#dbhc doc

DW! Ghost and Monsters on Doc’s playlist is actually supposed to represent the post-Destruction and early season 9 era for Doc, so it’s not anything y’all don’t already know about, in theory! I imagine Doc struggles a lot with self image after Etho dumps all of those memories into his brain (and then dies/gets shut down while still connected to him), sometimes not being able to differentiate his own thoughts, feelings, and memories from Etho’s. I really like the narrative imagery of Doc being haunted, both metaphorically from Destruction+Dont Let It Reach The Heart and literally physical in his system from Etho, hence the phrasing of Ghosts and Monsters—

(Lyrics like “did I leave that door open, is my mind gone?” Make me think of like. Doc, whose comfort and self identity come from having complete control over himself and knowledge of the things around him, is looking into his code and realizing that he doesn’t recognize these bits of code that have been dumped into him. Very scary and unsettling for him I think. ALSO. The lyrics “Stay awake / ‘cause i’m afraid they’re comin’ for me when I / close my eyes” make me think of DLIRTH when doc tries to go to sleep in chapter 3 when, as he begins to go into sleep mode, Etho’s memories resurface in his subconscious and send him into a near-panic attack. ALSO ALSO, I think what really solidified this song for this part of the playlist for me was the scream after the song’s bridge. It always gives my really intense and vivid imagery of doc like. Reliving etho’s death and gripping his head. Something something waking up from a nightmare and knowing that it was all real)

[dbhc au flavored] Hermit A Day May '26, Day 24: False!!

Whenever I think of False’s S10, all I can remember is that one Hermits After Dark stream they did where False was just working on her rivers while everyone else chatted =w= beloved shenanigans

[dbhc au flavored] Hermit A Day May '26, Day 9: Favorite “Event” — Don’t Let It Reach The Heart

HI UH. So I was wracking my brain about what to do for today, because there are just so many good hc moments I could draw dbhc-style, but I realized it could be really fun to redraw a previous dbhc moment? As a sort of, ‘what’s my favorite thing that’s happened in dbhc so far?’ And there were SOOO many good thoughts friends and I came up with while combing back through the au Masterpost, but in the end, I’m just. So so crazy about DLIRTH, the fic I wrote that follows the Destruction Comic series. Something about how Destruction puts these guys in such a vulnerable and desperate position… idk man. It just gets me so bad. They make my tummy hurt. You understand.

HEHE THANK YOUUU <3333 I stand by the fact that doc is literally the most fun dbhc character to draw, something about him. He is so scrunchy <3 and the destruction arc was SOOOO fun, I miss it so dearly