3# Fandoms: In stars and time, A ReGect (current fixation), DDLC (also current fixation), Sf/Dawtde, Slay the princess, Crk, Vocaloid, a sprinkle of OC stuff,, etc etc
4# Artist (aka drawer/j), learning how to code and write stories!
5# Omnisexual, maybe on the ace spectrum? (TASTE THE RAINBOW!!!!!!)
6# Simple DNI, otherwise feel free to interact <3
7# Actually there's no 7th thing, sorry not sorry (^3^)~♪
>be me
>college student
>finals are coming up (final like 2 weeks of the semester)
>stressed the fuck out
>go home play some Minecraft
>best friends with the two entities stuck in my laptop
>weird shit keeps happening. we keep getting stuck in holes.
>get out
>tell the weird friend to be fr. hes genuinely the only one of us who would even have a clue on whats been going on
>drops lore
>works for some guy idk. something happened to a kid he was friends with
>*kid is stuck in the hole
>holy shit
>*want to help a kid that could be hurting, a kid that could escape if someone helped him
>this is a chance for me to actually impact someones life in a positive way
>"What if hes still down there?"
>suggest to go back down
>totally manageable, ive got like 3 years of basic training under the belt and i gut fish every day. this is practically in the bag. EZPZ.
>*"Youre not going down there"
>wtf? why not?
>"ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID? NO IM NOT LETTING YOU GUYS GO DOWN THERE"
>tfw ive seen this dude eat straight paper
>*im not letting this guy tell me what to do
>"IM NOT LETTING YOU GUYS DO THAT" "THATS A DEATHWISH"
>youre being a pussy bro
>it literally doesn't matter ill be fine
>"I CANT LOSE YOU GUYS TOO"
>it literally doesn't matter ill be fine.
>press him about whats really down there. if he actually cared hed tell me
>*wont be fr with me. i dont want to let things keep happening to me because someone else gets to decide
>best friend enters convo super upset. something happened to her that could've been totally prevented if we handled it before it got this bad, if i had been there
>*i dont want to let things keep happening to other people because someone else gets to decide
>fuck it im going. even if i die at least i made my own choice
>weird friend meets me at hole. ok so we are doing this at least i wont have to do it by myself
>"Youre not going down there"
>fml. its genuinely not that big of a deal.
>"Ive been down there before and I made it out, I will be fine"
>"Are you trying to prove yourself"
>explode. i dont know why he keeps treating this like such a big deal
>"I dont care anymore i have nothing to lose"
>"What about us""Do you think its because you do have something to lose?"
>FML
>keeps being mushy with me. this means nothing to me
>fuck it we ball
>punch him before flinging self into pit
>*Im in the hole again
im in the hole how do i get out of thge hole
"And thanks to you, I got a chance to see all the beauty of the universe. Things I never even knew were in the world. Or could be. A chance no human will ever get again. I'm grateful that I saw it all. Even if it was just for a little."
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Rant below 👇
I had planned this comic for quite sometime now, since the start of June actually, but now I can say I'm done with this little project of mine. I also wanted to at least contribute to the fandom and since I can't frickin animate (looking at my hands in misery) I decided the next best thing, comics!
It was inspired by many things and yes it was based off of What is Love? by Twice the K-pop idol group. I based Derek from two characters ( three as a honorary member I guess) but this rant would've been three times longer than it should be so I won't get into detail.
Derek, in my opinion, is someone who is curious about the littlest things ever since he was a child, his drive to know more about the world is pretty evident across SFAWTDE, even if it's just surface level considering we don't really know his thought process that much (Compared to Avery that is) .
Which is his strongest strength but also what lead to his own downfall, his own selflessness and his care for both the Avery and the world is what kept him going in DAWTDE. I believe that D3rlord3 could turn against Avery, he is smart enough to understand that he is powerless against the King as Derek had many chances to work with him (across those days and months stuck to his computer), but he didn't because if Derek did then he might as well betraying his own beliefs.
Okay I'm getting a bit sidetracked here 🥲🥲
This comic is me trying to explore Derek a bit more as a character, since love is a general topic that I think anyone can understand (I won't go into detail here).
And I am also just a sucker for characters who are smart but dumb at the same time when it comes to their own affections and feelings. ( I drink it like how Derek drinks his smoothies 😏😏😏)
I am aware that many people portrayed D3rlord3 as someone who had accepted that he is in love with Avery right from the beginning of his demise, but I personally wanted to twist it a bit. Which comes to my main theme of this comic;
"What if he realized his feelings a tad bit too late?"
Derek is someone who puts others first as we can tell from bits and pieces sprinkled across DAWTDE and at the end of SFAWTDE where even as his mind is deteriorating by the second he still made the effort to at least warn Avery. Which I concluded (and most people before me had also) that Derek doesn't care for himself that much but he cares for others and that is what matters to him the most.
I think that's all from me, I've kept you here way too long. I had fun drawing each of the panels, heck I don't care if it flops.
But if you want to hear me rant more on my thoughts of this comic or just Derek in general, my asks are always open. I'll answer them to the best of my capabilities. 😋😋
the irony of finishing this the day my body decides to destroy me with a flareup lol. ANYWAYS. I appreciate what my body does for me <3 and I love how textured this zine feels in my hands. all the stickers and copy-pasted elements feel nice. hope you enjoy it :)