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This so so well done!!

If folks were wondering what scene I was animating, this preview should make it clear. HUGE spoilers for Ep. 32.

Gonna continue with these incremental updates, this project is a lot more than the other fan animations I've done. Literally just a whole-ass scene as if it were an animated show lol

Also, another behind-the-scenes thing: in order to make animating Mirara not a tedious nightmare, I went ahead and made a quick 3D model of her mask/crown in Blender that I then imported it into Clip Studio Paint to use for this scene.

As you can see I'm still drawing on top of the model and painting in lighting by hand, but I've learned over the years what corners to cut to make stuff good and fast lol

(Also I know their familiars should be here too, but there's no dialogue from them in the audio I'm using and I gotta cut myself some slack somewhere lol)

The five genders:

-eepy bitch

-mean blanket

-tits out

-lonely

-Ghibli movie

You are a witch who personifies the very idea of coldness and solitude. Your sister, who personified harmony and community and you secretly hated bc she talked too much, passes away and her successor is a young naive witch who somehow talks even more. Being a master of manipulation, you conspire with your other sisters to get rid of her. Said sisters are 1) an old lady who somehow insults everyone to their faces in a way that you can’t retaliate against and postpones the murder plot because she’s eepy, 2) a goth so committed to being a bitch twenty four seven that it affects her ability to effectively carry out said murder, and 3) a titty AND crotch-out hippie who is down for the murder but also sees it as her magical right to eat anyone who walks faster than a light jog. Every day Indri Witch of the Wind and Stars wakes up

Okay okay okay here we go

Indri as The Lonely. The steward of the solitary self both personally and magically.

Mirara as The Dark, with heavy influence from The Stranger. She is the moon, and the shadow, and the darkness, and is so magically powerful that she's become *wrong,* at least by human standards.

Hecaea as The Buried or The Corruption. Girl has a lot of moss and animal stuff going on okay-

Ame following in Grandma Wren's steps as The Web. Rather than demonstrating immense individual power, though she certainly had it, she tends to her dominion through connection. Her strengths lay not only within herself, but in the network of control and allyship she cultivated over decades. There are so many complex pieces in the puzzle of Grandma Wren, each tended to with intense care, and Ame is inheriting the power that comes with that.

Eursalon as The Stranger. Whether he's a victim or an avatar, I genuinely don't know— either way, he's surrounded by people unlike him, taking on an appearance that doesn't match his actual body in order to blend in in a place he doesn't belong.

Steel as The Slaughter. War for the sake of war, death for the furtherance of the Citadel's political power. Possibly bordering The Web, considering the mind control and manipulation.

grimore as the hunt and suvi as the eye obviously but what do we reckon the rest are? the stranger indri? oooh! or maybe even the web indri! are we feeling the dark or the end for mirara?

EXACTLY

I also think a lot of it has to do with Ame finally fitting in as a member of the Coven.

The first time we see the council at work, Ame is exhausted and scared, and every single other member has this sort of looming presence about them. As much as Ame is a part of the group, she's also an outsider in so many ways. The entire episode holds this tension that fully immerses the audience in Ame's fumbling discomfort and the grandeur of these very powerful witches.

In The Vote, we're in the same situation, but now the roles are reversed. Brennan says, before the meeting even starts, that Ame has won. She has information, she has an ally in Hakea, the most revered witch on the council, and she's wielding this power with Grandma Wren's beautiful, fine-pointed trickery. Her kindnesses, her respect, aren't out of fear anymore. They are in and of themselves an extension of her domain; a reminder to Indri that the Witch of the World's Heart is as powerful as ever.

That position of power— and the dissolution of fear— allows Ame to get a clearer perspective on her Sisters. Because of course Mirara was the youngest. She lets herself be chastised by Indri. She's quick to act before she thinks. Like Ame, she doesn't participate in a majority of the showboating and displays of power the oldest three do. Like Ame, her retinue is slim, and she comes to Indri's palace alone.

Brennan Lee Mulligan is such an incredible storyteller. Those dynamics, those conflicts and nuances, they've always been there. The only thing that's changed is where Ame is sitting to watch, and that's so beautifully illustrated

i really like what this episode did for mirara. for all her alienness and foreboding, there's still a person behind that mask. she's a woman like any other, her feelings can be hurt and she can be tricked. no one is infallible.