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"And his fate was sealed — with a kiss..."The Director's Cut of Watchmen is out in selected theatres this weekend and I plan to watch it with a group of friends this afternoon! I can't wait! I'm so excited! I was hoping to get a coloured picture up in time, but it's been exceedingly difficult to do anything in Photoshop with one working hand. That's okay. I don't need to rush anymore. Therefore, I'm going to upload this piece for the time being. This particular was technically going to be one I was going to post this weekend, but it was suppose to go through a tighter rough to fix the flaws, do a clean up, and then get it coloured, but I ended up breaking my arm instead as you know, arggghhhh! I'll be do a better version of this once my arm heals, so don't worry. (So many flaws!)
Rorschach in Gotham, at its heart, is a "character study" of him, peeling the many layers of his psyche and revealing more and more of his character as Rorschach faces each character in the Batman-verse. Since its conception, I've always wanted to draw this particular scene: A number of gory murders of wealthy industrialists crop up across Gotham City, where plant-like symbionts placed in the stomachs of the victims grow and grow until the victim's body literally bursts open and rips apart from the inside out! However, tempers boil between Rorschach and Catwoman and Rorschach goes off to find Poison Ivy on his own and gets in over his head. He gets captured and Poison Ivy gives Rorschach a toxic kiss, tongue and all, and makes Rorschach her slave, controlling him through her potent pheromones. Out of all the Bat-villains, Poison Ivy would probably mess up Rorschach the most, in the worst possible way — not physically, but psychologically. To lose control of himself, to have no will of his own, to be ensnared, controlled, and rendered completely helpless by a woman — to become a whore's bitch — just like he was as a child with his mother...
Making characters kiss and not make it look stupid is sooooo hard to do, ugh! (Strangely, anthros are easier...who knew?!) I apologise for the weird quality of the scan. This was done in different colours of Col-erase pencils, to help me differentiate between the characters and the giant jumble of vines, so for both of them to show up in the scan equally wasn't easy. Also, happy (belated) 49th birthday to the incomparable Jackie Earle Haley! You brought Rorschach and Walter Kovacs to life for us — and we thank you, truly!
Medium - Col-erase blue and orange.
Rorschach in Gotham © Diane N. Tran.
Rorschach and Poison Ivy © DC Comics.
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There's something about vines that are difficult. I think it's suppose to be the randomness of how vines coil.
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Yeah, that maybe be true. But also depends on the scaling you know?
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True, especially with mutant plants.
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LOL yeah! XD That is also true.
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O>O!!! I love you. Seriously! Please, draw and write mooore! <3333
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If there's anyone in the Rogues' Gallery that can seriously fuck up Rorschach, it's Poison Ivy. His little mind would just SNAP...!
(pulls up the file) I'm writing! I'm writing! (has writer's block now) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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I completelyyy agree! Poor Rory...but go Poison! ^.^
AND YOU CAN DO IIIITT!! *Cheers you on*
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I always think that Poison Ivy is an interesting metaphor of the "evils" women can posess. How much a beautiful woman can really torture a person, if she really went for it. very nice
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Thanks! Ivy is a truly cruelest of women. She's a woman who controls men via sexuality and mind control. And if Rorschach's ever went under her influence, his little mind just might snap...a second time! Out of all the Bat-villains, she would probably mess him up the most.
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I've been lurking around your other RIG drawings and damn girl, you have some awesome ideas. I only just saw Watchmen a few weeks ago, and Rorschach was certainly an intriguing character! XD (The Penguin is still my main heart-throb though. 
This picture is made of epic, and your views on how Ivy would be most damaging to him totally hits the mark. I love it!
P.S. You did NOT make the kiss look stupid. It looks totally legit. XD
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Which version of Watchmen did you see? I highly recommend the Ultimate Cut, which is an expensive buy, but you can rent it on Netflix and it's the most superiour version.
Anyway, I'm really thrilled that you like Rorschach in Gotham. And I do want to add Penguin to the series and I really want his appearance to be special, but, as a character, he works better with Batman than he does with Rorschach. Penguin represents if Bruce Wayne wasn't Batman; he might have let his money corrupt him, like Oswald. Rorschach doesn't have that relation, which makes Penguin a difficult character to add in.
Ivy is a nasty piece of work, she is! She, like Scarecrow and Mad Hatter, one of those characters that would whose influence would really stick to Rorschach the wrong way. It would really hurt him psychologically and emotionally, rather than physically. (Hurrah! I'm glad the kiss doesn't look stupid!)
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Umm, I just saw the new one that came out in theatres last year I think? I'm not sure it was the director's cut or not. Got it off of Netflix too. Maybe I watched the Director's cut without knowing it? D:
Haha, yeah, that's what's so interesting about Penguin. <3 That's what's interesting about a lot of Batman characters. They're alot more complex than just good and evil. And you don't have to incorporate Penguin if you don't want to, you caught me with R.I.G. even without his presence. XDD
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Two versions came out in theatres. There was the theatrical cut, which went worldwide, and the theatrical cut which had a limited one-weekend only in selected theatres in big US cities. I went to the one in Dallas.
Most likely Rorschach probably won't fight Penguin, but I would like to make him have a cameo, perhaps as a "stool pigeon."
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Well I never saw it in theatres. 
XD
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Did it have the death of Hollis Mason (Nite Owl I)?
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o.0 Wasn't that the guy that kinda became the villain? Then no. >_>
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No, Hollis Mason was the old man. Dan's mentor and the original Nite Owl of the Minutemen. If you haven't see this scene, looks like you watched the theatrical cut.
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Given what I've seen of thing settinmg so far, I don't know who's wrath Ivy should fear: Catwoman's or Rorschach's. Nice job on the pic.
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Catwoman's, definitely Catwoman's....
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That's low Ivy!! 
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But his natural aroma is just part of his charm.
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Ouch. That...is mean. On so many levels. Love the vine details. I always have trouble with that sort of thing.
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That Ivy is a nasty piece of work, she is! It's meant to be extremely cruel and unforgivable! But that's why we love her, don't we? She's not doing anything different to Rorschach with any of her other victims.
For vines, play with an action figure and pipe cleaners and yarn. And wrap the action figure up with various tightnesses and lengths and movements. It helps.
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She's a wicked and devious little thing. Kind of like one of those carniverous plants. She draws you in all sweet like and the moment you give her even the slightest inch, boom. Kissed into being her slave. o3o
Ooh! I'm definitely going to try that.
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(sings) "Every rose has its thorn..."
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(sings) "She comes on like a lady, but look out man, she's crazy. She'll really do ya in if you're left hanging under your skin!"
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I suppose those redheads need to stick together
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I suppose. Even if it means making a slave out of the other...
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my god he's being molested by shrubs!!!
Get out of there Rorschach!!!
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uh oh....poor rorschach D:
i like the way he's straining against the vines, and you captured ivy's personality perfectly in her calm, feminine appearance and body language but with her words still vicious.
i really like the scribbly style. the piece looks very complete
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Yeah, if there's any Bat-villain who could really mess up Rorschach, it's Poison Ivy. Ivy is really all about control. She's a control freak. She should show herself as calm, seductive, and collected, but her cruelty and coldness are key to her. I'm glad you like it.
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hmm...i hope rorschach doesn't end up in too many tangles (pun intended 
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Well, that slave kiss isn't going to wear off by itself. 'Cause I'm EVILLLLLL that way...
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i really love how you have thought this out. and i completely agree. poison ivy is the perfect villain for him. not going to recover from that immediately. makes me wonder how he would take being rescued by Catwomen after being enslaved. having to be rescued by a women.
i adore poison ivy's pose. and, yes it is so hard to draw characters that close, much less kissing! and she does it with her own flare too. love it!
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For Rorschach, with all issues with women and sexuality, he would just be screwed over by Ivy! You can beat him up to a pulp and he'll keep on keepin' on, but you break down his defenses and invade him psychologically, he would just shatter into a million pieces. Batman villains can do something like that; they're experts at it, particularly Scarecrow, Mad Hatter, and Poison Ivy. The former two will appear later in the series and those two really screw him over as well, but Ivy, simply in the way she does it, would totally fuck him over in the worst possible way. So after Catwoman rescues him, Rorschach has a major -- and I mean MAAAAJOR -- freak out!
Thanks! Yeah, it took be several tries to get this and a lot of me puckering my lips in front of a mirror. No boyfriend to test all of this out on.
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Completely. Her incorporation is really inspired I think. No way to wash it off or sew it up or sleep it off. That kinda violation would fuck anyone up, but with someone with major issues already...I know its rather cruel, but I am very interested to see this part. And how he possibly gets over it. And how hard Catwomen kicks Ivy's green ass! XD (Or just grabs Rors and gives Ivy a lethal tongue lashing while exiting via the roof...whichevs XP)
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Well, to spoil some of the plot: Poison Ivy, after a long philosophical monologue, kisses Rorschach, tongue and all, who feels like he's going to vomit right there! Catwoman brazes in, kicking her in the face and breaks up the vines with her whip and claws, with a "Hands off, bitch!" He falls to the ground looking very drugged, coughing and near-vomiting. Catwoman turns and hits Ivy again and grabs her, threatening her. However, the rescue mission doesn't go as planned. Ivy smirks and "You gotta get through him first..." Catwoman is like "What?" You see Rorschach grab Catwoman's wrist hard, you can hear the bones crush and punches Catwoman in the gut, falling to the ground, and she looks up in surprise. Rorschach is now under her complete control... Brwhahahahaha!
Yes, I am veryyyy cruel -- and, at times, ruthless -- but it makes storytelling all the more interesting that way, I feel.
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eeeEEEeee! (obviously a very intellectual response right there...but you just engaged my inner fangirl)right...so...i am so stalking your gallery for RiG from now on. You have been warned.
i tend to torture my OCs so I get you. Ruthlessness is the best tool for authors/artists. If the reader isnt on pins and needles, unable to see how the hero is going to get out of this one something is truly a miss.
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Well, technically, these aren't OCs, therefore I have to treat them with the greatest respect to keep them as in-character as possible. I do torture them, but it's for his own benefit in the long run and makes storytelling all the more interesting. Rorschach in Gotham, at its heart, is a "character study." Each character from the Bat-verse reveals something new, different layer into Rorschach's personality and psyche. For example, with Poison Ivy, control; with Two-Face, duality; with Scarecrow, nightmares/fears; with Mad Hatter, dreams/fantasies; with Joker, sanity; with Batman, morality; with the Riddler, ego; and with Catwoman, it's perhaps his worst fear of all, sexuality and intimacy.
If you like that, you should check out "Cause Here Comes Trouble," which has a fic teaser from the Poison Ivy story. I'd love to hear any opinions, comments, and critiques of it: [link]
And RiG does have an entire folder in my gallery: [link]
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Oh, yeah. I knew that 
I have also been to your gallery folder, fangirling all over it and wishing there were more lol
I will take a look at your fic as well XD
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Thanks so much! I really appreciate it! Man, I'm feelin' the pressure! 
(Oddly enough, I never heard of the word "fan service" until a few months ago. A friend had to explain it to me. Afterward, I now hear it everywhere.)
Unfortunately, the fic is not done yet. But I hope it will be soon. But I'm terribly slow writer. I labour over paragraphs and sentences for hours on end. I just want it to be perfect as I can get it.
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I'm senior editor for a small press, so I get the agonizing over each sentence deal. I cant turn off my inner editor anymore! DX
No pressure!!
OH! And thanks so much for the links!! Im not going to respond to them so they will stay on my "replies" to remind me to check them out. But thats awesome of you and thanks again! XD
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You're welcome! I hope you enjoy the episodes!
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XD pucker up Rory !
lol Poison Ivy is gonna make him work
btw you're quite good at drawing kissing scenes better than me for sure
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Ivy is going to make him suffer.
Thanks. This kiss took awhile. Anthropomorphic are easier, I found.
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