#aster no name

[lycheesodas]

the saga continues

[orphetoon]

i blacked out and this was on my screen

[asterdeer]

i know the original poem is over 100 years old and loreena mckennitt's rendition is nearly 30 but i don't think i'll ever get over "the highwayman", it gets better every time i listen to it. just the parallelism of the way he and she strain to reach for each other -- he for her hand, she for the trigger -- and the descriptions of their faces -- "his face burned like a brand" when she lets down her hair, "her face was like a light" when she hears him on the highway (and then, rule of three, "his face grew grey to hear" when he finds out that she's dead). it's unbeatable romance for me, this is my "the gift of the magi," this is my orpheus and eurydice

and the way both characters are framed...........it's named for him but she's the closest we get to a hero. we see and feel from her perspective, she's attacked and abused and she keeps her composure, she bloodies her hands to either free herself or free him, she wields the weapon, she is the one who gets a win over the redcoats. she's noble, she's strong, she's faithful, and, you know, she's in love with a highwayman. meanwhile, he does not keep his composure, he goes wild with grief and rage, his emotions overpower him -- and when he dies, it's not heroic, it's an anticlimax, it's undignified and abrupt and almost shameful. but they're both so HUMAN, it's not a lovely innocent woman wearing white waiting, faintingly, for him by the window, and he's not a strong brave hero who sweeps her away to safety. the romance is in the fact that they are not Romantic. the romance IS her bloody hands and her undone hair and his shriek of grief and his death like a dog in the highway. does any of this make sense, am i coming thru. orpheus and eurydice want what they have

[porters-fangs]

huxley… save me…

[skywerse]

we gathered here today to see my sun and moon mommies (and gilly)

[letsgowithron]

I know the official art with this outfit is from like a year ago but ughhh I had to draw him

[irlquicksilver]

Yugioh GX rewatch is going great

[pastacrylic]

I will not stop posting about Aster and her griffin not-yet-girlfriend who is totally not just Osiria I swear

[tennant]

DREAM SCENARIO (2023), dir. Kristoffer Borgli

[river-shards]

A few notes on Vesper-1, plus a doodle of an even tinier version of them.

(Click for better quality, hopefully.)

[ryuucae]

Older and recent works of my WoL, Eris

[logicpng]

Project ASTER (Pages 5-10)

in which the boy(s) learn anxiety

[Pages 1-5]

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[zefirart]

Touched up the design of my rafalfred fankid, Vivier! I love my son...

BONUS!

[fisheito]

friend: whacha thinkin bout?

me:

[porters-fangs]

damien and huxley make my heart HURT SO BAD

bc bc bc they’re so freaking CUTE and MADE FOR EACH OTHER

huxley who feels like people have always used him for his looks and his body and damien who would never even consider valuing his boyfriend’s appearance over his kindness

damien who is so worked up and stressed and has so much anger that he can’t afford to release in front of anyone because he’ll be playing into the stereotypes that he despises and huxley who just sees him as passionate and fiery and talented and

GUYS

[zooophagous]

Finally filed the paperwork so Nadja's official TICA fancy bastard name is "Duende Mystico"