#kabiri

boy o boy i don’t really use this account to post much art anymore bUT i felt the neeeeeeeeed - the neeeeeeeeddddddd to redraw this bad boy from ages ago!!! and upgrade from sketches to digital art too yeehaw~

here is - yet another - fanart of @not-poignant​‘s character, Kabiri!

Yeah that was deliberate. Honestly, Kabiri has the pulse on quite a few things, there’s even been a few oblique references to dragons (and the fact that he’s always been meddling in the fae realm in the first place because Olphix and Davix have already harmed him so much by removing the dragons).

I really enjoy writing him as a character, and oof yeah, I’ve known for a while that the class system was false. Probably since I had to start really defining classless fae and why they existed, and I sat down and really thought about it, and asked myself ‘well what if this was created, and it wasn’t just a ‘just because and we don’t understand it’’ deal? So that one I’ve probably known the longest, though I didn’t always know who created them, and whether it could be changed.

So some like, history stuff I’ve known aspects of, and I describe a facet of it, and then the rest of the gem appears to me, and thankfully by then, there’s already a facet of foreshadowing that still works for me (this works great for character too, I didn’t know that Gwyn was Unseelie for a long time, but he still reads as concealing he’s Unseelie, because I knew he was hiding something really big. Sometimes, if you’re building a long story and you want to give yourself room to move later, you describe a facet of a thing, and have to trust that the thing itself will reveal itself to you like it will to other people).

There are plans for Kabiri to definitely reappear, but no plans for him to have any significant role in the plot, beyond his connection to Eran. So he’s not gonna come Deus Ex Machina in or anything (unless I change my mind later on, lol). But he’s done that enough, I don’t want him to do that in the climax of this book like he did in Game Theory. And I always wanted there to be consequences for him doing things like that anyway, which is why even though he’s had a really strong influence over the backbone of the plot several times, he’s now SUPER sick.

As for the Gancanagh, there’s actually no concrete plans to have him return. He might? But it’ll depend on if there’s room for him, because he was never supposed to be a long-term character in this story. The way his grief hangs, and the way Ash is connected to him being left hanging is sort of in its own way, a deliberate thing - to make it clear that Ash has so many unresolved storylines of his own, and is never sort of allowed to shine in the narrative beyond a support / antagonist / antihero role.

It’s...god this is weird to explain, but it’s meant to feel a little uncomfortable, for people who especially like Ash, or who want to know more about the characters around Ash. A sort of...push towards the realisation that the narrative doesn’t really ever do justice to him, and maybe one of the reasons he’s starting to fall apart in a meta way, is he never gets to start and complete his own stories or arcs, so he’s always sort of...half-finished. Especially lately.

It is definitely not awful, and unless you’re the same anon that sent me a post similar to this like a few months ago, you’re also not alone! There are other people out there who also ship Eran and Kabiri :D

Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence, Noncon. Tags: Angst, hurt/comfort, major communication issues, PTSD, power play, Id fic, BDSM, dubious consent, politics, fae and fairies, epic fantasy with a twist, mythology, disturbing themes, Mosk ‘So Over It’ Manytrees, Eran ‘Righteous Til I Wasn’t’ Iliakambar, flashbacks, minor character death, bondage, prostitution, sex as self-harm, mind control, chronic disability, suicidal ideation, enemies to friends to lovers, hopeful ending. (See AO3 for more tags). Pairing: Mosk Manytrees/Eran Iliakambar

Summary: Seelie fae Eran Iliakambar has lost his family and his home to an unstoppable sea of ice bent on attacking the fae realm. All he has left is his will to find the person who created the destructive force, and bring them to justice. His determination leads him to Mosk Manytrees – Unseelie dryad – who takes responsibility. But nothing is ever as it seems in the fae realm. (Book one of three).

The Ice Plague - Chapter 8 - Hand of God

In which Eran meets someone he never expected to meet in his entire life, and Gwyn wishes that someone would just fuck off already.

My friend, it is not bad, this ship has existed since Game Theory (really) and like, come join us. It is a tiny little ship but it’s a nice one and you can bet there’s a fire at least, lol.

Eran is an adult in the same way you’d consider like... a 20 year old an adult? Most 20 year olds consider themselves to be adults but they’ll still flail a lot about adulting things they’ve never done before, and they still need a fair bit of guidance (from parents, websites, strangers, teachers, etc.) And likewise, they just don’t have much life experience yet.

Though yeah, still a huge imbalance of power! It’d be interesting, since Eran is a top and Kabiri is too. Though I’m pretty sure Eran would just be happy to go along with whatever because, y’know, Kabiri and he loves Kabiri.

lskjfsa I am loving how many people are really enjoying Kabiri after the last chapter update? Especially after how things have gone with Kabiri in the past (more like team ‘fuck that guy but I guess an AU with Gwyn might be interesting’).

It was great to write him the way most of his followers view him. Gwyn’s like, extremely biased and soured towards gods in general. Like, you know, Gwyn has issues, given Albion keeps refusing demi-god status and demoted him, his father wanted to be a demi-god, and also just Gwyn’s general disgust when beings don’t stay where they’re supposed to stay. (In which Gwyn is very Seelie-ish about the rules.)