RIAAA

so don't get too comfortable.

had the random urge to draw the strange furry again

Link to the fic:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54867772

Wormwood mentioned!! Yesss!! It was one of my fave beckory fic of all time that Percy wrote!! And actually—I did had a drawing from 2 years ago (and has been stuck in WIP purgatory since rip) that was kinda pretty much inspired by that fic. I planned it to be paired up and be a matching set with this ggy piece I did that same year

legitimately bro I had a phase where I was obsessed and brainrotted for the concept of glitchtrapped beckory, to the point I've tried to explore the interpretation of what rab and tarbell's dynamic could be like a lil further because the idea of their relationship is just sooo fascinating

so i'm gonna take this chance to yap about it since we're here SO

The way I started to interpret the glitchtrap virus' functionality is that it amplifies its host's personality traits to the extreme (and sometimes get it twisted to an extent)

With ggy for example, the virus amplifies one trait and then another depending on rab's target. Greg is smart, so it amped it up to attract someone in need of a mature person to feel understood like Tony or Greg is playful, so it amped it up to attract someone in need of a friendly companion like Cassie

Now for glitchtrapped Tony...

imagine the virus detecting Tony's obsession for ggy/greg at the time that he got glitchtrapped and cranking that up, so tarbell's existence is to make sure he assists rab in accomplishing whatever he's tasked to do, by any means necessary

BUT the miscalculation is that tarbell's loyalty is not to vanny, not even to glitchtrap—but to rab if rab decides to double-cross glitchtrap/vanny one day, he wont even hesitate to back him up. Tarbell's ready to backstab the big guy in charge if thats what rab wants (which parallels the way tony has considered leaving ellis for greg at some point in the book) something the virus picked up on and amp up when tarbell is forming sentience

tarbell becomes very codependent on rab—because rab is his entire purpose but at the same time his very existence becomes a harsh wake up call to tony

because of the concept of tarbell being a positive change in rab as a partner (in every sense of the word if you will)... he somehow attributed traits that tony lacked prior to getting glitchtrapped tony was too self-absorbed, tarbell was attentive to rab tony was too tunnel visioned in his own interests, tarbell was invested on whatever his friend rab likes to do tony was too closed off, tarbell is always an open book around rab the idea that it took getting glitchtrapped for tony to actually realize he's been a bad friend...because tarbell is doing a better job at it towards rab than he was towards greg/ellis—is sooo juicy to me

Tony's gonna perceive himself as the real bad version in his own eyes and experiences so much self hatred afterwards because somehow his evil murderer alter ego caused more love than his own self. Its messy, its so messsyyyyy and I fucking love breaking down a character like thisss its so much fun!

MALICIOUS MICHAEL 💜🥀

I really don’t know how to draw his hair I’m too used to drawing long floofy hair it’s a problem I will be making this fellow into a sticker

Have them, figured i might as well post it

Also I may or may not finish my dr rabbit design.