#mikalo

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Have finally nailed down the style for the comic... And it feels great XD

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I’ve had to put working on White Line to the side for a while but here is the finished version of the big panel on page 05 from a while back XD

*update* nope, not the finished version, I went on to explore and play with the style even more XD

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I'm so rusty and scared of inking traditionally but I'll try hard to do as much of Inktober as possible this year. Day 01: OC Mikalo from Redemption - ball point pen XD

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Another White Line panel... a WIP of the big panel on page 05 XD

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My subpar drawing skills can't do these characters justice, but here's just some quick sketches of the main villains of the series: the Vanechi! These are ancient, draconified individuals with powers far surpassing that of any mortal beings, and are motivated simply to destroy all that exists. More about each of them will eventually be revealed in time, but for now this is all I'll really post of them.

Mikalo (Terror), Ghanesby (Hilarity), and Dalius (Hysteria) are the last three of this ancient race, and each has different forms and abilities depending on the title that they have earned over the centuries of their rule. While I won't really elaborate on that now, I've included songs that I associate with each one to give a hint at their respective vibes.

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Mikasa x Louise!

she just wants her senpai to notice her

After Everything I’ve Done for You 

MikaLo. Canonverse. 

817 words. 

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Louise doesn’t understand why Mikasa looks past her, ignoring her even as she calls out her name. It crushes her every time Mikasa turns away from her, not even bothering to turn her head when she hears the girl call to her so desperately. It makes her realize how cold and lonely it is in this cell, but she doesn’t regret what she’s done. After all, she had done it for her.

She doesn’t want her thanks; she just wants Mikasa to understand why she had done these things. She wants her to see that she had become a strong soldier just like Mikasa had been when she had saved the refugees as they fled from Trost after the wall had been breached. She wants her to know about all the things she’s done and all the things she’s willing to do for her, for them, for everybody. She just wants to be acknowledged by the one that has inspired her to become the person she is now, but it stings every time Mikasa refuses to notice her.

She feels pathetic as she calls out Mikasa’s name down the cold, stone hallways of the prison, knowing that the stoic soldier won’t pay her attention no matter how loudly she calls for her. Frustrated, she punches the wall, but she hardly feels the pain as her knuckles begin to bleed.

“Why won’t you look at me?” Louise shouts, falling to her knees. She curls up, wrapping her arms around her legs and resting her forehead on her chin. Closing her eyes, she feels herself tremble with fury as tears begin to fall. “I just want you to acknowledge me…to talk to me…but you won’t even speak to me…what did I do to make you hate me so much, Mikasa?”

There is nothing but silence and Louise thinks that Mikasa has slipped away from her just like she always does, but she looks up to see Mikasa standing right in front of her. Even though her face is set in that same disappointed frown that it has always been in ever since Louise had been charged for divulging classified military information to the public, Louise’s face breaks into a smile and the girl stumbles to stand up, clinging to the bars as she looks up at Mikasa.

“Have you changed your mind about me?” Louise asks, eyes alight with the excitement of speaking to her after being ignored for so long. “Do you understand why I had to do these things? Didn’t you all do something similar to this before? So it’s the same! You understand that, don’t you? You understand why I had to do it.”

“You understand nothing,” Mikasa tells her in a quiet voice. Her look is so cold that Louise finds herself shivering, but she refuses to tear her gaze away. “You didn’t have to do any of those things. The only thing you had to do was go on the mission and keep your mouth shut about military affairs until official reports were released. What you did was a crime, Louise, that only helped to cause panic and disruption all across the island. You and the rest are so convinced that you’ve done no wrong that you can’t even see the consequences of your actions.”

“Because we were only doing what was right!” Louise interrupts. She doesn’t even falter when Mikasa’s eyes narrow because she knows in her heart that she’ll understand soon. She just needs to explain and then it will all be clear to her. “We had to set them free – free to move across the ocean and free from secrets. Isn’t that our goal? To set our people free?”

“What you’re doing is very dangerous,” Mikasa says. “Do you hear what they’ve been saying – Floch and the people you’ve aligned yourself with? They keep saying things about an Eldian Empire, conquering everything and becoming the superior nation. Is that what you want, Louise? Is that why you’ve done these terrible things?”

She can repeat everything she’s said, explain it a million different words, but she knows Mikasa will never truly listen to her words. She balls up her hand into a fist, lips pursed. “That’s not what I said…why can’t you just understand?” Louise asks through gritted teeth. “All these things…I did them for you because of what you did for me all those years ago…when you saved me…after everything I’ve done for you…why are you treating me as if I did something horrible…I just wanted to do this for you…” Cautiously, she looks up at Mikasa to see if her words have finally made it through to her.

Although her expression has softened, her expression is unbearably sad. “But, Louise,” Mikasa says. Louise loves the way her name sounds from her lips, but she hates the words that come out of it. “I never asked you for any of this.”