@faith-is-in-many-fandoms replied to your photoset “Just three middle-aged mercenaries, drinkin’ and talkin’ about feelings.”
I love how you write Medic! He's still the same personality and character as the canon but you make him so much more...human I guess??? He just seems so untouchable in the comics.
A lot of that is due to context. In the game and official comics, they’re always in some kind of ridiculous conflict, but the things I make are more intimate. You’re the same person whether someone’s shooting at you or pouring you tea, but you rely on a totally different set of behaviors to navigate the situation. I like showing the different sides of people.
@tania-grey replied to your photoset:
i love how its Heavy who points out the problem first.
He’s pretty perceptive, and he’s used to dealing with this sort of subtle conflict with his family members. You have to be good at it if you want to survive the Siberian winters without murdering each other.
@hedgiebby replied to your photoset:
I would also like to add that I absolutely love this. Just seeing Medic....ehhh.... what's the right word? Vulnerable? Oblivious? Eh. Either way, I love it.
Medic is very much out of his element, so he doesn’t have his usual confidence. This isn’t something you can argue your way out of or fix medically. (He guesses he could try scooping out the part of Driver’s brain that makes her annoyed with him, but he just doesn’t feel like it.) His natural charm won’t cut it, either. Without any loopholes to exploit, he’s at a loss.
@aseriouscomedian reblogged your photoset and tagged:
#i love the idea that medic is experiencing guilt for the first time at like 54 or whatever
I don’t think it’s actually the very first time, but it’s definitely been a while! He’s pretty well insulated against guilt because he can easily justify hurting his enemies (self-defense) and acting selfishly (survival), and just about any harm he does to people he likes, he knows he can easily fix. Physically, anyway.
It’s when he knows he’s hurt someone he cares about with no real justification or easy remedy that his conscience acts up.