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“The five times Robert tried to keep it platonic and the One time he didn’t”
Of course there's more rambling under the cut about these for any unfortunate soul that actually reads more.
Woaw, I forgot to cross post here but I spent all of Saturday just trying to get these out of my head and on a timely manner on twitter. So i was working on all of these and posting them ASAP - it went from just two parts to three because I was being ambitious even if i was just doing lineart. No screentones, no coloured lines, just og lineart.
There are personal details missing but I also really wanted to tell a slowburn fanfic kinda story ...to a point. I had ruminated over how to tell this story with no dialogue just vingettes like the trope used to start it "5+1". So dear ghost-reader my brain started with simple little things I liked in the fiction I read.
Basics like Waterboy slowly gaining confidence, Robert's seemingly natural comfort around Herman, and them just casually hanging out because they're in the same place at the same time. I like Robert realizing his feelings first and just being awkward about it, give or take my own headcanons to add to his struggles. I also wanted to show the passage of time with Herman's hair growing as well as him being drier unless there's nervousness. He'll always be a bit of a soggy froggy to me even if it goes down to a moist towlette.
Moving from left to right in the first image...of course there's Waterboy and Robert at work, i thought up WB gathering the stones to talk to Robert during a particularly rough day and cheering him up like Robert did for him. The middle image is Robert and Herm talking during a BBQ/kick back I konda imagined at...whereever that one official pool image takes place. Maybe they're having a slightly quiet moment inside out of the sun ,i just wanted that sweet connection. The final lineart is them early morning post a Friday shift, just running into eachother somewhere and getting breakfast to go, thought it looks like Herm had a later night, he's happy to talk to Robert about going to that show he was looking forward to.
The second part, with Herm dripping water onto Robert? Me mostly putting the tall man into situations that stress him out. Like I do think that Herm can gain confidence but he's not used to his own body in his 25(?) years of life. He knows how to make himself smaller and is trying to learn how to just be more himself outwardly. Which will still lead to tripping over your own chunky boots from time to time aaand into your boss.
[[Heh rock on Herman, your metalhead fandom iterations will live deeply in my heart.]]
As for Robert, man knows what he wants over all as time goes on and he's not going to be quiet about it. Dont remove him from the situations , he's right where he wants to be.
Thats about it for this part. I'll eventually post the previews for the NSFW part buuut it's easier to just see on bluesky or twitter. And of course the reminder I'm a whole ass adult who does post nsfw on a whim.
Thank you ghost-reader for making it this far- watermech week may be done but I wont be done with them for a long time(just like my jayviks)💜✨🤘🏽
Herm would like to think he's taken to dispatching very well— or, at least, as well as he could, given the Z-Team seems hellbent on interrupting his stuttering and disobeying his orders. It's no matter, though, since he has more worries that are slightly more pressing.
Like how one of his idols that had gotten him into wanting to do superhero work in the first place, Mecha Man, joined the Z-team today.
He doesn't have the time or energy to properly fanboy-out over that, though, especially since it seems like his duty as a role-model for the Z-team seems to kick in earlier than Herm expected. Mecha Man doesn't think he's fit for superhero work again, especially in a team setting, even after SDN has helped repair his suit. Hopefully Herman's able to convince him otherwise.
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Or, the reverse of Robert comforting Waterboy after his first shift.
Watermech Week 2026, Day 2: Role Reversal
See AO3 for tags, link here and in the post title! Note that Herm's stuttering in this fic may not play nice with screen readers.
@watermechweek Day 5 - PETPLAY [a rare censored for reasons entry]
I have a more censored image I can upload later but last time I did Tumblr removed it despite the censoring sooo... here we go.
More Yapping below the cut
So things that aren't shown but I will talk about here for like the five people who do read - thank you as always!!
Trans Robert truther here, but also don't care who bottoms, as long as it's SSC[ Safe, Sane, and Consensual] . Healthy kink is important to me and I like portraying it as best as I can. You know what else - I always end up putting a ton of details into something in anything i draw. This time it was the head gear and Robert's jump suit but it's not like I can post the full thing but ... (¬⤙¬ ) I do have a twitter and a bluesky in my carrd above for a reason.
I might take a break tomorrow but there's like two more days ...hnng.
Finished this in time for @watermechweek (SFW) Day 4- Confessions with a cute drunken kiss
More rambling of course below the cut
Back at it late and again with fan art??? Yes, yes I am. it's another ship that gives me joy and I'll eventually colour this in cause there's just a lot I want to add. But for now it's my headcanons and coloured lines. It's konda weird seeing WB without the yellow but...that will be fixed. Eventually.
I super think they turned out really cute and I'm already planning for day 5!!
