A couple of looks for Anteros in Casey's universe. I've wanted to draw the first one for a while and @whoredmode mentioned a little while back wanting to do more with Anteros and butterfly imagery because of his name, whereas I was/am in the mood to do some outfit designs so I was inspired by them in a more literal sense. Second is a little more conceptual and idk he'd actually wear it but I had a concept of it in my head which you'll see in my inspo below.
Left is probably around April 2023 and right November 2023, though Ragnarok unsurprisingly doesn't experience seasons quite the same as Earth hence why they're more representative of Autumn and Spring.
Worth a zoom in as I don't think they look as good in this view, but, some explanation below the cut.
The Lone Rose look is one I already had in this fic I wrote for the reunion of Dexteros, and this was how I described it at the time:
The magenta hair remains but it’s cut a little shorter. The man dressed entirely differently to how he dressed before the earth was lost. Stylish as ever, but nowhere near as colorful. Like something has been stripped from him. Ivory shirt, black pants and boots, long black coat. The stetson remains but it’s a new, pure black one, not the one Dex was never entirely keen on because it had belonged to the dead boyfriend. He almost looks like a vampire hunter.
Or... maybe... maybe a ghost hunter.
I wanted to work in shades of the hunter thing without making it too similar to a vampire hunter look I'm in the process of creating for Casey, I also wanted to incorporate aspects Ted's original design for Anteros in the cowboy biker gang, which I've since named The Vicinals. Thirdly I was looking at different types of pink butterflies I was slightly influenced by the common rose butterfly:
Originally I wanted it to be more inspired by a chrysalis for the other butterfly I'm going to talk about below, because the whole idea is that Anteros and Dex are both in a bit of a stasis up until this point, but it didn't fit the image I had from what I'd written very well. But that's OK, I love how it came out. Still muted but with those little details.
As for the Blushing Phantom look, this was very much a case of the butterfly coming first because I love the idea of the Blushing Phantom representing Anteros:
Especially Caseyverse Anteros because of the dark blue shimmer. I wish I could draw that kind of finish on the coat but you get the idea. As for the hair I went a little rogue 🤭 I liked the idea that Dex would cut Anteros's hair shorter in this universe as in his main one, but keeping a little more on top, and also returning to the pink. Because after reuniting with Dex, and after the cloaking of the planet is in place, they're ready to start travelling together again, with Anteros becoming somewhat of a legendary trickster amongst the Krotox.
