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[thunderlina]

Lakko time! As previously introduced over on @poorlydrawnwarners, here’s the grumpy boyo himself. This was mostly done because as practice, and I think they both came out pretty alright. The line art is a bit messy but other than that I like how these turned out.

More information about Lakko himself under the cut!

He’s based on the cut fourth Warner sibling from the scrapped movie concept, Wandering Warners We, but I’ll admit that my take on him has diverged quite a bit from Tom Ruegger’s original description. Most notably, he’s not Yakko, Wakko, and Dot’s brother, but rather, their cousin! The Warner kids have such a great dynamic as-is that I felt a fourth member would feel like an intruder.

My Lakko is instead their 2nd cousin, who’s just a huge jerk all around honestly. He’s a real no-nonsense snob who thinks he’s better than his cousins and refuses to let them (specifically Yakko) forget that.

He and Yakko have a particularly interesting relationship. Lakko will complain for hours about how “immature” and “annoying” Yakko is, to the extent that most people, even Yakko himself, assume that he legitimately hates him. This is not the case, though. In reality, Lakko’s strictness and tendency to scold his cousin’s every move comes not from malice, but from a belief that Yakko and his siblings would be much better off if he could just “calm down and think things through for once.” Yakko, of course, couldn’t care less about what Lakko thinks is best for him, and goes about doing his usual zany thing anyways.

Another tidbit about Lakko is that his name isn’t even really Lakko, it’s actually Leonard. The nickname “Lakko” was affectionately given to him by Yakko to match himself and Wakko. Lakko, unsuprisingly, can’t stand the nickname, but his cousins continue to use it anyways.

Lakko also has a younger brother, named Samuel. Sam almost never talks and mostly just follows his big brother around, relentlessly attacking those Lakko deems deserving with a flurry of smacks. Because of this, he’s gained the nickname Smakko.

Smakko, similar to Lakko, is derived from another concept Warner sibling who didn’t make the final cut, in this case, “Smakky Warner.” His design, though not pictured, is more reminiscent of “Wakky Warner”, however, since the actual Smakky looked way too similar to the final Wakko.

Both of these characters were originally devised as antagonists for a project of mine I’ve just been calling “the Atrament AU”, which was essentially my own re-imagining of the basic concept of BABQFTIM. Though instead of BATIM and Cuphead characters, it would’ve focused more heavily on not only Animaniacs, but also characters from the Uncle $crooge comics, Felix the Cat, and Oswald-era Disney. Whether or not anything is ever going to come of it, I have no idea, but Lakko and Smakko were fun enough characters that I felt like rolling with them outside of that particular project.

For more Lakko content, check out my sideblog @poorlydrawnwarners! I’m confident that you’ll see them again there more than you ever will over here!

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