#STP The Damsel

[sorry-not-feeling-it-right-now]

Been thinking about Smitten’s role in both the Thorn and HEA while designing him (because he’s my pookie <3)

It’s gonna be kind of a ramble here, so a fair warning if you don’t want to read cause it’s gonna be kind of long

(Spoilers for the Pristine Cut below)

It’s interesting that both routes are beautiful commentaries of relationships, with one being mending trust and redemption and the other being an abusive relationship between two people who aren’t ready to let go of a failing relationship

And Thorn route happens to be Smitten at his best, while HEA is Smitten at his worst.

Both of these routes would have Smitten to have a role to play in it (I know there are variations for what voice you can get in Thorn(Smitten and Cheated), but the one with Smitten is the one people usually associate the route with, as it leads to a really beautiful ending)

And it’s just fitting that the one who speaks with his entire heart and loves so deeply would be the one for these really sentimental routes.

Another thing I’ve noticed is that Smitten can easily become a victim of abuse as the Damsel does. I guess all the voices also matches their own first princesses since they appear mirroring your first impression of the princess, but I found this particularly interesting.

Smitten as a character loves each of the princesses with all his heart, regardless of their flaws. However, that also became his bestest flaw, where he would quite literally kill himself for the sake of his princess, and would continue to make himself stay in an abusive relationship because he simply just loves her so much that he was blinded by how much the other has been hurting him. You could say that he was “blinded by love”.

It’s the same flaw that he showed in HEA, where he was blinded by his feelings that lead to him doing horrible things to the Princess. Although the abuse was unintentional, he had still hurt the Princess because of the fact that he wasn’t able to see what he was doing is harmful.

(I don’t know how to end this so ahem)

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Full uncensored art (and more close ups) is under 👇 read more 👇

❗️Trigger warning : blood, gore, body horror

New megadrawing 🎉yuppie🎉

I attempted to draw every princess in the game (at this point of time) 👸

Most likely missed a few, but tried my best to catch them all™️

✨👀 @blacktabbygames

[cookiealchemieart]

some princesses with the color palettes I imagine for them

[the-doll-house-gallery]

Because jokes about how LQ is a bird will never be unfunny to me.

[dobodleaday]

07.29.24 Lovebirds 💔

[iwannabeabricklayer]

Slay the Princess drawings/style studies I did today!

I love romance 🥹

[ayyyyysexual]

Slay The Princess textposts because I am obsessed with this game and they are so so silly. and horrifying. and silly 👍

Here | 2 | 3 | 4

[futurechancer]

overly complicated slay the princess icons i made :3

feel free to use idrc about credit !!

[senei]

style the princess

(will be multi part ... maybe)

[mochiandturtles]

I just realized,

It's crazy how Voice of the Hero, the representation of our Will and Agency, immediately notices the lack of agency of The Damsel.

[cursedappendage]

Someone had probably already pointed this out but I just love this little detail (Prisoner on the left, Damsel on the right)

In this specific shot of The Princess ripping her arm off, the background in the Chapter I before The Prisoner is very detailed and much darker, sharper, and clearer.

While in the Chapter I before The Damsel, the background is more undefined, it's much brighter, blurrier and fuzzier.

Also The Voice of the Smitten says this line:

UGH I LOVE THIS GAME AND ITS SMALL DETAILS

(Edit: Also I forgot to add but it's this specific shot of her pulling off her arm that blurs the background, afterward when she smiles at you the background is back to normal. It's like tuning everything out to ignore the horror of her pulling off her arm, and just focusing on her beauty)

[bubblybloob]

The Beast: What, what did I say?

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You're on a path in the woods.

And at the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin is a prince. You're here to slay him.

He will lie, he will cheat, and will do everything in his power to stop you from slaying him.

As soon as I saw “slay the prince au” tag, I knew I had to 👀

(also I saw the opportunity to draw beautiful men with long hair and I t o o k it 💥)

[luclraven]

I colored in some princesses

Colors of Prisoner and Nightmare were based on posts from @17magpiesinatrenchcoat and @dmanix respectively! (sorry for the tag i just wanted to make sure)

thorn took the longest, razor took the shortest (which is funny bc theyre tied for my fave of these)

I specifically made razor still uncolored despite coloring the background just to add to her weird uncanny vibe

[onelucidlunatic]

doodles of the princesses my friend and i got on our first playthrough

[dobodleaday]

07.13.24 Happily Ever After 🔥