Okay but… Learning that Arle’s curse regressed when she was with Clervie and wasn’t as bad just makes me wonder if that would happen with her s/o.
It’s not obvious at first, but the more time she spends with you, her curse lessens a bit in your presence. It might not completely regress, but maybe it becomes a lighter shade of grey, or maybe it recedes down her arms a bit. I just think it would be incredibly wholesome to be able to make her feel so calm and loved and happy again that her curse could improve in your company, if only even a little bit.
When she’s around the others nobody can tell, but when she comes home to you after a long day, wraps you up in her arms and lets out a sigh of release, her curse wanes as she becomes overwhelmed with peace.
AWW... so cute!! Arlecchino's curse had long covered far up her arm, a stark difference from when she was a child. She already accepted she wouldn't be able to see her lower arms and fingers return to their original color, but she had grown accustomed to it. Not to mention, you were never put off or scared by it, which was the most important part for her.
Arlecchino was a woman who always had her guard up, playing the role of a strict and unfeeling Father, carrying out her Harbinger duties, being the perfect diplomat. With her poised manner, it seemed like this was nothing to her. She even acted this way around you. But only you could see the very tiny holes in her act, when it was just the two of you. In the beginning, she wasn't very receptive to it, not because she was annoyed or anything, but because she simply never felt the things that you made her feel when you held her before. it was a foreign feeling. It was a feeling that was always said to be a hindrance. But when you kept putting your arms around her and nuzzling into her soft hair, she couldn't help but be swayed.
Obviously, she doesn't wear her heart on her sleeve, but, you can tell she appreciates your soothing company. You were probably cuddling with her one day when you noticed her arms seemed different, but you didn't comment on it because you just thought maybe it happens sometimes. But later on Arlie, ever the observant person, notices the ever so slightly receding of the curse. Naturally, she finds it odd, her curse hasn't regressed in so long, and she wants to find the cause. It doesn't take long for her to realize it fluctuates when she comes home to your arms after taking care of "business."
Of course, you feel very happy that you manage to have an effect on such a poker-faced woman. You have solid proof of how much she loves you! And it may not seem like much, but it's more than enough.
Another unrelated thought: When she says not to look into her eyes, because you may not like what you see. But reader isn't scared in the slightest and continues to stare right into them anyway. Arlecchino finds your boldness amusing but tells you not to be so reckless...
I think it's very cute, being able to be her solace after everything she's been through.
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do you have a blank template for that platonic relationship chart? its so great
The template is by https://twitter.com/circlejourney , you may find it in better quality if you have a twitter
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over the course of drawing zuko for so many years, i have gradually started drawing zuko's scar over his nose bridge and never particularly noticed until i saw the live action zuko and got confused over it not being there 😭
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gosh wait, i wanna gush about how happy i am over this gift. like seriously ....
like oh my gosh?????? i was striving for this kind of artstyle as i learn how to use aesprite (the pixel art program) and i had actually told myself, wouldn't it be real funny if I tried to insert rhys in the actual poster/full sprite image for creepy black? like i just imagine him at the back, a little more hidden and almost appearing silhouette like behind ghost? and that he's facing back EXACTLY like that?!?!?? it's a way to tell that he's connected to the story but he comes a little later (because he did indeed, come in late when carmine has been possessed)
it honestly felt like my dream became a reality right there, even if the dev simply just made rhys and carmine stand next to each other. also because that's like. omg. rhys in. THE STYLE!! the creator's STYLE. the lead artist for this all. it's all so insane to me im really glad how things turned out with rhys ;; so glad i stayed to make more of him..... and... um. love him.... in that way too HSHDBD
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