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Sometimes Lawrence *can* convince Walton to do stupid things like a selfie in which they both do the "heart" with their hands, I guess? Who could say no to that smile? :9 (Also turns out telekinesis is ALSO really good to take all sorts of selfies) This was supposed to be a silly piece without too much effort put in but alas, I accidentally spent more time on it than expected. Also for whoever isn't familiar with the lore here: they're not wholesome. 😬

Although I will admit, Walton *does* have a copy of this photo as well.

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If you liked Lawrence you might like Astarion BG3

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"The flame of desire is gnawing at my soul And the breath of Hell hides in his fire Is it my fault that the wicked one created by God Is so much stronger than me?"

My Walton is an atheist by the time of the first Deus Ex, but he was raised Roman Catholic. You honestly couldn't tell.

(More stuff specific to my lore below)

He's thinking about the "weird feelings" he has for his Psychic half-clone Lawrence of course. Walton is a virtuous man who despised those who let vice control their lives - and yet.

Being raised in a strict religious setting, he always repressed himself. He's in the closet and deep down hates himself more than he hates Lawrence for "turning him to sin".

(He usually starts to think about his religious education when he's at his lowest)

Ironically, he's best buddies with Bob Page, who doesn't shy away from Christian theology and mythos. After all, the CEO's personal hero is Thomas Aquinas and even the MJ12 Clearance levels are named after the angelic hierarchy...

In the quotes right below the pic, the sentence of "the wicked one created by God" has a double meaning because it's unclear if he's referring to Bob (who does see himself as one/wants to become one) or the Christian God.

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TW: Discussion of SA/effects of SA within the context of my DX story

On the subject of Lawrence being delusional that what happened to him wasn't r*pe - he has been gaslighted about it and his brain ran with it as a (bad) coping mechanism. On his behalf, Walton encourages such thoughts and even tells Lawrence how much he "wanted it" by the reactions of his body (which are natural responses to stimuli and in no way imply consent).

*Most* of Lawrence's other "physical" interactions with his superior (that aren't kissing or cuddling) are "mechanical" in the sense he dissociates through them most of the time. There *are* times in which it's consensual but a good bunch of times he's coerced into them.

Even with JC, most of the romantic interactions they get doesn't feature them fully going through with it.

Fast forward to Invisible War, Lawrence did great progress in healing. I'd say he's on the ace spectrum and only feels physical attraction to people he's emotionally connected with.

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The way Lawrence’s fully delusional that this man didn’t do what he did to him needs to be studied. 

(Don’t worry, he’s getting his karma served at the end)

WIP posting time

>TFW you convince your superior to take an interesting photo together.

I mean look at the contrast between Lawrence's smiles 💀

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WIP posting time

>TFW you convince your superior to take an interesting photo together.

I mean look at the contrast between Lawrence's smiles 💀

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Walton meets his new assistant for the first time.

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[Washington, D.C, 28 September 2045 Majestic 12 Agent Graduation Ceremony]

Another of the many social events Walton disliked. As a retired army general, he had seen so many such events that they were enough to last him a lifetime. The only reason he was attending was because his “new assistant” (Page’s current pet project) was going to be there and Simons preferred to know in advance with who he was going to work with.

“Trust me, you’ll love him” - said Bob, without considering how strange it might have been for Walton to interact with a person made artificially from half of his very DNA - “Even if I still don’t understand why you refused to see him until now. That boy’s quite impressive and he absolutely adores you”

To be fair, Simons outright refused to look at any of Page’s experiments involving children, especially knowing how high the mortality rate was - apparently his half-clone was the only subject to make it to eighteen. The rest died either because of the experiments or by taking their own lives. The real reason why he had been so adamant on seeing absolutely nothing of the Agent until now was to keep his distance as much as he could; as he did with every single person in his life that wasn’t Bob.

“Well, I am glad you changed your mind! Maybe now you’ll finally assist to the tests, so you can become familiar with his powers” “So what can he do? Talk with the dead? Phase through walls?” - Walton sneered - “Mind control? Maybe he can possess people?”  “Joke about it as much as you want, Walt. You’ll see”

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Lawrence picdump from studies of photos of his faceclaim. Feat. the Walton shave he got like once and never again because people were getting annoying with the "you actually kinda look like your boss ngl".

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"I need you alive, Denton. Your NSF friends, on the other hand..."

Finally finished one of the illustrations for the story. Paul somehow managed to escape in the subway, but Lawrence isn't too far.

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(Finished his storyline as a romantic partner. All I gotta say is Astarion 🤝 Lawrence )

(Started playing Baldur’s Gate 3. Unfortunately I have become an Astarion simp)

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Thinking about if Lawrence was actually romanceable in DX he’d have a line if JC doesn’t even do the bare minimum. Like it would be Larry HIMSELF deciding not to pursue our Denton bb like

“It’s not you JC, it’s me - I have standards”

Like 💀

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Lot of people write Koller as being a floppy little dude way out of his depth, and I agree emotionally/stress-level & involved with organized crime-wise. But also I think half the reason he replaced his entire arms instead of just like elbow down or his hands is to be able to punch transphobes in the fucking mouth and make their teeth fall out. I think this man has been in bar fights before and knows how to handle himself around drunk idiots.

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(Started playing Baldur’s Gate 3. Unfortunately I have become an Astarion simp)

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Different smiles for different occasions

We do love a bit of an unhinged Larry doing his best to please his superior.

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Deus Ex picdump from my lore. These were all meant to be for an "artbook style" post but since I've been taking forever to finish them I just decided to post them all together now.

The only finished pieces are the "character info pages" and that one "photo" of Walton and Lawrence in the middle.

Top left: Lawrence's page, on the right a WIP that details his MJ12 power armor and shows several shots from all the sides.

Middle left: Walton's page, on the right the image that serves as Lawrence's graduation photo when he turned 18 and made it to the MJ12. They both have this pic on their office desks.

Bottom: A concept for Walton's house, which I imagine to be of Brutalist architecture.

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Regarding the last post, at least I found out *THE* Tom Hall is pro trans so that kinda cheered me up :D

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Finding out one of the main artists of the original Deus Ex has kinda (far?) right leaning views has been quite disappointing lol.