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hey guess what

(ignore the fact that the original post incorrectly states that jj2 takes place before aoz; i didn't know that when i wrote it lollll)

ok i wanna say something real quick. i feel like the way Barry Steakfries is written in his more newer appearances is lacking a lot of the edge he used to have in the older games. like, i'm not saying his newer appearances are bad or anything. not at all! i love every bit of new stuff we get of him! i just feel like him being a hero doesn't really fit him and he's not really as mean as he used to be. i personally love the idea of him being less of an action hero who wants to save the day out of the good of his heart and more out of stroking his own ego because that's an interesting flaw he could have. i feel like in JJ2 he's too good-natured and kinda washed down a bit, you know? chronologically, JJ2 feels a little too early for Barry to be acting as a hero, but it'd be a perfect time for him to be kind of a jerk. i of course don't want him to be like yelling slurs at scientists or anything, but i feel like it'd be better progression to have him be more heroic around the time AOZ takes place and more of an ass around JJ and MD. at this point, Barry's still just some guy with a jetpack. he doesn't really have that "action hero" status like he does in AOZ. Red Photon even points this out in the Robo-Barry short. i think it'd be fine to have him be some Australian guy who's a real jerk sometimes! and i want this to go beyond just simple teasing, i want him to insult people. i want him to really chew them out and give them a piece of his mind, y'know, as a treat. i want him to actively endorse crimes and theft more. i want him to be kind of a bully to the scientists. or maybe have a bit more balance between his nicer side and his asshole side. i feel like he treats everyone a little too nice now and i'd like some more meanness.

and like,, i know Halfbrick's games are more casual and appropriate for all ages, but i'd love to see a Barry who still swears occasionally. even if it's censored. like, in the original AOZ, he's a gruff and tough Australian guy with a shotgun and a lit cigarette, he's definitely the type of guy to say fuck and shit and ass. i found that edge he had to be pretty entertaining and made him feel more like an adult than he does now. i mean, the third word he's ever said was literally "shit", and it was when he was insulting Professor Brains in the original AOZ. he's a 30 year old man with beard scruff and a jetpack, he should be allowed to say shitballs every now and then, lol.

(hi steakout from the future. before this post starts you gotta know this post was made at 1 in the morning. i was very tired. this was my live reaction to this video being uploaded. please enjoy my frenzied screaming and horrific misspellings.)

IM!N!!! iM IM SCREAKING?M???? BHUH HHBUH??????

I'M GOg TO VIOMENTLY EXPLODE!?!??!??? CROAG!N?N?????? helP?????

god damnit..... they did the worst possible thing....... it's so joever..........

(hi steakout from the future. before this post starts you gotta know this post was made at 1 in the morning. i was very tired. this was my live reaction to this video being uploaded. please enjoy my frenzied screaming and horrific misspellings.)

IM!N!!! iM IM SCREAKING?M???? BHUH HHBUH??????

I'M GOg TO VIOMENTLY EXPLODE!?!??!??? CROAG!N?N?????? helP?????

The true canon reveal:)

I'm gonna try to draw p runny in the style of the new series because he looks like he'd be so cute 😭✋

Idc - Craig is p runny and ain't no dumb corp making stupid decisions gonna change that

Why the hell wouldn't it be? My theory literally tied everything together how he could be. So stupid. I wanna see what would have happened with the old shorts that were supposed to come out :// plus if they did this theyd have more people interested on who he is and go play aoz but apparently they don't want the revenue.

Smh my head

quick post clarifying what i'm gonna do with my Crarry art and my Craig design moving forward

i just wanna make this post as short and sweet as i can as i've been struggling to find a way to write this in a coherent fashion (i'm VERY tired today, lol), especially with everything that's been going down in the fandom lately. people are not happy right now. this is a post meant to explain what i'm going to be doing with my Crarry stuff from now on, as well as how i'm gonna be using my fan design for Craig.

on the topic of my Craig x Barry art: i've been a little bit conflicted on what to do with it for a little bit, but i've mostly decided towards keeping it up on my blog for archival purposes. i don't like having to remove my art, especially when 1. it was made with the context that the (at the time) canon truth was that Barry and Craig were nothing but unrelated friends, and 2. it's still good art and it brought me a lot of joy when i first created it. i've regretted deleting art in the past and i think that i'd definitely regret deleting it now, especially if there was a threat of it becoming lost media and i didn't have the files to back it up. i care too much about my art to do that. so, it's all staying up on my blog, with the added disclaimer that it was made before August 17th 2024 and that it was obviously not supposed to portray weird incest stuff. can't do much about putting a disclaimer on it if it's already been reblogged though, so it's only gonna appear on the original post :/

on the topic of Craig himself: this is the bit i'm most excited about, but it's also the hardest bit to explain in a way that makes sense, so i'll try not to get ahead of myself here.

so, to start off with: in this post, i made some doodles showing an improved fan design i had made for Craig that portrays him as a blond nerdy guy with glasses and an injured eye. this is obviously not how Craig ended up looking like in canon and wasn't what i expected him to look like, it was something i made for myself and my own art. even so, he was practically just a skin applied to a pre-existing character whose personality had already been established. but now that the Craig i intended that design to be attached to has been revealed to be something we thought he wasn't (barry's entire freaking dad), i'm gonna do something a little different with my Craig to differentiate him from canon. i'm gonna take everything i liked about him before the reveal, retool him and his personality to better match the ideas and headcanons i had brewing in my head for him, and create a whole new canon for him to reside in. i've basically made him into a slightly divergent alternate version of canon Craig, basically. and it is incredibly self-indulgent, lol. (isn't that what being a creative is all about though..... self indulgence and insane storycrafting)

this bit might be slightly controversial, but what i'm planning with this version of Craig is that i'm gonna continue shipping Barry with him instead of Canon Craig like before. i really like the dynamic that Barry and Craig had in canon before the Dad Reveal Jumpscare Incident, with them sort of being polar opposites who would have some silly banter with each other, but also having a few similarities and shared interests that would bring them together, so that dynamic is gonna be brought over to this canon i've created for myself. it's basically gonna be a smorgasbord of everything i like about these characters with some expansions and slight changes to better fit with what i think would have been cool to see actually happen in canon. i'm likely gonna make a post about how i want to characterise my Craig later, but just know that 1. CranBarry is a thing in my little universe and 2. my Craig =/= Canon Craig and there will be a disclaimer explaining that on each fanwork i make depicting the ship from now on. i should probably give my Craig a last name so i don't have to keep calling him "my Craig" for disambiguation......

this hasn't been done out of spite or disrespect towards HB or anything at all. i'm disappointed with the change they made, and i do think it was very poorly executed, but at the end of the day, what happens in canon is not my story to write no matter how much i want to see in the series, and all i can do is sigh, shrug, pick up a pencil and start enacting the change i want to see for myself. i'm someone who believes that, while art can absolutely be criticised, it's up to the artist to decide what they want to do, and they don't have to cater to feedback if they don't want to. granted, it is a little different in Halfbrick's case because Jetpack Joyride is their product, and they are a sizable company who also makes money and business decisions and has a big audience and whatnot, but you get it right? it sucks, but like.... there's not really much you can do about it apart from write something you'd want to see.

so yeah, that's pretty much everything. i'm hoping this will go over well with everything that's happened because i really do love the gay little relationship i've given these two, i just can't continue doing it with the canon version of Craig for obvious reasons. the only problem i really see this causing is the very slight irritation that will come with possibly having to clarify this every time i post a Crarry thing. it'll probably be no biggie though, i'll just link to this post explaining everything. i sure do love coming up with incredibly convoluted solutions to simple problems looolll, it's my special talent at this point XD ahh well. if there's a bright side, it means i get to be even more self-indulgent and creative with these doofuses, and there might be some new headcanon and fanfic stuff coming later, as well as new Craig art. sucks that canon decided to fold in on itself, but i'm gonna try to ignore it for the most part.

drawing my Craig fan design for REAL!!!!! + stupid little doodles

earlier i made a post talking about how i was planning on making my own canon where Crarry could still feasibly exist (as well as having other story beats and whatnot) and i mentioned how i refined my Craig design a little bit from the last time i drew him. i finally got around to actually drawing a proper full-body sketch of him and what he's supposed to look like!!! i think i drew his eyes a little more far apart than i intended but. whatever.

he's my skrunkly. he's my baby. he's got perpetually bored resting face and a phd in Pocketbeasts lore. he's got messy hair and a few stray whiskers as he tends to forget his own personal hygiene, what with being a hardworking scientist who usually doesn't show his face and all. i redesigned his eye to have more of a prominent scratch on it that warps and distorts his pupil, as i felt like that'd be the most fitting for his facial scar and the type of injury he has!

and for fun i'm gonna do a general timeline of the evolution of how i've drawn this design over time, because it's actually changed quite a bit since i first drew him back in 2022!! (click for better quality)

god it is. so weird looking back at that first design. it's so..... why is he so square shaped............. lol

now, in terms of differentiating this Craig from Canon Craig, i've thought of giving him some slight personality enhancements that i've always thought would fit him. i haven't seriously thought about it yet (i am tired) but here's some basic little traits i want to make more apparent in his character:

Logical Knowledgeable Creative Naive Perfectionist Fearful and Cowardly Not a very high self-esteem; Afraid to take charge Easily exhausted Not physically strong; Makes up for it with his quick-thinking skills Easily irritated when presented with inaccurate/false information Easily embarrassed; Tends to erase memories when this happens Reliable Honest Earnest Nerdy; LOVES to infodump about any given special interest he has Focused, sometimes to a fault Detail-oriented Introverted

this will likely be expanded on and developed more, but these general personality traits are quite fitting for how i headcanon Craig to be as a person!

i love how whenever i get attached to a character or even just really like them, i always bestow my best headcanon onto them in high regard: the autism headcanon. gonna try to keep this short so i don't infodump for 12 hours but the major autism traits i like to imagine Craig displaying are issues with social skills (unaware of many cues, accidentally says things in an inappropriate way/unintended tone, takes things literally, misconstrues sarcasm as genuine statements), a speech affect (monotone affect), low empathy (doesn't feel what other people feel and has trouble reacting to and feels uncomfortable with certain emotions), has special interests (robotics and engineering, Pocketbeasts, cats, and he loves infodumping about them!!), stimming (rubbing the back of his head when uncomfortable, fidgeting with and studying a particularly intriguing object or tool very closely, doing little puzzles that make little clicky noises that are very pleasant to listen to), experiences sensory issues (joint pain, eye strain, sensitivity to loud and sudden noises, despises certain tastes and textures, often experiences shutdowns), has a strong need for a solidified routine (sudden routine changes can cause distress for him, as he needs more time to process his surroundings and has a strong need for structure in his daily life), a few motor control issues (he's quite clumsy and has issues with spatial awareness, causing him to bump into stuff. this has unfortunately resulted in him bumping his thigh on the edge of a table way too many times.) and a few other things i've probably forgotten about. a lot of these are inspired by a few of my own traits as an autistic guy myself. the dude's like a combo of Data, Barclay and Geordi mixed into one dorky nerd (apologies for any non-trekkie followers who don't know who those characters are :skull:)

Craig seems like the type of person who, once you get him started, will infodump to you about his special interests for HOURS and he still wouldn't even be done yet. just like me fr. also tiny little Craig getting his face smooshed

get squoshed idiot

this is an older sketch i did when i was still finalising Craig's design along with doodling other stuff on the page. this was a little expression test of Craig blowing his face up with chemicals because 1. i thought it'd be funny. and it was. and 2. i've never really drawn him with big wacky expressions before, and i LOVE drawing big wacky expressions lol. it will be a rare sight to see Craig making a face like that but it'll still be funny nonetheless lol

no comment. only moob. i feel the same way about barry tbh HAHAHAAH what who said that

i fucking LOVE the Yababaina music video so much, it's absolutely insane and fun to watch, although it does put my eyes out of focus when i look at it for too long. heavy eyestrain and seizure warning for anyone who wants to check the video out, it's extremely fast-paced and has a lot of bright saturated colours. here are my three boys drawn doing that little handholding thing Miku, Teto and Zundamon do in the video. also first drawing of Prince Runingunin!!! he's so silly <3

that's everything i have today. i'm excited to draw this version of Craig more and make more art of him and Barry together!! just sucks i have to sorta swerve around canon with a convoluted solution but whatever. i like diverging from canon and making stuff up into my own thing anyway lol. blond nerd craig my beloved

yesterday i was rewatching some episodes of Barry's vlog (it's my silly little comfort series heeehehee), specifically the drawing episode where he draws a scientist and Flash from memory. i decided it'd be fun to draw along from memory with him and i ended up drawing these doodles, one of which i went back and cleaned up after i sketched it!!

lil scientist sketch (didn't feel like drawing their legs so now they are legless lmaoo)

here's the Flash drawing i made!! this is actually the first time i've properly drawn him!! i drew him ages ago but it wasn't like. an actual proper drawing. i drew him from how i remember him looking in some of the original Jetpack Joyride promo art made for him, and while it isn't perfect, it's cute and i like the way i drew him :) he's so round and ponderable like an orb

also drawing Flash reminded me of the iDog accessory so i doodled some iDogs too :D

i love how silly the little vtuber model they use for Barry in his vlog is. i've seen so much of the vlog that i'm just used to how odd he looks by now. like yes this is my little man he looks very weird and i love him very much. but also like. why does he always look mildly disappointed from the front. why does he look like that

he makes me feel levels of cute aggression you wouldn't even know

new short. has appeared. i was woken up at a more reasonable hour this time so my reaction isn't going to be incredibly unhinged again BUT i really really like this one :D so cool to see Robo Barry again!! and we're getting more dialogue from Barry this time!

"I thought AI was supposed to be good at drawing now!" oh barry you little dickhead XD also Robo Barry is so me. literally all i do is just sketch and scribble stuff and i have papers piled up everywhere, like all over my desk, in boxes, there is just so much. kinda love the implication that Barry can't draw but Robo Barry can, it's these little things that make these two more separate characters and flesh them out further and i really like that a lot :D

in terms of wtf is happening with Craig's character though,,, i still got no clue. what is even happening with this man. who are you and why are you in my jetpack game. JJ2 and the shorts seem to still be a separate thing, like they're not taking place at the same time, and considering that piece of dialogue from the new event happening in JJ2 right now that implies Barry was taking Craig's observations that he was glowing as something more than a platonic compliment.... yeah i don't know wtf is going on. is he related to Barry or not. is this short series canon or just a "what-if" thing. what is happening. also not really sure how Barry would know Craig has a moustache considering he really only saw the back of his head before Craig got dragged away?? how would Robo Barry know either? has he perhaps seen him unmasked before? very intriguing. it's nice to see new stuff come out, even if i'm really confused as to where it's all going. the art style is super cute and expressive!! and some of the drawings on Robo Barry's walls are just so so silly i love them <3

wait how much of the original Robo Barry do you think they were able to salvage after he got blown up. like in the short he first appears in, you see a little bit of broken metal Barry picks up when he grieves Robo Barry's death but there had to be more of him left right. do you think some of his memory was salvagable. do you think he remembers dying. holy shit. imagine being able to remember your own death in full or partial clarity. do you think he lies awake at night thinking about it over and over. do you think he's the only one who actually has to grapple with his own mortality even as a mechanical being. Barry and Betty can easily just revive themselves with as many hearts as they need, but Robo Barry probably has to work harder to maintain himself. he's stronger than both his human counterparts but he's also more fragile than them at the same time. getting repairs has to be harder than a simple revive, surely. and eventually his parts would begin to wear down. he has to rely on other people more to maintain his body and when those people aren't around anymore, what is he supposed to do then? i think that would actually be such an interesting thing to explore and there's a lot of irony to a robotic metallic person who is weaker than his human peers despite how strong he is. damn. maybe Brains made Robo Barry a little too much like Barry Steakfries. dude gave him his own mortality crisis lmaoooo

HAPPY 14TH ANNIVERSARY JETPACK JOYRIDE!!!!

14 years!!! 14!!!! to think it has actually been THAT long since this game came out is absolutely insane. holy shit i am old lmaooo. i'm so glad that i've known this cool little game and that it's stuck around for so many years. it has stood the test of time as one of the most well known and iconic mobile games, and i bet it'll continue to do that for another 14 years!! happy 14th anniversary to Jetpack Joyride!!!

last year i did a drawing for JJ's 13th anniversary so i'm doing it again this year!!! probably won't make this into a digital drawing though as i don't really want to,,,, also this is the first time i've posted drawings of Betty and Robo Barry!!! i still cannot do lettering.

everyone is here!!!!!

+ some WIP photos under the cut

i love making my dumb little fake tenor captions gifs they're so silly

HAPPY LATE 14TH ANNIVERSARY JETPACK JOYRIDE!!!

Totally forgot the anniversary was on the 1st BUT i still did a thing for the little guy

PLUSH CONCEPTS!!!! The 15th anniversary next year, and i hope they do a celebration for it and i was thinking, hey, what about a plush? Anyway, this is in the style of Makeship plushies, I've gotten stuff from them before and i think he would be really cute in this style!

cute lil crarry doodles <3

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i haven't drawn these dorks in a while, i've kinda been re-relearning how to draw Barry for the 50,000th time looll. i love them, they are my gay little babies ♥️ i love thinking about them in a blanket together, maybe watching a nice movie or simply snuggling on a cold July night (southern hemisphere moment) over at Barry's house.

also i drew them as little audhd and autism creatures!!!! i love drawing Barry as an autism+adhd creature so much, he's literally just a little guy vibrating with unlimited energy and then Craig is just.... so relaxed lmaoo

i love these two so much and i'm still pretty disappinted over what ended up happening. ah well, i've already said this takes place in my own little self-iindulgent canon and that this Craig is different from true canon anyway. this will always be canon in my little brain realm.....

funny headcanon: the reason Barry Steakfries is so weirdly strong and is able to break through solid concrete, have his body suffer no significant damage when zapped or lasered and is able to survive radiation exposure is because he's just absolutely jacked on Australium. dude's got tons of Australium coursing through his veins at all times.

help i just checked the Barry Steakfries tag and it's clogged with tons of posts about some Brazillian restaurant and it's all in Romanian for some reason 😭

i was just lookin at the Jetpack Joyride 2 anniversary arts where Barry is sitting on a giant cake and i'm just thinkin like. is there just a giant ass-shaped imprint in the icing now. why is he sitting on it in the first place. barry no your entire butt is printed onto the cake no one wants to eat it now. unless that was his plan all along to have the cake to himself....... smart barry very smart. ass crimes.

just checked Jetpack Joyride and apparently the multiplayer button is missing from the menu now after the Hygeine event ended.... hmmmm this is. very intriguing.

i feel like him sometimes tbh