I Don't Have Much To Add. I Don't Plan On Coloring These Any Time Soon And I Just Wanted To Make Cute

This is why I made the poll for the pen name. https://www.tumblr.com/dreamboundedstar/714892108056674304/which-sounds-like-the-best-pen-name-for-tina?source=share I'm aware that I chose 2nd place but the poll was never about picking the winner but to help me realize what I really wanted. Shout out to the people that commented on the Reddit post I made that helped me figure out what I really wanted for Tina's pen name as well. https://www.reddit.com/r/BobsBurgers/comments/12p8xdk/imagine_this_tina_has_grown_to_be_a_successful/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Tori Ryder as Tina's pen name is my backup plan in case the show makes its own pen name for Tina or uses her real name. That way I can say it's a completely different person and Tina's just projecting onto the cover as usual. Now that I got credits out of the way onto the piece at hand. Anyway, I've been wanting to do this for a while because I love Greek mythology, Tina loves horses, immediately wanted to do Tina as a centaur. I thought it would be funny to have one of older Tina's published stories be centaur people and a minotaur. I was hesitant to do it for a while though because drawing horse and cow anatomy is intimidating as all get out. Any other option would be expensive though so I eventually put on my big girl pants and did this. I think this piece made me develop carpal tunnel but it was worth it. Serves me right for not remembering to use my whole arm when drawing anyway. XD Originally the idea had Tina as the alicorn centaur and Jimmy Jr. as the sea centaur because Tina would want to be the alpha horse person while it was easy to pun JJ's name as a sea centaur (Swimmy Jr. XD). I switched it when I realized that Tina also had a love for marine life and her being a sea centaur became more fitting. So now onto the name of the characters for this fake story Zeke - Iezekial the minotaur Tina - Princess Tritina the ichthyocentaur

Jimmy Jr. - Prince Iakobos II the Sky Kisser the alicorn centaur Anyway, this is a fake cover I wanted to do because I thought it would be funny to do a trashy romance novel parody. I'm not intending to make a story based on the cover ever. I already have other story ideas that are slowly dying so I don't need to add another one. XD Here's the cover I based my cover's color palette on. https://books.google.com/books/content?id=UHWJkQdCSSwC&pg=PP1&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&bul=1&sig=ACfU3U3w_r4ifjjKvLVPGpz285AX4gHYLw&w=1280 You're free to do a fanfic based on this cover if you want though. I encourage it so I don't have to do it! XD The basic idea is the story is a love triangle story and you're free to decide who wins (though it's Ancient Greece and it's Tina, you read the context clues XD). Anyway, hope you like it! I'm really proud of this piece. :3

Zekina Week 2023: Day 3 Shell

Those kids better hurry. Gene can only fend off the seagulls from Saucy for so long! (Louise is probably looking for shells too maybe XD) I like think I'm getting faster or maybe my standards for trying to be on model is decreasing. You decide! XD

Zekina Week 2023 - Day 5: Project

Quick coloured art I did for these two :D

They're practicing on a school project which'd proooobably be less of a disaster this time i think ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Zekina Week 2023: Day 6 Beach Part 2

Zekina week may be over but I still wanted to get this colored. It's not as detailed as my other beach-related Zekina art but I still find it cute. I don't really have a set song that I picture Zeke singing in this image but so far what's floating around in my head atm is either David Choi's "By My Side" or " Darling I Love You". I'll probably change my mind on it later so feel free to have your own interpretation of whatever Zeke is singing. In the meantime, I will try to work on a character sheet for my BB oc, Willow.

Wanted to share this before the winter season was over because it gives me heavy winter vibes (probably because it mentions winter in the song XD) Other than Winter vibes it gives me heavy Zekina vibes. I hope my sharing it inspires someone to do something involving Zeke and Tina in it. lol

Finally googled if anybody discussed the meaning of "Just What I needed"

So here's the link to what people think the song is about. https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/5845/ Basically, if you gender-flip the song, I think it fits Tina's relationship with Jimmy Jr. She has no idea why she likes him and he's not that healthy to be around but he's just "what she needed" anyway. It's a cynical, dark song about a toxic partner that the singer shouldn't be with but they are drawn to the partner anyway in short. So yeah, not the most positive song for Tina the poor girl. Though not sure if that was the intention on the part of the showrunners to signal that Jimmy Jr. is toxic or they just thought it was a good song for spin the bottle?

Honestly, I just want to see the Hormon-iums end credits be analyzed. More specifically how each boy of the 4 reacted to Tina kissing them. I mostly only care about Zeke and J Ju obviously. Jimmy Jr. and Tina are obviously more confident and have no hesitation because they kissed before. However, I just find it cute that before Zeke kissed Tina he tilted his head and raised his eyebrows as if to say "Are you sure you want to do this" or "you ready for this" (at least that's how I interpreted it). The point is, there was some hesitation before the moment. After it happened, Zeke was shocked and his eyes opened faster than Tina's did. Even though the end credits aren't canon, it's still interesting to see all the different ways the kissing was animated and it wasn't just a copy/paste kissing animation.

Hey there! Thank you very much for your patience! And thank you so much for this very interesting request and I agree with your analysis but let's take one step after the other.

As always this is very much just my opinion! My interpretation! My headcanons! (sorry for any mistakes).

First I want to take a look at the kiss with Darryl.

Because I think there is something interesting to take into account. I want to think Tina chose Darryl over Peter in this moment because they kissed before in "Can't buy me math".

I like to think they are still friends. We all know Tina loves kissing but many scenes make me wonder if to her it does not always has to be romantic. She just likes to kiss without the prospect of finding her one true love through it. Maybe it's all practice?

The first kiss is very quick, just a peck and means nothing. Darryl even wipes his lips while Tina is monologing.

And now let us look at the other kisses. I gif-ed them.

Nameless Boy #1: I feel like this boy knows what he is doing. They near each other without any hestiance, both having their eyes open at first. He realises that he is not closes enough, peeks and closes the distance. It's simple and short and there is no romantic intent or passion. Tina doesn't smile and it's just a short soft peck. Her eyebrows rise after the kiss but I guess it's suprise because he closes in rather fast and she is pushed back a bit. Let's get over with it XD

Nameless Boy #2: I wonder if that was his first kiss. He goes in with closed eyes. Makes me also wonder if Tina realised her mistake from before. She has her eyes open until she knows she is close enough and only at the end she closes her eyes. Again the kiss is a very soft short peck. What I really find remarkable is how he his eyes fly open. He looks so suprised. Not sure because it is over already or if it was better or worse than he thought? Also it does not feel romantic. Again it's short and Tina does not smile!

But I headcanon that since Louise coached her Tina is a really good kisser. She also had a lot of practice xD. Either way, if it was his first kiss... good for him :)

Zeke: As you said, there is this questioning look on Zekes face - tilt of his head down wards, raising of his eyebrows - before he moves in. Interesting is, that Tina moves at the exactly same time so the communication of her agreeing must has been somewhere we aren't able to see.

This is after the episode "The Oeder Games" in which Zeke told Tina the second time that he likes her. And this is also after the episode "Stand by Gene" in which Tina considers Zeke as a potential Love interest - even if only for a second.

I'm not sure if it just me but Tina seems to smile a bit more than with the others? I'm not 100% sure though. But what is happening is that this kiss takes a bit longer. Still quick but longer. It's also not one of them moving while the other waits, no the both move at the same time. They reach the middle at the same time and both have their eyes closed. They know where they have to move! And what I really love (like you mentioned!) is after they move away from each other Zeke looks so suprised like "first kiss with Tina!!!" and his eyes actually snap open because (I imagine) he wants to see her reaction. And Tinas reaction is amazing. Because her eyes OPEN SO SLOWLY?! She moves back, her mouth returns to it's normal position - maybe a slight smile - and then her eyes slowly open. Like she thinks that was better than she thought.

This is so different to the other two. It's also soft but different soft... holy shit.

Jimmy Jr.: Last one. Jimmy Jr. is the boy she had kissed most of the times at that point. They had been on-and-off in the last five seasons. Here too, both move in at the same time. They know what they do, they have done this before BUT the last gap is closed by Jimmy Jr. This kiss seems to be like the least soft. We also don't see the after-kiss. Right after this it cuts to black.

What is interesting is that there is also not going on much on Jimmy Jr.s face. His eyes drop at the beginning and I wonder if it's because he has to figure out how much he has to lean down so he can reach Tinas lips. Tinas eyebrows lower while she is leaning in but immediately raise up right before the kiss. She also seems to smile a bit? Compared to that JJs expression is sill very neutral and that is so in-character. He always seems so distant and there is never shown any reason why he likes Tina.

Maybe he likes to kiss Tina? She is probably is very good at it but in this case it's also just a game?

I'm honestly stumped about Jimmy Jr.

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So, I hope you enjoyed that. As an (almost) last thought: I was very confused about you saying "the credits are not canon" and wondered where that came from? And then I realised that sometimes that might be true XD For example when they are just pixels. But stuff like this here I actually consider canon, as well as some of the the scenes when they are back in the restaurant. Maybe not the singing part but Tina kissing all the boys at the party? Yeah that seems like it can work. But in the end I guess it's up to us what we want to add to our (head-)canon.

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Now to the very last thought. I looked up the song "Just what I needed" by The Cars

But the lyrics gave me nothing. So if anyone wants to do a deep dive into analysing the lyrics, be my guest!

Has Zeke ever given Louise a nickname yet? I think in the episode "Stuck in the Kitchen with You" they even made it a point that Louise is the only one without a nickname from Zeke. Tina got Tina Girl, Gene got G-man (which may or may not be a half-life reference. I have no idea but it would be cool if it was) but Zeke just called Louise by her first name. This is either out of respect because Louise probably would hate it or he's still workshopping one.

I think the closest we got is him calling her an angel in the "Friends with "Burger-Fits" episode, which I can assure you that Louise would definitely hate being called regularly. XD

Either way, this leads to me making my headcanon of Zeke's nickname for Louise.

Lil Lou

It's a reference to Little Lulu (I think the theme song fits Louise just don't look into the original one) which I can see Zeke watching as part of those bargain, classic, cartoon compilation DVDs. He takes one listen to the theme song and he's like, "Eeyup, that's Louise!"

Whether Louise hates the nickname or not I still haven't decided yet. I just feel comfortable with the nickname headcanon regardless.

The Sequel I Didn’t Know I Was Getting!

I really need to start posting some of my own art soon because I don't want people to forget I draw on this account too! More adorable art by @drawthething with a twist! I didn't pay for it this time. This time, this commission was paid for by Aramau, Olwen's player from "Shadows of the Old World". She's been wanting to commission DT ever since I shared the original commission months ago.

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I hope you all find your "something after all"

Art by the talented @drawthethingdoppelganger ! I been wanting to see how DT would handle DND characters ever since I saw her lovely Klaus e

I was just happy to help a buddy get a commission outside of Tumblr or Instagram. I had no idea that Aramau enjoyed the commission so much that she would give it a sequel! X3 So thank you to both Aramau and DT. I'm so flattered and happy this silly au of mine can continue! It's been a good Valentine's day for me so far!

Also, Flint would compliment his rival and that's part of why I love him! You're doing great sweetie! *pats the top of Flint's head*

Again, good job DT and thank you Aramau!

Guys, I Think Zeke Has a Type:

Zeke really likes the ones that wear mainly blue with a yellow (or analogous to yellow) hair accessory, doesn't he? XD The ones after Tina are from "Pig Trouble in Little Tina" and "Can't Buy Me Math". The middle one is a bit harder to prove since I only have the context clues of Tammy and Jocelyn immediately kissing the boys next to them to go by. There's no proof of anything happening between Zeke and the girl (which I dub Nessa until I find out her real name). Good for Zeke though if he landed a legit date in that episode. It's sweet given that he mostly goes stag at the school events. The last one was obviously never going to get anywhere (as it should because it's wrong for obvious reasons). I still felt I should include because it helps with my "blue clothes and yellow/analogous to yellow hair accessory" pattern that Zeke seems to have. In episode, it was a hilarious bait-and-switch when for a second the episode made you think Zeke was going to make his move on Jocelyn when in reality he wanted her to get out of his way. XD So yeah, that's all I have so far. I just found it amusing when I noticed it and I wanted to share it. The observation between Zeke and Nessa is still shakey because she could just be chilling stag next to Zeke that is also going stag on the hay ride. I just feel given the context clues in the episode, I think the assumption they were trying to get us to make was that everyone was kissing except for Tina and JJ until Tina asked to join along.