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a random ranchers design for fun, realized i haven't actually drawn them properly except for that one time hurriedly on paper

slime rancher gem

hello mr. slab 👋

i love finding poetry in the mundane, and yesterday i stumbled upon something that just hits that spot

So, my partner has an old phone- It served them for many years now, but it has one issue: Charging it is hard. Their current charger is hanging on by a thread (literally), and can barely do its job. The phone and the charger came together: They've never used another charger for said phone.

Now, they've tried to replace the charging cord several times. But it doesn't matter how much they've searched what damned specific charger the phone uses, none of them work. They finally decided to bring it to a phone shop and ask what should they use.

The guy at the shop looked at the phone for a bit, and explained: "The port itself is broken. The charger you have works with this phone because they've mutually broken each other into the same shape, in a way that no other charger is shaped. The port itself has corroded in a way that only accepts the charger that shaped it like that in the first place."

And while this is of course a frustrating situation for my partner, I feel like there's a metaphor here. I could write a goddamn story about this. These two half-broken old things have been together for so long they've destroyed each other in a way that keeps them from working with anything else. They've hurt each other in a way that barely keeps them functioning together, and have been rendered useless with literally anything else.

This too is toxic yuri to me-

RECKS ETHO IS HERE WOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!

( etho's design changed slightly over time, but this is the current version. just a heads up because i will eventually post older drawings where he looks a bit different )

Your Honor, I miss them. A lot.

(Close ups + a lyric analysis of a song I think fits their dynamic below)

They got that matching pfp potential 👀

Lyrics:

“This is just some trip that we are on. When the trip is over, we will think of this as someplace that we once belonged. When I find no comfort here, I’ll look again to find it in your arms. That is where I’ll dream a dream where I am you and you are me, and that’s where I know love.”

Song: “Endless Dream” by Conjure One

Tango and Jimmy barely knew each other before DL, but being soulbound, even if it was for shorter of a time than any other pair, connected them in a way that was so incredibly fulfilling for the both of them. Tango got to have a partner he could trust to not betray him, and Jimmy got to have a partner he could trust to trust him. And unlike a lot of the other pairs, they continue to refer to each other as “my rancher” and have a lot of affection based on DL that they refer back to. They each felt seen by the other, and even though they have their own friends in their own separate lives, they put a lot of value on that brief yet powerful mutual understanding.

Idk, man. I really like these two and would love to see more interactions with them.

I think they left the stove on

found family

No one draws Mumbo as cool as you and honestly if I wasn't already helplessly endeared by him then your art would absolutely make me watch him :)

go watch him even more

tried some colored lineart and idk what to think abt this