Forbidden Spire

While I know a lot of people want them to end up together, I’ve always wanted to keep this AU as realistic as possible.so from the very beginning, I never really saw them becoming a couple. I do draw ShadowMilk as very obsessive and attached to Pure Vanilla, but it’s important to remember that a lot of the “silly SMC comics” are from ShadowMilk’s perspective. Those moments are exaggerated, biased, and sometimes even a little delusional, they reflect how he interprets Pure Vanilla’s actions, not necessarily what’s actually happening.

The more serious pieces, though, are 100% grounded in Pure Vanilla’s perspective (like the first long comic, and old short comics of mine) . That’s where you see the reality of their dynamic. PV caring, trying to help, but also keeping boundaries and not feeding into ShadowMilk’s behavior. And because of that, Pure Vanilla wouldn’t love ShadowMilk in the way ShadowMilk wants him to. Not because he doesn’t care, but because the kind of love ShadowMilk is seeking, obsessive, allconsuming, exclusive, isn’t something PV would ever give. It wouldn’t be healthy, and he *knows* that itwouldn’t be right for either of them.

Im a bit disappointed (and upset) with the fact i couldnt draw anything for the last few months as i had to focus on my academic life and i could only draw whenever i was free (Fortunately i got sick every 3 weeks with how stressed out i was) And had used those opportunities to draw😭