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OPENING COMMISSIONS!! 🫧
My Kofi is in the linktree in my bio!
I can also technically be reached on my other socials (link tree), but discord is preferred. This is my first time doing commissions and things are subject to change in the future, but I’m trying to figure it all out!
I’ve honestly been kinda stressed about money, but i’m not entirely sure if i can call these “emergency” commissions or anything just yet. Regardless, any support is appreciated! I also take tips on my Kofi
2 posts in one day is revolutionary for me but i cannot get them out of my brain.
Baby Prospero! I like to think that he has a mild fear of chickens. Chicks are fine. It's the mommas that scare him.
These are pretty rushed and I'm not sure if the chickens look accurate (I did not use any references but it's too late to do something about it now
her design is very pretty indeed..
My friend thought she was very light skinned black girl I think that would be interesting tbh and also very cosplayable
*ships are dutch because british ones are ugly asf
Wdym Annabel IS a very light skinned black girl (I’m coping)
wallahi when i first read nevermore i thought so too 😭
chat i miss her
also i drew it like. today. in one day. this is how much i miss her. i miss my wife tails. i miss her a lot
waiter, waiter, more ada, axe, forest and nose bleed please! drawing ada with these three things is a canon event for me at this point
her design is very pretty indeed..
My friend thought she was very light skinned black girl I think that would be interesting tbh and also very cosplayable
*ships are dutch because british ones are ugly asf
Montresor's Greatest Fear (Long post)
I know that I had written an analysis post on him previously, but I wanted to talk about it again on a separate post with clearer details.
Before I come to a conclusive theory, I want to go over the interesting details.
It starts with him standing in a church, standing on the Belial sigil.
Fun fact, the term Belial was later referred to as simply the Devil in the New Testament and is used to often used to characterize 'worthlessness' or 'weakness'
This gets further interesting because his Spectre is the Son of Belial. This phrase in Hebrew translates to 'son of worthlessness' or better said 'people defined by worthlessness'. (Do fact check that and inform me if I'm wrong, I'm going off on vague memory and knowledge I had during a short phase)
Moving on, he sees a long line of cloaked figures up front, none that which he recognizes, all approaching him. These figures are covered in soot and grime.
One of them reaches out and touches his chest, insulting him to his face (mood). This touch burns him. They start to take turns, touching him and insulting him. And with each insult it burns him.
It's terrifying, it's clearly haunting him. He's rejecting the insults.
What's more baffling is that, once they touch him, the soot on their body is transferred to him. As seen in the second picture, the people who are walking off are now cleansed. He is burned and getting dirtier and dirtier.
I didn't understand this scene at first. It feels like a line he threw out of desperation, a thread to keep hanging on. Especially the part where he claims that they needed him.
But they are using him. It's as if he's being used to carry their sins - if they are gluttonous, they're making him the gluttonous one. If they are selfish, they're making him the selfish one. They made him wicked, stupid, worthless and he tries to reject it. He's trying to convince SOMEONE that he isn't any of those. Awfully intriguing, really.
It's similar to a sin-eater, my theory is that he was used as a scapegoat. Like a designated sinner? I am not well aware of such concepts to talk about them, but I think it is a similar theme being applied here.
So all of this happens, he becomes very close to a crash out, and then his 'mother' shows up.
At first glance it looks as though she's hugging him, but upon closer look at her hand placement you can see that one hand is touching him the exact same way that every hooded figure from before had. Palm right on his body as if prepared to call him out/insult him.
Montresor does calm down a lot once she appears, listening in silence as she continues to...completely insult him. She excludes him from their community, comparing him to them. She calls him faithless - going as far as to say he deserves all he has gotten.
What surprises me is that he refuses, he says "I'm not" as in "I'm not faithless", and "I didn't" as in, "I didn't deserve this".
It's surprising because Montresor is someone who seems to fully admit what he is, he is proud of it. He knows he's an asshole, he knows he's vengeful, he doesn't do much to hide it. And yes, this may be a coping mechanism for he who seem to have been called such things his whole life. But the refusal feels wholehearted, desperate even.
She forces him into his knees to pray (she has a devious smile while he's surprised) and as you can see ^ she forces his hands together and raises them in praying motion.
The next scene is one I think we'll understand one the actual flashback regarding this scene is unlocked. He is defiant, almost casual when he says he doesn't remember. It almost looks like a child throwing a tantrum.
See, I think he's lying when he says he has forgotten. Originally I had thought he didn't pray much or perhaps he stopped at some point and never prayed again. And these are legitimate theories and could even be proven true along the lines. But in his latest flashback we see he was a preacher before he became an outlaw. Not a good one, of course as he was shown gambling. It does sort of imply he at least worked in a church back then so not remembering how to pray would be difficult to do - especially for someone who is likely to have grown up in churches. Such places treat religion like a habit, and one thing about habits are that they are hard to forget.
Plus, in the latest chapter he was in (120) he is wearing a cross necklace underneath his uniform. For someone who seems to 'look down' on God this proves that he has at least some faith. Of course he may wear it as a source of comfort as well. Religion is a very complicated thing after all, I'm not going to make solid conclusions here.
Fun fact! Montresor means my treasure in French! Monty here might be American in the webtoon but in the short story he's actually French.
Anyway, this is the final burning. The mother grabs his throat as she says this and it seems to burn his insides causing him to puke the out the actual devil. An interesting theory here would be that this implies that mother is the worst sinner of them all, but either way, the scene freaked me out.
I can't tell you what she means by "you had the devil inside since the day you were born" as it is a common insult against horrible people. However if this means that he has been treated like devil itself since he was a young child then I think I will genuinely feel remorse for Montresor.
So the devil he pukes out, which I'm assuming is a depiction of Belial, begins to attack people around the church.
In the background it is the bible verse Matthew 6:9-13, the 21st Century King James version specifically. (Btw I'm not Christian so this was a bitch to find, I was just writing down key words I saw between the teared bg but I'm pretty sure this is the one)
It goes:
In this manner, therefore pray ye: Our father who art in heaven , hallowed by Thy name
Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory forever.
Amen.
I might make a separate post about this verse later if I have a revelation, mostly because I was too tired to delve into the meaning of it. At first read it seems like a prayer for God to redeem them of their sins though.
As this verse plays in the background, the devil is attacking people, and Montresor watches it all laughing. He seems satisfied, pleased to see the sight. It's as if he's watching someone finally revenge for him. My guy is loving it.
Also if you look at the picture of him laughing you would see the exact handprint of his mother's on his chest.
He's laughing, in his illusion, but in reality, he looks worse off than ever.
Poor Will T-T
Montresor looks terrified here. I loved what Lenore said to him, pointing out how he's always scared. It made so much sense that I nearly pitied the guy.
Yes, if he really is scared of God or maybe the 'cult-like' behavior itself then every single thing he's done so far can be seen as an attempt to get away from that life. Every blasphemous action and unkempt behavior starts to seem as if he's desperate to not be seen as religious. He's nothing like them.
Or maybe it's the only way he knows how to be. Having been called the devil, depraved, horrible, those are the only words he knows how to fit into. So he needs to be like it, because if not then who even is he? He's scared of whatever that has been done to him, but it may also be the only thing he knows.
Either way, it scared him to such an extent and I am dying to know the full story there. Whether he's choosing to be horrible, or if he doesn't know how to be anything but horrible, or he's horrible because he's scared - I simply cannot wait to find out.
Bonus!
In his illusion he is watching the devil lash around, attacking the worshippers around him, while in reality he's lashing out going as far as to attack Will (who basically worships him omg)
Perhaps this means that even in the illusion, he's the devil and we're being tricked by seeing a subconscious part of himself enjoying the sight.
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I feel like I should bring up that I don't even like Montresor. It's just that there's so much depth to him that I keep seeing whenever I'm doing mundane tasks that makes my mind wander.
spectacular post. i absolutely despise montresor. i hate the mf. he is the worst guy in the whole nevermore series and i need him to die. but my god, do i relate with his conflicting religious background, and being called blasphemous and "the devil"/having the devil inside you. i think a reason for that is also because him and me are gay, so it plays into the religious homophobia of it all. i want to know everything about his childhood and how the society he lived in shaped the way he is
She be hitting that Regina George attitude lmao
Finally , I convinced my sister to draw something Nevermore related, and she delivered!
She asked me to post it on her behalf, so yaal better be nice!!!
Annabel spectre cosplayyy
WARNING: Gore, disturbing eye imagery.
I have no idea what this is. It came to me while I was eating some cereal. The quote isn't from anything, I'm just edgy like that.
I do love the idea of Prospero hating and blaming himself for the way things turned out for him. Believing that he truly is rotten.
…What if I told you historical gothic lesbian supernatural ghost crossdressing enemies/lovers fight to the death manipulation webcomic…what then? What then…
WHO DREW LENNABEL IN LESBOS ON W PLACE???? HELLO THEY’RE SO CUTE.
i can't believe these two photos are from the same episode
Little announcement, all! Nevermore will be going on a short summer break. Flynn and I have made the controversial decision to go outside and see the sun. But never fear, I'll burn immediately, remember why I don't go out there, and then we'll be set 'til next summer! Keep an eye on our socials for an official return date, but it should be in time for September. Which is good because September is basically spooky season, basically. Hope you're all having a lovely summer too. We'll probably do some streams for free members and patrons alike on our discord server, so drop by if you like that kind of thing. See you very soon. 🌴👻 - Kit Trace
small observation
Noticeably, out of everyone at Nevermore, Pluto is one of the only ones without something around his neck (e.g. a tie, cravat). Everyone's probably already noticed, but I feel like this could have something to do with his experiences with things around his neck (see his most recent flashback and his spectre), which could make ties somewhat unhelpful to his afterlife experience. Pretty nice of the deans to take that into consideration for his uniform.
