May 2023

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a digital illustration of a scene from the locked tomb series. it shows ianthe leaning over to kiss harrow in a hallway in the mithraeum. harrow turns away with an angry expression as ianthe cups her face and kisses her cheek. text below, surrounded by a decorative border of bones, reads, "you said, 'i appreciate your part in this, tridentarius,' but before you could stop her, she drew you close with her living arm, and she bent her head to yours. you understood this inevitability only a second before it happened. perhaps there was a dark universe in which you reached for her; in another you exploded her heart in her chest. in this one, as she lowered her mouth, you turned your face away, and her kiss fell on the side of your jaw."ALT

Your mouth was very dry when you said: “My affections lie buried in the Locked Tomb.”

“And let them lie,” she said, laughingly, and not very kindly.

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kallistoi:

rosenkranz-does-things:

Your mouth was very dry when you said: “My affections lie buried in the Locked Tomb.”

“And let them lie,” she said, laughingly, and not very kindly.

[image description: a digital illustration of a scene from the locked tomb series. it shows ianthe leaning over to kiss harrow in a hallway in the mithraeum. harrow turns away with an angry expression as ianthe cups her face and kisses her cheek. text below, surrounded by a decorative border of bones, reads, “you said, ‘i appreciate your part in this, tridentarius,’ but before you could stop her, she drew you close with her living arm, and she bent her head to yours. you understood this inevitability only a second before it happened. perhaps there was a dark universe in which you reached for her; in another you exploded her heart in her chest. in this one, as she lowered her mouth, you turned your face away, and her kiss fell on the side of your jaw.”]

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illustration of Harrow the Ninth. it's a two panel interpretation of a line from the book. the first panel depicts Harrow dressed in a hospital gown, a skull mask painted on her face with blood. she's in a bathroom and staring into a mirror, which reflects herself and Gideon. the mirror is cracked, and the crack goes through Gideon's reflection where her wounds are supposed to be: her heart and her throat. the text above says "there was another girl who grew up alongside Harrow". in the second panel Harrow looks at her reflection, Alecto standing next to her in the mirror. the crack goes through Harrow's forehead. the text in the panel says "but she died before Harrow was born"ALT

I haven’t reread htn in awhile so this could be either canon or completely wrong, but I like to think that whenever post-lobotomy Harrow felt that someone was missing from her life, her brain helpfully supplied the image of the Body.

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digital art of Alecto from the locked tomb. she has long wavy hair, she's wearing a golden dress and star shaped earrings. frowning and holding a mugshot sign.ALT
digital art of John Gaius from the locked tomb. he has a wide smile on his face and is holding a mugshot sign that says "and John". he's wearing a white robe, there's a laurel wreath in his hair with little bones sticking out of it, his eyes are black with white rings as irisesALT

saw the new Barbie trailer and had to do it to ‘em

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it occurred to me that I only post timelapses of my txf art, so here’s a timelapse of this art for a change. the music is Yellow is the color of her eyes by Soccer Mommy (which fits here surprisingly well)

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rosenkranz-does-things:

saw the new Barbie trailer and had to do it to ‘em

[Image description: Drawings of Alecto and John from The Locked Tomb drawn as Barbie and Ken in Barbie (2023). Alecto holds up a mugshot sign with her name on it. She frowns. John holds up a mugshot sign that says, “and John.” He smiles brightly, posing. End description]