I was wondering if there are any rare happy ritsu moments in ur zombie au since hes always miserable I think,, like is he always miserable or is he happy/not miserable and feeling kinda good sometimes?
VWHDGDGD NO YEAH OFC HE'S HAPPY SOMETIMES im just horrible and enjoy putting him through misery
ive never been able to get a genuine smile to look right on his face in my art style either i think thats part of it. as ive said his face is just built to be mildly uncomfortable and bothered and i lean into it sm it's starting to get kinda funny
but yes ritsu is happy plenty! i think, canonically, he just seems like the type of person to me that tends to turn lemonade back into lemons. he's easy to scare and his first reaction to things is often Dread and Anxiety. he dwells on the negatives a lot and seems to be a "hope for the best, expect the worst," kinda guy, but there's a section in this post abt shigeo always loving the little things in life, and ritsu steadily learns throughout the journey on how to do that and how healing it can rly be. even if he had to grow up too fast during this whole thing and learn things a kid should never have to, the journey also gave him some good insight and lessons in other places! ritsu is smart, he figures it all out
in terms of little things here n there he's the happiest lil guy on the planet when he finds one of his favorite foods—swings his legs while he sits and munches on a kitkat bar like he's got absolutely nothin in the world to worry abt. sometimes mob does smth funny that he laughs at; for the longest time i've had this silly image in my head of mob accidentally knocking down a bucket from a store shelf and it lands on his head and he just kinda stands there and makes noises.when the noises continue out of pure curiosity about the weird echoey quality it's giving them ritsu cannot help but lose it
besides tiny things tho, when tome comes around ritsu in general is a lot happier, just cuz he has somebody to talk to that will actually respond in some way. they're sorta reluctant partners in crime at first (at least on ritsu's end) but over time and over bonding they grow to rly like each other's presence. they bicker constantly but it's almost always fond eventually, and they shove each other and playfight until mob gets antsy enough to get worked up about it. rly, tome is a godsend to ritsu's mental health—after months and months of being effectively alone with his thoughts, he finally has another person to converse with. a person His Age, too!
tome is rly good at knowing when ritsu is thinkin himself into oblivion and she's Also rly good at being the most annoying girl on the planet to yank him outta that and replace any misery with Oh My God Get Off Me You Freak. she doesn't even do this on purpose at first, but over time she learns how to tell when he's thinking too hard and, ofc, she's grown attached and she cares, so she's as obnoxious as possible to lighten the mood
when they find reigen n teru, ritsu gradually gets Much happier still. now that he knows they're safe and the gang is finally back together (and now that there's an Adult present and he can relax a lil and let himself be taken care of) his stress levels r exponentially lowered. having teru back is another instant lift to his mood—im always a big fan of teru and ritsu friendship, and i think adding tome to their dynamic simply makes it more chaotic. truly a trio of the 3 most normal teenagers in existence which will surely bring nothing but good (reigen sweats offscreen)
actually this makes me feel bad for forever torturing him im gonna go draw happy zau ritsus brb ,.,.ok imback <3
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capriclonus i am a huge fan <3 do you have any thoughts on shart/karlach?? sharts line of "she looks like she could throw me over her shoulder and carry me to safety... SHOULD the need arise.." fills my head with so many thoughts...
from that line alone i am almost 100% sure that shart has a thing for size/strength AAARGH!
It's crazy to think people are enjoying me BG3 work so much... I'm just sat here on my sofa sipping tea like....me? MY work? I just got hit in the head the with Shart bat a few too many times and its ruined my life (in a great way)
I do have thoughts of Shart/Karlach! I think they are a great ship and I love them, I ESPECIALLY love the art of them. But for me personally? I honestly struggle to see Karlach in a sexual context and I am very sorry for that. I grieve it every day.
Don't get me wrong, I think Shart/Karlach is a very concrete ship and Shart definitely would--that comment alone, uhuh--but Karlach is....she's like a younger sister to me? I see so many baby gay qualities in her that I just can't view her in that way: she's touch starved, overexcitable, VERY willing to say 'I love you' at the drop of a hat, wanting to follow a very predetermined line of what a relationship "should" look like because she hasn't had love before, not properly, and doesn't know what it looks like. AND I LOVE THAT! But that's why she's like a baby gay and little sister to me, because that part of my life is so far behind me it just makes me go "aw, look at her, learning how beautiful life can be!"
But here's the thing....those qualities that make me view her as a baby gay? Those qualities complement Shart so well! Because Shart, too, is learning what life is (if she turns to Selune) and she's just as excited to be a part of the vibrant fabric of existence in an entirely different way to Karlach and the parallels are EXQUISITE! You can do so much with them! I think they would have the most tender of loves, so soft to even see it would feel like being wrapped in a blanket of love and warmth. And if I wrote them together, that is how I would write them. So if you're interested in that, weelll, I'm open to it!
SO essentially, yes, I love them together. Not as much as Shadowzel (which is a whole other rant do not get me started) or Shadowheart/durge (again I will die if I talk about this) but I think their relationship has its roots in something so beautiful!
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