i lost the plot

his initial instinct, when threatened, is to be violent and subdue the percieved 'assailant' by whatever means necessary -> this is worth noting, because he's the only one in the atelier with this instinct. Olruggio and the girls' default to true-blue witchiness, and seek to use magic to help without causing too much harm

a good anime-friendly example of this: the introduction of the Knights Moralis [Richeh tackles Easthies arm, Tetia sets the pennant on fire-- just weak enough to burn out before reaching anybody. Qifrey puts a blade to Easthies throat]

even Coco, an outsider, has the witchy instinct to use magic for helping-- as seen with the dragon, where she vyes for a peaceful way to subdue it -> whereas, Qifrey makes a dragon that dwarfs it and... essentially waterboards//half drowns the thing

it's really interesting, to me, because Qifrey is their teacher-- he's the one that's supposed to be ingraining that instinct into them, rather than contradicting his own teachings

agott reaching for his hand when she's scared

drying off coco with his rings

encouraging richeh

encouraging agott (and giving the girls a what not to do example lool)

tetia standing on his shoulders, tetia nervous and holding his cloak

the way he leaves the door open after coco was in his workshop...

inventing the snugstones so the girls (and qifrey) sleep better

taking agott with him when qifrey wouldn't

wanting to be an adult the kids trust

being the architect of this memory for the girls

being the witch who made coco fall in love with magic

teen Olruggio's sparsely growing in goatee is also so precious (: Such an underrepresented experience when you're first trying to grow your beard haha!

Aww thank you so so much for your very kind message!! I hope you will have fun drawing them!! <3 Teen Olly is very adorable <3 teenage phase can be rough, but I think that Olly was around people who always loved him and found him as awesome as he is, no matter how unglorious his baby goatee was haha!

teen Olruggio's sparsely growing in goatee is also so precious (: Such an underrepresented experience when you're first trying to grow your beard haha!

Aww thank you so so much for your very kind message!! I hope you will have fun drawing them!! <3 Teen Olly is very adorable <3 teenage phase can be rough, but I think that Olly was around people who always loved him and found him as awesome as he is, no matter how unglorious his baby goatee was haha!

What are your favorite panels?

I've read up to chapter 96, I want to read the manga all over again to appreciate every panel as they are all so beautifully made! Hmmm most of my favourite panels are heavy spoilers (chapt 88-94 are my favourite ones)! But generally speaking most of my fav ones are when Qifrey looks scary. I sadly knew his condition before I started reading the manga, so he didn't look that scary to me, but I keep thinking that back then, when his big secret was still untold, fans must have weird feelings about him. Is he using the kids??? But to what end?? Does he even really like them?? WTF did he erased Olly memories when the guy was so helpful and kind???? etc... You want to love that man, but you don't know if it is wise to do so, haha!

I am glad you like how I draw them :) They are just there for each other and have fun <3