Reach for my hand... 🫴
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Thoughts behind the piece:
The title refers to both the hand that Byleth is offering here but the hand in the comic is actually Byleth answering to Edelgard's call to join her fight. In this instance, the hand is a community but it's also Byleth accepting Edelgard's call to fight.
Edelgard is down on her knees crushed under the state of the world and what it's doing to us all. Byleth is telling her she's not alone. She sees her, agrees with her, and is ready to fight with her.
I am aware Edelgard is an empress and this is an anarchist call. I very purposely put her emperor self on the "no masters" panel. It is a call to action, but also a call for her to better stand up to her words (which she canonically does so...)
I have a very normal number of thoughts and feelings about this. The current state of the world is very much not alright and I feel so crushed under the weight of it all.