my heart is a fish

The Teachable Student (Unend fan animation).

This was made as a character acting practice, and I think the rough animation does as good a job as any at portraying the characters’ emotions.

In Grace:

In fact, a confusion and sorrow and disappointment well up inside of him. How has it come to this? What have they missed? What has HE missed? Why wasn’t he able to devise a brilliant strategy that would avoid ANYONE having to sacrifice themselves? Surely, if he could just get back in his old body, his old brain, or incorporate his new body with the big sun-brain, he would’ve been able to figure this all out.

and in Vector:

“It is the only way, Cleo. You can end this. No matter what I become, you must not hesitate. You must destroy me along with–” “That won’t be necessary,” says Merlin. “Allow me.”

A sacrifice is still required, but where he couldn’t devise a way to spare Dot in season 2, he sees a way now. And for all Merlin is self-centered and full of bluster, he does not hesitate to trade his life for theirs. He is prideful and arrogant, yes, but when push comes to shove, he has shown himself to, more often than not, be willing take on responsibility for the well-being of the crew.

Hi! Thank you for the suggestion! I extrapolated a bit a just did a bunch of Swimming Lessons drawings, and I’m actually so pleased with how these turned out? Artifice is no face, all fabric, I like drawing faces the best, but I guess there’s nothing like the power of two of my favorite characters ever and an episode that makes me cry.

Fun fact: for Artifice’s signing, I translated his dialogue into ASL and recorded myself signing it for reference (read: traced the pose and added and adjusted details accordingly). So that head turn and little lean are fully just me. I mean, it’s all part of the language, but there is a very specific Eve-tone happening here.

Maddening that there was barely any "oh I'm glad you're alive" and they immediately jumped to berating and demanding things of her.

I'll have another go now that I properly understand the assignment. How about S3E11 Recreate? So many good moment in that episode, Cleo & Dot being adorable, giant Omelet springing around, Tzila with the hot pool frog-things, Merlin grouching off the the corner getting covered in snow.

haha no worries! thank you for the suggestions! Recreate is such a fun episode, and I really enjoyed doing these doodles!