this time it’ll be with phoenixes! it’ll go the same as the juniper collab, make sure you draw your phoenix relatively fullbody, with a transparent background & reblog it to this post! deadline will be april 17th, so there’s a bit more wiggle room when it comes to a due date :) a day after the due date, i’ll collect all the phoenixes reblogged to this post and put them together like the big juniper piece —> here!
take your time & have fun! remember this collab is for phoenixes! submit as many as you want!
This is a WIP (minor spoilers for I Expect You to Die 2?) I might add a few more in betweens, and I still have to add color and background. But I wanted to share my progress just as a little victory/ motivation
There’s signs outside of just Handler’s odd line delivery in Safe and Sound. Look at what he gives us at the end of every level.
A cupcake and a bottle of champagne with a champagne flute.
Now let’s look at what Juniper leaves for Phoenix when trying to convince them he’s their handler.
A slice of cake and a glass of wine. It’s so close, but not quite right. He knew that Phoenix usually was given cake and alcohol, but not the little things. Why would John go out of his way to get champagne? He’s got cellars full of wine, and it’s not like that small detail will make much difference.
Honestly, when I first played I remember thinking wow that’s a lotta cake- because that is a huge slice of cake. You immediately know something’s off… but not what.
And the sandwich just feels like overcompensating. Handler has been shown leaving Phoenix sandwiches all through the first game, but not as much in the second one. It’s a safety net.
“See? I’m you handler, I even got you a sandwich!”
Leave your true identities at the door and please, join me in a night of enjoyment!"
Welcome, welcome! John Juniper has invited you all to a party in celebration. If you would be so kind as to mark your attendance with Gibson at the door- attendees will not be announced by name (so as to not spoil the fun). Look sharp, trade stories, keep up the facade of anonymity, but above all- have fun!
my take on the Agent themselves because these games have given me brainrot
headcanons below the cut!
-perpetually has their legs kicked up on any and every surface. in the office, on their missions, in the van; as long as they’re not actively problem solving, their shoes are on the table.
-terribly invested in the Handler. literally drove into a flamethrower to get him the perfect hot dog.
-doesn’t set things on fire half as much as one would expect. mostly just lights cigars, honestly. prefers chucking stuff
-along with their TK implant, they volunteered for an experimental treatment that was supposed to make agents immune to ingestible poison. it was only partially effective but it worked enough that they can down entire bottles of champagne, eat moldly sandwiches, chew pre-chewed gum, etc. without batting an eye
-MAJOR sweet tooth.
-fairly talkative outside of missions, but goes completely dead silent the moment that they’re in the field. can’t be baited into betraying information if you don’t talk!
-cheeky as anything. favorite pastime is to deal with deadly situations as nonchalantly as possible, like drinking tea while getting shot at by a tank, stealing Juniper’s masks while he’s trying to shoot them, and saluting while blowing up space stations.
-doesn’t hold grudges. like, at all
-when you die enough times, you sort of start to rank the methods. their favorite way to go out is fire/explosions and their least favorite way is suffocation. falling from space was far scarier to them than falling down a burning elevator shaft. the heat is familiar to the point it’s almost comforting.
-they’re beauty, they’re grace, they’re super mega ace
-a bit of a hoarder. trinkets and souvenirs are very valuable to them. keeps everything that the Handler has ever sent them and steals a lot of things from their missions
So imagine that the games are actually seasons of a sitcom. So each game it's own season. All of the characters are just that, characters and everyone is an actor. That being said, John Juniper is just John Juniper. He (like Wil Wheaton who plays him) will occasionally do cameos as himself in tv shows. So they ran with it and were like "hey do you wanna play yourself but as a way more egotistical version who ends up being a lackey for Dr. Zor? You get to die an epic death at the end?"
And of course he LOVES the idea. I expect you to die is one of his favourite shows after all! So he says yes and they film his season. He gets really attached to everyone and he is very sad that "he" dies. But then they air the season and people are outraged that John died! Or at least... Some people are.
It becomes one of those things like "who shot Mr. Burns?" In the Simpsons and the "sherlock didn't die when he fell" of Sherlock. Like people genuinely believe that it's all a ruse and it sparks outrage through the fandom. There are theories and debates about it. Even into season 3 people are looking for clues that John is coming back.
Then they approach John like "hey I know you are literally the best actor in the world now and this is just a silly little spy sitcom but will you please come back to make the fans happy?"
And he is overcome with joy! He ends up becoming the biggest thing that's ever happened in television history and all of the others (Phoenix, Roxana, Reginald, ect) all LOVE that their silly little show has become the most highly anticipated show ever.
So like is this a valid au? Can we make this happen?
i want to try a silly event if anyone would like to join!
BIG ASS JUNIPER ART COLLAB!!!
everyone would draw their own juniper design and reblog this post with the image attached! anyone can join! all i’d need is a transparent drawing of your own juniper design, or just how you draw him in general reblogged with this post! at the end of the deadline i’d take all the juniper pngs and put them together on a large canvas to make a piece with The most junipers in one place. so many of them!!! what the hell!!!!
make them do funny poses, give them unique expressions, anything to help convey your fun juniper interp :) i will note that i need it to be a fullbody, but a halfbody is fine too if youre okay with your juniper being behind something.
deadline would be on march 26th (from today, a week + 2 days time) your own designs, interpretations and ideas are all encouraged and id love to see them :)!!!!
Well, I got into I Expect You To Die (I'm blaming @solobodor for this!!!!!!!! /lh) and I also got inspired to make my own designs for the characters! These are all very first-pass designs (except for phoenix. maybe) and they're definitely all subject to changing. Especially Hivemind and Ollie who I just threw in there so Fabricator and Solaris wouldn't look so lonely.
The Phoenix page in the bottom preceded the line up, but that's the extent of my concepts for them UDSHFSDKJSD I'm not sure if I'll stick with the silhouette style, or if I'll make these guys actual designs ??? Both can exist at the same time, so who knows.
Oh right yeah also the games are really good and fun!
most of these are from a LITTLE while ago , i kept thinking i'll post them later but i never did .. the orange ones are from today i had prism on my brain .. can you tell ?
wanted to express the frustration of prism arc through pre-ieytd3 and the game itself
hopeful ending <3
i want her so be with her robots so badly yall ..
also phoenix gets to kiss her too
zoraxis meeting what will they do lol
back to my junix bullshit ..
@icecreampizzer's phoenix with mine <33 ehehe
sdiofhisdfhdios they do be irritating and then fabby will push him over the stairs