a Lester & Buddy character description masterpost!

I feel like its honestly about time I made one of these, since I have spent a lot of time developing these characters based on how they appear in their source material so extensively that they have become very close to my own brain children.. so much so that people mistake them for my OCs! (which I wish was true. haha..)

This post is to basically lay out both of their individual traits as well as how they interact with eachother. The purpose of this is to be a resource for anyone else who might want to draw them or for when I commission other artists to draw them, as well as to finally lay out my own proper mental map of them..

First of all, who are they?

Buddy and Lester are characters from my favorite game, a 2D cinematic platformer released in 1991 on several platforms by the name of Another World. (or Out of this World in the US, or Outer World in Japan.)

Yes, you can get the game now in its 20th anniversary HD edition on steam.

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Lester Knight Chaykin

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Lester is a genius physicist who basically tried to recreate the beginning of the universe using particle acceleration in his underground lab during a lightning storm, and got himself poofed into another dimension. I’m not sure whether the actual science of that is even relatively sound. rofl.

Its pretty clear he’s the serious, brooding type with a lot of introspective thought (but he does /occasionally/ let his dorkiness show. he can be a little awkward.) he’s definitely a serious introvert, and is pretty uninterested in social relationships with others and definitely more passionate about his work than anything else. He’s not rude; he’s actually a nice guy, he might just come off as a little bit guarded and indifferent towards social situations. He’s insanely adept and resourceful. He may be demisexual. He is also French, according to the game’s manuals that give a glimpse of the journal entries he made during the events of the game.

Key elements of his appearance are his late 80s/ early 90s era clothing and hairstyle, his fiery red hair actually being loosely curly (this is very important!), his short torso/long legs body ratio (with his arms long, fingertips extending a bit past his groin contrary to “proper anatomy” rules, and his very faint, almost invisible eyebrows. I literally don’t draw him with any at all. He has a very definitive brow line, though, mostly due to his stoic expressions. His eyes are always piercing and seem very full of thought. (I draw his eyes two ways, personally which would be apparent in all the art refs.) His build is lanky, not lean or overly skinny. He’s “soft”, but appears as though he could be dexterous.







Buddy

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Buddy is the alien that Lester meets shortly after getting tossed onto the unfamiliar planet. While the rest of the aliens seem very hostile and phobic of Lester, Buddy immediately seems to see something else and warms up to Lester instantly, and remains loyal in helping him throughout the rest of the game.

Buddy has what I like to call a "loyal dog” personality. He’s huge, and built like a stone wall, but he’s very soft hearted and mindful of his size, especially in relation to Lester being so small in comparison. He’s not a pushover, though, and knows how to fight well and also seems to have thief-like skills. In fact, when it comes to an event where Lester is threatened/being hurt, Buddy immediately goes full predator to protect him. I believe Buddy is a pacifist and will only use violence when absolutely necessary, like protecting those he cares about.

Buddy is intelligent, and speaks in his own language, and has technological skills, but is also very primal in nature and his emotions. His face has very little in the way of actual definite features, but it’s still very clear that he’s got a benevolent air.

Buddy’s key features are.. well.. almost none at all. His head is literally dome-like. He has no neck. He has a SLIGHT muzzle-like nose with very tiny nostrils. His eyes are small and beady. His overall build is very solid to almost a blocky degree, his arms, legs and pectoral muscles are very defined while he has a bit of softness in his belly and butt. But, he’s still somehow comfy enough for Lester to lay on/against. rofl





Their Relationship

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During the events of the game, upon meeting, they bond almost instantly. They basically save each other, and this puts them in a state of mutual respect and trust.

Since Buddy’s nature is so primal, he doesn’t really seem to have any qualms with being close to Lester and handling him in order to help him (also noteworthy is the fact that Lester is literally a feather to Buddy. He handles him much like a doll. haha).

Lester also seems to trust him really quickly too (which may or may not be against his normal intuition. the fact that Buddy is not human-like almost makes him more relatable/trustworthy and actually LESS daunting to be around).

Since there is a very large language barrier, they communicate purely by body language, which again, Lester finds a lot easier and even somewhat comforting since he’s not really a fan of speaking anyway, and they seem to have no problem communicating this way at all.

Of course we come to the fact that their relationship becomes easily sexual for all these reasons.

Most of my OWN art takes place AFTER the events of the game where they’ve sort of become domestic with eachother. Some of my art also features an AU where Buddy winds up on earth instead! Which I always find really fun.



I might make a seperate post for my various headcanons of Buddy’s world later on.

I hope this resource is useful enough and that more people fall in love with these two the same way I have..

(an actual miiverse post i made in the another world miiverse community..)