ciel

they/them ⟡ artist currently wha-pilled △ ⟡ art tag: #my art

[cielarkoj]

arkco musician au 🎻🎹

based on this tweet !

[nathengyn]

the sky's kindest, most radiant star

inprnt | redbubble

[s0l-fl0wer]

"Orpheus was a poor boy, But he had a gift to give. He could make you see how the world could be In spite of the way that it is"

"And Eurydice was a young girl, But she'd seen how the world was. When she fell, she fell in spite of herself, In love with Orpheus."

[renxiss]

my lovely pink daughter

[jacket4789]

don't look into the darkness, otherwise the darkness will start looking into you

[cheeseproducts]

agott and her dancing stuffed animals

[galgali]

the contrasting design symbolism between orufrey drives me crazy. olruggio, who projects an image of harshness but is actually tender and kind, wears black on the outside, but an open-collared white shirt close to his heart.

and then there's qifrey, with his white outer outfit and tight, high-collared, black inner shirt. his gentle exterior contrasted with how tightly he's keeping his own darkness to himself.

[folkloristico]

only in dark the light,

only in dying life

[foreverpetty]

An Orufrey post!! I am a manga reader and want to chat about them a bit so I’m gonna do it!

Here’s the thing about Olly and Qifrey for anime watchers who don’t want outright spoilers, but are curious about their dynamic going forward. Spoiler-y manga panels at the bottom so I’ll put a cut.

On Qifrey’s side, without getting into spoilers, he needs Olly in his life, but because of certain circumstances that are revealed in later chapters, that need becomes something greater that is hurting them both. The stability of the atelier and Olly as the Watchful Eye is absolutely a gift in Qifrey’s eyes, but it’s a double sided blade.

They would do ANYTHING for each other. To extend on that, they would also do anything to make sure the other doesn’t do something that can’t be undone. There’s a moment coming up soon in the anime (if they make it there in 2 episodes) where Qifrey disregards what he absolutely shouldn’t, and Olly will not let him off the hook because he knows Qifrey would be destroyed about it. Olly and Qifrey take care of each other in a way that’s entirely unconditional.

The depth of Olly’s devotion to Qifrey is terrifying in its strength of love, and I’m struggling not to declare it unparalleled. If it weren’t for certain other ships I would say “no one is doing it like they are”, but thankfully they are one of many across several fandoms. I struggle to see how the two move forward without something vital being lost.

The domesticity of the atelier and the girls is precarious, mostly on one side, but the other side will not allow it to fail. Like, have you ever had a friend who you feel understands your soul? That’s Qifrey and Olly. They are more than just a beautiful ship. They are soulmates in every way they can be.

[vash-the-trans-catboy]

Qifrey: trying to stay miserable so he doesn’t fucking die

Also Qifrey: adopts the 4 most wonderful daughters with his husband

[pippenpaddlopsicopolisthethird]

It's so fun being an anime-only fan of witch hat and seeing Literally Every Fanart being orufrey because like given the information in the show so far I wouldn't even consider Olruggio a major character. Tartah has been more important to the plot by an order of magnitude by now. I swear the opening focuses on him so much just to remind watchers that he exists. I know he's important but in the way that an astronomer knows an astronomical entity exists only by the gravitational impact on visible objects. The meteorologists are forecasting a Category 9 Tragic Yaoi Event while I'm having a lovely sunny day on the beach. Fascinating experience, 10 out of 10

[peiskios]

soft✨

[vaguely-concerned]

I think this is my favourite qifrey frame in the whole manga

I admire shirahama as a writer so much, she's always working in narrative mirrors and parallels and foils and sets them out there so skillfully. the scene immediately before this is tartah forcing coco to speak even as she's weeping and breaking down and trying to pull away, and here we have coco entering the scene so angry and determined but the moment qifrey expresses to her (a bit manipulatively as is his wont lol but also truthfully) that talking about this is actively hurting him, she all but makes him stop/forces him to pace himself. because she cares about him. she catches him at the kind of shitty defensive thing he's doing to push her away and she calls him out on it and he actually manages to get his adult brain back on for her to comfort her. (which includes 'yes, you're right. I'm sorry', and for all his faults I think his consistent capacity for that is one of his most redeeming and sympathetic qualities and also part of what makes him such a good teacher at the end of the day.)

as far as 'I'm literally twelve and had one of the most trauma packed days imaginable and to cap it all off I just found out my beloved mentor slash father figure has the terminal tree disease I just watched very nearly be the horrific end of my friend and he's being a bit pass agg about it tbh' goes, I think this is about as well as this conversation could have turned out haha :')

[stupiderat]

A comfort so sweet it feels like dying

[merryweathart]

apprentices and teachers by day, daughters and fathers by night

[yakichoufd]

a bitter sweet first kiss

[eggtempest]

been way too long since i've drawn them....loving the anime so far 🥹