Sorry this is so enormous and likely clogging up your feed this morning. Before I forget, ”No one’s seducing a vampire” is still in production. It’s definitely a difficult adaptation (hello 12 panels of victorian bedroom), so it’ll be a while yet before I’m finished with that one. But anyhoo…
About the art: Chapter 62 was the second most requested portion of Carry On for adaptation into a graphic novel format. However, rather than pull swaths of text from the chapter, I decided to zero in on one little snippet:
(His cross is on the other side of the room now.; Snow took care of it himself this time.)
- Baz, Chapter 62, Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Given how Simon had used the cross earlier in the novel to drive separation between him and Baz, I like to think that taking it off himself was, in part, a romantic gesture - a symbolic dismantling of that last wall between them.
That said, artistically, I tried to evoke the sensation of falling in love. For this reason, I largely left words out of it and tried to render the format in a way that makes it feel like you’re… descending. The colors deepen. The panels get smaller. And the last page shows Simon and Baz falling into each other’s arms out of frame, with flames dominating the end shot. (*wink* See what I did there?)
Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I loved drawing it. <3
PS: Baz’s hair is based on my husband’s when we were married. It’s short now, but I can live vicariously through Simon for a bit…
She really tries hard to seduce him. *lol* But I think she has been very succesful about that lately. Yes, in this scene, after he had realized what she was doing he didn’t spare her a glance. However he has started to give himself away. The way he looks at her has changed. But I am not sure about her reasons. She may want to show everyone that he is only a guy lusts for her just like every man does. Or she may be changing too, maybe she wants him as well since she found out his intelligence level. Because when she saw him for the first time she despised him by saying that he was just a cleaner boy because he wasn’t smart as they were. Now, she knows the truth.
Also the chasing is a game for her and I think the more he tries to stay away from her the more she wants to succeed.
They have so much potential but I am not hopeful. He is dating her sister now (they are boring as hell btw) and this makes the situation more complicated.
Being the person who has always found him lacking capabilities to emote emotional scenes, I would say this is the best emotional scene Randeep has performed EVER-- it tugged at my heart.
‘Kyun? Haan, kyun? Yeh din dikhane ke liye?’
(Continued from ‘Chup! Bilkul chup’)
Had to cut out some bits and pieces from both the scenes and dialogues so as to adjust the tumblr set requirements. This scene though, has to be the best performance of AshDeep so far. Particularly Randeep because he did extremely well with expressions, voice modulation and body language. The agonising pain Sameer was going all throughout the suffering Naina put (both) him (and herself) to was portrayed so brilliantly. </3