I Really Enjoy How Edwin Subverts The Expectations For His Character Archetype. Usually, If You Had A

I really enjoy how Edwin subverts the expectations for his character archetype. Usually, if you had a character that was a mousey unpopular teenager who'd gotten bullied to death, they'd be shy and laden with insecurities, easily steamrolled by characters with more force of personality -- but instead, by the time you meet him in the show, Edwin's ego is basically bulletproof.

He is entirely confident in himself, and comfortable being himself, free to be as fussy, effeminate, and old-fashioned as he likes, because the only person whose opinion of him he gives a fuck about is Charles, and Charles thinks everything about Edwin is brilliant and he can do no wrong. Thirty years of Charles's radical acceptance has allowed him not only to be himself, but to be himself fearlessly.

And I think that's beautiful. :)

Couple of concept sketches for my "lets- Trojan -horse- a-girls-boarding- school"- case- comic. May I be blessed with tenacity and motivation 🙌

I wanted to fuck around with glow effects because they're easy to achieve especially if you're not aiming for anything smooth, and then I figured why not add bubbles and make it Charles and Edwin x)

Which could, of course, mean nothing.

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