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Lady Alecto, the Scarlet Fire

“Alecto Argyle Blaisdale’s blood is liquid fire, they all say. She’s a survivor, the last of her father’s name. She’s been through hell and came back whole, still noble, still with honor. No wonder the future king trusted her to guard his back. Lady Alecto is untouchable, they all say, not because she burns hot, but because she burns bright.”

quick 40-minute sketch of this fire goddess whom i love

Aug

the dwyres: edlin and nyle

“Don’t be so quick to dismiss his feelings. You and your brother are more alike than you realize.”

“If you mean we’re both stubborn, believe me – I know that more than anyone else. This time he’s made up his mind to be reckless, that little fool.”

“Actually, I only meant to say that you both have similar preferences in men. But… very well. Yours is better.”

“I-… I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

( …in which Edlin has no right to judge her twin about his crush )
( and she might be a little bitter about how it’s going better than her own )

( edlin’s story )
( shoutout to emmy @blessdunrest for giving some love to these kids of mine )

Jul

the dwyres: lucina, tamara and astraea

tfw ur squad’s best fighter, tactician and poisons expert are all judging u

why, you ask?

…because you keep making lame excuses to see the cute medic.

bonus: when ur head archer gives u the shovel talk

it’s difficult to be the commander when ur whole squad is ready to drag u 24/7

(hi hello it’s just me having fun doodling old OCs)

doodle dump – aro/ace OCs

AAAAAAAA sorry this is late anon, but yes yes of course! I have aro/ace OC’s who I love very much because I can relate to them the most!

I think the first ace OC I introduced in this blog is Ezra for Late Luck!

Ezra is an asexual and nonbinary teen superhero, is super smart and cute and sweet with a heart of gold. He’s got a sweet boyfriend, a best-friend-cousin and a tight-knit hero team! <3 I… never got to finish his story but he features prominently and talked a bit about his asexuality in the original Late Luck short.

For Volunteers, there are four in the team who fall under the aro/ace spectrum:

Luke, the newest member, identifies as heteroromantic asexual. He’s got a crush on lead girl Zoe. <3 His past experiences being experimented on has made him touch averse though, but he’s slowly growing more comfortable in his skin and in others’ presence with the help of his new family.

Current team leader Ross can conjure shields as his gift. He’s in a relationship with his childhood friend and previous leader, Iago, who had stepped back for a bit due to injury. It took them quite long to see each other in a romantic light since they always thought they were ill-fit for that kind of relationship. Ross is demiromantic ace, soft-spoken and shy, while Iago identifies as bi and had been quick to engage with others. But they made it work eventually, since they’ve been together so long that no one really understood each other like they did. (IT’S REALLY SWEET I SHOULD WRITE IT WHY IS IT JUST IN MY HEAD)

Dana, the team’s resident empath, is aro and ace. His powers had been a big part of him learning and accepting that he was aro/ace. He could feel romantic and sexual attraction through others, but he never really felt it by himself. He struggled to understand it at first, and thought of it as a weakness – an empath who couldn’t even feel love? But eventually he grew to learn that there were other forms of affection, that were no less important than romantic/sexual ones. Currently, he uses his powers to mentor younger kids as they learn how to use their own gifts. His calming powers come in handy when young kids can’t focus or panic in the verge of losing control.

Lastly, Clari, who has super-sight, is aro and ace as well! She’s Team Mom, and is in a queerplatonic relationship with Soren, who is basically Team Dad. They’re each other’s best friends and are in a platonic life partners kinda deal. They’re one of my fave relationships tbh… I wrote their story here: A Soft Place to Land.

And for The Road Home, lemme present these two married fools:

Brant and Aoife are both aro and ace. They grew up on the same small town, Brant an heir to an established weaponry forge and Aoife basically the town princess… which put them both in a similar position of having lots of admirers and suitors… which they didn’t really like. At first they just knew each other through a mutual friend: Enda. Down the line, with Enda settled out of town with her new family, these two grew closer, formed a legitimate friendship and one day came up with the brilliant idea to marry each other to get their parents and the whole town off their backs.

It worked. Plus the family business thrived because Aoife was a force of nature if someone only lets her run things.

Also they have a baby girl named Niamh and holy shit they’re really good at this parenting thing.

…and that is all of them! Thank you for the question, anon! I really love these kids! <3

TRH Journal Doodles

journal doodles (oc’s from ’the road home’)

send help i have colored pencils in the office but i don’t know how to draw or color on paper anymore.

Hey Sunny Day!

(OCs, The Road Home)

you make me feel like i can get lost inside your eyes
i feel closer to the sky…

toni x emmy / closer

(OCs, Toni and Emmy)

doodle dump – trans OCs

O M G thank you so much, I’m glad you like my OCs! I try hard to have all sorts of representation in my characters and it’s really nice when it’s appreciated like this!

Here they are~

All three are part of my Volunteers series. Dove is a big sister to basically everyone on the team, but most specially for Garnet and Eli, who were both still in the closet before they joined.

Eli had doubts about people not taking him seriously because they might think he’s still too young to be sure on what gender he identifies as. Garnet also felt uncertain because even though she identifies as female, she’s not exactly ‘girly’. Dove has been there, and she helped them both gain more confidence in themselves.

I don’t have much content for them, but if you’re interested, Dove and Eli have a really sweet moment in my ‘Valentines Day’ short story.

Oh, and idk if you know about them, but I thought a post for my trans OCs isn’t complete if these two aren’t in them:

Helen is actually my latest OC who happens to be trans. She’s from my series The Road Home, which I’ll be sharing with y’all soon, so you’ll get to meet her and her friends! She’s a childhood friend of my main character Page and like him, she’s also an apprentice librarian.

Meanwhile, I don’t draw her often, but Kairi was my first ever trans OC, way back from a shoujo manga-esque series I used to write about back in, like, 2010. She’s a band vocalist and keyboardist. She’s got constellations on her arm. She has a super talented lead guitarist best friend and a beautiful culinary-student-slash-violinist girlfriend. I’ve forgotten most other details of that story but Kairi remains very very close to my heart. ^_^

I hope I didn’t overshare. *-*) Again! Thanks sooooo much for asking! I LOVE THESE KIDS A WHOLE LOT.

Ezra + Dunstan + Jasmine

(OC, Late Luck)

Mar

OCs An & Kei

“those two, always ready to kick ass and take names.”

Feb

Enda & Kassia

tfw you were 18 and you could hardly ask ur crush for a dance and then years later she’s ur wife <3

Feb

Xander & Lana

tfw you gotta cross some bridge but the bridgemaster’s 8 year-old daughter has a crush on you and demands that you marry her someday

…and years later it’s basically tradition that you propose everytime you have to cross that bridge

Feb

Hunter, Andrei and Tristan

a quick doodle of my cuddly children. they’re from a short story i never got to finish.

Jan

[volunteers] basil, ed, dory

sometimes a family is an earth-bender, a portal manipulator and a technopath in a poly relationship… who all escaped from a questionable top secret government experiment facility together and are currently on the run

Season’s Greetings 2017

Season’s Greetings from your friendly neighborhood Ali!
feat. superheroes on holiday shift and one of their best fans <3

Brant, Aoife and Xander

(from the road home)

a family can be a blacksmith, his fighter-slash-tattoo-artist wife, and their honorary baby bro who is a self-taught healer

[volunteers] Garnet, Dove and Eli

this is, like, trans solidarity. dove is very proud of her little sis and little bro. please respect their pronouns or you will get hit by a bazooka.

OCs An and Kei

coming soon to a high school romance shoujo manga near you

Enda & Kassia

(from the road home)

a weaponsmith-slash-librarian and her huntress-warrior wife

Nov

meredy, laki, an unnamed OC

quick sketchy thingies i made while at the office and trying not to fall a

sleep because i finished up my jobs early.

Nov

#Inktober2017

all my #inktober2017 doodles!

thanks everyone who cheered me on and liked/reblogged these throughout the month! you guys are the bestest! 💓💙💚💜💛

[volunteers] Valentine’s Day

Fluffy OC’s! Doodles for my short story Valentine’s Day.

I used these as illustrations along the story, but never got around to posting them here!

05/05 girls doodle dump

…i finished my tasks in the office days before the deadline and now i got nothing to do so here have some pretty girls with all the hair colors.

THE ROAD HOME – Magic

I’ve always wanted to do these four in this style and then thought it would be nice to do a simple animation of their magic stuff. <3

i’m trying to turn this abandoned novel into a webcomic. send help i keep writing fanfics instead.

Mar

[volunteers] Erin

speedpaint of my pretty electrokinetic hacker daughter <3

Tumblr Ask Doodle Dump 2016

Various doodles & requests throughout the year.

herc & mel

my sister @serin–dipity requested a comic feat. two of my old OC’s fangirling about yuri on ice and viktuuri so here she cannot accuse me of being a heartless big sister now.

Johann, Ramses, Hercules

i wrote a novella back in college that i dedicated to two of my best friends as a graduation gift. i found myself re-reading parts of it and i ended up finally drawing the characters i never tried drawing before. so here, from left to right – Ramses: former-bully-now-kitchen-god-and-dad-friend, Hercules: dorky-adorable-nerd, Mel: Herc’s-awesome-cosplaying-girlfriend, Johann: gay-exasparated-responsible-and-tired-student, and Nash: precious-cinnamon-roll-and-the-reason-Johann-ain’t-single-no-more.