Space Drifter's Travels

Art and occasionally writing, mostly science fiction flavored.

[scotchfairy]

No stress, we implode like Chuuya.

My online art gallery is at ArtStation (I sometimes forget to update it)

Lee Thompson-Herbert

Freelance Artist, my Muse is the Imp of Perversity

other contacts;

Twitter: @Scotchfairy (burned to the waterline when ElNo made "everything here is AI fodder" official policy instead of just threatened theft)

Matstodon: @[email protected] (oh right, I still have that account)

Ao3:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I'm primarily a fan artist online, though I occasionally show pieces of my original works. I do illustrated stories/light novels on Ao3, mostly for Captain Harlock with other fandoms sprinkled in.

[mothzan]

We're freeeee

[scotchfairy]

If we’re going to be stuck in an idiot time loop. Send Atshi and Dostov back to 1889 London, where they can meet a teenage boy and his demon who are having a “who can be more evil contest.” Let Dostov annoy them until they make it a contest to find the worst death for him.

I originally had a better shitpost pic for this, but can’t for the life of me find it.

[scotchfairy]

set of wallpapers

I’ve bothered to slap some screencaps into wallpaper for the new iphone

The tophat is current. The beachside image came from online

and one from photos. Datura innoxia, one of many related flowers that go by “devil’s trumpet.”

Sooner or later, I’ll go back to having my own artwork, but iOS makes it stupidly hard to import good quality versions of of my paintings over from storage. edit. I lied, I’ve got last year’s solstice card of Dazai (again)

A little different than the old one I was rocking on Android, but the iBrick is slowly starting to feel like home, even if it’s in a neighborhood I didn’t really want to move to (iOS). If I can do basic stuff like this again, maybe I’ll start churning out fan art (or any art) again. Instead of getting an idea then thinking, nah, too much trouble.

[scotchfairy]

Aunt Francis as the Kuroverse Slayer?

This is one of those crack ideas you get late at night. I’m trying to write it out coherently. So what if Aunt Francis was the Kuroverse version of the Slayer or Chosen One/Magical Girl/etc? The Phantomhive lineage exists to root out evil. With evil. “Setting a snake to catch a snake” as the saying goes. That explains the offspring that hold the title for head of the family, but other siblings? What if one female out of the lineage has to be the Chosen one to fight evil through the might of her swords and fist? It’d explain relatively weak Vincent snd overpowered Francis, as well as Elizabeth the swords genius.

So Francis knows her nephew got the dirty job, but she also senses something about Sebastian and feels a need to bully him mercilessly every time she sees him.

This maybe explains Francis’ hostility towards Sebastian? She finds his face objectionable. Plus Sebastian seems to actually feel fear of her.

Again, using the excuse that Sebastian looks diissipated. But looking at the other house masters…

I mean, the Red House master looks like quite the libertine himself. And the Violet House master is a wreck. The worst one could accuse Sebastian of in this crowd is being young, unmarried (remember CoE vicars marry), and pretty.

Then we have Elizabeth’s reaction to him, once she decides he’s a threat

Elizabeth’s going for the kill shot. Neither of the ladies shouts “Demon!” but they aren’t happy to have him around. Crack theory for the night.

[scotchfairy]

Clocktower?

from the Public School arc

Wth the giant pendulum in the background. I kept thinking I’d seen something like this before. It’s the headmaster of Beacon’s office at the top of the com tower from RWBY

The resolution’s low, because that first season was animated in Poser, rather than Daz3D or Maya. However, the series was popular enough in Japan that they got their own manga adaptation and the title of “first american anime.” (Too bad Marty Oom died of an allergic reaction and then RoosterTeeth Studios self destructed a few seasons later, just about the time they were getting good at animation.)

That said:

I’m trying to figure where the clocktower trope came from (it entered the goth/steampunk visual vocabulary somehow, just like the haunted carnival did in the 1990s). I’ve noticed “The Order of the Clocktower” occurs in at least two (or three or four, depending how you count them) series. Bungo Stray Dogs probably takes the idea from the huge body of literature it grew out of. Fate, Lord El Melloi’s Casefiles, and Garden of Sinners all use the Order of the Clocktower as the name for the English magic school based in London that trains hereditary magicians, run by a very cut throat magic aristocracy.

But the headmaster’s office being located in the gears of the giant clock itself is -I think- a trope from special ability school manga and anime like K , Killakill and A Certain Scientific Railgun. The ones where you ask yourself why the fuck are these kids here and why are they fighting each other (oh right, shonin).

[scotchfairy]

Bitter Rabbit dolls

So the rabbits are done, for the most part. Not too bad, considering they started with a keychain plushie.

From the base doll to working pieces:

Costume parts to finished Ciel and Sebastian rabbits:

Now I just need to set up the tea room for photos. I just found the throne-like armchair I’d bought for Dazai. It should work well for Ciel too (and when the Nendoroid doll Ciel and Seb arrive next year, all the furniture is the same scale).

[scotchfairy]

kiss the whip?

From the Circus arc, ch 24. I never caught this bit before. No wonder Beast was so offended. Sebastian was making lewd gestures at her. Ha. I’m picturing her shock, when she used that whip to keep all the animals at bay and Sebastian slyly grabs it and takes her up on the offer.

[zimowahistoria-kuro]

…but why compare the both of them when the series already has its own equivalent of the queen of hearts in the form of madam red

[scotchfairy]

Besides, the question all the way through the manga is, “Who’s more evil: Ciel or Sebastian?”

[princessbutler1316]

Well, so far the most popular theory which is becoming increasingly true is

This demon definitely have PTSD, anxiety and panic attacks 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[scotchfairy]

Lady Midford is her own set of traumas. She tells him his face is lecherous. And drags him by his forelock.

A whole collection of dealing with the other servants

And the good ol’ Queen

[zimowahistoria-kuro]

What'cha think the Queen is up to?

honestly, i have no idea. like, she's definitely sus. the fact that she appeared there so suddenly is obviously part of some kind of scheme. but i have no clue what she's planning or how exactly it ties into the current events.

is she there because undertaker knew ciel was heading to the hotel and informed her (especially considering the theories that she partially funds the aurora society)? or did she show up because she's responsible for his father's death and wants to make sure ciel ends up suffering the same fate he narrowly escaped four years ago?

if she sensed that something was happening at the hotel, it would make much more sense—and would be much safer—to send her own butlers instead of going there herself. so based on the fact that she has used ciel as a tool up until now, i think she came to brighton because she knows there's nothing there that can truly threaten her, while also wanting to make sure that whatever plans she has in mind go exactly the way she wants. it might be a long shot, but i think she's connected to the dolls in some way.

unless we get something similar to the anime, where the queen's current actions are being dictated by john brown—whoever he actually is. i saw someone theorizing that john brown is a demon, so imagine if he was the demon from modri's memories and when he said "don't i get a turn?" it wasn't really about telling his own personal story, but rather about telling the events from his perspective.

[scotchfairy]

Nah…Yana couldn’t be calling it out that loud, could she? Ch 222, during Victoria’s tale of DEATH.

[zimowahistoria-kuro]

has anyone actually tried to figure out why the year 1853 appears on queen victoria’s pendant? it’s neither the date of albert’s death nor any significant anniversary for them. the real victoria gave birth to her eighth child that year, but throughout the story yana has never suggested that her children held any particular importance in her life. the only thing we know happened around 1853 in the kuroshitsuji universe is rachel’s birth.

[scotchfairy]

That’s all the charms, flipped so you can see engravings on the backs. I’ve included shots as close as I could get on my phone to let people see details. You should just go to the collection website to see more detail. This is one of the jewels kept in the “Albert Room” along with a bust of Prince Albert. https://www.rct.uk/collection/65290/queen-victorias-charm-bracelet

[zimowahistoria-kuro]

he's giving animals that stare into your eyes and you know a single thought has never crossed their mind.

[scotchfairy]

All demonstrating the Wet Cat look. Or “Poor, abused me. Why would you do that to me?”

Eyebrows are raised and drawn together at the center. Mouth is open slightly, corners down, lower lip sticking out in a little pout. Irises directed up in a “really?” pose. This honestly is different from the “no thoughts in head” expression.

[netnel]

[mudwerks]

Bringing you more Bad Books and Immodest Pictures, your Impure Thoughts Stockpile was getting low.

[radetzkymarch]

[scotchfairy]

And now that he’s at your house, here’s your ticket to Hell.

[scotchfairy]

quick line art for Ciel’s cane

I didn’t do the final inking because my arms gave up. It just started raining here. That little floral scribble below the handle is from my other cane. It’s an embossed sterling silver strip that covers the join between handle and shaft. I thought it looked more like a detail Ciel would have instead of the plain silver one.

[scotchfairy]

I couldn’t sleep. If nothing else, this was good practice at working with the art pen brushes.

[scotchfairy]

quick line art for Ciel’s cane

I didn’t do the final inking because my arms gave up. It just started raining here. That little floral scribble below the handle is from my other cane. It’s an embossed sterling silver strip that covers the join between handle and shaft. I thought it looked more like a detail Ciel would have instead of the plain silver one.

[scotchfairy]

Ciel’s walking stick

For those who need a good reference. This is actually my cane with an imitation ivory (resin) headpiece and black composite shaft. Considering how many times I’ve dropped this sucker or had it knocked down on a hard surface in the last 10 years, it's held up well. I use this most days.

Front view with my monogram (L H T)

Less magnified side view showing my wrist strap that keeps me from dropping the cane quite so often.

Ciel’s cane is probably topped with cast bronze or brass. But I recognized the headpiece immediately. It fits the hand comfortably and can be held in either hand, making it a good choice for someone with small hands.

[ladyshinga]

Y'know what, Lindsey Graham has earned this