Stretching waterboy’s ‘bodily liquid generation’ and skipping the obvious joke to instead discuss how that could reach his blood too so it could explain his slight healing factor / short recovery period and why his skins so freakishly flushed like ALL the time it’s bc he’s got a weirdly high red blood cell count and recovers blood FAST
Also could be a good basis to go off of on being trained as a mass healer but at the cost of even a slight paper cut resulting in gushes that you’d see from an artery
coming up with a kitchen au and grabbing reference from my years in one and while assigning positions for z-team I concluded that Herm’s starting station is being a dishwasher and I put my head down
More ramblings below
Herm cont’d: Initially hired as dishwasher, ends up quickly thrown as a closer/fill-in for other stations. Settled most into cold prep, but still does dishes and trash voluntarily to help with rush. Often paired with another at their station as a helper. Has worked line and expo before. Misplaces dishes and prep ingredients frequently, sending other staff on scavenger hunts to find their own shit. Bumps into people a lot. Cries in the walk-in often.
Robert: MIT quickly turned Manager, now handles schedules. Kind of fills in wherever help is needed and closes the kitchen / counts stock. Always the last to leave. Doesn’t gaf and diet is what’s made in the kitchen, steals the grill when Chad’s absent to make grilled cheeses.
Mandy: Kitchen Manager, opens kitchen and handles truck orders / hiring paperwork. Hangs around expo the most to keep steady flow albeit versatile anywhere. Runs kitchen speakers with SAFE playlist. Packs own lunch, refuses to eat kitchen meals.
Chad: Broil/Hot Prep, absolutely carries kitchen and knows it. Extremely efficient worker. Cooks for Mandy, NOT Robert. Shittalks customers with Alice when she shows up with a returned steak. So valuable as a worker / relied on for his work ethic he can get away with being a douche and complaining the whole time. Unloads truck and does own maintenance on his grill, goes halfsies with dress code solely for Mandy’s sake
Alice: Server, but hangs in kitchen so much she’s practically one of them. Hides in walk-in to vape and take phone breaks, sees rolling silverware as relaxation. Works expo sometimes.
Courtney: Line Cook. Bad habit of disappearing at the worst times to hang behind the dumpsters and sneak smoke breaks. Trades food with staff under the table. Somehow not fired yet bc Mandy likes her too much.
Janelle: Cuts meat. Brings own sharpener from home and preps everyone’s knives in the morning. Practically lives in the meat room, takes food made in kitchen home as dinner. Listens to audiobooks while everyone’s in dinner rush hell, extremely task oriented.
Malevola: Cold prep. Trained Herm on it, only chill with him bc he blasted everyone’s ears off by accident when given aux privs. Works at own pace and chats during, doesn’t follow dress code. Unloads from truck during mornings, quick to leave. Lowk chill asf coworker and knows tea.
Victor: Cold prep. Fired from last job for failing drug test, referred to this kitchen by Mal and constant yapper. Wanders to other stations for small talk, needs to be redirected to own tasks often. Been begging Mandy for MIT training to get ahold of finances, still unsuccessful. Kind of a sleaze.
Colm: Broil/Fry, the guy to go to when you want free food. Has horror stories from kitchen incidents years back. Likes to aim for ankles when rolling carts between lanes. Substituted for server temporarily when Katon-Ur was demoted for shits and giggles, trained Herm on closing stations. Probably one of the most chill there, hangs in the meat room sometimes
Bruno: General Fill-In. That one coworker that’s always high. Despite being the most easygoing, his physiognomy limits what stations he can be on severely. He’s cool with it though. Doesn’t mind picking up shifts.
Katon-Ur: One of the only male servers, got the most tips bc of his physique. Post-breakup, performance dropped so much he was banished to rolling silverware for weeks. Would randomly vanish to go cry in the bathroom. Robert pulled him to train on expo to avoid firing. Fem servers adore and miss him. Has no life outside of work.
Royd: On-Call Maintenance Guy. Been working for Mandy for forever and fills in for cold/hot prep sometimes. Has worked all stations in the past.
just wanna say i absolutely love how creature ur waterboy is. i always want more of him just being exceedingly strange and ur art really hits that spot for me. love that soggy boy
I knew he was a total weirdo the moment it was canonized he played trumpet in highschool I don’t know what it is about this man but the torment he experiences being a fresh hire at 24 inspires me and I take great enjoyment in seeing him portrayed as an abused min wage worker
in all srs though I have a very like. Specific taste when it comes to waterbae so it might come off more as them just butting heads and heading off after a huge fight or something to go get shitty takeout afterwards — i like exploring their seniority difference in both hero work and maturity more than the typical shipping stuff, especially if wb sees fb as living proof an emotion-based power can be utilized correctly.
Do you think Herm blinks one eye at a time. Like a lizard or perhaps a bug
Yes sometimes i have to remind myself that he’s not an animal or a creature but in fact just a strange dude in his 20s. I compare him to horses so much but when he takes off his goggles he’s the most guy looking guy ever removing his animated cartoon lenses that can emote just reverts him back to a guy you’d see bagging groceries but I’m getting off track tldr yes i think he does that quite frequently and the people at the office side eye him when he’s zoning out
Thinking about that one injured Waterboy voiceline where he’s just fuckin shrieking cartoon-style repeatedly with a cadence like he’s trying to kick something off of him hysterically
do you have any sexuality hcs for Herm? or any ships you like for him?
I hc herm to be bi! My main ship with him is with Robert personally, but I also like waterprism where they both can nerd out and be dorks together ( ◠‿◠ ) also the concept of waterbae is lowk funny but I’ve got a specific dynamic in my head of how that duo goes that’s mainly bro banter
Forgive me for absolutely obliterating the reblog button of your dispatch art (especially Waterboy). I adore the way you draw and especially love how you draw him !! Your art is extremely dynamic, and you have an amazing grasp of colors and poses ! I dis or eres you randomly through the dispatch art tag and was automatically drawn to your way of drawing !! Keep up the amazing work !!! :D
Many thanks!! Working on a few bigger dispatch comics too atm so stay tuned for those soon! Latest is gonna be Waterboy and Sonar-centric ( ◠‿◠ ) what am I even saying anything I make is almost guaranteed to have Waterboy lmao I’m mentally ill