piece i did for the Sun and Moon zine @/zinedenuit (twt/ig)

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D and Rogier are so perfect for each other and their breakup is such a delicious, bittersweet little fuck up. I love the "we were so close to something so wonderful but couldn't quite make it" energy, the lil tragic cherry on the shit sundae of both their lives.

Neither has likely ever been given the kind of love they ought to have had growing up. D was reviled by all societies, a pariah, completely shunned and without any positive relationships outside his twin until the GO took them in. Rogier's set tells us of his detachment that's been with him his whole life, indicating a lifetime of hurt, something possibly even rooted in his family life. He's not a happy person, but someone good at pretending he isn't utterly miserable and angry inside.

D is reserved and stoic, steady and diligent, but also outwardly caring and patient. He gives sympathy and grief to the dead, and tries to protect the player, and goes to his end shielding Devin from harm. This attentiveness and straightforward kindness, without overtures or grandstanding or strings attached, would be foreign to detached Rogier. It'd give him a taste of something he may have been missing out on his entire life.

Rogier on the other hand, is a bit impulsive and determined, thoughtful and empathetic, kind to the maligned and despised. When something holds his passions, he pours everything into it with such a singular focus that it's impossible to ignore or deny it. D being on the receiving end of that focus would be life-changing for him. Being given kindness by someone not expressly ordained to it by the GO, just a random traveller seeing him for what he is and still saying 'you deserve kindness and friendship' could be such a powerful thing.

Love isn't the cure for all of their problems, deep-seated issues laid in the foundations of their beings from a young age. But it certainly can be a helpful thing to lean on in difficult moments. They could have done a lot to help each other.

And instead they were caught in a conflict that speaks to both of them in such personal ways. D can't recant the belief that the GO is the only true judge of what in this world is accursed and not, because it comes too near to having to face he may not be worthy of life after all. Rogier can't continue to see the dead as vermin because now he knows what they are beneath their violence - something miserable and in need of compassion, no different than himself.

So they break, and there is no happily ever after.

Holy sheet this artist on Twitter's work is amazing 👏

elden_things doesn't have a tumblr as far as I know, so I'd recommend giving them a follow on their Twitter (by tapping the 'view on twitter' link under the photo) cause they post a lot of really great Rogier + D related art

*they allow reposts with credit

think not of the future

Valentine's Day art for a friend :}}}

the men are holding each other in a way that isn't in the golden order principia touching grass

We found ourselves journeying together for a time, bound by our exploration of Death. But our paths since diverged. Never again to cross.

don’t try to draw D’s armor biggest mistake of my life 

a d and rogier for mid-autumn festival. hope you got to look at the moon and eat some mooncakes :3

finding out ur travelling companion snores

Come wander with me

(ID: Fanart of Elden Ring showing Sorcerer Rogier offering a hand to D Hunter of the Dead. Green grass grows from the ground. There is the Erdtree and a forest in the background. End ID)

As the sad-eyed woman spoke we missed our chance The final dying joke caught in our hands

oops! d/rogier brainworms

This artist is so good 😍

when ur romantic competition is a giant glowing plant