So there’s two ways to go with a question like this. One way is to find Studio members similar to characters Shinso befriended in canon (like the ones he listed here), who’d be more outgoing, friendly type. For this Ask, at least, I decided to go the other way and try to find someone who more closely matched his energy. I’m sure there’s a few options, but Choso is who immediately came to mind for me. I think they look good together, anyway.
Needed a kinda simple Ask for today, and I thought it might be useful to let Corey try and explain his tastes in his own words. Neither he nor I have a perfect way of explaining how he views sex or sexual partners. I’m sure somewhere on Tumblr there’s a perfect word for his sexuality, but hopefully he’s able to articulate himself a bit here.
I’m not sure why Kei wouldn’t hang out with Yuri, but here they are hanging out.
So while I don’t know much about Natsu or Shiki, nor how they’d interact, I figure this is a crossover some folks would like to see.
So Hanae is married in Maison Ikkoku, but I don’t think her husband represents her “type” necessarily. The type of guys she usually comments on being hot are mostly generic handsome dudes, nothing too out there or anything. In hindsight, part of me is thinking I might should’ve partnered her with Aki here instead, since he fits the type even more so (I think) while also having a loose connection to Hanae through Himeno and Akemi’s established relationship. Megumi doesn’t get to have much fun on camera, though, so it’s nice to see him get a little action outside what he’s used to.
I was thinking over this question for a while, and this is what I landed on. While Mr. Sakamoto loves little store and the peaceful life he leads, I’m not sure if I can really picture him starting up a new one in the Studio. Right now I feel like he’s probably in vacation mode, lounging around and eating a lot. If his wife came to the Studio, though, I do think that would change. I feel like she wouldn’t want to see him languish for too long and would push to get their store in the Studio just to give them both something to do.
A couple years ago, I got a bit of an itch and sketched a bunch of Canary/Zofia stuff. I don’t remember what exactly spawned the idea, maybe just that they’re both characters I’m fond of with pretty limited existing partner options. Regardless, I was thinking about maybe using those sketches for a Studio Tour pic or maybe a little one-off comic, but never really did. This question made me think of them, though, so I decided to go ahead and canonize the relationship. This isn’t one of those sketches, I did a new pic of them for this, but I might find an excuse to use them later if I want to explore this random crossover pairing a bit more.
So there’s a running gag in Bocchi the Rock! that Ryo, despite coming from a well-off family, is always broke and borrowing money from her friends. This is usually chalked up to her always buying new guitars and such. Now, in the Studio, I’ve more than once implied that they don’t really use money, or at least it’s not necessary to get by since it’s a sci-fi utopian type location. However, due to rule of funny, I think Ryo would still find a way. I wanted to pair her with someone else who would still place value on money even in the Studio, and Kanamori seemed like a perfect fit for a few different reasons.
So even if Mulan is “in character” as Ping I kinda see her as the bottom. In fact, that’s how Shang debuted in the Studio was with a pic based on that concept. Still, I feel like these two might be a bit adventurous, so maybe they could change things up occasionally.
I’m sure most of you are aware that there’s a running gag in Pokémon where James will crossdress whenever Team Rocket is trying to trick Ash and his friends. It doesn’t happen every time, and sometimes Jessie will also crossdress or sometimes they’ll just both be women. Regardless, he has a number of iconic looks through this gag that I’ve never done anything with, and I thought it’d be fun to change that. I went with this gyaru look he uses early in the series when giving Ash, Misty and Brock tickets onto a cruise liner that drives the plot for a few episodes. Both James and Jessie looked great in this disguise, I think, and I wouldn’t mind doing something with them as a pair with this disguise at some point. Originally I had James with just an anon, but I was trying to think of a good partner who’d like this look. While I don’t remember Todo having a specific interest in gyarus, they don’t seem that far outside his tastes, and James as a woman is both on the taller side and has a big ass. So I went that route to make it more interesting.
While working on this, it occurred to me that James’s crossdressing is a bit reminiscent of Bugs Bunny. Hopefully y’all will know what I mean, but something about the way they both adopt characters and disguises the audience is meant to see through but other characters can’t has a similar vibe to me. I’ve been thinking of doing some sort of pic series inspired by this tenuous connection, but I can’t promise I will. Maybe something where they’re both using different iconic looks to bring in studs in the Studio, like a competition. I’d be interested to hear if anyone would like something like that.
