Carver and co.’s method of bringing emotion to the two characters worked out, as he was more than pleased with the results:

“It was a moment of relief, and frankly a moment of magic, to see how Brendan, Riley, Matt, and Matthew worked so well in concert with one another. It was one of those things that, had it not worked, it could’ve been a disaster! The fact that it did work was miraculous.”

In a separate interview for Collider, Carver shared the lesson he learned after working with characters like Robotman who don’t have a face to express themselves:

“We realized that not everyone’s mouth has to move for them to be an affecting character. You can have a lot of different characters that aren’t necessarily what people might be expecting to see.”

“Doom Patrol” is a show about self-acceptance and celebrating being different. So it only makes sense that two of the most out-there characters express themselves differently than what is expected in a series. Robotman’s physicality and f-bomb-filled dialogue, courtesy of Fraser, bring the character to life unexpectedly while giving audiences a character they can empathize with. Negative Man’s acceptance of himself and his sexuality, paired with his powers, also makes for a timely message while making two faceless characters feel more alive. These two characters show us that while our struggles may be wildly different, the process of going through the struggle makes us the same.