p curious abt andor like whats up w him :00
SO MUCH.
so andor's one of the main npcs of mianite season 2, and is the crown prince of ruxomar, which is the kingdom where the story takes place. ruxomar has a strict ban on believing in any god other than mianite (god of order+creation), which is an issue, as half of the main cast believed in other gods prior to arrival.
the thing with mianitian gods is that it's not really Just a belief system. it's an identity more than anything. truly switching gods is more akin to switching your entire personality, morals, etc, than simply just switching religions. your god is an extension of who you are, a manifestation of your core beliefs, and to follow another god is to almost become a completely new person.
andor, we come to learn, is a secret follower of ianite (goddess of balance+justice). before captainsparklez's arrival to ruxomar, he'd never met another person who shared his beliefs. (as a little side note, ianite/her followers are just very relatable to queer people in general. ianite was created as an "other" third option, not having initially existed and being a way to break through the presented binary and forge your own path.) despite being confident in his beliefs and wanting to voice his convictions and be his true self, andor is terrified of doing so, as he knows his father would surely despise him for it, and he is all his father has left, so he felt as if he needed to force himself into something he was not in order to keep his father happy.
eventually, his true beliefs are revealed through a very powerful speech to his father and his followers (transcribed here), resulting in his father imprisoning him in a high-security prison for his "crimes". andor's entire arc is about coming to terms with your identity and staying true to yourself despite your surrounding society telling you that you're "wrong" and "sinful" for your mere existence, and i love him oh so dearly <33
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god, one mild problem of asking friends who don't draw a lot for criticism is that They Don't See Shit. I'm obviously going to be Extra Critical of my own art and that's why I ask for their advise, but they just tell me it's pretty without warning me that one arm had a very fucked up anatomy or the chair I had straight up forgotten to draw for a good while.
I told them the thing was done (I meant a fucking table I had procrastinated to draw for eons and was a blue sketch in all those wip updates) while all the characters were still just colored sketches and the chair was missing and they just didn't see it; they rolled with the drawing as is.
They're wonderful people, but they are definitely not the people to go to for actual art advise and it's a bit annoying tbh
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i know the last two days i’ve come on here and vomited new ideas for Eddie and Chrissy and you bet your ass that my brain’s done the thing again but this one is TOO UNHINGED for public consumption without an actual fic to back it up so instead you’re all just going to have to take my word for it and wait until i clear off some of the wip plates from my table and have the time to spend on this one, okay????????
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