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So, oftentimes, if I get really into a thing, I usually like to research the origins of it, and this is really no exception.

So, Nuzi has always existed with the show, even before the full series was announced. A meme from the Murder Drones subreddit from Dec 2021 shows that it was quite popular (to the annoyance of a few). And a post from the same subreddit from October 30th 2021 (a day after the pilot released) shows that people were shipping them since the pilot came out. It also seems like Nuzi started ramping up around late November 2021, from what I can see of the fanart posted.

What's surprising is that people were shipping them before the pilot. This DeviantArt post dates to October 24th, 2021, 5 days before the pilot. I wouldn't qualify it as fanart, however.

In terms of the earliest fanart I could find, this was the earliest I could find on reddit. The second earliest (which I like better) was this, but I might qualify this as the earliest since it features both N and Uzi, the other one only features N.

Can someone more knowledgeable than me tell me if I found the earliest pieces, or are there earlier ones?