A color illustration of Rudy Ayers and Lou Pagliari from the webcomic The Vernacular, kissing passionately and a little desperately. Lou, a white man with greying hair, is pushing Rudy, a long-haired Black man with glasses, against a wall. He's pulling Rudy's undershirt up, and Rudy his gripping Lou around the middle. They both have their eyes closed as they kiss.

Today's #OCKiss prompt, "heated," takes place in a Horrible Mauve Hotel Room, I guess.

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A simply colored drawing of Lou Pagliari and Rudy Ayers from the webcomic The Vernacular. Lou, a greying white man with a scar on one side of his face, is crying, looking very tired. In a green sweater, he grab's Rudy's hand and brings it to his lips, leaning back against him. Rudy, a bespectacled Black man with long hair, kisses Lou's ear. His arms are wrapped around Lou, his expression soft and pained.

A sad smooch on the ear and the hand for another #OCKiss prompt, "heartbreak."

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A simple color illustration of Rudy Ayers and Lou Pagliari from the webcomic The Vernacular. They are about to kiss, and Lou, wearing an apron, is teasingly threatening to squeeze blue frosting between their mouths.

It's #OCKiss week over on tumblr! Expect some Rudy and Lou smooches.

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A color illustration of mob boss Lou Pagliari sitting on the lap of FBI agent Rudy Ayers. They are both shirtless, sitting on a bed, and Lou, a white man with greying hair and some scarring, is astride Rudy. He is removing a party hat from Rudy's head. Rudy, a Black man with long hair tied back into a ponytail, is looking up at Lou with great warmth, his hand on his side. In the foreground of the image there is a blurry cake plate with the remnants of a piece of birthday cake and a fork.

Today is Rudy's birthday! Nothing better than a party hat, some cake, and a shirtless mob boss to celebrate those big milestones. #TheVernacular #art #oc #ocsky #slash #BirthdayCake

An illustration of two men sitting cross legged across from each other, their knees touching, leaning in for a kiss. They are each holding a champagne flute and there are fireworks going off behind them, lighting up their faces in glowing colors. On the left is Rudy Ayers, a bespectacled Black man with long hair tied back in a ponytail. He is wearing a green sweater and jeans, and his brushing his nose against the other man's. Lou Pagliari, the man on the right, is a greying white man with a scar on his cheek. He is in a purple sweater vest and turtleneck, and his hand is resting on Rudy's hand as he looks into his eyes.

No comic today given the holiday and my schedule, so instead here's Rudy and Lou wishing you a wonderful New Year's 1985. We'll return to our regular programming next week! #TheVernacular #art #oc #ocsky #NewYearsEve #slash

Hot Sauce and Pompelmo - Edgeland_Commons, Just_Beyond_Chaos - The Vernacular [Archive of Our Own] An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I need to preen for a moment here because I AM SO TOUCHED AND EXCITED AND FEEL LIKE I'VE MADE IT TO THE BIG TIMES

THERE IS VERNACULAR FANFIC. MY MOB BOYS ARE ON AO3. I COULD CRY, Y'ALL

#TheVernacular #AO3Link #Fanfic

archiveofourown.org/works/71375456

The firts of three pen doodles of Rudy Ayers and Lou Pagliari, characters from The Vernacular. The lineart is pink, on light yellow paper. Rudy, a Black man with long hair and glasses, his wearing a tank top and drinking a large Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee. He is looking at Lou with mild apprehension. Lou, a white man with short greying hair and a scarred face, is wearing an open light jacket over a t-shirt, and is eyeing Rudy with annoyance and disdain.

The second of three pen doodles of Rudy and Lou. In this one, Rudy, looking increasingly worried, is asking, "Lou. Why do you keep looking at me like that?" Lou is squinting, looking decidedly pissed off.

The third of three pen doodles of Rudy and Lou. Rudy, interrupted in the midst of taking another sip of his coffee, looks taken aback, and perhaps slightly hurt. Lou, looking genuinely upset, is gesturing at Rudy's coffee and saying, "I would have MADE you coffee if you had ASKED."

Lou does not have positive feelings about Boston's favorite pink and orange coffee manufacturer. (Or: it is hot and I have been thinking about Big Iced Coffee) #TheVernacular #art #oc #ocsky #PagliariDoesn'tRunOnDunkin'

A softly colored image of Lou Pagliari, a white man with short greying hair, kissing Rudy Ayers, a Black man with long hair and glasses, on the forehead as they cuddle. Rudy is leaning back against Lou and looking up at him with a sleepy, dreamy expression; his hand his resting lightly on Lou's arm. Lou has his arms around Rudy and his eyes closed as he kisses him. Lou is wearing a bad patterned 80's sweater in shades of mauve; Rudy has a black and blue ringer t-shirt on.

I promised a friend some Apology Cuddling Art to make up for Rudy and Lou's rudely-interrupted-by-mafia-assassins definitely-not-a-date. Please enjoy Lou's awful sweater. #TheVernacular #art #oc #ocsky #slash

A poorly drawn and difficult to read comic page featuring the characters from The Vernacular webcomic. The first seven panels are black and white, and the final panel is sloppily colored. The characters are speaking with thick Boston accents, which are obnoxiously written out on the page. A transcript follows: Panel 1: Lou: *dabbing at his head with a towel* Jesus! This fucking weather is going to kill me. Panel 2: Lou & Rudy: *sweatily experiencing distress together* Panel 3: Lou: *drooping with the heat* Jonesy, if this keeps up, I'm going to fucking melt. Panel 4: Lou & Rudy: *noticing that Dom is mysteriously shirtless in the office* Panel 5: Lou: *gesticulating angrily* DOM. Does this look like the Tropic of Cancer to you? Why are you half-naked, you dunderhead? Panel 6: Dom: *shrugging* ...it's hot. Panel 7: Lou: *standing beside Rudy, gesturing at Dom* And what next, Fabio, we fill a dumpster with water in the boiler room and have a fucking pool party? Final Panel: *Robbie, Dom, Rudy, Lou, and Renzo sit, largely unclothed, in the boiler room, with their feet in two kiddie pools. Lou is the only one wearing a shirt, and he has his pants rolled up instead of having stripped to his shorts. He is looking vaguely at Rudy, blushing slightly. He appears to be having a difficult time.*

It is #makeaterriblecomicday2025 and I have made a terrible comic

Please enjoy The Vernacular cast dealing with a heatwave, written as they would sound if I let them have their terrible Boston accents and colorful language

#comics #webcomic #art #TheVernacular