
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How in the world did she see through my poker face!
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Dec 24, 2022 19:28
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That photo on her mirror
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Dec 24, 2022 20:31
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Aww, Undine's still doing her affirmations. Someone on the Discord pointed out that she's changed the wording she tells herself. She started going to therapy somewhere between then and chapter 14, and she's gone from telling herself "you are okay" to "you are doing okay", which feels like a fairer standard to hold yourself to while you're grieving and have legitimate reason to fear the same thing that killled your friends.
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Dec 24, 2022 23:06
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Oh yeah, I guess therapy is where the change of wording came from. I did like that first scene though, since it's one of those little demonstrations for how, no, she's not handling this 100% perfectly.
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Dec 25, 2022 05:22
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https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-21-page-5 Interesting that her response was to be honest but without any form of tact or elaboration. Twibbit fucked around with this message at 14:01 on Dec 30, 2022 |
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Dec 30, 2022 09:56
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If everything goes to plan, she'll be dead before long anyway so what does decorum matter?
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Dec 30, 2022 12:51
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Decorum also probably doesn’t come easy given that half of Tessa literally tried to murder Rue out of, essentially, boredom.
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Dec 30, 2022 17:32
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This is a really interesting direction to take the newly merged Tessa in daily life with this outside infusion of confidence and feelings of superiority. Feels believable.
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Dec 30, 2022 22:25
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comic/creator update (tldr-version - it''s been a fucker of a year): https://twitter.com/SleeplessDomain/status/1609680468760215556?cxt=HHwWiICy5fP23dYsAAAA
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Jan 2, 2023 08:22
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Flowers for lunch
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Jan 9, 2023 00:20
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Story needs more Harley. Not enough love for the lady rocking the knuckledusters. Also, I know Zoe is already forming her own duo. But a flower power team would absolutely slap.
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Jan 9, 2023 03:44
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