#not-cup

Ofc it has to be Mayhem's day who has the most effort lmao

Mayhem, hat on//hat off 🔛🔝

My new way of drawing the Vicerion sisters

I felt bad that i have same face syndrome when it comes to drawing girls in rubberhose artstyle, so i had a little fun with changing their facial structures. Hopefully their body too, soon

Aaaand- *drumrolls*

... Introducinggggg, my WitchBrew ship !(Mayhem x Not-cup)

Oh i actually had art of that ship waaaaay back before posting on tumblr

Made this around the middle of last year. And then i posted this when i first started tumblr (you long-time fishies/followers out there who was with me with my first post might remember this lol)

From all i could remember from my past-self's thoughts, Not-Cup was, from what i imagined, a hollow and black eyed version of Cuphead that appeared in real Cuphead's dream in the labyrinth. Which is waaaaay different cuz in the canon, its actually just the usual cuphead that we know, except evil with toungue. I was wondering why he was in the Tear—was he an anomaly like mayhem? Was he an illusion like ava and black hat? Or is he smth else like i dunno, a future cuphead that is potentially possessed by an ink machine part? (As you guys know, when a character gets possessed by this shit, their eyes turn black like Cog!Holly, Cog!Cala and Instument!boris and sarah. Except the brush with mick tho, i dunno why is that)

But anyway, this question gets unanswered leaving me to headcanon that he is an "actual" character and not just a manifestation or illusion of the labyrinth. Just like Mayhem who we thought was an illusion till she's revealed to be an actual character in the series. (This question regarding Not-Cup is still unanswered lol, regardless of an answer, im still shipping them)

Now, onto the actual question, well i dunno if u ship cuphead and holly (i do) and if you'd notice, witchbrew is (obviously) a parallel of the colly ship. Colly are in the hero side, while Witchbrew is on the villain side. I would love to see an actual couple be villains, it sucks that theyre always single XD. If Cuphead had his Holly, then why cant Mayhem have her Not-Cup, hm? Nah-uh aint gonna let that happen

And then boom! This shit--i mean ship is created. Lol i dunno if this makes any sense 😭

Also this ship has ties with my theory regarding of Mayhem's origin and if there will be a canon origin of her story thats gonna be different from my theory, well, lets say this might just be a small fanon ship that randomly came outta nowhere XD

Regarding their origin love story, it starts with my theory that Mayhem is the future Holly that is fully possessed by the cog when the questers went to the desert (forgot its name) to finf the machine. Cuphead goes desperate and asks help from a part? (Eh, i really havent thought about how cuphead got possessed lol) And then he teams up with Mayhem.

The problem is, Cuphead did it out of love, regrets (regret that he didnt manage to save holly even tho it wasnt his fault), and guilt. While Mayhem got possessed by the Cog due to her previous connection to it that got stronger. So i this ship, its painfully one-sided. Painful truth.

But when interacting, they act a bit like a bickering couple, Mayhem being the terrifying teaser she is while Not-cup is the sarcastic serious one. Tho he sometimes act like the actual Cuphead Dish from the questers. They may also act a bit like the duplicates of Colly in appearance.

Not-Cup likes to help Mayhem mess with the Questers as they try to hunt down and restore the duo.

And as for Chaos the Cat... I dunno where the fuck does he fit in lol

From what i remember i think i had a digital version of Mayhem's Tango? Its burried deep down in the ocean... Btw Mayhem's tango was inspired by the song "You'll be mine (Alice's Tango)" by Chi-Chi. I also had other songs that i associate mayhem with (mostly its just bendy fansongs lol) but i dunno if u wanna hear abt it :/

Welp i think thats it? I covered up all about teh WitchBrew origins. Send me another ask if my explanation's not clear XD

Im also glad that you love this silly lil ship i made! It was odd seeing someone like it when i expected no to actually like it XD (tho i dunno out there if anyone actually paid attention to my mayhem x not-cup ship way back then cuz it was a bit random) if u want more infos abt them, go on and ask! I have a bit more from store actually... Hidden for so long... (/jk, its just for 2 years lol)

I wanted to finish him by next week but i got my adrenaline fueled. I wanted to fully color him, but got carried away by the outline and accidentally made it manga style😭😭😭

Ive not made any new art of witchbrew :/

But maybe a few headcanons

Idk if i shared this but MayNot was the first name i came up with the ship. But someone from the IMserver came u with WitchBrew so i went with it (they were so brilliant with the name, kudos to them, i love it)

Mayhem occasionally uses Not-Cup's head for brewing potions, Not-Cup is either annoyed cuz it smells so good and she uses his head as a cauldron or likes it because Mayhem trusts him with her shit.

Actually the 'potions' shes brewing on his head are actually... just random drinks she wants to try from our world (i headcanon she has some sort of 4th wall breaking ability) Not-Cup wonders what the cuss is she making XD and is curious but Mayhem slaps his hand "Hey hey! No touching! Tsk tsk!"

(actually idek if mayhem does brew potions like a normal witch 💀)

If there's a fight going on, Mayhem would throw runes (her magic aura is lime green) while Not-Cup shoots pink bullets. They fight opponents synchronously that they throw attacks one after the another, not leaving a chance for their opponent to breathe

Not-cup wonders why is she winking at the emptiness but laughs at it annyways (mayhem was communicating with the audience)

They like to throw hands at each other and fight but theyre not serious about killing each other

"Hmm why do you need this straw?" *Grabs Not-Cup's straw and examines it with an intrigued and questioning expression*

"Hey hey hey hey! No grabbing!" *Tries to grab back his straw from mayhem* "I need that!"

They had this convo multiple times

Mayhem is the peculiar one while Not-Cup just went with her flow~ and they like to annoy each other. Not-cup initiates pranks but it backfires cuz Mayhem got smth better

Cuphead is the beauty and Mayhem is the brains

Random: This is them in my emojis X

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