Time for some extremely context-specific art!
Eve (the Guardian of @ mizliznt on Twitter) didn’t, uh, deal well with the death of her husband Cayde-6. A Darkness-fueled revenge murder rampage ending in self-imposed exile on Europa isn’t exactly what I would call a healthy way to grieve. Venzua (the Awoken with the mohawk, my Hunter) stepped up as The Guardian after Eve abdicated the role and has done her best to do what the Vanguard, and humanity, has needed of her. Which includes going to the other side of the weird portal in the Traveler and finding Cayde, in the flesh??
That’s actually all just conjecture based on the Final Shape trailer - I actually have no idea how/why/in what capacity that Cayde is back. But Liz broke my heart with her headcanon about it, and when she sent a few lines from Cayde’s POV on his return, I was inspired to draw this. Have I ever done a comic (even just one page) before? Nope. Backgrounds? Also no. Hatching?? Like, twice, and I’ve always wanted to get good at it but never took the time. I guess embarking on random projects is the way to do that LOL
I also have an idea for another D2 comic, though the premise is distinctly stupider LOL. But I’m actually pretty happy with this one so I’ll take it as motivation to try it! :D
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yes i'm rooting for m*leven breakup because byler is neat but mostly? i'm rooting for m*leven breakup for the sake of el and mike.
to me, their romance was always a puppy love born out of a combination of social pressures, naïve curiosity, and a lack of true understanding regarding intimacy and romantic love and what it really is. it was real in that they do truly, deeply care about each other and they are close friends, maybe even shared an attraction, but a maturing romance is so much more than that. they've grown up and out of being boyfriend/girlfriend, and that's okay! i think television/film needs to show more often that most of us don't have definite "soulmates" or first childhood loves that we spend our whole lives with. it doesn't mean these relationships meant nothing and didn't impact us, it just means they've run their course and that something else is in the cards, and this is part of life!
i've always felt el was at her best and most confident self when broken up with mike, discovering who she was and what she liked alongside another girl her age instead of just relying on mike for mentorship on how to live in the real world. she deserves more of an opportunity to find herself, her autonomy, and her independence, and to love who she is, and she's made it clear she's felt insecure in the relationship with mike because she isn't being loved and understood the way she wants, needs, and deserves from someone who is her partner.
also, it's okay if mike doesn't love her in "the way he should". he is not obligated to love her romantically and stay in a relationship with her just because she's a girl, because she "needed someone", or because he cares about her a lot. he shouldn't be pressured into a romance if it's not truly coming from his heart. he deserves freedom to find out and honour who he is, too, instead of just staying in his non-functional first relationship — one he got into as a child, essentially — and defining himself that way because it's what's expected when a boy and a girl are close. he loves her in some way, yes, but it's okay if he doesn't feel comfortable or secure being her boyfriend anymore, for whatever reason that is. he's felt insecure too, and that's valid and it matters.
they are their own people and are steadily growing and changing every day. they need time to figure out who those people are, and it's become clear (at least in my opinion) that those people aren't meant to be a couple at this stage.
they deserve freedom. they deserve to grow up and be authentic to themselves and not feel like they need to lie for the sake of a relationship. they deserve to move on from this version of their relationship that isn't making them happy and rekindle the best part of their bond: their strong, beautiful friendship. they don't have to be a couple if it doesn't make them stronger and better and happier people.
i think it would be healthy and wonderful for a show, especially one consumed frequently by young adults, to show a relationship starting, progressing, and ending on good terms in this way. sometimes things don't work out, and that is okay.
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the flu has made me deranged so here's something Michael is an animal guy. He'll never admit it but one day Adam catches him putting some in-shell peanuts into their shopping cart and is like ????? and Michael does his little standoffish shrug and by the time Adam gets home he is going over every spell Michael has ever told him about trying to remember if peanuts is an ingredient to anything and he's focusing so hard he almost doesn't notice Michael going over to their window where it has like flower box or something and just sprinkles a little bit of the food there and makes a strange click in the back of his throat that carries the echos of an angels true voice. and now Adams like ?!?!?!?!? What the fuck are you summoning ?!?!??! expecting something like a hell hound or horrific creature that responds only to an angel but it's none of that it's a flock of about 8 crows that descend down to the flower box and chirp at Michael in a way that can almost be described as respectfully. Now Adams never been so confused in his entire life but Michael the bastard just tilts his head in the way only angels do and says "I've known these animals longer than Humans have had names for them Adam. They remember me." and then smiles, a little sad and eyes glossy. "I think I've told that to you once before."
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If I weren't so familiar with "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," I think I would be able to appreciate "The Albatross" off the new album a whole lot more. Like, "peace" is a top three song for me off folklore and I just love the conversation those two songs are having, the storytelling choice to use third person, some of the instrumentation. But she does the least interesting possible thing with the allusion.
It's super clear that Taylor hasn't actually read the Rime and is just going off the general cultural idea of what the albatross is supposed to represent. Given that the allusion is basically the entire premise of the song, this is really disappointing. Especially on an album called "The Tortured Poets Department."
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Softer Prompts - @miidnighters mused: "come back to bed." (from Bella !)
The words made Eve smile, a laugh rumbling out of her at the prospect. "It's not that I don't want to, my darling, I promise," she told her, tugging her hair up a bit. "It's that if I do, we'll NEVER leave the bed today."
Not that there was anything wrong with that of course, but she knew they couldn't hide away from the world forever. She needed food at the very least, and as much as she wanted to keep Bella all to herself today, she couldn't imagine that was all Bella wanted to do. Then again, they both seemed to have the SAME insatiable appetite for each other so maybe she did.
"Unless that is your plan..."
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as someone new to the cccc fandom i keep seeing all of these AUs of HMS with different names and I want to look into them more but it seems like theres a lot. got any sort of starting guide or direction if ur willing to share it?
OH god. no I do not unfortunately. I can't say there is any big directory.
I know CJFS has AU threads, CJFS being the fan discord server.
As for my aus, I do try to use tags of names of each of my aus! Like sun down or eleutheromania or lacuna or swap! But for others. I can't say whether or not its the case?
If I had a bit more time tonight I'd go through and find all the big long rambly posts I've made but there are quite a few!
I know ones under the cjverse or cjverse chatroom tag are also from an rp I'm in which may have stuff from other people too.
Sorry to not be of much help here anon
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