Beauty is in the Eyelight of the Beholder
Many who once looked upon him with admiration and hope for love now only see the horrific beast that consumed his fellow fairies in cave-in madness. He dresses himself in white to appear less intimidating, but still, they keep their distance, for they see the gaping maw in his skull and the bulging red eyelight within his socket, and they know that his magic is unstable; a terrible side effect for consuming a season fairyβs stardust.
Other fairies see the beast, but Dust, Horrorβs mate, sees only beauty beyond words. Perhaps that is one of his many strange curses for showering himself in a fairyβs stardust. It must have gotten into his eyelights, for when he looks upon Horror, he sees gentleness, loveliness, a white dress that makes all the colours of his body stand out. He sees not the dulled moth wings but instead flashes of shimmering colours beyond description. He stares at them often, and Horror may ask what makes them special, for he cannot see what Dust sees, and the petite fairy is, for just a moment, at a loss for words.
βTheyβre yours,β says Dust, and he reaches out to touch those wings none but him will fully appreciate. βAnd theyβre beautiful, just like you.β
- Artwork by @aoi-kanna Thank you so, so much for portraying my beloved fairy Horror in such a wonderful display of colours, kanna. I love, love, love the creative direction you took with his wings! Seeing them like this gave me the idea of Dustβs vision being changed after the trauma he went through (and from the possibility of fairy stardust getting into his eyelights), and despite often being haunted by horrid hallucinations, he sees, when looking at Horror, only immense beauty. My heart blooms with warmth!
Fairy Horror Design: @lunnar-chan
Horror sansΒ byΒ Sour-Apple-Studios
