I've been doing a lot of Egon Spengler, but that doesn't mean I'm not well-versed in Harold Ramis' other onscreen works. Such as the case with Russell Ziskey from Stripes (1981), for example.
(or as I like to call it: Peter and Egon in the army before forming Ghostbusters 😅)
tovi and i were watching it a few days ago n it was my first time seeing it and he made a joke about them being gay and ofc naturally i said “stripes yaoi” and he had such a viscerally negative reaction that i felt obligated to draw it
timelapse under the cut if u care i mostly did this on a couch in my college hallway waiting for a test to start sgshfhnfef
Good morning to camp counselors, assistant greenskeepers, army recruits, playwrights, paranormal investigators, masochistic dental patients, television executives, hypochondriacs, and of course, weathermen.
a.k.a. Four Specific Moments in Stripes That Pushed Me Down the Loving Harold Ramis Hole FOR GOOD
1. Feast your eyes, for here we have:
His stupid million dollar smile, serving pretty lips, perfect teeth, and also dimples?? how dare he
His nose, yes, I am obsessed with this man's nose, no I will not elaborate
His soft cloudy fluffy hair I wanna fdghsjdghsghd
The way he's equal parts amused and tired of John's shenanigans?? the duo ever
2. The cutest "!!!!!" you'll ever see
His reaction here is SO ADORABLE, he go "!!!!????!"
absolute BABY
3. Watch out for that guy, he's a troublemaker
Now THIS, we need to talk about this for a sec
The way he blatantly checks her out with that smirk on his face?? Jail
If Russell ever looked at me like that, call me origami bc I would FOLD, good LORD he's so handsome
Yes climb aboard soldier, climb aboard right now
4. Bathtub scene who?
Bathtub scene this, bathtub scene that, but why is no one talking about this scene right here? HUH? Him ever so slowly crawling on top of her, the unwavering eye contact, lips mere inches apart, Y'ALL this is so hot
I don't know what to say my knees were shaking the whole time and I just wanted to be her for a minute