Bray, you had one of the coolest wrestling characters to date. All characters you played were amazing, and gave so many of us joy.
I remember when I had met you. I walked up to you and just started bawling because you had saved my life. You hugged and talked to me for what felt like forever until I had calmed down. He made sure I was okay and told me that he was so glad he had saved me. He told me that I’d have the world in my hands and to keep fighting. That is still one of the best moments of my life.
I’m completely heartbroken. You mean so much to me and the entire wrestling world. I hope you didn’t suffer. I hope Jon welcomed you with open arms. Rest in peace, Bray.
The way Jonathan flounders for faith while he can barely speak for holding back tears is SHREDDING my heart
There’s no Living Flame in that moment. He sounds so young and scared and lost, exhausted beyond words, beaten to nothing by a day that would never end, full of shame and guilt for failing for letting the Count get away and for how despicable he seems in contrast to Mina’s goodness. Him admitting some small part of him feels if he could just sleep and wake up it would all go away just makes me want to hold him on my arms and ruffle his hair. HE’S SO YOUNG.
He’s weary to death, no longer feels capable of tearing the world and all its monsters apart with his teeth. He’s still willing to lose his soul for Mina, but he wants her to be happy and safe and no self-sacrifice can give that to her.
bray wyatt will forever be known as one of the most compelling characters of a generation; windham rotunda's creativity and dedication to the world of professional wrestling was and is awe-inspiring.
thank you for everything, bray. i hope you'll be able to see how brightly your fireflies glow for you tonight.
as previously mentioned, i have been working on a warm hands of ghosts fanart-comic type thing because i love drawing little comics, and this felt like an excellent excuse if im honest
we are on page 3 out of potentially 5 or 6 (maybe 8 if i get carried away) and i have been putting my whole soul into it, so we will seeee when i can get that up and posted bearing in mind i am not well at the moment
little sneak peek + more rambles down here :
it is heavily based on the last few pages of the book, so pretty intense spoilers obviously but its MASSIVELY self indulgent, features my own daft designs for Freddie, Winter, Laura, plus small cameos from Faland and Pim, which probably arent the most lore accurate ever but are still very fun to draw and :) we will see how it turns out. it was completely inspired by my dear friend @kkatz0 who came up with the idea for a sketch and i just took it WAY too far and now im about 12 hours in no joke
i want to post it all at once, because ive designed it to scroll quite nicely and its not really alllll that long, but i love making fanart surrounding the book so we will see what comes in the future
ANYWAY sorry this has become a massive long thing and I am ngl i am so tired and sore so i am going to go to bed, and ill try and post again soon
also sorry to the warrior cats fans who have been taken along for an absolute RIDE with the warm hands of ghosts content. guys im sorry but the book is absolutely excellent. my vocabulary is not enough to express how deeply it touched my soul