#small ramble

Drawing pan!Pearl inspired me to keep drawing in this style and what better test subject than one of my own Greek mythology inspired ocs!

This is Adalinde and she was made/adapted for a roleplay started on Amino so many years ago now with one of my best friends and the sweetest man you could ever meet @butwhatifwewentghosthunting (highly recommend getting your own Sam).

The character that died in the beginning, but their story didn’t really end

The character that always has some influence, despite not being rooted there physically

The character that haunts the narrative, but he’s not a character, he’s my dad

My dad who I never got to see grow old

My dad who never got to grow old himself

My dad who I see more of every time I look in the mirror

My dad who I search for in old photos, not sure what I’m looking for until I see myself

My dad whose favourite songs play on the radio when I need to remember I’m not alone

My dad who left trails to follow in the music that I thought I’ve never heard before, but feels like it’s already a part of me

My dad who loved my mom more than life itself, leaving her with a child just like him

My dad who will grow old in me, because I carry him and will never stop

And then just him dragging Percy to one of his tattoo appointments one day as a sort of bonding experience and Percy getting curious enough to get his own tattoos and piercings. The two eventually get a few shared tattoos that they've dedicated to their friends as well as their family and eventually one that is inspired by the other.