#file. sharkzilla

[jxckspxcer]

@chainsxwsmile

Have I ever drawn the monkey staff before? No. Will that stop me from capitalizing on angst? Absolutely not. Jack copes by primitizing his limbic system with the monkey staff or Bottling That Shit Up. But even his primitive brain knows that Bruce creates a Safe place to be Vulnerable.

[heylinhenchman]

ooouuuuuuuu i wish you the best in your grief ohhh boy who doesn’t just want to hear, any comfort and confidence, from someone who believes in them. Whether you had and lost or never had one before. wwuhhh,,, You so awesome you have so much to be proud of this is so beautiful

It’s not really much of a surprise that I turned to making a somewhat more somber animatic following the death of my abuelita.

But doing so helped a bit, even if just as a distraction.

This little animatic is part of a fun little collaborative project between @heylinhenchman and me, inserting Bruce the Cetus into the Xiaolin Showdown universe as a somewhat reluctant friend-bodyguard-turned-father-figure for Jack Spicer.

It was fun to change styles for a bit, and animate a bit more loosely at 8fps. Audio is a little off after formatting it for Instagram.

Bruce’s a.i.-generated voice from Eleven Labs still sounds a bit too American for my taste, but it’s the closest I could get.

Free-to-use Music by Neutrin05 on YouTube

Apps: roughanimator, Procreate

Reblogs are greatly appreciated!

[jxckspxcer]

Bruce

How Jack Feels— IN MEMES | ACCEPTING

@chainsxwsmile

First meeting: 

After: 

[jxckspxcer]

✵ only if you wanna! -(Chainsxwsmile || verse: Cetus)

✵ TASTEFUL CONSIDERATIONS | ACCEPTING

@chainsxwsmile

Their first impression of your muse: AHHH! HOLY FUCK! Jack thinks Bruce is kind of a dick for playing around with his feelings, but that turns around after a while. Maybe Bruce is just a creature of habit.

Current impression: What an annoying but seemingly well-meaning Shark Monster. Jack wants to use him to his advantage and is admittedly, always curious of nonhuman life which is sentient enough for communication, he’s curious about a lot of things about Bruce, and as long as he doesn’t fear getting eaten, he’s determined to get that information (and down the line no doubt will enjoy having someone to talk to in general). 

Are they attracted to your muse?: Jack is attracted to plenty of older, immortal and monstrous beings alike. But like how Wuya gives him a Naggy Grandma vibe, Bruce is sadly being relegated to ‘sentient animal’ status in Jacks brain, mixed with ‘weirdly paternal’ down the line. Thus he’s not, super interested in that. Though he is still super aesthetically fascinated and wants to just MAKE A CETUS ROBOT NOW.

Something they find frightening about your muse: Literally Everything. But on the bright side Jack also thinks those things are Really Cool.

Something they find adorable about your muse: Those stumpy legs.

Would my muse sacrifice themselves for yours?: ❝ Ew, no. ❞ Bruce is a big boy, he can take care of himself. But Jack would be a little concerned if he saw Bruce in trouble of any sort. But sacrifice himself ? Nah. It’s a bit much for now.

Would my muse go on a date with yours?  platonic/romantic: ❝ Nah. ❞ Such language is delegated to close friends and people of quality aesthetic. But he’d hang out with Bruce in special ways, bonding experiences sure, buT CALL THEM DATES ? He thinks NOT.

One word my muse would use to describe yours: ❝ Huge ? ❞

Would my muse slap yours if they could?:  honestly jack kinda wanna like smack him on the snoot or somethin for bein such a scary jerk in the cave but he wo n’ t. He knows better.

Would my muse hug/kiss yours?: NOT CURRENTLY. But he also sees a logistical issue of trying to hug something so big. He’s gonna have to HUG A LEG. or try and WRAP HIS ARMS AROUND BRUCES FACE. 

[jxckspxcer]

WOW THIS H U R T

flame and smoke

@jxckspxcer have some random angst because why not

[jxckspxcer]

“THIS WAS THE SECOND BEST USE FOR THE CHANGING CHOPSTICKS IVE EVER HAD”

Jack loves that Bruce is a big scary monster who is ALSO nice to him. He finds that awesome, and is generally excitable over a chance to talk to Anyone interesting like Bruce. Dislikes— his food-themed pet names and his size making it difficult to bring him places without effort. Jack would love to travel some with Big Fish but some creatures are better off in open nature.

tell me what your muse LOVES and HATES the most about my muse.

Yeah… at twenty-feet long, Bruce is definitely a little too big to bring along on any reasonably sized vehicle or fit through most doorways without some sort of struggle! Time to bring out those ‘changing chopsticks’ and actually put them to good use. 

Dignity, who? Screw that; nobody’s ever even carried him before!