#leetah

[balu8]

Wendy Pini: Leetah

[nereidof40k]

I just realized something. Mirian might have a certain resemblance to Leetah from Elfquest, but ironically Alyena looks a lot like Winnowill from the same series. Down to similar body shape.

Images under the cut.

Left is Leetah, right is Winnowill. Who doesn’t just look like she would fit right in on Nostramo.

[couldtheycatchkira]

[angel-of-the-moons]

Not Moon Boys or Marvel etc related, but here's a comic page I will probably never ever finish based on my favorite comic ever, ElfQuest. This comic is what got me started on art in general! I remember staying up late reading them over and over again as a kid (although I probably should not have been allowed to read these at the tender age of 10 😅)

I need to draw in this style more often, I love doing the heavy lines and stuff. Though I can't draw animals for shit (obviously)

[rabidoyster]

I can never seem to draw Leetah right, which figures since I love her character so much.

[collettecturner]

Leetah

Watercolour commission, Leetah from Elfquest.

[balu8]

Leetah 

by Wendy Pini

[osgoodcomix]

Elfquest - Skywise rescuing Leetah

[moonjunio]

Tell em girl

[rabidoyster]

A quick sketch of Leetah

[possibly-god]

So I saw a post about ElfQuest somewhere forever ago that popped back into my head For Some Reason Thanks Autism and it was someone saying that not only must elves and trolls share a common ancestor, they must be subspecies of the same creature, which... Okay, on one level it makes sense for them to be related species, they're both intelligent immortal humanoids/primates from the same planet. The issue that sticks with me is that the extent of their argument was "Two-Edge exists" - again, makes sense on the surface based on how cross-breeding works in real life, but a quick glance at canon shows that the existence of one "trelf" proves jack shit about Abodean taxonomy.

POINT #1 - WE DON'T KNOW IF TWO-EDGE IS FERTILE

Looking at real-world genetics, while only members of the same/closely related species can produce fertile offspring, there's plenty of real life examples of related species interbreeding to produce infertile hybrids - mules, ligers, etc. With no evidence of Two-Edge having any children, it can't be said conclusively that trolls and elves are closely related.

Well okay, but that still proves they're related species, right?

NOPE, because this is a fantasy world and even if Two-Edge had twenty kids it wouldn't actually prove anything because-

POINT #2 - ELVES CAN MAGICALLY BREED ACROSS THE SPECIES BARRIER

The existence of Timmorn Yellow-Eyes and his descendants the Wolfriders demonstrates that, with a little shapeshifting, elves can produce fertile hybrid offspring with unrelated organisms. Either elves and wolves are the same species when they come from entirely different planets, or genetics is powerless in the face of elven magic.

But there wasn't any shapeshifting involved with Two-Edge's parents!

Are you sure?

POINT #3 - WINNOWILL IS A TRICKY BITCH

Winnowill, Two-Edge's elven mother, is the most powerful flesh-shaper in the entire ElfQuest series, and while the series defines flesh-shaping and shapeshifting separately... are they really? Winnowill herself explains that different disciplines of magic may spring from the same source, that Leetah's healing power may be nurtured into flesh-shaping ability - and shapeshifting may well be the level after that. What are Winnowill's modifications of Tyldak and her own aquatic and human guises if not a shifting of shape? And we know that flesh-shaping can be effective on a genetic level - Winnowill herself is able to edit the infant Windkin's genome to remove his wolf blood and make him pure elf, and the flesh-shaped aquatic features of Wavedancer elves are heritable as proven by baby Korafay. It's not hard to conclude that with practice, flesh-shaping could evolve into shapeshifting, and Winnowill certainly has plenty of practice. The question of why Winnowill would put so much magical effort into a child she fucking hates remains, but knowing her and her pride in her power, she very well might have tried to break the species barrier just to prove she could.

CONCLUSION - Elves and trolls might be related but they certainly aren't conclusively the same species and ElfQuest biology is weird as balls.

[balu8]

Wendy Pini: Leetah

[angel-of-the-moons]

WIP

You love to hate her, she has Rayek's berries in a vice; a raging psychopath with twisted powers to match,--it's Winnowill!

I held a poll in my Discord server, I pitted ole Black Snake against Leetah, Nightfall and Tyleet (my top four favorite lady Elves). Surprisingly (or maybe not!) Winnowill won; my friend called her "tall goth mommy" and I feel like that characterization may have contributed to her win.

Nightfall came second, so I may still draw her. I may also draw Savah, she was one of the first elves I ever drew (along with Tyleet. My childhood bedroom wall was covered with pencil sketches of Tyleet growing up. I adore her. She's just so beautiful!)

Anyway, I'm looking forward to cleaning this fine, gorgeous menace of a she-snake up once I finish the base lines/sketch!

[thehyperidol]

I once told someone their art reminded me of Elf Quest and they acted like I'd insulted them

But I'm so obsessed and always have been like???

Hello?! This art style is fantastic!!

(I've been trying to find this panel of Cutter, Leetah, and Skywise that's REALLY gay but I can't find it ;-; but the picture is so well composed with the warm feeling it gives and the softness of everyone touching and ajdhdidgfidhdhdhd)

I love these books and I own the first five "Complete Quests" and one of the original novels printed in uhhhh 1984 ish (it was the first chapter book I ever read)

[1unpunishable1]

Leetah from Elfquest