#harlem shade

[a-cat-in-toffee]

do you guys ever think abt harlem shade

[faer1efire]

THE PRIME FORCE RETURNS !!! my contribution to the PD thumbnail project on twitter !!!!

[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!

[phoebastria-albatrus]

whoops

[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

[xoo-xd]

how has nobody in the entire history of the pd fandom thought about tide and harlem as a ship. fuck it: tidalshade

[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

[c-r-ash-crash]

Writing fic for Just Roll With It is insane because on one hand I can write about the crushing isolaiton and loniless that comes from being a hero and pushing everyone around you away in a desperate attempt to protect them.

And on the other hand I can do things like Le Frog is Harlem Shade's sugar daddy.

These ideas are in the same fic btw

[a-cat-in-toffee]

wouldn't it be fucked up if you watched one of your closest and only friends self destruct in real time and couldn't do anything about it

[elliotthinkssometimes]

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

[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.

[phoebastria-albatrus]

teehee