TDL Chapter 19 Sketches (+AUs)

There's a lot dumped on these pages! I'll go through them bit by bit and attempt to give context, haha.

Well, page 1.1 is self-explanatory...and page 3.2 is just goofy stuff.

Page 2.1 is more Sambre divorce content, this time featuring Ambre's fundamental failure to ponder her own self on more than the shallowest possible level! Maybe that will change? Also, a tidbit about the Defectors–specifically, some of their favorite things about each other. As you might expect, Ambre enjoys the way Sarah and Penwood have never taught her a whit about morality or self-reflection, Penwood likes her and Sarah's blunt honesty and abstention from pleasantries (even when that's probably needed for coworkers), and Sarah enjoys the excitement the other 2 bring to her life (whether for the better or the worse). They have been, and continue to be, kind of terrible. <3

Page 1.2's got Yusarah art! We'll dive into their past relationship a bit later on, but this peek is spoiler-free enough to include now. Sarah had braids when they were dating, and Yuma had long hair! Aside from that, I can say nothing else on the matter. U_U

Lastly, pages 2.2 and 3.1! This is a string of AU's from a very vague multiverse story I thought up, starring the Defectors + Yuma (not canon, btw). I drew 4 out, but there may have been more, I just ran out of steam. Anyway, explanations!

The first is a sweet, drama-free slice-of-life roommate story. (Sarah and Yuma have never even dated in this one.) But these 2 clueless friends are the main characters forced to confront a billion different iterations of their relationship in alternate worlds–what will it do to their friendship?

Some of these AUs include...! A ~1930s hardcore historical setting (man, I had a document on this one but it's been lost to the ether) based in China or Korea; I can't recall which. To those who don't know, this time period/location was (incredible understatement -->) pretty unfortunate. Anyway, you can understand why I didn't do much for this little multiverse ditty. One of the timelines would have included a metric ton of research and it was literally only intended to be read by myself.

There was an apocalypse AU (pretty much no research at all, lol), starring Sarah and Ambre, two strangers who did not speak the same language. Where was it set? Somewhere in the Americas. What was the world-ending threat? I don't know; I don't even think I thought it up.

Then there was a slasher AU, which would've been campy and fun. (Does this one overlap with canon? Perhaps.) I mean, not for the peaceful, happy roommates. But it would've been fun for me!

Pretty sure that's a wrap on this sketch batch! This is basically how most of my sketchbooks look, haha. A stream-of-consciousness sort of thing.