Ok I really wanted to finish this so after I turned the keys in to my condemned flooded wreck of an apartment I sat down in the new place and basically finished this in one sitting.
My thoughts on this AU is that Elliot is Demeter. Robbie is Zeus. Elliot doesn’t care about Robert much other than the fact he is Zeus’ progeny and thus has a lot of power. He drains Robert’s power for his own on a regular basis. This is the reason he is so controlling and doesn’t want to let Robert out of his domain.
The red vines are a parasitic plant called cuscuta or dodder. It doesn’t have chlorophyll so cannot utilize photosynthesis. Instead it wraps around a host plant and grows a special kind of root called haustoria. It embeds these roots in its host penetrating their vascular system and steals water and nutrients through them. There are a few types of dodder that are red in color so I thought it would be perfect to symbolize the parasitic nature of the relationship I am imagining between Elliot/Demeter and Robert/Persephone in this AU.
The blue flower in the background the dodder is wrapped all around is blue starflower. In this image I mean for it to represent transformation and change as well as endurance and perseverance- Elliot is trying to keep everything the same even though Robert wants to grow. Robert is very stubborn though and intends to endure and find a way out of his situation.
I really like how this one came out!
