Had To Reblog This One Because 1) The DRAMA And 2) BLOOD. He Pulls Off Blood So Well.

Had to reblog this one because 1) the DRAMA and 2) BLOOD. He pulls off blood so well.

! blood warning !

some quick and random rafal sketches i did at school because i was bored (and also because im procrastinating with actual content i fear)

i've always imagined rafal taking the storian out of his chest in that one scene in rise to be the most cinematic thing ever with a lot of blood... yeah

I don’t think I said anything in your recent post about the obedience curse but I LOVE that concept. It would make a very funny short fic anyways…

list 5 things that make you happy, then send this to the askbox of the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! get to know your mutuals and followers! <3

Thanks! It wasn't my concept, but I enjoyed playing with it. It could be funny—however, one of my WIP outlines, which contains a similar-not-identical concept around obedience and a chain-of-command, is actually more angsty than light in tone.

I already answered that ask from someone else originally, but thank you for the thought. I guess you can have some things that made me happy today: 1) prosciutto, 2) another "Rafal" (probably a Common Grackle) that I photographed:

Inspired by the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub":

Rub-a-dub-dub, Three mortals in a tub, And who do you think they be? The princess, the witch, the former School Master, Run from the burnt Wizard Tree.

if she's your girl then how come she's hallucinating my 10,000-y.o. dripping wet corpse

“All sorcery is half illusion. The other half, unfortunately, was blood-soaked terror.” ― Alexandra Bracken

Do you think the School is exempt from having to pay taxes?

Yes, I do think the School is exempt from taxes, and there is no canonical evidence I can remember which suggests it is subject to taxes.

Given that funding was never an issue (or flat-out irrelevant to the plot) to Rhian with his renovations, as he never seemed to have any trouble getting the work done that he wanted, that could mean the School isn't subject to taxes, or that taxes were a minor enough non-issue amid everything else that went wrong that they wouldn't have warranted a mention in the narration.

Also, the School is a private institution, which could mean the Kingdom Council has less power to intervene with its ongoings, at least towards the beginning?

Aside from that, throughout the main series and the prequels, the School is capable of magically terraforming all on its own, usually on the basis of who is its master(s). Indeed, it's as if the setting were a character in its own right.

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If you had wanted to hear from the brothers themselves:

Rafal: Why care about the answer? I’m the only authority that matters. [expression and inflection darkening] If the Kingdom Council has a quarrel with that fact, by all means, I’m willing to negotiate.

Rhian: Rafal! Must you always embarrass me in front of polite company?!

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Yes, they are breaking the fourth wall.

I personally wouldn’t put Rafal above tax evasion, assuming he’d find a smart way to do it and never get caught. After all, he initially only wants “the best” for his School and Nevers, and for his alumni to emerge as the victors of the tales, from the eternal war of his Woods. If taxes wouldn't bode well for future Evil victories, well, he'd simply have to do away with them, wouldn't he?

And, he wouldn’t want needless fuss over his breaking the law, not that he cares about staying within the rule of law as a fugitive in Monrovia's eyes, so he'd probably stay within the bounds of the law rationally, within reason, unless he were certain he could get around them.

That, I’d figure, would be Rafal’s attitude towards the Woods' law and order in general, when the laws aren’t his own. If you want to hear about his unfortunately sour attitude toward my readers, you can read this similar ask dialogue post, in which he addresses all of you directly, once again, breaking the fourth wall.

1 - WOW. This is so COOL! Thank you so much for the picture! I'm so flattered that my imagery somehow dwelled in your head long enough for you to draw it! As always, I love your line work and the swirls! And I find Rhian and his eyelashes very cute!

2 - Very interesting imagery. Hunter and the hunted, hmm... Judging by their eyes and the brothers' Fall eye colors, I'd guess Rhian is the cat and Rafal is the bird?

3 - I love the concept of owl Rhian! Does it have a backstory? Is he represented as an owl due to his insomnia? Is he a creature of the night?

4 - This one made me smile. How did Rafal's predicament here come about? Whose hand is on the left if the right one is James'?

small art dump bc i havent posted art in a little while

this is like the 4th time ive posted today LMAO

(picture 1 is inspired by “In Unrecognition of Rhian” by @liketwoswansinbalance !!)