SO one of Sniper's character descriptions (either the one on the website or the wiki) claims that he spent his time before the gravel wars as "a tracker of dangerous game". On top of that, we know that comic 4 confirms he's about thirty in 1973, and so would have been hired at about 19/20 in 1962.
This almost seems to imply Sniper’s first actual assassination job was the gravel wars, and before that he only hunted animals. Thinking about it, that actually kind of explains stuff about his character!
In Meet the Sniper, Sniper is DETERMINEDLY professional, and won't shut up about how actually it's a Great Job and he has Ethics and a Moral Code and STANDARDS! Meanwhile in the game he's a lunatic who yells slurs at the enemy team and pisses in jars.
If we look at this erratic behaviour, one's first thought is "man they really went and retconned him for his trailer lol". If we look at it again, with the assumption that he only just started killing people like a month ago (the meet the team vids are Very Early on the timeline), it's giving
"gamer boy who has to say erm achtually gaming doesnt cause violence it improves motor skills and creativity every three seconds and then in the next breath wishes death upon whoever suggested gaming could possibly have negative effects on people"
Imagine. You are young and just got this pretty cool albeit questionable job sniping and this fuckass director and your dad have the gall to SUGGEST sniping is not in fact a good job mate?? LAY ON THE FUCKING CHARM! Tell them all the wonderful things about killing people for money, and erm achtually everything they say (youre not a crazed gunman and you dont have feelings!! Jeez).
And once they've buggered off go back to your regularly scheduled piss throwing. Who cares. It gets the job done. Get rekt.
CONCLUSION, he's sillay. And he's way more jaded in the lore comics because he's older and wiser and his parents are dead :( And he now has the maturity to genuinely stick to his moral code (as seen when he kills the classic sniper immediately and only berates him afterwards for not being professional - polite, efficient, plan to kill yadda yadda).
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Rereading some Hiiro stories in preparation for VS Audience and I've never really noticed this before but I actually really adore how Yuumasu writes him? It feels super respectful characterization-wise by showing how his upbringing and intelligence aren't mutually exclusive, and the Hiiai relationship is very much a two-way street whenever I see them together in their stories, which is what I wish more writers would focus on!
Anyways all this to say please read Keito Lecture, Keito Lecture my beloved.
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Heyyy~
I'M ON ART FIGHT!!!!
Here's my art fight card. I'm on team seafoam!!! (the better team >:]] /j)
Maybe you'd wanna follow me and draw one of my characters perchance
And with that~
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I have done nothing but listen to the hazbin hotel soundtrack on repeat ever since it got realeased
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who’s ready for a third redraw of this this may
LEFT IS FROM 2020 RIGHT IS FROM 2022
🫶🫶 will do them way better justice this year trust
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