Oh God. It Would Have Been So Unbelievably Awful.

Happy Spirit Day! I know it’s evening now, but better late than never! Next year I’ll be sure to wear purple.

HAPPY SPIRIT DAY

I was honestly surprised to see that Issue 3 was on the ballot! I thought they had taken it off, but I guess they changed their minds. Good thing I researched it a bit 2 or 3 years ago I guess!

patty newby would vote for harris and so should you. if you haven’t already vote correctly tomorrow. (and if you happen to be a fellow arkansan, vote to expand medical marijuana access 😭🙏) tomorrow will change the course of history one way or another and we need to make sure it’s the right way

Worst way to make pasta. Go

Lick the noodles until soft, squeeze tomato juice over it.

Save some for those of us beyond the gender binary!

OMG I FOUND IT HERE

I get three meals a day, but apparently they are lunch, dinner, and two bowls of ramen at midnight.

smoking with my ex's cat because he's chill like that

world hard and cold... farcille soft and warm

I don’t know what else he may have done, but for this I consider him a hero worth remembering. Rest in peace, Milton Diamond.

Pour one out for a real one.

"A Tale as Old as Time..."

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This piece took me forever, but finally the Beauty and the Beast inspired Faricille stained glass is complete! And it only took like 21 hours lol. RIP my hands- remember to stretch, kids!

I feel like the symbolism is kind of obvious (for the most part at least), but I will go ahead and explain it.

MANGA SPOILERS AHEAD

Falin and Marcille are depicted in the unfortunate fate the dungeon led them to- Falin as a chimera and Marcille as an unwilling dungeon lord. Their expressions morose yet they interlock their fingers like in the bath scene. The design between them is the summoning circle Marcille stood in while resurrecting Falin. I did my best to copy the runes as closely as I could.

The golden feathers of the wing lion embrace the scene, and his symbol is also displayed at the bottom. Specifically, it is made to look like Kensuke's guard, a subtle nod to Laios, who is such an important person for both of these women. Thistle frames it with his ties to the lion, the dungeon, and his role, intentionally (with Falin's) or unintentionally (with Marcille's) unfortunate fates.

In the background, two scenes are specific to each character, and two have shared meanings for the characters. On the right, Falin's staff is lit up with magic, like the kind that teleported her party out and martyred herself. On the left is Marcille's mindscape library- the scene split in half between the black and gray of a nightmare and the color of a dream. Both symbolize driving forces in their lives- Falin's to protect those she loves no matter what, and Marcille's to escape her fears (and her own way of trying to protect those she cares about). At the bottom is the beginning- the raspberries they shared as girls that signified the start of their friendship. At the top, it wasn't the final ending but an ending nonetheless. The rabbits are tied to Falin because the rabbit stew is the catalyst to have her die for another time, a meal when one is starving, feeling like salvation despite death (Can't death be considered salvation on its own?). The rabbits also signal an extremely traumatic event for Marcille as she watched all her friends die because of them- once again, either actively in the case of her party or as the result of in the case of Falin.