there is no rose but just a thorn

[reflectedeve]

Well, I finally got to one of those female-character-centric fanart prompts from a couple weeks ago ... were_duck wanted Allison/Lydia. Not a thing that takes much convincing, although for some reason it came out intensely fluffy. I guess I was just in the mood?



This was going to be some kind of post-battle triumphant picture with blood streaks and dirt (Lydia does still have leaves in her hair, more or less forgotten), but. I mostly blame Crystal Reed for being so adorable; the picture of her profile I pulled up involved lip-biting and just. Yeah.

This was a super-quickie and my shading choices are a little lazy, but I like it. One of those things where I surprised myself with how fast I could go, actually.

I'll definitely do more of those! Probably spaced out in between other projects. I always want to do more female character-centric fanart ... you could pretty much prompt me for it anytime.

Also, I was toying with the idea of going to see Man of Steel, but now I'm not, because I want THIS movie and it doesn't exist. (There is awesome fanart, though!) I have a lot of feelings about Superman, okay. And possibly even more about Lois Lane. Everything (canon) DC-related is making me want to stick my fingers in my ears and go LA LA LA, lately.

Appropos of nothing whatsoever, I stopped watching the fourth season of Community after the second episode. Should I give it another try? I mean, I'm going to want to watch the fifth season now that Harmon's coming back.

Comments

[prozacpark]

ALLIE, THIS IS GORGEOUS. Gah, I hadn't realized how much i had missed looking at all your lovely art. <3

[reflectedeve]

Aw, gee. <3 Thanks honey.

[aria]

AHHH THAT ALISON/LYDIA ART IS SO GREAT. SO GREAT. I love how they're leaning into each other, and everything about Lydia's outfit, and Alison's BOOTS, and eee.

Re: Community, this may in fact be a more in-depth response than you were looking for, but I have Opinions about which episodes of s4 Community are worth it, and which aren't, so:

4x03 Conventions of Space and Time: ehhh I kind of liked bits of it but it didn't cohere at all, so ... skip or see, up to you.
4x04 Alternative History of the German Invasion: SKIP SKIP SKIP augh this episode encapsulated so many of the things wrong with fourth season.
4x05 Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations: gfsdkfsdkfd I hated this one but it does wrap up the Jeff and his dad plot? If you cared about that at all?
4x06 Advanced Documentary Filmaking: skiiip, it is Chang-centric and unfunny.
4x07 Economics of Marine Biology: skip, utterly unmemorable.
4x08 Herstory of Dance: this one was charming! It had actually good Pierce, a decent Jeff & Britta plotline, and great Abed; it reminded me a lot of the decent episodes of first season, actually.
4x09 Intro to Felt Surrogacy: this one has puppets! And ... really embarrassing songs! And ~touching confessions~ that I felt totally missed the mark! It's like they were trying so hard to do one of their clever gimmicky eps from earlier and failed entirely, so this one was extra disappointing for being so close.
4x10 Intro to Knots: the least good Christmas episode, but still quite watchable. The end tag has kittens AND the Darkest Timeline!
4x11 Basic Human Anatomy: TROY AND ABED BODYSWAP IT IS THE BEST THING EVER AND ALSO IT WAS WRITTEN BY JIM RASH AND YOU SHOULD WATCH IT A THOUSAND TIMES.
4X12 Heroic Origins: another that sort of misses its mark by not being what the show was, but I found it charming and decently watchable.
4x13 Advanced Introduction to Finality: actually really great! Worth watching; lots of Darkest Timeline, in good ways.

ANYWAY um that was probably lots more than you needed to know! Hope it helps. :/

[reflectedeve]

Oh gosh, thank you! <3 Subtle-ish body language, I have been working on it!

Ahaha, wow. Thank you so much for taking the time to do that. <3 I totally welcome your opinions, and while I am usually a completest ... I think I will probably allow your opinions to guide me in this case, because it's just painful when Community just isn't Community.

[rhivolution]

SO LOVELY. I'm not even in the fandom and this is still so sweet.

[reflectedeve]

Thank you. <3