so i may have lied about doing panel redraws. hi @fujii-dlc
this is a scene i never got to do bc we never got that far! this might be me repeating myself a bit bc i genuinely dont remember how much ive talked abt this, if any, but Friend's plotline was gonna be fun. they spent most of the story as Swears's sidekick and not feeling like they had much going for them outside of that, and not feeling like a particularly Good sidekick either because of breaking easily. they're good at connecting with people emotionally, which helps balance out Swears being "attack first, reason never", but they don't feel like that amounts to much.
at some point-- okay, Friend had a cute little sidekick of their own, Buzz. Buzz was gonna get kidnapped by an arc antagonist and there would be a fight, with Swears and Friend getting pretty thoroughly trashed and, as usual, Friend being the first one out a few times and getting super demoralized
it ends with a situation where Swears is out but Friend is just barely hanging on, physically and emotionally. something that we poked at briefly during the actual run was the idea of void shapes having unique powers, like Sovi's weird color stuff, Fresh's absorption and corruption, and Swears being able to manipulate the environment. and this was gonna tie back into Friend's feelings about being useless bc they dont really have anything like that, theyre just some guy that gets kicked around a lot.
this would've been the big reveal that Friend does have a void shape power! that uh. i dont think i ever fully defined, but its something along the lines of being able to take control of obstacles and projectiles to deflect or weaponize. theyre able to get their first solo boss victory using it (which Swears has some trouble believing bc Friend is. Friend. and Swears is Swears.) and gain confidence in being able to hold their own after all
tbh now that im thinking abt it that could dovetail into Friend trying to connect with Fresh more bc of Friend having what could be considered a "lighter" version of Fresh's corruption, and Fresh's. everything. after Duet. he's still at odds w Swears but Friend is very good at being a bridge
god i miss these guys so much
