Rashta or ‘Trashta’ as the fandom nicknamed her is one of my favorite antagonists I have ever read. Either you despise her or pity her, Rashta is truly a character that would make you feel many things as you read the Webtoon or the web novel.
Her scheming does makes sense in the beginning as she doesn’t want to go back to slavery. After all, who in the hell wants to go back to wearing rags and being tricked that your baby is dead?! However, slowly as we reach the divorce chapter, you really see she wants is control and power. Control over the things she wants and power so no one can tell her what to do. We see characters tried to steer Rashta in the right path but she chooses to ignore them. Instead, she twisted their words as bullying and always tries to go towards the easy path. She always turn herself into the victim to the point I have to wonder if Rashta is truly all there. If not, I can imagine Sovieshu is going to be in a lot more trouble than having a childish empress.
And I think that is why I enjoyed reading Rashta scenes more than Sovieshu. While Sovieshu is boring whining idiot, Rashta is actually interesting. You basically see a character who had the potential to do good, for her at least see her actions as wrong but chooses instead to lived in the mindset she always the powerless victim. Even when she does get power as later in the series, she becomes Empress of the Eastern Empire.
I made this fanart last year in September. I actually don't like the way i colored her hair because it reminds me of pasta😅 but that just means i needed more practice (and still do)
In all my art classes, I was never taught HOW to use the various tools of art.
Like yes, form, and shape and space and color theory and figure drawing is important, but so is KNOWING what different tools do.
I’m 29 and I JUST learned this past month that India Ink is fucking waterproof when it dries. Why is this important? Because I can line something in India Ink and then go over it with watercolors. And that has CHANGED the ENTIRE way I art and the ease I can create with.
tldr: Art Teachers: teach your students what different tools do. PLEASE.