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Published: 2013-09-26 19:59:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 1452; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 2
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I don't know, but after looking at 's vast Simpsons gallery and her fascinating Burns/smithers fanart I really felt like digging through my old doodles and coloring some of my old stuff - so here's Burns and his two Smitherses--Hope you like it
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I've been looking at your Simpsons fanart and I must say I'm amazed at all the possible ways they could be interpreted, just because of subtle details like the lines and your use of colors.
In this one for instance, I tend to view Smithers Jr. standing in the red as symbolizing the perpetual risk that his devotion to Mr. Burns could very well be the end of him, either by causing his premature death as it did to his father before him, or at the very least by destroying him emotionally. He's already had to trample his own principles countless times and you know that if he had to sacrifice himself for his boss, he would in a heartbeat.
Then there's the way Burns is staring at his late friend, as if stuck in that moment, while the son to whom he turns his back seems almost invisible in the background. Maybe it's just me reading too much into this (as I tend to do shamelessly 
Anyway, this is just my personal analysis, but I could be completely off, so please feel free to let me know if you were trying to express something different that I may have missed here.
All I can say is that no matter what it was actually meant to represent, there's an awful lot that can be projected into it and that makes it frankly brilliant.
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Oh wow! XD
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment
Looking back at it, your analysis pretty much sums it up perfectly 
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Hehe, you're welcome!
I'm glad to know that my own interpretation of your drawing wasn't too far from the way you perceived these characters' dynamics yourself.
I agree, "The Blunder Years" was a strange and surprisingly serious episode. It made Burns and Smithers' relationship even more messed up and pretty darn tragic.
Heck, the way the situation has evolved, I'd say a movie could actually be made based on that story alone and it would practically turn out to be Oscar material.
It always impresses me how a mostly satirical cartoon like The Simpsons manages to really make us care about those crazy characters.
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I really like how you draw Smithers Sr. 
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Thank you so much
Yes, he definitely needs a hug!
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I really love this kind of fanart, specially if Smithers Sr. is in it, because it's my favorite one <33 (btw I'm Gav-Imp with another account)
Burns/Smithers is great, but I love Burns/Smithers Sr. even more because it's beautiful and tragic ;w;
Thanks!
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You're welcome^^ and thank you very much
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i love your lines, they just give so much character to the drawing in general.
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Oh thank you so much!
That's so cool, that someone understand what I try to express - my friends just asked if I accidentally spilled some of the red XD
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