Last sketchdump of the year! 😊 Bunch of odds and ends I drew from May-Dec, feat. Kitsune Audrey, a Let It Flow! scene, Edmund Davis from Time Princess, my new OC Nona, and friend OCs Eunice, Johnny and Bean. Please Keep Reading below for context and credits!

Commission of (biblically accurate) Eunice in her swimsuit, for @biasedblonde!

With wanting to do more with my Mechamorph AU..as well as drawing things that aren’t just Mechamorphs. Figured why not add Digit fellow Co-Workers and do my own design. Meet, Eunice!

Not only working with Digit as one of Azmuths assistants, the two bond over similarities from Co-workers into treating each other like siblings, which leads to them goofing off at work mostly, something that makes Azmuth very grumpy

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So, at the end, Austin on the verge of turning in the thumb drive to the police, maybe "getting the girl," and becoming the hero of the story who could take down Madame Park, decides to turn back, return the evidence, and gets back with Ashley. Why is this? Why not go through to the unknown, especially when Eunice, albeit reluctantly, confesses her love back?

The key is in the dialogue. Madame Park tells Austin that love only exists within the capitalist system, within its constraints—implying that it is a function within the system. Austin's love for Eunice then seems to be a paradox, as he is on the verge of potentially overturning a system of money and corruption to explore this possibility. But as he hears Eunice tell him what he wants to hear, perhaps just to get the evidence in, perhaps with some truth to it, he realizes that it is not guaranteed. That if he goes after her, a woman that reminds him of his mother, he may never get the "love" (power) that he is looking for, because he would be submitting to a symbol of the matriarchy.

Meanwhile, Austin knows that Ashley does not love him. He has confronted her with the truth of her abandonment issues, of her unhealed trauma that is in the way of having any form of trust or love with her partner. But by knowing this weakness, knowing that she will always love him and never let him go, he also knows that he will always hold power over her—the power of knowledge. And with the promise of a son on-the-way (with a fertilized embryo), he has all the ingredients to submit to the patriarchy.

I can't find the original post/comment, but the person who made it claimed that Ben was responding to Gwen's question of "What about Julie?", which is not true. He was responding to KEVIN saying that EUNICE was "way too good-looking" for him.

If you look closely at Ben's body language, he is very clearly looking at Kevin after he speaks.

After Kevin speaks up, Ben takes his focus OFF OF GWEN to respond to Kevin. Kevin is taller than Ben & Gwen, so it makes sense that Ben would have to LIFT HIS HEAD UP to address him. His pupils are also directed UP TOWARDS HIS TOP EYELIDS. If he was talking to Gwen, he would not have to do this since the two of them are the SAME height. His pupils would also be directed to the side in that case.

Therefore, BEN NEVER SAID JULIE WAS TOO GOOD-LOOKING FOR HIM.

I can't believe this needs to be pointed out...

On a related note, Gwen's attitude in this episode really disappointed me. You're telling me she defended Ben when Kai literally dehumanized him AND encouraged him to ask Julie out by listing all of his good qualities, then she turns around and tries to accuse him of cheating when JULIE is the one who broke it off???

You'd think Gwen would be more inclined to defend her family when their significant others mistreat them. Maybe if it was Kai doing it instead, Gwen wouldn't have any issues tearing into her???

All I know is that this is not Gwen's only less-than-stellar moment in Ultimate Alien. She has quite a few, in fact, and one episode in particular is especially frustrating to me.