J'ai préparé un projet un peu spécial pour la Y/Con, j'espère qu'il rendra bien une fois imprimé... Avant d'en parler plus, quelques extraits 😌 (DES MEUFS. QUI S'AIMENT.)(et des fleurs)
Have been meaning to draw these two for a long time; Ended up finishing this drawing within 3 days and, as a result, will be lying on the floor for the next decade. But twas worth it - I hope you enjoy!
Have a great week (and weekend) everyone ✨
Prints of this artwork are available on Etsy:
A3 size
A4 or 13x18cm sizes
They say coincidences can be interpreted as clues to our destiny. Well, today, I'm counting down four amazing coincidences that would make you do a double-take. Let's start with Game of Thrones alums Jacob Anderson and Nathalie Emmanuel.
As Game of Thrones fans, we're all familiar with Grey Worm and Missandei's ill-fated love story, but did you know that the former co-stars went on to star in separate projects as vampires? Yes, you heard that right. Jacob Anderson, formerly known as Grey Worm, lassoed a lead role in AMC's series, Interview with the Vampire, as the complex, forlorn vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac; enticing audiences with his and his co-star's (Sam Reid) electrifying scenes. Similarly, Nathalie Emmanuel was featured in the gothic horror film The Invitation, as the descendent of an ancient vampire family. To say the least, it would seem coincidences have a way of leading these two actors to where they were supposed to be, but it doesn't end there.
Like rings circling Saturn, sometimes it takes years, if not decades to lead one person to the role they were meant to play. Take for example, Sam Reid. When Sam Reid snagged the role as Dido's love interest (played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw) in the 2013 historical drama, Belle, he never imagined he'd be playing one of Anne Rice most iconic characters ten years later; turning a role played by several actors into the most memorable and awe-inspiring incarnation to date. To watch him as Lestat, you'd think he was absolutely possessed but I digress. The coincidences I noted doesn't end with Reid but actually begins with Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Black Mirror.
Earlier, I alluded to the fact that like the rings of Saturn, sometimes people are traveling towards a predetermined destination. In Gugu Mbatha-Raw's case, that's double true. In 2016, Gugu along with her co-star Mackenzie Davis starred in a Black Mirror episode called San Junipero. It was the fourth episode of the British syfy and it featured vivacious party girl Kelly (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) falling head over heels for shy, homebody Yorkie (Mackenzie Davis), in a 1987 virtual reality simulator. It was a fantastic…no, beautiful love story between two women with a happy ending and one of Black Mirror's most popular episodes.
But what struck me about the role that Gugu played was not only the affect it had on fans of the syfy show but also the affect it unknowingly had on propelling her former co-star (Sam Reid) to land a role in which the dynamics of his characters relationship with the lead who played opposite him (Jacob Anderson) as well as the dynamics of the relationship between the actors themselves, were strikingly similar if not the same. Watching Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid interact pulled me back to the days when San Junipero dropped on air and drew accolades from critics in television and film. There's something magical about it, as if Gugu and Mackenzie stepped through that door of possibility so that Sam and Jacob could fly. You know what I mean but I'm getting ahead of myself. That's not the only coincidence there is. The next and last one will absolutely blow your mind.
Last but not least, our fourth amazing coincidence has to do with co-stars Jacob Basil Anderson and Bailey Bass. Did anyone in the #iwtv fandom know that the stars that play Louis de Pointe du Lac and Claudia have the same birthdate. That's right, Jacob and Bailey were both born on June 18th, 13 years apart.
I don't know what it is, but these talented actors seem to be destined for something big. From my vantage point, the stars seem to be aligned in their favor and that's all for today, folks.
Just sitting here listening to sapphic anthem 'heaven is a place on earth' by belinda carlisle and crying because of how badly I want a girlfriend I can dance forever in the 80s with
I rewatched San Junipero. Years after I watched it for the first time, no longer as naive, as superficial, as hopeful. No longer a teen. You don't realise how a little more experience changes the way you look at and understand certain stories, it's insane.
I have so much empathy for Yorkie - the pain of not being accepted, suffering the consequences of something you did in distress, the years of being trapped, the life she's lost. The scene in the restroom when she asked of Kelly to make it easier for her made me so soft for her, because I just know the feeling of knowing what you want but not knowing how to get it. And in the end i shed a tear but this time not because it was sad, instead because I was happy for the new chance in life (well, afterlife) Yorkie got. She finally gets to live, be herself, be with someone she loves and who loves her. For eternity.