I recently came back to the Hellsing fandom and finally decided to write a fanfiction that has been living in my head for about 15 years.
It took me this long mostly because I was always more of a math person, and writing never came naturally to me. But after many courses, a lot of practice, and a lot of “okay, maybe I can actually do this,” I finally started.
This ship is very special to me. Honestly, this whole anime is special to me. Hellsing was the first anime I knew I was watching as anime. I don’t really count shows like Naruto in the same way, because those aired on TV for me and, as a kid, I just understood them as cartoons.
And Aluseras was the very first ship little 12-year-old me ever had.
Yes, yes, I know Hellsing is absolutely not a kids’ show, but different times, okay.
Because this story and this ship mean so much to me, I eventually want to bind this fanfiction into a personal book for myself. And since it will be something special, I thought it would be lovely to include art with it too.
So I started looking for artists.
This is the first commission I got for the fic, and I am so happy with it. I already have two more commissions in progress as well. Hopefully, one day I can even sneak some of my own art into the book too, once I progress beyond the stickman stage.
The beautiful art was done by:
https://www.instagram.com/gio_sloth/
And for any wandering souls who might want to give the fic a try:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/82932616
The story is an Alucard/Seras AU set before modern Hellsing canon, in a medieval-inspired setting.
Gotta tell you guys something wild in the Chinese fan sphere
So some fanartist drew a “sexy” (read: booby) version of a (cartoon) character who is traditionally very non-sexualised. Fans of the character got mad about it because it’s kind of groundbreaking how that character is written and portrayed and this art totally ignores the entire point of the character. They demanded the art be deleted. In response to that other people said, well what the fanartist did may be distateful but they have every right to draw what they’re into. The two sides fight for days and each starts a harassment campaign and even report their “opponents’” accounts.
So far so typical. But things eventually come to a head and they decide that this will be settled by votes - not through a poll. Through donations to a children’s education charity via each side’s portal. Whoever can get the highest amount of donation wins.
And that is how this charity received over 1 million in donations in three days lol. Oh btw the “freedom of expression” side won by a landslide (960k to 40k)
Both donation groups finished collecting donations on May 31st, and the charity has since reached out to the "freedom of expression" group's organizers to notify them that their donations will be specifically allocated to girls. The charity works with schools to allow impoverished students to go to high school (which isn't free in China), so they will be distributing 7500 RMB each for 128 girls to attend their 3 years of high school.
Also for anyone curious, the character is Luye from The Legend of Hei II. Official design vs. the fanart under the cut:
Hi Max! I’m writing a fic and would love to ask what kind of animal Seras would be on a night out terrorizing the town
O O OOOO!!!! SO COOL!! ehmmmmm hmmm i really like the idea of Seras having her own dog form to mirror Alucard´s. I've seen some people associate her with a pomerania and i find the similarities very fun, although it probably wouldn't make for a very intimidating beast❤️🩹
