#earth-3a

oh anon they're just eye make up haha, he looks just like regular ol' Wally without them.

somewhat.

In Earth-3A, how is BoltLuck’s relationship portrayed? Is it mostly platonic or romantic? Maybe a secret third option?

a secret third thing 🙈

so the Earth-3a universe is supposed to be a spoof or parody of 90s edgy era of comics.

the Flinx in this universe, aka BoltLuck, is suppose to parody fanon Flinx in some sense.

oh man yeah, boltluck's whole ordeal is kinda.... complicated LOL.

a direct opposite of Flinx, its unclear what type of relationship they'd have. they don't date or get into an official relationship, its instead something that stays in the dark and something secretive and unspoken.

the topsy-turvy realm is directly referencing Earth-3 of DC multiverse, and because in the comics apparently this universe is gone/merged (as i've heard), "Earth-3a" is a copy of its original state with alteration (my take on it)

meanwhile, TT03 universe is commonly called "Earth-2003" based on the show's airing year, and since my AU takes place in said universe with my own take and branching narrative, its called "Earth-2003b" or i shorten it to "Earth-03b". the "0" separates it from the "evil" universe and the "b" is from my "Side-B" titling of the AU.

its kinda like naming alternative files in your computer, y'know? or endings in video games like Ending A, Ending B, so on.

so "Earth-03b" is the "main" universe of my AU where normal Flinx and Teen Titans is, "Earth-3a" is its mirror with Boltluck and Teen Tyrants.

i'm glad you do haha, i feel similarly.

yes, DC's Flash has a whole "ooohhh look its kinda you but evil, but actually they're completely different individual they just share the same powers as you," and while they're neat and all, i always have preferred a "Man vs Self" narrative. (in a literal sense)

its much more interesting in my own opinion, in a way its a character deconstruction, putting up a mirror showing an alternate version of one self, a what-could've-been.

tl;dr, despite everything, its still you, haha.

here have another Red Bolt, on the house

okay, the name is BoltLuck 🩸🍀

Anyway here's a sketch to start it of.

Also I love your art and world + you pulled me into Flinx despite the fact I never watched the original show (which I have now). Thank you so much^^

ohh hey heyyyy welcome welcome. 👋

okay so in regard to Earth-3a, a variant of Earth-3 and elseworld within my Teen Titans : Side-B AU, despite me drawing him more often, Red Bolt is actually somewhat of a wild card.

odds of the HIVE Heroes meeting him are a bit slim and thus not very often, because his turf is Keystone City, he only sticks around the Tyrants when Red Robin asks him for a favor and vice versa.

not only that, the Teen Tyrants are usually dealt with the Brotherhood of Justice and not the young HIVE Heroes because of how risky dealing with them is. so the very few times HIVE are sent out to stop Teen Tyrants, Red Bolt may be there too, not always, but maybe.

thing is even when they cross paths, he doesn't bother speaking or keeping eye contact with other HIVE members except Lady Luck. only she can take a closer look and knows the further scope of Red Bolt on a personal level, due to her goodness (naivety?), she promised to keep his secrets and their private encounters between the two of them.

her teammates are very much in the dark except from already recorded public data, like the fact that he's among the most dangerous bad guys (cue KF's "one of the best" line) who's around their age.

anyway, since you're a new Flinx liker + TT03 watcher, here's a little doodle for ya to illustrate the scenario above haha.