you guys don't HAVE to imagine the reader looking like this btw!!
This is just how I imagine them :)
The reader with there coat:
Without:
I was trying to make them look Non-binary/Gender neutral but idk if it's good- either was the reader is gonna be referred to as they/them in this!!
Also the reader was gonna have a sling bag that I forgot to add- that they use to carry items (like potions, healing herbs and other stuff they gather-)
Perhaps I'll make there old lovers design + some lore drop for them
Okay so I wanted to doodle reader designs because I'm addicted to character design + I wanted to make something cool/unique (ish) for the stuff I write.
I tried to keep it gender neutral !! I think I did a good enough job agh 💔
Alright so — 'Normal'! reader + traitor! Reader designs
Normal reader — they're a.. I don't know what they are, they're just.. Them.
They have a single horn and an odd looking tail. . . A silly fella that's also silly looking I suppose.
Normal! reader does have a hood attached to their jacket thing btw!!
Traitor! Reader — EVIL!! EVIL!! so you know the saying “demons make themselves beautiful to deceive others and angels make themselves terrifying to ward off evil”? Yeah them basically.
I feel like traitor! Reader could possibly have two different forms, one more .. 'Normal' looking and the other could be this?
I didn't draw it, but I feel like traitor! Reader would have claws, sharp teeth, and maybe multiple eyes (on their body or face, either works!) in their more 'Angelic' looking form.
BALD VERSION — SAME DESIGN BASICALLY.
SIDE NOTE!!
I'm unsure if should make it canon, I want people to imagine reader however they'd like.
For traitor! Reader, I think their secondary (the one with wings) form could be a secondary one so that people can still imagine the reader however they'd like. So it may be canon?? I don't know.
I can either do a poll or have people specifically request these designs maybe —
if you're interested in requesting these specific designs as the reader you can request them by saying "MSD 'normal' reader!" Or "MSD traitor! Reader" or something like that
Due to being in a au/ship with Graves, will be adding some of Graves' tags here.
TW/CW: Blood, Death, Cannibalism (monster eating human/eating soul), Violence, Being Stalked, Dark Romance (Morally grey character, Power imbalance, Obsession)
(will add as I go along, feel free to shoot a dm to me to have a warning added)
(Will add more notes as I go along)
-More so basic notes, e.g. notes about design and other stuff, rather than notes about personality or anything.
-Human (despite the looks, going for the grey looks most use for a Y/N / Reader character)
-For the most part Y/N won’t have many notes, as they’re meant to be a stand in for someone wanting to project. They will be the default human I will draw in artwork with Graves, either that be just general artwork of Graves hunting them, or ship artwork.
-The reason I gave this Y/N more of an actual design, rather than just a blank grey body, is mainly just down to myself wanting to draw more of a character with Graves, if I’m going to spend time on an art piece I would like to at least like the other half (the Y/N design).
-I’m okay with people drawing over the Y/N to add their own ocs/characters. But can understand it might be difficult due to Y/N having an actual design.
-Goes by They/Them, but can use any pronouns.
-Y/N’s soul trait is ‘Life’ (think of how the soul in “A Date With Death acts”).
And also protects Y/N from any magical harm. This includes from monsters who are beings of magic.
If it detects any sort of threat it will ‘shock’ the magic system of the magical threat.
To add to this when Y/N is depressed/etc the trait of the soul’s magic defence will lessen or even disappear.
-I will be doing shipart of Y/N with Graves, so expect some dark romance aspects, whenever I do any writing/artwork I will make sure to add relevant tw tags.
-Also to add to this, Y/N and Graves’s backstory together e.g. how they meet, might be vague yet again another thing for people to project and think about. Thou certain drawings/writings I may do might refer to a specific backstory, but I won’t point to one and say it’s canon.
-Y/N may flip personalities between artwork/notes/stories, because they’re meant to more so be a blank canvas to project onto. But for the most part I’m going to try to keep them a nervous person, I would be nervous too if a giant monster was hunting me down.
-For the most part Y/N is like a “I can’t fix him, but I sure am gonna watch him crash and burn” sort of person towards Graves.
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Design notes:
-Heart motif throughout the design. E.g. The hair fringe being a slight-elongated heart shape, heart swirl in the ponytail/bottom of hair, hearts on the clothing. Mainly representing their soul.
This is my Kill the Lights AU y/n!! I’ve had the au for months now and I’ve been posting chapters and I never thought to draw design pages/concept art of them ;v;
