Q U E E N O F W H O R E S

"She meets a wolf at the door and appears the next day in a fur coat."

[azulity]

RIP Tumblr

So since Tumblr has officially updated their ToS and has stated that on the 17th NSFW that does not fall under artistic or medical nudity won’t be allowed, I’ll be keeping my stuff elsewhere!

I don’t know how much of my following is interested in following me on other social media platforms, but here is where you can find me going forward:

★ Twitter: aaazulisms (I post here primarily! WIPs, finished pieces, updates, etc.)

★ Twitch: azulity

★ ArtStation: azulity

★ HF: azulewdy

If you would like to support my work consider checking me out on:

★ Ko-fi: azulity

★ Patreon: azulity (Patrons gain access to various rewards including exclusive access to NSFW pin-ups!)

Lastly, if you would like to hit me up on Discord, you can find me in my public Discord server HERE.

Thank you for all your support so far, it’s been a good several years on the site. I know that my work hasn’t always been explicitly NSFW, but with what I plan to create in the future, I see now that Tumblr isn’t the place for it. 

I won’t be closing down my Tumblr or any of my side blogs, but from here on I probably won’t be updating here anymore.

Hope to see you guys around!

XO, AZULITY

[azulity]

RIP Tumblr

So since Tumblr has officially updated their ToS and has stated that on the 17th NSFW that does not fall under artistic or medical nudity won’t be allowed, I’ll be keeping my stuff elsewhere!

I don’t know how much of my following is interested in following me on other social media platforms, but here is where you can find me going forward:

★ Twitter: aaazulisms (I post here primarily! WIPs, finished pieces, updates, etc.)

★ Twitch: azulity

★ ArtStation: azulity

★ HF: azulewdy

If you would like to support my work consider checking me out on:

★ Ko-fi: azulity

★ Patreon: azulity (Patrons gain access to various rewards including exclusive access to NSFW pin-ups!)

Lastly, if you would like to hit me up on Discord, you can find me in my public Discord server HERE.

Thank you for all your support so far, it’s been a good several years on the site. I know that my work hasn’t always been explicitly NSFW, but with what I plan to create in the future, I see now that Tumblr isn’t the place for it. 

I won’t be closing down my Tumblr or any of my side blogs, but from here on I probably won’t be updating here anymore.

Hope to see you guys around!

XO, AZULITY

[youcannotaffordme]

Who was the most surprising and/or unexpected patron of the Royal Rose?

“Although I know that the vast majority of our patrons are among the rich and powerful, it never ceases to amaze me when they seek the services of myself or my girls. Mostly because I often hear how these folk are better than those who pay for pleasure... and yet they are the ones who make up our client pool. I suppose in that respect, it is our regulars who surprise me the most.”

[summoner-renzus]

“ I would not trade it for anything. ”

Of course she wouldn’t. The Rose was her responsibility. Her burden. Her life. Her greatest triumph. It was everything to her. As much as they longed for each other, the Crow and the Queen knew that their respective stations were much too valuable, too important to sacrifice for anything, even for love.

“Neither would I.” Renzus affirms, a twinge of suffering flitting across his steel-grey eyes, a somber smile forming on his lips. “In that, we are much the same.”

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SARAH:

Perhaps it was a good point. Sarah always walked a careful line between pale and tanned, mostly due to a mix of time at sea and operating largely at night. But her complexion certainly held color better than Valentina’s porcelain.

There was an idle shrug from the captain, not complaining as the other drew closer, nor when her offer seemed to be accepted. “Perhaps, then, we avoid the Shuriman coast. It’d be a shame to have to hide all those lovely features, wouldn’t it? The sun is treacherous at sea, but it’s worse down there. Maybe a voyage to Ionia? I’ve scarcely seen their shores but I hear the land is downright magical.”

“Wherever you choose to take me, I would be glad to go.” The words she spoke were quiet as she continued to close the distance between them, the intimacy in their proximity bringing her to act gently. A kiss was placed chastely upon the Captain’s cheek. “Ionia... I have been there once, years ago, for a festival. It was a wonderful sight. I think that would be a good choice...”

Her voice trailed off as she chuckled. “Or we could brave the cold of the Freljord. It would give us an excuse to huddle close together, no?”

@fortunesails​

[youcannotaffordme]

SARAH:

“Trust me, I captain a ship and I’ve used it maybe once for a pleasure cruise. Then again, back in those days I also had to make sure my crew got paid, so every voyage had to mean somethin’.” It was a little different now, given Sarah’s stature within Bilgewater. Even before Gangplank’s fall she’d made a point of investing in some of the businesses and properties. There was a secret market for such investments hidden behind the dirty front of Bilgewater. She’d been smart, and now she had enough to make sure her crew lived well.

“Most my business these days has been back and forth Bilgewater and here, so I can’t say I’ve been all over. I think we’d both benefit from a tan, anyway, don’t you?”

The idea of the two of them tanned made the Queen giggle. “I think you would be better suited for it, as I am sure you often acquire a tan while out at sea. For myself, however, it is quite possible that I would just burn -- the sun and I are barely acquainted, as you know.” She nodded beyond Sarah, to the city outside; the light of day was filtered through layers of Gray. 

Still, the Queen smiled as she stepped an inch closer to the Captain. “Surely I could make do -- a wide-brimmed hat and perhaps a sleeved dress... I should be fine, if you so choose to take me there.”

@fortunesails​

[youcannotaffordme]

SARAH:

“I know a couple good men who’d love that kind of easy con,” Sarah hummed, shrugging her shoulders. “We’ll keep that in our back pocket for now, just in case either of us needs some quick cash at any point.”

She reached out, taking one of Val’s hands in her own. Sarah’s fingers ran across the digits of the queen playfully as she considered it. “Anyway, if you can squeeze in a break it’d be appreciated. We’re both women of business, got a lot on our plates, but we’re also both women. That’s got to mean somethin’, right? To spend some time together, maybe visit some of the ports down along the Shuriman coast, take a break for a bit.”

Echoes of wanderlust surfaced at the mention of retreating somewhere far -- the Shuriman coast was ways away, and Valentina did enjoy warm weather. She hummed thoughtfully, letting Sarah play with her fingers for a moment before she idly twined them together.

“It does mean something,” she reassures, her voice softening. “I would not mind a venture to someplace like that. I do not travel much, aside from the cities above and below, Bilgewater, and the Empire every now and again.”

@fortunesails​

[youcannotaffordme]

SARAH:

“You say that as if I’d try to whisk you away,” Sarah countered again with a grin. She knew Val was a woman who held herself in the highest esteem when it came to managing her business. Sarah was much the same when it came to working on Bilgewater, putting her duties first. But Sarah also made a point of doing some remedial stuff to get away, the occasional bounty or smuggling run just to remind her of her roots.

Roots she was about to bring up. “You’re forgettin’ that I regularly spend time with pirates and cutthroats and I’ve dabbled in it myself in the past. You’re a wealthy woman. Maybe I wasn’t being coy about the holding you hostage comment.” It was, of course, accompanied by a wink. Sarah might be forceful at times when trying to get her way, but she wasn’t that kind of forceful.

“Or maybe I’ll just call you away on business myself. We do have some dealin’s of our own, remember.”

What could have been taken as a threat only brought Valentina to chortle. Had Sarah been anyone else, she would take heed of the supposed bite of her words. “There are a good number of regulars who would pay a pretty penny to see me freed by my captors, if you were to follow through with such a plan. Easy money, really, if I were to play along.” A smirk tugged at the corner of her lips.

“But yes, you are correct. There should be some space somewhere on my calendar, if you truly wanted me, Sarah.”

@fortunesails​

[youcannotaffordme]

SARAH:

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Oh how tempting it was to turn her head those few degrees, to turn her cheek into her lips when Val approached for the cordial greeting. Still, Sarah maintained her composure easily enough, giving the other a wry grin in return.

“Are you saying that I might have to steal you away again? Hold you hostage aboard my ship for a few days out on the ocean so you can’t concern yourself with business?” she replied in kind.

The Queen regarded the Captain with a look somewhere between amusement and uncertainty. It wasn’t so much that she’d be opposed, but Valentina, first and foremost, was a business woman. While it would sort itself out if she were to take yet another leave for personal pleasures, there was always a sense of guilt that tugged at her for abandoning her work.

“You say that as if you are certain that you would be able to whisk me away. I am not that easy, Captain, and I have many appointments scheduled for the foreseeable future.” A chuckle leaves her painted lips, a look more teasing touching her blue eyes. 

“I am flattered, though, that you apparently want me to yourself so badly.”

@fortunesails​

[youcannotaffordme]

"And here I've been hangin' around your city for a while and you didn't even try to write? I'm just kiddin', darlin'. How's business been?"

“It is not my fault you chose a busy woman like myself to fawn over, Captain.” The Queen rose from her seat to close the distance between herself and the Captain, offering a customary kiss on the cheek as way of greeting. 

“Business has been bustling, as per usual. Keeps me away from all my admirers though, I’m afraid.” She winked. “And you, Sarah? How have you and the crew been?”

@fortunesails

[youcannotaffordme]

"I trust you enjoyed the party, my queen. Unfortunate that it had to get...messy."

The corners of her lips pull into a grin, cerulean hues twinkling with all the amusement in the world. “Not to worry. I greatly enjoyed myself, my dear. Besides, a little mess can be... exciting.”

@summoner-renzus

[youcannotaffordme]

//I owe many things to many people, and as I settle down in my new house I’ll likely try to pick at those things again.

In the meantime, maybe bug Valentina since she’s alive and kicking

[azulity]

THE FAMILY KOVACHEV 

Valentina and Mishka with Mishka’s sons, Giovanni (left) and Karlik (right). Valentina has gladly adopted them as her own, despite them being adult men. Mishka belongs to @aleramicci!

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GINGER HELL

Valentina’s OG husband lover, Mikhail ‘Mishka’ Kovachev. They belong to @aleramicci! It’s also been 3 years since I’ve drawn them together, wowza

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THE FAMILY PAVLOV

An updated version/redraw of the headshots I drew of Valentina and her parents. Hard to believe that the original is 3 years old, wow (top 2018, bottom 2015)

[youcannotaffordme]

//Reblogging here from the art blog. It’s cool to see the changes in their faces after so long!

[summoner-renzus]

Killing in the Club

It had been such a long night.

Renzus had been in high-profile meetings with influential figures before, but most tended to be tiresome affairs held in boardrooms, or audience chambers. Zaun, however, seemed to have a very uniquely Zaunite way of holding such affairs, with a flair that the First Crow had found refreshing. While the Violet Circle was hardly a place for serious discussion, with its lively dance floor dominating its central chamber, and deep, pulsing industrial music playing at almost-deafening volume, the chem-barons had managed it…somehow. On her part, Valentina was having the time of her life, mingling with the influential crowd oozing her characteristic allure, all the while demanding the respect that her unique station was due. The Crow, on the other hand, tolerated the proceedings, with his focus occasionally interrupted by the teasing attentions of his partner.

With the major negotiations over, however, it was time for revelry. For Renzus, however, the only magically-adept soul amidst the dozens in the Violet Circle, something felt very amiss.

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[youcannotaffordme]

this entire blog literally makes me want to puke lol unless ur a sw urself i cannot imagine why the fuck ur brain would imagine a character like this. so disrespectful to actual sws lmao ur everything wrong with the rpc

//I want you to know that while I don’t quite understand why you bother to relay your anger to a stranger who is on an indefinite hiatus on this blog and has clearly been inactive for some time/during the time you sent this, I understand you have concerns but I would like to defend myself by saying:

1) This is a fantasy universe where the functions of sex work can be skewed to fit the setting

2) Regardless of that, I did a lot of research when building Valentina and did my best to put in what I researched about actual sex work/the conditions of sex work into what I wanted to portray her job and the Rose as

3) I have a friend who was an escort, and when she was active as one, we would meet together and she would tell me a lot of stories of her experiences. She was one of the primary inspirations for Valentina, and was delighted by her story and character when I shared her with her. 

I don’t see how, then, my character is offensive.

If you do not enjoy the content or portrayal that is okay. You don’t have to. But kindly lay off as I know where I stand, and am not going to be changing any time soon.