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The Trailing Troupe
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Ongoing, First published May 23, 2025
Mature
The Trailing Troupe follows the difficult journey of Bonzo, a once-broken man determined to rekindle the spark of his family's crumbling circus. Haunted by the weight of his legacy and driven by an unrelenting need to prove himself, Bonzo gathers an unlikely band of performers to breathe life into his parents' dream. 

But as the troupe faces everything from fighting a Gators and Mercenaries on a Steamboat to group therapy, Bonzo's obsessive pursuit of success threatens to pull him further from the very connections he needs most. Wrestling with a myriad of personal issues, Bonzo will stop at nothing, even if it means diving headfirst into the absurd to carve a name for himself and salvage the legacy of the circus.

Written by a massive dumbass that is me, SmugBastard, the Trailing Troupe will either make you laugh, cry, or want to put your eyes to a cheese grater

I wanna truly make a cover instead of relying on Templates, so for now, it'll have no cover, enjoy my pfp as the cover for now my lovelies (Edit: I used a template because fuck it)

Chapters will come out periodically, I have a somewhat good schedule already
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A Series of Embarrassing Monsters

34 parts Ongoing

Abandoned by the famous novelist who gave birth to her, Evangeline grows up near an abandoned theme park where ballet is taught from the ballroom of a crumbling castle. The teen years of a misunderstood artistic genius are tough. Early experiences quash her dreams of becoming a writer, and she only manages to earn a few crumbs of approval after she pivots to ballet. Too bad they come from her smart-ass competitor, Miskomin. On her rise from mediocrity, Evangeline is thrilled when Magda, the artistic director of a company in need of a sixth dancer, lays claim to the park. But things go awry as Magda attempts to rewrite Evangeline's entire world. To further complicate things, Evangeline's sporadic forays into story writing bring her inner demons to life. Literally. While contending with her monstrous off-spring; navigating an ever-shifting relationship with her frenemy, Miskomin; and adjusting to life under the power of a vampiric task-master, Evangeline gains the self-knowledge and confidence she needs to face the final boss: Herself. Will she learn to look beyond the artist she wants to be and accept the person she is?