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"A Tale as Old as Time..."

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This piece took me forever, but finally the Beauty and the Beast inspired Faricille stained glass is complete! And it only took like 21 hours lol. RIP my hands- remember to stretch, kids!

I feel like the symbolism is kind of obvious (for the most part at least), but I will go ahead and explain it.

MANGA SPOILERS AHEAD

Falin and Marcille are depicted in the unfortunate fate the dungeon led them to- Falin as a chimera and Marcille as an unwilling dungeon lord. Their expressions morose yet they interlock their fingers like in the bath scene. The design between them is the summoning circle Marcille stood in while resurrecting Falin. I did my best to copy the runes as closely as I could.

The golden feathers of the wing lion embrace the scene, and his symbol is also displayed at the bottom. Specifically, it is made to look like Kensuke's guard, a subtle nod to Laios, who is such an important person for both of these women. Thistle frames it with his ties to the lion, the dungeon, and his role, intentionally (with Falin's) or unintentionally (with Marcille's) unfortunate fates.

In the background, two scenes are specific to each character, and two have shared meanings for the characters. On the right, Falin's staff is lit up with magic, like the kind that teleported her party out and martyred herself. On the left is Marcille's mindscape library- the scene split in half between the black and gray of a nightmare and the color of a dream. Both symbolize driving forces in their lives- Falin's to protect those she loves no matter what, and Marcille's to escape her fears (and her own way of trying to protect those she cares about). At the bottom is the beginning- the raspberries they shared as girls that signified the start of their friendship. At the top, it wasn't the final ending but an ending nonetheless. The rabbits are tied to Falin because the rabbit stew is the catalyst to have her die for another time, a meal when one is starving, feeling like salvation despite death (Can't death be considered salvation on its own?). The rabbits also signal an extremely traumatic event for Marcille as she watched all her friends die because of them- once again, either actively in the case of her party or as the result of in the case of Falin.

I absolutely adore the way the different face shapes make sense when each scug's diet is taken into consideration, and kudos for giving the fighters some shoulders to hurl spears with! I am also absolutely in love with gourm being even denser than normal. Spreamaster being kinda thin also makes a lot of sense since their digestive tract is in their tail. And I love that riv has longer arms, which would be great for maneuverability underwater.

These are my favorite scug designs I've seen yet!

RAIN WORLD SLUNKIES..... Or at least my interpretation of them. Minus Saint because I ran outta room. Woops.

Gourmand's got some Tengu-esque face boobs and thicker skin on their back for ease of rolling things over like a boulder

Arti's got some leftover belly fat from her pregnancy and brief child-rearing. I always pictured her as a first-time mother (Hence why she was alone and seemed somewhat inattentive when she lost her first pup). Even with how active she is, it doesn't seem to go away... very distressing for her. An empty reminder of what was lost.

Survivor/Monk/Hunter are the Bog Standard for Slug Cats but I had some fun with freckled markings to give them their little nosies

Spearmaster has a sort of an Iterator-esque face, or at least not as much of a snout as the average Scug. Because Suns kinda used their own face as a template- after getting back from their second journey to Pebbles, they got some face markings :3c

Rivulet's tail has fins on its sides, helping them slap the water and Ploink. Their tummy and little goblin hands are also COATED in wetness which helps them slide around

Definitely the iterators from Rain World and their Sysiphean task

are there any other games with some sort of godly gay creature chained up for millenia. asking for a friend

OP turned off reblogs so this is my post now. Behold, the "Objective quality vs. degree of ferality" scale

Here are a few of my own personal datapoints:

LIFE ALTERING CRISIS AVERTED

If you hate licorice, consider yourself an opp