#if barry does nothing and keeps living in this broken timeline loop he's in then craig will never escape and have the chance to help barry | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

steakout-05 · 1 month ago

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been drawing a sorta reference thingy for Salesman Barry in the timeloop au i've been rotating around in my brain for a while recently :] it isn't as much a character design reference as it is more of a reference for how Barry's mental state begins to deteriorate as he starts having intense deja vu and nightmares every time his timeline gets reset upon death and he tries to piece together what is going on out of pure desperation and instincts (he is being experimented on and doesn't know it yet). i want to throw him at a wall (affectionate)

it is still a WIP as i haven't drawn all the details yet and i want to change the colours as they look too dull on my pc,,, also here is the original sketch :D

#barry steakfries #jetpack joyride #salesman!barry steakfries #i have been thinking of more ideas for the timeloop au..... still haven't come up with a proper name for it yet though loolll #i like putting barry in horrible traumatising situations it's fun seeing his character traits get pushed to their limits #first i'm putting him through a brutal survivalist zombie landscape that makes barry question if he'll even make it out alive this time #and then i'm shoving him into a horrible reality where his life and timeline are fake and his whole reality literally starts to shatter #its ok he gets better!!!#not so much craig though :( craig gets it rough #he basically goes through a horrific accident involving experimental technology that damns him to an existence that is permanently-#-attached to the timeline itself where he will die if the timeline gets wiped or he tries to enter another one #craig's existence is basically a living purgatory where he can never age or die but he is no longer alive as his former self anymore #he's like a half-ghost and he ends up doomed no matter what action barry would take at the end of the story #if barry erases the timeline craig dies. if craig tries to come with barry to the new timeline he dies.#if barry does nothing and keeps living in this broken timeline loop he's in then craig will never escape and have the chance to help barry #oh yeah i forgot to mention craig is trapped in a basement. and also that this post is about barry. woops #barry has to basically become a detective in this story and string together what the fuck is happening based on pure instincts alone #he's like a conspiracy theorist with his board covered in photos connected by red strings #it's really cool i think..... i should make a whole separate post about this #i love drawing my little man :)#he's so traumatised he needs a big hug and a best friend and tons of therapy and plenty of ice cream #i'm just thinkin of the effects of barry's trauma after he goes through the events of timeloop and enters the new dimension #dude's probably gonna have tones of nightmares and trust issues and dissociative episodes #he's probably going to develop a compulsion where he continuously checks the date and time because he's terrified of it resetting again #he needs a hug seriously #alternate universe #my au

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