i looooove this trope with them, but it's even funnier to me if the thought has never even crossed Husk's mind until Angel brings it up to him first at some point~ x3c
OH ARTHUR BENNETT.. such a gorgeous and intriguing character. terribly burdened by a GRUESOME set of crimes, his light suffocated by a HEAVY century of GUILT. so tragic, so dark and broody, and yet PAINFULLY awkward in any social setting ever
[ID: a digital painting of two original stylised Flatland characters, named Atlas and Chief Jr.
Atlas is a stone grey isosceles triangle with a navy tail with a V-shaped end, navy limbs, one eye with a star-shaped pupil, a bushy black eyebrow, chipped top and bottom right corners, and scars on his left side and eye.
Chief Jr. is a light grey and dark purple circle with a crescent moon pattern on his body, dark purple limbs and a tail that ends in a C-shaped tip, a glossy eyelid and long beaded eyelashes. He is wearing a black crown.
Chief is walking in front of Atlas on a dirt path and looking over to the left, as if looking back at Atlas. He is posed mid-stride and both of his hands are held away from his body. His left hand is loosely pointing the index finger at nothing in particular, and his right hand is held out to catch a falling raindrop. Atlas is running towards Chief and holding out a black umbrella to cover him with. He is looking straight at Chief and has a slightly panicked expression.
The background is a dirt path cutting through a lush meadow. The sky is blue, but fades to white closer to the horizon. Some green hills are in the distance. There are some light raindrops falling from a cloud just out of view at the top right of the scene.
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detail close-ups / small symbolism explanation / silly thing under the cut
[ID: four close-up shots of the above image. The first shows Atlas’s arm. The second shows Chief’s leg and arm. The third shows the umbrella. The fourth shows the grass and shadows. End ID].
Obviously the biggest and most prominent aspect of this is Atlas doing his best to shield Chief from the rain with the single umbrella as quickly as he can, at the expense of being soaked himself. He sees Chief’s comfort as being far more important than his own, so he’ll be the one to provide that comfort to him. He could choose to cover both of them with the umbrella, but he prioritises getting Chief completely covered first (or even just partially covering both of them).
Another thing being their placements; Atlas is farther away, and thus seems smaller than Chief. Something something smaller = less important, despite the fact that Atlas is physically much larger than Chief when stood side-by-side.
The grass near Atlas is yellower than that near Chief. Chief is surrounded by dark green grass. In essence, the grass is in poorer condition near Atlas, while it is healthier near Chief to symbolise the different paths in life they’ve led thus far.
also some potential endings especially for my two pathetic little guys <3 romantic walk through the meadow ruined by natural causes
[ID: two digital monochrome doodles of Atlas and Chief Jr. on grey backgrounds.
In the first image, Atlas is holding onto the umbrella, that has turned inside-out due to strong wind, while being dragged along and scrapping his heels on the ground. His eye is closed and he has a strained expression. Chief is stood in the back with an unimpressed look.
In the second image, they are stood together with Atlas holding the umbrella over Chief. They are both looking at one another and blushing, with Chief’s tail wrapped around Atlas’s. The rain is hitting off the umbrella and Atlas. Under this illustration is a smaller one, showing Atlas and Chief in the same poses but with their tails separated and their umbrella obliterated after being struck by lighting.
[ID: Edits of Mairimashita! Iruma-kun panels. Iruma looks disheartened and upset as he texts, "hi, Opera? can you come pick me up from my rap battle?" Opera replies, "is it over? did you win?" and Iruma responds,"its over. no i lost."
The view cuts to Fenrir leaning over a shocked Iruma with a foreboding expression and the imposing impression of an angry wolf behind him, and Iruma texts, "he saw u drop me off and did a pretty devastating rhyme about it." End ID]
Hi there! In regards to the (delightful) (truly gorgeous) stained glass window of Gabe, I noticed the text beneath his wings and I tried to translate them, however because I do not speak ancient greek I wanted to ask if this translation is accurate:
And the angel answered and said to him "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and bring you this good news. There is nothing to fear because there is no kind or origin, rank or sacred place that will stop the sharp edge of a sword."
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Also the art is truly gorgeous, you can really tell how much time and effort went into every little detail, superb work :]
Aaah thank you!!!! I wasn't sure anybody would actually notice or take the time to translate the text bc it's so small but I'm glad someone did :D
Yeah that translation sounds pretty much spot-on. I was originally going to do latin, but the only non-English text in the game is the greek in 7-3 and tbh the greek does look a lot cooler. The first part is an actual verse about gabriel from an actual greek translation of the bible (the fact that this is my first time reading any part of the bible from the source in about 10 years and it's for ultrakill fanart is hilarious to me tbh), second part is an abridged version of his little speech when he kills the council (I was a little disappointed I couldn't make the full line fit), run through google translate because i also do not speak greek </3 so I'm just crossing my fingers that google translate did a great job and hoping nobody who does actually know greek will call me out on it LOL
fun fact I also almost put greek for "YOU'RE GAY" on his halo as a little easter egg for anyone who did try to translate it but it looked ugly </3 heartbreaking. it would've been so good