'shipping' makes it sound like i think theyd have a nice romantic dynamic. no. no. one wants to charm and use the other for their own gain while viewing them as nothing but a tool and the other is being brainwashed 24/7 and full of fear
'shipping' makes it sound like i think theyd have a nice romantic dynamic. no. no. one wants to charm and use the other for their own gain while viewing them as nothing but a tool and the other is being brainwashed 24/7 and full of fear
dont trace reference images. dont even LOOK at reference images. in fact, don't ever look at anything that exists in the world, in person or in photos or in videos, even when you're not drawing, because you will still be able to use the memories of what something looks like as a reference when you're drawing it later. yes that includes yourself. destroy all the mirrors in your house. don't look down at your hands or feet. don't look. close your eyes. close them tight. forget everything. it's okay, embrace the darkness. just forget.
I hope every single person who puts nice comments in tags under reblogged art knows that you you guys are the backbone of society. Being an artist online sucks these days, but here on tumblr I still get compliments under artworks that I made years ago. I hope you know every WOW and heart emoji and heartfelt compliment and funny comment you left in the tags is part of the reason I kept drawing all these years, in spite of everything that was going on.
I've been screenshotting the nice tags I get for years, and at this point it would be literal thousands of lines if I still had my old files. I love u tumblr users <333333333
This 100% I read as many tags as I can and it's very encouraging!! Sometimes when I have a bad day I look through them again just to cheer myself up haha
== link to the comic: here, and mr. l's design: here! ==
== related asks: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ==
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PREMISE:
The idea of the AU/Comic was to expand on Mr. L's character as someone more than just "Luigi's Alter Ego", with plans to elaborate on the mental toll it would take on someone finding out they are not meant to be a real person- and along with that, the fact that he is considered dead while the "real" him gets to be alive.
Mr. L would reluctantly work together with E. Gadd to create a robot body for rehabilitation purposes (so says the Princess) and for morally-grey scientific purposes (so says E. Gadd). With Mr. L slowly getting actually rehabilitated on accident, more leeway is granted from E. Gadd, where Mr. L finally gets the chance to run off to the Flipside Pipe at Mario and Luigi's house and confront his once-fellow-minions.
[I actually wasn't originally planning to make Mr. L be a robot originally- but I had gotten stuck during laying out the story on why or how he would progress while either stuck in a painting, or with the freedom to just immediately run away.]
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CHAPTER BREAKDOWNS:
Chapter 0 was the prologue, introducing the fact the Mr. L is a ghost who was trapped in Luigi post-Jaydes revival.
Chapter 1 was meant to be an intro to Mr. L and E. Gadd's dynamic, as well as the first showings of Mr. L's robotic body and the concept of it being used for rehabilitation by order of Princess Peach.
Chapter 2 would have expanded on Luigi and Mr. L, the absolute hatred one has for the other, and the fear of being someone you know you are not. Mr. L was also going to drop the bombshell to Luigi (and co.) that he was present for Super Dimentio's creation, and absolutely use that against him.
Chapter 3 was going to be more 'other character' focused, showing Mario, Luigi, and Peach's views on Mr. L and his very existence, when they know he was only a brainwashed version of Luigi. Views of pity, confusion, and self-guilt- or even a form of survivor's guilt, really. Mr. L is dead, after all.
Chapter 4 was going to be the breaking point, where Mr. L finally escapes to Flipside. Mr. L excited to see his crew- them doubting he's even the real Mr. L and calling him the same as Tiptron- but then... Nastasia's admission, and confusion. Of 'how is he here'? And of how he is not real.
Mr. L spirals and runs to Jaydes in a rage, ready to spew acid at her feet and demand he be given the life that is his. But met with her face-to-face, all he can ask is if he is real.
And the answer is no.
Chapter 5 is the result of Mr. L's spiraling, half of it being planned for the fall down, and the other half with a more epilogue-styled pace. Mr. L, not exactly making peace with, but accepting Luigi is alive while he is not, would be the major pinpoint in this Chapter. And afterwards, he leaves to Flipside for good, still distant with his former fellow minions... and becomes a D-Man in training under Queen Jaydes.
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That was the ending I always had planned out for Mr. L- kind of returning to where he was made, in a way. In the future, he would make amends with the rest of Bleck's minions, but likely never be close to Nastasia again more than an acquaintance.
And he definitely would never be happy with Mario and co. making a visit to the Underwhere, telling them to buzz off when he's on the clock unless they're finally dead.
[Him and Luvbi do NOT get along at first, nor are they originally allowed to see eachother... But oddly, get a 'fellow mean girl' like friendship down the line.]
Below are some edited sprites of Mr. L for the various different appearance changes he would've made through the comic.
[Look at his dapper little blouse in his D-Man outfit. I'm so proud!]
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While the AU and it's story is vastly important to me, I did not have the time nor motivation to make it all the way through the story I wanted. Everyone's support has meant everything to me, and I hope you're all excited to finally know what I'd been planning.
Thank you all for reading the pages I'd made for the Extra Life comic.
you put a lot of work into what's there for extra life; sometimes things get rough and life gets busy. it's really cool to see what you planned for it!
i really love what you had planned for luigi and mr. l having to exist and sort of introspect themselves around each other. mr. l being very desperate for his life and proof of his own specialized existence hits a big weak spot of mine and i think giving him a robot body to do most of that desperate searching in makes it hit even harder (turning to robots to fill the void, just like last time).
the d-man approach is super unique in a way i really like. and luvbi-mr. l friendship is such a rare thing to see around but i love it sooooo much after i saw it around a few times it makes me really smile.
sorry if this is a little disorganized + may come back to this later but aaaaaaugh i really like your ideas and i'm happy i got to see them in any format at all!! 💥💥💥💥 banger!!!!!!
AHH im so happy :')) this au means sm to me and ive been fighting to try and make a good portrayal of it but damn... comics hard. fr fr
and yes yes yessss the idea of a robot body was absolutely intentional to brobot and mr l trying to fill in his memories, his people, his body, with scrap metal.
and dont worry.. nothing is as disorganized as my extra life au google doc.
thank you for the ask 🫶 it means a lot that people love the au as much as me!
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