#EotV au

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Once again, consider this a teaser since chapter 8 isn't out yet! (hoping to have it done and released on my birthday ((Dec. 22)) so hopefully I hit that deadline!)

Chapter 7 & 8 art for Eclipse of the Valley without titles.

Chapter 5 & 6 art

Chapter 3 & 4 art

Chapter 1 & 2 art

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@0nelittlebirdtoldme

So I couldnt stop thinking about EotV Tatttoo AU

By now this silly thought as evolved into: Gabriel is the one doing tha tattoos but Jean is the ones that comes into the studio and the one that has drawn what he wants and Gabriel is blown away by the talent

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AAAAAAAAAAAH ITS SO GOOD 😭💙 THE POOR BOY! HE SCARED!

The moonlight illuminating him, the fear on his face, and the Junimo in the window ITS ALL SO PERFECT AAAAAH YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB!

Thank you so much for this aaaaaaah I love it!!!

Dude he was so scared :(

Fic is EotV or Eclipse of the Valley by @scarlett-ink

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Chapters: 2/2 (16 395 words)

Fandom: Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Descriptions of Violence, Major Character Death

Relationships: Aaron de Coste/Baptiste Sa-Ismael, Aaron de Coste & Gabriel de León

Characters: Aaron de Coste (EotV), Baptiste Sa-Ismael (EotV), Gabriel de León (EotV), Lachlan a Craeg (EotV), Dior Lachance (EotV), Celene Castia (EotV), Ashdrinker (EotV), Reyne a Maergenn (EotV)

Additional Tags: Fix-It of Sorts, Blood and Injury, Graphic Description, Temporary Character Death, though not really??, Fear of Death, Grief/Mourning, a lot of crying, Sad with a Happy Ending, Established Relationship, Male Friendship, fluff at the end, Post-EotV3, Gay Sex, blasphemous use of religious themes for sex, i guess it ended up being an everybody-lives AU?, Aaron-centric, Aaron/Baptiste-centric

Summary:

⚠︎ ⚠︎ ⚠︎ SPOILERS FOR “EMPIRE OF THE DAMNED” (but no spoilers for “Empire of the Dawn”) ⚠︎ ⚠︎ ⚠︎

And with this darkened veil reversed, By whelming guilt of fallen cursed; Three nights of boundless crimson thirst, Shall retrieve the lives dispersed.

San Dior has ended daysdeath and all in Elidaen are awaiting the first dawn in nearly 30 years with bated breath. But unbeknownst to most, when the sun finally rises as it used to in days past, it will be over an earth unmarred by the vampiric scourge. Aaron de Coste and Celene Castia can feel the cold fingers of death finally catching up with them.

But like with most curses, there's a prophecy tied to it. A prophecy of hope for the damned and the mortals loving them.

[kendrixtermina]

(This started as a forum post that happened in response to the common notion that Rei & Kaworu represent some sort of “false illusory hapiness” but it’s a good writeup so I’m posting it here too): 

Personally I'm really critical of the whole "EVA is all traps and ifucks your and ndex finger wagging fingers and cautionary tales" interpretation, from the show itself and the interviews the impression I get is that it's a very personal meditation of the human condition, a record of how someone perceives the experience of & truth about life, a depiction of feelings, & yes, realizations, too, but not from the PoV of the teacher wagging the index finger but someone reflecting their own shortcomings from experience. It's not so much "if you do this you will fail" as it is the experience of parting & failure

Like this is something that got started when EoE first came out & ppl were very much wanting a more "physical"; and then the perception of it was that it was bleak & unsatisfying & incomprehensible,& so the idea crystallized that it was a "fuck you to teach you a lesson". What really happened is that the "public perception" solidified before ppl had enough processing time, as you can tell by the fact that we've more or less completely decoded it by now (so much for "incomprehensible") and that when you get it what happens is that instrumentality was undone (so not 100% bleak either); Satisfaction, of course, will always remain a subjective quality Like this line from shizo/parano for example: "Right. To those on the outside, it looks like an illusion, but when it comes down to it I believe that happiness itself is an illusion. Human beings cannot escape from their solitude. All they can do is forget it. At that moment [of forgetfulness], they will be happy. That’s my recent conclusion. In order [to forget], you can watch anime, or sleep with a girl, and if you can escape from your loneliness while doing it, then perhaps you will be happy. If, when I get totally drunk, I feel like I am not alone, that’s an illusion, but it’s happiness." That sounds less to me like "get off your butt leave behind your illusions & go find your ~real~ happiness" as it is a melancholy meditation on the fundamental human experience, ones own experience. Much of what ppl point at as "teaching ppl a lesson" is really a reflection of self doubt; I don't think the critical voice in the heads of the characters has to be taken for the truth, it's just a depiction of a feeling. Where does meaning come from? If you put away cultural connections and the like you can arrive at the conclusion that it's just what ppl themselves attach meaning to. Yu can use the self knowledge to not be ruled by things you can't have or make you unhappy, but you'll still be assigning meaning to thinks yourself cause that is the only way to feel meaning. So I don't see it as a story of "growth" as it is one of self-awareness/self-knowledge and Nietzschean Amor Fati. It's not linear; It's very, very circular. We have yet to see how Rebuild ends but I don't think either of the existing two endings ended in "change". The breakthrough realization in EoTV was more like a) You also have good & neutral traits & life experiences (that's what the Au sequence is; Shinji's life isn't all pleasant slice of life stuff, but pleasant slice of life experiences are a part of it, it's not all horror either) and b) you don't have to judge yourself EoE if anything goes further like it explicitly ends with that scene where Shinji floats towards the surface after his parting from Yui & reflects on how he will probably continue to ask himself all these questions & have the same ponderings & even the same conclusions over and over again, fear & pAin included, and the moment the first other person demands that's exactly what happens. Shinji winds up in the place that he started; what he gained is awareness, deliberateness. He's here now because he chose it, not because he is a helpless plaything of outside forces, as he used to view it earlier.  So that things end tragically with Kaworu that doesn't mean it was "wrong" to be with him in the first place (I mean just look at the post Q Ogata interview where she interprets his presence as "even if all goes wrong you can still form new bonds"); It just means that tragic endings to nice things happen & must be dealt with; & Shinji as someone with a rather preoccupied attachment style is of course overly concerned with good things ending to the point of avoiding or fearing them, but there is no ultimate permanence to them that you can grasp. We are told explicitly directly 100% to your face that Kaworu (& Rei) represent hope, communication & words of affirmation & for years ppl have just ignored it despite how unambiguous & blatant it is. Ppl sometimes liking you & wanting to be your friend is not unrealistic or coddling, believe me it happens, sometimes, for a while. Like Shinji says, it's a prayer, a hope, something that won't last forever - but so is all happiness. There is no happiness out there that is "realler" or less impermanent. But it's happiness; It's the reason he goes back.

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Teaser for the next chapter!

Chapter 9 & 10 art for Eclipse of the Valley without titles.

Chapter 7 & 8 art

Chapter 5 & 6 art

Chapter 3 & 4 art

Chapter 1 & 2 art

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Eclipse of the Valley Chapter 1:

The Eclipse

You are in desperate need of a change of pace, an out of the mentally draining life you found yourself in. With the combined inspiration of a total solar eclipse and letter you probably waited too long to have opened, you find yourself moving to the tiny community of Pelican Town nestled in Stardew Valley.

But what happens when there's more magic to this town than you thought, and you realize that you weren't the only one to move into the farm? With nowhere else for your surprise, animatronic roommate to go, it seems like he'll be staying with you for the foreseeable future and he isn't as alone as he first appears. Hopefully, you'll be able to come to terms with your new roommates and maybe if you play your cards right you might just get them to open up to you.

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(Please ignore how bad the pixel art is it was my first time ever trying it)

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Pixel Art Commissions!

I have such a fun time with pixel art I decided to open up commissions for it! If anyone is interested I would majorly appreciate it as I continue the arduous process of getting onto disability! And if you don't want an art piece but want to help out then donations on my ko-fi are open too! I would really appreciate it, and reblogs on this too!

Below is the pricing information as well as my wills/won'ts:

Pixel Art Type - Prices

Simple background - 25$ Detailed background - 50$

Will Do:

Specific Scene requests My AU's (To Steal a Butterfly | Eclipse of the Valley | Dead in the Water | Drive Fast, Trust Slow| etc.)* AU's that are yours** Romantic Platonic Queerplatonic Fluff Found family Violence/Horror Angst Hurt/Comfort

Won't Do:

NSFW Hateful/Bigoted themes Minors shipped with adults Incest

Finished Pieces:

When finished the piece will be sent to you through either discord or email (your preference!), with your permission I will post it on tumblr. But if you don't want it shared it will not be posted anywhere!

Important notes:

*Please be aware that if you're asking for one of my DCA AU's that Sun, Moon, and Eclipse are brothers in these fics so I will not write any Sun x Moon, etc., pairings for any of my AU's for obvious reasons!

**If you want writing of an au that isn't my own it has to be your own, I don't want to be making money off of anyone's au without permission so please only ask for a DCA AU that either you can give permission for as it's creator or ask for one of mine.

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Oh, Eclipse of the Valley, the things you do to me.

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AAAAAAAAH THANK YOU! THIS IS ADORABLE I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!! I’m going insane it’s perfect!!!!

They really are the best tree hehehe 💚

@scarlett-ink I was your secret Santa this year! I love your eclipse of the valley au and immediately thought of the idea of since they already got plants in them Sun and Moon would make the best tree <3

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Late to this meme but given a certain upcoming scene in Eclipse of the Valley I figured this is appropriate, used my sona design instead of the YN design cause I can 💜 (translation: I drew a ref for my sona one time and got addicted)

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/55068079/chapters/165759232

Eclipse of the Valley Chapter 9:

Blood Moonlit

You and Moon talk through the things he said before you get ready for the upcoming Egg Festival. In between it all, you and your friends receive news of an oncoming visitor.

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Happy one year anniversary to Eclipse of the Valley! Thank you all so much for all the support!

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Fanfic and Writing Commissions:

Writing commissions info

Pixel Art commissions info

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Eclipse of the Valley Chapter 1:

The Eclipse

You are in desperate need of a change of pace, an out of the mentally draining life you found yourself in. With the combined inspiration of a total solar eclipse and letter you probably waited too long to have opened, you find yourself moving to the tiny community of Pelican Town nestled in Stardew Valley.

But what happens when there's more magic to this town than you thought, and you realize that you weren't the only one to move into the farm? With nowhere else for your surprise, animatronic roommate to go, it seems like he'll be staying with you for the foreseeable future and he isn't as alone as he first appears. Hopefully, you'll be able to come to terms with your new roommates and maybe if you play your cards right you might just get them to open up to you.

To Steal a Butterfly Chapter 1:

The Sun and Moon Caper

You are a thief who steals from thieves and you work alone. You do your best to stop the secret crime organization known as V.I.L.E and return stolen goods to their rightful places but with constant chronic pain and no helping hands things can be a bit difficult.

You are determined to do this dangerous work alone, only being alright with yourself being hurt rather than getting others caught in the crossfire. But when you come across two animatronics mid heist, your usual way of doing things quickly unravels.

Only time will tell if it was for the better or for the worse.

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Consider this a teaser since chapter 6 isn’t done yet

(about halfway done and I already cried once writing it so I’m posting this as a little breath/break before going back to writing in a few minutes)

Chapter 5 & 6 art for Eclipse of the Valley without titles

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Eclipse of the Valley Chapter 6:

Tell Me

It’s best to talk about things before a breaking point. Will you?

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Might not respond to comments as fast as I usually try to cause this one took me out (I will respond to them all though don’t worry 💚)

You ever just write about an experience from over a decade ago and even though you’re over it you feel like you’re there again :) ???

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Chapter 3 & 4 art for Eclipse of the Valley without titles. I’m really enjoying exploring pixel art 💖

1 & 2’s art