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haven’t had a proper sketchbook dump in awhile

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music is so important to how i write so in no inherent order here are the songs that have influenced cole and gwen's story the most:

family tree intro / family tree /ptolemaea / inbred / thouroughfare - ethel cain

prison sex / lateralus / bottom / stinkfist- tool

its only sex / bodys / sober to death - car seat headrest

sometime around midnight / does this mean your moving on - the airborne toxic event

she talks to angels - the black crowes

push / back2good - matchbox20

red sex (re-strung) - vessel , rakhi singh

brutus - the buttress

run for your life - the beatles

using / no halo rearranged /when i see you (timberwolf) - sorority noise

new magic wand - tyler the creator

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perspective final boss

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literally what kind of au can i have where cole and gwen need to be wearing this WHAT

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cole and gwen’s relationship is so unique because, in their world, people measure morality by whether you have a set of horns or a halo.

halos are commonly associated with children, as with growing up comes a loss of innocence and people become more self-serving. while not impossible, it’s quite rare for an adult to have a halo.

horns ( around 2-3 inches ) are incredibly common and associated with almost all adults. they aren’t “bad people” in the way that everyone is committing egregious crimes and what not, but the general self absorption and lack of care for others is enough.

halos are lost around the ages of 16-19, and horns grow in during a painful process lasting about a week, almost as punishment. there are painkillers strong enough to suppress this pain, but they’re only used around the time horns grow in, or for the very rich and famous; there are procedures to remove horns, but they are incredibly expensive and the public generally treats anybody without them with wary. horns are an understandable science - a sort of bone compound that is strong enough to exist outside the protection of the body. halos are something else entirely- basically pure light, with anyone besides the halos owner touching it getting burned.

cole and gwen’s situation is unique because gwen is an adult with a halo, which while rare wouldn’t be too out of the unordinary, except for her profession (SW, mainly dancing. this is something she does before the start of the comic and for a little while during, but ultimately is able to pursue a job in the arts). in public she’s usually assumed to be a child, and constantly has to prove her ID is real. people talk down to her, thinking that she’s naive or stupid. she also takes advantage of this in her job, as the juxtaposition of what she does vs how she looks is enticing.

cole, on the other hand, was born with an extremely rare (condition? disorder? i don’t know medically what it should be referred to) that caused him to never have a halo, instead growing long, gnarled horns a few days after birth. this rarely ever happens, and in the past has been seen as a “sign from above” that the baby would become a catastrophic monster, with the assumption that the baby should not be allowed to get that far. with there being the same tragedies in their world as in ours, this is obviously incorrect. cole’s mother fought furiously for her son, knowing that’s not something he would become, and if it was what he was supposed to be, then she would teach him otherwise. through this, cole was able to grow up, learning that his horns are actually attempting to destroy themselves, very slowly, due to the fact that they just shouldn’t be there. cole strives to be the best person he can be everyday, and although he sticks with it it’s unrewarding due to how people see him. he’s beat down and ostracized from basically everybody. this, combined with a horrible bullying incident, is why his horns are sheltered in adulthood than they are when he was a kid.

cole and gwen are on the opposite ends of the same spectrum, and are drawn to each other due to being the only people who can ( and are willing ) to understand the others situation. gwen has no reason to trust cole, but does so anyways because she believes it’s right to give him that chance. cole doesn’t necessarily understand how gwen’s halo could be a problem, as it’s something he’s wished for his whole life, but listens to her troubles and realizes it’s not all it’s cut out to be if it sticks around.

anyways. they kiss a lot and i love that for them

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inspired by my fear of public bathrooms

also idk i just wanted goal and gwen to have matching pieces

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cole’s ptsd lineup

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literally what kind of au can i have where cole and gwen need to be wearing this WHAT

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andy

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now that i have the holy (probably not ) trinity of oc moodboards i should probably start writing

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gwen

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cole

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currently obsessed with characters that are a little too obsessed with love. but very specifically actual love. not good love, not healthy love, but love and worship in a very true sense. but that worship turning rotten and ugly and harsh. a love that was once pure getting infected and turning into resentment then disgust and then wrath. a love that despite all the rot, persists. a love that isn't necessarily fair to either party but you can't give up on it now, can you?

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I wonder what Mae got up to this Harfest 🎃🍂

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yasss party time

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reuploading the quality was dookiw

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we need to make using chatgpt embarrassing bc sorry it really is. what do you mean you can’t write an email