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The highlights of my ruthari comic page thumbnails (ahahahahahaha you see, if I post them here that means I must finish the comic. I’ve entered a contract with god)

edit: comic is up here

Something about runaan saying “I am alive” to Ethari and how much that means

Aaaaand my hand slipped oops

I am obsessed with how much Ethari’s designed changed juxtaposed with how little runaan’s did, and on the flip side, how much runaan changed as a character vs. how Ethari remains an anchor, both for runaan and as a character

ETHARI CHANGED HIS MOONSHADOW MARKINGS ON HIS ARMS???? FROM THE CIRCLES TO A SWIRL????

A) So does that mean they’re painted on?

B) if they are painted, does he change them because runaan isn’t there anymore to help him paint them??? Because like, an even circle is real difficult to draw on your shoulder without help.

C) in terms of character design, I will be interpreting this as him losing stability. His old design was perfectly symmetrical, whereas now he’s a little off kilter, literally spiraling with grief. To me, there’s a lot of meaning in his markings specifically, especially the ones under his eyes that look like permanent tear tracks 🫶

D) goddamn it now I have to relearn how to draw his markings

First doodle from after season 7 that I didn’t post. I love Ethari so much, I have for the last five years, which is CRAZY to think about because he and runaan basically shaped my art style into what it is today.

Over those five years I build and re-built the reunion in my head, knowing that I could be getting my hopes up for nothing. tdp is a complex show with a tight time budget. Things have to be cut, and I was terrified the reunion was going to be one of them. And then we finally got it, and it was perfect

ok I’m going to draw something for the happy bit of the reunion later but OH MY GOD. THE ANGST??? ETHARI BEGGING RUNAAN TO STOP HAUNTING HIM????? WE USED TO PRAY FOR THE REUNION TO BE THIS GOOD. I AM THRIVING. MY CHEST HURTS. I CRIED WHILE DRAWING THIS. IM ON CLOUD NINE.