#Hater and Peepers

[sunandmoonseisai]

There's a lot to praise about wander over yonder. The animation awe-inspiring. The characters design are unique and expressive. Every couple of characters have a unique relationship and bounce off each other really well. But wander and Sylvia always stuck out to me. Simply because they openly, and unquestionably love each other. I'm used to cartoon characters being jerk to each other for comedy and then have a somewhat forced heartwarming scene to prove that they do love each other deep down. But with wander and Sylvia it's different. The heartwarming moment and unconditional friendship is the core and default of their relationship. They're not perfect by any means. Wander's can get lost in his own head and pass his desires over Sylvia's feelings for instance. (see "the tourist" and "the void") but he always learn his lesson by the end. And Sylvia sometimes have enough wander's hyperactivity. But she always proves to herself that she does love wander for everything he is, even the part of him that drive her crazy.

Interestingly, the "characters being jerks for comedy" trope apply very well to hater and peepers. Their "default" is very antagonistic and mean-spirited. But here's the thing. Hater and peepers aren't supposed to be friends, at least at first. Everytime hater show that he value his second in command indicate that their relationship has progressed past the statu quo. And just like wander and Sylvia's flaws are highlighted when it get explored, their "toxic" default only makes the progress of their relationship stand out.

I love wander and Sylvia's friendship for how uncomplicated it is. You can tell they spend most of their time chilling together, and they don't have to say anything because just being in each other's presence is enough. They might not be the funniest or most interesting relationship in the show, but for me, just seeing them enjoying each other's company is comforting.

That's the end of this disjointed rambling. Just wanted to get some feelings out.

[thepawsthatdraws]

Lord Hater and Commander Peepers, respectively. The two baddest boys.

[coolcheese51]

wander over yonder. yeah. and who are those guys btw

[moonziies]

Wander Over Yonder Color Palette Challenge

Which one is your fave? Mine has to be Art School 😋

I been collecting color palettes that reminded me of WOY from the acc @color-palettes for a couple of months by now. I didn't feel like doing any of my ideas on my notes app, so I decided to do this 😋 Plus, it was good Wander practice!!! Can you tell which episode inspired some drawings?

ALSO "Death is Cold" is supposed to be Deathglare angst (rejected / onesided crush) 😫

[narfin-frood]

i've been itching to share my swap au since i thought it up, but i think i now finally have an actual baseline to introduce it with!!

the idea isn't that it's a personality swap, but a role swap, with wander and sylvia as antagonists and hater and peepers as the protags, and i have a whole lot to say about it so im gonna go ahead and infodump below the cut

so i've renamed these two, at least, since hater's story has become less about getting over himself and more about how he sees the world Now That He's Gotten Over Himself. i'm calling him The Great (and absent) Lord Lackadaisical right now, but i don't think that's what he'd like to be called, since he's an absent ruler who doesn't really care to be in a position of so much power and would rather fuck off to all the planets with really nice hot tubs. he and Sir Peepers (his loyal knight who cannot be convinced to leave his side) travel the galaxy with hater's sweet ride (i'm not too good at designing motorcycles yet. pending).

i haven't thought of new names/titles for wander and sylvia just yet (i cannot just call him Sitter Over Therer) but i do know what their deal is, and it's the main reason i made this au (i feel like if wander were a villain he would not in fact be a villain like lord hater or dominator because i think that kinda disregards wander's whole Shit, he'd be like screwball, and even then he'd have very strong convictions that he's doing the right thing): wander has a cult (a hivemind, kinda) and sylvia is his priest.

i think wander comes along this mushroom during a time in his life when everything seems to have been torn asunder, and instead of continuing his adventures and learning and growing as a person, the mushroom offers a solution that doesn't require much effort on his behalf. the mushroom links people together borg-style, makes them share a brain and a purpose. wander not only thinks it's super neat, but he's in such a poor state of mind when he finds it, he convinces himself it's the only way to make the galaxy a better place.

sylvia is the only person in his Ring of Friends who isn't hooked up to the mushroom, because she's actually wander's friend, and she's his ride or die. she does the things she does out of free will and dedication to her best friend, including preaching and fisticuffs.

^^^ here's some more of my initial concept art. originally the mushroom was gonna be a tree, but i had a vision of an upside down mushroom (or several, to take the place of watchdogs) scuttling around and by god is it easy to make that look like his hat.

the thing that really really pushes wander over the edge is the sheer boredom of it all. when he's connected to the mushroom, he's very little more than the brain they all share. he can't move around, and that KILLS him (see: the hole lotta nuthin). so when hater (name pending) comes along and refuses to join him and annoys him enough, he gets suuuuper stoked about having something to really DO for once.

anyway. this is what i've got for now. do you like it. you can be honest if you dont like it

[veryartsyfish]

Happy Pride month!!!! New hyperfixation drop too

[om0000]

errrerermmmm redraws

this ones my fav probably

[unaloid]

happy anniversary!!!

[feintenstein]

It's not improbable! I can be the variable I want to see in the world!

[wanderloveshater]

i dub thee beepers

🔺⚠️🔺

[nomadic-star]

rip..

[wtf-drawing]

no caption needed

[thepawsthatdraws]

ThePaws keeps invading my school notebooks, as you can see in the corner.

Captain Tim, Lord Hater, and Commander Peepers, respectively.

[coolcheese51]

i think thats how it goes

[moonziies]

That BeReal Picture 📸

I know this has been done already,,,,but what's one more to the pile? 🤭 The more the merrier <3 I had so much fun, I feel I haven't sat down and render-ish a drawing in a while. It was therapeutic 😍

ALSO GUYS??? I DID IT!! I DREW WANDER AND HE CAME OUT FINE???? Rare Moonziies W

P.s. Wander kills it with the guitar <3

[wanderingweirdox3]

This is literally them istg 😭😭