#handtern oc

[nightmun]

I know a lot of people like to picture the intern as a robot but I find the idea of them being a long arm that stretches from who knows where much funnier

[lolatulips]

Cranked this out for @pokeblog123 and @nightmun just in time for Christmas! Including of course Mal Pratchett and The Handtern respectively. Enjoy the Middlesea Hospital Christmas Party y'all!

Marie is there in spirits, so to speak.

[mystorl]

It’s fusion week in the RDL, so have some Dublar fusions!

Dublar + Mish (@m3llowm1sh’s internsona)

Dublar + Handtern/Haniel (@nightmun’s internsona)

Dublar + Jay Birde (@herosplatling-replica’s internsona)

[i-want-to-do-things]

Some intern doodles!

Dr. Cami by @pageofthemicocee

Intern Mish by @m3llowm1sh

And Handtern by @nightmun

[nightmun]

My friends and I were talking about how round the samurai is and one of them joked about using him for a bowling mini game with the tall characters as the pins so I ended up making this

[nightmun]

Finally finished the intern drawing wooo! I put this on RDL earlier but I almost forgot to post this here whoops 😅

Anyways, here’s the product of nearly 20 hours of drawing interns! I tried my best to capture the vibes of everyone as best I could so hopefully I did an alright job! Now on to the ungodly number of tags hhh

@pageofthemicocee @c-underscore-rry @i-want-to-do-things @catlauncher1000 @mystorl @odxball @m3llowm1sh @sweetaplle @mogamingcanthink @sts-puelle @sirwow @emo-hermit @blossomaaoc @fufupng @herosplatling-replica @mochiiniko @pokeblog123 @lolatulips

I’m sorry if I forgot anyone! There’s a lot and I pulled interns from both here and RDL so trying to figure out who is and isn’t on tumblr is hard 😓

[nightmun]

Some PossessionAU stuff featuring the Handtern and @pokeblog123’s and @lolatulips’s interns Mal and Marie in the first image!

Also credit to Pokeblog123 for the Handtern possession design, the idea of them only getting a body when said body is running rampent trying to maul people is hilarious

[nightmun]

Everyone’s been sharing their versions of the intern so I wanted to share mine! This one’s a little more out there than the others but they’re still doing their best to help around Middlesea Hospital (I just think it’s funny to picture the intern as a big noodle arm so I’ve gone all in on that headcanon). The design they’ve got is based on the sleeve paint in my main file, the only difference being that they’re left handed cause I’m left handed irl so why not. Hope you enjoy this slightly more cursed take on the intern though!

(Also tysm to @emo-hermit for the template!)

[nightmun]

I am going to draw a much bigger thing with a whole bunch of interns at some point but I wanted to wait a week or so before working on it to give people time to send me their interns so in the meantime here’s a bunch of sketchy ideas that I had of interactions between my intern Handtern (and their human form Haniel) and some of your guy’s lads!

In order the interns here are Marie ( @lolatulips ), Mal ( @pokeblog123 ), Mo ( @mogamingcanthink ), Ami ( @i-want-to-do-things ), Mish ( @m3llowm1sh ), Wally ( @sirwow ), Jay ( @herosplatling-replica ), and River ( @emo-hermit )

Hopefully y’all enjoy these little sketches though!

[nightmun]

Here's a whole bunch of finished pieces I had done over the past while! A lot of these are a bit older but I still like how most of them turned out! Also little cameo from @pokeblog123's Mal!

Bonus below the cut, spoiler for gif with glitchy effects

[nightmun]

directed at haniel: how did they transform from a hand into a human after their whole connectifia moment? (i'm thinking it was quite painful)

The change wasn’t painful, it felt more like blacking out from lightheadedness. Just a dull numbness followed by nothing before waking as something new. They’re not entirely sure what happened or why, but either the virus made them human or it triggered something else that did. It was disorienting at first, especially being able to see what used to be the entire you held out in front of your eyes. But it never hurt. It was just…strange.

First ask let’s go! Well technically not the first one I got but the first one I answered cause I really wanted to draw this. Hope you enjoy this one though!

[nightmun]

A bunch of fun little drawings of Haniel I did a while back!

The other two interns in the first image belong to @lolatulips and @pokeblog123!

[nightmun]

It’s fusion week on RDL so I’ve been making things to join in on the fun! The first two are a fusion I designed between Haniel and Marie ( @lolatulips’s intern) named Brie and a fusion between Haniel and Mal named Digit (design and lineart by @pokeblog123, I just did the colors/Dw I got permission to post it 😅). Then we’ve got a couple drawings of those two, and lastly a couple drawings of fusion between Haniel and Dublar (designed by @mystorl) and Haniel and Carrie (designed by @c-underscore-rry)!

[nightmun]

I wanted to talk a bit more about my intern OC Handtern since I haven't really gone into them much since I made them a proper character, so I decided to make this post about them! It's pretty long and kinda consists of two separate parts due to this character technically having two designs (I was gonna do two posts instead of the one initially but decided against it since it is the same character and it would be better to have it all in once place) so if you want to read more it will be under the cut!

Handtern is a bit of a more out there take on the intern, going all in on the long arm idea. They pretty much just are a stretchy arm snake that originates from somewhere in the hospital (no one is really sure from where though). They don't really have a proper name so everyone just started calling them Handtern after a while. No one, including themselves, are quite sure where they came from or when they initially showed up, but ever since the implementation of the rhythm treatment program they have been working as an intern at Middlesea Hospital. They aren't able to do too much in terms of helping the patients directly due to the limitations of being literally just an arm, but they have an impeccable sense of rhythm and excel at pressing a button (I mean what better job for the literal doctor finger?).

Personality wise, Handtern is a super kind and friendly individual. They are really sweet at heart, but unfortunately that doesn't really translate too well when you're an ominous arm with no real good way of emoting. Because of this, as much as they want to befriend the patients, they tend to keep their distance form several of them, knowing that they make most people pretty uncomfortable.

The only people they interact with more regularly outside of working are the three kids and Cole and Nicole. Hailey, Logan and Lucia are the only people who go out of their way to include Handtern in anything. Maybe it's because they're younger, but they seem unbothered by Handtern's otherworldly appearance and will invite them to join in several activities, which Handtern much appreciates. Cole and Nicole are pretty laid back and tend to be less bothered by Handtern as well, so they will hang around the two of them on occasion. They have even gotten a few piano lessons from Cole after a rather abysmal performance on the cafe's piano, though Handtern doesn't typically hang around them too often since Cole and Nicole tend to have their own thing going on.

Everyone else in the hospital is either mildly uncomfortable with them to varying degrees but are too nice to say anything, or in the case of Richard specifically, openly rude and constantly expresses the strangeness of the intern being an ominous arm snake (as well as questioning their effectiveness at their job because of it). Handtern has learned to tolerate it, though, since they can't really blame people for being uneasy around them. Still, it can get to them sometimes, especially since they do really want to connect with people in a way they can't really accomplish as they are.

As is probably obvious, there are a lot of challenges that come with being literally just an arm, and by far the biggest one for Handtern is communication. Without a mouth, they can't just talk to people. Despite being a hand, they're not too well versed in sign language, and most of the patients don't really know it either anyways. Writing is an option, but their handwriting is absolutely terrible (try writing when your arm is a noodle) so it can be really hard to read. They can twist their form to spell letters, but that takes a lot of effort and can be really tiring, especially if they have a lot to say. So typically they rely on shaking their hand "yes" or "no" to respond to simple questions, or elaborate noodle arm charades if they want to get a more complicated point across. Another solution that they started using lately is the use of a button board, similar to the ones people will give to their dogs. While it isn't a perfect solution, it does allow them to communicate more than just "yes" and "no" without having to make people guess what they're saying.

So that's pretty much the basics of Handtern, so now on to the other version of them that exists:

I originally wasn't gonna do more with Handtern than just having them as the long noodle arm, but after one of my friends asking what they'd look like as a human and a desire to have an intern that can emote a bit more than not at all I decided to give them person privileges. Idk if Haniel will be actually canon to their story or if they'll just remain a "what if?" type version of the character but regardless I wanna talk about them cause I have a LOT of art of them already that I want to post with actual context as to who the hell they are first.

So this is Haniel, the human form of Handtern. After a pretty bad encounter with Connectifia Abortus, something happened (still don't have this too fleshed out yet so if I figure it out at some point I'll edit this later) that led the virus to turn Handtern into a human (can the virus do this? Who cares it can make a dude's head fall off without killing him and causally delete an eighth of a person's heart so imma put that as the reason). After the change, they picked up the name Haniel in place of Handtern since the latter didn't really fit anymore.

Being turned human obviously comes with a bit of adjusting. Things that seem pretty simple like walking or drinking water are a pretty big challenge to them and take a while to get used to. Sleep is also something they're really not used to, and they end up being tired a lot because they keep forgetting that's something they need to do now. That and the stress of trying to keep up with the pace they were able to accomplish before despite their newer limitations leads to a lot of stress early on, and their first week of being a person in particular is pretty rough.

It's not all bad though. Now that Haniel can talk, they have a world of things to say. They have a tendency to drone on a lot, reveling in the fact they can finally say the things on their mind instead of fighting a war to get even the most simple points across. Food is also something they really enjoy, since without a mouth before all they could really do is smash their hand into stuff. They're particularly a fan of sweet things, though anything with even a sub par flavor is heaven to them. They also really enjoy just being something that doesn't creep people out. Now that they are a person, they can interact with others in a way they never could before, especially since most people aren't uncomfortable or outright scared of their presence anymore. They do still have a bit of self consciousness about socializing though, partially because they have so little knowledge of human social cues and behaviors (mainly cause they were a hand before but also because they haven't observed too many human social interactions outside of people being treated) and partially because they still have that feeling that everyone dislikes or is afraid of them from their time being the hand. Even with both the positives and negatives, though, they're still determined as ever to help people as best they can and they will always do it with a smile on their face.

So I hope those of you who did take the time to read this enjoyed learning a little more about my silly little goober of a character. They're a bit more odd than your typical intern but they still do their best to fit in with the hospital, and with how weird that place is anyways it really isn't too hard. You'll definitely see more art of them in the future though, both as the hand and as the person. Hope you all will enjoy seeing those and thanks for reading!

Also real quick at the end here's a little ref of the two designs so you can properly see them,,

[nightmun]

Super last second Christmas drawing with the Handtern, featuring @pokeblog123 and @lolatulips interns Mal and Marie! I wanted to draw more holiday RD stuff but unfortunately I’ve been super busy with gift art for people 😅. Hope y’all have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays though!

[nightmun]

So I’m pretty late to this but earlier this month (Jan 4) was the year anniversary of when I first made the human design for Haniel! This character (specifically this version of them) means a lot to me though so I wanted to do a little birthday comic for them, and since the day they turned human is what they consider their birthday in canon I wanted to celebrate it!