genuinely one of the worst things that’s happened to television in the last few years (exacerbated by streaming services) is death of Filler. going from 20 episodes to 8 because “we didn’t really need that episode where the main characters went to the beach right? it had no long lasting effect” but we DID!!! we needed to see how they act without the Big Bad Plot and to establish the dynamics between the characters and lay in the sun (do they forget sunscreen? how do they react to a thieving seagull? do they get buried in the sand or do they do the burying?). the plot isn’t everything. the action doesn’t hit as hard without the quiet moments. give us character development and our little scenes back
sick of this anti-aging obsession. let's go in the opposite direction. i want more characters who are hardened & grizzled & have a face lined with the harrowing tribulations of time--and then halfway through the narrative u find out they're 27
i am so sick and tired of new spider-man stuff being cancelled or rebooted as soon or soon after peter leaves high school because then marvel treats him like a rapidly aging banana that needs to be thrown out and replaced with something "fresh" and "new" for the kids.
sick of this anti-aging obsession. let's go in the opposite direction. i want more characters who are hardened & grizzled & have a face lined with the harrowing tribulations of time--and then halfway through the narrative u find out they're 27
i am so sick and tired of new spider-man stuff being cancelled or rebooted as soon or soon after peter leaves high school because then marvel treats him like a rapidly aging banana that needs to be thrown out and replaced with something "fresh" and "new" for the kids.
“water-(IDIOT! that’s a hose making that sound! which is technically also water, but nobody says ‘water hose’! you’d just sound stupid. but the damage is already done. just finish it with ‘hose’ and get it done with. just say it fast so it at least sounds intentional.)-hose”
“what?”
(thank the maker! the person i’m with didn’t hear my bumbling attempt at language. and now that I know that it’s the word ‘hose’ that means i’ve been given a second free chance to seem less stupid in front of them!)
So ! I've been working on the child mercs comic and figured I might do some more charadesigns (and some props later ;) )
I don't know if I'll need every one of them in the comic, I don't even know if I'll need ANY of them, but it was fun to make.
I only drew one of each merc's parents (for those who had two)
I have a few things to say about their designs, I'll try not to be boring:
Heavy's mom: You may think that "that's not how Heavy's mom looks like, she has a blue dress and a red thing in her hair" and yes you'd be correct, and that's what I was going for at first. BUT, remember this is when the mercs where children, she did not look like that, she looked probably more like this:
so I went off that. I still gave her the Idon'tknowwhatyoucallitthing in her hair. It just looks so good on her.
Medic's Mom: I just love her. She's a tall thin woman with fluffy hair, and she looks so sweet !
Demo's Mom: Nothing much to say I just went off her earliest apparition in the comics. And, may I just say, as an artist, I don't like the colors of her clothes, they just don't go with each other. I did change the color of the strips on her skirt a little bit but still...
Engineer's dad: Yeah, another one that already exist in the canon, nothing changed much here either. Since, in the comic i'm going to make, they are all going to live in a small town, I took his helmet off and changed his overalls for more... "casual" ones. He's not a mercenary yet.
I referenced some pictures of work overalls and actually made him look too modern and had to change it a bit.
Spy's dad: I was afraid of doing spy's dad because I didn't want to make just a copy of spy. And I also didn't want to make another mom, we already have three of those X). So I played around for a while, looking at 20s and 50s clothes, and I think in the end I manage to get the spy vibe without drawing spy, if you see what I mean.
here are some of my research for him. Pretty basic:
Now you may notice, among the chid mercs I made, one is missing: Soldier.
I just have a very hard time imagining his parents, or just him having parents. Either he was raised in an orphanage, his parents weren't very present for him or he got raised by racoon in a dumpster, i don't know, but I just don't see him having a "normal" family.
In the comic I plan, this won't really be brought up, like in the official lore it will kind of be a mystery :)
Anyway, sorry for the long post. Hope you like them !
You hear a knock at your door. When you open it, you find your archnemesis sprawled out just past the threshold, battered, bruised, and very clearly only hanging onto life by a thread. “Sorry. It’s just … I didn’t know where else to go” they mutter as you look down at them.
Me and my entire high school Geography class were stranded on a desert island and being forced to watch Twilight. The rescue boat was 2 hours away. Everyone went insane and started killing each other because of the thought of watching 2 more hours of Twilight.
the year is 2026. you're getting married to your wonderful partner. it's the happiest moment of your life. as you say the vows and kiss as a married couple for the first time, you freeze in shock. you see him in the crowd
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