right now it’s just me and the fic i write in my head to fall asleep against the world
this is my niche but i just watched the NCAA women’s lacrosse final and now im envisioning female spot conlon as a lacrosse player with her stupid boyfriend race who also plays but is a loser.
sorry i got carried away.
The wasp in the length of my arm - Oh hi so long no full piece. Well this is a redraw I’ve been meaning to do for the longest time. I don’t do redraws too much because to be honest I cannot say if I like the lost recent one better or the older original version. There’s always something so charming about the things you do when you’re experimenting and they feel less polished and honest. That being said I have been thinking about this piece a lot because I did this around four years ago (in the middle of the pandemic) and it felt to important to me, in a personal sense and also because I longed to go out and live in the real world. Sufjan is of course forever a favorite of mine and I could talk for hours about his work. I wanted to revisit this piece.
My challenge right now is not letting my innie-cam (haha severance reference) take over my whole life. I need to nurture my outer existence and that what is most important to me which is, making art. Hope you sufjan fans still enjoy this version. Love.
more bc i can!!
Race:
The most aggressive, reckless driver, but is dangerously good at it. Will cut across multiple lanes but has never even scratched a car.
Lied to everyone in his first week of college about his entire life (different lie per person) just for fun. He finally started telling the truth but nobody believes him.
Started a school poker club and promptly got kicked out of it for betting too much, and then winning it every time. (He just wanted a way to make money. The school did not like that).
STEM major. His work is impossible but he never complains about it. Also a dancer (not my hc). He complains about that a lot.
Has worked almost every retail job under the sun. Also complains about that.
Carries around cigarettes for the vibe but rarely smokes them. Just in case anyone else wants one. Has made friends with many random people this way.
Spot:
Brooklyn baby. Cannot drive. Is terrified of it but, when Race tried to teach him, he yelled at everyone and blamed other people for what was definitely his fault. Refuses to admit that.
Played football but seriously injured his knee (explanation for the cane) but doesn't talk about it much. Always comes up with a new reason for the injury that is entirely ridiculous, but since he delivers it with a straight face everybody believes him.
Absolutely no rhythm. Never goes to parties, even though he is in a fraternity (a very chill one, thank you very much). If he's ever at a party, it's because he's a sober contact, and he is the most unsympathetic person when it comes to taking care of drunk people unless it's Race.
Insists on sitting alone in the back of the lecture hall, even if he has friends in his class.
Crutchie:
Also an incredibly reckless driver but HAS gotten into accidents before. (Only twice, both times because he was racing a friend on the highway. Never serious but always stupid).
Very fidgety and usually making noises under his breath/drumming on shit. Drives everybody around him crazy.
The kind of guy to argue with a professor in a lecture, but only when he's sure he's right (which is always).
So many illegal things in his dorm: candles, toaster, air fryer, multiple animals.
Double majoring in a STEM and humanities field, always references one when in classes for the other and confuses everybody, but he sees a connection between them.
I like the idea that he goes to the gym with Albert a lot. (U wld never catch me taking away his disability so in my head he loveeees to bench and is so buff).
Albert:
(a lot of driving hcs. i wrote this in a car). gets so violently carsick. everyone thought he was saying that so he could ride shotgun; they made him ride in the back once and he made them pull over after ten minutes cause he almost hurled. safe to say he is now always shotgun and always playing the worst music.
Played too many sports, got too many concussions, and now is a crazy gym bro.
Peanut allergy. Would rather die than admit this. Has almost died because he forgets to tell servers at restaurants.
Finch:
his shoes are never tied. he never trips over them and refuses to tie them.
has a million weird, artsy minors that sound and should be fake.
floor sitter. is never in a chair.
JoJo:
his shoes are also never tied. he ALWAYS trips over them.
drank coffee, had a panic attack, thought it was a heart attack, and spent an hour in the ER.
also had the same reaction when trying weed for the first time.
Mush:
RIPPING up the dance floor at a party, fully sober too
Everybody's favorite frat bro; super great energy and incredibly respectful
Volunteers at local elementary schools; talks to young children like they're frat bros too.
Blink:
Dorm recluse. His suite mates have called Mush many times just to check that he's still alive in there.
Has no license and hates public transit, so he walks literally everywhere.
my roman empire is the way the seize the day fight scene is shot in livesies, like ZOOM OUT PLEASE I want to see the staging.
I love fight choreography. criminal to take that away from me.
working on a javey fic and yeah i’m gonna make them fight. physically. i wanna see these fuckers fight dirty and yell and spit and then get up and forgive. i love making them angry and in love.
i am always seven steps ahead… (i am writing multiple fics in my head at once instead of finishing the one i have half-uploaded to ao3)
i LOVE sarah jacobs. a nice girl with so much fight in her. a good girl who breaks the rules. ooooo my queen of contradiction sarah jacobs you are the perfect daughter and so so frustrated with the world.
does anyone have an explanation for the last names of newsies side characters? like ik some are historical and some are in the script, but what abt like Albert and Finch? Or Buttons? Like DaSilva, Cortez, and Davenport all feel widely accepted in fanon.
just wondering if anyone knows. thank youuu!!!
You should draw Spot and Race winning something big at the races and impulsively kissing eachother (how to draw impulsively. I don’t know. I’m a writer, but I think it would be cute and your really good art would make it even cuter) oh and 92sies
remember kids!! both gambling and homosexuality are illegal!
professor banned technology in the classroom because it was a distraction? jokes on you i'm staring at the wall and writing fanfic in my head