Tis I, The Gremlin

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So, in The Angel Against Revolution (the second fic in the Russian Adventures series by @justskulkingaround) there's this one scene that lives in my head rent-free, and its in chapter XVIII - Vengence: When America gets cursed and attacks Russia, cutting his chest and losing an eye. This is one of the scenes in my top 3 most memorable times in the series (alongside the Cat Russia chapters and chapter XXXVIII - Torturous Research)

It's meant to be the part before Arizona comes out and gets America's attention! I used alcohol markers and pencil :)

I really wanted to find a scene that the bleeding nature alcohol markers would fit and this part of the chapter has guilt and injury (emotional and physical) and distrust all bundled into a scene that makes me feel sick in a very good, likely intended way. AND the self blaming aftermath is so in character for these two it hurts but you know its realistic and had to happen

It reminded me of how i cant trust alcohol markers to stay in line, they hurt the picture + paper sometimes, and my guilt for not preparing or coloring far enough from the lines to prevent bleeding

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Title: The Angel Against Revolution

Author: JustSkulkingAround

Ships: Russia/America

Summary: Still recovering from a near-deadly magic display, Russia narrowly tries to escape the overpowering watch of the Revolution, a strange organization with unknown government ties on his heels. With confusing feelings, terrifying encounters, and a gaggle of children in tow, one should expect things to get complicated.

Content Warnings: Body Horror, Kidnapping, Torture, Near-Death Experiences

Cuz it was meant to make you feel sick in the way it plays out and I’m so happy it worked.

Closest match: Tethysbaena scabra genome assembly, chromosome: 15

So first of all this one girl told us about a newer metaphor in Russian, "I have paws", which is something you say when you don't really want to do something, so you say you're incapable of doing it since you have paws instead of hands. Like, "hey, finish that report" "aw but I have paws :(" and I think that's adorable. It's like "I'm just a girl" but for animals.

We also had the task to invent a novel metaphor and have the others guess what it means, and the teacher really liked my "she's such a capybara" = "everyone loves her". Capybara energy is like golden retriever energy except you're chill about it. You're just vibing and everyone digs that.