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Happy (slightly) Belated Birthday to my good friend and incredible muse ConquerorWurm! (Sort of a sequel to her wonderful birthday gift to me, quoted above.) All silliness aside, you’ve inspired me so much and have been such a positive force in my life these past few months. You made me rediscover the joy of feeling pride in my work, reawakened my drive to want to improve, given me such a rare and wonderful artistic opportunity to make visible a story I enjoy. Your support and encouragement has meant so much, drawing pictures for you has been so fulfilling. I have so much love and gratitude for you and the best way I can express those things is through trying to make you smile with my drawings. Thank you.
You’d better watch your words, you’re going to get me all choked up over here…
I know I’ve said it before, but I’m so glad I started writing The Punishment because it led me to meet you. You’ve been such an amazing and supportive friend, and it’s been an indescribable experience watching you bring my words to life. You deserve to feel pride in your work, and knowing that I’ve helped you in any capacity is a greater gift than any drawing ever could be.
That being said, oh my god, this. This is completely ridiculously precious. And hilarious. I’ve been trying to write words about it for half an hour now but I just keep ending up sitting and staring at the pictures instead of making words so here goes, I’m just gonna do it (no “read more” is available to me, so everyone else can just deal!):
In the first, Chell is so lovely and dainty even as she is acting totally unladylike with her hands there, and I just love Wheatley’s smile. The way you draw his expressions is always so genuine and open, it makes me feel silly fuzzy things inside.
Speaking of feeling silly fuzzy things, I’m kind of overwhelmed by them every time I look at the second picture. Which I have many, many times already. He just looks so playful and happy as Chell enacts her own slightly less innocent version of this move.
I don’t know how you do it, and I know I’ve said all this before too, but they just look so solid when you draw them. Especially his torso which is the second most endearing thing about this picture after his face. Their characteristic size differences (oh gosh, his hand holding her arm) being the third. And Chell’s concentration tongue… I wonder if she does that for her extended periods of contemplation too?
askjfdskf Chell in the third panel, you don’t need a voice, your eyes say it all. Get it, girl.
Aaand I nearly choked with laughter when I first saw poor middle distance-gazing GLaDOS at the end. IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE IT MAYBE YOU SHOULD LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE, LADY. Her expression and clenching fists of disgust crack me up.
Thank you thank you thank you for this amazing bit of adorable hilarity. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go back to staring at them.