#imperfect

You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.

-- Amy Bloom

If there's one thing I got right in the Fallen Emily AU, it's Sera. She's complicated. She genuinely believed she was doing the right thing. She genuinely thought there was no salvation for those damned souls. And now that she's been proven wrong, her sense of self and her whole world is crumbling down around her. She seeks forgiveness though she knows her hands are stained with the blood of those who could have been better. For the first time in her life, she doesn't know what to do.

She's good. Her intent was good. But she fucked up and her sins weigh heavy on her shoulders.

Sera is pleading here, begging God or the Speaker to give her a sign of what to do. Of how to atone. And fucking god damn that hits hard. Imagine knowing how bad you've wronged someone and kneeling, desperately imploring God for a path to betterment because you no longer know the right way.

And what answer does she receive? That she must do better tomorrow than she did today. That she must change. That she must find her own answers. 'How' is the one thing the speaker does not tell her.

And that's all Sera is left with. She must seek an answer on her own. She cannot be blind to the danger, not with all of heaven's souls at stake. She cannot continue her slaughter knowing what she knows now.

So what is the right choice? What is the right thing to do here?

Sera. You are beautiful, messy, and complicated. Yet you try to do good. You do the best you can and you've messed up. You can't change the past. So what will you do tomorrow?

It's done!!! 🫠

I liked the pencil sketch I did previously, so I tried to give it justice also in digital, adding details on the poor handsome and much more livid face of Kid from the Meet Cute story by @pandora-writes-one-piece !

also @armiliadawn !