This week’s art is a little… interesting. Softboy and Dirk aren’t
able to cooperate long enough to play Tic-Tac-Toe, much less come
together for something as close and personal as fusion. Fusion isn’t
even something the citizens of Chrisville are capable of doing, although
they do sometimes wonder what the results would be like.
However,
once an idea forms in my mind, it cannot be chased out so easily. So
here is the answer to the question nobody was asking: what would a
fusion of Softboy and Dirk look like?
The answer: Spruce. He has
Softboy’s outgoing personality and love of performing, but still deals
with Dirk’s temper and tendency to bring up rude topics. He has just
enough goodness in him to know that he shouldn’t lash out at people, or
care about the way he’s seen by others, but the occasional insult and
wave of self-consciousness will still bubble to the surface. Because he
has two minds at war inside of him, Spruce constantly criticizes himself
and even deals with panic attacks from time to time.
NOTE: Spruce will not feature in any upcoming comics. This is just a “What If?” scenario.
Fun fact: Spruce’s design is based off of Woody from Toy Story, who is also made of both plush and tough components.
Also, Spruce’s name is based on the fact that spruce is a SOFTwood.
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