#(with Shirai confirming in the mystic code book the plan he went with isn't the one he would have gone with

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#AKZJDKDKSNDJDNSBSJNANSODNZKWKAJDKSNSJKWNAJDKSBSLANSJ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #Holy this is SO GOOD oh my God #I'm going to pass out #Holy really be out there inducing Stendhal syndrome into people smh #For real tho every single piece you create you reach new levels of beauty still unknown to humanity #Holy creates new art and humanity's score counter suddenly beeps and says “congratulations! You've unlocked art level 100000” #This is so beautiful gorgeous and mesmerizing on so many levels I don't even know where to start #I LOVE the golden tears!!!!! I love how more than tears they look like waterfalls of gold!!!!! #I love the tiny little Norman Norman's holding I'm his hands!!!! He's everything he's burying inside of himself!!!!!!!! #He's the innocence and happiness he's burying and slowly killing and I love this symbolism!!!!!!!!! #Where do you even take these concept from Holy like. What do you eat in the morning tell me I wanna have your brain #I sure as hell hope you put this in your portfolio so anyone who sees this has to hire you immediately #THE SPARKLES!!!!!! The little glimmering stars!!!!!!!!!! Sis I love them so much they're always such a great addition to your art #I'm really in love with the halo... I'm probably mistaken here- #but this thorn-like diamonds it has makes me think about Jesus' crown of thorns #And there's a lot to unpack with the Norman/Jesus parallels you know? Norman somehow “coming back from death” / Norman being a savior etc #But I'm digressing. The shadow on his chest is SO FREAKING COOL #Is it blood? Is it Norman's blood? Is it the blood of the demons he's killed? #Is it the blood of all the cattle children that were slaughtered and that he feels such a deep connection with? Is it his illness spreading #Is it a way to make the whole piece feel like an early Renaissance oil painting even more than it already does? #All I know is that it's freaking mesmerizing #The light coming from his feet like a fire burning him... How it makes his head the darkest point of his figure... His mourning expression. #I'm just. Wow.

Happy birthday, Norman!

The boy who cried inside