Im Just Gonna Get Right To The Point. My Big Shippy-ass Point.

I’m just gonna get right to the point. My big shippy-ass point.

The first two pictures are of Medic as he prepares to heal Demoman and Scout. He’s grinning maniacally and starts grinning maniacally before he even turns on his medigun for both instances.

But for Heavy, there is only serenity. When he already would have started beaming madly while tending to anyone else, he only gazes calmly at Heavy. He goes through the motions, but ubercharges Heavy, and stands amazed in the background as it takes effect. When it’s on, he goes through a sequence of expressions that progress from joy to drunk with power. In the final picture, as he and Heavy climb the mountain of corpses, he is still staring at Heavy. His eyes never leave him and never left him in the previous frames.

I would attribute this solely to the thrill of experiencing the power of his new creation, but Medic’s body language and mannerisms throughout the hospital scene previously suggest more. There’s a lot of unnecessary touching and physical interaction that was present, and not because of any necessity to place Medic in certain ways so that a shot could be framed or the tasks that he was performing could be carried out in a natural way or properly framed shot. Those actions were there because they were meant to suggest at Medic’s character and develop our perceptions of his personality and opinions towards other characters (as all animated characters’ body language is meant to do). Consider also that Medic doesn’t come from a culture that’s notoriously keen on intimate physical contact and smaller zones of personal space, and so the fact that he violates this needlessly on an excessive basis during his scene with Heavy gains even more meaning. It all shows a level of closeness and physicality that, whether onesided or not, is certainly still plainly present for that period of time.

So I’m going to say that the inner reasons for Medic’s elated expressions during the ubercharge scene are probably an intense even mixture of mad joy for his properly working experiment, an eye for the beauty of a genuine innovation, and a deep admiration for the man, the vessel, upon which its possibility was predicated.

Look at these images in sequence.

Medic did more than just pinch his cheek and call him a baby.

Mario gets back up.

If you look closely in the third & fourth gifs, Mario looks like he’s about to cry/is crying. The poor lad, he’s absolutely terrified, in absolute pain and feels so very alone.

@pianokantzart @multicolour-ink thought you both might like this

emesis blue(tis)

aka they find this orange bird in the conagher slaughterhouse and promptly brings the whole murder thing to a screeching halt

partially inspired by this post

bonus closeups

Well this is awkward 😅💕

Lovely characters by @quazies 🩷