These guys have been haunting me for like 7 years so I’m making a side blog for them you don’t understand every day I look at the poster in my room and I fear my brain chemistry has officially been altered
Rediscovering my love for sanders sides, and now having the skillset to draw the sides the way I wanted to back when I first discovered them, is one of the best feelings I’ve ever had with my art
Drew this with the purple crayon from the halloween pack </3
January (All Month): New Year, New Lies (@tsspromptmonth)
January 18: Sign-ups open for the TSS Storytime Big Bang (@tss-storytime)
February 1 - 7: Janus Week (@darksideweeks)
February 14 - 20: Intruloceit Week (@intruloceitweek)
March 15 - 21: Creativitwins Week ( @astronomical-bagel ) - New event!
March 16 - 22: Analogince Week (@analoginceweek)
March 29 - April 4: Dukexiety Week (@darksideweeks)
April (All Month): Camp Cartoon (@tss-camp-and-coffee) - Sign-ups open March 15th!
April 26 - May 2: Anxceitmus Week (@darksideweeks)
May 3 - 9: Logan Week (@coresideweeks)
May 15 - June 15: Writer sign-ups open for Sanders Sides Mini Big Bang (@sandersidesbigbang)
June 1 - 7: Prinxiety Week (@prinxietyweek)
June 21 - 27: Remus Week (@darksideweeks)
July 5 - 11: Dukeceit Week (@darksideweeks)*
July 12 - 18: Intruality Week (@intrualityweek)
July 26 - Aug 1: Patton Week (@coresideweeks)
August 3 - 9: Anaroceit Week (@anaroceitweek)
September 6 - 12: Anxceit Week (@darksideweeks)
September 20 - 26: Loceit Week (@loceit-week)
October 21 - 27: Spooky Sides Week (@spookysidesweek) New event!
November (All Month): The Sleepy Bean Fanfic Café (@tss-camp-and-coffee)
November 1 - 7: Intrulogical Week (@intrulogicalweek)
November 8 - 14: Roman Week (@coresideweeks)
November 22 - 28: Friends/Familial Dark Sides Week
December/Jan: Sanders Sides Gift Exchange (@sanderssidesgiftxchange) | sign-up in the Fall
December 7 - 13: Moceitweek (@moceitweek)
December 13 - 19: Virgil Week (@darksideweeks)
*Darksideweeks noted they will run Dukeceitweek only if the original host doesn't want to run it in 2026.
The dichotomy between Janus being the primary driver of the urge to fit in whilst also being one of the ones that stands out on purpose is quite interesting to me, especially due to his impulse to protect his ego as much as possible. One would think he would try to conform and make his personality appear like the others', but he very intentionally sets himself apart. He does, however, disguise himself as the others when he thinks his own persona won't be enough to successfully either get his point across or appear trustworthy enough to believe. When in the form of himself, though, he actually explicitly attempts to make himself seem worse than he actually may desire to be at heart, not better.
He hides his real self consistently, but never in the way that he pushes Thomas to. He wants Thomas to have a support system, but doesn't outwardly care if he has one himself. He wants Thomas to succeed, no matter the cost to his own quality of life. It's reminiscent of Virgil's "putting on a dark persona is the best way to get anyone's guard up," as Janus puts up a wall of darkness and misdirection as a way to shield himself and expose the others, but while also using the faces of the others to get Thomas' guard down when he feels it's necessary. He feigns innocence just as he does evil, but hardly ever gives being himself a try.
Why should he? If he's vulnerable in any manner, he just gets torn down. When he's on the verge of tears, when he's trying to be honest, and even when he's giving a glimpse into a version of himself not shrouded in self-protection. It always ends in some sort of insult or a different reason to keep hiding. He wants to be trusted, but he's scared to act in the way that may earn him that the fastest because it's been proven to not be safe for him to do so. That way, of course, would be being genuine.
Make no mistake, Janus is still very morally gray at his core. He's supposed to be. He's supposed to do what benefits him, as well as what benefits Thomas, regardless of what the actual morals attached to the decision may be. He has proven this in various different ways. But he actively places himself in the role of the aggressor, even when he would seemingly prefer that the conversation be handled in a calmer manner.
Now that he's accepted and the others are starting to get to know him more, his facade is starting to fall. They're starting to see more of his truth, and why he hides so much of it from him. The question remains of how Janus will react to being discovered, and just what will it take to bring his genuine personality out for everyone else to see?
Guys I swear I’m working on that fuckass Logan comic please don’t kill me a lot has happened in the last two weeks…. Like a LOT (ao3 author curse but tumblr like genuinely)
In the meantime have a Janus and Remus doodle I did instead of studying
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