Been ages since I did a fully rendered Castlevania piece, since the Lillies to Tepes piece is one of my favorite works, I knew I should do a stand alone piece of Lisa! This one was alot of fun in finding a good concept, one that would capture her grace and beauty, one of the many qualities that Dracula loved! The woman that made the King of Vampires recognize his humanity, a love eternal.
Recognize the BG too? A call back to the starry night painting in Alucard's bedroom, and the swirling colors of the infinite corridor!
Hope ya like and stay tuned, cuz she will be available as a print and sticker!
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Let me talk about Women in Refrigerators
You know what? This is a thing that is kinda annoying me in the Castlevania fandom. How everyone is screaming about Women in Refrigerators, while folks so clearly do not understand what the trope actually is about and why it is a bad trope.
Like, there is not a single death of a named woman in Castlevania, that not at least someone has called "fridged". Alright, maybe Drolta. But other than that... yeah, folks definitely have called Lenore and Carmilla fridged. And... No, people, you misunderstand the trope.
The name of the trope was coined based on Green Lantern vol. 3 #54 (from the 90s), in which Green Lantern finds his death girlfriend stuffed in a refrigerator - mostly for shock value in the reader. Mind you, this was the 90s, when superhero comics were really, really edgy and stuff. And in fact the kind of story happened a lot of times during this time. Female characters being killed, raped and tortured for pure shock value, with the story not featuring any idea of what this did to the female character, but rather focusing on what this does to the male characters. (And mind you: Yes, a woman can be considered fridged and still survive the ordeal. A lot of folks do consider Barbara in The Killing Joke fridged as well.)
So, what does "Fridging" in terms of the trope mean? Basically it means that a female character suffers a horrible fate just so that another (most probably male) character can be motivated to do something and react to this thing happening, setting in motion a character arc for the surviving character - or even setting into motion the plot.
In many examples it should also be noticed that at times the female characters mostly just exist to meet their horrible end. Supernatural as a show is really bad in this regard. Like, within the first episode of the show THREE FUCKING WOMEN get fridged, just so that the brothers can travel together and start the plot.
So, let's move back to Castlevania.
Lisa is fridged. There is no way around it. Yes, it does not feel like it, because they still managed to make her a character of sorts, but yeah, she definitely is fridged. She dies a horrible death and that death is what motivates the plot, as well as what motivates both Alucard and Dracula. That is very classical fridging no way around it.
Carmilla and Lenore, though? Yeah, they are not fridged. They are characters who just die. Their death is not used to motivate another character. Their death is also not random, like most fridging deaths. Especially Carmilla is basically asking for her death, of course. She is a villain and gets the same death as all other villains. And while it is a bit different with Lenore, she definitely is not fridged either, giving that she literally dies in the last episode with no plot or development happening because of her death.
In Nocturne it gets a bit more complicated. Is Julia fridged? In a way, I would argue, she is, mostly on the value that she exists as a character to die and for her death to be the basis for Richter's character arc, giving him the trauma he needs to overcome.
Esther meanwhile does not feel fridged to me. Because Annette's trauma is not deeply linked to her death, rather than the entire slavery experience in general.
Tera? Well, for Tera it is too early to tell. I still assume that her change into a vampire is going to be used to have the characters realize, that vampires are not inherently evil, and to give us a view into what vampire society looks like. At least that is what I assume.
By the way: The fridging of female characters is my big issue with the PS2 Castlevania games. Like, in Lament of Innocence both Sara and Elisabetha are getting fridged to motivate Leon and Mathias. And the same is true for Rosalie in Curse of Darkness, who as a character only exists to motivate Hector. I mean, she is so replacable as a character, that Hector fucking replaces her by the end of the game.
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Technically part 5 of Kissartfebruary challenge by @violettenouvel , this time not with OCS, but with my fav Couples from Castlevania! Had fun with these so hope ya like
First is Day 9 is complete, this time it is a rough sketch of Trevor and Sypha, the best couple only second to Dracula and Lisa. After an argument, Sypha is the playful kiss and make up type, whilst the stubborn Belmont is quick to "Deny" it despite him actually needing one.
Second is my fav, and boy did I have fun with Day 13. Knew I had to do another Castlevania sketch and who better than the best couple Dracula and Lisa. Wholesome but laced with angst as the theme is "Farewell". Imagine it...this was the last goodbye between husband and wife before he experiences the world and travels as asked from the one he loves. What a cruel world it is to take away the only thing tethering a broken man to reality and the last thread of his humanity burnt away to ashes.
Last but not least is yet another Castlevania fix! A Belnades and Belmont sketch once more being adorable! A quick peck on the "Shoulder" on Sypha's badass scar from Trevor! Hope ya like and stay tuned!!
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Kissartfebruary challenge by @violettenouvel
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Don't mind Belladonna just coming up to Lisa, tilting her head.
Two glowing Ruby eyes are watching from a distance, narrowed.
"Good to see you Belladonna," Lisa said. She stuck a finger in her book, closing it and looking at the demon, "Are you in need of something?"
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Acc no the lack of content is worrying. anyway-
Cho while travelling to dracula acc wasnt just mist flying around because she insisted to bring her makeup. all of it. and she was a goddamn geisha k this woman knows her stuff and shes gonna show off
Raman also travelled slow as hell. She came with a whole ass carriage. Reason? She didnt know Lisa was dead, so she brought a bunch of oils and paints for the pair thinking she was gonna squirm her way closer. damn was she dispapointed. at least she smelled like heaven the entire war.
Sharma literally begged Raman to tag along. only guy aware he needs company just sucks at keeping it. hc that he has the most dead lovers. he also bought a bunch of spices since raman literally filled her cart and on top of that he had the brilliant idea of trying to carry some bees as well since he hasnt stepped outside long enough to think his bees would like wallachias flowers. it took 3 hrs of raman yelling to clear things up.
zufalls second name is headache this dude barely made it on time since out of all of them he just. refuses to sleep.they dont know why and he explains it with saying hes busy.no on knows with what. almost experienced epileptic shock trying alcohol after half a century cuz he literally just forgot abt it. thought dracula called him for taxes or someth
dragoslav is the oldest.u cant change my mind vampires literally come from his area.and by area i mean the balkans that guy is a serb who was late, and altho vlad would have punished him otherwise he just didnt have the energy. his idea for the war was that vlad find someone else and chill tf out
carmilla is the youngest after sharma and discovering this skyrocketed her ego to dangerous heights. she hates feeling like a child. also tried to setup vlad with someone new. her and dragoslav bond over hate 4 the ottomans. carmilla thinks theyre silly and annoying and dragoslav thinks theyre a plague the drunk convo lasts 4 nights minimum.
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