#zerhys
This is actually a WIP, but in the interest of posting some Halloween Zerhys before Halloween is over
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Asked for requests on @rlyc00l so I had an excuse to draw these two for my birthday
@ceekari said: Could also do any of several things from the most recent chapter. Inept Rhys with gun and “Are you bleeding? Not heavily” Zer0 would be a couple of my top choices, personally.
tfw your crush (that you’re in denial about) wakes you up at 3AM from your trauma nightmares and they demand guns and then won’t let you go back to bed and they keep giving you extremely mixed signals and also they teach you how to properly kill people
(from my fic)
I was going to do like, a quick sketch but then it turned into lineart and at that point color only made sense. But at least I didn’t do that thing where I turn it into a painting. Which idk i kinda want to actually paint it maybe on the side of doing other stuff.
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I’m reposting this because tumblr is extremely broken and the first one I posted just straight up doesn’t seem to show up in any tags and it’s sad going to the zerhys tag and seeing “Updated 27 days ago” and watching that number keep getting bigger
Anyway it’s kind of different from the first time I posted it because now it has a subtle paper texture added. :P
(Kind of based on this post )
(If this doesn’t show up in tags either I don’t know what I’ll do except just be kind of aimlessly mad for a bit)
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Back in 2018, over on my Zerhys blog I made the decision to draw some really dumb fanart based on this post and then didn’t get around to it until earlier this year and then I got to the point where I needed to add the speech bubbles, got distracted by some other art, and forgot all about it for another few months and anyway here it is (featuring parts of my Zer0 h/c)
Anyway this is the stupidest thing I’ve drawn in a long time but also this is how I imagine dating Zer0 is.
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“Oh heck it’s Valentine’s day” I say, and frantically flip through my sketchbooks for some Zerhys sketch to fix up and color.
The original sketch was from 2018 lmao
So like, you know that action movie “we both just survived this big explosion”/Character A pushes character B out of the way of falling rubble/“You looked dead for a second there and I got real scared but you’re fine” smooch scene? Yeah…
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Sometimes I see a goofy pose on a pulp novel cover that sets off my urge to steal it for the purpose of drawing some incredibly dumb Zerhys. (using Zer0′s bl2 design because tbh I just like it better)
This one is referenced from George Erickson’s cover to the 1960s novel “Like Wild” which is undoubtedly complete trash but dang it’s a fun stupid illustration.
Anyways I get why people see Zer0 as kind of distant in their affection but tbh they sure seem to do a lot of over-the-top stuff for the sake of getting attention and also they’re a massive dork.
I picture them as being like that kind of asshole cat that goes from doing their own thing to NEEDING attention right now this goddamn instant, whatever you’re trying to do be damned (Zer0′s kind of extra obnoxious about it because they think it’s funny)
I might paint this later. We’ll see.
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Inktober Day 1: Ring
(As always I’m gonna be a few days behind posting these.)
A bit of experimenting, I really like Promethea. If you go into photo mode and play with the time option you find that the sun stays in the same place in the sky and the rapid day-night cycle is decided by the moonlets in Promethea’s ring eclipsing the sun, perhaps it rotates weirdly slowly, or not at all? Eridian nonsense can justify anything tbh.)
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Multiple people have drawn Rhys with a Zer0 dakimakura but let’s be real,the character who Naruto runs into bandit infested warehouses and reference Yu-Gi-Oh would be the one who owns a body pillow.
This is dumb don’t judge me for drawing this.
(they/them pronouns for Zer0 pls)
EDIT: Whoops I forgot Rhys’s tattoos on the one i first posted!
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Rhys being absolutely smitten with Zer0 while the carol opening score plays in the background
(I guess he invited some Vault hunters over to give feedback on Atlas products and it devolved into this)
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WIP
Recently it’s been really cold when I wake up and I keep thinking about how nice cuddles are. I mean, between Zer0′s armor and Rhys’s arm this probably isn’t actually all that comfortable (at least not for Rhys, mostly) but I can pretend for the sake of…warm…
(Why do I bother making semi-neat linework when I’m going to paint over it?)
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Inktober Day 11: Bunkers and Badasses
(Microns and digital)
Yeah Idk thought since this was the last borderlands prompt on that sketchtember list (that I failed to finish in september) i’d go the extra few steps and add some simple color.
Designs for a Zerhys AU? Rhys is a (maybe actually competent) lightning mage and Zer0 is a rogue, naturally.
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I firmly believe that Rhys is like 2 or 3 years older than Zer0 and while they’re both old enough for that to not be a meaningful difference they’re both childish enough to bring it up and exaggerate this age difference whenever it feels relevant and they want to give each other a hard time
Like, Rhys started it. The instant he learned this fact he saw the rare chance to one-up Zer0 by playing up how much more life experience he has. Zer0 shoots back with the borderlands equivalent of “lol boomer” type stuff idk.
Zer0 trying to show off for the cute Hyperion guy they just met and it starts off pretty cool when they save him from a skag in the nick of time. But a few minutes later they manage to drop their sword in front of him which is pretty embarrassing. Still, they recover from that and manage to look pretty badass (and maybe they indirectly saved him from a second skag so there’s that too)
At the end of it all, after Bossanova is dead, they have this whole idea to do the “surprise it’s a hologram” thing in a very cool and impressive way but then there’s a metal rod clipping through their hologram’s chest.
So they leave without saying another word to the Hyperion guy and act really pissy for the rest of the day
Okay, would people be interested in buying 2.25 inch buttons of my zerhys art? I’ve been making some other completely unrelated button designs and I thought I’d check since there is a relative lack of zerhys fanmerch out there
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@ceekarisubmitted:
Fictionbit!
(tags: no warnings apply, slight mention of injury, slice of life, established relationship)
“What are you doing?” Rhys asks.
Zer0 twitches, minutely but noticeably. Still lying flat on the shuttle’s hull, they turn their head toward him.
“Basking,” they answer.
“Is that safe? There’s still rakks up here that could spot you.”
“I’m keeping an eye out,” they assure him, their voice slow and sleep-slurred.
“Uh-huh. Your helmet was scrolling Z’s.”
“Screensaver.” They turn their face to the sky and resume the Z’s, presumably as demonstration.
“So you definitely aren’t just taking a nap out in the open?”
“Just resting my eyes,” they mumble.
“While still keeping watch. Impressive.”
“Mm-hm. Very alert. Very aware.”
Rhys rolls his eyes. “Come back inside with me. You can sleep where it’s safe."
"Can’t bask inside.”
“Is that… a thing you need? Like, you thermoregulate, or photosynthesize, or something?”
“Absolutely.”
He’s almost certain they’re bullshitting him. Regardless.
“We could get you a tanning bed.”
“Claustrophobic.”
“Buddy. You live in a helmet.”
“Helmets don’t hamper movement.”
“Well, what if we install a heat lamp for you?”
They turn their head, interest apparently piqued. “Full spectrum?”
Does full spectrum even matter through their suit and helmet? Rhys shrugs.
“Sure, if that’s what you want.”
Ellipses scroll across their visor as they consider. “Acceptable,” they say finally.
“Great! We’ll get right on that.” Rhys holds out his hand to help them up.
They don’t move. “Sounds good. Come get me when you’re done.”
“Zer0.”
They huff. Sullenly they take his hand.
He pulls them up- or tries to. They yank, and the next thing he knows he’s flat on his face beside them.
“You are such a dick,” he mutters into the ship’s metal.
“That’s news?”
“Nope. Just freshly reminded.” He sighs. “…Is warm up here, though."
Still on their back, Zer0 scoots themself into the space at his side, apparently getting comfortable.
"Rakks will always screech/ just before diving at you./ I react quickly.”
“Even when you’re sleeping?”
“Even sleeping.” They pause. “Which I was not.”
“Hm.” Rhys snakes an arm over their chest. “Sooo what I’m hearing is, if I did doze off here I’d be safe.”
Zer0 idly strokes his bicep. “Safe from rakks, yes, but/ I’ll dislocate your shoulder/ as I’m leaping up."
Rhys’s arm quickly retreats back to his side. Zer0 snickers and takes his hand instead.
@ceekarisubmitted:
(tags: fic tidbit, no plot, sickfic, vomit, violence mention, supportive Zer0 is trying okay, pandoran medicine is questionable at the best of times, let alone when you don’t bother to clear out your cabinet because you only ever use insta-health)
Rhys retches into the toilet again. Beside him, Zer0 searches the medicine cabinet, rattling through various pill bottles with faded labels and dubious expiration dates.
Rhys mops the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. Then he makes the mistake of glancing down into the toilet bowl, which does not help his nausea at all.
“Ohgod that’s gross. Don’t look, Zer0,” he warns miserably.
They snort and turn to him as they drop a large unlabeled bottle into the trash. The gelcaps inside shatter like glass when it lands, and Rhys silently agrees with their decision to chuck it.
Zer0 looks at the toilet and flicks their fingers dismissively. “You think I’m squeamish?/ Stomach contents are no big./ I spill guts daily.”
He peers up at them, still gripping the toilet seat in much the same way that he clings to the door handle when Zer0 is driving. “Other people’s?“ he hazards.
“Naturally.”
He drops his flushed cheek onto the cool metal of his arm and groans. “Zer0, buddy, I love you, please can there be less talk about disembowelment while I’m trying not to dry-heave?”
