#monkey wrench! spoilers

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New Angry Skeleton Man just dropped

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NEW FREAK ALERT

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my cleanup animation reel for Monkey Wrench Episode 4! im most proud of the last shot, it took the longest to work on out of all of them :'3

(my job was basically doing the line-work and color over the rough sketches (rough animation) done by someone else)

BG Music: Windmill Isle (Night) - Sonic Unleashed

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Go watch monkey wrench 3 nowwwww!!!

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SPOILERS FOR MW EPISODE 4

OHMYGOD LITERALLY MY FAVORITE EPISODE ITS SO GOOD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Oda is a good writer with good ideas. But sometimes he's a good writer with bad ideas, and I hate/love it because he'll introduce a concept like "sanji is a secret crime prince" which I think is objectively Lame As Hell but then he'll explore sanji's abusive childhood and feelings of worthlessness and have sanji list all the reasons he thinks he's terrible and unimportant and undeserving of love which luffy genuinely can't comprehend because sanji that's what makes you you and i love you and you're wonderful and i'm just sitting there tears in my eyes like

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Crazy work to have the most sexually charged Jayvik scene be Viktor violently manhandling Jayce via the puppety robotified corpse of this guy:

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I love jawbone um. YIPPIEEE!!!!!!!!!

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KARA'S FURIOUS!!!

From Ep 4

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Monkey Wrench Episode 4 Fanart: Caught in Their Game (December 2024)

I absolutely LOVED the new Monkey Wrench episode! :D

HOLY COW, @zeurelart, @neatotito and the rest of the @monkey-wrench-series team did a phenomenal job this time around (please give them some love bc they absolutely deserve it)!

So it only made sense for me to finish this drawing (the idea for which had been mulling in my mind through the months MW episode 4 was being teased), which I enjoyed creating.

(Yes, I was partially inspired by Neoni's song 'Jump Rope' bc both share the theme of games (literally and symbolically). If you have already watched MW Episode 4, feel free to give it a listen - I'm curious to hear your thoughts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhDON376rd4)

Below are the close-ups, as well as me rambling about the reasoning behind the symbolism here:

(SPOILER WARNING FOR MW EPISODE 4 FROM THIS POINT ON!)

Since I realised MW Episode 4 centred around the theme of games (literal and metaphorical), I couldn't not include references to games to associate with the following characters.

Shrike, Beebs, Agent K, and Kara = Arcade games

Campion Ajax = Chess

Tyneen = Video/computer games

Jawbone = Darts

Disco Head = Casino card games

Disco Head is the most self-explanatory (because ✨casino✨ - those cards were SO fun to render btw):

Episode 4 confirms that DH took over the Thicc Chicc Casino after Kara assassinated the previous owner, Chester McNevins, in Episode 1. It also implies DH worked with Agent K and Kara to take over the casino by "taking care" of Chester (that's just my theory ofc).

In Episode 4, Shrike is tempted by the pixel DH gave him. In a moment of cockiness, Shrike believes that he can succeed in his gambling spree from luck alone (DH even said "Today's your lucky day!" after giving him that pixel) - to which he was completely unsuccessful.

While not explicitly referenced in this drawing, a popular casino card game is Blackjack. A common misconception regarding Blackjack is that winning the game is purely determined by the luck of the players (i.e. Shrike being overconfident about his luck). In truth, there is a lot of skill and strategy required in order to be successful at the game (i.e. DH's charming persona and ability to play into Shrike's weaknesses to make him gamble all of his and Beeb's money).

Additionally, Blackjack is a game where players compete against the dealer, not each other. In my opinion, this idea makes sense (in a roundabout way, at least) for DH, given his dealings with three of the five antagonists in this episode: Agent K, Kara and Jawbone. All three have different motives to DH's, yet they work together and are connected through him.

2. Speaking of Jawbone, I wanted to reference two kinds of darts:

The game darts (which he plays in the scene at the bar)

Poison darts (which in my mind made sense given his hatred of Shrike, as seen in the green "cataclysm-poisoned saliva" and the sticker on the dart)

3. Initially, I wanted to reference a joke about "gamer rage" with Tyneen and her competitiveness.

But when watching the episode, I did not expect video games to actually be mentioned in relation to her (with Jawbone owing her a copy of the video game 'Marrow Inheritance').

4. Ah, yes: Campion Ajax (I always disliked him from the moment he was teased and, by the end of this episode, I wanted to replace all his steaks with rocks and send him on a one-way trip to the Marina Trench for trying to hurt Beebs >:[ ).

The reason why I gave Ajax a blue chess pawn was because that's how I felt he saw Beebs:

A feeble, inferior* pawn to potentially use to fulfil his selfish goals.

(*Ajax even called Beebs "inferior" when talking about his prosthetics, which... I felt so bad for poor Beebs having to endure the torment of this guy, and I'm SO glad he stood his ground and saw through his manipulation.)

5. For some reason, the idea of an arcade game fascinated me (our protagonists feeling trapped in both their insecurities and in a much bigger game, perhaps?), especially as a way to connect the antagonists to our protagonists' stories through colours (in the cabinet designs and the arcade buttons):

Yellow = Disco Head

Green = Jawbone

Red = Tyneen

Purple = Ajax

Dark blue = Kara

Black and white = Agent K

Another colour motif I included, which you can also see in the lighting and the background, is the pairing of turquoise blue (cyan) and magenta pink - which you can see in the lighting of the final battle scene.

Yes, I did intend to give Shrike and Beebs backgrounds that are different to their usual colour motifs.

Shrike (usually associated with red) = turquoise/blue

Beebs (usually associated with blue) = magenta/purple

(I'm sure you can guess why I also drew the glass screen cracked between Shrike and Beebs... given the ending.)

On top of that, you could argue that the antagonists in Episode 4 would be great as "arcade/video game bosses" who can have their own "boss fights" or merge into one big "final boss fight" (with different stages).

Also I think Agent K is cool (and would definitely make an awesome "final boss" alongside Kara) with his design and his vibes, enough said. :]

Bonus Agent K appreciation in the form of screencaps bc I can:

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Beebs the (self) exiled?

From what we saw in monkey wrench episode 4 Walrinians appear to be some sort of warrior species akin to Klingons. Big boys with unlimited strength, and very little in the way of patience.

The way some people react/talk about them (ricket, mek weevil guy) makes it seem that they're not a species to be mess with.

Even the way Ajax speaks about the house of Baraak and Beebs parents gives me the feeling that it was a powerful family until either Beebs was born or that he did something to soil the family name.

We also see Him using his larger status by buying beebs repairs and dinner to lord over him, trapping him in societal convention trap where he has to play by his rules.

So my theory goes two ways.

A. Beebs was born disabled ( his robot prosthetics, lack of tusks) in which once he was old enough he ran away and became a working drifther til he met Shrike, made the merch group, and hid his culture.

or B. He got disabled, brought dishonor to his house, and was exiled by force via tusk clipping.

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I know this meme’s kind of dead but I HAD to make this

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wait…since episode 3 is out……I can finally show my AU I shared on the patreon discord :3 (evil)

corrupted!beebs au teehee

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i promise this isn’t the new focus of my blog but i was on aggie today and had a manic episode

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✩°｡⋆🔧Monkey Wrench S1E3🔧⋆｡°✩ Shrike Sanchez - body language

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sorry I'm having a bit of a hard day today and a bit sad that I couldn't draw it in better quality so….. yeah

watch this episode on your own it's so bright and colorful and it lifted my mood a little

Jaw Bone A.K.A. "Scythelord" by @monkey-wrench-series