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Some astonishing works of my characters, Apple and Cicely, by the loveliest @veckati

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Some astonishing works of my characters, Apple and Cicely, by the loveliest @veckati

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Under communism the wait staff will not ask if Pepsi is okay. You will not even find out that's its Pepsi instead of coke until you take your first sip. Unless you train like me, to know the difference from the sound of the Fizz alone, that is the only way we can beat communism and I can teach you. Take my hand. Not like that you grabbed it gay. Stop. Giggles. I SAID STOP

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lalalallaala

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intertwined

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had an epiphany

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charthur to soothe the soul ☀️

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more modern arthur doodlas

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you fucking with fat bitches?

Since day 1 you stupid son of a bitch

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theyarethe thing ever

charthur says happy pride !!!!!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎊

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another one bc it didnt fit

for hybrid fic

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hybrid arthur sketches for @pinep-ne fic

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/66069589

Where instead of meeting death, Arthur grows wings.

— 8,030 Words; Mature; General

Overview and TW below!!!

⚠️⚠️⚠️TW— gore, body horror, suicidal ideations, graphic depictions of violence, suicide, knives, guns, self-harm, panic attacks. please let me know if i've missed any!

- This was mainly inspired by "terminal lucidity", or the surge of energy dying patients experience just hours or days before their death. How this cycle parallels across species, such as the century plant; a large succulent that grows slowly for 10-30 years, and then shoots up a flowering stem as not only a final outcry of life, but also its first and only signal of death. And, of course, the Phoenix— the symbol of rebirth. It's bittersweet that this great moment of freedom is, alas, a greater affirmation of death.

- The wings are the representation of this. They stand not only as a signal of death but as a symbol of freedom, of flight. But Arthur does not use them to fly— in fact, his transformation takes up over half of the story. They are intentionally burdensome to him, something he is to fight despite a guaranteed loss (Dutch's "you can't fight nature"). They're something born solely from him, that only he has a faulty autonomy over. Something larger than him that parallels both his redemption and the impact of his existence decades into the future. Nonetheless, an extension of himself that he must eventually accept. He transforms as he had through his sickness. Everything he was and lived by was stripped from him, just as he is made a creature. And in that he is 'free', but still weighted by the irredeemable actions he committed. In short, the wings juxtapose this incapable freedom Arthur now possesses; that he is released from his previous identity yet still tethered by his actions. This is displayed with how he still fears scrutiny even in death, the shame and ignorance he is attached to, and how he still stifles down his emotions even when alone.

- Despite not being religious, Arthur catches onto the notions of his transformation. He firmly believes this is God's special punishment to only him. That he was too terrible to neither die as a human nor to fall into hell, and that he must endure this tortuous line in between; the suffering of both creature and human together. He accepts this as he accepts most things in his life; which is one of his larger faults. Things happen just to happen, and he must endure. He not only fights the transformation itself, rising on every fall and tearing through his own skin to do so, but he fights his own mind. The stoicism slips through his fingers, spilling out in panic, desperation, and further on, gentleness and contentment.

- The cabin represents his longing for domesticity, and the peaceful making of a home. The sun rising through the windows is the glimpse of a life he can only long for; the sun setting through the door side is his gateway to peace. He tidies it makes it the backdrop to his final resting place.

- The point of Arthur's arc is the crater it leaves for the future. In epilogue, you have constant reminders of his existence. Through contributions and strangers and the life the Marston's now have the gift to experience. Arthur processes this dedication to memory, to existence, by sketching the things that plague him.

- Themes of blooming, burgeoning, and flowering are scattered throughout to align with Arthur's transformation. Aspects of nature are also heavily weaved through to prepare for his own return to nature, both in life and death.

- There are many themes of duality to align with the honor system, and life and death. Arthur cutting his left wing represents his departure from both life and the man he was.

- Arthur's lungs became his wings, hence the new, quiet breaths he takes once they form entirely. It is also why the 'air leaves him' once he cuts one off.

- Arthur's suicide was half-way intentional, as he wasn't fully aware of the new anatomy. And yet the purpose was there; a final act of autonomy. A substitute for what I believe was the canonical version; crawling with every last bit of strength to watch the sunrise. Untethered from Dutch, from the gang, from everything Arthur Morgan was. Wrenching that part of himself away, and embracing his return to the ground.

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#bouba

stinkthur

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Death can’t part us tonite!!