i need to do like low effort doodles to organize my thoughts on the Things
like how do i eloquently elaborate that the "God" and watchers from Drakenier would absolutely send a plague or disease that turns people into stone and then inadvertently have said humans discover and use the energy from the human soul "ergo" to advance the speed of their own destruction.
What I like about both said games and stories of that world is that its a story about pain, misery, hope, secrets and lies are all such human things. I often think about the protagonists in Yoko Taro's works and how you don't necessarily have to be good or bad you just have to think you're right. I feel so excited thinking upon these scenarios that can be applied to P and his own dilemma on being "good" and the choices the player can make telling lies or the truth in any given scenario, I feel like what makes this really effective in the setting of Krat is that all of the cast and characters have a secret, withheld information is kept away from the player to be discovered. An end to justify the means. Meanwhile the whole world seems to be falling apart.
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"you and me, for old times sake?"
(F!Darlin' OC)
The lovely @zozo-01 and I have been scheming away in our DMs to bring you the lovers to enemies masquerade slow dance of your dreams! and by dreams, I maybe mean nightmares?
We're all very excited for whatever the Monarchal Summit is, so until it's actually here it's time to fantasize about the Quinn + Darlin' slow dance at a masquerade ball - because there's nothing quite as intense for a plot than a slow dance with your enemy.
No-masks version and maybe some rambles under the cut!
Not gonna lie to y'all, pretty much the only reason there's a no-masks version is that my Darlin's defining feature is definitely the scar over the bridge of their nose, and their mask covers it up.
Some rambles, because I can:
I originally thought about putting Darlin' in blue -- I normally associate Darlin with red as a character, but I associate the Shaw pack with blues, mostly navy and steel blue. Our lovely Zo proposed purple as the perfect compromise.
Y'all know I'm a slut for symbolism, and this art is no exception. Let's talk about the feature point of a masquerade: the masks.
Darlin wears a relatively simple but elegant mask that, when combined with their bangs, covers a decent portion of their face, including the aforementioned scar. It's not easy to tell from the angle, but the mask is wider than most and travels further down the nose than most. Despite covering more of the face, this mask displays what Darlin' is - a wolf shifter, in a room full of vampires. While Darlin' might hide behind being the Big Bad Wolf, my Darlin', in particular, considers their wolf to be a deep, intrinsic part of themselves, more so than any other trait they can be assigned. They're all wolf, all the way down, and being a wolf is when they feel truly free to be themselves. Here, with so much bare skin and scars bared, out of their comfort zone, Darlin' finds comfort in knowing who and what they are.
Quinn, on the other hand, is wearing thornless gold roses. Gold roses mean, technically, true friendship and joy. Things Quinn might have been to Darlin', at one point, but for the most part things that can be ascribed to his manipulation of others. He's dressed opulently, he draws attention. And he might look pretty, but he definitely isn't thornless, and he certainly doesn't bring true friendship and joy to anyone other than himself. Perfectly put together, Quinn here is the picture of an antagonist obsessed with himself. He hides in the image he wants others to see, not noticing the irony in what he's showing to those who already know who he really is. He's overconfident, enough to ask Darlin' to dance at a Solaire event, and everyone knows overconfidence breeds mistakes.
Anyway if you got this far, thanks for reading! You know there was almost an expertly positioned moon in this drawing. I took it out though, because it didn't fit the setting, but it looked cool for a hot sec while it was there. Just a fun fact for reading this far. Also, they're totally dancing to Danse Macabre, William would absolutely have it played, it's French and he seems like the type to find it amusing.
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