Fire_Fly464

The flowers are asphodel (my regrets follow you to the grave) and queen anne’s lace (sanctuary).

The letter exchange, and Alaira giving Euini pats on the head, no matter how tall he gets doodles are inspired by little extra bits Shirahama has released.

via @i-am-snowils-admiral

happy witch hat atelier day!

Another reason I wish I could just read the original in Japanese is so that I would immediately notice that when Qifrey took Coco in, he used the exact same phrasing (almost, different by one hiragana, "n" instead of "no") that Beldaruit used for him when he took him in.

Theres something fascinating about the visual framing too - Bel reached down to lift Qifrey out of his situation (which currently meant a furniture-less stone room with small barred windows i have to assume is a dungeon they were keeping him in until they decided what to do with him and Bel's apprenticeship was easily the best) But Qifrey was already carrying Coco higher than himself as he spoke. Neither child truly had a choice but one was presented it like a chance to lift himself higher if he took Bel's hand, and the other was already being lifted higher than the teacher himself. One is deep underground in a cold featureless room, the other is in the open sky with the sun rising around them. The words being identical draws a direct parallel between the scenes so the visuals being opposite feels extremely pointed

Another reason I wish I could just read the original in Japanese is so that I would immediately notice that when Qifrey took Coco in, he used the exact same phrasing (almost, different by one hiragana, "n" instead of "no") that Beldaruit used for him when he took him in.

Theres something fascinating about the visual framing too - Bel reached down to lift Qifrey out of his situation (which currently meant a furniture-less stone room with small barred windows i have to assume is a dungeon they were keeping him in until they decided what to do with him and Bel's apprenticeship was easily the best) But Qifrey was already carrying Coco higher than himself as he spoke. Neither child truly had a choice but one was presented it like a chance to lift himself higher if he took Bel's hand, and the other was already being lifted higher than the teacher himself. One is deep underground in a cold featureless room, the other is in the open sky with the sun rising around them. The words being identical draws a direct parallel between the scenes so the visuals being opposite feels extremely pointed

Another reason I wish I could just read the original in Japanese is so that I would immediately notice that when Qifrey took Coco in, he used the exact same phrasing (almost, different by one hiragana, "n" instead of "no") that Beldaruit used for him when he took him in.

Theres something fascinating about the visual framing too - Bel reached down to lift Qifrey out of his situation (which currently meant a furniture-less stone room with small barred windows i have to assume is a dungeon they were keeping him in until they decided what to do with him and Bel's apprenticeship was easily the best) But Qifrey was already carrying Coco higher than himself as he spoke. Neither child truly had a choice but one was presented it like a chance to lift himself higher if he took Bel's hand, and the other was already being lifted higher than the teacher himself. One is deep underground in a cold featureless room, the other is in the open sky with the sun rising around them. The words being identical draws a direct parallel between the scenes so the visuals being opposite feels extremely pointed

*You reach into your pocket and pull out a: