“I guess that makes sense.” Nicholas grinned when he looked over at the other pair again. Then he shrugged, “I wouldn’t know. I’ve never liked anyone. Seems like a waste of time to me.”
Ellie glanced back at him, “A waste of time?”
Not that Ellie had anyone she was crushing on, but it wasn’t due to it being a waste of time, she didn’t think at least. It was just… it wasn’t as if Arkhelios had a lot of options.
“Yeah,” Nicholas rubbed his neck awkwardly, “I mean, it’s not like either of our parents are shining examples of relationship goals, right? What’s the point if it always ends up like that.”
Ellie watched her friend frown. Having a parent magically show back up after a decade would be rather confusing, she supposed. If anything she spent half her time wishing her own mother would leave. Now she wondered if Nicholas did the same in his free time. She knew he’d never been too close with his mother, but she’d never heard him particularly complain either. In any case, Nicholas now looked entirely uncomfortable.
Day 25 and 26 of Sharktember: Sun and Moon sharks.
Real talk, these were some of the first sharks I painted after catching COVID and I was so out of it I accidentally forgot which character was which while painting. It definitely gives them a different feel than I was originally planning when 25 was the moon/26 was the sun and I'm not mad at it.
I am however glad to be on the mend enough to NOT make these mistakes going forward but that's neither here nor there.
I’m getting on board with this hawkash shit but. I have some very big differences in how I think they’d function.
Like, I think ashfur would be more so in control of things than hawkfrost, I feel like he’s more of a control freak. The moment he loses control with squirrel he decides “well now your family has to die, sorry fam” I don’t think it’d be different with hawkfrost. Hawkfrost himself I think is presenting himself as an independent individual, but he’s not, he relies largely on Tigerstars influence, while he’s still a manipulative little bastard I think he needs someone to inspire him most of the time. Also - I think I need to note that ashfur manipulated shadowsight extremely early on and also StarClan??? I don’t think that’s a thing he just picked up after he died, I think consistently he’s been a manipulator and good at mind games, I think he’d be able to get into Hawkfrost’s head.
Also just don’t think they’d be great together, ashfurs behaviors wouldn’t go away just because of hawkfrost, and I don’t think hawkfrost as a character would like being chained down by him, he’d likely escalate things. They’re messy, and I enjoy explorations of messier relationships in a realistic way, so maybe I don’t exactly ship them (ew ashfur being happy), but they are an interesting concept writing wise.
Also to note, I hate ashfur with a burning passion and how I envision him is very different to how I think other people see him. I’ve always looked at him more realistically though via my own personal experiences under similar disturbing situations, he just, he makes me feel a weird mix of hatred and like. Anxiety? Anyways, Hawkfrost deserves a better boyfriend/hj