#Astielle

[9ofspades]

@unpretty

Mirrors // Tootiki Deko

[vmbral]

fear not this night

(pt.2)

[coccineum-vocatorem]

"Will you stand by my side until we are parted by death?" "I'll stand by your side, always."

[spoofymcgee]

started reading astielle by @unpretty today and i am. hooked.

just one chapter in and it's got these kind of. breath of the wild vibes? that i love. but it gets so delightfully weird with everything in the best way.

and it's also reminding me of tamora pierce's totally series in that the first perspective is karzarul and there's so much implication packed into just a few hints about the monsters–misthawks can be mistaken for normal birds if they're high enough you can't see the rest of their eyes? perfect. incredible. no notes.

and minnow!!! i love her so much! the second we got her pov and she was describing karzarul i went. oh. she's my favorite character ever. ever ever. she's talking about his piercings and horn rings and goes 'i want to steal those.'

i love everything. the writing style, the bits of worldbuilding and hints at the plot and characterizations and just. augh. having a great time over here.

[youdonothavetochoose]

i really wanted to draw the hug

characters are from Astielle by @unpretty

[parlerenfleurs]

I cannot believe Leonas lured child!Minnow away (kidnapped her) by giving her candy

Was that on purpose? Because it's hilarious and somehow infuriating at the same time xD

[cinqueform]

The first view of Ari in @unpretty 's Astielle (read it!) (minus the bow because it's hard D: )

[nightshadeis]

@unpretty I got these edible rocks (they're chocolate!) while thinking of minnow <3

[voyantvoid]

Astielle cover

Here's my attempt at a cover for Astielle by @unpretty, featuring Minnow and Karazul. The full cover with Leonas and how I made it can be found under the cut.

As suggested in an ask a while back, the front cover looks like a fairly standard romance except on closer inspection the male lead is a centaur. Then when you open it up, there's Leonas leaning against Karazul's lower half and staring off into space while he and Minnow have a moment.

This was made by compositing together a bunch of smaller images generated with Stable Diffusion. For the composition I started with "A Reclining Centaur and a Satyress in a Landscape" by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, sketching on top of that to block out the colors I wanted.

Because Stable Diffusion struggles to keep track when multiple people or objects are described at a time, I generated the landscape, sword, and each of the characters separately, copying in parts of the others to get them to line up correctly. Karazul had to be made in two parts for his upper and lower halves, because asking for a centaur just made horse heads appear everywhere. Leonas' witchmarks and jewelery and Minnow's hair streaks were added manually, as details like those are also challenging for current models.

[vmbral]

you will not go astray

(pt.1)

[coccineum-vocatorem]

It's now or never, don't surrender We came too far to die So claim your weapons This ain't heaven We came here now to fight

[parlerenfleurs]

Damn Leonas is a freak. It's so sexy of him

(If you're wondering I'm reading this, it's very very good)

[nightshadeis]

@unpretty

oh no my pornography is turning into an angst-filled character study

[spoofymcgee]

when there's someone who loves you enough, selflessly enough, wholly enough, for you to learn how to love them back, for you to leave the only place you've ever known to go with them when they leave in case they don't come back, and you define yourself by how they see you because they call you with such reverence and care that it can only mean a wonderful thing

and years later they're back and don't remember a thing but they name you again, and they look past everything they should see to call you beautiful again, and they love you again and what else are you going to do other than love them back the way you have since the beginning and follow them where they go?

and you've looked like them since the beginning because you've found the same wonder at the world that they always have, that they always look at you with, in them, in their face and eyes and nose and cheeks and voice and you remember, you always, always remember.

[elizabethswitch]

Tell me your favorite Stephen King story is Survivor Type without telling

[vmbral]

Would you let me touch your soul, forever?