Venus Vs Mars

solarballs thoughtpost. ive been thinking about this fandoms character interpretation cuz solarballs writing team has usual consistent character writing but it also has like really easy projectability ?? like u have the characters as they are and everyone in this fandom has there own little things they think about them and their own favs even when they don’t have a lot of center focus. using earth as an example here cuz hes my fav i feel like i tend to keep his “oh im the best!” side yknow in the joking way, bc i feel like thatd be a natural progression of his character. at the same time i also make him a bit more upbeat than he is in the show as after his arc he’s honestly mellowed out a bit of his energy he had in the start which MAKES SENSE i guess i just have his character in mind where hes talked about stuff and had the #healing arc. used earth as an example but its so cool to see what others designs and interpretations of the characters are too. and then theres like certain things that connect designs but everyone adds their own touch i just find that so cool. bc solarballs while yes has character consistency it isnt a character focused show, more of a plot one. i do think they keep character exploration and plot pretty equal but at the same time i feel like theres a lot u can do with the solarballs characters as is and its so cool to see that explored in this fandom. Okay thought post over hehe

proto venus, the flower of transformation

Mercury^-^

My friend showed my art to his friends and they dead ass called it traced or/and Ai lmao (Im not upset, infact Im kinda proud, that means my skills are getting better).

And like always, here's the first draft^-^

Im so proud🥺

Little art post! Made this for an art contest in the Solarballs discord server 💀 Clear parody of "The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo. Just thought it'd be a lil silly Lil funny Mercury's sitting on the same asteroid that he got pelted with <3 This may just be what he was seeing when he got knocked tf out

mercurys short ass

tough decision

having a hard time with my art style again

also og image under cut if someone wants to make their own

My Thoughts on Vercury + Doodles

To be honest, my relationship with this pairing is literally a love-hate one.

When I first heard about it, I’m not going to lie, I was super turned off. This was during SolarBall’s early episodes, where Mercury was shown constantly being bullied by Venus and I could not imagine being paired with my bully if I was in a similar situation. There was no chemistry between them, and even if there was, it wouldn’t be healthy. Especially during the whole Venus’ name arc, where Mercury constantly mocked him and got an asteroid to the face. Personally, the ship made no sense to me and sounded downright toxic. But of course, the more recent episodes came out. The atmosphere (even though there’s no atmosphere in space lol) between Mercury and Venus seemed… more neutral than hostile or tense. This is mostly because Mercury started to stand up for himself. Two scenes of note is the moment where Mercury laughed at Venus’ comment during the Rocky Planets episode and when Mercury snapped at Venus during the ‘Solar System by Size’ arc. What’s interesting is that after Mercury yells at him, Venus looked regretful, which was definitely new. Mercury didn’t shout at him about the consequences of him siding with the Sun or anything like that either, he simply said that he was fine with Venus hating him ‘for the sake of everyone else’. After that, Venus didn’t immediately change his mind but did try to explain his side of things, which was also new. As of right now I still don’t see anything happening between them, but I definitely do see the appeal in the ship and the potential for it to eventually happen.

From a settings standpoint- the potential is obvious. We don’t know what happened to cause Venus to pick on Mercury so much, we don’t know what their past was like, and with the answers to those questions revealed, Mercury and Venus might reconcile. Venus clearly has a lot of problems with his conditions as being called ‘a literal hell’ by the Earthlings, and Mercury also has his own insecurities and issues with the Sun. Mercury is already learning how to deal with these things, but Venus hasn’t quite figured it out yet. I’m quite interested on how Venus will be developed and how Mercury will play a role in this. I don’t think Venus downright despises Mercury, and vice versa, but they do have a ton of shit to sort out which may lead to a hopefully happy ending. Now, from a character standpoint there’s also a ton of potential. Venus and Mercury are kind of opposites, and yknow the saying… opposites attract. It would be really sweet if Mercury could calm Venus down when he was getting too ticked off, and Venus could treat Mercury nicely in his own way. Their personalities contrast really well. I didn’t like Vercury before because I felt if it actually happened Mercury would just allow Venus to treat him like crap, but now I feel like Mercury would know how to set proper boundaries and they would be equals. In a healthy relationship, there shouldn’t be a power imbalance, so with Mercury’s character development and Venus’ potential to change and be kinder (though not necessarily gentler) power imbalance shouldn’t be a problem. Another aspect is the fact that Venus and Mercury are both quite lonely. Earth and Mars are extremely close friends (or more haha), and while Mercury does have the Sun, he’s kind of forced to walk on eggshells in that relationship. They’re also neighbor planets, so there’s that. In all, I definitely agree with the concept of Vercury, but if it should happen, it should be after Venus and Mercury at least began to try and sort everything out. Here’s some (a bit spicy) doodles as a reward for listening to my rant again :D

As always, I’m open to other people’s opinions- especially on a topic as complex as this one. I just ask that you be respectful. Thank you.

What’s hiding in the asteroid belt? - Thumbnail redraw

i tried to experiment with two lightings at once but im not exactly proud of this. oh well

dangles my twitter handle from fishing pole