Me, before season 14: regular size Rudy is mid. Wet blanket. A room temperature salad. The vibes are giving future-incel.
Me, after season 14: OHHHH!!! regular sized Rudy is actually so relatable!!!! He's not a piece of soggy lettuce he's just ANXIOUS!! ALL, the, TIME! What a mood.
This is sort of concept art done in infinite painter? I guess. I was trying to cultivate a vibe.
Has anyone played the visual novel Our Life: Beginnings and Always? Anyway this was inspired by those kids sneaking out to investigate strange noises in the night because I think Louise would be into that and Rudy could be coaxed.
Or maybe this goes the Something Wicked This Way Comes route and the wharf has some strange happenings afoot. Just something is not quite right in the night and the children go investigate and if they are coming of aged changed for life hopefully it’s for the better.
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A messy, expressive, digital painting of the alley behind Bob’s Burgers at night. All light comes from either the restaurant, the Ferris wheel, or the crescent moon. Louise stands on the fire escape and looks down over the railing. Rudy stands beneath her in the alleyway halfway lit by light coming from the restaurant with his legs slightly bent and arms extended as if he’s walking towards Louise.
teens! they're probably about 15/16 here. i think louise would have a pretty developed sense of style and self at this point but i think it would take rudy a bit longer @roudiseshipweek
[ID: a digital drawing of rudy stieblitz and louise belcher from bob's burgers as teens in a semi-realistic style. rudy is a white boy with curly red hair and glasses in a blue sweatshirt, red pants and brown loafers. he's wearing a dark blue backpack. louise is a white teen with dark hair in two braids and freckles in a light green top, an oversized green plaid shirt, jeans, and yellow sneakers. they're wearing a pink baseball cap and her shirt has various patches. rudy's walking towards louise with his hands in his pockets. He's smiling down at the ground. louise is putting a bottle of soda into a purple backpack with cutesy ears, arms, and legs, and smiling at rudy. the background a row of green lockers and grey tile floor. the locker behind louise is open and it has two textbooks, a pencil case, and a crumpled ball of paper in it. /END ID]
One of the greatest developments in Bob’s Burgers imo is that Rudy is just… there now. There’s this unspoken rule around Rudy that he’s practically an honorary Belcher, and he casually slots himself into their lives so effortlessly. His character has been so well developed over the years that he now fits into any circumstance the Belcher’s find themselves in.
He ditched two separate Thanksgiving meals with his Mom and Dad just to see how The Belcher’s Thanksgiving played out, ended up eating with them, and probably stayed the whole evening.
He’s made multiple appearances in the kid’s fantasies, especially Louise’s. Gene and Tina even included Rudy in their renditions of Louise’s future, because of course Rudy is going to be there. Why wouldn’t he be?
When his family’s dinner took a turn for the worst, his first port of call was the restaurant. He knew he’d be safe there and would automatically click into whatever situation the Belchers had going on. He’s such a natural fit.
Tina, Gene and Louise have always sat by themselves at lunch; it's their tradition to hang out over their breaktime. Rudy sliding his way into their conversation here feels so natural and unforced, like he was always a part of their family. They're so used to him being around, they don't even question when he turns up out of nowhere.
The only other character who comes close to what Rudy has with the Belchers is Teddy. Teddy has been a constant since season 1, but he is yet to have an episode based solely around him without the Belchers looming over the storyline. "Thanks-Hoarding" was about Teddy, sure, but the Belcher's still had a huge role to play within that episode and was from their POV as opposed to Teddy's.
"The Amazing Rudy" was from his POV throughout, and the Belchers were a secondary narrative. He's the first character outside of the main five to have an episode of their own, and I think that's a statement in itself.
Idk, man. I just really think he's neat and deserves the absolute world. I could talk about him all fricken day tbh.
I never realised how much J-Ju and Rudy have in common!! They're both ginger, asthmatic, magic lovers lmao. If they were the same age I feel like they'd be besties. Oh my god is that why Zeke takes such a shining to Rudy in S10E12: A Fish Called Tina?? Because he (Rudy) reminds him (Zeke) of Jimmy Jr??? Oh my GOD.
One more Roudise week art piece to go then I’m FINISHED! I should’ve been done last week but my brain had other plans. It thought that I should just completely SCRAP the idea I made for my fave prompt and make something better. So here is the scrapped idea I thought I’d share to hype you up for this week even more. @roudiseshipweek 💓💓💓