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Based on @ditalini2 tiktok post but it's Rockie in drag now (I saw a opportunity and locked in)

So more Pocky angst with Pete using my oc, Dorothie, as a substitute for Rockie considering that they look closely to eachother

Art

Sketches

Part 1 Notes and Details

So in this comic I focused a lot on the ideas that a comic @ditalini2 posted about Rockie and Pete brought up:

- Rockie doesn't have any friends outside of Pete which they mentioned was due to his aggressive nature/attitude

- from what I interpreted (which I'm not sure was intentional or not), Rockie stood still lost in thought— well more so the realization that he's alone

I noticed that this was similar to how I have my character Dahlia (their situations are similar at least)

Although, Dahlia is just more so just excluded when it comes to the people she chooses to hang around (NWCC and The club; not being a member of either group)

The first page is meant to show the similarities visually when Pete and Jerry leave to attend their club meeting.

Extra details: I think Rockie talks with his hands a lot— like with motions to emphasize his thoughts. So the bottom left panel was mostly to show Rockie thinking about Pete without having to write it out.

Rockie's behaviors

So I tried to make Rockie come across as zoned out until Dahlia bumps into him, which he reacts harshly to. Even after she apologized, he still looks upset

Extra details: Something I also took into consideration for this part was how Dahlia associates herself heavily with the NWCC. (I'm pretty sure Rockie doesn't have the best opinions about them which I assume would then extend to her)

Also I decided to use blank paper for this comic instead of lined to portray the loneliness they both felt— but this was more so me being extra about something that could be easily overlooked.

- this also makes Dahlia's crowded thoughts seem louder against the background

This comic is also meant to reference a hypothetical storyline that Evan Dorkin had mentioned about Agnes and Jerry. (Basically if Jerry or Pete miss a club meeting for Dahlia/Rockie, Bill and the other club members would retaliate and ruin their relationships somehow)

*by association (Part 1)

Rockie belongs to @ditalini2 (I'll post the notes to this part in a bit, just gotta type it up)

This isn't the best— especially since I don't know if I drew them right💔 but I wanted to draw them for @ditalini2 because I don't see fanart of them often

(I was listening to a song and this lyric made me think of them— although I'm not too sure if it's accurate or not)