#domirine

[caitmayart]

The annual Sun Festival in the city of Oda!

This tableau was created by me (cait may), @domirine, @galacticjonah, and Simon Roy! What an absolute joy - there are so many good moments throughout, grab your opera glasses and take a look!

[dearhadrian]

A lil gift for the wonderful @domirine - Polnareff and Avdol in her cowboy AU! yee fuckin haw, girl 🥰

[areax]

“I have a question...”  //  my d&d goolock laika hermaeus as drawn by @domirine !!! thank you so much for bringing her to life! pls check out their commissions!!

[thewickwheat]

"Maybe even we are allowed to have a happy ending"

Feat. Lamia by @domirine and Bodran by @janearts

[oooocleo]

your art is GORGEOUS! i spent half an afternoon scrolling back your archive, thank you for sharing it! ♡

🥺 thank you! v sweet of you to drop in w a message weeps

[irithyllians]

Can’t remember if I’ve ever posted it here but commissioning @domirine to paint Angharad was an absolutely stellar decision ❤️

[shoomlah]

hi claire!! i love ur stuff and id love to check out ur ref/aesthetic side if you dont mind sharing it? either way, thank u for posting ur stuff online because it brings me unbridled joy, and hope u have a wonderful one~!

I’m not sure if you’re referencing my latest post about what my blog used to be when I started out on tumblr, but I actually don’t have a ref/aesthetic blog! I do have a side blog, admittedly, though it’s primarily full of all of the dumb garbage I’d reblog if I had fewer followers: @hummeltelescope

...and as for reference/aesthetic/inspiration, stuff, I do have a ton of extremely organized/curated Pinterest boards!

[modlisznik]

002. please feed me your stakh/artemy or stakh&artemy thoughts

ok so stakh&artemy because that’s the vibe rn, let’s goooo

002 | send me a ship and I will tell you:

when or if I started shipping it.

I’m not really shipping them romantically - I’m not against it, there’s definitely ground for some steamy romance (also I’m not immune to that one fic about dumplings), but for now I’m more interested in their friendship. perhaps some hopeless crush when they were still teens and didn’t know what’s going on?

my thoughts:

there’s so much to unpack here - seriously, their relationship is so tragic and messy and tangled in things beyond their control, ahhh, just like in a finest melodrama *cheff’s kiss* I mean, it’s obvious that the reason they’re both so... seething during these first days is that they both care deeply - and feel betrayed; Artemy - because it’s a dreadful think, to realize your friend consider you capable of hurting your own father, responsible for his death, and because this time when Artemy needed help, needed support, when he really could be murdered on the street his best friend turned his back on him. And Stakh - because, well, Artemy not only came back home, but also came back too late.

See, I believe that a lot of the bad blood between them come from the fact that once they were brothers - almost. That is, they were brothers for one another, but not for Isidor, who never really consider Rubin as Artemy’s equal, nor as a student, nor as a family member, despite Rubin wanting to be just that. So I can imagine that a friendly rivalisation between Artemy and Stakh grew into something more vicious and bitter when the latter realized that there are parts of Artemy’s - and Isidor’s - heritage he will never get access to, no matter how hardworking and devoted he is, because with Kin it is always about blood. Was it the moment he started hated the steppe people? he will never become Isidor’s apprentice, he’s just an impostor, Ersher understudy, a spare copy in case of Isidor losing another son. Yet Stakh loved him, and resented him, and he couldn’t hate him - so he turned that hatred towards the Kin and that part of the Kin that was within Artemy

did Artemy know? I think he did; he’s a dumbass sometimes, but other times he’s surprisingly insightful about people and I bet he realized that the way his father is treating his friend is wrong. But Artemy, too, loved his father with the feeling that comes both from his heart and his upbringing; he honoured his father and respected him and was then too immature to openly question Isidor’s actions. was he feeling guilty? ashamed, that he allowed for his father to mistreat his friend? probably

but they both still care, that’s why it hurts so badly, that’s why their fight the night before Tyoma’s departure was so bad. the very fact that Tyoma was leaving was bad enough - it’s a small town from which no one ever leaves, and he was daring to leave, and was leaving his friends behind - but the fact that he was leaving to study medicine in a big city was even worse. but at the same time, Stakh surely knew it was a huge chance for Artemy. How many people could afford that in the Town? And Artemy was gifted, yeah, he deserved that and on some level Stakh probably was happy for his friend. But at the same time, why he deserved that opportunity and Stakh didn't? Artemy already had a future in the Town, a place among his people, something Stakh will never have - why he couldn't be the one to go and learn something different? It's because Artemy will always be the true son of Isidor, and  Stakh will stay here, in this Town where nothing awaits him,for the rest of his life. Trully bound to this land,  like a dog on a leash. And for Artemy, we know that he didn’t really want to go, it was his father’s idea, his wish, and it put Artemy in a situation without a way out - if he’d refuse Isidor’s wish, Stakh would call him a coward and an ungrateful son; if he’d agree, it’d be like admitting that he deserves more than Stakh does. If he'll succeed at the university, Stakh will never forgive him; if h'll fail, Stakh will call him a failure, a wasted chance.

I can imagine Stakh years later, watching Isidor sending a letter after letter with no reply, and sinking deeper and deeper into darkest thoughts. That Artemy doesn't care, that he forgot, now a big city doctor, he considers himself better than his old father from the backend of nowhere. And that Isidor still trusts him more, indifferent to all sacrifices Stakh makes for him

What makes me happy about them:

that after all that ^^^^^ they care!!! And given a little time and dedication, they can mend their friendship, now more mature, despite both of them acting anything but mature. I love how passionate, how real their dialogues feel - full of little jabs - all members of the apple basket gang love to bully their friends, and rightfully so. also they gave us “Rubin is an idiot”, which is the single best line in both Patho games, full stop. you can just taste Tyoma’s frustration here

What makes me sad about them:

it’s that particular brand of disfunctional family dynamics where there’s nothing as obvious as physical violence, but a heavy, suffocating atmosphere of painful truths left unspoken, accusations swallowed up, teeth gritted, little wounds left to fester for too long. and still, they both loved Isidor and each other - it wouldn’t hurt so bad otherwise

Things done in fanfic that annoys me:

a personal peet peeve, but I don’t like when Stakh’s bigotry is being explained as a form of internalized racism coming from him also being of mixed heritage. it makes his character look too much like Artemy at the cost of what’s unique about him. idk, I just don’t vibe with it

Things I look for in fanfic:

friendly bickering. healthy-and-unhealthy rivalry. innocent remark erupting into a big fight because they’re both hot-tempered and won’t hold back. Kids shenanigans. heavy conversations at 3 in the morning, when they both realize that their childhood was kind of messed up. more fights

My kinks:

both of them geting therapy and a big bowl of soup

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:

as you know, I’m a huge burakhovsky shipper, so Artemy’s already taken... I have a soft spot for Stakh/Andrey, especially during Artemy’s absence; it’s not the healthiest of ship, a lot of unspoken anger here, but I know the writer who can make it work (;* Max, if you’re reading this, ;*)

My happily ever after for them:

Stakh being a grumpy uncle to Murky and Sticky is the ultimate endgame. also Tyoma and Stakh learning from one another. Stakh and Tyoma's bickering that starts with grunts and frustrated huffs and sharp remarks that may seem out of the line to a bystander, and ends either in both of them crying from laughter, or in a mock-fight (which can be a sight to behold)

jesus christ, this is a lot of text