#even if the teeny weeny talbott in carewyn's eyes is so friggin' hard to make out don't look too carefully plz XD;;

[carewyncromwell]

“I suppose it makes sense that in Looking-Glass Eyes, I see all my flaws, reflected back at me. But as I write this down, I now realize — If that’s my view of her, then what must she see?”

~Talbott’s Second Poem, Lone Wolves Series by @carewyncromwell​ 

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I realized it’s been a while since I gave my OG girl Carewyn a proper portrait, so I decided to do it with a bit of an animated twist! This quote is from my rewrite of Hogwarts Mystery’s Lone Wolf, Flying Solo, and Animagus Adventures TLSQ’s, which chronicles how Carewyn became friends with both Chiara and Talbott, and the image itself is set when Talbott and Carewyn first collide, in the Great Hall -- 

Both Chiara and Talbott had this feeling, upon formally meeting Carewyn, that she could see through them to a degree, hence why they approached Carewyn a bit warily. This comes back to Carewyn’s latent talent for Legilimency, which she subconsciously uses when meeting people and trying to get a good fix on their character. It can make her come across as a bit intimidating to others despite her strong moral compass and overall amiability, hence why Chiara at one point says --

“I guess I misjudged you a bit. You just seemed so calculating — like you were willing to do whatever it took to find out what happened…but it’s not ‘whatever it takes,’ in the sense that you’d hurt people, to get to the truth — it’s that you’ll do whatever you have to, in order to help. You’ll put your mind and effort toward helping those people you’ve decided to help. Even if you break rules and you intimidate everybody with your confidence…your motives are kind.”

Even Talbott admits to Carewyn toward the end of the series --

“(...) Even if you do play the hero too much and you seem obsessed with putting on this pretty face around everybody…well, I get the feeling that it’s kind of a front – something to protect yourself. To keep the people who might hurt you at arm’s length…kind of like what I do. It’s not exactly the same…but it’s similar, somehow.”

The combination of her strong Legilimency potential and severe trust issues that came about from losing Jacob so suddenly has made it so that Carewyn can generally read others a lot more easily than they can read her...and so for as nurturing and noble-hearted as Carewyn is, there’s still this discerning, powerful aura about her that might discourage people who lack confidence from approaching her, particularly as she gets older and becomes more self-assured herself. This is no pure, innocent maiden -- this is a general in the making. 

My musical accompaniment while working on this include “Within You” from Labyrinth, “Looking Through Your Eyes” from Quest for Camelot (otherwise known as The Magic Sword), “Sanctuary” by Hikaru Utada, and “How Does It Feel?” by Avril Lavigne, the last of which is actually my friendship theme for Talbott and Carewyn! 

Hope you guys like this! As always, please consider liking/reblogging/commenting, and I hope you have a lovely night! xoxo

#hphm #hogwarts mystery #my art #carewyn cromwell #animation #art #slytherin pride #I'm actually kind of proud of this! #even if the teeny weeny talbott in carewyn's eyes is so friggin' hard to make out don't look too carefully plz XD;;