I think my favorite thing about Tank, as a character that I’ve made, is how many contradictory characters traits they have. Anyone who has gotten me into DMs to talk about Tank knows it’s one of my favorite things to talk about with Tank.
How Tank, even at the core of their being, is NEVER truly honest with himself. Is almost constantly passively lying but so desperately wants the truth.
Tank hates fighting but is so damn good at it, good enough for a while they had a profitable business with it.
Tank reacts to affection and attention like he’d break out in a rash from even a touch but we all know how much Tank craves it like a starving dog.
Tank bites, makes other people bleed and fall to the floor, no easy fight. Sharp tongue and even sharper teeth, violence a well cared for and crafted blade in Tanks hands but still..
Still Tank is so afraid, all the time. Of everything, of everyone truly.
Tank is a hunter, a predator, a dog tugging at his leash but they have prey fear AND prey rage. That abstract mix of horror and desperation of a cornered animal about to be skinned. The desperation of not wanting to be the next lump of cooking flesh on the floor, even if they had to be the one skinning someone else to make sure of it.
It’s almost funny, how much blood Tank has on their hands to make people forget the sound of their scared heart.
They can never stop hearing the quickening beating in their ears, even if their heart feels stone still.
No matter how many times people point and yell wolf, Tank will always feel like prey
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I think one thing is like. I’ve really loved what I’ve drawn for Prime so far and I have been enjoying the show a lot but something about how it’s being released makes me feel dread over trying to get to it in a timely pace and like. I had so many plans around what I still wanted to make (and still will) but now that new episodes are releasing all at once I’m almost ashamed that I couldn’t get everything out in time bc I was just. Kind of burnt out and disinterested with the first chunk of episodes coming out all at once
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Do you even think how Tank views things? Like certain words? And how the meaning of this words are vastly different that what others think of? Example?
(My)Tank and the words: Pack, Family
Very interesting grab of words but let me explain, for Tank the words Pack and Family don’t mean a lot to them. They understand the weight of those words, know what they mean from a dictionary view. Personally? Those words mean nothing to them other than expectations and chains and disappointment.
For someone like David, the words pack and family mean so SO much to him. His pack his is family, his family is is pack and those are so important to him. The community and bonds are important to him. It cares a lot of weight, both as a leader and as someone who grew up in the pack.
This is what I’m talking about and this is a lot of the problems with Tank and the pack come from for me. These mixed messages and muddled meanings for words that are so obviously important to these people and don’t mean anything for another.
Community means heart break, sadness, hurt, rejection and isolation for Tank and the Pack runs off of what Tank hates the most. Tank has learned is better to be alone than to be abandoned so they don’t even try that hard.
Family also doesn’t mean that much even tho they know it should, but family also hurts you the most. They lie and cheat and leave you.
I’m sure they’d like to be apart of the pack—the ‘ family ‘ as David called it but they know how it all ends. And it’s not like they can have the most confidence in the pack as well. Their only close with one person in the pack and that’s enough for them.
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