So, funny story. I started rewatching Mystreet back in January, and right after I finish the episode where Zane admits he lies to get his jobs, the original meme from above ends up popping up on my dash— and if that wasn’t a sign from god to make the drawing above, then I don’t know what would be.

Here’s a lil sketch from the Mystreet episode I’m referring to:

I actually had the meme done back in February, but I ended up getting hit by the busy train at full-fucking-speed right as I was about to publish it, so I just sorta.. forgot to post it. Whoops.

Sadly, despite the gremlin itch to keep posting art featuring our favorite emo man, I am too busy to work on the millions of WIPs I have at this time. I’m not entirely sure when I’ll be able to post again, so sorry in advance :/

(Original meme below!)

IT IS STILL TECHNICALLY JUNE SO THIS MEANS I POSTED IT IN TIME FOR PRIDE MONTH!! LET'S GO!!!!

Okay but seriously, I had to rush to get this done last minute because I was gone the entire month of June. I'm not too happy with how Garroth's pose turned out in the last panel, but oh well.

I really hope that they make Garrance canon in the new season of Mystreet, because you cannot convince me that there isn't something queer going on between these two. Garroth is the literal embodiment of Bo Burnham's "My Whole Family Thinks I'm Gay" and everyone knows it. Especially Zane; anytime him and Garroth feature in a minigame in the early seasons of Mystreet, Zane always makes a point to joke about Garroth's "friendship" with Laurance, and I am living for it.

Here's a fun one I saw not too long ago from the “Aphmau’s Mating Caw” prop hunt video (Timestamp - 16:25)

Garroth: “I was hiding in the closet!”

Zane: “Like you always do?”

Garroth: “No >:(“

(Original meme below!)

I have so many things I want to say right now, but let's start with the most obvious: I am so fucking cooked, chat.

Exactly a month ago, I watched what was supposed to be an inconsequential video on YouTube analyzing Mystreet/Minecraft Diaries. And even though it has been years since I watched either series-- much less even thought about either one-- my brain went, "Hm, yes! Hyperfixation time!" Specifically for Zane, if you couldn't tell.

And, sure, there's nothing inherently wrong with that! But the amount of time I spend thinking about this emo white boy (much less drawing him) is frankly concerning.

To make matters worse, Zane wasn't even my favorite character back in the day. But for some reason, I saw him this time around and my brain literally went:

Again, there's so much I want to say, but I'll save the rest of my unhinged rambling for another day.

IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS / CONTEXT

Image 1: This is just a line-up of some of my MS/MCD Zane designs! The leftmost drawing is early MS Zane (Season 1 -> Emerald Secret), the middle one is later MS Zane (Aphmau's Year -> When Angels Fall), and the rightmost drawing is of MCD Zane. I don't really have a design for MCD Zane just yet, so he def looks a bit lackluster compared to the other two.

Image 2: You cannot convince me that this isn't the exact kind of conversation Zane and Garroth would have in canon. And I know most people don't like himbo Garroth, but I would literally die for this version of him. His dynamic with Zane in the later seasons of MS is just so adorable to me.

Image 3: This is a reference to another Tumblr post (https://www.tumblr.com/ungurth/797062177010941952/day-10-crossover?source=share) I honestly would kill to see an interaction between MS and MCD Zane. Like, MS Zane literally goes around calling himself evil when his worst crimes are breaking & entering, minor vandalism, and being a bully/jerk to people. Meanwhile, MCD Zane is canonically a psychotic mass murderer who enjoys torturing people for fun. They are NOT on the same level whatsoever lmao

This is a scene from my Mystreet rewrite that takes place during Zane’s junior year of high school after Vylad catches him on the roof smoking a cigarette and ends up joining him. It leads to a conversation where Zane points out some of the constellations to him, including one of Irene.

At the point in the story this scene takes place in, Vylad is the only person in their family who can actually somewhat get what Zane is going through when it comes to their father’s abuse/neglect. And despite their earlier issues (namely from when Zane first entered high school and kept bullying Vylad), they end up becoming relatively close, with Vylad being one of the only people aside from Janus who can actually hold a genuine conversation with Zane.

Admittedly the composition on this one isn’t the greatest. I was drawing it during a class on an iPad for fun and I didn’t really plan out how I wanted it to look. If I went back and did this again I would certainly put more care in making the river & constellation the center piece, or at least position Zane and Vylad to be facing the direction it was in. Buuuut I’m too lazy to fix it so I’m just posting it as is. :P

Here’s also an associated piece that I’ll never finish because I didn’t plan out the composition for this one either. When I ended up flipping Zane and Vylad on the drawing above to make it better fit the BG, it ended up making this drawing incorrect, and frankly I don’t feel like fixing it (especially since I don’t like how Zane turned out in this one, lol)