petals as white as bone: An Ao3 Original
Written by shadowcat500 or @existentialcrisisetcetera
Summary of Story: Crocus does some trespassing in the name of medicinal herbs.
Word Count: 854 words
View the story here! I loved it!
WARNING: SPOILERS OF THE STORY BELOW!!!
My Addition: Firstly, I drew a picture of Crocus. In the tags it said “male elf character” but never specified which character was elven. I thought it’d be more of a subversive trope to make the elven thief the one that more overtly swoons over their human lover. Because guys. Crocus is so profoundly in love with Nendril. (And yes, I know Nendril sounds like the name of an elf and has characteristic elvish traits, but you literally cannot stop me.)
Also, I wanted a quick and happy ending, so I took vervena flowers, which have no known medical uses, and made it the cure for this plague.
Creative liberties, whatever. This is all headcanon anyways!
Secondly, pretty early on in the story I misread the line “Mint is already growing with the vegetables back home, so he doesn’t need to grab it. Why is it on the list again?” I thought Mint was a character, who was growing the vegetables. I noticed my mistake relatively quickly, but I liked the idea of adding in characters from between the lines of the story. Thus, Mint was born.
The reason mint is on the list again? Because Mint here keeps stealing it from their gardens.
Now, if you’re wondering who Ruuno is, don’t worry, he’s not from the story. When the story says “It takes a knife to cut a handful, his gloves too loose to get a solid grip on the tough little stalks and he tucks them away in a pocket before he has to worry about being seen by any guard choosing to spend their break in the gardens. (Ha, guard-ens.)” I thought it’d be interesting if there was in fact a guard in the gardens, who saw Crocus and just didn’t say anything. Thus, Ruuno.
I love him. He is my son (because I made him up).
This was really fun to do, and I have LOADS more ideas so I might come back and do more (especially with Mint and Ruuno and Oswyn!) I really hope you like where I took your story, @existentialcrisisetcetera, even if it wasn’t where you intended it to go!
All in all, You Have Been Seen!
omg thank you so much! i love that you enjoyed my work enough to make your own art of it, and you doing so has actually inspired me to upload my own designs for my characters!
this is how i draw crocus, personally, but I love your design! again, thank you so much for the art!
