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My favorite character in This Bites! (which is honestly debatable now) has gotta be Nico Robin. But my reason for my appreciation for her goes back months before I even read it. When I started my own fic, Pieceless (Rated E for booba), I wanted to break this woman to her core. Not in a traumatic way or anything, but I asked myself “how do I take the level-headed, calculated and sometimes creepy Robin, and turn her into the complete opposite of that”. All it takes is a few unfortunate events and the composure shatters, turns out. I absolutely adore how Robin gets picked on in TB! because I enjoy picking on her as well. ;P
She is also incredibly hard to draw, especially when you want to make her way more expressive than her canon counterpart. Easily the character I have drawn the most and it’s not even close. These two are from about a half year ago.