Grandmaster-sass - Ming Dynasty

This whole thing started after I rewatched Hercules and had the biggest urge to draw Alya as one of the muses.

I’m not entirely happy with how this came out, but for my first animatic ever I think it’s pretty good. Tumblr butchered the quality gdi

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That’s how it starts, the fever, the rage, the feeling of powerlessness that turns good men…cruel.

Venus

“That’s Venus,” the women whisper behind her back, voices of scorn and contempt.

She continues on, carrying the weight of their stares on her back, refusing to bend, refusing to yield.

“That’s Venus,” the men murmur to each other, eyes focused on everything except her heart.

She brushes past, letting their filth roll off her. She will not pursue a man that won’t meet her eye.

“That’s Venus,” the girls breathe in awe, laden with self-doubt and envy.

She smiles but doesn’t slow down. They don’t yet know what it is to be a woman of her name.

“I’m Venus,” she says, talking to the mirror. Her voice doesn’t waver and her head is held high. “I’m a body of love, and I love my body. I am not what they think, what they identify. I am beyond just a name.

I am a force of nature. I am the pride before a fall, forever of the precipice. I am love, a mysterious force that binds us all. I am the bringer of good fortune. I dream of a family born from trust and patience. I know what I am, and I know what I will be.

I will be a mother. I will be a wife. I will be the envy of all around me. I will be in love. I will bring forth life. I am much more than a name.

I am Venus.”

Many nights we’ve prayed, with no proof anyone could hear. In our hearts a hopeful song we barely understood. Now we are not afraid, although we know there’s much to fear. We were moving mountains, long before we knew we could

And even now I wish that God had chose another Serving as your foe on his behalf is the last thing that I wanted

Is this what we are now? Three people who don’t even talk to each other?