Of course, it's possible I'm just reading too much into this quote, which Francis (melonjaywalk's actual first name) posted alongside his pixelated painting:
"I feel lame to the max seeming as the only way I could identify a character as 'gay' in this is via the colour pink, but I guess being obvious is better than abstraction at this point."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNm9wr5a5NWz_QnUQ1WY_6cuMRsR_Nnkje21P3QxAF-_8iDeBpgY7doD7bfXL_QWSYv0O9N4s6e21luI5r76SqhzJzPBx-cr7JKfPN5l6EagiQSXjy0g3CfcgST7GpbdnSv19l/s1600/yr_surprising_no_one_by_melonjaywalk-d7n67x1.png)
The sprites included in this acrylic-on-canvas creation were pulled from 1995's Super Bomberman 3 (SNES/Super Famicom), by the way--which is one of the few Bomberman games I've yet to experience.
Anyway, if you'd like to check out more of melonjaywalk's stuff--and why on earth wouldn't you want to do that?--saunter over to his deviantart.com gallery at your earliest convenience.
See also: 'Don't get yr hopes up'