i love how consistent cherry magic is with what attracts kurosawa to adachi. he's obsessed with adachi's bedhead not just because it's cute but because it's a sign of imperfection and what's more, of not caring about imperfection. that's something he can truly admire. it's also the one major characteristic kurosawa needs someone to have in order to feel like he could ever actually let down his guard and be himself around them. there's a reason kurosawa fell in love with adachi the moment adachi showed himself capable of both 1) noticing kurosawa's imperfection and 2) actually thinking better of him for it.
kurosawa's perfection is a screen for his insecurities, his attempt to deserve the attention and opportunities he fears he would receive anyway because of his natural good looks. but no one is actually perfect, and pretending to be perfect while knowing you're not just makes intimacy and actual self-esteem impossible. this is itself a character flaw, an area for growth, and kurosawa is drawn to the person that to him embodies freedom from this trap. bedhead is avoidable; adachi could fix his hair before he comes to work, but he doesn't. he lets everyone see that he didn't fix his hair. to kurosawa, adachi's bedhead represents an apathy for the concept of perfection that is not only refreshing and enviable but also the quality he most needs in a partner, in order to feel truly seen and truly free to accept himself, warts and all.
Second drawing is Viktor Nikiforov from Yuri on Ice.
it's been ages since I last drew him and he has such a sunny smile that today's hue was up his alley. :)
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Today is the day Titi became a star in sky... it's been 15 years and 24 days that I am grateful for your existence, but there's this sadness from wishing we had more time still... I'll love you forever and rest well now... thank you...
I miss drawing so much... and talking with people on Discord... but I my doggie is not well and between caring for her and working I feel so tired I can't even hold a pen... 😭
I hope she gets better soon, it's heartbreaking seeing her like this...
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