I don't go here (and am still enjoying all the troll art immensely) but for Flickory maybeeee a soft morning? What would an ideal morning look like for them? C:
ALT
if weāre talkin about the morninā after the first time ā¦.
ALT
that one ended up feeling pretty ideal for both of them.
personally love the trope of ‘what if this person positioned like a threat to the otp actually just becomes part of it’. never gets old.
like,,
hickory and poppy helping branch calm down and talk about his feelings more, providing that gentle space for him to air out things that may not be so positive.
hickory and branch reeling in some of poppy’s anxiety and antics before they get outta hand, grounding her in a way that doesn’t feel smothering or stifling.
poppy and branch extending some of that profound grace they’re so good at to hickory, something i think the man doesn’t really come across, making it feel safer for him to open up, mistakes less terrifying for him….
hey king just wanted to let you know that today i looked at all your abot comics and downloaded them one page at a time bc i was catastrophizing and the idea of not being able to look at them whenever i wanted in the future was unacceptable. anyway truly some of the best comic work ever done (im so serious), i feel at peace with it in my hard drive
okay listen listen, can u imagine dickoryās fierce protective steak he has with his music, but directed towards john???
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
i genuinely think it would do insane things for him. healing wounds he didnāt even know he had.
they both say things like āya darn skippy, playa-playā and āding dingā and āgood gosh darnedā, theyāre both eldest brothers who are ride-or-die over a Bad Call, they both have such bravado,,,
something something john actually being able to relax a little, let someone else take care of him for a change, and dickory feeling fluffed by actually being entrusted to do so, not underestimated or looked down on. theyād make each other laugh, neither is too proud to do something ridiculous to get a job done LIKE
iām also taking this ask to talk about a related headcanon for hickory i lean into.
like, the picture i wanna paint with him (the cliff-scaling hooves, the smidge-like strength, the crazy competency with tools and whatnot) is one where all the elements are working together to hide something heās compensating for;
hickory has brittle/sickly troll hair.
roll with me; we donāt see him use his hair for anything, right? he doesnāt leverage it when building the raft, or when attempting to fight chaz, or the funk bubble. and even though growly pete uses his hair like a lasso, hickory employs actual rope for it.
ergo! weak troll hair.
he can barely stretch it, it hurts when he does, and itās more likely to rip out of his scalp than pull something else in.
this is a closely guarded secret in the bounty hunting world. heās told very few people, and trusts even fewer to touch it.
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
