#puzzlemask

Prompted by: @icedbeverageenjoyer

I do admit that I do ship Mr. Puzzles with Mr. WPNZ, @eliscz and SkyBird1010 since I've seen plenty of fan-arts and AUs dedicated to them.

I also ship Gangle with Zooble ever since Fast Food Masquerade, Jax since I've seen that comic on Pinterest long long before episode 2 came out, and Pomni since I've seen how underratedly cute they are thanks to @daikaiju-arts.

Why did I ship both of these characters with these people? Because I'm a multi-shipping freak. (Mainly for fun other than finding them cute together.)

But what if I ship Mr. Puzzles and Gangle together?

Note about this artwork: I drew this months before WOTFI 2025 came out.

Why did I ship Gangle with Mr. Puzzles?

It started out with the fact that @vixenvtuber and @jelloapocalypse are streamer friends, they even work together on an indie-show called Epithet Erased.

Gangle is from The Amazing Digital Circus, which is created by @gooseworx and produced by Glitch Productions. Meanwhile, Mr. Puzzles is an original character of SMG4, before he is transferred into the upcoming Zamination show, Calling All Villains. Coincidentally, Glitch Productions was founded by the creators of SMG4 and then years later, collaborated with Zam since they find their TADC fan song, Happy Place, amazing as their show. Since then, Zam helped out with the animation for their shows and writing for their merch videos.

Both Gangle and Mr. Puzzles both hide their insecurities. She (literally) masks her depression with every comedy mask only for them to shatter, while he buries his loneliness with his show-master persona. While Gangle receives emotional support from Zooble, it takes a lot of trial and error for Mr. Puzzles to accept Mr. WPNZ as a true friend instead of Meggy (who was once Leggy in her goomba form).

Then, I make character sheets for them in a crossover-AU project currently known as "Puzzlemask", which is about Gangle becoming an artist for Puzzlevision after she, along with her talent, is found by Mr. Puzzles.

So this is my what-if presentation for this day's Mr. Puzzles week. Thanks for appreciating my idea and make sure that you appreciate other people's ideas and opinions as well.