#but the scribbles are FRANTIC in a way tenzō would have trouble expressing without feeling very very guilty i think

[mokutone]

For the tenzo haircut picture, i was wondering what your reasoning was for having his hair be longer in the mirror reflection? i can probably guess but i love hearing your thoughts on this stuff ^-^ <3

ah, hello! i wasnt actually sure that anyone would notice that detail because it was so small. essentially, like the black cloud of scribbles around him, the mirror and its reflection are not a true visual depiction of tenzō's world experience, he isn't seeing hair which is longer than it is, nor is he seeing black scribbles but he is feeling both, the panicked restless energy in the scribbles, as well as the fear that he still resembles the being he was when his hair was that long, and the fear of getting too close to that identity again, or seeing it in himself when he looks into the mirror

its all just kind of, visual metaphor for his mental state! this is actually how i use the sprouting flowers + leaves too—while i draw him sprouting plants and flowers often, i think it would be rare that, if i were writing say a prose fic about tenzō, that i'd have him bursting out in foliage, because in writing i have other and quicker, more elegant ways to depict a characters internal experiences