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In which Burns has absolutely no idea how to handle children.

Since I was a kid, I've enjoyed watching The Simpsons for its originality and humor, but lately, I've been paying more attention to the characters themselves. One I've grown particularly fond of is Waylon Smithers. His ambiguous morality and motivations make him a surprisingly complex character, and the addition of his father's tragic story in "The Blunder Years" just made his already very peculiar relationship with his boss even more complicated, since the latter is implied to have been an important figure throughout young Waylon Jr.'s childhood.

Now personally, I must admit that I'm not really into the whole shipping thing for several reasons, but I still love to see these two interact. Although the very unbalanced dynamics between them constantly lead to Smithers being treated without any dignity and completely taken for granted, a part of me likes to think that Burns may have purposefully tried to shut everyone out after the loss of the one he called his "dear friend", but really cares a little more than he'll ever admit to.

This is just a little sketch (and by "little", I mean literally less than 2 inches high ), so I hope the lines are not too hard to see. I apologize for any anatomical errors I may very possibly have made.
It isn't much, but I guess that will count as my humble contribution to this huge fandom.

One last detail : some of you may have noticed that both in the TV show and the comics, Smithers was often shown with curly (and sometimes darker) hair as a teenager. However, I remembered seeing him with his current haircut as a younger kid in "Springfield Up", so I decided to simply go with that look. The only thing I intentionally left out is the orthodontic headgear he appeared with in that episode, which I felt would hide too much of his face and might confuse those who didn't know he used to have it.

© The Simpsons belong to Matt Groening and FOX.

Description
In which Burns has absolutely no idea how to handle children.

Since I was a kid, I've enjoyed watching The Simpsons for its originality and humor, but lately, I've been paying more attention to the characters themselves. One I've grown particularly fond of is Waylon Smithers. His ambiguous morality and motivations make him a surprisingly complex character, and the addition of his father's tragic story in "The Blunder Years" just made his already very peculiar relationship with his boss even more complicated, since the latter is implied to have been an important figure throughout young Waylon Jr.'s childhood.

Now personally, I must admit that I'm not really into the whole shipping thing for several reasons, but I still love to see these two interact. Although the very unbalanced dynamics between them constantly lead to Smithers being treated without any dignity and completely taken for granted, a part of me likes to think that Burns may have purposefully tried to shut everyone out after the loss of the one he called his "dear friend", but really cares a little more than he'll ever admit to.

This is just a little sketch (and by "little", I mean literally less than 2 inches high ), so I hope the lines are not too hard to see. I apologize for any anatomical errors I may very possibly have made.
It isn't much, but I guess that will count as my humble contribution to this huge fandom.

One last detail : some of you may have noticed that both in the TV show and the comics, Smithers was often shown with curly (and sometimes darker) hair as a teenager. However, I remembered seeing him with his current haircut as a younger kid in "Springfield Up", so I decided to simply go with that look. The only thing I intentionally left out is the orthodontic headgear he appeared with in that episode, which I felt would hide too much of his face and might confuse those who didn't know he used to have it.

© The Simpsons belong to Matt Groening and FOX.