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Part 2 of my Twilight vs Thorn Princess fancomic! :)

(Read left to right >>>) Part 3 WIP is available on Patreon right now if anyone is interested in reading ahead of release or supporting me making more comics :)

ALSO my bro made a video edit of this! Check it out on Tiktok/Youtube:

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Thinking about how Yor and Loid both don't really have hobbies, so post reveal they both start trying out random shit together

Loid doesnt like knitting or crocheting, something about it doesn click in his brain. While he is trying to figure out how he accidentally made a shitty cable in his basic scarf, Yor is almost done making the family matching sweaters

They've gone to check our several of the baseball batting locations but had to stop. Yor kept accidentally breaking the bats, the baseballs, and sending the balls through the fencing. They have been to taken to court for damages several times. Loid wants to go back because he thinks it's really hot that Yor can just do that come on hun we'll wear disguises they won't know

DND has been successful, they just have to remind themselves to keep it casual, Loid has to remind himself to not constantly worry about the rules and Yor gets way into the combat and gets a little frustrated when it feels like her character isn't as strong as she is. She could have easily dodged that arrow what do you mean she failed her roll

They both also reeeeally get into birdwatching and photography. It's like stalking prey, weirdly satisfies the spy/assassin parts of their brains, but instead of ending with a dead body or intel, they get bird pictures. Occasionally, they plan out weekend camping trips so they can go into the woods, set up bait, disguise themselves so they can sit closer to it as still as they possibly can, and snap pictures of every creature that shows up, giggling afterwards and gushing about how cool that cardinal they saw was. Anya hates coming along, it's been three hours and the same kind of boring birds keep showing up, why on earth are her parents covering themselves in mud and twigs and just staring at this pile of seeds, what on earth is exciting about this how can they be so laaaaame

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The new Spy x Family chapter is still working in favour of my Shopkeeper headcanons. I always figured he had a soft spot for Yor, and on the surface their relationship seems about the same as it always has. However, I'm focusing on the code names. The two other new assassins are Hemlock and Gympie (both of which are dangerous plants - very subtle). They just have the one name they go by, but Yor's is a two parter: Thorn Princess. She could just be Thorn, which would fit the theme. But the added "Princess" part softens the name (not in a bad way, mind you - but rather than draw to mind a prickly thorn bush the "Princess" part makes one think of roses).

My theory is this: Shopkeeper is shown to have interest in the Imperial history of the area, right? So he's already influenced by ideas of royalty and holds that bygone era in high regard. When meets little, desperate child Yor and is trying to come up with a codename for her, he realizes he can't give this painfully innocent kid a harsh assassin name. So he adds "Princess" after "Thorn". Maybe once she becomes hardened and emotionless like the rest of them, he'll drop the "Princess" title. But she never does - she stays positive and warm and kind (just like a Princess from fairytales) and he just can't train it out of her. Her kindness never actually interferes with her work, so he leaves it.

And as a result, in his Garden full of poisonous and stinging plants, he's got one bright red rose.

(Side note about the other code names: Gympie Gympie bushes are some of the world's most venomous plants and hurt like a bitch to touch. Like, nettles on steroids. They cause severe, long-lasting pain if just lightly brushed against, which could imply that Gympie may have slightly different doctrine on allowing victims to suffer than Yor. Hemlock, on the other hand is incredibly toxic from roots to seeds and is known to grow in a variety of different environments. It doesn't hurt you to touch it, but it will kill you if you ingest it. Hemlock is famous for killing Socrates (as it was a method of execution used by ancient Greece). Hemlock - the agent - seems to be what Yor should be: a cold, calculating assassin with very little value for any life, regardless of how beneficial they may be. The choice of code name could suggest their complete lack of mercy (and - possibly - an anti-intellectualism viewpoint related back to the whole Socrates thing. They didn't understand the point of a ladybug in a garden, of all things. I know not everyone knows about ladybugs but with a boss who is obsessed with gardening you would think the agents would at least be aware).

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A necessary statement about Yor

I feel like people have forgotten that she was robbed of her parents as a young girl and part of the reason she gets so anxious about being different and not knowing how to do normal things is because that's a reminder of the situation she grew up in

Yor didn't get the amount of time with her mother that most people get. Yor never learned how a healthy relationship works because the best example of that she would have was taken from her. Yor never got to learn about normal things because she had to sacrifice everything to raise her brother and become an assassin

Sometimes, the normal things that feel rigid and suffocating for us are privileges that someone else desperately craved, and that's true for Yor

Yor does pursue stereotypical female ideals because that's the stereotypical thing for a woman, but it's more than societal norms affecting her. It's a conscious choice on her part to experience a part of her life that was never an option for her until now

Yor and Loid both have important character arcs about reconnecting with the humanity they lost as a result of their tragic upbringings, but I feel like people only recognize that in Loid's side of the story when Yor has an equally important side to hers

Yor lost the chance to experience what it means to be nurtured by a parent until adulthood and has gained a chance to finally experience that type of love by learning how to be a nurturing mother towards Anya

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my favorite panel from chapter 115 🐞

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My favourite lil detail in this chapter

When Gympie says he was “here the whole time”, he meant it!

You can see him in the previous three panels, just barely out of frame:

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a sketch i found and wanted to share

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Spy x Family Manga Ch. 17

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Chapter 115

Loads to unpack in this banger of a chapter but honestly what I'm currently relishing is Hemlock's introduction. This mfer really came in, daggers flying, all haughty arrogance... and was fucking incorrect.

An additional layer of irony to Hemlock's misconception is that ladybugs specifically are great for keeping aphid & similar crop-destroying populations down, so they actually get rid of noxious pests!

Bonus, most people may be familiar with aphids for the way they go after roses, so we've got another layer with Thorn Princess, whose iconography leans towards roses, being friendly with a predatory insect known for helping protect and save roses.

An absolute chef's kiss of a metaphor 😌🐞🌹 I am so stoked to see how that introduction delivers 👀🍿

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SxF ch. 115 spoiler

Okay I've restrained myself all day .

Guys look! He returns!!!!

ASSASSIN DAD IS BACK Y'ALL!!

And he'll be back with Thorn Princess for an arc! Heck YEAH!

I've missed you, McMahon! 😭

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i thought i posted this but i think i didn't ??? so i'm doing that now HAJWLSDFKL this is a bit older but turns out it's been rotting in my folders JKDSFKLSDKL

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I rewatched hazbin hotel the last two days and I now just wanted to sketch Adam in my style

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Finally finished 😭 Timelapse at the bottom! I had an idea for my Wings of Pages series, where instead of text, it's a book full of botanical illustrations. The majority of the time was spent on the individual flowers for each feather/page of the wings. I really love the look of old botanical books with the water color paintings and the scientific names written in cursive. So I spent way too many hours painting out 20 of these flower pages, and even then, it wasn't enough for the wings so I did have to duplicate some.

Here are the 20 flowers! The HD image of Atlas Botanicus, and all 20 HD flower studies without watermark will be DMed on Patreon.com/Yuumei on May 5th, along with the hours long video recording of how I painted everything.

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Damian and Anya warm and fuzzy because they're cute

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my dream as a fanfic writer is for one day, one of my fics to be someones comfort fic. like the fic that they reread when they don't feel good and want to be happy. i want my words to comfort someone one day

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Kaiju 8 The Game

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I’m honestly very annoyed with the way modern fandom has been misusing the term “filler” as episodes/chapters that doesn’t advance “the plot”. This is especially frustrating when used as criticism in the context of slice of life and character-driven stories. I’ve also seen people calling episodes/chapters they don’t like as fillers which is even worse…

I don’t know about anyone else but for me, breather episodes/chapters are just as important because they make me care about the characters outside of the main plot. Building up characters, showing character developments, exploring relationships with other characters and world-building are all very important to the story. These factors are what drives the plot for me.