Thoughts about Gus Porter TOH!!

• He holds himself to such impossible and overwhelming expectations. I am STILL thinking about the fact that he ran away to live in a cave when he failed a school project, which, as a reminder, was for 2-3 grades ahead of where someone his age would be! I want him and Amity to talk and bond over it… Gus to back out at first, dismissing it, going “no, our situations are WAY different”. Only for Amity to reassure that she’d rather connect over it than get into technicalities of her “having it worse”.

• Him struggling between his special interest in the human realm and all the horrors he saw in Belos’s mind. What do you mean the culture he’s so fascinated by is rooted in harm anod corruption and atrocities? He doesn’t want to know but he also needs to.

• I think he’d get deep into human history and start really connecting with revolutions, especially as the Boiling Isles are being built. People have done this before. People have come out the other side and survived.

• He’s a huge fan of “human attempts at illusion magic”, as he sees them. Animation, vocaloids, special effects, special effect makeup, practical magic tricks, augmented/virtual reality, etc! Willow listens to him enthusiastically explain the differences between 2d and 3d animation and how to make convincing cosplays and the psychology of grabbing someone’s attention to do a trick right in front of their eyes.

• He’s a theatre kid. You cannot convince me otherwise. He has a gorgeous singing voice and he’s great at performing in general but he doesn’t know it yet.

• He’s afraid of trying out other magic tracks because yeah, they interest him, but what if he’s bad at them? What if he’s not actually a child prodigy and he’s a fake and he gets found out and— His friends and/or dad talk him through it, though, and he ends up trying out the bard and oracle as well! I’m not sure what instrument he would play but I can see him with anything from an electric guitar to a piano to a saxophone.

• He has a leather jacket covered in pins and patches (some courtesy of Hunter) and it’s his prized possession. Wears it every single day.

• Whatttt is going on with his illusion stuff man. What do you mean he gets thrown into intense immersive magic visions related to his fears and anxieties. *Hits him with the disability beam and refuses to elaborate*

• He has a special interest in space that was either the cause of his fascination with Cosmic Frontier, or caused by his fascination with Cosmic Frontier.

• That being said. Please consider a Collector and Gus duo. They know what it’s like to have people pretend to be your “friend” because of your magic prowess, they know what it’s like to have seen too much too young, they know what it’s like to be the youngest in the group. Dynamic of “I’ve always wanted a little sibling” and “you are the best babysitter EVER”.

• The HAS gets so big after WAD that he has to assign more leadership positions (Matt is vice president :3)

• I feel like I’m stealing this from someone but I can’t remember where I saw it… anyway. He’s the next Grom King and essentially terrifies Grom right back. Uno reverse. Show IT its worst memories/fears. If anyone knows who originally posted that please tell me but it’s canon to me now.

• After he gets his ear pierced for the illusion mirror, he gets like 5 more. Give my boy some jewelryyy

• In the Emerald Entrails, while Viney & Willow are flora and fauna best friends, Gus & Skara are performing artist best friends. They are NOT overwhelmed between theatre and/or band and Flyer Derby what do you mean

i so admire people who wait until they have a bunch of drawings that pair together nicely to post them… the second im done drawing something i cant help but be like ok everybody come look at this right now this instant. or else

Getting into 3d modelling ^_^ here is a shakra

🫵🫵🫵 GUSTHOLOSER HI!!! yes unfortunately i am still here

I drew (or attempted to draw) king! It’s my first time drawing him so I think I did a pretty good job!!

yeah finally posting here

sorry for dying all the time guys💔

I have a deep fear of being known BUT I have a slightly larger fear of being forgotten. the best solution I can come up with is making art every once in a while

People use AI to make art when they could be doing what has been tradition for years, making silly little pictures in dress up doll games