It’s meant to be literal. Pepper told Achilles that the way to Mars’s heart was to “let her take the lead” and since little dude thinks everything is literal he thought pepper meant to LITERALLY give her a lead.
Yes, and she did take the lead, literally in the sense of she has it in her hands, but also that she approached Achilles first. It also shows, as you stated, that Achilles takes things literally, though in this case he accidentally did it right, too. It’s just really set up well.
oooh coloring style shift
God all the traditional pages you did for this arc.
Fucking hell.
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also that face from mars hurts so much.
here we goooo :achilles-happy:
Gosh that painting style is so pretty
“She’d finally taken the lead” is such a brilliant play on words.
It’s meant to be literal. Pepper told Achilles that the way to Mars’s heart was to “let her take the lead” and since little dude thinks everything is literal he thought pepper meant to LITERALLY give her a lead.
Yes, and she did take the lead, literally in the sense of she has it in her hands, but also that she approached Achilles first. It also shows, as you stated, that Achilles takes things literally, though in this case he accidentally did it right, too. It’s just really set up well.