This isn't a full fledged au or anything but a fun idea. I cannot explain why she exists but she is here. I think she would be kinda scared and angry and not sure why... I don't think she would like the long hair but enjoys the bangs to hide behind. I call her Anna
i love palamades sextus because it's like. he's "the greatest necromancer of his generation". he's jealous of an eighteen year old. he's in a codependant relationship with his cousin. he's writing erotic wlw fanfic on the wallpaper of his hallucinated River bubble. he rewrote known necrophysics. he was homewrecked. he finds those little outfits that nurses wear and strong work ethic and high test scores sexy. he's been in love with a woman seven years older than him since he was eight. he gave an ancient saint turbo cancer. he blew himself up. he's dead. he's alive. he's banned from selling erotic wlw fanfic he conceived in his necrophysically impossible River bubble. he's taking care of the dead soul of the earth in the body of a girl who lobotomized herself. he never forgets anything. and he isn't even technically the main character. NO ONE is doing it quite like him.
"Stigmata" def. Bodily marks or pains resembling the wounds of the crucified Jesus (x)
Inspired by "Estigmas" by Fabian Chairez
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Notes, Details and References :3
This piece was inspired by/is almost a redrawing of "Estigmas" By Fabian Chairez (pictured below)
Harrow's outfit is inspired by a priest's vestments, she has an alb, stole, and the lychtor robe works as the chasuble
Harrow's stole has embroidery on it, consisting of;
* the stone of the locked tomb with chains over it, based off the locked tomb symbol in nona
* a nine pointed star, for the nine houses
* and the alpha and omega symbol from catholic tradition, which represents many things; John being the beginning and end of them, John and Alecto, the resurrections being the beginning and the end of humanity
Gideon is wearing the clothes she is described as wearing when renamed and repositioned to Kiriona Gaia
Gideon's wreath has blossoms as described in Nona. It consists of finger bones, lotus flowers, and forget-me-nots
* According to the old farmer's almanac the lotus flower stands for purity, enlightenment, self-regeneration, and rebirth
* Forget-me-nots stand for true love's memories, and state Do Not Forget me :)
Some of Harrow's fingers are beneath Gideon's wreath, purposefully trying to get past it to get to Gideon herself. not what John has made her
The blue under Gideon's skin is an attempt to emulate blood pooling/showing how cold she is
Gideon has her canonical wounds; the one on her chest with teeth, and the one on her throat, barely peeking past the neck scarf
Gideon also has Stigmata, as inspired by the painting this is based off of
Stigmata in catholicism are wounds or marks that resemble those which were caused by the crucifixion of christ
ps. yes, i know Gideon is ashy, it's because she is dead 💜
Refs:
Digital painting
Gore
Coloring and drawing characters of color (also just generally a great masterpost!)