@kittychief

YAYYAYAYAYYAYAAYAYYAAY KEYES'S BIRTHDAY!! Knew I wouldn't have the time to draw a lot today (500 college assignments at once), so I made this in advance thankfully. I love this old man so much, definitely one of the reasons I get up in the morning. Didn't take this drawing too seriously because of how much of a time crunch I was on. Anyway, time to go eat a sweet treat on his behalf!

(Please ignore how shit he looks and the fact that this is like two days late 🙏 THE TRENCHES OF ART BLOCK HAVE FOUND ME YET AGAIN I CANNOT DRAW)

A younger Keyes, in his lieutenants uniform from Halsey's journal drawings (so your pfp LOL)

Keyes fans, pspspsppspspspsspspps, more food 👀

(Made a version with him wearing his cap, too)

No longer exploding into 1000000000 pieces because I drew Keyes again!! I cannot ever forget that his OG Combat Evolved uniform has a FUGGIN NAMETAG THAT SAYS "HI MY NAME IS KEYES". I absolutely CANNOT see this old man as anything NEAR neurotypical. Anyway, enjoy fellow Keyes fans (all 4 of us).

I really enjoyed it! I am not usually a fan of the very male American writing style from the 40s-80s so it took a bit of getting used to all of the American lingo. (I will never be able to take someone who says 'hey, mister!' as an insult seriously.) I read The City and the Pillar not long ago, which probably helped me ease into it haha

So I wasn't expecting to love it as much as I did, but I really did enjoy the romance and felt the chemistry between Jack and Fred. They were the highlight to me but they wouldn't have hit as hard without the backdrop of the actual war story.