Boq Woodsman - Blog Posts

eventually elphaba will die. glinda will die. everybody that fiyero and boq ever cared about or loved will die. but they won’t. they’re straw and metal. they will eventually be the only ones still standing. but at least they’ll always be able to return to each other. at least two of them are cursed with immortality, and they don’t have to brave it alone.

goofy wicked road trip adventure fic but it's fiyero fleeing shiz the night of defying gravity because he heard morrible's announcement and he knew something was wrong. he runs into boq as he's leaving campus and boq is determined to help glinda so the two of them team up and head for the emerald city, where they find a distraught glinda who tells them what really happened. they break her out of the palace and the three of them start exploring oz trying to find elphaba. chaos and extremely confusing overlapping love triangles ensue

Hey hey, if you are taking drawing requests I would love to see boq and fiero at the ozdust :D they'd be so silly :33

Boyfriends dancing through life together + having a little break afterwards

Imagine dancing through life where the part where Boq asks Glinda to “save a dance for me” but he was referring to her letting him have at least one dance with Fiyero, and Glinda thought it was about her. That would be funny 👀

Okay, so:

I’ve seen a few posts that are pitching, like, Fiyerboq equivalents of Gelphie moments (What Is This Feeling, the Popular makeover scene, etc) and it made me realize something:

In this hypothetical Fiyerboq-centric AU, Fiyero and Boq would have the Glinda and Elphaba dynamic up until Defying Gravity, at which point, they would switch roles.

If Fiyero and Boq were the ones to discover the truth about the Wizard, Boq would absolutely not be willing to give up the popularity and acceptance that he’d yearned for his whole life like Elphaba did.

In contrast, Fiyero would have learned to do the right thing, no matter the personal cost. He would make the same decision as Elphaba, leaving Boq behind.

i can imagine that when they first meet on the yellow brick road and dont know each other, Boq wouldn't be concerned about "the Scarecrow" losing straw. just assumes its normal for living scarecrows and figures the guy doesn't seem bothered. but after the two of them figure out who each other are (no matter how poorly that conversation goes) Boq would see Scarecrow loose a bit of straw and immediately goes "FIYERO. FIYERO ARE YOU OKAY." totally forgetting how easily he's walked it off the past days of traveling. Fiyero has to go into damage control mode and assure Boq He's Fine because he does NOT want to deal with Boq rusting himself again.

I don't suppose you have any more Tincrow art, or even just some doodles of the tin man or scarecrow. (I love how you draw them)

I do indeed :] they're all I draw I love their rekindled relationship thing sm 😭😭 Here's them walking Dorothy (little edition) down the yellow brick road + cuddles

Fiyero (about Boq): I call my boyfriend “Bambi”.

Fiyero: he thinks it’s because he’s cute with his brown eyes.

Fiyero: little does he know, I want someone to shoot his father with a rifle.

Just want to say that love your designs for Dorothy and friends. Love the book-insprired Dorothy, haven't seen much of those around (usually they're based of the 1939 movie), the shapes of on the Lion's fur, the Tin Man having Movie!Boq curls, they are all great, lovely and detailed designs.

But I love your Scarecrow (Fiyercrow), he just looks so whimsy, I don't why, but he is my favorite out of designs of og Oz party, I guess he just seems so silly, and love the little details that you included.

Indeed, it's a thank you, Jonathan Bailey.

They're just happy to be here!

On a serious note: thank you so, so much for your kind words. I have always struggled with character design, so learning that people in fact enjoy seeing my creations and I'm not 'that one annoying user'? Huzzah! I'm really happy!

Also I appreciate that you read ALL that in the character line up post <3

We love 100 year old yaoi in this house

Here it is! Finished character line up with designing process breakdown :)

Cowardly Lion

There's little to no description of the Cowardly Lion in the books, so I always imagined him as rather ironically big with thick, dark mane (the darker the mane, the stronger the lion). He's mainly made of soft, delicate curves, which are incorporated into his whiskers and hair as well. I wanted to incorporate bits of 'you had it all along' in Dorothy's friends designs, so classic tail and mane ribbons were not enough. Such big and proud animal has to have at least a bit of courage to wear lace collar. Lions have darker spot on their heads, which I turned into something fitting for a magical land - star. Since lions can be identified by whisker spots, Cowardly Lion's are little hearts.

Dorothy and Toto

I have carefully noted all descriptions of Dorothy's clothing, which is as follows: sunbonnet, gingham dress with white and pale blue, silver shoes, basket with white cloth and apron. The dress should have pockets. Even though the classic illustrations suggest that her hair was blonde, I decided to go with dark brown. It just fits way better. I added lace to the apron and sunbonnet. All garments were inspired by vintage clothes from early 1900s. Toto is based on Scottish Terrier, since he's been described as small, black and hairy, especially around the nose.

From now on beware spoilers for Wicked part 2

Scarecrow

His eyes will kill you. No, but seriously, they're not dark like other characters, because they're painted. He's made mostly of triangular shapes. Straszek's description is the most detailed: painted blue Munchkin's hat (with little bells), head is a small sack, painted face, blue suit of clothes, old boots with blue tops (I have no idea what tops are, I hope I did well), painted ears and padded hands (that's why his hands are too big + he's the only character with four fingers). Now, I didn't stick to the entire description for various reasons (f.ex. painted ears looked weird and blue hat didn't cooperate with cape), but mainly, because I wanted to add something from myself. And here's where the Wicked part 2 spoilers begin. Fiyero is quite tall, so I have abandoned the idea of Munchkin sized Straszek. He's ragged and dirty, because he was beaten. Torns in suit are remnants of Fiyero's wounds with golden straw spilling out instead of blood. If you look closely straw on his left shoulder should look like epaulet. If it doesn't, then it's my fault. The one shoulder cape was made from what was left of his chieftain outfit and it covers a big rip in the suit (which is his 'brainy' feature). Golden ornament depicts wheat and crows. I wouldn't be myself if I hadn't put unnecessary objects on a big hat, so there you have it: wheat & Elphaba's poppy. And last, but not least: straw sticking out of his face forms light facial hair (everyone say 'thank you, Jonathan Bailey').

Oof. That was long.

Tin Woodman

Standing proudly next to his boyfriend, Tin Man was created from hard, square shapes, quite summetrical as opposed to Scarecrow's absolute chaos. He has his little iconic cap and I can't really say a lot about him. The bowtie is his remarkable feature that I could never take away. It was red for a moment (just like Lion's ribbons were royal blue), but all my friends said that he looked like Freddy Fazbear, so I had to take the red away. I'm sorry, Nick. Let your husband housemate be colorful. Anyway! I might have accidentally incorporated some of Dark Cacao Cookie's armor in here, because that's the only armor I had drawn more than once. He's rusty all over and all that crying turned his eyes brown and left rusty tear marks. His jaw is hinged like it was in the books. If I remember correctly it was never stated that Nick Chopper was a Munchkin, but after Wicked turned Boq into Tin Woodman it would be such a waste to not deisgn a character sturdy, yet small. Spring hair is inspired by movie Boq's curly hair (thank you, Ethan Slater). His you 'had it all along' feature is... Less functional than others. The collar around his neck forms a heart.

Sketch page including some notes:

You still here? Wow. Hey, look!

Wicked part 2 looks great!

MORE FIYERBOQ DOODLES!! AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🧎‍♀️‍➡️🧎‍♀️‍➡️🧎‍♀️‍➡️💗💗 PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE

There you go! Doodle dump! Some of this might one day be finished

I headcanon that Fiyero would call Boq 'babygirl' in front of the teachers (I am right) ✨

Post book 2/3 designs for the husbands ~

Self explanatory જ⁀➴ ♡

Wip, inspired by 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' by Frank Bernard Dicksee ✮⋆˙

Bonus section ◡̈

This post is already gay enough, so I'm adding Dillaspur friendship and my ocs as a bonus

People will really judge us for shipping these two but it’s like…look at the material?

In this one little clip we’ve got Boq literally falling while trying to get closer, Fiyero smiling down at him and looking at him like he’s the cutest thing he’s ever seen, Boq standing tall on the books to be at eye level with him (for Galinda to notice him yes but also…) and Fiyero looking absolutely offended that he’s looking past him and not AT him. Then Boq looking super nervous while Fiyero literally eyes him up and down, Fiyero reaching out for him and Boq tripping over himself to try and reach back, then literally running after him. And that’s just their introduction 😭

Also Galinda literally having to drag Fiyero away from Boq lmao

My Wicked Pony ⋆｡°✩

They plucked his feathers :(

Feel free to drop requests/questions in inbox (ponies or not), I have few requests left to do <33

@the-patchwork-girl-of-oz omg when I saw you reblogged the first pairing I thought of was Elphaba and Boq bc you post a lot of oz content and I was like "huh... that works"

Was scrolling through AO3 and found this gem

Enemy to parent is a trope we have to popularise lmao

Boq and Fiyero in the Graphic Novel

Boq reciting a poem to G(a)linda with running commentary by Elphaba.

A couple of closeups.

More Boq feat. Crope & Tibbett

The Charmed Circle sans Fiyero.

Fiyero's introduction.

Welcoming Fiyero into the group.

Some more Fiyero closeups.

The hideoteous tattoos.

BONUS IMAGE:

Boq getting what he deserves for being a peeping tom.

Anybody got a picture of Nessa in the graphic novel?

Don’t y’all love shipping men from the the 1900’s then now they come back in 2024? Yeah? Me too. ❤️

are they supposed to be straight

🚨 ‼️ EXCUSE ME MR JON M CHU STOP TEASING US WITH BTS AND SHOW US THE FINAL PRODUCT IN ITS FULL GLORY PRETTY PLEASE WINKIE PROMISE 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Reblog cuz I headcanon that she turns him back human eventually and it gives me comfort that this can be canonically possible :)

Why Boq's situation proves Morrible is wrong

Morrible was lying about spells from the Grimmeire being permanent. Or just mistaken. And I know this because of Boq.

You might not be able to cancel a spell once it has been casted, and the spells themselves might not stop, but you could always cast another spell to cause a different effect.

Such as Boq in act 2, Nessa's spell to take his heart was going to kill him. The spells effect was going to kill him, so Elphaba, not having much time, used a different spell to turn him into something that could survive not having a heart.

So Fiyero was turned into a Scarecrow, that doesn't mean that Elphaba couldn't find a different spell to change him back into a human.