#woopsies

Is there a particular scenario for these drawings? Not really! This started off as just Patton and Virgil drawings but then I decided to just draw all of the sides being sad and Not Emotionally Well which causes their more animalistic traits to come out :)

So, most of the sides have common animal traits assigned to them either by canon like Patton and Janus (Semi Remus?) or just popular fanon choices like Virgil and Remus, but Logan and Roman? I've only seen them with animal traits like once or twice, so! My own takes that are influenced by those one or two instances :)

Logan is a bird! Either a crow or a raven, I haven't decided yet, and he's mostly okay with it? Doesn't show them a lot but doesn't really hate it and he is happy he's assigned a creature generally seen as intelligent, but does find the maintenance of the wings annoying, especially since he isn't super flexible and would need help in preening the backs of his wings. Which is vulnerable and can be seen as intimate. Which he doesn't like. Also represses a LOT of instincts 'cause he doesn't see them as logical and is also refusing to accept he has feelings! Unfortunately, as funny as him being unable to see glass would be, he's just unable to see without glasses (He's specifically far sighted while Patton's near sighted) also something something birds usually have better eyesight than humans something something Logan needing glasses showing that he's not infallible and still very much human (or at least part of one) no matter how much he tries to seem above emotions something something his hypermetropia (Fancy name for far sightedness) being a metaphor for how feelings still cloud his judgement and he can't do anything about it, it's something deeply embedded inside of him that he can't change. Another thing about that is an idea I have that Logan's eyesight is actually getting worse! His glasses power keeps getting higher over the years and it terrifies annoys him because it doesn't make sense! There's a horror in knowing your eyesight keeps getting worse and that you can't do anything to stop it and that at some point you might be unable to see and do all the things you love because you've fucked up your eyes enough that you turn half blind (projecting? What? noooo) And that's horrible for Logan! He loves space and star gazing and seeing graphs and charts and being able to see progress happening, and he will not admit this easily but he does like seeing the other sides and their antics because he's fond of them!! So this gradual worsening of his eyesight is hell for him

Roman!! Ooooh Roman, he has ISSUES with being a dragon. Look, most kid fairytales? The dragons are the villains, they're the creatures the brave hero has to kill to get a happily ever after, they're evil. And that's something that Roman ended up internalizing! He of course logically knows that not all dragons have to be evil and stuff, there's so many examples showing that! But. But. He's that classic red dragon, the one you think of first, the one you think of with a giant hoard that kidnaps princesses and breathes fire. His insecurities do not let him forget that he can very easily look like a monster! Which is made worse after, you know, Janus' comment (You know the one.) His instinct is to hoard! A very selfish thing to do, especially since to him his hoard is the rest of the sides!! (Janus is. A Situation. But he is begrudgingly semi a part of it because Patton is and even though Patton hurt him a lot he still cares for him!) And he is trying so hard to not be selfish and be good and selfless and a hero! He is trying to be a perfect disney prince and being part dragon Does Not fit that!!! Another thing is the dragon witch! She is trying to get Roman to properly tap into his instincts instead of repressing them but he ignores her because 'she's just a villain! What if she's trying to trick me into doing something horrible?' Which is just like. No, Roman, in fact, ignoring your instincts will lead to it blowing up in your face at a horrible time and hurting others!!! Another thing is that Roman is a big romantic at heart and wants to be loved and accepted, being able to turn into a 'monstrous creature' (In his eyes, can you tell he's viewing himself from a really distorted pov?) makes it much harder to find someone who can accept him fully. However he does like that if need be he can be a big fuckoff dragon that can protect his hoard properly