Lilies represent pure love, the nobility of feelings, but also marital union.
After the death of someone, they are used to represent the purification of their soul before they reach heaven.
So now that we established that... What about we take a look at two lovely pics ? <3
First is Mathias Cronqvist and the corpse of Elisabetha, covered with lilies.
Second is...
Dracula from CoD.
It's interesting to see that Mathias has a few lilies of his own. If Elisabetha's probably represent all of what i mentioned above, Mathias' lilies might only represent his feelings for her, how deeply he cared, his union with her. But it's interesting to interpret them as some sort of "mockery" of the "purification of the soul before reaching heaven" part, knowing how that man ends up. <3 Dead ? Yes (kinda). Pure ? No. Heaven ? LOL. LMAO. <3
His lilies are also clean. Just normal, pure white flowers...
Now if we look at Dracula's lily, not only is there only one, but... it's bloodied. And while Mathias' lilies were "attached" to him, Dracula is actually holding his... by the tip of it's rod. As if he could let go at any moment, as if it would slip from his hand from the slightest wrong movement. It's a very delicate situation. And the representation of his current state of mine.
This man is broken. He loved Lisa so deeply he regained his humanity back while with her, but everything shattered when she died. If the lily represents his love for Lisa and what was left of his humanity, things part of him is still hanging onto... you can be sure it fell off his hand the moment Trevor killed him.
Grief and rage took place in his heart, turning a love that was pure into something unholy. Into an obsession, a fuel for his madness. And while he lost the flower, the blood remained. He's forever tainted, unable to escape his sadness and anger.
This is my interpretation, though I'm sure there can be more. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Is said that Elisabetha died from an illness but my biggest questioning is: "What was the illness?"
Acording to search from internet that I found the most common diseases in Middle Ages were dysentery, malaria, diphtheria, flu, typhoid, smallpox and leprosy. And we all know that the hygiene was limited in that time period.
Whatever was the case, the average life expectancy at birth was around 30 years in that time period, rare case if they where people live over the 40's (since Rinaldo himself in his late 40's).
Елізабет описують, як жінку приголомшливої краси з витонченими рисами обличчя. Лізу, як красиву жінку з ніжними рисами обличчя. В мене хед, що в Лізи більші чіткі лінії, Елізабет - м'які(дякую артам Аямі Кодзіма).
"Dracula the Lord of Darkness. He sustains of human blood. He studies and practices blasphemous magic. He lives in a cursed castle full of monsters under his command including the Grim Reaper."
Lisa "He sounds hot"
.................. i mean, when you put it that way 😳
don't forget that he's about 3 meters tall and has wings, sharp claws and fangs 💕
[ID: Image 1 is Elisabetha Cronqvist from Castlevania, coloured in varying browns. The outline is slightly sketched and messy. Her back is to the viewer, and she looks to be mid spin, her left arm mostly hidden by her dress. Her right arm is holding up the right hand side of her skirt, revealing her ankles and shoes, the latter dark brown in colour. Her hair is loose, with a slight flow to her right, and a light grey-brown colour. Her dress is plain, with puffed shoulders, a darker grey-brown hemline on the sleeve near her wrist and lower part of the dress and a slightly low back. A watermark (WJB) is scribbled near right hand part of the dress. Image 2 is near identical, however a white outline of halo is added above her head, and a white outline of two feathered wings are added from her shoulder blade area, which droop slightly towards the ground. End Description.]
I apologise if the image ID is a load of rubbish, I am abysmal at describing images.
A bit of very, very, very slight Elisabetha angst for the soul? Why not.
Saw your Elizabeth art comparison, and I just wanna say how clear and amazing your improvement has been. Your art has a lot more depth of field, and the textures have become so crisp - it’s incredible! Congrats on your improvement in the craft!
Oh my god anon that's so nice of you to say!! I feel like my art has been improving lately, so I'm glad other people see that too (even with a piece that's a year old at this point) thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to say so, it really means a lot omg 💕
My personal guideline when writing some of the CV girls (which I hope I will update in the future):
Rosaly is aggressively kind. She will kind you to death. She will kind you whether you want it or not. She's so idealistic that other people think she's stupid - they tell her that she can't trust everyone, some people are just evil - but she doesn't care. She's absolutely convinced that everyone has some good in them, and it's better to trust the wrong person and to be deceived that deprive anyone of the love they might need. Although she's compelled to help, she refuses to pry into other people's past or problems, and she does her best not to judge them. She's very religious, and it's clear when she speaks that the genuinely draws strength from God and His teachings.
Julia has that typical Laforeze mischievous nature, and she's more prone to jokes and light jabs. However, being born a witch and being treated accordingly made her more reticent to trust people: she prefers to be on her own, she has to make an effort to see the good in others, and most importantly she keeps her cards close to her chest. Julia won't open up, even to those she comes to trust, and she prefers to put a smile on her face and pretend everything is fine (perhaps as a counterbalance to Isaac's temper).
Lisa is like... a more mature Rosaly? I agree with my mutuals that NFCV had the right idea: she is the type of person who would march to Dracula and refuse to see him as a monster, but as a man... and treat him accordingly, which means chastizing him for being rude lol. She's not demure nor naive, as she has seen for herself plenty of suffering and anger as a healer, but she also cares a lot, perhaps because it's implied that she descends from vampire hunters and so the desire to help others was imparted to her from a young age.
watched all the Splatoon concerts with Eon last night and a side effect of some kind is that I now have a Lament of Innocence/Splatoon crossover. in my brain.