#harlem shade

[phoebastria-albatrus]

whoops

[bizlybebo]

i hate grizzly so fucking much that fucking white boy is like “hey let me make yet another skinny twink character with washboard abs” and i fall for it every time because behind the repetitive design choices he is so good at making these really elaborate characters who present this overt sort of lie about themselves that builds them up usually into a respectable person or a larger than life figure but they play so far into this lie to the point where it becomes woven into their identity and they not only have no clue who they are outside of it, but they also don’t know if they can be loved outside of it. and eventually their luck runs thin and they have to admit it and yet every single time despite the fact that they crumble and shatter before the other party members and display the most vulnerable, ugly, broken parts of themselves they are always loved regardless. they have to face that it was not the lie that those people loved, and even if it was, it’s okay to start anew. it’s okay to meet for the first time again. because those actions they took, often selfless, protective, and/or heroic actions, were still their actions. and they can’t shoulder the immeasurable weight of a false identity forever, and they are not a monster for being themself. they can be weak and they can be vulnerable sometimes and they can even do bad things and make mistakes but that doesn’t make them a monster. and no matter what, even if they sometimes try to avoid it, they are always stricken with this inexplicably strong love for the other party members that is so strong that sometimes it may even be a detriment to them. they may sacrifice themselves or overexert whatever power they have to save the others. grizzly pcs know how to love and how to lie and in the end they always have to admit their lie and learn how to turn that love back around towards themselves and accept themselves and it fucks me up every. single. time.

[lostgoosebe]

Some sketch requests I took on Twitter!

[dakotac0le]

bizly I need u to bring back pd so Harlem can come home and be annoyed at Dakota again

[a-cat-in-toffee]

i miss them chat

[the0retically]

Harlem was 19 when he got his powers and yet he let PD go into action, they were younger than him, did he even notice? Did he think that’s just the way it has to be?

[zoppzoop]

Harlem shade with the wolf palette?

day 12 of drawing jrwi characters daily till riptide is back

THIS FRICKING GUY RAHHHHHHHHH (<- has just seen him in the Age of Heroes oneshot thingy and yeah <3333 him <33333)

send me a palette and jrwi character to draw!!

ko-fi || commissions

[jrwi-would-they-get-along]

harlem shade + arthur bennett..... for. whichever poll of your choosing.

[feigningroyalty]

JRWI Prime Defenders s1 e17: A New Look

16:20

[elliotthinkssometimes]

Grizzly being forced to have a conversation with himself as Dakota and Harlem shouldn’t be so fucking funny to me

[c-r-ash-crash]

Jrwi and the fear entities (tma)?

Oh my goodness yes I have so many thoughts on this

Ok so, first of all, Niklaus would 100% be the web. He has the stage presence of The Spiral, but he's definitely tricky enough to be the web.

Jay would be either Slaughter or Hunt, I can't quite decide which, but either one fits her.

Gillion would be either Slaughter or Vast depending on which aesthetic you wanted to play into. But early Gillion is defiantly Slaughter.

Chip would be an avatar of Desolation, but marked by the lonely.

For PD, William is either Beholding or End, but frankly I'm leaning towards Beholding for him. Mal, however, is End. There's definitely arguments to made for him being Web, but I'd argue that the way he runs the Spirit World makes him End.

Dakota is Hunt.

Vyncent is Lonely, since he's cut off from access to his home world and frankly that's the most Lonely thing ever.

Ashe is Desolation, although I could see arguments for everything with the Trickster making him Stranger. Mark, meanwhile is an Avatar of The Desolation, but he's being stalked by The Lonely

Tide for some reason has End vibes to me as well, though I can't put my finger on why.

At first, I was going to argue that David was Spiral, given how manipulative he is and the layout of the bottom floor of BellTech, which screams Spiral to me. But after thinking about it for a bit, I'd actually say he's corruption, given the whole surgery/sterilization theme with him.

Harlem Shade meanwhile is The Dark for obvious reasons, and frankly the entirety of The Suckening is just The Flesh.

What do you guys think?

[phoebastria-albatrus]

teehee

[moiztnoodlez]

First time drawing him

[poorly-done-jrwi-inspired-makeup]

Day 30: Harlem Shade (PD)

 "Hello, this is Harlem Shade. If this is a hero-related inquiry please contact the WATCH HQ. If this is Dakota Cole, I am dead. please leave a message."

Oh this disco king of darkness, how I wish we got to see more of you. I did a pretty basic look inspired by his hair and suit of darkness/general attitude lol.

[bizlybebo]

god dude do you ever think about how young harlem was at the time of the resurgence. like come on he was like a high school senior, right? 18-19 at the most. thrown into a new world and being one of the people looked up to as it shifted. he’s only like, mid twenties around the time of the prime defenders. still a young adult but the only two people who understood what he went through are gone or inaccessible. he is the only fully remaining pillar of the prime force and he’s bearing it alone. auughh

[a-cat-in-toffee]

heart emoji they suck so much