Mort. In his winter PJ’s. Clearly annoyed at whoever is bothering him at this hour. (It’s Toten. It’s always Toten. Who I should probably draw again before the year ends, the poor lad lol.)
I just finished She Who Became the Sun and I’m crying. Dying. Dead. Deceased. Thank you for jumpstarting the ripping out, stepping on, roasting, and eating of my heart that has just transpired.
Aside from the obvious Zhu and Ouyang, what’s your favorite character parallel in the first book?
HIII thank you THANK YOU im so happy the propaganda got you too <33 and HMM much to think about!! I will say that it's been a couple of years (I think?) since I read swbts so the details are fuzzy but one of my fave parallels are between Ouyang and Baoxiang, especially for how strong they become in hwdtw too. They are both seen as lesser and not conforming to the "male" mongol ideal, ouyang because he's a eunuch, wbx because he's not a warrior. They both go against their roles in a very explicit and performative way: ouyang by becoming a war machine and truly embodying the masculinity of a mongol warrior despite his inability to truly ever being considered one bc of his mutilation, wbx by refusing to become a warrior and acting super feminine (genuinely don't remember how much of it is genuine and how much is out of sheer spite but id say at some point the lines got blurred for him too. the guy has Problems.) Something something "femininity" being forced on someone vs being choosen and its Consequences. They hate each other. they're scheming together. they're scheming against each other. they loved Esen. they had to kill him. being gay is a curse. being gay is a game and i am winning. they fucked each other in a parallel reality. and most importantly they're twinks. this does not even begin to cover how insane their dynamic truly is.
I finally did it. I finally finished Tou's ref sheet. :'>
So! As said with Tic and Tac:
1! Ofc you can draw him, but please do research on Tourette's before attempting to represent his Tourette's!
This is in order to avoid stereotypes and misconceptions.
2! Please don't ship him with other Sanses!
Sorry, this is just a personal comfort thing. You can ship that stuff in your head or in private spaces, just not in public please, and don't let me know about it. ^^;