I forgot to post this man and then I randomly remembered whilst drawing something completely different
ANYWAY there’s lore below this cut :)
Moon never hated Eclipse particularly, but he didn’t love him like he did his other brother, Sun. Sun and Moon, the older brothers, were always a lot closer to each other than anyone else ever could be with them. Until their little brother Eclipse came along.
Fast forward to a very long time later when Eclipse decided he had enough of Zeus and decided to leave Olympus, dragging along with him his brothers. Moon never understood why Eclipse would want to leave, but he also never really understood a lot about him to begin with.
Moon is a very grumpy harpy at times, but most of the time he’s nice and kind, he’s more of an introvert and he likes to tinker with things. He’s always found humans rather fascinating, and he didn’t care how empty minded and stupid they seemed to him, he thought they were wonderful enough to study.
Moon wasn’t the kind of harpy to resort to violence until one dark night when he lost his marbles when someone something hurt Sun. Bad. He went gizzard and kinda… unalived a few things. He wasn’t proud of himself that day, we’ll put it that way. Ever since then, Moon’s been different. A sense of always needing to protect Sun had come around like a slap in the face and he just… obeyed it…? Sort of?
any questions about the harpy au? ask if you want to!
So, I haven't stopped seeing how people negatively compare New Moon to Old Moon. But honestly? I don't see it.
New Moon has done things much better than his other self. Best brother, friend, person.
After watching the video where he talks to Money (Monty lol), I noticed the way Money talks about Old Moon.
Yes, he was a jerk, and he made mistakes again and again. But you know what? Moon had a friend next to him. Moon had Lunar and Sun next to him. Even with his mistakes, he had people who supported him and cared about him because they trusted that he could do things right if he did something right in time.
Currently, New Moon still has Sun by his side. Lunar, Monty, Earth, and he had (and I hope he continues to have) Solar by his side.
He is not the same person.
But he is the same Moon that his family and friends love.
So, in the good ways, it's him.
Despite everything, it's still him.
Also, I made this to celebrate the 2 years too, so happy 2 years TSAMS<3