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Fic-to-Art #37: Jin and Tiang

If you're wondering about last month's artwork... it's not out and about because it was kind of unfinished :'D hence why you haven't seen it at all. But once I get the last details in (who told me to do more ensemble pieces, really...?) I'll make sure to post it!

Instead, have a glimpse of two characters I've never drawn before! That was the prompt this time, choosing something either uncommon or that I had never really drawn at all, and Jin and Tiang got the win! Tiang's design is very much something I settled on very recently, so if anyone didn't picture him that way, I totally get it x'D but as an OC, all sorts of interpretations are valid, I'd say. As for Jin, I hoped she'd look properly elegant without fully setting aside her roots. Her hairpiece isn't too big and ornamented, her hairstyle is mostly the one we knew her for in the show, but her clothes are high-end now due to her new status in society.

... Or, uh, you could say that's not reeeeeally her status anymore, let alone his, but let's call this a picture of carelessly happier times for these two, shall we? :'D

Hope you guys liked it! Will make sure to post last month's piece as soon as I can!

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#gladiator #jin #tiang #fic-to-art project #they are a nice couple #the main directive for tiang's design was 'he's gotta be pretty'#so I hope I nailed it #hopefully this way it's easier to tell why so many families wanted him marrying their daughters #the daughters themselves surely were the ones begging their parents for it #but he just wanted his tea-loving girl #the bg's weak as shit because I had a lot of things going on #seems like I usually do lately #but hey I have moved out of a terrible place and to a much more peaceful and less anxiety-inducing one #no more living on a timebomb in fear that a certain toxic relative decides I'm an enemy somehow!#so hopefully that makes things much smoother for me going forward #we shall see!#aaaaaaaanyway enough personal stuff hope you like the pretty couple

tiana and shang are really just breaking my heart. i completely understand tiana’s hesitance to return to her usual friendliness with shang, but actually seeing it made me realize that she doesn’t get to do that with many people at all, and she lost more than just a good friend; she lost one of her few outlets for silliness and fun and everything else that every person needs. we haven’t really seen her socialize much outside of her close-knit circle, but after seeing shang rather-suddenly leave this already small circle of hers, followed by tiana struggling to respect the boundaries set by him as well as the ones she’s undoubtedly set for herself, it became really clear that their friendship wasn’t just a touchstone for romance, but so much more.

shang was someone who tiana could be herself with, which doesn’t sound like much, but i’m sure it meant the world to her when she didn’t have very many others to truly bond with. he didn’t just ask her for advice every time they conveniently bumped into one another; he didn’t view her with disdain whenever she shared a joke that toed the line between friendly and just barely approaching mean; he made time for her, and made sure she knew that he cared for her opinion; and perhaps most importantly of all, he took her seriously without viewing her as either a person of authority or a child. it seems like a lot of her peers either go to her just to confide in her or ask for her advice, or are plain irritated by her outspokenness, viewing her as something of a blank slate outside of when she’s giving her opinion. shang made it clear from the beginning that he respected her as a person, and admired her for all of the above—her wisdom and trustworthiness, as well as her outspokenness—and more.

i’m just really sad that she had to lose that person in her life, and i’m equally as sad that shang doesn’t realize that he can still be that person, and take joy in her joy as well as in their shared friendship without crossing any lines.

This was probably sent years ago (that’s how backlogged my asks are), but the analysis is so spot-on and so sweet that I had to post it.

I couldn’t agree more. This is exactly why I feel so bad for Tiana when Shang blocks her out. I completely understand his reasons for keeping his walls up, but she has so few outlets where she can truly be herself. I love how you highlighted that so many people rely on her for advice or expect her to be the mature one. But with Shang? She actually gets to be—confident yet nervous, assured yet uncertain, responsible yet playful. She gets to show all sides of herself with him. And the same goes for him with her.

THAT’S WHY THEY MAKE ME SO SAD.

Ugh, thank you for this. Now I’m spiraling about Tiang all over again, but in the best way.

#pumpkinanswers #waltask #tiana #shang #tiang