Ernie the Deathclaw and guest star Zuzana! (Patreon)

This was an old commission/collab between BigBig and I to include Zuzana and a big Deathclaw lad in the story. I haven't yet thought of a good place to put him in, but I've been mulling the idea of adding him into one of the spin-off tales such as Guts and Glory 2.

The original idea was Ernie and Zuzana are both part of a traveling freak show carnival. The two are a couple, but have a troubled relationship with Ernie being a bit of a jerk that unfortunately reminds Violet of Marlowe. The difference ends up being Ernie does genuinely love Zuzana but he is awful at expressing it and he's upset and frustrated that his wife seems to dislike him so much. Violet was going to end up lambasting him for bad habits before realizing how much Ernie feels guilt over realizing his shortcomings, and then Violet was going to try helping him fix himself so that Zuzana takes him back.

The idea never really got off the ground but it was fun to play with. Also, Zuzana's backstory was said to be she came from Europe and it's unclear why she is so utterly massive. She is not the result of a Vault experiment or anything; she just seems naturally mutated to be absolutely huge and insatiably voracious. I actually kind of liked the idea of not explaining it and letting Zuzana be one of a kind.