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allowing themselves to be vulnerable around someone who Understands is such a Challenge but they learn to accept it from each other more and more. they get one another more than they realize. AND THE WHOLE MASHUP STARTED AS A HALF SERIOUS FEVER DREAM. and they get to THIS point
getting to put these two in each others' VERY DIFFERENT worlds and seeing them authentically learn about each other is such a crazy writing experience. BUT ITS SO CANDID THAT IT FEELS SO REAL TO ME
garage band junkyard antics to wealthy city elite life dichotomy is insane
AND THE SCARIEST PART. IS THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE TERRIFIED OF WHO THEY ARE UNDER ALL THEIR LAYERS OF PERFORMANCE AND FRONTS .
AND YET THEY STILL SEE EACH OTHER AND ACCEPT EACH OTHER. IT FEELS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
Two guys who have very similar fears, but bytcon doubled down on his ambition and jakkro gave up. and these two serendipitously collide at a party with mutual friends. IT FEELS SO REAL TO ME? two guys from two different worlds and yet they have SO much in common beneath it all.
AND THEN WE SUDDENLY REALIZED.
THEY ARE PERFECT FOILS FOR EACH OTHER. Jakkro's complex is that ambition turns him into a monster so he acts like hes nothing, and bytcon would rather be an ambitious monster than be seen as nothing. ITS THE PERFECT SET UP.
AND SUDDENLY OUR BRAINS GO HAYWIRE. i think like THAT NIGHT hallie and i started an RP of them meeting and SOMETHING WAS CLICKING WAYYY TOO WELL. i was pumping out SO many sketches of them based on our convos at an unprecedented rate bcus they were making SENSE
then hallie and i start dating in 2022, and im dropping hints i want to build a gay story with Bytcon cuz hes my main guy. i jokingly offer jakkro cuz hallie knew i was crazy abt him. i pitched a concept for them to meet at one of vyr's house parties. drew this sketch quickly:
hallie made Jakkro for a battle of the bands concept and i made Zuzu to be in his band. you could tell i was always obsessed with jakkro from the way i drew zuzu interacting with him in 2019
SORRY IM HAVING SUCH A MOMENT. I NEED TO RAMBLE ABOUT BYTKRO FOR A SECOND