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I swear this new brush has me practicing drawing/painting more and more every day, like, I'm excited to come home and do a study now. Not that I wasn't before but I would just be so disheartened by the results and now I'm like ???? I drew that???? Huh????

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House Dellamorte.

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I would *KILL* to get my hands on the bishoujo Commander Shepard figure...

...KILL...

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He must be protected

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I just wanted to draw her VERY LONG like a truly voidborn… and I want to do it again

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Something that really stuck with me while I was playing Mass Effect 2, and that I feel was so important to understanding the relationship between Shepard and Garrus, whether you romance him or not, is that Garrus is your only companion from ME1 who never moved on.

You died. The crew watched you die. Assumedly they grieved you, there was a funeral service, there were tears and all five stages of grief. Things were rough, but eventually life took on a shade of normalcy again.

Kaiden/Ashley got reassigned and continued their work for the alliance. Liara fights tooth and nail to get your body to Cerberus, but then it’s out of her hands and she becomes an information broker. Tali goes back to the Floatilla, like she was always supposed to. Wrex becomes a clan leader. And yes, they’re all fundamentally changed by their time on the Normandy, but no one seems as stuck as Garrus Vakarian.

Because he doesn’t go back to the Citadel. He doesn’t join the Turian Hierarchy. He ships himself off to Omega, one of the most dangerous places he could be, and makes a life out of pissing off the most dangerous people there. It’s kind of a suicide mission, especially after what happened with Sidonis. He kind of figures he’s going to die doing this, but what else can he do?

There is no normalcy for Garrus in a world without Shepard, and I think that’s why he’s always immediately ready to come back to the Normandy. The Normandy, and Shepard, are home for Garrus and that’s why I think romancing him feels like the natural conclusion for so many femme Sheps, because Shepard feels that way too.

Of all the companions, no one needs Shepard to live more than Garrus, and no one needs Garrus more than Shepard. They’re perfectly matched, as lovers, as friends, as soldiers, as whatever they are in your universe and when you’re that perfectly matched with someone, you never quite feel whole without them.

No Shepard without Vakarian.

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haha i'm in danger

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The idea for this piece has been simmering in the back of my head and in some sketchbooks for YEARS, so I finally bit the bullet and actually painted it. It's also influenced by Paramore's song Misguided Ghosts, which has always been one of the main songs I associate with Mahariel. It fits the Dalish Warden Origin so well. 💙

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just posted the link to the newest chapter of my rookanis long fic and boy does that feel like a weight off my shoulders. it was so hard to write...i just felt like my inspiration tanked for a little while...but we are back and hopefully running smoothly again. i want to finish this so badly i seriously love the premise and the plans i have laid out and i want to see this through to the end, especially because i love my rook and lucanis so much and want them to have their happy ever after...

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The Sweater Curse - Lucanis x Rook

SUMMARY: A sweater. A kidnapping. A secret. 

Rook and Lucanis are getting married, both eager to move on from the past but unsure of their footing in the present. One thing remains, though: they have each other…until, suddenly, they don’t. When Rook is kidnapped Lucanis is faced with the harsh reality of being the First Talon and the consequences of loving someone despite the danger. But his time with Rook has changed him and he’ll do anything to get her back, even if it means defying a curse.

Chapter 3 of 16 - Notions Sneak Peek: No.  Rook was just fine. She just didn't want to linger in the bath for too long, that's all. She had a date with Delilah. Breakfast. Things to do.

Read Chapter 3 on ao3

or

Start from the beginning

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quick redraw of a super old thing from ages ago

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”what do rook and the warriors do during book club?” Involuntary Yoga

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Demon of Vyrantium

from a screenshot study of this post

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my favorite genre of women is running from creepy castles/houses

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I loved the first half of Nosferatu but honestly the second half just made me uncomfortable and felt like a huge let down. Blah blah blah gothic romance blah blah blah it's a remake what did you expect blah blah blah vampires I'm just so tired of "only this woman's vagina can save us but also she has suffered her whole life and her destiny is to die" directed by men.

I can feel it in the cinematography.

It just makes me feel like this reality I face (men not listening to you about your health and safety/grooming/the casual cruelty of men/the disregard for women's ability...) is being thrust in front of me and paraded around as romantic when its...not? I don't know. Usually I love gothic stuff and I loved the first half of this movie but it just didn't hit for me.