#kjfb

🎶 i've gotta get out of this wasteland, 'cause this wasteland ain't home!

⏯ NOW PLAYING: Dreamland by Fox Stevenson

for @mcyt-jukebox-bonanza, featuring Kakujo from Kakucraft and Lalnable Hector from Flux Buddies! wait what

an incredibly long explanation under the cut:

[ The Hec and Jo Show is now on ao3! ]

Lalnable Hector's not above unlikely team-ups out of necessity. Teaming up with somebody whose first instinct to solve any problem is "do dark magic about it" might've put him in over his head, but he was already planning to plunge into the deep end on his own. At least this way he has someone to show him the ropes... and besides, it's too late to back out now.

(or, Kakujo finds Hector and decides they are now BFFs.)

this was my first collab writing with @betweenlands and it's still something i love a lot! yall might remember this as being the story behind the dreamland PMV. previously it was only available as a google docs link, but with the power of "i am incredibly bored and tired and already uploading stuff to ao3" it's now in a hopefully more accessible format!

featuring: bad decisions, kakujo being called a himbo, lalnabrain hellctor, everyone’s favourite spooky reject echo specimen, and a surprisingly heartwarming friendship between a supervillain and just some guy

WHOOOOO REMEMBERS KJFB i do! i remember it a lot!

i reread The Hec And Jo Show today and really wanted to draw, uh, hec n jo. i wasn’t super happy with how i drew kakujo in the dreamland pmv, and it’s been EONS since i’ve last drawn lalnable, so two birds one stone, right?

here’s some panels from “just goes to show that you never can tell” that im really proud of!

ill take the moment here to summarize what’s going on in the PMV and the story it’s based off:

after Mother starts to target Five and tries to take control of them, Lalnable Hector gets into dark magic so he can fight her off. unexpected help comes in the form of Kakujo, who just kinda showed up one day and happened to have a base nearby; Kakujo helps Hector out with some magic stuff, and then learns more about the situation in Vindicate me!-- namely, the existence of Drei / Specimen 3, and Hector’s memory issues.

turns out Kakujo is really powerful when it comes to dark magic (to the point where he barely qualifies as human and is more of just... a fucked up dark entity now), so he just... gets the wonderful idea to try and summon somebody that could maybe help untangle the mess that is Hector’s memory. it doesn’t go to plan. specifically, he accidentally summons a demon taking the appearance & personality of Xephos, who decides the best way to jog Hector’s memory is through emotional manipulation and being an asshole. Drei doesnt take kindly to that.