#they're getting so much candy

[starchymcgee]

Trick or treat!

[lucabyte]

Taking pride in One's own appearance.

[greatpistachiopie]

i like to think that as time continued on and when they have both healed enough, the tales of the royal half-sisters of candia are much loved across the realm

[biblically-accurate-dca]

super disorganized sketch page because i do what i want

[cosmicwhoreo]

don't mind me, I made a thing for a thing that I'm not too sure when I'll be done with 'cause it requires coding knowledge-

Idk It always bothered me that they both had only one sprite, so I wanted to fix that

[sugarplumdone]

Dropout, I love you. but please, give me a second to catch my breath

​too much ambrosia and nectar

[whiteredrose13]

AAAAAA, OKAY-- @persephone-s-moon I could not find their updated refs for the life of me, so, woe, busted old concept art be upon ye. (Excuse the wonky proportions, these were done on my phone.)

Shortest rundown I can manage:

Did someone order a tragic throuple with time-travel/reincarnation shenanigans and a side of hurt/comfort/fluff?

Candavata Bhatia: Elven queen, from the kingdom of Sona, and the baddest bitch to ever live. In order to prove herself worthy of holding the crown over her sisters, she needed to channel one of the gods. So, not only did she channel one, she called upon Bijalee, the embodiment of lightning and storms--and the most difficult one to channel due to her wild and hazardous nature. She has been the only person to do so, aside from the First Queen. This earned her the titles of Storm Bringer and Lightning Tamer. She and Qamar are married and have been best friends since childhood. Can you tell I love her?

(Side note: Editing this on my laptop and holy ashy tone, Batman. Hoping it's just my screen because my girl does NOT look like this, I promise--)

Qamar Abn awaa: Werejackal prince, devout cleric of Layl, goddess of the night and medicine, and the definition of the "I'm a healer, but--" meme. He managed to show both great power and promise from an early age when, during a political visit to the Sona royal court, he used his knowledge of anatomy to turn one of Candavata's would-be assassins inside out. This is where he and Candi's marriage was arranged. He is of a generally very sunny disposition, which often makes people underestimate him, as they assume he's useless in serious situations--but, when shit hits the fan, he's the one you want to be next to. (I started designing him when I did not understand how to map out locs or braids. Qamar, my prince, I am so sorry, I swear I will do right by you and fix whatever monstrosity I gave you.)

Vincenzo Virago: Vampire duke. The intersection of an emotionally constipated killing machine and massive nerd failure. He's head over heels for both Candi and Qamar, but he doesn't feel like he can tell them, due to the fact that he views himself as unlovable, both wanting and growing jealous of them. (He is completely oblivious to the fact that they are also in love with him.) He's terrified of turning into his father, but it seems like everything he does only turns him further down that path. He's a warlord. He's a wet cat. He needs therapy.

It's a stable, constant dynamic. You never see one without the other. Where Qamar goes, Candi is right beside him, and Vince is right behind them. Whenever something goes wrong, usually they're at the center of it, all having different roles in the trouble. Candi, the planner, Qamar, the keen lookout, and Vince, the instigator. He keeps the two of them grounded, on their toes, and they do what they can to keep him away from his father. Even after they graduate and take their places in their respective castes, they stay in touch.

The story itself begins at the worst part of their relationship.

At this point, Candavata and Qamar have been married and are tending to their responsibilities as king and queen of their joined empire. Though they try to stay in touch with Vincenzo, it's difficult--and Vince doesn't make it easy, either. Over the years, he becomes withdrawn. He stops answering their letters, he refuses to see them when they come in person, every time. After a while, they stop trying. Not because they don't love him, they do, but there's only so much you can do when a person doesn't want (or doesn't think they deserve) help.

Vincenzo, after years of sitting with the jealousy and battling his father's horrendous treatment, broke. He didn't just spiral, he nose-dived, doubling down on every bit of gossip and rumor, until he's changed and warped into something even he can't recognize. He shuts out Candi and Qamar. Maybe he doesn't want to taint them, maybe he thinks this is how it was meant to go, maybe he can't stand their gentle hands or the pitying look in their eyes. Maybe he just wants the excuse. Whatever it is, Vincenzo becomes a monster, with blood on his hands.

In the end, Candi and Qamar had to be the ones to put him down.

Which is where we get into the time/reincarnation fuckery.

Because, when the pain fades and Vincenzo opens his eyes, expecting to see whatever eternal damnation looks like, he sees his university bedroom. Littered with textbooks and letters from Candi and Qamar, and his graduation robes hanging on the back of the door.

He's got a second chance to go back and unfuck everything, but only time will tell if he'll succeed or end up exactly where he was before.

Something, something, breaking cycles and being open with your loved ones, allowing yourself to be loved by others and yourself, and sometimes men are at their best covered in blood and a little bit pathetic.

(Oh, and, you want a really fun fact? Vince isn't the only one who remembers the original timeline.)

[afoxysunny]

It's been a while, but I'm back with a special!

Surprise! Here are animals that ppl other than me and my twin came up with:

• Thanks to @thehoneybunny1 for having a Honey flying squirrel as her pet in our own irl dnd campaign I just had to draw that lil guy (his name is Melzie)

• Thanks to @thealmightyscreech for leaving these cool tags on my Fish cats post

I discovered that I love drawing skunks so also thanks for that xD and the leopard came out surprisingly cool- it outperformed my expectations. The idea was even better in practice than in concept!

• Thanks to @autistic-yuri for leaving these adorable tags on my Jelly snails post, that was so sweet and I smile every time I read it. What a bombastic compliment

And drawing jellyfish comes pretty naturally to me so I ofc had to bring your ideas to life as well! I loved how naturally the jello box design lend itself to be turned into the eye like looking pattern inside the real life box jellyfish

I really hope y'all are fine with being tagged in this post.. I'm so sorry I didn't ask ahead. I wanted this to be a surprise and it's been so long since you reblogged my posts, but I only now got around to doing a collage page like this..

I don't know if I would consider these animals possible canon? As calorum is very euro-centric based and none of these animals exist on that continent. Which is one more reason I would've never come up with them and love them even more bc of it now!

Again - thank you so so so much for reblogging my art and it's such an honour and pleasure to see it inspiring you to come up with your own calorum fauna. I hope you like the lil guys I made for you and that they at least look a little bit like you imagined

[discjude]

Yeah this is about right (as always my thoughts are in the tags so there's actually kei content there lmao)

[marclef]

an art trade for @lucia-the-mii!

tiny little friends hanging out and eating beans 😊

.... y'know, this got me wondering something, though.........

oH GOD WAIT NO EYHM STOP!!!!!!!!

[blujayonthewing]

IN MY DOVE FUCKING PROMISES???

[beatriceportinari]

(Open the photos for details)

(2024)

Happy birthday Izuna! And happy one year anniversary to me @everyizuna :D

Most of all a huge thank you to wasabiskull for lending me your lines! It was a pleasure and an honor to play with them <3

[bumblingbabooshka]

Old men whose descriptions of their sons don't prepare you at all for what they're actually like (OR: "You're going to Starfleet academy and I don't want to hear another word about it!")

[watery-melon-baller]

does anyone know a better way to try and reformat a research question for a survey because I am SUFFERING

[bloodsoakeddoodles]

Food group swap!