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Veil is a manga that I hold dear to my heart, not just because of the beautiful artwork, but the relationship of Alexander and Emma throughout. In one of the afterwords, the creator talks about how the two have this relationship where they aren't quite friends but they aren't lovers either. Hence the title "Veil", referring to the ambiguity of their relationship.

Let me tell you why this manga means a lot to me.

I've always had weird feelings about romantic relationships. I've been in a few, they didn't end well for one reason or another. However, something constant within them was how I felt about my partners. I never felt like a romantic partner nor did I really think of them like one either. Like with so many things, it felt like there were these unspoken rules that I didn't know or there were ways I needed to act and feel that didn't fit with how I truly felt. And the one time I thought I felt something for another person, it ended up being this jumbled mess of feelings I couldn't understand either or what we were to each other; it ended up destroying our friendship.

I didn't start identifying with being Aromantic until I was about 18-ish. Even so, I wasn't sure what that meant for me; was I repulsed by love? Did I care for it? I didn't know. There were hardly any romance stories I related to or longed to have. The closest story I could name that resonated with me heavily was Hunter x Hunter, and how free spirited Gon and Killua were. But I craved some form of intimacy, something personal. To be close with someone that our relationship couldn't be defined in a way, and it didn't need to be, because it didn't matter.

Then I read Veil (possible spoilers if you haven't read it)

The bond Alexander and Emma share is one of, if not, the most beautiful relationship I've read/watched in anything I've ever seen/read. There are no labels, no complications in each other's emotions, they don't care to ask about what they are to each other because they understand each other on a level I could only hope to have with someone. They don't ever read into the others' behaviors (such as giving gifts or offering touches) and try to over analyze them. They sleep in the same bed, but nothing happens. They simply enjoy each other, and flow freely from that.

Over the course of the manga the veil they have does thin out; Emma even reveals some personal feelings about how she's lived before meeting Alexander (from a psychological perspective). It's almost like a confession, but it isn't. It's a reaffirmation of what we've already read. To me, that veil isn't meant to be them slowly falling in love, but letting the other person in and becoming closer and closer. It's intimate and in a way it is romantic, but they still don't read as lovers to me. It's more than just any label can define, and a bond that doesn't need one. They don't need labels or rules, they only need each other.

hello new n awesome intro

ULTRA DELUXE ERA FRFR ART FIGHT PREP IS A GO

also to yap a bit im kinda proud of this bc he has parts from old designs like:

the yellow turtleneck and two grey toned hair from v1, the swoop from v2, and the blazer and black button up (technically a polo but now its a button up) from v3

ULTRA DELUXE ERA FRFR ART FIGHT PREP IS A GO

also to yap a bit im kinda proud of this bc he has parts from old designs like:

the yellow turtleneck and two grey toned hair from v1, the swoop from v2, and the blazer and black button up (technically a polo but now its a button up) from v3

Stanley Parable Swap AU

Stanley is in Narrator's position. Instead of making a Stanley Parable-like game, he makes an incomprehensible yet beautiful game with hardly anything going on other than visuals. He isn't good with writing, apparently, but he's good with level design and art.

Narrator is Stanley's protagonist. His own look is abstract, almost looking flat and like nothing human. He is still classified as a human, though. Narrator hardly has many interests of his own, usually only following what others think he should like, so Stanley has nothing to go off of, which is why Stanley's form looks so blank.

Stanley Parable Swap AU

Stanley is in Narrator's position. Instead of making a Stanley Parable-like game, he makes an incomprehensible yet beautiful game with hardly anything going on other than visuals. He isn't good with writing, apparently, but he's good with level design and art.

Narrator is Stanley's protagonist. His own look is abstract, almost looking flat and like nothing human. He is still classified as a human, though. Narrator hardly has many interests of his own, usually only following what others think he should like, so Stanley has nothing to go off of, which is why Stanley's form looks so blank.

like that kind of "you didn't need magic, you could've gotten what you want the honest way" dramatic irony can be effective and i see why a lot of writers use it for "be careful what you wish for" plots like these, but i love that Obsession is like, "no. she doesn't like you like that. there is no version of this where you end up dating her, and you need to get over it."

On artfight my tsp designs are on there

Drumrolls 🥁😁 I've been meaning to create these since a long time 😍

Some of these don't exactly look like stained glass but I liked the designs, so I kept them🥲

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