my take on butch4butch mkulia for lesbian week

ive been rewatching s1 of the reboot and when mk starts going "dance puppets dance" while controlling the shields for the challenge and it made me lowkey embarrassed for a second. but god she is SUCH an edgelord. lol sometimes how she acts about seeing so mysterious and going under the radar always seem so like. edgelordy lol its so funny. shes so edgy sometimes i feel like ppl forget that

My last doodles before my trip to Italy . . .

- DOT

my take on butch4butch mkulia for lesbian week

can we talk about just how effective jock would’ve been in pushing a jo character arc. It’s not just the fact that Brick acts as a good moral compass, but it’s also how he encompasses EVERYTHING jo tries to avoid (he’s open with his femininity, emotional, sensitive, clumsy etc) and jo…still likes and respects him??

Like, she views him as an equal to the point of overestimating him (you and I both know that mf was trying his hardest in the thumb wrestling scene and jo was all “oh he hardly tried!! what a gentleman!!☺️” GIRL YOU NEARLY BROKE HIS THUMB). You can tell she genuinely enjoys competing with Brick, and she’s never bored whenever they interact. She’s often the one to go up and talk to him, despite beating him time and time again. Jo views him as a worthy competitor even after witnessing him being the most embarrassing man alive (who the fuck tries to dislocate their hip to impress a girl) and pissing himself.

The point is, Jo clearly holds Brick in somewhat of a higher regard despite him showing weakness so often. And that’s important because Jo’s main driving force is not wanting to appear weak.

You can see little moments of her showing care or concern before immediately switching back to her cutthroat attitude. Caring is a “”weakness”” that prevents you from winning (demonstrated by Brick in episode 7). When Jo volunteers to have makeup put on her, she immediately covers it up with a facade of toughness and says she’s “only [doing it] for the good of the team” (Compare this to Brick’s “Yeah, you heard me.” after announcing his dream of going to fashion school). She’s definitely struggling with internalised misogyny and associating femininity with weakness, but that’s an essay for another day.

Brick shows so much “weakness” and yet she still somewhat respects and even cares for him more than the other contestants. And I find that SO interesting.

Especially because he's her rival??? Their relationship is the embodiment of competition. Overcompetitiveness (or toxic competitiveness) is one of Jo's most glaring flaws, so to have her actually care about the one she should be against the MOST? It's a really good way of showing her overcoming her own toxic competitiveness.

Also, the parallels between Jo basically kick-starting Brick's character arc about prioritising the wellbeing of others...and then having Brick be a focal point in a Jo arc about prioritising the wellbeing of others...chef's kiss

I'd also like to add a little detail in relation to Jo's contestant biography. Specifically on her weird dream about letting a guy win because she thought he was "attractive." Yes this was hinting at Brick idc it was way too specific and odd compared to the other dreams, and Brick is the only guy we know who constantly competed against her (and lost). And I'm definitely reading into this too much, but it's actually quite interesting how her subconscious attraction to the guy overpowered her very, VERY intense need to win. Guess that's why it was a weird dream, but it still makes me think about the potential of Jo sacrificing her win for someone she grew to care for. Also I want representation of masc women in relationships that aren’t just played off as a joke

I can go on about this all night (I wish I could) but yeah. I really wish they'd give Jo a proper character arc because she really deserved one. She deserves to be able to grow and develop because she's a great fucking character, and Brick was literally the key to all of that. Peace out

they became adults and now live in a truck together

idk if anyones talked abt this but

dj has two mums. he was raised by a wholesome loving wlw couple 😌

ponntail jo,, pony

mm idk it’s a rainy day and im bored

one of this day im goin’ to draw my redisigns of the characters mmmm

guess what

roti future au that nobody asked for but hey guess what i love these guys

✎ Brick if that's cool w/ u?

I have never drawn brick before so I tried to find a way to draw him in my style and I couldn’t so here’s a td style brick doodle

some scribbles

Bouba and Kiki

I don’t know what to caption this just know I love these kids

phew! picked these doodles up and finished them today! mostly got inspired by my chemical romance and this song. most of the quotes are also from tdas ;) shout out to iamsoproh for helping me w/ the quotes!