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stubborn is literally like this

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When you grab the blade at the end of everything in the cabin

(where you get Stranger first and didn't throw the blade out of the window when you grabbed it during the Stranger route)

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Hunted would eat the food that has been dropped onto the floor. Paranoid would not.

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there is an element if romance in every vessel/voice duo and im tired of ppl only seeing the shallow, hollow, Nothing love of damsel and smitten as the only romance between them.

nightmare shares her heart with paranoid, her deepest darkest fears. Her nightmares. they are both shackled by fear. they both want freedom.

beast and hunted are puzzle pieces. prey and predator. both slaves to instinct. dancing the dance of fight and flight.

spectre and cold are nothing. the lack of feeling, both physical and emotional. desperate to be freed from their numbness.

razor and cheated are a game. both unwilling to back down until a winner is declared. an itch only the other can scratch.

i could go on really. when slay the princess said it was a love story it fucking meant that shit. it is NOT just smitten and damsel and the heart of the shifting mound endings. love is not just one thing. love takes many forms. please. Please stop pretending that smitten and damsel are the only voice/vessel ship please PLEASE im LOSING it you arent even exploring their actual dynamic!!! THEY ARE A SHALLOW, FAKE LOVE, BROUGHT TOGETHER ONLY BC THEY THINK THEY NEED TO BE TOGETHER PLEEEEEEEEASE PLEASE PLEASE TREAT THEM AS SUCH

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Smidokami and Homucoldcifer! (What a mouthful.. guh...)

They were so much fun to design, actually!

@friendlygrey @neverpathia @hello-universe-lovers @pixiefeatherkw3 @phantasmatoucan @sparklingseraphim @pink-november @pzysm @miyuka1709 @silvermoondarkening (on Ao3)

- They both have ribcage motifs!

- And well bone motifs in general for Homucold. I know the pelvis is probably drawn inaccurately but like.. I.. I don't hate it..

- They both have heart motifs as well, with Homucold having more "heartbreak" motifs

- The inside of Smidokami's skirt is supposed to be similar to a sunset + stars, and Homucold's is northern lights

- Smidokami's wings are just white bird(?) wings in general, and her tail and theming for other stuff are still peacock

- Homucold's bird inspiration is still the secretary bird

Smidokami was made a long time ago, far before the other magical girls were even designed!

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Smitten Studies!

Decided to try to draw various Smitten designs to help me work on my own.

Close ups! We’ve got @phantasmatoucan, @everestgale, @artibirdi, @itsonlypolite,

@pzysm, @fogbreo, @wysteriaisapenguin, @remaking-machine and tiny chibis of @sonjalikestodraw, @sorry-not-feeling-it-right-now, and @sillypotatochipz’s designs!

…and also a little guy in the corner of the page who may or may not be my own design. Pay him no mind.

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we are burning our fingers / but we learn and forgive

some time has passed since everything happened -- the monster is still in hiding, the flock is healing, and they've had plenty of time to work on things without having to worry about the monster attacking.

chapter 13! we've finally hit novel-length with what i've posted!

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I completely forgot that in the Razor route, if you didn’t pick up the blade, you get the option to try dodging her, to be like Hunted. The art of her being all pouty you won’t get hit is something I completely forgot about, which is a sin because it’s absolutely hilarious. Also, Hunted’s little “I did my best” kind of broke me.

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99% of repressors give up right before they successfully don't feel anything. Don't stop shoving it down. You can get through this unscathed

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OVERWHELMING "It's been such a long time since I've seen you genuinely smile"

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grips your shoulders. do you ever think about stubborn’s suicidal nature and how it mirrors broken’s? except, rather than depressed, he’s manic, recklessly disregarding his safety in favor of a vague idea of ‘glory.’ to them, love is self-sacrifice. to love is to give up your body, to bleed and bend and break under the weight of it all. i’m insane

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He is unsure of photos

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there is an element if romance in every vessel/voice duo and im tired of ppl only seeing the shallow, hollow, Nothing love of damsel and smitten as the only romance between them.

nightmare shares her heart with paranoid, her deepest darkest fears. Her nightmares. they are both shackled by fear. they both want freedom.

beast and hunted are puzzle pieces. prey and predator. both slaves to instinct. dancing the dance of fight and flight.

spectre and cold are nothing. the lack of feeling, both physical and emotional. desperate to be freed from their numbness.

razor and cheated are a game. both unwilling to back down until a winner is declared. an itch only the other can scratch.

i could go on really. when slay the princess said it was a love story it fucking meant that shit. it is NOT just smitten and damsel and the heart of the shifting mound endings. love is not just one thing. love takes many forms. please. Please stop pretending that smitten and damsel are the only voice/vessel ship please PLEASE im LOSING it you arent even exploring their actual dynamic!!! THEY ARE A SHALLOW, FAKE LOVE, BROUGHT TOGETHER ONLY BC THEY THINK THEY NEED TO BE TOGETHER PLEEEEEEEEASE PLEASE PLEASE TREAT THEM AS SUCH

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this is from a loooong time ago but i forgot to post it here

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can we agree that wild/wounded wild is also a catgirl vessel because you can get her through either the beast or the witch who are both catgirls

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what gets me is that like. witch and opportunist in the leadup to the wild are the most honest they ever are. they actually understand each other on a level no one else can. its not HEALTHY and its not GOOD but its so REAL and INTIMATE .

beyond their trickery they're such scared, spiteful people and having someone understand that they just want this to end in violence and not just acknowledging that but responding enthusiastically changes both of their demeanors immediately. they're happy! they're both actually, truly happy to just tear each other apart. undignified and unmasked and bloodied. and what they both feel in that instant was so strong that as they smile at each other and are crushed to death nearly hand in hand they bind each other together and literally become one

so basically what i'm saying is they were so in love here

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the real word count for wabof / bwlaf is over 70k rn, but i wanted to screenshot this for a joke my brother made xD