Any Way The Wind Blows | @rainbowrowell | “I won’t love you less kindly”
part 1 (pgs 218-220) | part 2 | part 3
so uhhh remember this comic I started like 2 flippin years ago ?? I finally have Part 1 complete!!! I wasn’t able to work on this very often bc school and my set up was broken for a while but it’s here now ! and I’m very happy w it !
also yes Simon looks completely different in every panel. uhh style consistency is a myth
Sorry friends, this was supposed to be my yesterday’s entry for COC but I was indisposed. Watford AUs and Friends to Lovers AU is something highly appreciated in this house. I like them being awkward teenagers around stuff like PDA and good bye kisses. In this matter, shout out to “Can’t fight this feeling” by @sailorblossoms because it was an amazing friends to lovers and it made my day. You must read it as well. Happy Sunday (:
First pic: OK so I was thinking about a dark AU where Simon's Magic sharing is more evil, like he uses other mages as wands (Stephen and Premal shown here for example) and he's like an eldritch being (I mean his conception was canonically pretty metal just saying) so I drew Simon using a couple of his dad's Mages men as human wands. The Mages Men has a cult like devotion to the Chosen one and train to endure pain since sharing Simon's Magic is painful (unless your Baz) but it's considered an honor
Second pic: baby Simon in the oracle room being crowned by the horrors
the Anathema enchantment on the Watford rooms is such a funny concept to me because when Simon and Baz fight and it results in one of them shouting “Anathema!” I never think of it as like. A growled reminder that they’re stuck with each other. I imagine one of them gets very worked up and the other squeaks “anathema!” while scampering out of the way so the punch or spell hits the wall instead of the person
I do fully intend to color this, but I am so happy with how the lines came out and coloring this beast might well take me another couple of weeks. So please enjoy this as it is now. I’ve wanted to illustrate this scene for ages, but I knew it would be a lift and I was a bit daunted by the task. I really wanted to give it the attention it deserves. I have never in my life been so affected by a love scene. The tenderness, the communication, the naked want. It just gets me every time. I really hope I’ve done it justice.