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just a lil' tipsy 🥴 made on clip studio paint

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I had to get this out of my brain quickly

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i don’t know if this is a stretch, but i was replaying touchstarved yesterday and i realized that leander has the triple moon on his belt, which reminded me of lady hecate.

i’m a witch myself, so i already have this page on lady hecate and checked what other correspondences they could have, expecting nothing much, really.

but there were more correspondences than i had initially thought.

let’s start with the triple moon. the triple moon represents the different phases of the moon and balance between the material and the spiritual. it only makes sense since we know that leander is a mage himself. it wouldn’t be surprising if he also dabbled in spirituality in his magical practice.

but it is also representing the duality of the light and the darkness. very much fitting for leander, since leander is portrayed as this hero who likes to save everyone, yet there is still darkness in him that we have yet to unravel, something i assume could have something to do with his magic.

leander also holds a key at all times. this could just mean nothing, i mean it’s presumably just a key to his room, but the fact that this is a part of his design is very interesting to me, and keys are also a symbol for hecate. keys represent power and knowledge which can be used to unlock doors, paths to knowledge and power that are hidden or restricted. given leander’s access to forbidden magic, this perfectly fits his character as well. leander has access to magic that is hidden and restricted from everybody else and has thus become a very powerful mage because of it.

the adderstones were once the bloodhounds. now, since this was changed, this might not even be relevant. but i did recall that hecate was associated with dogs. but again, it was much more specific than i had thought. lady hecate is associated with nightly creatures, namely hellhounds: mythological, often demonic canines that are associated with the underworld, the devil, or the realm of the dead.

daggers are also associated with hecate. it represents her hand in life, death and rebirth. she can both take a life and help in creating a new one. leander as the leader of adderstone, has both of said roles. it is almost a symbol of his power and danger. he can easily take the life of someone who is a threat, yet he also assists in helping the people of eridia. and helps MC build their life back up.

and to mention the obvious, lady hecate is, amongst others, the goddess of magic and the occult. she is often invoked during rituals and magickal practices. another one of the animals hecate’s associated with, is serpents. we can see serpentine imagery with leander as well (oh my god i need to make another post about this because i’m not sure if this is a common knowledge in the fandom but i’m freaked out by what i found out).

honestly i don’t know what this means. if leander has access to his magic because he is a hecate devotee or he works with her, or maybe it’s all just a coincidence. either way, i still find it really really interesting especially as a witch lol.

also wrote this while in a theme park school trip and i’m new to the fandom so pls ignore the errors or cmiiw 😭😭🙏

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HERE IT IS ALL FINISHED!!! AHHHH!!!!!

THE FAMBILY...💖

I've been planning this illustration for over a month now - in April, I had the patreon folks vote on a theme for a big gravity falls print, and camping was the winner. Even just planning the general composition took a while, figuring out where I wanted all the characters to be. Once I shored up a good thumbnail, I made it tighter twice before putting it on paper, and working in pencil. The pencil drawing part took me four sit down sessions of drawing, and then coloring the scan took another couple of days. I worked SO DANG HARD to finish this monster before mc3, and by some miracle, I did.

Overall, I'm really happy with how this illustration turned out! I feel like it does a good job of expressing my love for the show. I'm really glad people were enthusiastic about it at the convention - I had a lot stop and look at it with these really awestruck, sad wet goo goo eyes expressions LOL! They did this: 🥺 with an actual human face dskjhlsdfkjh!!

Here's a link to my bigcartel store, where you can get one! Also, info to keep in mind: members of my $5 patreon tier get 15% discount on their orders when they use a special code.

Also, side note: thank you to my expert names and wordplay consultant for giving me the name "nitelite moth." YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE :)

Under the cut: Uncolored pencil version, and sketches.

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if i were to make a venn diagram of sleep token and touchstarved it would be a circle

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mid drawing this i cropped the canvas and then when i was done i went back through my layers and realized i cut fiddleford from another drawing clean in half never crop your canvases kids

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TELL ME WHY

I'VE PLAYED THIS DEMO OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN

BUT NEVER HAD I EVER PICKED THE "HESITATE" OPTION FOR LEANDER

I'M A DUMB BITCH HOLY SHIT

BUT I CAME INTO A NEWFOUND REALISATION:

THE MC'S CURSE PROTECTS THEM, IN SOME WAY

(unless I'm the last person in the fandom to notice that, good job me)

If you pick the "Touch him" option, he only says "I told you there's nothing to worry about"

BUT HERE, he comments "That's one hell of a curse :D" meaning he definately feels it and it possibly affects him

Yes, the MC surely has ptsd of some sort and could assume Leander's hand was going for their neck like mrChocky but i highly doubt he was initially going for their shoulder

I believe the MC's curse doesn't affect whoever they touch, but whoever touches them

It's quite a bit of a strech, yes, but still a possibility:

Leander doesn't do the dramatics above if the MC touches him first

MrChocky was the one who touched the MC first and got he affected

And thus I bring in another question: What about Oracle!MC?

"The priests claimed your touch bestowed enlightenment, but a visiting mage revealed your curse for what it is."

It wouldn't be illogical if the priests' words were true; if the MC touches someone, they are "bestowed enlightenment", but if the MC gets touched forcibly/accidentally, the one who touches them goes mad

But that would also mean we'd have the choice of giving Leander more power if we choose to touch him

Also, somehow all the backstory mages seem to have a good understanding of the MC's curse [have seen it/it has been recorded before], or are at least able to recoognise it in order to reveal it to them. Plus, the Alchemist!MC's mage [who was "exiled from the Senobium"] planned on cultivating them as a test subject, meaning not much must be known about said curse.

"It's unlike anything I've ever dealt with," says Leander, a mage who has never stepped foot in the Senobium.

"We can find answers together," Leander promises later on.

Then he stops

He waits for them to touch him

Then he freely unwinds their bandages, allows them to touch his hands, his cheeks, he moves his hands over theirs because they've already accepted him touching them

He could have figured how the MC's curse works, or he could have dark-magic-ed his way into the Senobium files before the MC returned to the Wick again.

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how rude! you interrupted his private reading time

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clingy!

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ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ we're getting through them chat! mhin is a spotted eagle ray, as before design notes under cut! kuras' concept ais' concept vere's concept

eagle ray notes:

mhin is bird associated, and so i wanted something that kind of emulated that. eagle rays are known to "fly" out of the water for numerous reasons

they're venomous! eagle rays have a barb at the base of their tail, enough of a substitute for a dagger, and good protection from hungry sharks (foreshadowing)

eagle rays are migratory, so they travel around everywhere. i imagine mhin is a new comer to.......... ocean version of eridia. ereefdia. i'll see myself out

this is horrible but like. eagle rays commonly have various parasites, and instead of mhin dealing with turning into some werebird, now they have to find someone to get the parasites out of their gills. sorry mhin

i wanted something mysterious, (and to my knowledge) there isn't too much we know about eagle rays.

other possibilities included: the cephea cephea jellyfish, they're super venomous (but not to people. so like. mhin's dangerous but not necessarily to mc) and they're bioluminescent so i think they're cool 🧍

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slowly getting back to reposting deleted posts!

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🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

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(he’s grabbing onto the armrest😓)

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HE'S SO HOT GUYS HELPPP

Whatever Stan did to my art style can it please stay 🙏

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The date consists of bad jokes and the car breaking down in a (coincidentally) secluded spot btw

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Fog👏 those👏 windows👏

(Pt. 2 of that “ride the Stanmobile” piece)

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Y/N x Stanley drawing? 👀 like the scene from Swooning over Stans where they go to disco night and their dancing?

Dorky old man dancing? Don’t have to ask me twice