Anyone Got Any Art Requests? I Have So Much Motivation But The Idea Well Is Drier Than The Sahara Desert

gotta remember to hug your teenage son

apparently I can’t draw Carl with anything but long luscious locks lol

due to absolutely no one’s request, I am back with more fic recs! Here are my top completed Carl Grimes fanfics on ao3.

NUMBER ONE:

Kid With The Messed Up Face by TryingCrying

fills in the gap of time between Carl getting shot and when we see him next (s6 ep9-ep10). Really a beautiful exploration of Carl’s character, and touches on relationships and trauma that were absolutely neglected in the show.

NUMBER TWO:

Long Live the Queen by BeanSidhe_13

Basically Lori’s death if everyone had daemons because I’m an absolute sucker for His Dark Materials crossovers. Another just absolutely heartbreaking exploration of Carl’s character, and the one that I reread the most.

BONUS:

The North Star by Rezeren

this one has Judith as the main character, but Carl is soo important to the story. Set after Carl’s death with heavy themes of grief and growing up. (this one lowkey made me cry)

All of these break my heart and make me cry, go read them guys <3

carphia people is this anything

my children

I haven’t written anything substantial in a while but the carphia brainworms cannot be contained

guys I think my drawing would improve by a 100342457776665billion percent if I had an apple pencil. My finger just isn’t cutting it anymore

the kids in the walking dead are literally so much more interesting to me than the adults. (And I’m referring solely to the comics here because the show absolutely did not do any of the kids (especially Carl) justice) There’s just something about them not being fully developed people yet, because while the adults are just adapting to suit the environment, the kids are actively developing and coming into themselves in this new world. The adults like Rick, Andrea and Michonne all have years of lived experiences before the apocalypse that serve as a base layer of sorts to their characters. They are developed people, and no matter how much they adapt in the apocalypse, they will never lose that base of who they are. The kids, however, don’t have that. Their base layer is actively being formed while zombies are trying to eat them. This creates an interesting springboard for character development and the way the kids see and perceive the things happening around them, mostly because any development that happens is going to be extreme. Otherwise they die (see: Ron). This is most apparent with Carl (obviously), because he’s the main kid of the series. Moments like when he killed Ben when none of the adults would, solely because he deemed it necessary given what Ben had done are really pivotal to his character, and I think say a lot about the person he was becoming. Same with when he went after Negan, on his own. Anyways, what I’m trying to get at here is that all the kids who were directly exposed to the apocalypse are malleable. There’s an infinite number of directions their characters could take, and I relish in the possibilities. anyways that was my rant, go read the walking dead comics guys!!

if the roles were reversed

tragic doomed family my beloved

some sketches from yesterday, featuring Carl if they hadn’t killed him off

Carphia my loves. forever mad at the show for killing both of them off, so this is like season 3 if they both lived. Also Sophia is absolutely destroying Carl at checkers.