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padmerrie · 5 years ago

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“Who the hell-waters does she think she is?” Vivia demanded.

“Well,” Stix said, “she probably thinks she’s the Empress of the Flame Children, Chosen Daughter of the Fire Well, the Most Worshipped of the Marstocks, Destroyer of the Kendura Pass-”

“And?”

“And she’s used to people doing her bidding.”

Vivia scoffed. “I could have just as many titles too, if I wanted them.”

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I never thought I’d be drawing Her Holiest of Holies, but after 3 books I finally got her. Or she got me. I love how @stdennard can turn your perception of a character on its head in a matter of pages. The quality of this is unfortunately abysmal as it originally started off as practice with my brushes on a tiny canvas. I liked it too much to scrap it and I know myself well enough to know that trying to replicate it from scratch on a bigger canvas would have ended in misery.

#the witchlands #witchlands #empress vaness #susan dennard #for the record i never disliked vaness as a character #the power imbalance between her and safi tho #and their tentative friendship sat off-kilter in my gut #can safi earnestly be friends with vaness if their growing bond is built off of vaness bargaining with safi's witchery?#like just because vaness’ deal is more fair she’s still using safi the same way henrick would #and that weighs on safi because she genuinely admires vaness and values her as a friend in some form #it's... not good #her magic is either a prize to be leashed or a death sentence #she kept her magic secret for this very reason #and to have her deepest fears confirmed is - well - devastating #she just wants to be seen #even mathew and habim - her threadfamily - are making damning choices for her based on her witchery #i don't doubt that they love her (and iseult)#but their actions - no matter how well-intentioned - are wrong and make her feel more alone #safi's need to be back with iseult is just as much about reuniting with her threadsister as it is about being with someone who *sees* her #anyway.#this was a alot of trial and error and many many weeks long in between #but i actually like how it turned out #(even if i have no idea where the sun is XD)#padmerrie draws #mine #my art

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