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Jayce - He/Him - Adult

[lem0nayce]

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About

Jayce

He/Him

AuDHD, Disabled, Métis, Transmasc

Artist and Writer

What you'll find here

Occasional art and writing

Various fandom stuff

Silly reblogs

Primary fandoms

Witch Hat Atelier

Gachiakuta

Kagurabachi

Dorohedoro

Dandadan

This blog is NOT MANGA SPOILER FREE for these series. I try to remember to tag spoilers but may miss some!

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[howling-wizard]

s2, also will be known as asurisu season,

[ghoooooooooooooooost]

veil 2

[melomfruit]

happy 1 yr on tumblr to me (*'▽'*)

[okerum]

who up janking it

[r1verrat]

I fear I'll never shut up about them

[ambrellaexists]

MA the girls are fighting again!!!

[renxiss]

pretty quick Arkco art in honor of the anime coming out soon

[purelovemechanism]

tartah and coco’s relationship is fascinating and i really adore tarco but i feel like the most recent chapters make it very clear they’ve chosen custas and agott over each other which just further substantiates their respective queer coding. tarco begin their relationship developing a bond of mutual ignorance, bliss, and “normalcy” [read: heteronormativity], but as the story progresses tartah’s world is completely expanded by custas, and he sacrifices coco’s trust in him to chase after custas in parallel to oluruggio/qifrey (who are also very queer). coco chooses to stay with agott rather than follow him.

it’s also interesting bc custas and coco are deliberate parallels and sort of an “andrew in drag” situation for tartah who clearly has a crush on coco and also had his relationship with custas open with a classic “do you like me or something?” at the same time you have agott who is pretty clearly meant to be a lesbian—even just from basic narrative coding, coco, tetia, and richeh all have young boys they’re positioned opposite of to explore what young crushes look like, whereas agott only has that with coco.

i feel like tarco were so necessary for advancing each other’s character arcs, but i do think shirahama sort of deliberately pulled off a bait and switch with them. tartah has a crush on coco, and maybe coco reciprocates, but it’s that sort of “first love” that comes with a lot of idolization and isn’t necessarily realistic. as both characters begin to understand the reality of the witching world, they drift further apart. as they realize the falsehood of “normalcy” they’re pushed further towards custas and agott. i still love them a lot bc they’re the first they know to ever really understand each other. and yet, it’s through understanding each other they come to understand their respective selves and this ironically develops them beyond the other.

[bloodraven55]

at this point no one can tell me agott doesn’t have a crush on coco bc it just keeps getting louder and louder. your honour that is a baby gay if i ever saw one

[jumpscart]

Finally get to post this piece I did for the WHA Spooky Spells Zine!!! You can find the full zine on twt @ whaspellszine go check it out!!!

[yfel-axel]

[iskander-tm]

eepy

[clumsypuppy]

long bacon store

[cathedralight]

the thing about orufrey is that qifrey is living in a gothic romance tragedy and olruggio is living in a cooking BL

[rect-bibi]

we dont know much about chihimama yet but i feel like they would have similar taste in men. somewhat

[sickropia]

Olruggio's Mannerism's as a Reminder of the Tassel Swap, Witch Hat Atelier Analysis

(Spoilers through chapter 93)

So Olurggio has this nervous thing he does where he rubs or scratches at the back of his neck. Fun little character quirk that does a lot to let us know whenever something is making him uncomfortable, stressed, nervous ect. Here are some examples.

(In order these are Chapter 8 after Qifrey says he should erase his memory if they erase Coco's, Chapter 40 need I say more, Chapter 88 after lying to the Knight's Morales) There are so many more examples he is always pulling this move.

We also see him do this right before confronting Qifrey about the tassel swap.

Whenever we see Qifrey and Olly arguing as adults, Olly usually rubs his neck either after relenting the argument, or if he's about to say something confrontational. This is exactly what's happening in this scene. But what's also fun here is that the first panel looks to me a bit like hes grasping for where his ribbon would be, and given his reaction afterward he hadn't noticed the switch until this point.

My initial theory from this is that Olruggio's nervous habit of reaching for his neck, was originally a habit of fidgeting with his ribbon. I still believe this, however there is no other point in the flashback ark where he does this, which could mean nothing but could also be extremely intentional.

It's significant that the first time we see him do this is after he's had his memories erased. He is grasping for something that is not there, both literally and figuratively.