#jd wirman

some detective grimoire sketches from today!

spoilery one below‼️ do notttt look if you haven't finished the game

Colored sketches of the suspects 💥💥💥

Tryna figure out how I wanna draw em all.

thinkin about how wirman's the only one with five fingers and dirk's the only one with dot eyes :)

i love themmmm 😭

Like, Symmetry sometimes drops the Woebegone Haunted Victorian Orphan schtick to talk normally, usually to hilarious effect. In a more spoilery post I mentioned that I assumed at first that Zephyr was a scammer, but he is making an effort to be recognized as a legitimate scientist, even if his methodology gets pretty out there. Dirk has the energy of a bonafide Himbo, but he's exceptionally insightful at turns - and no-thoughts-head-empty at others (I was also watching an LP where the streamer mentioned you could meet 5 guys just like Dirk if you spent a few minutes in LA).

And particularly, I'm thinking right now of Wirman, who has the initial vibe of a gloomy, sarcastic shut-in Artiste - and he does have some of those traits - but there's more to him than that. For one thing, he's currently under a lot of external pressure to do something that he doesn't really want to be doing, and we don't know how long that's been going on. He's tired. He's burnt out and nursing a chronic migraine from the sound of things.

And while he's certainly sassy, genre-aware, and occasionally very cutting, that's not his entire personality. He can and does sincerely compliment other people's skills and efforts. He enjoyed Symmetry's act when he saw it as a journalist, he compliments Sally on being eloquent if you show him a particular clue, and while he certainly appears to be rather exasperated with life in general, he doesn't take it out on other people. I also like his dynamic with Dirk - they're a classic sunshine-raincloud duo, but Wirman seems to genuinely like Dirk and think at least somewhat well of him. Hell, he makes an effort to give a tactful answer when Sally asks if he thought Dirk was a good fit for Mordoom - maybe not as nice as it could be, but it's also a sensitive subject.