oc blog! i treat this place as kind of a more casual area for talking about art and my characters. you can find my full illustrated pieces on @peziket , but iāll usually reblog them here.
PROGRAM: procreate | PLATFORM: gen. 3 ipad pro (11in) | STYLUS: gen. 2 apple pencil
DIRECTORY BELOW
HOW TO BE A HERO (#htbah)
slice of life/romance about a super hero learning how to heal from grief. technically has a canon, but mostly i just play with them like dolls.
CAST: andrew/matt/danny/rish/liz
HOW TO BE A HERO: FUTURE (#htbah: future)
many generations after htbah takes place. mostly focuses on my own and my friendsā ocs that we developed in roleplay. dupe of a certain superhero anime.
all alien/sci-fi characters exist within the same universe, for the most part. vargonians are a species made by my friend: @ask-the-vargonians , and kronians are a species made by myself. hereās the species sheet.
dead wife montage but it's a henchman reminiscing about da boss after he got put six feet under. picking flowers before hiding the bodies, wiping cocaine from your nose after a big night, that long drive down the beach to find the bookie who squealed. where did the days go
flawlessly moving my head in sync with a hypnotists swinging pocket watch to neutralize his technique before punching him in the throat and stealing his wallet
sorry iām about to throw UP a bunch of word vomit under the cut about htbah
THIS SONG IS SO #DANDREW like it actually pains me. the nostalgia of childhood and (especially for these two) their young adult years, finally feeling āfreeā in a wayāfrom family and expectation set on them from society at large, as vigilantes and as superheroes. as people with unnatural abilities.
as soon as the team gets an apartment together, i think for all of them it feels like life is finally getting started, but ESPECIALLY for danny and drew. i will absolutely not downplay the internalized homophobia (particularly on drewās part), but he wasnāt so closed-off to think of danny as ājustā a friend. theyāre best friends. i donāt think either of them ever got to say it, or could even admit it to themselves, but they really could not imagine a world (a life, a future) without the other in itāthey are literally each otherās person.
so theyāre like early twenties, finally living together like they planned since middle school, and theyāre superheroes! not just vigilantes anymore, because theyāve helped enough people and built enough groundwork for them to be liked and loved instead of tolerated. youāre on top of the world! literally nothing can stop you!*
so on dannyās part, why would he dare to disrupt that? risk not just his relationship with his best friend, but the people he would die for, who would die for him? his family? heās happy, he really is. EVERYTHING is going right, and even if drew canāt or wonāt admit it, danny knows drew loves him (gayly) too. theyāre in love, and theyāre happy, and theyāre best friends, so he can wait. they have all the time in the world.**
Yearning for what you can never have is beginner level. Real yearners know the good shit is what you could freely have if you allowed yourself to, but never will.