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Gunslinger Jake

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Some speculative fanart from last year, when I was finishing the Tower books for the first time, done in the laundry room as a gift for ~Sieth.
I...er...kind of forgot to upload it after she went to the trouble of scanning it and sending it to me. Lengthy explanation of why it's Jake and not Roland in the image follows. XD

My thought was...what if events went differently, and the Tower quest took longer?
Jake grew up and became a gunslinger and took Roland's place on the road to the Tower. (Yes, I know how many things are wrong with that idea. It's only speculation.)
And so, at the base of the Tower, Jake would call the name of Roland Deschain, he of Gilead, at the end of the long list that Roland chants in the actual story. I dunno, I thought it would be cool.

And for those few of you who have seen my images of Arthur Eld...yes, Jake is kind of supposed to look like a younger version of him. I had this whole crack!theory of the Dark Tower series and King Arthur and life and death and so on at the time that I drew this. :D
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Mitsu-der-Hamster's avatar
I love it!! ^_^ I especially love the roses in the background.

I think it was kinda Roland's plan for it to happen your way because he was the first one to jump out of the car to try and save Stephen King from the van, but his hip stopped him and Jake jumped out instead.