Oooffff I'll try to keep this short - as I AM one to ramble.
17776 has a special place in my heart. I love the aspects it focuses on and the different plots we have going on as you read. So many wonder "why football?" Well, Jon Bois is a sports writer, so of course he would write an express his thoughts through something he is familiar with. Sure, you could see it as a funny space football web comic, but there is SO MUCH more to be explored within it.
Now, if you told me if my generation would be the last on this earth, everyone is immortal, and the sun would never explode, I would essentially freak out. To combat that, having something that provides a distraction for an eternity - in this case, football- would be sufficient. You forget that feeling of dread and worry because you're occupied.
You could do the most insane shit you wanted because you have nothing to lose. Setting up the most extreme games with outrageous rules is just part of the fun.
I love how people keep the world pretty much the same. No advancements, nothing like that. Maybe it's a fear of change? But anyways- it's kinda like a comfort, knowing that things stay familiar forever, you don't have to change a thing.
People can achieve whatever goals they want. Go back to school, get a thousand college degrees, learn all the languages, knit the longest scarf, anything- because there is always time. You don't have any limitations.
One concept I'd love to see more of are the nanos. They just seem interesting to me, but they are kinda just briefed over. Same with animals, too. I know Jon touched upon this in a QnA, but I'd love to know more.
To wrap this up, there's just no words to truly explain how invested I am in this series, and I'm glad you asked this question!!
I'm working on something related to 17776/20020. Just curious, do any of you have any thoughts on the series like themes, meanings, anything that stuck w you specifically? or what you didn't like about it?
More sketches yesyesyes
Buncha stuff from the past week or so
Got some fun stuff planned later today - keep an eye out!
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or this way if you want
Still working on designs, I've been leaning towards v-kei for 10
AWWWWWEAAA THEIR LITTLE TAILSS :0
I really liked the “stuck with me” quote so i drew two things with it
More 17776 art cuz i can feel my brain rotting with it
i see a lot of criticism towards 17776 along the lines of “ugh if humanity actually stopped aging or dying and people really did just live forever they would not spend their time playing football… that is not what EYE would do with MY time…. this is so unrealistic….. clearly the author just wanted to write about sports 🙄😒” and like. yeah. yes. exactly. jon bois is a sports writer and sports analyst who wanted to examine why people love sports and why sports have cultural staying power and why he especially finds sports compelling and what sports have to say about the human condition and our ability to care. so he made up a fake scenario about humans being immortal and then he made it about sports. and he wrote about sports. the story is titled ‘what sports will look like in the future.’ if that isn’t something that you can vibe with then maybe the story simply is not for you
Errr! First art post!??
Did some sketches in art (sorry if the lighting is bad!)
I used: paint pens and prisma markers and pencils
If it’s messy - that’s just how I doodle :DD
Also I take requests! Just hit up my inbox/comments >:)
.i. i managed to make them chibi,,,
id buy chibi plushes of them honest to god
The edits that started it all
Apologies for disappearing, but I just wanted to "archive" my edits here if TikTok is taken down
These little things have encouraged quite a few people to get into 17776 and I'm so glad that they did
"Babe, I don't wanna do a hundred years without you." "I know. I could do it. I'd wait a hundred years. Would you wait for me?"
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