#tathareth and her lil snake man-🥺

[theboarsbride]

Heehee new chapter of Serpentine Whispers has been posted! 💜🐍

feel free to check it out!!!! <3

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Hhhhh this be giving me Grima n' Tathareth vibes...🥺😔

(It just fits because sm of Tathareth's character was inspired by the Unicorn/Amalthea)

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A rough phone doodle in the meantime since I've been too busy to actually sit and draw-😭

Ugh I need to get back on my Grima and Tathareth art tomfoolery again, I havent drawn them in a hot minute 😭😭😭😭

[theboarsbride]

I’ve been having an idea brewing of how to turn Tathareth into a non-fandom OC so I can use her in a piece of original fiction!! 

So far the concept is essentially a body horror romance with the vibes of A24 arthouse movie meets cheesy 1980s/90s Hallmark romance meets David Cronenberg meets Guillermo del Toro meets Angela Carter’s The Tiger’s Bride, and the working title is “Temperance and Mr. Wyrm.” So far in my head I see this being a novella, so not too terribly long!!! Something short and sweet lmao

The story, as of right now, is set in the LATE late 1980s or EARLY early 1990s mayhaps in England, and Tathareth is Temperance Cavell (a nod to nurse Edith Cavell). She works as a nurse and is all about herbal remedies and natural healing and essential oils, but doesn’t dare bring this up at work because she both isn’t bold enough and also knows to separate work from personal interests. Basically the story is that she gets hired as an in-home nurse for a strange man affected by an arcane affliction that makes him more and more snake-like with each passing day.

obviously the snake man (the titular Mr. Wyrm) is based on Grima Wormtongue and hhhhskskjsksjksjsksdkjkdssdkj no I do not need another Brad Dourif-inspired monster-man character i do not BUT AUUGGGGHHHH MAYBE I DO?????????? I LOWKEY WANT TO????????? BECAUSE I JUST????? LOVE HIMB SM?????? AND LIKE MAKING HIM INTO MY SYMPATHETIC WEIRD MONSTER MEN LOVE INTERESTS??????? IM JUST AUUSHSJSDLJSDLJSDSJLSJDLDSJLJSLSDJL--

A N Y W A Y-

IDK this is definitely another self-indulgent monster romance type of thing I think could be a fun WIP! Plus I’ve always been interested in writing purely body horror since my other WIPs are either Gothic, psychological, folk, survival, or supernatural horror! Definitely making this piece self indulgent and SUPER experimental in terms of style! 

But, for now, it shall remain on the back burner until I get more ideas or the motivation to develop it further!!

[theboarsbride]

Chapter 8 of Serpentine Whispers is ready to read!!💜🐍

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40175709/chapters/102962667

MILDLY angsty with Grima being Grima, all possessive and obsessive lil the wretched lil snake man he is. 😔

[theboarsbride]

First chapter of “Serpentine Whispers” has been posted, and is ready to read!!!!!!!!!🐍💜

It’s just mostly an intro chapter that sets up Grima’s whole situation but AAAHHH so excited to have started writing this thing!!🥺💛 Hope yall enjoy!!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40175709/chapters/100623879

[theboarsbride]

Been rewatching LOTR and LOTR analysis vids so uhhhh Grima is a babygirl i miss very dearly and Tathareth i also miss and ugh I need to write more of their fic-��

💜🐍 just an elf lady and her snake man...🥺👉👈

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Chapter Five of Serpentine Whispers has been updated!!💜🐍

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40175709/chapters/101356845

JUST A MINOR TW FOR HORROR/GRUESOME IMAGERY TOWARDS THE END

but basically this one is just... Grima feeling... feelings???????? 0_o because screw slow burn???? /hj

[theboarsbride]

Chapter Four of Serpentine Whispers has been posted!!!!!💜🐍

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40175709/chapters/101173581

I hope yall enjoy!!!💛

[theboarsbride]

Chapter Six of Serpentine Whispers is available to read!! 💜🐍

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40175709/chapters/102518439

It’s a Tathareth-centric chapter than introduces a new character (and hints at aspects of Tathareth’s personal history), as well as some stuff that leads up to an angsty scene within the next chapter or so.😳👉👈

[theboarsbride]

Chapter Three of Serpentine Whispers has been updated!!💜🐍

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40175709/chapters/100958643

aka the chapter where sad, scared snake man and nervous elf lady meet.🥺

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I've been calling this the "Wyrm's Bride AU".🥺 Basically Tathareth and Wyrm!Grima vibing in a fashion heavily inspired by the Danish fairytale "Lindworm Prince"!

And also making Grima a big snake creechur just felt fitting, idk, I've been having brainrot with the idea lately 🥺

Also bruh......I hate how every fucking time I've participated in fandom in any way, shape, or form, it eventually leads back to me creating some goofy aah monster romance type of shit RIP👊😩

[theboarsbride]

A Serpent and His Lady.💜🐍

Found this old Tim Burton-y doodle of Grima and Tathareth, soooo I decided to clean it up a bit 😳

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Spirited Away redraw was inevitable-

Local elf just loves her big snake husband, ok?🥺👉👈

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Grima is scared and suspicious of the pretty elf lady🥴😔

He refuses to believe that she is nice to him for the sake of being nice rip there has to be strings attached

[theboarsbride]

....so uhhhh random goofy aah doodles of a Phantom of the Opera au with Grima and Tathareth????? Because idk???? Like it just fits their dynamic???????? Uhhhh especially in upcoming chapters of Serpentine Whispers

Was inspired by @eyechurch for a POTO au👊😩 credit goes to them!!

Also I know the mask isn't very 'Rohirric' in style but sbbdbxhcklvldlala bear with me I'll get around to research and toying with Nordic designs. I was just more going for a more reptilian, snake-like shape for now hshshshhshs