without specification, the wishing well produces a random doodle

And a brave squire protecting his princess!

In Too Deep

@kenshin1340

You know the drill (I’ve done this once b4) I’ll describe the symbolism of the piece.

Song- Poor George, James Supercave

So this was inspired by 2 things, the chapter itself, and my own book, in which 2 chars have a convo that goes kinda like:

“Is that not the meaning of life? To reproduce? Have kids?” “No. Not to me.” “Than what?” “To love.” And more so the concept of what is the meaning of MY life. Which combined with the chapter into “what is the value of YOUR life?” And how Lux, being from the Crownguards, her life is valued more than others. And “how many lives is my comfortability worth?” Which was a question not exactly said, but implied.

Because of this, Lux is being held above water, by people drowning in it, u get the metaphor.

But the way she’s held, looks like running, like she’s running away from this issue, she wants to confront it, but is scared too, and believes nothing will come of it. Which is why she allows herself to be held, why she’s limp in their hands. And SPEAKING of hands, none of the hands touch her face, hips, or chest, because the people are terrified of upsetting her, and they aren’t “good enough.”

The words in the back are in specifically Times New Roman, which is usually used for assignments, and I feel like Silco is a Times New Roman guy. Also he’s referring to her, but her as in Lux? Her as in Luxanna? Or her as in Pascal? But in reality, he’s asking LUX. bc that’s the only one that’s in line (of sorts) with the question.

Pascal is below her feet, as it’s “below” her, she’s a Crownguard, but Pascal is her way to rebel. And Luxanna is above her head (like a crown… tee hee) as it’s a glorified idea of what her parents expect, and made her into.

And to finish my metaphors, my pride and joy: the outfit she’s wearing, she’s wearing King Joseph of the Holy Roman Empire’s outfit. Or at least his outfit on Wikipedia, I’m sure he’s got a million of em. Now, if you don’t know your euro history or just forgot, he tried to be a enlightened monarch, however, he did this with poor care, and a lack of support. So everything feel apart, he took everything back, and reinforced the oppressive regime he tried to deconstruct, and died a failure (in his eyes at least). “Here lies Joseph, who failed in everything he undertook” -a actual quote from him

I chose him specifically, because he is, in a way, Lux, and what Lux believes is inevitable. She thinks that if she attempts to make a change, it will blow up in her face, as she thinks nothing can be done. Which is why she’s in his outfit. (Also in that outfit, he’s wearing his moms war satchel or something along those lines, and she is a Crownguard, which is like knights and stuff, I’d just like to mention that)

I meant to add this above, but tumblr and text and images r weird rn, so. But Luxs palms/pinkie is flexed, as that dark bit is shadows from the muscles being pulled inwards. She’s not happy his with position, wanting to form a fist, but refuses to… which might be the smallest detail I’ve ever put into a piece b4.

Just remembered that I haven’t posted in a while, oops, sorry about that