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“it’s probably one of…the worst moments in caitel’s life.”

caitel, the day he became emperor.

art by 玄野 ROTH commed by yours truly

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modern ariadna moodboard (indulge me)

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more characters that remind me of ariadna (some of them moreso what ariadna could have been with more care put into her writing)

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don’t let the boymoms distract you from the fact that she was so fucking funny for this

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everyone in agrigent is so religious about her, “my only angel” is such a cute way to describe someone

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i love how when anyone asks yunsul about caitel ships like with serira or asisi, she’s like “ehhh i didn’t really think about it, that old slut only loves his daughter” or when asked about whether he’d marry genderbent asisi and she’ll still be like no pretty much the same situation that man truly can only devote himself to being a father to ariadna

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wait forgot i never posted the full art

by summerday11187 on vgen🪽

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princess ariadna by @/soing on vgen

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such a beauty, people complained about her always talking about how pretty she is but you would too if you looked like a pink pearl made a wish to be a princess

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here’s all the daughter of the emperor art i could find that is different (and higher in quality) from the series art style. i’m only halfway certain the first is for DOTE tbh since i can’t read korean.

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“people are too harsh on havel”

people are rarely that harsh on any male lead/ 2nd male lead let alone too harsh tbh. i think “he’s a royal he has to do what he has to do” is a weak defense of his character in a story already full of royals and nobles tbh like yes we know a royal in a bad position has to do what they have to do for their people…we learned that and had it fleshed out with more nuance in the 100+ chapters of seeing more interesting characters deal with it.

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i don’t mean to shit on havel too much but i can’t fathom coming out of the story with him on your mind when he’s less interesting than even the princess of praezia ariadna talks to a handful of times. havel as a character is just so thrown together. havel is like if they tried to make an offbrand generic party city costume of caitel.

ahin is a step up in my opinion if only because he’s not so painfully awkward at flirting, pretty and not creepy but in the end i was never going to care about hastily added romance dynamics when the story is called DAUGHTER of the emperor and her familial dynamics are obviously more fleshed out and central to the story.

i love romance but that’s the least of what daughter of the emperor has to offer and seeing people focus on that man even to the point of bashing ariadna as if she owes this milquetoast tertiary character her love just because every time you see an edgy “dominant” stock character 2nd male lead you act like it’s your first time seeing any man ever is just so…there are endless stories that will serve you up generically possessive wannabe ml on a silver platter with a fl who actually somehow wants him in the end. leave dote be. ariadna’s lack of freudian attraction to havel will only disappoint you.

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agrigent through my eyes (an attempt at adding a little atmosphere to the setting)

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perdel

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are you ready to die caitel

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art of longhaired caitel from this artist