#Finally my last comic of the year

[worldformula]

you don’t know what you’re asking for.

[mimimar]

finally completed my comic based on the song ivy by taylor swift!✿ please zoom in to read the text and see the details~

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you can get the digital zine pdf here! it includes extras like character profiles, costume design, more art of willow and ivy, zine-exclusive sketches and an illustrated guide to the symbolism of all the flowers in this comic.

you can also get prints of individual pages here!

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[brother-emperors]

BROTHERS

The river Weser ran between the Roman and Cheruscan forces. Arminius came to the bank and halted with his fellow chieftains:��� "Had the Caesar come?" he inquired.​ On receiving the reply that he was in presence, he asked to be allowed to speak with his brother. That brother, Flavus by name, was serving in the army, a conspicuous figure both from his loyalty and from the loss of an eye through a wound received some few years before during Tiberius' term of command. Leave was granted, and Stertinius took him down to the river. Walking forward, he was greeted by Arminius; who, dismissing his own escort, demanded that the archers posted along our side of the stream should be also withdrawn. When these had retired, he asked his brother, whence the disfigurement of his face? On being told the place and battle, he inquired what reward he had received. Flavus mentioned his increased pay, the chain, the crown, and other military decorations; Arminius scoffed at the cheap rewards of servitude.

They now began to argue from their opposite points of view. Flavus insisted on "Roman greatness, the power of the Caesar; the heavy penalties for the vanquished; the mercy always waiting for him who submitted himself. Even Arminius' wife and child were not treated as enemies." His brother urged "the sacred call of their country; their ancestral liberty; the gods of their German hearths; and their mother, who prayed, with himself, that he would not choose the title of renegade and traitor to his kindred, to the kindred of his wife, to the whole of his race in fact, before that of their liberator." From this point they drifted, little by little, into recriminations; and not even the intervening river would have prevented a duel, had not Stertinius run up and laid a restraining hand on Flavus, who in the fullness of his anger was calling for his weapons and his horse. On the other side Arminius was visible, shouting threats and challenging to battle: for he kept interjecting much in Latin, as he had seen service in the Roman camp as a captain of native auxiliaries.

Tacitus Annals 2.10-11

there's a lot going on in there! Arminius switching to Latin is a detail that always makes me feel a deep kind of sadness, especially with how it's preceded by mention of their mother. I wonder what she thought of what became of her sons, on opposite sides of everything but still, inescapably, brothers. even when they want to kill each other. there sure are a lot of fucked up and unhappy brothers around. and Arminius asking about Flavus' injury............I also had a whole thing typed out about the horror of imperialism and colonization and the trauma of assimilation but I think this sets the tone better

Rome's Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest, Adrian Murdoch

and also this, just for fun

(ibid)

this post is already a mile long, so lets add another mile to it: a little scene at the start of their conversation! tfw you go in for a hug and your younger brother who also ended up being taller starts roasting your hair style

bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost ⭐ cara.app⭐ko-fi

[charminglyantiquated]

WIP panels

[zu-is-here]

Happy Blueberror [11/9] & Error [11/10] Days ♡

[doodleodds]

Me? Uploading a Halloween comic on November 18th, almost four whole-ass weeks late???? Yeah that’s uh. yup. yeah

Thanks for reading! :) <3

[bunnyinatree]

Ryuk: Hey, where are you going?  Get back here and kill each other! 💀

[Image ID: A three-page comic of Light and L parodying this scene from “The Fry Cook Games” in Spongebob.  On the first page, Light and L are fighting, grabbing onto each other’s shirts and aiming punches/kicks, despite the chain that connects them.  Light is saying, “I don’t like you!”  L is saying, “I don’t like you more!”  Light replies, “I never liked you!”  And L says back, “I a thousand times never liked you!”  Then, there’s a close-up on both of their faces, and Light shouts, “Blue!” while L shouts, “Red!”  The bottom of the page is dedicated to a spiky text bubble that reads “RIIIIP”!  The second page features Light and L staring at one another in shock, against a yellow background with a white lightning bolt through it.  Their shirts have been ripped off completely, and Light, who is stylistically colored all in red, is wearing a blue chest binder, while L, who is stylistically colored in all blue, is wearing a red chest binder.  There is an ellipsis above both of their heads.  On the top of the third and final page are close-ups of Light and L’s faces.  Light looks like the pleading eyes emoji as he says, “...Red?” and L says, “Blue..?”  They are both blushing.  The comic ends with Light and L embracing, still in handcuffs, with the speech bubble, “You DO care!” beneath them.  End image ID.]

Bonus:

[Image ID: A digital drawing with two panels.  The top panel is a thin close-up on L’s face.  His hair is wet with rainwater, and he’s saying, “Forget the Kira investigation.  This is PERSONAL.”  “Personal” is written in all caps and is underlined twice.  The second panel, which takes up the majority of the page, is a redraw of the iconic foot scene from the anime.  Light is sitting on a stairwell, watching L dry off his feet with a towel.  This is also a reference to the “Fry Cook Games” clip linked above.  Unlike the three-page comic above, this drawing is colored more realistically.  Light’s hair is brown, not red; L’s skin isn’t blue-tinted, etc.  End image ID.]

[art--harridan]

[Image description: A digital drawing of Amanda Young from the Saw franchise. She's wearing her outfit from the third film, but has her hair from the first. She's wearing the reverse bear trap, which leaves only the top half of her face visible. Her eyes are open wide and staring directly at the viewer. Eyeliner runs down her cheeks. In one hand she holds overflowing needles which are falling from her loose grasp. In the other she has a tape recorder. Her arms are stiff, as if she's a posed mannequin. Bandages are wrapped around both of her wrists. These bandages, the tape recorder, the needles and the reverse bear trap are all coloured a bold light blue. Amanda is coloured bright white with grey shading, while the background is a darker grey. It also has a subtle spiral pattern to it.]

[lumpybird]

hellooo, i have these designs as stickers now! if you want a pair u can DM me! they are $6 for both of them with free US shipping! (international shipping is +$1)

be warned though i have a very limited quantity and will likely sell out soon... thank you! yippee!

[sisaloofafump]

Finally read JLA: Shogun of Steel (2002). Perhaps more interesting than the canon superbat, is the fact that the genderbent Bat doesn’t have Bruce’s iconic no kill rule. Otherwise, it’s just kinda weird. Some cool character designs though! I enjoyed it :)

[rad-roche]

oh my god i'm having thoughts. i'm having timeskip design thoughts

[skellagirl]

reminder that smoking is bad for you UNLESS!!!! you can make it homoerotic, then it's okay and sexy actually

[marrras]

deeply late 2023 reel jumpscare (link)

song: velvet acid christ - caustic disco

[thecruellestmonth]

“Jason is Talia’s rescue cat. It’s a horse girl movie and he’s the horse” LITERALLY I’m constantly saying this. This post is them:

You do say this, and you're right. ☑️ No notes.

[xhanisai]

Wip

[fobnsfwdoodles]