Game changer Nope, not that certain enterprise program. It is… said that the older you get, the more you’ll tend to forget about stuff… Or that you will start think of thing that you used to hold dear as something that bear no significance. While I do think that I’m pretty much lowkey with my birthday as years pass, still, I’m not going to lie that I can’t forget my birthday in purpose, even if I try to, haha. Well, as it’s special day for me, it is one for this chap here, so let us talk about that in detail now. 2012—2018. SSSSHRIEK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I DRAW A KID IN WHOLE YEAR SINCE FIRST CONCEPTION ZOOMS IN ZOOMS OUT I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S YOU THAT HOLD THIS HONOR. A bit cheating on 2016 since it's only a sketch but hhhheeyy, that's counted yo. Build up story and design notesAsca came as a fragment of imagination that manifested in the time I was roleplaying in private setting. Hm… how to put this, his… conception was quite messed up, actually. Different from the other kids who mostly have their design first and then traits and personality are subsequently explored, Asca first came as writing and roleplaying material. And before that, he was actually a… some sort of fan-made OC of certain fandom? Yes, I made him at first actually for roleplaying on that fandom. And that he was actually a she. However, there was a lot of retcon, the roleplay shifted to the original verse, it got serious, and, well, he became him as what he is currently. His conception is such a genre shift. It was about mafia world at first, yes, no joke, then turns into a… well, slice of life. He is also watered down from a filthy rich OP into a normal med student who needs extra money for student loan, hence he works as a substitutional biology teacher. I’ll cover about this more on following section. I… did have the design when he was in his initial, as a woman. But for his design as a man, it was my partner who doodles him first, so that gave me the idea to finally think about his design, properly. Even when I try to think of his design properly, it was really basic. And it did get revamped by the time we decided to make the roleplay become a comic—which is XLR. Yet, he never went to a major design revamp, I think? Unlike any other kids. At first, using my partner’s doodle as a base, his hair was actually styled like Prussia from APH. But the more I draw him, the more… it evolves on its own. It came first as short, and then slightly longer and even wavy??? Then come again as short. His attire is also basic, plain shirt with plain dark pants. I didn’t know color theory for good back then, so his palette was kinda horrendous (laughs). The more we head canon outside the comic plot, the more we thought of the XLR cast in future timeline. Like, well, he eventually marries Claire and has his children, so I tend to draw him accordingly and older than I usually did or in the comic timeline. As much as I don’t dabble myself in this verse of him anymore, I still want to give it a chance for revamp. Now, as XLR is combined with STKR as a slice of life verse, I kept his age as the older one than his comic counterpart. Drawing older him is way a lot more interesting than his initial concept, really. I like his new short hair as well! Still, he's looking younger than what a mid-life man should be but whatever, that's why "Artistic Age" trope exists yo. Asca’s change is always subtle. I couldn't draw guy for real, as well, so I practiced a lot with him and naturally, having fun. In this newest revamp, his hair returns to what it was, because when I tried to make it shorter, now it resembles Mishka’s. He is still wearing that typical blue dress shirt, but I change the color of his tie and slacks into something more analogous and easier to the eyes, I think. The curled sleeves are important. Important, so I said it twice. The stubble as well!! Sometimes, he dons his lab jacket sloppily, as well. Name & BirthdayIf there is a kid that birthday I will never forget, Asca is probably the one because, figures. He shares the date with me. Back then I’m really suck at roleplaying, so does me when I’m playing Asca. Hence, I made him shares… a lot of thing with me, including the birthday. For his name, it was started as Asuka but I decided to alter it into Asca, since he's an Italian from the setting. As for his surname... Really, that's a made-up blatant translation from his initial one, Fujimoto. At least Verogli sounds… Italian enough, I guess. Please bear with me. My Italian is never good, though. I think I should start continuing the lesson where I stopped... Personality & RelationshipCome to think of it... He's the kind of an escapist character HAHAHAHA. Yeah, I was young and dumb. I'm still, I guess. He was the Mr. Perfect and Edgy. Total Stu. Admittedly, I perhaps would take offence if he is accused as a Stu back then. But now, I’ll laugh along because it’s true. It was irrational, suffocating, and actually exhausting to keep portraying him that way. Which is why, I'll keep the history disclosed, ha. It really cringes me when I tried to remember it, not gonna lie. When writing for the XLR, I thought of it as such an opportunity to turn his level down to ordinary people. The tendency was still there, I admit. So, when there is a time for me to revamp that, I'll be sure I'll revamp him along with what he is now. Boi, he had gone through a lot of change. Now that I don’t dabble much with the verse, he’s got older as well, he’s more… like a dad? More laid-back, more mellow, probably reflecting that he's lot less edgy than he was in his twenties haha. I also start to think he maybe start developing dad jokes, to the amusement of his wife and daughter—but not his son. Haha. Still, he can be stern and scary when he wants to be, and I still want to see him as someone veteran and capable when it comes to his job. I aspire to write him as a cool old guy, but not trying too much like he was on his younger days… or me, in my earlier writing. His circle of relationship always revolves to Claire, by being his wife. I think he has some tensions as well, with both Ty and Kyle, but that mainly stems from poor communication skills, hahaha. He does have this… kind of parental favoritism side as well, by favoring Moira to Kyle, so. I think he has an okay opinion for Kei, considering he stay in his house back in Kei’s college days in Italy. End noteActually, I’m trying my best for… writing this entry of him and sound as neutral as I can, because HAHAHA, it’s just, talking about him means walking down through the memory lane and… while it’s not particularly bad in itself, I just feel like I came to realized on how stupid I was in building kiddos, among other things. Mm. Back to Asca, though. It's... kind of funny because, although I have mascots for several purposes, like Sana and Kairi, Asca was probably the one that sticks to me for most of the time, even though he is not and never be the mascot. Notice the grammar. Although he's neither my first son nor first role-playing character that I've ever created, he's the one who got my sentiment on both parts. Because as stated, he stuck to me most for like, more than years. He’s just… me? Or what I aspire to be but not really? Like... well, kin, if we're going with Tumblr terminology. The favoritism was really going strong me back then, so when I reminiscing about certain kid that I used to fawn and fond, the result is not that pretty, haha. Hence, nowadays, I’m trying my best to give my attention in a full rotation to all kids. And while I like my kids each on their own way, now I just think of them as… well, kids. Fragments of my imagination. Device to advance in drawing and writing. Part of me, but not me. I feel like I’m… making fun and dissing him much here, haha, suman Daddy. But by all means, I still like him. Like, he’s a game changer. Without him, I won’t learn a lot and grow, both in writing, drawing, and well… thinking galaxy brain on giving depth in a lore. As much as it’s cringey to take the trip down to memory lane with him, I still want to cherish him, though. This mayhap the longest end note I write (laughs). [Last updated on September 2020]
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