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Tapestry Head Canon Part 2:
So sometime, say about 150 or so years after the current timeline, Max is all grown up and off being an awesome warlock and is hired by the Shadowhunters to do a job. The job, whatever it is, calls for him to visit the Inquisitor in their office. Now Max, while he’s been to Alicante tons of times, hasn’t actually been in the Inquisitor’s office since he was really little. But it feels familiar, in that way were he couldn’t have described what the room looks like but he knows it just the same. And then he sees it. The tapestry. Max doesn’t have a lot of memories from when he was that young and this feels more like a half remembered dream but he remembers it. He remembers strong arms wrapped around him, holding him up. He remembers a deep, steady voice telling him about a battle. “And that’s your Daddy, right there with his bow. He’s a hero.”
Max has always known his parents and aunts and uncles were heroes. Of course they are, his family is awesome and it’s only right that they are remembered. That their names could be found in Shadowhunter and Downworlder histories, that there were tapestries depicting the battles they had fought and that there was even a song**.
He hadn’t really thought about the tapestry or where it was. But it’s here, it’s still here. There’s his Dad, standing tall and proud with his bow, fighting to protect everyone he loves. He knows he is completely ignoring the Inquisitor but he can’t resist examining it closer, spotting more people he loves locked in an overwhelming battle, fighting because they know it is the right thing to do.
He is surprised to see the tapestry, but the more he thinks about the more sense it makes. He knows Grandpa had chosen this tapestry to hang in his office, it would come up sometimes when people used to talk about him to Max and Rafe. But after Grandpa died it was really chaotic for a while. The new Inquisitor would have had more important things to worry about than redecorating. And Max knows how Shadowhunters are. A little bit of time later and it would have become Tradition. The tapestry of the Battle of the Burren would hang in the Inquisitor’s office because that was where it had always hung. Every Inquisitor since his Grandfather would spend every day of their job looking at a reminder of how amazing his Father was. Max had to suppress a grin, Papa would get a kick out of that.
He is so happy to see this reminder of his Dad but he has to blink hard to stop the tears. He reaches out and gently touches the woven archer with his bow fully drawn. I miss you, Daddy.
He turns back to the current Inquisitor, eager to get this job done.
He can’t wait to go find Papa and tell him about this.
**The song is “The Complete and Utter Defeat of Zara Dearborn” and it was usually just referred to as “That Song” by Clary, Julian, Alex and everyone. It was the result of one evening when Alex and Jace had a Parabatai Night that involved a bit too much tequila. It then grew as various parties added their own verses to the song. Max and Rafe were not allowed to listen to the verse Emma added until they turned 18.
Tapestry Head Canon Part 1:
Sometimes when Robert is babysitting Max, he takes his grandson to the office with him. Max plays with his toys while Robert gets some paperwork done. Exactly how much work Robert manages to get done while his first grandson is being adorable in his general vicinity is no one’s business but his. Anyway, Robert brings Max to work with him and Robert shows Max the tapestry, every time.
He lifts the little boy up in his arms, holds him securely and tells him about the Battle of Burren. How Max’s fathers and aunts and uncles were so smart and realized there was danger and no time to properly send a warning. How they gathered what friends they could and went themselves and fought against great odds. “That’s your Daddy.” He gently guides Max’s small fingers to touch the woven archer. “He is the bravest man I know. He stands up and fights for what is right, even when it is not easy. He’s a hero.” He lets Max explore the woven fabric for a few minutes then bounces him up and down until Max is overcome with giggles. Max loves bouncing.
He holds his grandson close, feels the soft scrape of Max’s small horns against the skin of his neck. Your Daddy is a much better man than me, Max but I’m trying. Everyday I’m trying to be better than I was. For Isabelle and Jace. For Alec and for you.
Heavenly fire courses through her veins
True nephilim Emma Carstairs from @cassandraclare series The Dark Artifices
This scene was breath taking and i forgot that i drew this a while back
This was a request from offsite. CC asked me to do Constant rambling with her character Helen and my character Ambrosa. Ambra (the short one) is a doctor down in the mine and rambles to her blind and deaf centaur assistant (that’s why she’s named Helen... get it? harhar) about everything and nothing via palming (and talking, because... why not? she likes to talk and it lets other people know what they’re talking about) while they walk down the bridges back to the village, or perhaps on their way to visit patients (though this time I think this is the return trip XD).
Ughghghm I never finished this. Helen’s anatomy is still a nightmare I couldn’t fix it. Not to mention Ambra’s, even if her anatomy is a little different from a humans, being a Scourge (up coming post on those guys) and all... But I haven’t really had the motivation to fix it so e3e I may as well post it up, nightmarish anatomy and all XP
So I said I was going to do a post on Scourge and these sketches aren’t the best but *sigh* here we go.
So in the Lands of Seven, a collab/open world between me and CC, one of the seven races was invented purely by yours truly, and that race is the Scourge. They are a race of short (thinking maybe 2-3 feet tall, maybe up to 4-5? not entirely sure how tall they are yet) troll/dwarf-like people, with gray skin and rock-like or brittle hair. They dwell in volcanoes and mountains, using the light of the lava to light their way. They are also equipped with enhanced night vision, since they go through a lot of dark in their mountain homes, but they do need a little light to see by. Renowned for their cruel, coarse and dishonest natures, Scourge are a strong people given to the work of mining and inventing respectively. Because of their light-sensitive eyes, Scourge rarely venture outside of their mountain homes in broad daylight. Because of this, not much is known about Scourge from the outside. They are very protective of their land and do not welcome any outsiders. Outsiders they do let in are often tortured and killed unless they can be used as slaves. They particularly hate the Avian people, claiming that they stole Scourge technology and called it their own. Because centaurs are useful in the mines for hauling loads difficult even for Scourge to pull, they make a habit of kidnapping them and keeping them in the mines as slaves. Recent strides have been taken to keep the centaur population alive in the harsh mine conditions, seeing that kidnapping is a risky business, particularly if they do not want to start a war with the centaurs.
And that’s all for now! I think I missed a few details but oh well, good enough XD
Oh I also forgot to explain who Trunt and Flint are... well they’re Scourge. Characters in some RPs me and CC have been doing with the Scourge in their mine with the centaur slaves.
Trunt is a secretly kindhearted Scourge trying to survive in the mines with a good heart in a bad environment with a bad upbringing. Whenever his kindheartedness is seen at work, Trunt often is picked on for being too soft. He’s rough around the edges, but Trunt is secretly very kind and has a soft spot for a certain pony centaur he picked up one day, and consequently rescued from the hands of eviler Scourge, named Sturdy. He wants the best for this pony and to make sure he’s safe from the hands of other Scourge who want to harm him because of his smaller ‘useless’ size and all around timid demeanor (being natural bullies, they tend to feed off the fear of their victims).
Flint is one of the council members of the Scourge’s government system. As part of it, Flint works with the other members to see that things run smoothly and efficiently in the mines. She is in close contact with the boss of the mines, Lot, who desires to maximize the efficiency of the mine and see that the most work gets done. Lot is in charge of everything over the mines and wants to see to it that the most is gotten out of it and the most work be done. He is the one in charge of getting more centaurs to help Scourge work to be faster, managing the schedules of working Scourge. As the toughest, strongest and most intelligent of the Scourge, he is the one that underpins all the operations that go on in the mine. The council members are his fingers through which his wishes for the mine are executed.
Flint is the owner of a centaur named ‘Freedom.’ Deciding that that was too assuming of a name (and because Free was thought to be generally annoying), Flint renamed him ‘Idiot.’
After getting sick on the job, Freedom was sent to Ambra and Helen for healing, where he discovers the blind and deaf centaur Helen to be exceedingly beautiful. Together with Ambra, Helen conspires to keep Free longer than his allotted time, making him appear sick even after he has gotten better to extend his stay with Ambra and Helen down in the Scourge village in Ambra’s medical office.
Edit: Finally got around to breaking the sketchdump up into pieces. Silly tumblr. XP
Mermay #03 - Ithiel as a Mertaur/Hippocamptaur My centauress Ithiel as a hippocamptaur! XD I missed Mermay yesterday so I’m uploading this as a buffer. Behold, Mermay #03!
17!!
17. Any OC OTPs?…Anyone that knows me knows I’m the queen of OTPs… XD; but ummm. Maybe I’ll start with favorites. Let’s see two of my favorites at least one character is spoiler. But uuum… Other than those two, or three, (later: or four…) I kinda like Tsuname and Ril’siiya’s relationship. They’re both bubbly people who go through a lot of trouble and I think they can both relate to being the annoying one most people don’t like, so when they’re together it’s almost like they have a safe spot to just be themselves around each other, because they can’t annoy each other with the things that normally annoy other people. XD;
Also from Aliens there’s Crang and Kitch. They’re kind of childish and may not fully understand what’s going on, but they’re pure and cute and have helped each other before in the past I think. XD;
One that developed somewhat recently is Kenneth (long-necked blue/purple reptile alien, not to be confused with an angsty blonde ice boy from Zenith named Kenith… still not over how I accidentally made his name mirror Zenith’s name XDDD; ) and Lyna. Lyna is a short but tough cat-ish alien and has none of Kenneth’s playing the tough guy, telling him to rest when he’s injured. I find their dynamic interesting because he’s super tall plus his long neck and she’s this short thing that has the power to boss him around. XD
But ummm… a lot of my other OTPs are characters that mature later and get together. Like Angri and Aidren from Torn Apart are a disaster at first, but especially when Angri matures and comes to accept herself, they work a lot better. XD;
Or APG and Lily from Knights & Lilies. At first it’s a one-sided crush on APG’s end, but eventually when Lily is older, she comes to understand what she did to him by not understanding his premature feelings, and feels bad about it. So yeah they’re cute when they’re older, too.
The pairings in Twin Scars also don’t really happen until later. Tetsuya and Hiyura’s relationship isn’t really explored until the very end, possibly to be continued if the sequel ever gets off the ground. I think Tetsuya may have tried to interact with her in the past, but Hiyura was always quick to shut him down before the end of the story.
Romance isn’t really a part of the main story of TS, it’s mostly about the sisters and Isura’s friends and Hiyura’s turnaround. In general most of the romance arcs happen post-story in sequels. Like Isura may have met Kirk in the main story briefly, but it’s only when they’re older that they meet again and the relationship is explored more in Kirk’s story. I think Kirk’s story would be fourth in the series if it ever finishes, but it’s one of the ones I’m most excited to write/draw. XD I already have part of it comic-boarded out elsewhere, that’s fun… based off the snippet I wrote for him a long time ago. I haven’t really had the change to explore either of the TS pairings as an OTP much though, so it’s hard to say they’re anywhere close to a favorite actually. Though their stories definitely intrigue me, especially Kirk’s. XD;
As far as other OTPs… I have a number of parent couples that are/were cute, or tragic pairings… One totally light pairing from KnL are Lily’s parents. They still act like teens around one another even though they’re 40 or almost 40 respectively. XDThe parents of Sleepi and her sisters from TA were also fairly cute, though that one’s a bit sad.And of course from Aliens Tsunne (Tsuname’s older brother) and Sz’nami were cute. Though that one is also sad.. XD; Tsunne helped Sz’nami become more bold and to stand up to opposition instead of just taking it. He taught her how to use her wave abilities stronger and helped her gain confidence. She in turn supported him when the pressures of being the son of the village chieftain got to be too much. They were good for each other while they lasted, I think. XD
Oh! One last pairing I almost forgot about (I’m sorry this post is so long I was only gonna list favorites then I got carried away) XDD;; Is Trunt and Flint from Lands of Seven. Flint is an angsty thing and Trunt is more steady. They kind of start out like a fighting couple where Trunt figures out Flint’s secret and kind of holds it against her, but Flint ends up liking him and I think it’s mutual. XD; And Trunt keeps her secret (even though it’s one of those secrets that probably everyone actually knows), and I’m not even 100% sure how they get from weird argumentative couple to more than that, but I kind of find them cute. XD;
Well, there’s plenty more, but either don’t rise to the level of favorite or I’m not really on them right now so development is hard to come by. But yeah, I have a lot of pairings. XD;
(Tried breaking this up into smaller paragraphs to make it more readable. Did it work? You decide. XD; Thanks for the question! Again I apologize for the length. I really should have kept it shorter but apparently I have no ability for shortness when I’m talking about ships I guess XD; Some of this might have been spoiler not sure, I tried to keep it as spoiler-content free as possible, but oh well. XD; )
Me: Okay this’ll be the last ArtFight for a while Me two seconds later: *claims another character* Me: QwQ...
Anyways. So this is Andrea, Micro’s character who I drew with my character Ithiel, who isn’t normally a hippocamptaur, but I drew her as one for Mermay once and since I was uncertain if Tirak would pass the rules for the mini games (they had one for no male nipples, and while I guess I could have just not drawn them in, I was kinda worried still since he’s also shirtless, which renders him with pretty much nothing being a mer and all XD; even if it’s not NSFW, I didn’t wanna take the chance or have to ask a mod about it)
