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"Putting absolute faith in my master, no matter the circumstances!"
Happy Thanks Giving to all y'all who celebrate! Have some Red & Mewtwo, PokeSpe style.
Yeah, I'm still on my Mewtwo high and I don't expect it to end anytime soon. I've been using Pokemon Adventures as my main reference for drawing Mewtwo (particularly his facial expressions) and in reading the FR/LG chapter over and over again I remembered how much I loved both Red and Mewtwo. Seriously Pokespe Mewtwo is my favorite Mewtwo, that and he's my favorite character in the whole fucking manga! I think he's the only character I've seen who can wield something like a giant spoon for a weapon and still take seriously. But even though I loved him during my first reading of the chapter (when I was 16 back in early 2010) I never could figure out why I liked Mewtwo in this manga more than any of his other incarnations (mainly the anime variant, my first exposure to Mewtwo as a character rather than just a Pokemon). Now as an adult and reading the chapter over again, I think I now realize why I loved both Mewtwo and Red so much:
Their characterizations and personalities work off each other phenomenally well. Red, due to recent circumstances, has lost a lot of his confidence as well as his will to fight when his friends need him most. Enter Mewtwo, who is not only confident in his own strength but Red's as well. He asks to join Red's side in fighting Team Rocket, shows how much of a cool badass he's become, and flips his shit when he sees Giovanni and reveals that he joined Red because he couldn't stand to see Giovanni misusing Deoxys, another powerful legendary Pokemon like himself, and he knows Red feels the same way. And when Red and Mewtwo actually get to fight Giovanni and Deoxys...just...the amount of faith he puts into Red is almost heartwarming to me, and his devotion to protecting Red from harm just...
I think those of you who've read Pokemon Adventures know what I'm getting at. Those of you who haven't yet read this amazing shit GO DO IT NOW. That's not a recommendation it's a god damn order. If you're a Pokemon fan and haven're read Pokemon Adventures yet what the hell have you been doing your whole life?
Drawn with ink and copic marker.
May update later if I feel it needs something extra.