𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦

At the crossroads, don't turn left.

At the crossroads, don't turn left.

At the crossroads, don't turn left.

At the crossroads, don't turn left.

At the crossroads, don't turn left.

At the crossroads, don't turn left.

❗️more drawings underneath ❗️

(Sorry that this is a week late)

Edit: If youre on mobile you might need to click it for better quality!

Finished it with NO WATER💥💥 ONE CHEESE STICK💥💥 NO SLEEP💥💥

If someone did something like this already I'm going to FREAK OUT. This was 'top ten sleep deprived idea' moment EVER for me a few days ago.

I was sitting there, fingers pointed at my face, one tapping my forehead every time a new thought came up. Mouth agape while muttering, "Oughh oh my god. this is so peak. I'm- I'm a GENIUS!"

Even if it's just Going back to my roots of drawing Mugman completely devastated, I felt so big brained before I passed out, finally.

For the actual picture, I got a few things to say. First off, so sorry if the legs look weird. It was my first time doing legs folded in that position. Lowkey, tried to cover up most of it with Mugman's arms. Then, I tried to make sure you could tell what was going on. Still struggling with making sure my pieces aren't "too much", if that makes sense. Like, I'm trying to make sure people's eyes aren't too overwhelmed so they can actually see what is in the piece.

So if you all have any critiques, I'm happy to hear them!(If you do, please give actual advice and not simply "it looks bad" or something adjacent)

You people go crazy over these two(me), YOU PEOPLE ARE A BUNCH OF FREAKS, LIL FREAKY FREAKS!!(not me but I get it). I feel like it's a 50/50 whether I'm going to open up Tumblr or the discord server and I get flashed by Mugman or Cuphead. Like GOOD GOD

Anyhow: Don't have much to say this time. I just realized I'm so close to 500 followers which is the most I've ever had since, Well, ever, really. I don't know what to do, lowkey, other than,

THANK YOU GUYSS SO MUCH!!<3!!<33 I'm so glad there's that many people that loved my slop- even if I don't post much. (Im working on trying to post more. I might draw some stuff not related to motm tho idk to keep the ideas for this AU flowing)

As usual, The AU is @myth-of-the-machine Then Here's the silly image of the piece and hope you all have a good day/night! (I posted it last week but I'll put it here)

alt ver. 👇👇👇

However, I think there’s another element that contributes to people labeling Cuphead as flirtatious, and that’s how his surface-level personality is interpreted. He’s very goofy, expressive, and quick-witted with jokes, and I think people sometimes read that as him being playful or flirtatious in a way meant to charm others.

But the line between humor and flirting can be very blurry. Because of that, someone who’s naturally goofy can easily be misread as flirtatious. Personally, though, I don’t think there’s any point in the comic where Cuphead actually comes across as intentionally flirting (the only time I could think of where someone might read it as flirtatious is when Cuphead and Bendy are stuck together, because that's a common humorous situation for love interests. But in my eyes, I only read it as a gag.)

To me, Cuphead's humor reads more like a coping mechanism. People who struggle with their self-worth or don’t place much value on their own lives often lean heavily on humor as a way to deflect from what they’re actually feeling.

Cuphead doesn’t always put himself down directly, but I think that mindset comes through consistently in the subtext. For example, when we learn he doesn't know how to read, we're told that the reason is that the school could only afford to send one of them to school, and that the reason why it was Mugman was that the teachers believed Cuphead was too dumb to catch on. Hearing something like that as a child can stick with a person, and I can only imagine how deeply he internalized it. Being labeled as the ‘dumb” twin, even though I HIGHLY disagree with that sentiment. 

However, I believe one of the biggest reasons we don’t see this more openly is because of…. Mugman. Subconsciously, I think Cuphead knows that if he openly expressed how little he values himself, it would upset or worry his brother. Many people who struggle with darker thoughts try to hide them from the people they care about most. So instead, those feelings are redirected into jokes to mask them.

Speaking from personal experience, when I was in some of my darkest moments, I often put on a “mask” and acted goofy or humorous around the people I loved because, while I couldn’t bring myself to value myself, I cared deeply about them and didn’t want to see them affected. I valued them and their happiness/comfort over my emotional state. And I can’t help but see something similar happening with Cuphead.

Also of note is that when Cuphead is separated from Mugman, especially early in the comic, his surface-level goofiness tends to fade. Without his brother around, the more disturbed/unstable parts of his personality show through more clearly. In a way, it feels like Mugman is the main reason Cuphead maintains that humorous mask in the first place.

And I’m going to be completely honest, if the Mug bros were to be separated for an extended period of time, I shudder to think about the actions we would see from both of them as a result. They’re heavily codependent. And you’ve amazingly written them in a way where their love for each other is obvious and strong, but their own issues are somehow both softened and worsened by that bond at the same time.

Anyway, keep doing what you're both doing. You're both amazing writers, and I genuinely love your writing style and mindset. I love the way you've given these characters incredibly realistic flaws that very clearly drive their actions, both positive and negative, and when they suffer the consequence of their actions (because I wholeheartedly agree that when a character chooses to do something, the result, either positive or negative, is on them) There is no blame on other parties, because they choose those actions and they are responsible for themselves. I LOVE morally gray characters! Personally, I'm not reading this comic with the hope of romance; I'm here purely to see how this absolute cesspool of a dysfunctional, unstable group, in this VERY screwed up world, with this delightfully abominable cast of characters, somehow operates. You guys aren't afraid to pull any punches in terms of brutality and overall messed-up stuff (with purpose), and I'm in the background, cheering to keep the hits coming!

P.S. You know a story is the best kind of messed up when artists in the fandom start pulling out Actors AUs to cope.

YOU.

ARE THE ONLY PERSON.

TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

WE HAVE BEEN HINTING AT THIS SINCE THE FRIGGIN PROLOGUE I NEED YOU TO GET OFF ANON TO SHAKE YOUR HAND OH MY GOD.

THE CUP BROS HIDING STUFF FROM EACH OTHER WILL BE TOUCHED ON IN LAYER CHAPTERS BUT HOLY SHIT I FEEL EUPHORIC OH MY GOD

Redrawing some panels!

Hehe for funsies

And off I go ヾ(＾∇＾)