slight warning about spoilers for the fontaine update, mainly just about neuvillette so like be warned ig—but anyways—
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you know how ppl say dragons hoard treasure and shit and will gift them to the one they love as a way to ask them out? and and you know how it’s basically canon that neuvillette is the hydro dragon??
cause i just recently had a dream where neuvillette keeps dropping his trinkets into the tip jar at your work and you and your coworkers have no idea what the hell those things are
you find so many things; small charms, tiny gems, rings—literally anything precious-looking will show up in that jar by the end of your shift, yet none of you know what to do with them
meanwhile neuvillette is just rushing out of the cafe/restaurant/shop/whatever with shaky hands and a fast beating heart. his mind keeps racing with thoughts overlapping one another with various questions like “will you like it?”, “was he being too bold?”, etc.
it’s not until he runs into someone (like furina or a melusine) that they point out 2 major flaws in his plan: did you even know that he’s the one leaving them behind? and did you know that they were meant to be gifts for you?
just just someone plz say they understand where i’m getting at here my brain has become dumb
one of my favorite things about neuvillette is his empathy. he could’ve easily been another stoic judge who cares more for the law than his own heart, and while that is partially true, he’s ultimately put in that position because he cares.
although he’s seen as apathetic and severe by those who don’t know him, he carries one of the biggest hearts in the world; he only comes across the way he does because he doesn’t understand how to express what he feels. he feels everything so strongly he has no other choice than to pretend he doesn’t, to sacrifice his own wants for the safety of his people.
but it’s still there. no matter how hard he tries, he can never separate himself from his heart. every decision of the court weighs on him. every emotion he feels spills into the sky. every day he fights to protect a people he only sees the worst of. he’s an adoptive dad & a water connoisseur & a lonely old man. a dragon, falling in love with humanity despite having every reason not to.
When you realise that Sally was sitting in the rain in the first episode because she was probably trying to feel closer to Poseidon, or at least like he was with her in that moment.
I was originally gonna post only this one, but then played around a little more with the light colors and screen tilt and ended up liking the other pic more.
[Start ID. A drawing of the Survivor from Rain World. They're spiralling upwards into the air, clutching a grappling worm with limbs askew, above the lizard den halfway up The Wall. They're facing forward, and while their expression is neutral as always, they seem rather eager. The drawing has a light red tone, primarily made up of siennas, whites and dull teals, and has a fairly dramatic sense of scale. End ID]
call that a jetpack joyride (< got attached to their grapple worm and named it jetpack)