#Mark Waugh

[skitskatdacat63]

One makes him up, so the other can break him down.

This is a little terrifying but hello!! Posted my first fic on ao3!! I would've saved the illustrations for the fic's eyes only, but I'm too happy with them haha. Hope you'll still go on to read regardless!!

As always, my thoughts and progress, since I can't help myself:

I'm soooooo proud of these. I never ever really do dramatic lighting, so I'm really surprised that I pulled it off.

It's surreal actually posting this because for a while, I've thought about how if I ever post a fic, I'll have to make illustrations too because I can't do anything not full force. Look at me now! I'm shocked. Also didn't think I'd finish it tonight, but here it sits before you nevertheless(though as always, I'm writing this past my bedtime before class, time efficient as always.) So with that being said, here are some notes, though if I had known I'd be writing this so soon, I would've prepared more lol.

First of all, I hope it's clear both of these are Mark's perception. Gah, the fact that his face is the only one you can see clearly. The first is obviously him unwillingly fantasizing about what exactly went down last night.

Aghhhhh the difference in colors and settings of the two drawings is so important to me. The warmth and intimacy of the bed behind curtains in the first one, and the coldness and openess of the second. It's so clear Mark feels like he's been distanced, like he's been ousted. It's like he's been thrown outside on a cold winter's day, no longer able to feel the heat from the comfortable warm stove inside.

Mark was probably assigned to Seb bcs he has a much greater appreciation for the Spanish etiquette, which Seb has very little interest in. He'll abide by it when he absolutely has to. But he's just a very non-typical Emperor. People find it charming so it's not a public death sentence for him, but it is an issue. Thus, Mark is there to keep him in line. Though important to note that when Fernando, who has an equal if not greater respect for the showmanship of etiquette, realizes Mark is interested in that as well, they start warming up to each other.

The inherent disrespect of Fernando just. Throwing Seb's clothing onto the floor. Meanwhile he probably took like, 20 minutes folding his up(that's what Seb was gonna tell Mark at the end of the fic.) Borderline ripping off Seb's clothes only to edge him. Its not even like the ripping off the clothes is because of passion or anything, he's deliberately being an asshole. Don't worry Nandl, Seb's turned on by it!

So sorry to marknando fans if their dynamic feels like a complete 180 haha. Its not like I'm like, they actually hate each other!! It's just their relationship under completely different circumstances. They're like two dogs in a dog fight, they don't have any real reason to hate each other, but they're put against each other regardless. They don't understand their hatred, just know that they have it and that they're supposed to have it. The inherent hatred the mistress has for the spouse, and vice versa. If they actually were able to talk without barriers, they'd realize they actually get along pretty well. They kinda just hate each other because of their respective relationships to Seb. And then there's Seb who's mostly completely oblivious to his effect, though of course plays with it a bit.

Seb's marriage completely recontextualizes their relationship in Mark's eyes. Though there's something incredibly sado-masochistic about the way he can't blame Seb for it at all. He's a loyal dog after all. But when it was just them, he was obviously Seb's main companion and lover. Seb definitely slept with people on the side, but Mark brushed that off: 1. Bcs its very period typical. 2. He was the main, they were the side, what more needs to be said! But now *he's* the side piece, and is left wondering if their relationship was down to proximity alone. Not to pull a Mark and completely excuse Seb, but it's not. Just very different perceptions of love and relationships. And again, as I've mentioned before, he was raised to always be the most important person in the room, so he obviously has very different understandings, especially since he's always the center.

NANDL!!!!!! In my Habsburg book I've been reading lately, they randomly referred to one of them affectionately as "Nandl" and it's stuck in my head ever since. Can we start a movement to canonize that as an official Fernando nickname? I'm sooooo fond of it, I litrally ended the fic that way just so I could shoehorn that nickname in.

Speaking of the ending. It was really tough, I almost wanted to have Fernando burst in, looking for his ring, and then coming across whatever that is. But I didn't want to disrupt their moment anymore, it felt cruel. Though shame I couldn't mention that the reason why Seb's pants are nowhere to be found is because Fernando accidentally put them on and didn't realize till he was out of the room.

*I FORGOT TO POINT OUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS! Truly the danger of writing a post while falling asleep. There's something so incredibly funny to me the way they're talking so refined and then Seb just throws out: "that guy." It's a way to show his own disrespect of Fernando, not even using his name, implying he's just some guy(nur ein Kerl.) I laughed writing it cause it reminds me of the random dry humor anecdotes I've read lately.

[mirroredroads]

to live, even when it feels unbearable. | Evelyn Waugh, from Brideshead Revisited (1945) / The White Book (Le Livre Blanc) by Jean Cocteau, 1930 / Mieko Kawakami, Heaven / Insomnia, Mark Andres, acrylic on canvas, 2021 / Florence Welch, from Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry; “Maybe it would be fun” / Aleksandra Waliszewska / El Sur (Víctor Erice, 1983) / Deer On the Side of the American Highway by Devin Kelly / neil hilborn, numbered days / Sun on the horizon (Naomi Kawase, 1996) / Blythe Baird, from If My Body Could Speak; “Eat”

[technikki]

saw a group of weird 2nd graders running through the forest the other day

[ceruleanvulpine]

she's basically the head of the company.

[blujayonthewing]

ON a positive note our DM had a slideshow going of all the campaign art to date and had elyss's playlist on while we set up (afaik I'm the only one that has one) and had set up red and blue soda in dispensers labeled 'health' and 'mana' potions and got everyone gift for their character (some got fancy dice, I got a SWORD???) and commemorative beholder minis for the campaign and he had the final battle map custom printed on a big poster with 'Darkwind Finale' and the date on it which was all super cool of him 😭💕 if I'd had literally any spoons to spare this year I really would have loved to have had something commemorative and personal like that for him today, too, but at least there's a groupchat with the party going now for us to plan something together

[bluejay-flies]

Oh my god.

Oh my god

I’m… honestly in a bit of a shock. We’re only 8 away from 200 followers!! Genuinely, thank you guys for all the interest in this blog and your patience with me and my weird, non-existent posting schedule.

I dunno what we’ll do when we reach 200, I’ll at the very least draw something. Oh my god, again, thank you guys so much for all the support!!!

[silverstreams]

finished the base game of Outer Wilds last night 😭 the transition with the points of light from the stars to the lights in the forest....incredible

anyway time to go listen to "Travelers" and "14.3 Billion Years" and cry. though to be fair "14.3 Billion Years" made me want to cry even before that ending. gorgeous emotional soundtrack

[monandre]

you totally wont be able to guess who this is. BUT HI YOURE SO COOL !!! seeing your art makes me jump around and go crazy i heart it so so much AND I LOVE MONANDRE and thanos and that other freak......... post moar selfship neow so i can like and see all of it and go yes yes this is so peak.................... i want to draw them all bc i think abt them all the time

Who is this weirdo in my anons /j... WAUGH I DO NEED TO POST MORE 😿 I've been drawing Thanos and NamFreak selfships a lot recently… and Monandre being stupid sitting in each other's laps I'M SO SERIOUS WHEN I SAY you saying that altered the course of my life forever. Starting at my ceiling thinking about it. Can they stop it they have jobs to do..

Don't think I forgot about sans(es) because I have real bigbigbig lore I'm still working on. Lore dump WHEN !! (says the creator of said lore......)

literally anytime you draw monandre I scream and cry you should see the captions on your art in Monny's gallery it makes me go insane… (aka me saying I'm exploding you with laser eyes in various ways /HJ) all your art in my files is saved as some variation of "PRENNNNN" "IM THROWING ROCKS AT YOUUU" so on so forth

[mrnnki-img]

Could you draw both felicity and Francis from felidae movie please? :] (I will be very patient).

here they are! sorry for the wait!

[skitskatdacat63]

His love for dogs will never not be endearing to me 😭😭

[shmorp-mcdurgen]

tell me abt ur fav ocs boy. man. person. unidentified thing

How do I choose favorites I like so many of them-

Uhh. uhhhhh shit I dunno what to talk about, guess i could talk about some Whispers of Willows characters

Mark is. relatively unchanged from the original monster au? Though I need to work on his character more. His new backstory is like. After the death of his and Amber's parents, they moved into an apartment together at around age 20 (1995). He also became friends with Martin Garcia during high school, and they hung out often since. friendship in Whitepine was hard to come by. One night however, Mark found a breach in Whitepine's outer wall, leading into the woods. Against better judgement, he went in to check it out, not knowing the dangers really. Next thing he knew he wakes up back in Whitepine with multiple injuries and begins his transition from human to shadow being. escapes Whitepine after one night where he kinda loses control of himself and accidentally kills Martin, being the last night Amber saw him for ten years.

Another WW character I haven't really brought up is Barney Holmes! It's the owner of a library in downtown Whitepine, and is overall down to earth and a caring dude. a bit strange at points, but it's nice. It likes talking to Jackson during his shifts at the checkpoints on the border of the city. Jackson didn't care for it at first but its admittedly nice to see a friendly face in his line of work. Speaking of Jackson:

Jackson worked as a whitepine Checkpoint operator, making sure anyone going in or out of the city has proper identification and more importantly isn't carrying any diseases, including "Lycanthropy" (loose term, but thats what its referred to as for simplicity sake) Overall he's a bit cold towards other people, doesn't really show much compassion, even when his friend Mabel asks him to. Really just wants to get his job done and over with.

I dunno what else to say right now but send asks about my ocs if you want to. please. bleas

[faersflower]

eliot waugh for the character bingo thing:)

Literally didnt see this until i used tumblr on my laptop for the first time in months lol

[dandyshucks]

in the pkmn world I wouldnt be allergic to animals like i am irl but i do think it'd be funny for me to come back from somewhere with my face all splotchy and starting to swell in a couple spots because I couldn't help myself and let one of the cat 'mons rub their face against mine and Guz just shakes his head at me FHDJDL

[mondaymelon]

SECOND OF ALL thank you for tagging me im taking this as an olive branch and will peacefully burn it into ashes :)

YES, BURN THE OLIVE BRANCH EVEN THOUGH IT NEVER EXISTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. BUT NOT PEACEFULLY, DO IT VI OLE NTLY. LIKE THAT THING'S EXISTENCE WAS A PERSONAL INSULT TO YOU YOUR TUMBLR MOOTS AND ALL YOUR LOVED ONES (WHICH DOES NO LOGNER INCLUDE ME I HOPE.) DRENCH IT IN GASOLINE AND SET IT ABLAZE AND ILL WATCH THE BRUTAL FLAMES DANCE IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR EYES AND THEN ILL ... ill.... we'll look each other in the eyes and then we'll interlock elbows and run around in circles... and...

[souplover13]

AH UCK ANOTHER THING I GOTTA DO

[summer-oil]

@rinsko

puppy love