Tw // Abuse

tw // abuse

darkling defenders act is if powerful men don’t abuse their positions and take advantage of people all the time when there’s constantly allegations of politicians and high ranking businessmen and high ranking hollywood directors/producers/actors assaulting people and using their power and status to prey on people. people in power abuse their power all the time, often towards those who have less power, status, and/or influence, and that’s exactly what the darkling did

“I’ll leave,” he says, and he turns back and leans in, “as soon as you tell me to leave.”

- Alex, Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

So March is the birthday month for both Alex and Henry, and rather than do separate art for each, I held a wee poll on Twitter to see what scene people wanted to see drawn out most in hopes I could combine my efforts and do a comic adaptation of it. When this moment of the book won by a landslide, I instantly knew I was going to pay for my folly. This scene was a beast to draw and took the entire month to paint thanks to a) royal bedroom, b) soaking wet Alex, c) nighttime lighting, and d) ANGST FACES.

But hey! I hunkered down and pulled it together right under the wire. I hope you enjoy how this came out. ❤️💙

Blue is a total activist so you can’t honestly tell me that she hasn’t walked into Monmouth wearing a “Save the Bees” T-shirt and Gansey just looked up from his book and sighed

The Raven Cycle, or “maybe the real favor from Glendower is the friends we made along the way”

shadow and bone as ao3 tags lmao