I'm working on this #Gemini piece for my grimoire. I don't know if I've drawn Gemini art before, but I'm satisfied with the attempt. #NeshaArtwork https://www.instagram.com/p/CaC9yzRuRKZ/?utm_medium=tumblr
THANK YOU KINDLY! Sorry it took me a while. I had a thing happening. Well… I mean… You sort of know almost more than anybody else about that. Lol.
Long Post Alert!
I didn’t want to lose any of the conversation we had in the group chat, because I will likely need fuel for later and I loved it. Starting out with what I initially said, verbatim, and screenshots of the exchange. Then, after ALL OF THAT, giving an actual reply to the emotional aspect of the review.
@shslargue I appreciate that you appreciated every little attempt I made to callback the characters!
Especially you’re the boss, because what does Simon do immediately after? Completely and utterly intrude into Grace’s privacy like he’s entitled despite her response to him trying to be close to her.
And here’s the situation… Simon’s overthinking is predominantly self-centered. He’s learned all of these things about Grace and instead of coming to the conclusion that she’s lonely and afraid, he’s come to the conclusion that he did something or that she hates *him
He’s only able to process her actions that are linked to him as something happening to him, instead of something she’s going through…
I feel like that’s an honest look at both canon and also real life. And that’s not to say that I don’t ship this version of them or that it’s negative for you to, just that he’s more troubled than people often give credit for people who aren’t inflicting blatant and horrific pain on others. Grace looks like an awful human in comparison with her lifestyle and even he is like, “Well, at least I’m not a murderer like she is” WHILE obsessing over her… A murderer.
OKAY… HERE IS MY RESPONSE, outside of that conversation… This is all basically for you and me. Hopefully nobody reads this expecting to be rewarded and just see our asses gabbing…
Starting with Tulip… I knew that I wanted her and Simon to be acquaintances/family friends. To give you my backstory on that (it isn’t necessarily important to the story, as that revolves around Grace and Simon, but I know you be caring) - Their moms met online in this support group/community for single moms. Tulip’s mom technically isn’t a single mom, as she and Tulip’s father are trying to both parent separately, but she still IS a single mom and this Simon’s dad isn’t around. So, they met online and eventually met up for get togethers and stuff, where they dragged their kids along, because that was a “trip” for them. So, they’re not related, but they came up together (even though Simon’s a little older) like distant family, almost, as we tend to get close as hell with people we meet online.
Is that somebody that you think you can care about?… See… Tulip is into programming and shit, so she’s a little more analytical minded than Simon. She wants to believe her friend is okay and curiously asking about this person, but she’s also no fool. She knows that this could be a hot ass mess, if this was somebody that he was serious about, but in addition to that, she’s not just acting like “this damaged woman is gonna hurt my family friend.” She’s also like… “Simon… This is not how we handle getting to know people and I don’t want to be a part of anything dysfunctional that you have going on.”
The red flags… I began with a quote from Bojack Horseman that sliced and diced me and my ex up into a gajillion pieces whenever it came on. That owl that Bojack was dating had said something like, “Whenever you see life through rose colored glasses, red flags just look like flags.” Me and Jonaya’s asses were both in tears. Lol. BUT… With somebody like Grace, she just sees red flags all of the time. She was raised by criminals and abusers. Everything was a red flag. When she got out, nothing has ever been easy and she’s still full of rage. She’s still out for blood. So rose colored glasses might make red flags just look like flags, but with Grace’s always seeing red, all flags look like red flags.
This is who grew up to be Heath, btw. I have most of the kids assigned to a number in my notes/plans, but the only ones that I’ve brought in so far are him, Xander
And Jalicia
Of course, I’ve mentioned Lucy, but she’s got a name, so you know her. And Todd and Hazel are already dead in the story…
Okay. Let’s talk about the things about Grace and Simon that are relatable/scary… Because the things that are relatable are meant to be, because while its scary to relate and identify with a stalker and a murderer… all stalkers and murderers are people. They all have had childhoods, feelings, thoughts, etc, and most of them have been relatable at some point or another. It doesn’t mean that we’re like them when we relate, just that we can have some type of empathy for them. They’re people. That’s something that I think writers sometimes ignore… these are characters and we’re getting them to do what we want them to, but at the core of each character is a human being.
Ahhhh… The Grace Shrine… He’s lost it, hasn’t he? The ability to excuse things is out the window. What will he even do next, if he’s began to get this far away from normalcy?
I love on a story level that you want them together. Polyglot had said something along the lines of “I guess they’re made for each other” or go good together… something. Idk. I’m paraphrasing… but… I enjoy that they can be that. That we’ve decided that this situation is janked up, but we’re like, but let’s see where they’re going with this mess. 😂😂😂
Thanks for the review. I don’t think my next response will be this intense, if you should choose to bless me with another one in the future.
Basically, I have made more picrews of Skara than I have myself, so I wanted to make a place to show them that wasn’t reblogs of this long post that I’ve added to over time.
