✧₊˚ moonlit vale・₊✧

https://linktr.ee/moonvale protectivemother.tumblr.com

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'Tis a seperate art account for protectivemother.tumblr.com. I used to post stuff there, but I got shadowbanned and just couldn't fix it:^( You can still follow protectivemother for funsies (I reblog a lot), but my art will move here, to crescent-in-the-mirror. If you wanna see my old art, you can find it here.

I draw fandom stuff and lots of ocs. Here are some oc tags for navigation: #pythagoras trousers - a little game project I do with a friend (more info here). We've put lot's of love in the alfa and would be v happy if you played it!! #abc - a story about nb entities learning how to be human #dev - wip universe I use as a playground. No plot, just random concepts and neverhood-y vibes. My Linktree (tg, youtube)

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look at me shining

drew some vils for a tiktok trend. b&w versions under the cut.

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took part in little twst artfight and drew azul and cordelia (oc) for @bupyatina! bonus sketch under the cut.

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smooch

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how deuce imagines hand holding with epel vs how it actually plays out (epel grabs him first).

a bit of kissing under cut.

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"Beauté!" – Rook breathed soundlessly. He reached out to grab a phone. He would've loved to catch this moment on a bigger camera, but its shutter was too loud – Vil would've surely woken up and this serene moment Rook desired to capture would be lost. 

illustrations to @kurashiy beautiful drabble! you can read it here.

textless vil + bonus under cut.

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happy book 7.5 on en day, where rook wants to understand himself and beauty better by *checks notes* going on internship to his boyfriend's homeland.

b&w version without bubbles under cut.

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rook is clingy (vil loves it)

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what if grim hadn't called out to vil in that sewing room?

b&w rookvil under cut.

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A while back me and @kurashiy made a little game calles "Smooch?" for annual Yaoi Jam. Now the beautiful "Yaoi Bundle" with 15 games is live! You can check out the games here, ours included - https://itch.io/b/3648/yaoi-game-jam-co-op-bundle

You can find some concept art and kisses under the cut.

they're names are rené and otto btw!

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a bit more of quick samovar brainrot, bc i immediately thought of That One kustodiev portrait. references are under cut.

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bless you 6th anniversary for casually dropping the fact that pomefiore students drink tea from samovar. my life is complete now.

upd: added a b&w version, bc i liked it too.

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my piece for @actually-miles-edgeworth beautiful fic with awesome character study and poetic language.

and check out beautiful art to this fic by @eccentricglimpse too!

thanks once again to @franmayanarumitsuminibang for organizing this event.

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my illustration for @ashtonisvibing scrumptious fic! it's pure fun, so please check it out. and of course check out beautiful cover art and illustration by @kuno2480

and thanks to @franmayanarumitsuminibang for organizing this event!

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freshies + whoever was left part 1: overblotters part 2: vices + kalim part 3: you're here!

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some rookvils

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and the oscar goes to the poisoning scene in book 5 for somehow managing to recreate one of (if not the) most haunting and beautiful love confessions in anime history.

some thoughts and yapping under cut (book 5 finale spoilers, revolutionary girl utena slight spoilers)

it's actually insane how rgu-coded the poisoning scene in book 5 is. rook's choice to knowingly drink vil's deadly poison is certainly a display of despair and devastation, but at the same time it's a way of showing his trust and devotion. like utena, rook does something absolutely unexpected from vil's/anthy's perspective – chooses to stay despite the VERY real looming threat. but most importantly, it's a cheeky reply to vil's/anthy's actions. anthy and vil are very different in their approach and reasoning, but their mutual belief in their inherent "ugliness" (wickedness) is what drives them to take action and push rook/utena away. rook and utena reply to that by accepting said ugliness (consuming the poison and poisoning vil/anthy in return). it's a blunt proclamation of love that later leads to a tragedy (anthy's suicide attempt/vil's overblot).