#zath-asks

RIGHT?? I especially love that Will’s specific kind of body horror makes him involves a kind of resurrection, and how that plays into Monty’s religious trauma in a kind of Jesus parallel?? I might be overworking the metaphor here but I feel like there’s also potential in “he died for your sins” — Monty would probably never be able to love Will in a way that is healthy, but Will doesn’t care because his devotion is unconditional. He’ll take all of Monty’s worst parts and love him even more. He’ll always be there, no matter how many times Monty betrays him, ignores him, etc.

Indeed they do 👹👹💗💗

Ofc ofc 🙏💗

Heyhey! I just wanted to a massive thank you to everyone who’s sent asks over the last few days 🙏💗💗 I will get back to you soon! Currently I’m the last leg of the term and it has been kicking my ASS, but making art for this fandom has been the saving grace of this entire year, so for real: thank you. I love you. You are gorgeous and also a badass.

Also~ to my Dead Man’s Fiction readers: expect an announcement post for Pt 2 sometime next week >:)

HELLO so sorry it took a minute to get around to this, but good news I’m finally out of college 🙏🙏

Anyways EXCELLENT QUESTION okay I have many thoughts on this…

I’ve always been partial to Will as a dog-coded character, especially after Monty’s flashback in 118. Specifically as a mutt — it matches really well with who he is as a character, not really fitting into one person but instead a mashup of a bunch of personalities and traits/features. As a dog, I could see him as something really scruffy and unkempt, but really good at a specific job? This is the baby I have in mind:

Also bloodhounds. Mostly because of their melty faces 🤗

BUT!

I could also see him as a chameleon of some sort? For obvious reasons. Also, the way they walk is just super funny to me and gives off all the Will vibes lmao 🫶Or also mockingbirds!! Like look at these babies:

Literally gorgeous. They can mimic sounds they hear and also have a protective call that sounds like rasping, which I feel weirdly fits with Will?? (I wonder why…*cough* episode 88 *cough*)

Anyways~

Montresor! You’re definitely right with the eagle and horse, I feel like he could align with something very symbolically robust. To add on to that thought, I really like him as a goat, both because of his spectre’s eyes and because of how versatile their representation is. In a lot of cultures, goats are the ones sacrificed in religious ceremonies, which I think has a really interesting parallel with how Montresor seems to be the one who was blamed for everything that went wrong in the church…the scapeGOAT if you will. Ahahah. (I’m sorry)

^^ This one looked extra stupid so I decided it was perfect for Monty 💗

But because I have to match them… Montresor also works as a dog, I think. @glowstickgoo did drawings of Annabel’s crew as dogs, and thus I subscribe to that gospel…Monty as a golden retriever mix lives rent-free in my brain 🙏