you never know just how you look through other people’s eyes’
sugar mountain cover redraw. it’s a little hard to believe that this is a real, canon illustration and not a pining piece of conceptual fanart… lyric reference at the top is from pepper by the butthole surfers.
he's still shining with the energy of a nuclear bomb, but doesn't hurt people anymore
do you remember shaved gyro? right after him i drew buddhist gyro, who came to me as an association. later, buddhist gyro transformed into massage salon gyro aka alt med gyro... so now, please, meet teen gyro zeppeli, a buddhist monk and a future masseur.
gyro follows the path of will anthonio zeppeli. however, in a tibet's temple gyro learns not the ripple, but metta (loving kindness). it's maybe the most friendly and outward-facing buddhist practice, changing social reactions and developing ability to communicate.
as it's a modern au, in this universe gyro has more outer freedom, and it's possible for him to change his life now. the death penalty is still legal in italy in this timeline. gyro can't follow his family's violent traditions anymore, and an alternative path finds him naturally. that's how: gyro receives a trip as a gift when he's sixteen (he pleaded parents for it) and, during that journey, he decides to become a tibetan monk. his father stops speaking to him, but gyro stays in touch with his mother. he calls her. she doesn't understand his choice, but she cares about him.
gyro remains a monk for five or six years. after that, he goes to the us to build his own future and to reinvent his family business according to the new principles he learned abroad. this becomes his path to independence, to the end of his social isolation, and to his core values.
in the us he meets johnny... and that's where the next chapter of the story begins.
actually, this isn't the first time i've taken the deeply fucked up men from christianity and thrown them into buddhism. my previous obsession was mormor from sherlock bbc. (also in au) moran and moriarty travelled to a tibetan monastery during covid to escape the virus, the turbulence of the world, and simply to rest. but they were only guests there... time changed something in how i relate to this trope, so now it's different. gyro isn't a guest. he's a participant
i found what i think was my first ever drawing of gyro from 8th grade …so here’s a redraw as penance, i think…💔 just for reassurance 💔he’s been my guy for 6 yrs i guess
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