Self-appointed captain of the Laudmoore ship

And look, I'm not here to tell anyone they can't personally identify with a character for any reason, or that we can't use Bolaire's behavior as an analogy for disordered eating. Absolutely someone could watch Bolaire mechanically eating a shred of jerky and think, I have been like that, I have resented that my body needs nourishment, I have felt like my body is a thing I am separate from.  But per above we can’t make a strong representative connection that honors this sentiment (Bolaire’s actions can sometimes emulate disordered eating) and the facts of the text (the one Bolaire is depriving is actually his host) unless we zoom out and treat host and mask as a symbolic connected unit, a single person, where Bolaire is the disordered mentality itself.  Anyone can be affected by disordered eating; once the mentality (the mask of Bolaire, in this metaphor) is on, you feel out of control, your basic needs suppressed as inconvenient, undesirable, and deeply contemptible, and you neglect your own body even though you desperately need to eat, you are cruel to it, and you hide this from your friends and family, who you may also push away and become a stranger to.  You might genuinely die this way. If only you could be free of these feelings, this mask you're wearing!  With some external help, maybe you could take it off.  Taliesin has said before that Bolaire is intended to portray themes of dissociation, and tbh this metaphor works really well for that too.  An alienation from the self.

little comic inspired by this tweet

bonus (thank you @michelle-oops):

the 'in love with jester' table when the plank king talks to jester

Inktober #21: Treasure

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just wanted to have fun with colours :) inspo and wips under cut ✂️