and why did you draw him shirtless in that post?
Fachnan is an old oc of mine who I've had a lot of ideas for but haven't fully explored as much as I would like.
I thought about reimagining him, and I might still do it, but right now I'm working on a big project with a friend of mine and it's taking up a lot of my time.
Anyway, Fachnan is an old bounty hunter/demon character idea I had. Basically he brings human Souls to the underworld in exchange for demonic payment. Whether that be the currency they have in the underworld or for favors, he'll do it.
Because it was meant to be Hell, he targets bad / sinful people. That's his job.
On his battle axe, his weapon of choice, I drew some small details on it. Those details being that he had tiny flags hanging from the edge of it.
The trans flag, asexual flag, and aromantic flag. People noticed.
So, when somebody pointed it out, and mentioned it in my ask box, I drew a picture of him without his shirt on showing his top sergery scars with him saying "Trans Rights"
I admit now that it's not my best drawn art. It's pretty old now, I think I drew it in 2019-2020(ish?) As you can see, not my most experienced or clean work.
I didn't really know how to draw scars back then. It was my first time drawing top surgery scars/marks.
It was pretty early on in my transition, and before I really came out to my family. So I guess he was kind of an experiment for myself? I was trying to find my footing of how I wanted to explore my journey as a trans man. How I wanted to incorporate that into some of my writing.
So I kept thinking of concepts.
I thought about making him a character with a story of change and redemption.
The beginning of his arc, before his character development, showed his lack of faith or empathy in humanity, seeing them as little more than targets, as the only humans he'd interact with normally were people bound for Hell to begin with.
But with time, and help from a guardian angel named Gabel (genderfluid/non-binary) He would become more of a protector of good, rather than a force that perpetuated bad.
Fachnan and Gabel, to me, were going to be a story about finding that middle ground. That complex and nuanced moral grey areas.
However, at the time, I wasn't really sure how to go about it.
So I kind of left that story on the Shelf. Playing around with the characters and designs before fully getting into this philosophical theme.
So, Fachnan became more comedic, as I still enjoyed drawing his character even if I hadn't really finished planning his story yet, and I guess he kind of became this funny symbol of... exaggerated rebellious spirit? This unapologetic trans/aroace man was fun to doodle.
So yeah, while as far as my work goes, he's kind of unpolished and incomplete, he's always going to have a special place in my heart.
You know what? I think I finally know what I'm going to do for this pride month!
I've been thinking about reimagining him lately, and I think I have some ideas.
