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Reading this while giggling and kicking my feet silly with hearts on my eyes weeeeheeehrrlwkql

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Astarion x Wren

The Lovers Tarot: upright

A fun pass time for me is always thinking which tarot card fits the characters at different parts of the story, and the primary themes that govern them.

Wren (my primary Tav) is the reversed lovers card for much of her early story/game. She longs for connection but is met with a cold, detached world, resulting in mental imbalance and the absence of self-love. She’s lonely and insecure, fearing rejection. Her closest relationship up until the events of the game was with her patron—the capricious (but not malicious) Archfey Kol. He offered her power and the pretense of connection, but never anything real.

For Astarion, while I think another card represents himself (I’m keeping that to myself because I have another art planned around it!) I feel his struggle aligns well with the devil card. He is, of course, more than figuratively shackled to Cazador, but also to the years of abuse, trauma, and his own demons born of that time. The shackles depicted in that card are loose—showing they can be broken should the person choose to be free of their demons.

The lovers and the devil cards are mirrors of one another. The lovers shows security and balance, but also the temptation of the fruit and the snake that could lead to back down the road to self destruction. Alternatively, they are a reminder of what it took to come back from that to a harmonious state.

In my interpretation of The Lovers here, I’ve retained the shackles from Astarion’s devil card. He’s chosen a new path—one where he can be true to himself. The scars will always be there, but the chains are broken. I’ve retained the forbidden fruit as Wren’s crown, with the leaves too represent the personal growth of both characters while the berries (fruit) represent the temptations that would have lead them down a very different path (which I will leave out due to spoilers!)

Fun fact, the Angel in the original card art is Raphael! Very different from everyone’s favorite demon in the game. This Raphael represents physical and emotional healing. I didn’t think an Angel would fit the aesthetics of what I wanted so I replaced him with the moon and Polaris. The first reason has to do with Astarion’s spawn ending so I won’t go into it. The second is taken from the moon card itself, where the moon reveals one’s true self. Paired with Polaris, it represents the moon’s light as a guide, as both embark on their long journey of healing. It won’t be an overnight venture—something that can be fixed by a single entity, so the moon as a guide works better in this context, I believe.

As a personal addition, Wren holds a few nerine lilies—a flower that has been associated with freedom since Ancient Greece. They also symbolize unity, and feelings straight from the heart, which felt appropriate for a relationship where both characters started as strangers to emotional intimacy. (I used to be a florist, I HAVE to have my flower symbolism)

Finally, the clouds at the bottom started life as flames, which in the og tarot card represent passion. As the art took form though, they took on the appearance of smoke/clouds. I could have made it more flame-like but I really liked how this looked, but I also think it fits the slow burn the story ended up taking. There’s a fire, somewhere—but it isn’t the most important thing here.

If you made it this far, thanks for reading my essay. I hope it was coherent!

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Fell for the boots of very fast blinking prank. but it's okay. it's just Astarion that got clowned :')

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"he's my sweet pookie bear" and it's a man covered in blood

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Here is an Isaac. This is my first time using Krita (an incredible, free digital painting program) since I was like 13 or something, about my third or fourth time doing digital painting, and my first time drawing Isaac. Genuinely, he is one of the absolute highlights of Castlevania, and the third fourth seasons just would not have worked without him.

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The believer that saved himself

A tribute to one of the best characters in Castlevania

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Thank you, I'm glad you like it🥺💖!

My old artwork of Isaac!

I'm hoping to draw him more, if it wasn't for the fact that I need to study for my school 🫠.

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my old sketch of pucci!

Whitesnake staring into your soul: 👁 👁

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My old artwork of Isaac!

I'm hoping to draw him more, if it wasn't for the fact that I need to study for my school 🫠.

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Introducing my OCs! Still don't have any idea for his name yet tho🗿 I hope I could draw him more!

ps. I actually posted these on Reddit in the past. So some might have seen them before on a certain subreddit.

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Shiva from Record of Ragnarok 😳 I can't help but simping for him

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Suletta Mercury portrait fanart

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Jolyne Cujoh portrait. I always admire determination in her eyes so I decided to draw her. (This makes me sound like Anasui lol)

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a grayscale coloring little practice

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Pucci Enrico fanart

I couldn't help but want to draw him ✝⛪ He's my favorite character in jojo part 6.

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Beach Episode 🏖

Anasui, Jolyne, Ermes, and FF enjoy themselves at the beach🏖🌊

(FF seems to like orange juice a little bit too much)

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A happy reunion!

(Since Julia was never put in the show I get to keep my design and interpretation of her~)