I had SO much fun working on this!! Both me and my amigo love Bully and TWST, so I thought it would be fun to turn our shared passion into a collab and fuse the two chaos schools into one! Please accept the first years (+Yuu Yamada and Vantablack) as a ragtag group of Bullworth bullies 👊🐍🐀💀
Lineart @lechatalunette
Colors/BG @thoselethalarts
Close ups and clique details 👇
Yuu: Jimmy Hopkins
Yuu Yamada is lechatalunette's protagonist for their "Extra Twisted" version of NRC! It's only fitting that she takes the role of Jimmy in the world Bullworth. In both stories, Jimmy and Yuu's roles are about the same: kicking the living shit out of everyone until they learn how to be friends.
Vantablack: Gary Smith
Vantablack is a two-timing, backstabbing, manipulative piece of shit, just like Gary! Of course they would try and cozy up to the new kid and make her do what they want, all to fuel their delusions of being a crazy smart supervillain aiming take over the school (and perhaps... someday the world).
Ace: Cliqueless/Bully
Ace is the kind of guy that probably lingers between cliques and accidentally befriends people from all over cuz he's good with socializing, so him being cliqueless in the beginning checks out for him. If this was part of a storyline though, I'd like to see him ditch the sweater for a Bully white polo halfway through as he embraces being Mean lmao
Deuce: Greaser
Deuce was a toss-up for me originally, because I thought him and Ace both being bullies would be fitting for the Adeuce combo. But that being said, I think Deuce's penchant for mechanics makes him an easy pick for the Bullworth greasers! Trade out the Magical Wheels with bikes and motorcycles, and you've got new age bad boy Deuce with hobbies to play with.
Epel: Prep
Poor Epel can't escape the rich boy dorm even in Bullworth. I imagine in the Bully universe he doesn't come from the same Old Money that most of the preps do, and probably only hangs around in the clique because he wants to be part of the boxing club. They'd welcome him in cuz he's a pretty boy, but he would HATE everything about them and be quick to turn against them if it meant he finally got the chance to crack some skulls in.
Jack: Jock
Jack's role as a jock felt like a no-brainer, since he's already a pretty athletic dude in canon. If the TWST cast were completely switched with the Bullworth cast I can see him taking on the role of Damon pretty easily, providing the muscle Leona needs during The Big Game.
Sebek: Nerd
Sebek was also a bit of a challenge for me to decide on because, like Jack, he's a very athletic character and I wanted to make him a jock also. But, there was that part of me that wanted everyone to be in a completely different clique, so I decided he could go with the nerds. Combat with the nerds is very organized and militant, which is remniscent of Diasomnia's military aesthetic, and I can totally see him arming himself with a bottle rocket launcher in the heat of combat! (Maybe him and Jack will have some conflict too, like perhaps he used to be a jock but then changed sides to the enemy 👀 Who knooowwss....)
WONDERFUL artwork done by @lechatalunette, I seriously cannot tell you how much I am in love with everything they do and everything they make and how much I ADORE how these came out!! I’m going to cry over them for a thousand years, thank you and goodbye
