I believe you have hit the nail on the head when you observed that this lifestyle is so many different things to so many people. It is altogether too true you won’t be able to make all the people happy all the time.

It is amazing, what your public expects out of you, isn’t it, Wolfe? I always looked upon your story as a flight of fantasy. I love your art and only suffer disappointment in the fact that I don’t look as good for my Master as the girls look.

‘Tis a heavy, and possibly unfair, burden you carry in being stuck with representing an exceedingly complex lifestyle.

hugs, bobbi

Still loving the webcomic and I think that you’ve done a beautiful job of moudling the storyline slightly differently. To me the last dozen pages have been an incredible read, the way the characters are evolving now does carry a much stronger sense of relationship. Almost like the blaze of infatuation making way for the steady burn of something far more involved and enriching

As an observation off of what I’ve seen you post about, C6′s evolution could perhaps be paralelled onto your own personal evolution over the past months, of how Collar 6 has influenced you and how the changed you is in turn influencing the direction you take with your writing (and drawing). Changing from a fun romp of fantasy and fun into a deeper and more meaningful relationship (perhaps even a duality or symbiosis?)…

I tend to read a lotinto what I see so I may well be pretty far off the mark, but I can definitely see a trend towards something truly staggering and enriching in the future of Collar 6

We never truely leave high school. It’s sad, but true. As for mistakes, welcome to the human race, come on in, we have cookies! I like your story, it’s interesting, I feel like I should be taking notes on the BDSM community (I’m fairly new). As for your comic, remember this: You are the artist; You are the creator; You are the one responsible for the content;You are the finial authority on this subject; This is Your world. If someone doesn’t like your work, take the constructive critisism into account, and the rest, dump it. The only authority here is you…and possibly your mistress or master.

That being said, you can always tell me to go stuff myself.

I’ve kind of always seen this comic as fantasy. And I thought the “drugging” was kind of hot. I didn’t know that the coffee thing upset anyone till I read this. I don’t understand why.

But then again, I’m not collared, I’m not a mistress and I never will be besides some light every-once-and-awhile bondage play in an otherwise average relationship.

The action didn’t disturb me. It felt playful and while maybe not what I’d call good taste, it was kind of sexy. When I started to dislike the comic is when suddenly we veered off the story path to discuss our feelings. D: Like I feel like this whole contest this has been forgotten.

And maybe what happened in the comic doesn’t line up with actual BDSM practice and play but this could easily be seen as a parody of that lifestyle. That being said I don’t think it gives BDSM a bad name for your cartoon characters to use a little aphrodisiac. :/ Anyone who says so was already on the defensive long before this comic showed up.

I encourage you to do what you want. Your readers are here for the ride. They don’t get to build the road unless you want them to. If they don’t like where their being taken well… they can always get off at the next stop.

The last several pages feel forced to me. Don’t force it. D: I really liked how you were doing it when it was you doing it and not you and everyone else’s opinions.

Really all that I want to say has already been said.

I’ve always seen this comic as fantasy – some little factoids like when the safe word was being explained add a fun little kick to an already fun comic. I love that the characters were talking about subspace at one point and I knew what they were talking about with out it being explained. The Harem, the “There-is-only-ONE-personal-slave-and-YOU-are-the-CHOSEN-ONE!”, the stimulate, the world wide Mistress registration board and balls, the endless money, the mixing of sex and play are all common fantasies. I love what you have done with them.

I am liking the ‘talking about feelings’ bit that is going on, but agree that it should not be forced and if it rambles on to long it can kill an other wise really good story. People are gonna bitch no matter what you do, really you have two people you need to worry about: Your Mistress and yourself.

Fans come and go and can be fickle vain things, but- my drill Sergent has said it best: The only person I’m concerned about angering is the one I wake up with every morning.

Oops… meant to say Fuzzykins… (i am typing in a dark room, please forgive me!

Can’t really add anything new to what’s been said so far.
Yes, there may have been mis-steps, but I’ve yet to see a webcomic that didn’t have them in the early days.
You have improved a lot in the year, and the story has gone along well…at least in my opinion. You will always have those ‘readers’ that only hit webcomics to talk a lot of smack and point and laugh. A good many of those people likely can’t draw much more than a stick figure, and are lucky they can write a check.
I’m gonna stick with reading this as long as you keep making it, because I saw something in the first few pages I read, and think that you have the potential to really progress with a really great storyline.

Just try not to be *TOO* serious in the storyline. Heh!
Keep up the good work, wolfe, you have a loyal fanbase.

Wolfe, you’re doing awesome work in this. I think that your responsiveness to your readers has been absolutely amazing and the way that you have incorporated this into the comic is to be commended. As another person said, you are the artist and the creator of the world of your comic. Take constructive criticism as you see fit and pitch the rest out the window. The readers are just here for the ride, you’re doing this for YOU!

I like the comic. It’s not real life. I don’t expect it to be.

From a writing standpoint…yeah, it’s got a few plot holes you could throw a dog through. But it’s new, and you’re still feeling your way along a bit. You want to see plot holes? Go look at some classic Kirby Marvel stuff. Make you want to yack. And just how many times have they retconned the comic book stuff because of continuity? Don’t worry about it.

You don’t like the paixao raiz? You’re not required to keep it. You’re the writer here. You’re the deity. You know what you could do? You could say it was just a touch of cinnamon, and the reaction was just *suggestion* — there’s really *no such thing* as “paixao raiz”. And in fact, there are very few true aphrodisiacs. Most are simply irritants of one sort or another, or vasodilators that make you feel flushed and tingly, and you *associate* that with feeling turned on. But drugs that specifically ‘take away volition and make pliable the will’? Unless it’s a roofie, and they were *unconscious*, poppycock. Blame it on a form of hypnosis, and stop feeling guilty.

Your comic is good. I’m enjoying it. Don’t worry about the authenticity cops.

Wow. Not being a member of the forums, I’d no idea that this little comic had provoked such a storm of controversy. It’s incredible the things people will get angry over. Please don’t let anyone’s criticism get to you personally, Wolfe. No comic is going to be to everyone’s tastes – everyone has their own expectations and hopes, so you can’t please everybody. The only important thing is to please yourself.

You seem to lack confidence in your own abilities, but let me reassure you that you’re a pretty decent writer (and a damn good artist). Your problem is that you’re unsure of the tone and direction you want the strip to take, and after a year it’s inevitable you’d have changed your mind a bit from your original plans, especially as your real life has changed. But it really doesn’t matter what you choose for the comic, as long as you’re happy with the result. Don’t worry too much about mistakes you’ve made in the past – just ignore them and move on. Spending ages dwelling on them only makes matters worse.

Personally, I’m happy with the idea of the strip becoming more character-focused, but I think the discussion over the last few pages has gone on a bit long. Like I said, you don’t have to spend ages explaining away mistakes or justifying yourself – just carry on in the direction you want, and let the fans choose whether to follow. If they don’t like it, tough – it’s your comic. The important thing is that *you* do.

Every relationship is built on trust – BDSM relationships even more so. I like seeing the character development … but can we move it along. It is getting boring as a reader. It is hard to have an intense dialog in 3 frames twice a week without it taking WEEKS to have the conversation. But then the readers have weeks of talk with no action. I applaud you for taking on this subject matter. There needs to be more to eliminate the wrongful perceptions and educate the ignorant. You are brave to take this on and I applaud you for it. I look forward to reading the next episode, the next 10 episodes, the next 100… CHEERS GA Peach

There are people that are going to criticize your story no matter what you write, even if it’s 100% realistic without a trace of imaginary aphrodisiac to be found! That’s just the nature of creating content. I think this is even more so with something as deeply personal as BDSM. Reading some of the groups on FetLife, for example, one could easily be forgiven for coming away with the impression that none of us agree on anything!

Really, you’ve got a good comic here, even with some of the obvious growing pains. It’s not meant to be a primer on the BDSM lifestyle and I think you’ve made that clear enough. (Of course, I’d be somewhat horrified to think that any web comic would be seen as such unless that is the state goal of the artists and even then I’d be dubious at best.)

Keep up the good work!
- awfulhorrid on FetLife

The apologies for what you did in the comic with your characters are terrible. You should never be apologizing for what you did or how you chose to write the story or how you choose to depict certain events. Yes, the apologies for throwing tantrums and having outs with people are well in order, but apologizing for your art never is.

You need to realize that Collar 6 is yours. It belongs to you. Not your fans. Not the community. Not the web. No one, but you. Anyone that says this is an unrealistic depiction is either too childish to see this is a made up comic or is too close minded to think that something different could possibly occur. Anyone that feels they know best and knows everything and every possible nuance is totally wrong. No one knows it all. Its not possible. No one can ever think of every kind of situation. And really, the ‘hot coffee’ incident as you refer to it has done something great. Its allowed you to explore other aspects and show a beautiful relationship.

But as I said before. Don’t apologize. Don’t whine about how much you suck and the writing is bad and you shouldn’t have done something and you regret and this or that. This is your creation. It belongs to you. Don’t let everyone else tell you how to portray your creation and don’t lose the humor either.