Modern AU versions of Tintin and his friends! Notes about their designs under the Read More:
Tintin - A grey and yellow baseball tshirt references his grey sweatervest and yellow shirt look from the earlier comics. Cargo joggers replace his plus fours - plus fours were popular with golfers in the 20s and 30s as athletic wear, so I opted for cargo joggers for that preppy but sporty vibe. He also wears leather trainers and keeps his handy phone in an industrial case. Snowy wears a collar now!
Haddock - when not working on a ship as a merchant captain he opts for a hoodie and sweatpants. He might look sloppy but it's pretty practical for the wild adventures he's dragged into! He's Tintin's exhausted foster father in this AU.
Calculus - I gave him 2000s style rectangular frames to make him feel modern but still kind of dated, like how he wears fashion a few decades behind in the canon comics. I dressed him like my high school physics teachers - he has a necktie, a pocket protector, a zip through fleece and orthopedic shoes. I had frames like these for some time until I broke them at work lol
Chang - as soon as I read the Blue Lotus and saw Chang for the first time I immediately thought he was wearing crocs. I don't know why crocs are so popular. I don't think they're particularly comfortable. They feel sweaty and weird and don't stay on your feet when you run. I don't get crocs. But they're popular in Asia lol (I kept Chang's design super simple, he's an orphan with no money)
Abdullah - I had way too much fun with him! I know Supreme is kinda dated now (it's definitely a 2016 thing) but I still find it funny and the colour scheme fits. A lot of local Muslim teenagers in my area mix sportswear with traditional clothing so I did the same here, but made it obnoxiously bougie lol
Zorrino - I didn't change much for him as his original design is pretty timeless. I gave him socks and slides, a beanie and joggers. His button up shirt is replaced with a polo shirt but the difference isn't big.
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a butch doing that cute drunken excited overexplaining thing, so into whatever they’re telling me about that they don’t notice me unbuttoning their shirt, as i keep my eyes in theirs, nodding and going ‘mhm’ and ‘uh huh.’ they don’t notice until my hands slip under their t-shirt and slow across their stomach, around, up, to rake my nails into their shoulderblades. and they trail off mid-sentence, with a choked little whimper. i just giggle and start kissing their neck. murmur into their flushed skin that they gotta keep talking, i wanna hear the rest
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after office-hours Sybil for @aesthetictaxidermist !! thank you very much <3
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Courtesy of @cryptotheism
So. This was a mistake.
I couldn't decide whether a high-proof or a low-proof drink was more true-to-character, but 1oz Everclear to 6oz (1 packet) Capri Sun ends up at 13.57% abv so that's what I ended up with.
First. Capri Sun is viscous. It responds quite well to shaking, and aerated beautifully. The drink was opaque for a noticeably long time.
Second. Everclear is pretty bad on its own. It works as a backer for cocktails, but Capri Sun is only lightly flavored. This drink would have needed a citrus to balance it.
Dear readers, it was foul. It was almost exactly as I imagine a rancid Capri Sun would taste. The mouthfeel did not compliment the flavor, and the flavor was, itself, not good. Somehow, sticking the little yellow straw in the drink did make it marginally better. Marginally.
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