Kwillow

Kwillow

@kwillow.bsky.social

I draw my characters being weird little jerks whenever possible. Please point and laugh at them. ✨ https://kwillow.tumblr.com/ ✨ https://chocodile.net/amaranthine/

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Gangnam has trendy night clubs that only let hot people in. Not everyone makes the cut... and not everyone handles it well. (He'll spend 3 hrs angrily googling "plastic surgery near me" & drinking alone in his hotel... then realize he can just buy a table like other ugly rich guys & stop caring)

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Theo'd be a fan (phan?) of the Phantom of the Opera. I think he would feel a certain connection to any work that is sympathetic to an ugly, rejected, genius goth with social issues and a bad habit of violent outbursts. It's a guilty pleasure but he would sing the songs. In private. (So he thinks.)

Chocodile has long wanted me to make a ref of Ambroys from our completely inexplicable angel/devil AU... at last, I have done it. Ambroys is to humans what sparkledogs are to rottweilers. A sparkleman, if you will.

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Ill health runs - ran - in the North line. Caring for an ailing mentor is a familiar, almost comforting ritual to Theo. He welcomes the opportunity Hyden presents to fall back into his old routines. It makes him feel useful. It makes him feel that maybe he can fix it this time.

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There are rumors that some malady has stricken the Comte de Luxe. His luster has faded, his halo dimmed, and behind each movement there is a twinge of pain… or fear. Of course, he denies it all. He is fine, more than fine, perfect as always - simply feeling “a little drained.”

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Anon asks if Hyden was confused by Theo's devotion to his mom. Yes, and also 'weirded out', for lack of a better term. He doesn't get why you'd care so much about ANYONE, never mind someone whose only reason for being in your life was birthing you. He sees it as a lack of maturity on Theo's part.

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Oh no. They have “logging on” capabilities

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In his grief, Theo's words are faltering, and his grasp on reality is somewhat unstable, but his convictions are neither. He will never give up on Mother. He simply can't.

His dad procreating with side pieces is something that Theo wouldn't have considered. He forgets that babies can be born out of wedlock. (If reminded, he'd find it so unfair that his perfidous father might've spawned a higher quantity (maybe even quality) of descendants than his perfect mother.)

He'd have very different feelings about this mythical beast known as "consequences" depending on when in his timeline he's asked - so here's a few Ambroyses across the years.

Theo on the "power imbalance" between Hyden and he. (Can't have a savior complex about a person who doesn't need saving!) Hyden IS manipulating Theo, but he's leading Theo with a rope that Theo handed to him, and Theo wouldn't have given him that rope if Hyden had appeared strong enough to yank it.

www.tumblr.com/kwillow/8150... Talked on my tumblr about Theo's perspective on Hyden and why he's being so belittling here... Theo's a weird prideful little fellow and he reacts defensively to feeling inferior, but also he has this strange sense of chivalry (which he only shows to the Worst people).

tumblr.comPost by @kwillow · 6 images💬 5  🔁 31  ❤️ 132 · Being prodded about his relationship with Hyden like this would make Theo uncomfortable (maybe 6/10), but not for the intended reason. Now, Theo would never talk about his idol…

SINS OF THE SON (1/2) There is an infestation of rats in Northcrest manor. Which is the vermin and which is the exterminator depends on each one's point of view.

SINS OF THE SON (2/2) *takes cards out of the Clue board game center space* It was Baron North, in the master bedroom, with the fire poker!

Despite Theo really wishing he'd been born as an the same species as his mother instead of as a rat-person, an ermine-Theo would not look as elegant as he thinks he would look.

At Ambroys' present-day multi-century age, some past screw-ups don't seem so bad anymore, maybe because he's successful now, or people who'd be mad at him are long dead, or he's lied about them so often he's replaced his memories with confabulations. Still, he has few mistakes that he winces over.

Theo: "When I hit myself with a hammer it makes me stronger and a better person because it is my awesome destiny to make myself suffer unnecessarily and on purpose" Jo's distant voice from beyond the veil: "NOT WHAT I MEANT"

Ambroys can endure injuries that would kill most. In his elder years, he is only mildly inconvenienced by mortal wounds. At this age (60+ despite the baby face), he's taken a lot of hits. Still squeamish about pain though. Anya has a much keener interest in exploring the limits of his fortitude.

Jocosa endured her conjugal duties because it was her obligation as the sole heir to her line, but after the birth of her son, she put the marital bed to death. A mercy killing. She wouldn't dare speak of her dread of a man's touch, were it not for the rules of this prompt demanding the truth.

as the sole scion of a noble family, Theo would be obligated to sire the next generation - unfortunately for his mother there is no such thing as sex-ed yet, just really awkward conversations

Theo's not lying about reading this tripe to understand how "normal people" view Hyden, except this book was not made for normal people. Which is why he - well. "Likes it" isn't quite right, but he definitely feels some kind of way about it.