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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
TINA: So you know , ... he called me.
JIMMY JR.: Already?
GENE: Zeke called you?
TINA: [nods]
GENE: He he This guy really gets around.
TINA: Do you mind?
JIMMY JR.: I don't mind at all. Why should I mind? What did he say?
TINA: He asked me out for Saturday night.
JIMMY JR.: Oh, ya' going?
TINA: I told him I was busy.
JIMMY JR.: Ah, really.
TINA: So, we're going out Friday.
[long pause]
JIMMY JR.: Friday?
TINA: Yeah.
JIMMY JR.: He's going out with you on Friday?
TINA: Yeah.
JIMMY JR.: He's supposed to see ME on Friday.
TINA: Oh, uh, I didn't know.
JIMMY JR.: We made plans.
TINA: Well, uh, I'll cancel it.
JIMMY JR.: No, don't cancel it.
TINA: Huh. Well this is a little awkward, isn't it?
JIMMY JR.: Well, frankly it is.
TINA: I've never seen you this jealous before.
JIMMY JR.: Well you're not even a fan. I was at match six - you didn't even watch it.
TINA: Wait a second, wait a minute! You jealous of him or you jealous of me?
[long pause]