Tradition vs Modernity vs Comradery
+ context & lore:
In the first drawing, Fernando is wearing a capote de paseo, which is what bullfighters wear before the match begins, as seen below:
In the second, Seb is shouting the very familiar "Olé" which is shouted by the crowd to praise the matador. He's a little brat, so of course he's yelling it for himself, but he did get many 💐
The third(which was a random sketch I had that I didn't think I'd finish tonight, so ignore if its messy) has very important context to me. Before going to the final act and killing the bull, matadors dedicate their montera(hat)(and symbolically: their kill) to a a specific person in the audience(or just the public as a whole.) Seb and Fernando are finally in the same color! Seb is bowing!!! And Fernando is honoring Seb!!!! Also ignore that I drew Seb's post-retirement hair. Though, maybe this drawing is supposed to represent Fernando making a dedication to his now-gone rival 😔(Seb: stop telling people im dead!)
Now, some more lore :D
So I talked about this in my last matador post but I'll expand more. I think it's very funny to characterize Fernando in this au as this fun-hating traditionalist. Because you have to understand; he's only this way when it comes to Seb. Because you absolutely KNOW he was doing silly, unserious shit back when he was younger. But absolutely god forbid Seb do anything silly.
It's very ironic because there literally is a part in the third act of a bull fight where it's basically encouraged to be a bit silly. This is a tad morbid, but basically right before they deliver the killing blow, some show their mastery over the bull by doing some superfluous action(ex. kissing the bull, kneeling in front of the bull.) There's some guy who literally would lean on the bull and mime taking a call. But anyways, Seb would def do this. I've not been able to draw it exactly how I want, but he would bend down and do his little bull horn symbol and mime charging at the bull. (Fernando, trying to make up reasons to hate Seb: oh my god, look at this blatant disrespect, look how he is disrespecting the bull, I cannot believe how rude this boy is!)
Also there's something to be said about how the matador shows mastery over the bull by kissing it or bowing to it...and Seb is technically the bull in this au and Fernando is the matador. There's just this unfortunate level of weird power inbalance that still lingers even though their rivalry is over and can't be affected anymore. There was no succinct answer about who truly was better because Seb was forced out of it. So there's always gonna be this level of "is he just pitying me? Is he just mocking me? Is he just patronizing me?" on Seb's part whenever Fernando praises him or makes dedications to him. And Fernando's always going to be haunted by the fact that there's no answer to who is truly better because he'll never know if Seb had reached his full potential or not. Anyways, they also have nasty sex while wearing their costumes and do weird bull/matador roleplay :)
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2020 -> 2024
Got frustrated/demotivated while drawing tonight. Closed my paint program and ended up morosely browsing through my old art folders. Realized I am improving even if it doesn't feel like it. I just gotta keep drawing and learning.
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I absolutely agree with the prev anon, your art warms my heart! I actually started following you a couple years ago and im so very delighted to see you post and make pnf art again! Your work just fills me with joy and is rebuilding my motivation to draw pnf doof n perry antics again! Thank you so much for your wonderful work!!
this is all i want to hear, to encourage this cute character dynamic and spread appreciation... <3 i could go off gushing abt why d&p are so fun and uniquely appealing. thanks for the message anon! honestly i did not think i would feel inspired to draw more pnf, but then CSG started posting those song leaks and it made me listen to the pnf songs again, which made me crumble and rewatch my fav pnf eps/specials, and then...aarghg. you never know when the disney afternoon show will bite you!!
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hello helloooo! can i see what goin on behind curtain(untitled) number 3? :)
this is an old palette work 4 someone who asked 4 g5!!!
I feel like this ask is still rotting in my inbox somewhere, so imma try and finish it after i finish the other one bc I think past me was cooking w/ this
the idea was that it was going to be luffy/nika in panel laying on a bed of coral? colorful plants? idk and blowing through a little bubble wand. but the twist is that he’s actually giving life to a sentient star as a present to a lone star person :] he’s just doing it in a goofy way
this is the last palette wip I have, so applause 4 unlocking this b4 I head out 👏👏
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