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Description April 28, 2013.

Ballpoint pen, JASC Paint Shop Pro 7.

I kept wanting to do some art of the "normal-verse AU" that Alt and Ezra have been involved in, but I never really got around to it... >__> UNTIL NOW!!! XD
It looks kind of like a poster to a drama~! lolol

You would think that in a normal world without super powers, Alt's life would be a lot better since he's not cursed as a demon, but no! I saddle him with the demon of addiction on top of the mood disorder. >___>


Brief story summary:
- Ezra's parents don't divorce so there's a lot of home life tension
- Alt's parents divorce after Alt's mother's past of prostitution comes to light
- Alt is bullied a lot because word gets out about his mom, and he gets depressed and falls in with the wrong crowd and abuses drugs as escapism
- Alt and Ezra know of each other in school, but aside from working on one lab together (mostly Ezra doing the work because Alt couldn't focus), they're just acquaintances (though Alt does have a crush on him)
- Ezra does well in school and continues onto college and Alexis doesn't die (though I think she may be having an emotional affair with Dr. Evans.. >__> )
- Alt has to drop out of school due to severe mental health issues to go to rehab, but eventually gets a job as a cook at a restaurant years later
- Alt and Ezra meet up again at the restaurant, and they eventually hook up on a casual basis and have great chemistry together
- Alt finds that they are getting too close and comfortable, and tries to break it off to save them both the trouble
- Alt has an emotional meltdown and Ezra tries to keep an eye on him and their relationship becomes very on-off for a while
- Alt finds out his mom has Ezra's father as one of her clients and this causes many issues
- Alt and Ezra somehow get through this by ignoring it and focusing on some vague future together, and sign a lease for a condo together
- Alt and Ezra have some kind of argument and Ezra heads off to sleep at his sister's place while Alt sulks and starts barhopping to drown himself in alcohol
- Arkos sees Alt drinking away and invites him to party with her and they end up sleeping together
- Alt freaks out when he wakes up the morning after and he tries to kill himself multiple times
- Alt goes to hospital and then to a rehab center where he struggles to stick to the program and often refuses to see his family when they come to visit, though he on occasion attempts to call Ezra to apologize
- Alt's father is informed about his situation and decides he wants to be in Alt's life again, and this new support helps Alt become more productive in his treatment
- Alt's father dies in a car accident on his way to visiting him
- Alt spirals back out of control and cuts contact from everyone as he can't deal with his emotions; he is constantly sedated to keep him from panic and self-harm
- inheritance and legal battles ensue between Alt's mother and his father's second wife, which becomes public
- Ezra goes through the motions and heads into law school to become a lawyer just like his mom wanted, worrying about Alt in the back of his mind as he starts reviewing court documents to do with Alt's case
- Rammey and Robby hook up as like.. the one bright spot in this whole sad story >_>
- TO BE CONTINUED~~~


So here is Alt in a hospital gown at a rehab center. He's bandaged because of the multiple injuries he's endured from attempts at harming himself. He's staring at a sketch Soco drew for him of Ezra.
Behind is Ezra in a suit looking at legal papers or documents or something. He's doing very well for himself academically/career-wise!
And then I decided to add some floating heads of minor characters! From left to right:
Annie (normal-verse AU of Allie, who is Alt's former co-worker who really cares for him and feels she has unrequited feelings toward him)
Soco (psychology student who meets Alt and befriends him for the few weeks she helps out at the center)
Robby (Ezra's friend/boyfriend from highschool who still looks him up to hang out when he comes back from out of state)
Vincent (bartender who Ezra occasionally vents to, and who happens to be a former classmate of Ezra's sister, Linda)
And then shadow blobs of people who represent everyone else that I was too lazy to draw but definitely play a role, most notably, Alt and Ezra's families. XD

I drew this on the bus to and from work~ Obviously the colours were added when I got back home!

ALSO IT WAS ~MyDearBasil 's birthday.. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY! XD
This isn't much of a birthday pic, but it'll do?? Hahha~

Ezra, Robby, and Vincent belong to ~MyDearBasil
Altaire, Annie, and Soco belong to me.
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Comments: 27

SAmaryllis [2013-04-29 15:15:38 +0000 UTC]

Nnn....I just want to give Altaire a huuuuug wahhh precious baby nnnooooo. q__q

What a fantastic drama poster-y layout thing though! Whoaaa.

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Meibatsu In reply to SAmaryllis [2013-04-29 18:54:32 +0000 UTC]

Yes.. he is just a constantly struggling wisp in the wind~

And thank you~! I like making them even though I don't do it that often! XD

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SAmaryllis In reply to Meibatsu [2013-04-29 23:11:26 +0000 UTC]

Like I can't even express right now how much I want Altaire to be okay and happy and give him a hug and feed him sweets or whatever he likes to eat (not human life force) I just

MEIII WHY DO YOU DO THIS ME ahhhh

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Meibatsu In reply to SAmaryllis [2013-05-05 06:25:09 +0000 UTC]

Yes.. sweets and cakes and gourmet food~~! Comfort him~~! XD
He tries really hard too. He just doesn't have the mental/emotional fortitude to keep it up for very long. But deep down inside, he's really tough, otherwise he'd probably actually have died, right? >_>

Uwahaha.. I do it because the lows makes the highs all the sweeter~~!

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aegis-of-justice [2013-04-29 06:35:19 +0000 UTC]

Altaire looks so beat up. :C He gets better though, right? Riiight? D:

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Meibatsu In reply to aegis-of-justice [2013-04-29 06:41:25 +0000 UTC]

UUHHHH...
Kind of a little? Stable enough to leave rehab and not be constantly sedated or restrained, anyway! XD
But never stable enough to stay out of trouble since the nature of his mental illness is pretty difficult to cure and I am a cruel creator too. HA!

Though since he is mortal in this universe, I suppose inflicting a lifetime of unhappiness is a bit too cruel.. Could I really want for his eventual meeting with his own mortality to be in misery? WHO KNOWS. TO BE CONTINUED!

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aegis-of-justice In reply to Meibatsu [2013-04-29 23:29:03 +0000 UTC]

If Incubus Altaire was able to come to terms with himself and find a way to live his life, Human Altaire can do it too.

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Meibatsu In reply to aegis-of-justice [2013-05-05 06:27:23 +0000 UTC]

Incubus Altaire hasn't even come to terms. Haha.. it always comes in waves. The trend is that it kind of gets better though! It's just the variance due to mood instability is always really bad. And I don't like doing math and stats but I am haunted by their metaphorical powers nonetheless. XD

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aegis-of-justice In reply to Meibatsu [2013-05-05 17:41:10 +0000 UTC]

Fine, deflate my souffle of happiness why don't you. Life is a work in progress anyway. >3>

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Meibatsu In reply to aegis-of-justice [2013-05-06 02:25:03 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, life is hard work~ Mostly. xD
And deflating souffles is funny~ :*

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MyDearBasil [2013-04-29 05:54:12 +0000 UTC]

OMGOODDDD IT'S SO LOVELLLYYYY! AHHHJSHJKEHJ!!!! YES, THIS WILL DEFINITELY COUNT AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED!!! Gosh, wow, Ezra looks so suave and formal in his lawfully good-lookin' suit!!! *_____*
eehkjahsfs I love poster lookin' compositions~!!! SO MUCH, AGH!
god, I've been meaning to make normal-verse art for so long, but I always get side tracked. Dx
EVERYONE LOOKS SO COOOOOL! I LIKE THE COLORS A LOT! AND THE SHADOWY FIGURES! AND HOW DOWNTRODDEN ALT LOOKS! XD boy looks like he's not been eatin!
GACHSEJFEA, I STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED THIS ESSAY, I SPENT LIKE 6 HOURS IN SOMEONE'S ROOM TO TRY TO FINISH BUT ALL I ENDED UP DOING WAS PROCRASTINATING SDFJEJAGF I'M GOING TO BURN OUT AHHHHHH

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Meibatsu In reply to MyDearBasil [2013-04-29 06:33:29 +0000 UTC]

UWEHH I AM GLAD YOU THINK SO~~! ALL THEM CAPSLOCKKSSS~~!! XDDD
Yesss.. I love poster compositions too and it's a shame I don't do more, especially when it's easier than making full bodies of everyone! lol
I know! I keep intending, but never do! Eternal procrastination with lucky breaks to get things done. XD
Alt has been on a protein shake diet just to give him enough calories because he's too unfocused to eat now! >__> Maybe that's another factor where he doesn't want to communicate wiht Ezra. There's some internal paranoia that Ezra will "know" he's less attractive now or something. XD

HWAHAHA.. THE NIGHT IS YOUNG. YOU CAN STILL GET THINGS DONE! NO TIME TO BURN OUT! ONLY TIME TO BURNT HE MIDNIGHT OIL AND GO UNTIL THE MORNING LIGHT! --Unless it's not even due Monday! lol. Feel free to procrastinate until Tuesday if that's the case and get some birthday sleep! <3

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MyDearBasil In reply to Meibatsu [2013-04-30 22:31:46 +0000 UTC]

ALL OF THEM TO ACCURATELY DISPLAY MY FEELINNGSSS!!!
Yesss, that's true..! xD And it gets a whole butt of people in the same time, everybody wins!!
augrhhehshhfe.. I want to get out of school so bad because when I have nothing to do I feel stressed that there's something I could be doing that I'm not!
PFFTTT! ALTAIRE.. YOU DORKKKK! Q___Q Noo, that makes me so sad! HAVE TRUST IN Y'ALL'S LOVE, ALTAAIREEE

It was due today lol. BUT I FINISHED IT LAST NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, HOOHAHHH! AND I OVERATE BECAUSE MY PERIODS GONNA COME SOON AND I AM MILDLY STRESSED FROM ALL DIRECTION HA AHAAHA @__@

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Meibatsu In reply to MyDearBasil [2013-05-01 03:40:25 +0000 UTC]

Why would you feel stressed with nothing to do? >___> Wouldn't you just surf all day or something? Hahaha.. I guess it might be because you're still kind of "trapped" a school. lol

HE CAN'T. HIS BRAIN WON'T LET HIM! XDDD HAVE FUN LOVING HIM ANYWAY, EZRA!!!!

GOOD JOB! A+! Maybe A! Definitely not less than A-~! xD Why are you so stressed? You only got a couple more weeks to go!

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MyDearBasil In reply to Meibatsu [2013-05-01 04:34:09 +0000 UTC]

BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING TO DO, I'M JUST NOT DOING IT. XD I just don't know exxxaccttllyy what it is... But always something, always got to be something I COULD be doing hahah xD And yeah, I think that definitely adds to it! There's never really a cut off from when I'm constantly working around school, but maybe it's also just because I'm paranoid. >_>

MMMMM A RELATIONSHIP FULL OF CARE, NURTURE, AND ANGST!!

nooo it was so muddled o___o but at least my teacher allows rewrites! There's only a few left, but, but.. I just want like.. a cool down period! ;_; There's gonna be no cool down, I'll only have to power through it and then get on a plane and leave for 2 months, I can't even enjoy the last of my time here gahahh Dx

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Meibatsu In reply to MyDearBasil [2013-05-01 05:25:04 +0000 UTC]

I KNOW THAT FEELING~~! Hahaha~
I don't think there's a cure except to learn to manage time better. <_<

THE BEST KIND (to watch)~

Cool down right now while you have the chance? xD You probbably shoudl have just cooled down from Thurs to Sunday when you procrastinated. hahah~ But the procrastination made it feel not like a cooldown~ It's okay though. Justa bit more to go! Take a week off during summer before starting work!

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MyDearBasil In reply to Meibatsu [2013-05-03 03:14:14 +0000 UTC]

NO MORE PAPERSSSS~~~'~~~ unless I have to rewrite the last one. xD
It's so hard bahhh! I want a planner but those cost money <_<

HAHA YEAH! xD

yeahHH! That's my least favorite thing about procrastination! How it doesn't feel relaxing at all! :T It's just like all the feelings and stress but no end result, what a bummer. Uegjkg, I already told my manager I'd start the monday I got back. xD But I get a weekend off woohoo! Hopefully, now that I've experienced college.. work will seem less stressful!

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Meibatsu In reply to MyDearBasil [2013-05-03 04:08:50 +0000 UTC]

Can't you just make a daytimer or download one and print it out? >__> Staple pieces of paper together or put it in a binder?? My school always gave us ugly ones for free, but then I'd decorate the covers to personalize it. xD
You probably won't need to rewrite~! Unless it's like a C. I guess you can then. <___<

Yeah. The best thing about procrastination is how you can amazingly pull off the impossible in the end. The worst thing is all that anxiety time in between. xD You can still just retell him different!! LOL --But yeah, working at a job that doesn't require too much thinking is always relaxing in comparison!

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MyDearBasil In reply to Meibatsu [2013-05-03 19:51:01 +0000 UTC]

My highschool and middle school did that.. I guess I could keep a sketchbook as a planner but that seems like a waste of a sketchbook. hm. I have some printer paper I guess I could fashion into something but.. organization effort. xD
she lets up rewrite even if it's like an A-, so I'd probably go for it if I got a bish grade. xD

YEAH! I just get really stressed out about the expectation of making sure everything runs smoothly and taking out the trash on time so upper management doesn't get mad at me and stuff like that! ._. I just get stressed over people getting mad at me! or getting in trouble haha

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Meibatsu In reply to MyDearBasil [2013-05-04 03:17:54 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha.. it can be done though~! It's just lines and numbers and maybe months~ You can also go to a dollar store at some point and buy a cheap notebook or sketchbook for it. XD Then it can become a half-diary~ Especially if you end up sketching in it.
You are a keener! Nice~~! So much ambition despite lazy, it's wonderful!

Yeah, I don't like getting yelled at or getting in trouble. I feel like I have no backbone against authority figures. ._. But they seem to like you there, so mostly everything's going to work out fine even if you make a mistake or two!
Also, did you check your mail! IT MUST HAVE ARRIVED TODAY RIGHT RIIGHT?!?!

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MyDearBasil In reply to Meibatsu [2013-05-04 07:01:10 +0000 UTC]

oH THAT'D BE SMART. I could jsut divide the pages into halves and it'd already have lines woo woo!
uegrhe... academics in art school.. >_> They're not very tough, at least not for me.. I'd feel like a letdown to myself and anyone who's ever taught me if I just let a good opportunity go. xD Especially like a rewrite, wow that is such a freebie!

SOME OF THE UPPER MANAGEMENT CAN GET SASSY! Especially with trash and ugh. :T Definitely mostly upper management, everybody else is mostly sweet hearts. Lots of effort putting up with social interaction for so long.. but I think it'd be better now that I've had so much of it here.
I DID! BUT IT DIDN'T! I'll check on monday agin since my college doesn't get mail saturday or sunday for the time being for some reason?? >_>

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Meibatsu In reply to MyDearBasil [2013-05-04 09:29:30 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, now to get the motivation to do that even.. XD
Your dedication to your craft of academia is inspiring~ Reminds me of the good old gays.. *sniff* --though I don't really miss homework anymore! I just missed the good grades part. Haha~

All the practice must help! It's like rapid exposure to your greatest fears!
Dawn! I guess it will arrive on the 6th business day.. = =
Haha, in Canada, they never deliver mail on the weekend anyway~! So I'm used to that. I can't believe they deliver all days in the US. But I heard recently they are going to try to cut back weekend delivery to save on costs, so maybe that's it?

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MyDearBasil In reply to Meibatsu [2013-05-05 04:35:33 +0000 UTC]

I think I'll miss the lectures once I'm all good and done with academia.. Also reading in small, steadied amounts as opposed to cramming xD

IDK DOES THAT HELP OR JUST TRIGGER ANXIETY TO KEEP PROGRESS AT BAY?? O___O
OOhhhh! Well... I know at least in GA, mail doesn't come on sundays! Sooo.. I dunno! Maybe it's different for each state/and/or/insititution type place!

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Meibatsu In reply to MyDearBasil [2013-05-05 05:02:29 +0000 UTC]

I KIND OF HELPS I DUNNO! XD You get used to it over time??????
I will it to come Monday! >__< So I can also post it. lolol.. so I don't feel like I haven't been doing any art. *flails* I always feel like I'm never doing anything due to procrastination it's horrible. XD

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MyDearBasil In reply to Meibatsu [2013-05-05 21:51:09 +0000 UTC]

ACCORDING TO MY PSYCH TEXTBOOK I THINK IT DOES!
I GOT IT I GOT IT I GOT IT!!!! I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT IT WAS APPARENTLY IN TODAY??? AHSDFAFGKADG IT'S SO LOVELY I STARTED TEARING UP AND EVERYTHING XDDD NOW YOU POST IT! I tried to take webcam pictures of it but that did not turn out well LOL dgaskjf soooo lovely!! ALL FOUR ELEMENTS??? adsfhsah /flails /!!!

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Meibatsu In reply to MyDearBasil [2013-05-06 02:16:47 +0000 UTC]

OHHHHHH~~!! BUT HOWW!! YOUR WHOLE MAIL SYSTEM IS SUCH A MYSTERY TO MEE!!!

YES YESS!! WOMANLY TEARS OF JOY!!! HAHAHA~
I dunno if I actually got all four elements in but it can totally be interpreted in plus it's rainbow so it kind of works! XDD

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MyDearBasil In reply to Meibatsu [2013-05-08 22:57:02 +0000 UTC]

I DON'T KNOW!! IT IS TO ME TOOOOO!!! too many state rules! >_>

UGUUUU YESSSS! It was so lovely, I had to lower my head for a minute, hahah! xD

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