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rwbyazre · 1 year

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Do you have designs of Team AZRE's families?

That I do! We'll start with Adam first of course:

Since Cerise is the wilted rose to Adam's Beast, I wanted to keep a lot of Adam's own design in hers. Obviously, her pink is a softer version of Adam's true red, with the green shirt underneath being a nice complimentary colour that matches her green eyes.

I wanted to design her to have a very motherly and civilian look, so she's pretty much wrapped up with the loose "anime mom" hairstyle. Her hair is also the more pinkish-red than true red, which Adam still has, but her eyes are green rather than blue so that Adam didn't just inherit everything from her.

I also gave her cow ears, I just think they look cute! The tag on her right with the SDC is common practice in Mantle's mines, but not anywhere else in Remnant. Not every Faunus has them, and they were far more common when Cerise was a younger girl, but Faunus trapped working for the SDC are often given tags so that they can easily be tracked.

Fun fact, Alon was originally called Chairo, Japanese for Brown, before I decided to go more for a Filipino inspiration to offset how I constantly go to Japanese for characters. I also made it that the parents are mostly opposites in their colour schemes, I just think it makes them look better together while still having something in common.

Alon is the Sarangay in Phillipine mythology, so I obviously went with a water/blue design to offset with Cerise' pink theme. The blue and white together also serve the water/water foam thing while the white helps to offset parts of his limps, such as his arms and feet, from the darker blues. His bull background is shown more with the bull shaped buttons on his jacket, and with the one earring to tie him to the Sarangay specifically.

His hair texture and horns are what Adam inherited, but also the eye shape and blue eyes. Really, Adam took Cerise' colours and emblem, but he really does look a lot like his father, just lighter skinned.

For a look into how his first draft looked like, here's an edit of him from about three years ago:

Oof.

Now Ghira is still Bagheera, but I did change some of his design to better fit both his allusion and where he lives.

I never liked his canon outfit, especially with the fur, so I got rid of that and gave him more Indian-inspired clothing. He still has the same colouring, which is what Blake also uses, and you can really see that Blake takes after Ghira a lot compared to Hajimu. He uses the flower pattern on his shirt that Hajimu uses on her bolero, just so his black shirt looks a bit more interesting than just a standard shirt.

The shawl over his shoulder also helped to add more of his purple, since his colour comes from his surname; Belladonna. He has the yellow decoration as a complimentary colour for his purple, and to match his yellow eyes. I also gave him ears to go with his claws, just because of how Faunus genetics work with Blake having ears too.

Also, the arm sling is something he wears constantly after he was shot by humans while still in the White Fang. Some of the scars from that wound is visible under the wide collar.

Hajimu very much takes after Kali’s canon design, just with a few colour changes. As her name means blue-black in Japanese, the gold was swapped out for blue to match her eyes, along with the purple sash to tie her to her husband. Ghira has a blue wrist sash, but it’s on the arm that’s covered by his shawl.

Her hair was also changed from black to silverish grey to mimic a wolf’s fur, same with her giant ears being specifically wolf ears. Since she’s Raksha in the White Fang and the okami-okuri for her personal allusion, she takes a lot of wolf imagery.

Her eyes are now blue instead of gold, as well. Really, I just wanted to make sure both Ghira and Hajimu didn’t look the same, and that while Blake clearly takes after Ghira, she still has some of Hajimu’s features.

Xanthe is obviously where Argenta and Zanthus get their Greek inspiration and allusions from, so he really was designed with Zanthus in mind, barring differences of course. He’s noticeably lighter skinned and has green eyes rather than the slit pupils, but Zanthus does use his colouring more with the golds and reds. He’s also the Lion faunus like his kids, rather than the wild cat Faunus that Sable is.

His scars are from the Faunus Rights Revolution that he fought in, and he is missing his left hand, which he covers with his cape. His cape isn’t what inspired Zanthus’ though, as he uses the more typical back cape like Qrow and Ruby.

Fun fact; her original colouring was blue because I thought it was purple, and now I know.

Also, she went through a pretty different clothes design than her original outfit, which is what’s described in her debut chapter. I designed her right at the beginning of AZRE, when my designing skills weren’t that great, so I redid her while doing these full bodies for the AZRE cast.

Now her colour scheme reflects her actual name; Sigal, which means violet rather than Sable, the name forced on her. The purple is used with a very pale cream, almost white, and I went with Jordan inspired clothing because Jordan is where the Midians were thought to originate from with some research, and because she was always meant to be MENA like Zanthus and Argenta.

You can obviously see where Zanthus gets his skin tone, eyes, but also his hair is meant to mimic Sable’s hairtype; a more fluffier version to Xanthe’s. Her emblem is also now visible, and honestly I just like the colouring of this outfit far more.

For comparision, her OG outfit:

Cringe.

Similar to Sable, Argenta actually had gone through a rehaul of her design, but I did keep the colouring the same. Really, I wanted to personalise it more than the OG showed, and really feed into the heart of stone aspect that I wanted for Argenta’s design. She also has visible scars now because i like characters with scars, and I changed the bandana colour from light blue to orange for Qiu and for a pop of something contrasting.

She also one of the few Faunus with animal ears to actually style her hair to show that she doesn’t have human ears. A lot of other Faunus actually style their hair to hide away this trait.

This was her original outfit. Not something I hate, but very plain and lacking compared to what she wears now.

Qiu is the last of Zanthus’ family outside of his own kids in the sequel, but he’s the adoptive son of Argenta and so is Zanthus’ nephew, and that plotpoint is actually a part of Argenta’s story and character growth. I wanted to do a red panda Faunus as well, so he was perfect for using that in his design.

Obviously with the tail and ears, but the black stripes on his face are actually another traits of his. Since his name means Autumn, I obviously went with that theme in his look and his colour scheme, which implements some of Argenta in due to how close they are. He’s honestly one of my favourite designs despite being pretty straightforward, and it’s just so cute.

Since Hisui is the Kashima God to Ruri’s Namazu, I wanted to keep the water theme with him, hence the wave patterns on his sleeves and kimono. He’s also where Ruri gets the catfish heritage from, though Hisui differs slightly in that his ears aren’t completely fins, which helped him avoid the whole becoming deaf part that his daughter struggles with.

He has the scales still, and the gills are hidden away by his beard. I also styled his mustache to looks like the catfish whiskers. Besides that, he takes a very fuedal Japan daiymo look to his outfit since he is very rich, but still keeps the waves to tie back to his humble fisherman roots.

The Kashima family really hasn’t differed from the OG drafts I had when I first created them. Everything is really the same except the added checkered Obi, and the sakura patterns on her kimono. Since she’s themed around the pearl, I used more pinks/purples/whites in her design to reflect the typical colours of the pearl.

As she’s the Maneki-Neko, she’s a calico cat and is based around money, having a more rich style clothing to match her background. The hair decorations are very common for wealthy women in Northern Mistral, but none are as extravagent as the Empress who started the whole trend.

It’s very pretty, but a pain to draw all those little details.

Seigyoku is very much the same design as she started with, save for the addition of a few details. She has added thigh belts for her fans, her belt now has sakura patterns on them, and her emblem is now on her chest. It’s a latern to allude to the laterns that Bakenekos are attracted to in Japanese mythology.

And since her allusion is the Bakeneko, she inherited the cat traits from Shinju to follow with this choice. She obviously looks very similar to Shinju, compared to Ruri taking after Hisui, but neither of them have lilac/green hair. In universe reason? They got it from their grandmother. Out of universe reason? I designed the parents after and the blue hair clashed with their set colour palletes.

Now, Eirian has legit the biggest family out of her team, and I believe the whole cast, so her section is obviously gonna be longer.

Very much Eirian Snr. I could’ve added more of Clementine to Eirian’s design to counter just how similar she is to Icheku, but I ended up not doing that since I wanted to reflect how close Eirian and Icheku are compared to the absence Clementine has both in life and death in Eirian’s life.

But I did give Icheku a contrasting colour pallete and obviously visible Faunus traits. He uses white, browns and oranges against Eirian’s whites, blacks and blues. But he obviously wears more Zulu style clothing, and the silver bracelets that Eirian does. His necklace is also there from when he turned eighteen, but the necklaces are unique in that they reflect the colours of the wearer.

Specifically, their eye colour and the complimentary colour; which is why Icheku’s are purple and yellow while Eirian’s are red and green, they both have different eye colours. You also can’t see on this, but Icheku actually has rectangle pupils rather than the typical round.

No one make fun of how similar Clementine looks to Yang. My friends do that enough.

There wasn’t much in the notes for designing Clementine. Really all there was down were “GingerTM” and “CelticTM”, and that was what I went off on. She has Scottish and Irish influences, and her mother/sisters are more Irish, but I have her father as the Scottish one where she got her last name from. And since she has orange hair, I could use that orange as an accent and a connection to Icheku.

The rest is just different shades of blue, and white for the ivory parts in her corset. The silver bracelet is obviously Icheku’s, since marriage involves giving a part of yourself to your spouse, and vice versa. It’s why Eirian wears a yellow hair tie and Yang wears one of her bracelets. Her emblem is also the Triquetra, which is the Celtic symbol that has connections to spirituality and family.

And she has face scars because I like them.

Another fun factTM: I can’t spell Muerinn’s name properly. Her name is actually MUIREANN but my dyslexic ass misread it as Muerinn. She’s one of Clementine’s younger sisters that she left in Atlas when she went to Haven Academy.

But anyway, her allusion is Anne Bonney because I wanted a pirate character for the pirate colony south of Vacuo. With both her names connecting to the sea and dark, her colour scheme is very oceanic, with the different shades of blue, white and silver. The orange is meant to be like a complimentary colour to her blue, and to connect her to Clementine, so it’s the colour of her sash and one of the pendants she wears.

Another of my favourite designs, I should draw her without the jacket sometime.

Aisling is Muireann’s twin, so she’s Eirian’s maternal aunt. She also shares the Celtic inspiration that the rest of Clementine’s side of the family does, with the wide shaped sleeves, skirt and corset, and cape, but I added some eye imagry to tie into her allusion of Babd; who is connected to foretelling of battles and deaths.

Which is also why she has Clementine’s Triquetra as part of her emblem, and also wears orange in connection to her deceased sister, like Muireann. She’s also blind, which is why her red eyes are milky in colour compared to Muireann/Clementine/Eirian.

Last of Clementine’s shown family is Roisinn, her mother and Eirian’s maternal grandmother. She’s very much designed after the old women I see constantly in my real life, and her long skirt was great for adding the extra detail; including the roses where she got her name, her tree of life emblem, and the broken Triquetra to symbolise her broken relationship with Clementine.

She originally had black hair which the twins get, but her eyes are pink rather than red, as they all get their red eyes from their deceased father.

You can’t see under her sweater much, but she also wears a back brace, since she has a bad back from her work in the SDC mines.

Safou is the only living relative on Icheku’s side, and has actually been alluded to in the story, but she’s very much separated from her son and granddaughter.

While her last name was taken by Eirian, I designed her to have the more Zulu inspired clothing like Icheku, but she has the ewe ears compared to horns that Icheku got from his father. Her ears are actually inherited by Eirian, but they’re recessive so she doesn’t show them.

The giant scar on her right arm came from a Dust explosion, as she originally was from Vacuo but was taken to Menagerie to work in the mines set up there by Atlas. She remained in Menagerie after it’s reclaimation.

Jacob is Muireann’s lover and can be seen as Eirian’s uncle, with the two having adopted Sage, but yeah his allusion is Mary Read and they’re another pirate like Muireann. Nothing much to say about his design since I never really had a set look for him before, but I do remember really wanting him to wear the thigh high boots so there we go.

His name was originally Bluebelle before he fell in with the pirates, so that’s also why he has blue, plus it connects him to Muireann.

Finally, Sage rounds it off for the families.

He’s been repurposed from canon RWBY, since he’s now in the pirate crew ran by Muireann, so his design is slightly different. I shortened his giant white coat and added a few decorations, and I might redesign him again in the future since I’m not 100% on this look, but it’ll do for now.

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nonesuchrecords · 2 years

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Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson has released a video of her performing her song "Night Shift" live with a newly formed sextet of master improvisers—Patricia Brennan on vibraphone, Nick Dunston on bass, Tomas Fujiwara on drums, Jacob Garchik on trombone, and Adam O’Farrill on trumpet—at Roulette in Brooklyn in September 2021. The performance took place just three days before the musicians recorded the piece for Amaryllis, one of Halvorson’s two Nonesuch debut albums, along with Belladonna, released this past May.

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dustedmagazine · 2 years

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Mary Halvorson – Amaryllis / Belladonna (Nonesuch)

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Mary Halvorson is usually doing something novel. In this case, it's not just that she's releasing a pair of albums that simultaneously stand alone and sit in conversation with each other. It's also that she now writes for string quartet (plus guitar, of course). Amaryllis and Belladonna, the two new albums, mark the next step in her ever-expanding interests. Her idiosyncratic guitar remains unmistakeable, but she doesn't rely on old habits. Even if some of her regular tricks crop up, the new context helps shape an innovative approach, leading to two records that move outside her regular sound without making a complete break.

You can take the albums in whichever order you like. Amaryllis always shows up first in listings, and it utilizes a more standard jazz lineup, at least for half of its run. It probably makes a better starting point. Listening to Belladonna, though, will aid in understanding its partner, so the real key – as probably all concerned would prefer – is to move back and forth between the two, appreciating them on their own while listening to see how each informs the other.

Amaryllis features a jazz sextet for its first three tracks. Regular accomplice Tomas Fujiwara shows up for percussion (pretty much anything with both Fujiwara and Halvorson is gold), but Patricia Brennan takes up vibraphone duties. Brennan released her own solo debut just last year, but her ties to some of these artists, including trombonist Jacob Garchik, go back at least to Michael Formanek's Kolossus Ensemble from a few years back. The group, which also features Nick Dunston on bass and Adam O'Farrill on trumpet, might not have had a ton of time together, but they're familiar enough to be comfortable, and uncomfortable enough to find new ground.

The first three tracks essentially reach that point. Halvorson doesn't stand out in the group, and the music is more accessible that some of her work, but it fits the sound of a new music-sort of jazz group. It's energetic and impressive, as you'd expected from a Halvorson release, but it hasn't escaped the wheelhouse. When the Mivos Quartet shows up for the second half of the album, it becomes something distinct. The strings provide new contours for the jazz players, who respond with verve. “Hoodwink,” for example, exchanges patterns within a cinematic setting, each musician pushing forward while the strings corral them into a steadiness. Halvorson's approach to jazz remains recognizable while sounding foreign.

Belladonna increases the shift by including only the Mivos Quartet and Halvorson on guitar. With horns and, in particular, percussion gone, Halvorson drifts a little more; she's never sounded so dreamy. Even so, she remains focused, guided more by linear progression than looping interpretation. “Moonburn” provides one of the most compelling moments by setting her weird guitar tone within a soft string cushion. Other numbers, such as the title track, pull the quartet into attack mode. Somehow the disc ends up being both luxurious and dangerous.

Listening to that album changes the experience of Amaryllis, which now sounds like both a realized vision and a piece of foreshadowing. There's likely no dramatic larger narrative – Halvorson started on violin before switching to guitar as a kid. She wrote the arrangements because she had time during the pandemic – and at this point the pair of albums might be a final destination on this point or they might be a starting point. Either way, the interaction between the two of them delivers enough movement in itself.

Justin Cober-Lake

#dusted magazine #album review #justin cober-lake #mary halvorson #amaryllis #belladonna #nonesuch #jazz #guitar music #mivos quartet

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sinceileftyoublog · 4 months

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Mary Halvorson Album Review: Cloudward

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BY JORDAN MAINZER

Jazz guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson doesn't demand attention--as a listener, you give it to her anyway. Her latest album Cloudward features eight new compositions from the Amaryllis sextet, the same group featured on her excellent dual 2022 releases Amaryllis and Belladonna. Largely written in 2022 and inspired by post-pandemic optimism, the album title refers to flying on planes, an aspect of pre-pandemic life that returned despite our world never again being the same. Indeed, you could say the songs recall various stages of flight, from ascent and descent to coasting and turbulence, but in a broader sense, they simply show off Halvorson's incredible ability to foster something organic.

For much of Cloudward, Halvorson retreats into the background. Opener "The Gate" features Patricia Brennan's vibraphones in unison with the horn section, Nick Dunston's bass and Tomas Fujiwara's drums sneaking behind. Halvorson's trademark wiry playing peeps out from underground but doesn't assert itself to distract from Fujiwara's immaculate tempo changes or Jacob Garchik's trombone. Similarly, when Halvorson enters on "Collapsing Mouth", it's minimal and subtle, making room for Brennan panning around the horn section, and the rhythm section. Halvorson simply creeps on "Unscrolling", a song whose title I like to think pays tribute to the plane as the last place many of us can't or don't want to access the Internet. Its gongs and rippling cymbals contrast both the gorgeous brass harmonies and Dunston's moaning bowed bass, an exercise in deep listening if there ever was one. And then there's the Laurie Anderson-featuring "Incarnadine", a song that plays with your perception to the point you want to go even further down its rabbit hole. Atonal strings sound like they're being sucked out of the air and spit into another dimension; you're not sure whether the horn-like sounds are from effects or the featured players themselves, the entire track an alluring mystery.

Even on the tracks where Halvorson places her guitar front and center, she creates an atmosphere for all of the instruments to play off of each other. "The Tower" starts with prickly, echoing picking that turns chaotic and spidery--similar to Dunston's bass on "Unscrolling"--and eventually slows down to let vibes through the door along with Fujiwara's washy brushwork and the horn section. As the song builds, it sounds like the instruments are ricocheting off of each other. When it slows, it's delightfully woozy and harmonic. By the end, you realize Halvorson's beginning, alternating between abstraction and tactility, had set the stage for the rest of the song. On "Desiderata", the space between her guitar rhythms and Fujiwara's drums creates a funky sway, Brennan's vibes the first lead instrument. Halvorson crawls along horn lines before unleashing a crunchy, effects-laden solo, her one time to shred. On closer "Ultramarine", her playing emulates Dunston's upright bass solo to the point where it creates a pseudo blues vamp. Later, her bends emphasize the woozy quality of the horns, making space for Adam O'Farrill's trumpet solo. The song exemplifies the ultimate paradox of Cloudward in general: As players enter, the songs feel no less spacious, and no less empty as players leave. Halvorson creates a sort of static motion, like you're suspended in air while tunneling through space and time, on a plane in the sky.

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#mary halvorson #album review #nonesuch #patricia brennan #tomas fujiwara #jacob garchik #adam o'farrill #cloudward #nonesuch records #amaryllis #belladonna #nick dunston #laurie anderson

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fated-normal-767 · 9 months

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oh my fucking god. I just discovered something about a name I gave an oc that now makes EVEN MORE SENSE. So I need to pretend I thought of this and didn’t just realise it.

#basils favourite sort of flower is deadly nightshade/belladonna #and Amaryllis (yuki’s chosen surname)#is also a type of belladonna #I didn’t even do this on purpose #but it’s so perfect #my posts dont forget this tag bro.#theproject.

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traccedijazz · 1 year

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Girovagando: Craig Taborn trio e Mary Halvorson double concert

Ogni tanto, vincendo la pigrizia e grazie alla bontà delle proposte, anche il vostro cronista si mette in movimento per seguire quanto di meglio offre la piazza. E’ il caso del concerto del 2 marzo al Blue Note del trio di Craig Taborn, basato su una formazione abbastanza inusuale che vede oltre al leader al pianoforte e tastiere elettriche, la violoncellista Tomeka Reid ed il batterista nonché…

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#Amaryllis #Belladonna #Ches SMith #Craig Taborn #Mary Halvorson #Tomeka Reid

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addblue13-blog · 1 year

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#Amaryllis #Belladonna #NakedLady #OlympusCamera https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnr_bj8v5pK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#amaryllis #belladonna #nakedlady #olympuscamera

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thebotanicalarcade · 1 year

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n446_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Beautiful flowers and how to grow them Edinburgh,T.C. & E.C. Jack, ltd.,1922. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21984653

#Floriculture #flowers #University of California Libraries #bhl:page=21984653 #dc:identifier=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21984653 #flickr #amaryllis belladonna #Jersey lily #belladonna-lily #naked-lady-lily #March lily #botanical illustration #floral #flower

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bunimalsfiberdolls · 2 years

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Viktor and the Naked Ladies

#BJD #Viktor Frankenstein #RingDoll LE Frankenstein #Amaryllis Belladonna #Always Legit

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heartfullofleeches · 2 months

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Omg I just want Spider Queen Yan to see Darling talking to like a maid or servant and just descend from the ceiling and snatch us up

Can I be 🪻anon pretty please

Yan Spider Queen + Royal Darling

"Your belladonnas are in full bloom, your highness."

What perfect timing. Since your marriage to the formerly disgraced queen, you haven't had any time to tend to your garden yourself. Once upon a time, it had been a safe haven from all your troubles. The expectations thrust upon you by loved ones, the mockery of those in your kingdom who knew you'd never live up to kings and queens of past lives had not weight on you within those four walls. As your bond with her grew, it wasn't long before that same security could be found in your bride's arms.

The duty of caring for your garden was placed into the hands of your most trusted staff as you spent all your hours with her. Though there should be no secret between you, you were rather embarrassed of the state of your garden and had faith your servants would care for your dear plants till you had the heart to weed out the imperfections.

The maid offers the flowers to you in a clear, glass vase - a pair of gloves rested next to the piece on its tray. Amaryllis belladonna, a gorgeous specimen, yet its toxins can be absorbed by touch alone. Your family forbid such dangerous flowers in the past, but there was no one left to stop you now.

Creak-

"...Did you hear that?"

Equipping your gloves, a small groan rasps from the walls of your castle. Could possibly be the floor setting - but even that didn’t seem to be the cause. You look to your left, then your right - returning your gaze to the equally as puzzled maid who politely shakes her head.

"I didn't hear a thing."

"Hm.... Ah, well-" Adjusting your gloves, you pluck a single lily from the vase - bending foward to catch it as it slides from your fingertips. The vibrant pink is a stark contrast to the blacks of your gloves. If only you could witness their beauty in its truest form. In a way, this flower reminded you a lot of her. Your wife couldn't be touched most circumstances, but with the right tools-

Wait a second-

Have you....always been this much taller than this maid? She was on the shorter side than other's amongst your staff, but now it appeared that though you're an entire head taller - and growing. It's at this same moment the weightlessness beneath your feet becomes apparent. The ends of your shoes scrape the floorboards briefly before you're suddenly pulled back through the air like a puppet on its strings. The maid's eyes bulge in horror as numerous, shadowy limbs descend from the high ceiling - sharp claws snipping the strings tied to the back of your clothing as you fall into your beloved arms.

"Oh... It's you. For a moment there I thought I had gone through a rather late growth spurt."

As happy as you are to see her, the pleasantries don't seem to be as mutual for your wife. Posion oozes from her fangs, all eyes turned on the little pest who dared step towards what was her without her permission. A frightened yelp sounds from the girl as the carpet at her feet sizzles from the downpour of venom dripping from your wife's jaws. She looked about ready to rip the poor thing limb from limb. That won't do-

"And....perfect!"

Strains of stray hair fall into the queen's face as you tuck the lily behind her ear. Considering she is no longer human, you doubt it'd have any effects on her. The softness in her two sideview eyes settles to over remainder of her once sharp, vicious gaze.

"My Belladonna.... You have to do better about this temper of yours...."

Belladonna...? That is not her name. She hasn't had one in....centuries. A tear stains her cheek, brushed away by your gentle touch.

"I'm sorry, it's just now that I've realized I have nothing to call you by. Is that okay - or would you prefer... Amaryllis?"

"Either....Either is alright as long as it's from you."

Hurried footsteps trail away from the scene as your overprotective wife embraces you - making sure to rid the posion from her lips as she kiss you as if it were her last.

#🪻 devil #yandere oc #yandere imagines #yandere x you #yandere headcanons #yandere x reader #yandere scenarios #yandere insert #yandere #yandere blurb #yandere teratophilia #female yandere #yandere drabble #Yandere queen

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