giacometti appreciation life

7. “I’ve missed you” kiss for @hadrianblackwaters

In the raw manga, Riza says “死なないでくださいね” which literally translates to “please do not die, alright?” but so much is lost in this straightforward translation since the inflection is not the same in Japanese as it is in English. Riza adds ね at the end of her line on top of the polite request verb form in her speech, which indicates some sort of emotional involvement or closeness. 

Interestingly enough, Riza uses the exact same words when she visits Roy in his tragically empty office after the transfer orders for Team Mustang were carried out (Chapter 62, Volume 16):

This time, instead of being wary of getting jinxed, Roy simply acknowledges her request (fondly, if i may say so, based on the expression on his face).

I really love how Arakawa manages all these little details! These two scenes - which may simply have been added for comic relief despite their morbid undertones - when juxtaposed show the passage of time and consequently, the change in the relationship and dynamics between Riza and Roy. The parallelism is so subtly woven into the story, but once you notice it, it just floors you *dies*

…or maybe I’m just reading into it too closely with my Royai shipping lenses??

Custom Aequis for @wilyzombie finally finished and scanned! This handsome hybrid is mostly tropical terrestrial type in form, but with a luxurious thick ruff of throat feathers that shows their temperate arboreal ancestry. The feathers shimmer with iridescence, reflecting deep sky blues and fiery coppers and golds, colors shifting in the light. Despite their feathery splendor, they are an accomplished hunter, weaving effortlessly through trees and foliage, on either wing or foot.

Windsor & Newton Artist’s watercolors, Caran d’Ache Supracolor watercolor pencils, Windsor & Newton’s designer gouaches on Fabriano Artistico hot press 140 lb watercolor paper, 16 x 20″ (40.64 x 50.8 cm) Special extra large sizing was requested for this custom.

Instead there’s this really sharp, attractive woman staring at him with narrowed eyes saying perfectly polite “Thank you for appearing on such short notice, please have a seat,” and Loki isn’t gonna lie, he’s intrigued.

He’s even more intrigued when this woman starts negotiating a deal with him, going over all the loopholes and different meanings and generally giving him the biggest challenge since Thor last tried to destroy the universe and Loki had to clean it up, and it takes them some twenty hours but they do eventually agree on their terms and Loki hasn’t enjoyed himself this much in ages.

Although he is a little confused by this mortal’s insistence that she will not in any shape or form sell her soul to him as payment. But then, mortals have always been odd.