First, I’ll post it here, and then on Tik-Tok itself. By the way, there will be two parts in total: one is the trend itself, and the other is a short skit.
(Mini-spoiler: in the execution of this trend featuring Seri and Jamil, Cater and Kalim are involved.)
And yes, I stick to the opinion that Jamil Viper is more sinewy than muscular. No, of course, he has muscles and strength—otherwise, breakdancing would be pretty difficult. And considering that he’s been involved in physical activities since childhood, you definitely can’t call him scrawny or skinny. Maybe he would have been if he hadn’t done any sports at all, but we can’t say that. So, I believe he has a well-toned, but not overly muscular body. Plus, my art style leans heavily towards simplification and minimizing, which is why he ends up looking like that.
And the version that couldn't be ignored:
And let's not think that, in fact, tsum will be lighter in weight a cat, yes.
(Vamos a jugar a que te pongo a pensar, ¿ok? Muy bien, dime: ¿qué haces de catorce años, solo, libre de responsabilidades expulsado, con dinero en Europa?
a) Le hablas a tus papás y le confiesas que te corrieron de la academia por andar tomando clases particulares de sexualidad en el salón de Photography.
b) Te pones a llorar y le ruegas al director que te crea, que lo que sus ojos vieron no era un acto sexual entre un alumno y una maestra, sino un acto heroico del mismo por salvar a su miss de ahogarse por un trago de agua mal encaminado, lo cual llevó a que la misma se sintiera sofocada y él actuara de manera correcta al quitarle la blusa para que se sintiera más libre y menos asfixiada.
c) Agarras tu mochila, tu pasaporte, tu American Express y te vas de trip por Europa. Regresas a Londres de un mes y medio y después para tomar tu vuelo a México y bah todos felices.
Entonces, decía yo, ¿qué haces? Y realmente espero que a estas alturas del juego ya seas capaz de contestar mínimo esa trivia correctamente; si no, significa que de nada está sirviendo que me parta la madre aquí tratando de ponerte en letras lo que por mi vida ha pasado - pero tranquilo, que de todas formas te pienso ayudar un poco-. Haciendo un análisis multivariante podemos deducir que la alternativa a) muy lejos se queda de mi realidad -¿y como por qué habría de reportarle a ellos justo ahora qué está pasando en mi vida si ni cuando estaba en casa lo sabían?-, así como la b) se me hace prácticamente una ofensa a mi persona, al verme obligado a disculparme con alguien a quien no le debo absolutamente ninguna disculpa; aparte, llorar y rogar son dos verbos que no existen en mi diccionario. Definitivamente la c) es la que gana aproximadamente mil novecientos ochenta y cuatro puntos arriba de las demás. Bien hecho; te felicito.)
Last week I posted the Prologue to this story I started writing on an until-now secret thing, and earlier this week I added Chapter 1. The story is set in a fantasy universe revolving around several different characters.
This sketch illustrates something like what I was picturing when I wrote the first scene in Chapter 1, and I plan to sketch other things in a similar vein as I go along.
Fear and determination are two sides of the same coin.
Well, this situation falls into the category of "out of sight, out of mind." When she tried to avoid an unpleasant conversation that would force her to face reality and step out of her comfort zone, another person, tired of playing these cat-and-mouse games, decided that something needed to be done about the stagnant situation and took matters into their own hands. Literally and figuratively.
Now one girl will have to face the harsh truth and decide how to move forward (There’s only one possible outcome. No other can happen… Not when he's finally feeling so confident and hopeful about the future. He simply won’t allow her to escape into her icy shell that easily).
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But seriously, this sketch was created without any ulterior motives. I saw a reference, and it clicked in my mind, and suddenly I found myself sitting down to draw. I love creating various plots in my head, but when I start putting them on paper, it’s as if all my thoughts evaporate, and I suddenly discover so many gaps stitched with white thread, not understanding how this happens. I heard from someone that our brains like to deceive us by giving the illusion of completeness and a well-developed plot, as if everything has already been considered, but that’s not the case. I have plans for a mini-sketch comic related to nightmares, but… I don’t know how much longer it will take me to draw and come up with ideas for it.
Be careful, there may and will be errors, as English is not my native language!
When you just wanted to quickly follow a trend but ended up indulging in a mini-skit that got rethought two or three times because the characters’ motivations didn’t entirely make sense.
To be fair, they still don’t entirely make sense, but hey, I drew this on a wave of emotions and just wanted to join in on the trend. But—damn my brain—it insists on overcomplicating everything.
Therefore, after a bit of analysis, I realized that there was no way this could work without the intervention of third parties and a clever little plan.
Given Jamil’s personality, he definitely wouldn’t agree to such a trend without solid reasons, especially if the suggestion came from unfamiliar people. And Seri, being someone who figuratively “lived in a cave” and barely uses her phone due to how busy she is, wouldn’t have any clue about these trends either. So, she wouldn’t have suggested it herself. (And neither would Jamil, who is already short a couple of hours in his schedule and wouldn’t waste the time he does have on these trends.)
If the suggestion came from Kalim, Jamil would have had a 60-80% chance of agreeing to it. But let’s just say the suggestion was a simple request to “take a photo” without much explanation.
Originally, it was supposed to be Ace who sent the video, but at that point, my brain suddenly questioned why Cater would post something on his MagiCam that wasn’t related to him at all. So I replaced Ace with Kalim, for whom Cater edited the video featuring Seri and Jamil just for fun. Ace caught Cater in the process and managed to convince him to send the video to him so he could tease Seri. This time, it worked.
In the end, this trend became a task for the Music Club: to see how many people they could convince to take part in the trend.
Drumroll! Who was the winner of the music club competition? Of course…
Of course, friendship won! The trend spread so well that they lost track of the score. Though Cater came very close to winning, yeah... Lilia tried his best, but... the students all suddenly became way too shy.
After this, Jamil started scrutinizing Kalim’s requests even more carefully, even if they seemed ridiculously simple. Not that he didn’t already, but somehow, he’s even more cautious now.
(And no one will ever know that an embarrassing video is secretly saved in a private folder, somewhere no one will ever find it. Someone has also added new drawings to their collection.)
And with that, this little story comes to an end.
Although... this could be expanded into a vignette about Seri in her PE uniform, hmm. I’m not sure—this will probably never see the light of day.
The art style is slightly different from what you saw in the previous post because I was drawing it on the very last remnants of inspiration.
