coc 2020 Day 8: Rain

for this piece i decided to recreate the famous totoro scene but with simon’s wings as an umbrella :)

(ngl i’ve been counting down the days of coc until i could upload this, i love how it turned out)

Simon Snow and "how curly his hair is" :)

,,He held himself up on all fours above me and made me reach up for his mouth-and I did.”

He’s annoying, but he’s also kinda cute

This was so hard! I’ve been tracking and reading LGBTQA+ books for 10 years and picking 3 for each was tough! There are so many more I love so if you have specific ones you are looking for, or want more in these sub-genres you can totally ask me for recs. I’ll do my best.

fanart credit: @ace-artemis-fanartist

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Simon & Baz

“I think I might kiss him. He’s right here. And his lips are hanging open (mouth breather) and his eyes are alive, alive, alive.”

― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Precious hatchling”

He gets to the end of the ramparts, but instead of stopping, he leaps up on top of the wall, then out over the moat - just takes a running jump off the building! And doesn’t fall! He floats out over the moat and lands on the other side. It’s the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen.

I’m reading Wayward Son right now and it has inspired me to dig out all the sequences I sketched out from Carry On. Hoping to finish them all in the next few months! (And then proceed onto some Wayward Son art :O )

Happy Carry On Countdown! Here is my submission for Sun/Moon.

When The Sun card is upright, it means happiness, freedom, and self-confidence. But when reversed, it means sadness, lack of clarity, and self-doubt. The Moon card means intuition, dreams, anxiety, and fear. So this piece is meant to show Simon and Baz’s relationship throughout and at the end of Wayward Son.

I just can’t stop drawing them

Like literally my only muse.

its time for the winter reread boys

Inktober Day 20: TREAD

“Baz is walking so slow, I keep kicking the back of his heels. It’s like he wants everyone here to get their fill of him.” —Simon, Carry On by @rainbowrowell

Day 21 Treasure

Day 18 Misfit

Alright but can we just take a moment to appreciate how open and confident Baz is with his feelings?

In Carry On, he casts On love light wings, and he doesn't even think about it. In Wayward Son, he kisses Penny's injuries better without second thought. He knows the conditions for both these spells, he knows he needs to be madly in love to be able to fly, and he's so sure of his feelings he doesn't even stop to question what if it doesn't work. He uses a spell that's supposed to only work on your family and even Penelope herself - the character that has the most confidence in magic - tells him it's not gonna work. But!! Baz knows his feelings! He knows he loves Penelope and that she's his family, and he doesn't have a single doubt that the spell might not work. And in both cases he's doing so in front of an audience. He doesn't care. He's spent so long hiding his feelings and dwelling on them, and now when he gets a chance to be open about them, to say, yes I'm hopelessly in love with Simon, yes this girl I've been friends with for like a year and a half is my family, he runs with it and shouts it for the whole world to hear.

He's also the only character so far (unless I'm mistaken) that relies on this kind of spells. At his core, Baz is so raw and honest and full of love, he literally draws from it to perform his magic and protect the people around him. I just. I really really love that of him.

Inktober Day 17: ORNAMENT

“I may as well stand by Simon, shouldn’t I? If that’s where he wants me? If that’s where everyone expects me to be?” -Agatha, Carry On by @rainbowrowell