#dulciechi

Length, curly/wavy, stylings (braids, etc.)? Maybe something based on one of our newer sheep in the DLC? 👀

Sure thing! Hamal’s hair is very curly, somewhere on the scale between 3a and 3c. They tend to keep it a medium/long for a variety of styling options, but will grow it very long when the mood or occasion strikes them.

A lot of their typical, everyday styles are pretty simple, mostly focused on practicality. These might include:

But for sermons, special occasions, or anytime they want to feel particularly pretty, they will add braids and various hair decorations. (Multi colored beads, bits of gold, etc)

So they may also pull out a style like:

Like their gender presentation, Hamal’s hair can vary a great deal depending on their mood/the occasion.

it's giving "remembering your dead wife" trope 💀

See though this is what Hamal is imagining when they hear him, not the shaking-from-stress reality.

And omg— a Dulcie drawing, must be a hit chapter!!! I’ve been missing your art and posts lately, I’m so thrilled this most recent update inspired you to draw some more CotL!!

(the family drama ramping up again now that we've thrown Narinder's illegitimate children into the mix 🙂‍↕️ If I were Shamura I'd pretend to be delirious for a little while longer)

I’m glad some folks have managed to read it! I felt so bad when I posted and the initial outage happened; I thought I’d been a jackass and forgot about some scheduled maintenance. 😅 AO3 is having a rough one; I think in the 24 hours since I posted that chapter, people have been able to access/read it for all of maybe 4-6 hours. You’re among the few, the proud! 🫡

But I’m so glad I finally got around to Aym and Baal!! They’ve kind of been in the background, and that’s been purposeful. Narinder has been enforcing distance for ‘their sake’ but that seems like less stellar of an idea when your sons confront you with how much that sucks, actually.

And who says Shamura’s pretending? 👀 Their awareness does go in and out, and it’s been a very stressful couple of days.

I think it would significantly delay their breakdown, but I think they would still eventually fall apart.

Getting Shera and Mesar back would take some of the sting out of those old wounds, but there's no going back to the person Hamal was before that . One of the reasons Hamal and Narinder are so close are because they feel they're the only ones who truly understand each other. They both suffered at the hands of the Bishops, were changed irreparably by it, and they both know what it means to bear the Red Crown. And over the course of their relationship, they've learned to work well together as a pair.

Having Shera and Mesar would give them a reason to try, and they would try to keep it together for a good long while if it meant their siblings could get a chance to live happy lives. But if we're going with a scenario where Narinder is beyond their reach, I think grief would get them eventually.

I love of Barns Courtney!!

I knew him from his 2017 album. Hellfire and Sinners have been staples on my CotL playlist for a while. I never realized he had a whole ass other album I never listened to!!

I gave Supernatural a listen and I loved it. Very big Cowboy AU vibes; I see why it helps you draw them. 👀 I’m going to add it to my playlist.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6aRmANNHAwdwzdJQNaHR8E?si=TjBrcpzNSx2S8wRguwuT4A

Ooooh!

I gave this a listen and I adore it. To me it kind of embodies the back and forth we’re going to see more of in Cowpoke. 👀 A very delicate dance they’re doing…