life's a shitpost ❤️

Red's peaking out, because I watched III while drawing, only to realise he'd changed (subsequently changed references too). I mean, I first assumed his swear turned it black, but I'm sure it's black from the second reference.

Quoted as I watch, or taken from a script online

LOL

edit: abort mission, it's vastly different this time around, especially structurally at a glance, i'm definitely going to try make some posts about that when I have time.

"Hi Trautman!! Hi Rambo!!" I say in my head, as I wave at my screen, like a dumbass

They got such a dashing image of him to ask around, I'm laughing so hard,

Ahhh, DID HE HAVE HIS HAIR TIED UP (down)??? HELLO??? HEY, WAIT, RAMBO, I WANTED TO SEE THAT MORE 😭

His hair looks so good (violently trying to stop myself from cutting my hair based off a character/persona, again - Paul Stanley/Starchild, unmasked, Animalise era if you must).

I actually thought the jade pendant was attached to it before I noticed that the uh, what's it called, chain? Has been changed to be longer, so the jade sits at the base of his neck, and not like a choker, if I recall correctly (actually one of the main reasons I'm indecisive of how to draw him - annotated a slash on my only published sketch of him because I drew the choker at the base of his neck). Ahhh, John, you should've kept it like a choker! I know it'd probably snap, but fashion!

Ooh, red… headband… ૮(˶ㅠ︿ㅠ)ა

Look at those delicious layers in his hair (I don't need it, I DON'T NEED IT).

[Warehouse]

Oh, damn, there's so much tension, (me feeling it in my bones)

Trautman's like "that's my boy!"/"no my boy!"

The music/audience fading is SUCH a nice touch

I was actually convinced he'd lose for character building purposes? I'm not sure why.

AND HE HELPED HIS OPPONENT UP. 👏👏👏

Oooh, he didn't hear Trautman?

The monastery(?), is this why he's listed as both Catholic/Buddhist on the wiki? I'm actually really excited for any direct religious references, I love studying religion! :D (edit: shut up 😭🙏, I really walked into this vastly blind)

TRAUTMAN:

"John! John Rambo!"

RAMBO:

"I don't believe this…"

sorry, john, i think you're gonna get yanked back into this bullshit again 😭

TRAUMAN:

"Good to see you again!"

RAMBO:

"Yeah, you too."

HE SAYS IT QUICK TOO, IM SORRY AUUUUUUUUUUGHJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ I LOVE THEM BOTH SO MUCH GODDAMNITtTtTtTtttttt

TRAUTMAN:

"… About how yesterday, I see you, stick-fighting in a warehouse in Bangkok."

Y'know, to me it's really refreshing for Rambo to then say,

"You saw that?"

I often personally forget characters/people don't always catch every, single, little thing that's in their surroundings (I kinda blame The Boys/anything else I've watched for this). I feel like outside of the relm of, people understanding John, he's considered overtly precise, completeeeeeeely meticulate, of course, I'm not saying he isn't that, but maybe not to the extent I personally thought as per the fandom's impression, off tumblr.

GRIGGS:

"Well, you're certainly not easy to find!"

RAMBO:

"Why, you keepin' track?" (LMAOOOOOOOOOO)

"The Colonel says good men are hard to find." (paraphrasing) AHAHHAHA WHEN THEY PANNED TO SAM'S FACE AAAHAHHAHAHA SORRY I JUST ITSjffhfhf

No, but the way he messes with the stick and like, pokes it around… aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa it's so human, like I'm observing this as if I'm not human, but it's so insignificant that he grabs a stick and twirls it around and pokes it at the scaffolding

He's thinking… (Oop! He got caught) (he continued to poke the scaffolding with the stick)

"Come with me, John." I'm personally conflicted, because if it's both of them, hell yeah. Like, I'd much rather Rambo not to go alone, and if Trautman's going, sure. But the other part of me's like, screaming, HE NEEDS PEACE. NORMALITY. AUGHH. Like, don't destroy what he already has just now.

TRAUTMAN:

"Let me tell you a story, John. There was a sculptor, and he found this stone, a special stone. He dragged it home, and he worked on it for months, until he finally finished. When he was ready, he showed to his friends, and they said he had created a great statue. The sculptor said, he hadn't created anything. The statue was always there. He just cleared away the small pieces."

"We didn't make you this fighting machine, we just chipped away the rough edges."

"You're always gonna be tearing away at yourself, until you come to terms with what you are. Until you come full circle."

RAMBO:

"I guess I'm not ready yet."

The way he didn't… push again. I, sort of expected Sam to force it a bit more. Like. Kinda- kinda… I'm getting a bit scared… (someone HOLD ME. HOLD ME).

(Also, I love the story, when I typed it down, I was thinking Man… did I really need to write this entire thing down accurately? looking at it now, I like it.)

OH NO. NO. NO. NO. Oh FUCK. THEY BOTH SAID "Promise" FUCK NO. I'M SO SCARED. (Edit: Scarred from Co + John)

Guhh… the slight smile guhhhhhhh… I've got this ugly feeling I'd like to get rid of--- (Sam walks out and John's seated) THE MUSIC? HEY. HEY. NO. NO. UGHHH I hope I'm just overreacting, :sob:.

fuck.

(Captured)

Griggs the fuck d'you mean, 'ya can't do anythin' about it', what a load of SHIT? I already don't fucking like you for some reason.

Ah… Is… is this just going to keep happening? This reminds me of Kazuma Kiryu from the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series, constantly helping out despite not having an affiliation w/ the Yakuza after some time (pretty early on, actually 😭🙏, kinda like John here).

ahhhhh… "I'm used to it." AUGHHHHHH. 😭....

That shirt looks really nice on him :0 (in "Peshawar, Pakistan")

Das… suspicious. He's… kinda suspicious…

"It's a blue light."

"What does it do?"

"… It turns blue."

The delivery and facial expression Stallone has, omg, I had to replay 4 times, something so silly as a throwaway line had me giggling.

Mousa Chanin doesn't know who he's with :pensive:😔

IIIIII already don't like this Colonel Zaysen guy.

AH HAH! Trautman's lines are making me grin like Rambo was making me, in the same way at the start of First Blood Pt2.

Hors… Ahh, horsies… I love honse… ❤️🏇

[Prayer, "May God deliver us from the venom of the cobra..."] "[It means] That you guys don't take any shit." HAHAHAHA, yeah, that's a way to put it.

"He said it's better to send 5 lions, than 500 sheep."

"What do you think?"

"I think the king was lucky."

Now Trautman's getting hung up by his arms...

OHHHHHHHH!!!!! OHHHHHH!!!! BURNNNNNNNNNN, COLONEL ZAYSEN (Trautman, that was worth it, LMAO) WAIT ITS THAT GUY? IS IT? OH MY GOD HE- WAWAIT HE WAS WAAAAAAAAAAH, HOLY SHIT HOW'D I EVEN CLOCK THAT?? (Edit: don't actually know what I was on about... Maybe the guy at the store front appearing twice)

OH NO…. ("Call an ambulance! Call an ambulance… But not for me.")

The way he says "Sure" to the kid (giving the knife), it was so quiet, ah… plz…

"What's football, you play it with your foot?" - yes -

"Not really." what?- OH RIGHT, HAHAHA NOT- not… yeah…

I just realised John's headband changed back to black. oh my god. Now i need to change my drawing… LOL (hopefully uploaded by the time I upload this, as I'm doing three things at once). I presume he changed since red can't camoflauge well. [GIF] bandana flick (edit: GIFs will be made a separate post).

NONOOOO NO HE'S JUST PLAYING A GAME WAIT PLEASEEEE DON'T WHYYYYYY… godddamn… he got thrown off- WOAAAAAAAAH AGILITYYYYYY!!! GO JOHN!!!

Oh my god. AH FUCK OH MY GOD THAT BITCH (Zaysen) IS HERE, IT'S NOT EVEN BY PROXY.

Holy fucking shit, did OH MY GOD THAT HIDE WAS CRAZY.

:(

"Now you see how it is here. Somewhere in war, there's supposed to be honor. Where is the honor here, where?"

"Have you not seen enough death?"

"It's not your war."

R: "It is now."

Ah, the kid. AHhh…

"Why must you do this?"

R: "Cause he'd do it for me." hhhhhh….m……

OHHHH MY GOD….. [grenade on the fence, pin nearly getting pulled] OHH MY GOD THE KID NONONPNONP NPONOOONONONONO ONONONONOONON ONONONONO NOOO PLEASEEEEEEEEE NO.

The detonators (I want to see where the blue light will be used)

Oh fuck, Mousan + kid please be safe/stay safe

oh my god my anxiety is through the roof, put the key in fuck fuck fuck fuck (edit: I started jumping up and down trying to dispel the adrenaline)

OH THE KIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Holy shit

OH FUCK

RAMBO WHAT WHAT. Kid in one hand, shot, AND FIRING

AND THE WINDOW BAR THING.

AHHHHHH SO MUCH GOING ON.

"You don't have to hunt him. He'll find you." ...

"No. God would have mercy. He won't."

This entire interaction should've scared the Colonel. Also, wow, the line about God made me pause, like *Damn...* That hits hard. (Edit: imagine if he was though 🥹✌️)

he… gave- th--THEHHHE,,.E..E HE CGAVETHE NECKLACE HE- HEEEEEEEEEE WHOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCK. (Edit: was on the verge of tears, since I'm soft)

Oh my god is he. I'm so sorry. I had to pause. And make this meme

I. I'm so sorry John. Like I actually hate the world you're in, and I just hope- I- I CAN'T EVEN- I HAVE NO WORDS.

I have like, no words left to say. Except you're all fucked, like Trautman (basically) said.

I want them to duo, but the "excuse" for it probably not happening is that Trautman's too beat up... (Edit: or he's kinda bad, or just sub-par compared to John, which, saying that makes me sad, but then again ehhh...)

Bow and arrow makes another appearanceeeee WOAH WHAT WOAAAAAAAAHHHH WPOAAAAAAAAAH WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Massive explosion)

TRAUTMAN:

"That was close, John. How are ya?"

RAMBO:

"Well done."

pauses wait… did he just joke about temper--

TRAUTMAN:

(we should split up,) "I'm sorry I got you into this, John."

RAMBO:

"No, you're not!"

ZAYSEN:

"Who are you!?" - Your worst nightmare, LOL!

RAMBO:

"Your worst nightmare." I GOT THAT, HELLO???

Blue light makes an appearance again!

AND AGAIN

RAMBO:

"That's good timing."

TRAUTMAN:

"What are friends for?"

I love them both so much.

FUCK

SAM GET HIS ASS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (John's getting strangled/etcetc) (edit: I mean, realistically I know he couldn't have attempted it without shooting John on accident, but still)

OOOHHH RAMBOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! He is so 🔥🔥🔥

WHAT THE FUCK. HELLO. WHAT. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT, WHAT. WHAT THE FUCK. (Edit: Colonel came back with reinforcements)

I just KNOW something badass is gonna happen (is he gonna throw his weapon directly at something?)

I know they might have detonators, perchance?

Okay. Johnny knows he's got plot armor.

OOOH MY GOD OG MY GODDDDDDDDDDD OH MY GODDDDDDDD ITS THE REBELS OHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHh!!!!!!!!! okay that makes much more sense. (Edit: How'd I not realise the actual poster-cover was this. How. How am I aware of things but also oblivious?)

TRAUTMAN'S SHOT! FUCK, NO! c'mon, you can do this, you can do this.

JOHN'S SHOT AGAIN??????????

oh.. my god.

HOW. HOW? HOW?

Green jacket in replacement for the jade pendant, visually at least

They made a prayer behind them as they drove off.

And… we're/// done.

Wow.

This time I don't know how to feel.