#bronislava

[theamaus-fortress2]

Some people are in chock after seeing Sniper bathe in my last post. So are his teammates

[my-little-mercenary]

Bronislava having a bit of a Spring photo shoot ✨

I finally found some free time which means it's time to draw ponies :D

[tf2ssorbetti]

Sketches, one of which I might finish up some other time.

[ramanzotti-fer]

The lineart of the first page of my bronisniper comic and another unfinished panel

Let's go to some explanations now, as some people have heard, my house was robbed and I lost all my electronic devices, and I, in all my stupidity, lost all the backups of my art. So these are pictures i sent to some friends before it all happened.

It's going to take a long time for me to get a device to continue the second page, so I'll tell you what was planned for this comic:

The first page: Sniper comes out of the bathroom and wipes his hand on his coat, then finds Yana waiting for him outside. Bronislava draws his attention to the photo she is going to take, and at that moment Yana places the mistletoe over them. Bronislava realizes what her sister has done, and soon after, Sniper understands the situation he is in.

On the second page: the unfinished opening panel above, Sniper gets embarrassed and offers to kiss his cheek, but Yana yells at him to "kiss her properly!!!". Which ends up catching the attention of Heavy, who was talking to medic in the room ahead. Bronislava and Sniper, embarrassed and anxious, begin to approach each other to kiss, both blushing and with a slight look of passion, but in the background, we can see Heavy getting up from the table and running to them, thus preventing the kiss. The last panel is Heavy putting his hand in Sniper's face, pushing him away, and holding his sister's shoulder while yelling, "Stop stealing my sisters!" and Yana is having a fit of giggles next to them in the scene.

I was hoping to be able to post this completely, but that could take years, so I thought it was unfair to the people who were waiting and honestly... to me too, I was so happy, so excited about this comic, and four armed bastards took that away from me, so that's it, I hope I managed to explain the cute and passionate feeling I wanted to convey with this comic, I hope you liked it, Bronislava and Sniper are my sweethearts and I want the best for them, I love them 🥹♥️

[prajjna]

(somehow the last one is like; how it ended meme lol)

[moonlit-lake-sys]

I'm a firm believer in the idea that Pyro doesn't naturally see in "Pyrovision," but that it's a side effect of their mask/the optics inside it. I feel like they still know what they're doing, though. The rest of the mercs very much know the reality of their job, although some of them see it in a slightly different perspective.

Sniper sees his job as assassinating those who deserve it — only killing people who are "rotten" (as described by his adoptive mother.)

He says himself in the Meet The Sniper short that he isn't a "crazed gunman." He doesn't kill for the sake of killing, he only kills who he thinks should be killed. He's an assassin, it's an occupation. He does it for his job, and states that as a professional, he has standards.

Heavy sees his job as getting rid of "evil men." When discussing taking back his job, he emphasizes that specifically. He isn't just killing anyone, he's killing those who are deemed the bad guys.

We also know he does all he can to protect his family, and his family knows this just as well. He only attacks when it is necessary for him and his family's safety, and/or will benefit them in some capacity. (He's gone through a lot and I feel like we as a fandom don't discuss that enough. I did an analysis over Heavy's past one time in a Discord server and I might post it here if anyone is interested.)

In the Meet The Pyro video, we see how they allegedly view the world. A fairytale-like place full of rainbows, bubbles, sparkles, and almost cherub-esque versions of the enemy mercs.

While it is very easy to just assume this is how they view everything naturally, I don't think it's ever been 100% confirmed that this is the case.

The biggest thing for me is the Pyrovision Goggles in-game. The fact that they can be worn by any class, and it effects all of the mercs the same way, makes me believe that it truly is a result of the optical mask/the lenses within them that makes Pyro see what they do. It would've been so easy to make this cosmetic only available to Pyro, but it isn't.

The fact the goggles includes the "optical mask" text in the center, much like Pyro's mask itself, just pushes the idea that Pyroland is all an optical illusion. Obviously it was never real in the first place, but I don't think it's how Pyro sees everything naturally.

Tying back to the beginning of this post, I believe Pyro knows what they're doing. They know that they're spreading fire and not bubbles and rainbows. But perhaps they keep the mask on for the sake of their own psyche, to make it easier for them to do their job. Much like how Heavy and Sniper justify their jobs by seeing it as killing "evil men," or killing those who are "rotten," maybe Pyro uses their mask and goggles to tune out the dark truth of what they do. It could be yet another reason as to why Pyro never removes their mask.

[pixie-mask]

TF2 Issue 7 spoilers 13

Medic's Baboon is still around

Spy looking at presumably Scout's mom

Did Sniper hook up with Heavy's sister, looks like it might be a coincidental walk in, which she's very happy about

This is amazing. It's so sweet, even if its the end. What a send off.

[tf2chicanery]

I literally never speak on this blog but i have decided it is necessary to tell you all who in my opinion we should be drawing more.

Demo. Just under Soldier and Engie this is the merc i see drawn the least. He deserves more

Yana and Bronislava. Heavy and Zhanna have these slamming sisters and they deserve love

Maggie. She has no love whatsoever and she is an absolute amazing redhead Aussie queen give her what she deserves.