Summary: Ryland Grace has accepted his feelings for Simon, but that doesn't mean he'll do anything about it... after what happened with Linda, he knows he won't be enough.
Premiering on Patreon on August 4th, one page per day in high quality
Opening to the public on August 12th, The pages will be published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Everyone looks for an excuse to hold hands with their love interest!
In this case, Grace with the help of Adrian and Rocky figured out a way to recreate an orange-hued sunset in Grace's biodome.
Grace yearning/fumbled Simon: 4
Simon yearning/fumbled Grace: 4
WHEN IS THIS TIE GOING TO END!?!?
I worked on this all afternoon; I hope you like it, Sorry for the delay—my tablet broke, so a friend had to lend me hers. I started working on this at 3:00 and worked on it for 7 hours. I'm sorry the coloring isn't great, but I was too excited to wait to upload it.
i was watching the karaoke scene again last night and genuinely like it fucks me up
bc in no way can be read that she was always gonna send grace on the hail mary, or that she suspected or knew she was going to have to send him.
when she sings, it is absolutely to him, but it's to reassure him that she knows she's going away but that she's coming back. she's telling him to hang in there, that it's going to be hard but that she believes in him and that she will come back when the time is right and they'll meet again somewhere far away from here.
that's the captain of the ship telling her first mate "youre gonna have to run things when im gone but its okay bc i believe in you and youre gonna do fine. I'll be back soon."
she KNOWS she's a scapegoat. she's been planning for her arrest and eventual escape the whole time on the backburner.
and then the disaster happens and she has to send her second in command, her friend, to his death or they all die.
and suddenly there is no more "we'll meet again someday" bc she's never gonna see him again. even if everything goes to plan and she escapes and the beetles arrive with a solution-- she loses grace forever.
if that doesnt just fucking gut you, if youre too busy being mad at her for killing grace to appreciate the fucking tragedy that is their relationship, you are missing out on some prime angst.
posting this with every artist tag i can think of, even if you dont do crochet, PLEASE TAKE RESTS FOR YOUR HANDS!!! no matter what medium artist you are, take care of your articulations
bloodymary comic pages 7-8/12
yes I know it's boring to have only two pages updates but I need time to finish it since i'm working on a lot of things right now, so PLEASE be kind! if you wanna take a look at page 9-10, head to my patreon!
part 2 / next part (coming soon)
i also have extra bloodymary things on your way!
finally made an EWC comic of my own! template by @justcakethanks. this is by far my most favorite fandom trend, every single comic I see has me DYINGGGGG
you know what we don't have enough of in this fandom is grace downplaying his own trauma, especially when it comes to the hail mary mission. i need more of him trying to bottle up his feelings about being literally kidnapped and sent to his death because what right does he have to be traumatized by that when everything turned out fine in the end? what right does he have when yao and ilyukhina never even got the smallest chance to survive? when rocky lost twenty-three of his crewmates and had to watch them sleep for forty-six earth years, slowly realizing that they weren't going to wake up? and god if simon is there he has so much more to compare his trauma against, what with the child-solider-raised-in-a-cult-forced-into-the-blood-ocean of it all...how could grace complain about his lovingly crafted coffin and terrified chase when he knows he's always had a better chance? when he was so lovingly murdered, sacrificed as a hero for the good of the world?
who is he to complain, when his kidnapping led to meeting his best friend and soulmate, when it brought him to the love(s) of his life? when he was given a choice, technically, but he was too cowardly and frightened to say yes? when being pinned down and forcibly sedated was for his own good, when it ended up saving his life while the people who were actual heroes rotted in their pods next to him? when stratt was right to do this to him, when she knew he was capable of the mission, and it turns out she was very correct in believing in him? what right does he have to have nightmares about it, to have flashbacks that leave him shaking in terror, to flinch away from needles or medical care, because of something that brought him to the place he's supposed to be? how can he feel frightened of choice, of his no not meaning anything, when clearly having his choice taken from him is for the best? how is that fair? how does that not just reinforce his cowardice, his selfishness, for not willingly agreeing to a near certainly doomed fate?
the answer he comes to is that it's not, he's going to make damn sure that no one knows how weak he is for crying over a choice that he should've made in the first place.
(bonus: i think this could be especially juicy in a time travel au where he actually does get a chance to meet stratt again, knowing what she did to him. he berates himself for flinching from her, like she's dangerous to him, when he knows she was just trying to do the right thing. he feels rushes of intense, white hot rage, only for it to fizzle out into guilt afterwards for being angry in the first place. he's torn between slapping her and demanding to know how she could do this to him and clinging to her and asking through his tears how could she do this to him when he thought they were friends, when he trusted her so much, when he thought...when he thought she liked him. he's not sure what to do with all of his feelings. it's not like he can talk to her about it, can he?)
since this is being posted i believe a month after the last part im gonna say that yes they've been at this for 4 weeks and grace categorically refused to engage with a weird dream riddle and delegated that in favor studying of his new front yard decoration until frustration finally broke him
we love an avoidant behaviour king
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 3.5, part 4, part 5
+ bonus what i imagine the eridians looked like witnessing the Plot™
random yapping by yours truly below the cut
i have FINALLY finished this thing!! holy crap thank you to everyone who has been following and for the incredible, enthusiastic comments that have been feeding my ego!
this wasn't honestly supposed to go beyond the first part but the muse asks for no opinion when she takes a mallet to your head i guess,,
since ive personally always been a fan of people showing sketches with their work heres some stuff from my process:
these are as i affectionately call them my insane person notes, frantically scribbled down and barely legible to even me
(edit: forgot to add since my handwriting isn't that legible, i picked the random plant parts of the tree from googling symbolism of plants so if anyone's interested here tis
Aspen- bravery, facing the unknown
Mangrove- strength, support
Oak- longevity, strength, robustness
Red carnation- i love you forever
Grapes- rebirth
Maple- strength, resilience
Ginkgo- resilience, longevity, duality, peace)
and here's a random warm up page that i did:
once again thank you everyone for your support and interest, it's been amazing
rwby makes me want to cry so bad. imagine being created with the budget of a nickel and two toothpicks. the map of the region was a stain on a napkin. the creator wrote out to the ninth volume but died before the last of the third volume. but his friends kept the show going, kept true to what he wrote. the show survived the shutdown of the parent company. had crossover movies with wb and was dropped by them as well. got picked up by yet another studio. has been in hiatus hell for 3 years but is confirmed to continue. this is insane and unheard of for this type of show. also the core message of the show is to not give up, to keep going even when the going gets tough, never give up. rwby is not giving up. rwby, monty, you will always be famous <3
simon immediately thinking "simon? simon who? that damn pebble he named after me? I'LL KILL IT " and rocky going "SIMON YOU HUMAN SIMON" and simon BOLTS
for 3€ or more you can now directly request a bloodymary doodle from me (via comment) on my kofi! :) heck, you can even... gasp..commission me... :))))
copying tags again because i might as well. this is my life now /j
I’m still working on previous comms, but life keeps happening and I’m short rent money.
My mom’s work paid her 800 dollars too much last pay check, but since it was a mistake they needed her to pay it back. But you see. They also needed what was taxed back so she didn’t get paid for several days of work worth 1500 dollars to make up for the payroll mistake. My mom promised to pay rent at least before the end of the week. We don’t have any food in the house besides ramen and we have other bills coming up. Anything would help 🙏
I still need to update my sheet, esp the last page so feel free to double check information in regards to what I can and can’t do.
