I'm so sorry I forgot about bluesky for so long but imagine my joy logging in again and seeing this beautiful art in my notifs 💖✨ thank you so much for sharing, I'm always really honoured to see your fanart

I SOMEHOW FORGOT ABOUT MY BLUESKY FOR 4 MONTHS I'm so sorry BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH 😭💗 thank you for the support!

magician aphelios and his loyal apprentice ✨

werewolf sett! 🐺

witch aphelios and alune (and hopelessly smitten villager sett) 💗

yokai/yuki-onna aphelios ❄️

romantic ghost story 👻

vampire aphelios 🦇

nothing wrong with different priorities!!!

happy 1st debut anniversary to heartsteel! I love this group of different and diverse little weirdos, all getting their second chance, and charming us in spite of (or because of?) the rough edges. they are far from typical polished boyband perfection but that is why I adore them

I just think that with so much that had to go unspoken despite it being clear how much depth the team gave HS, that the little things emphasized like this can be such a treat for fans. heartsteel and brockhampton are not analogous, but I think the influence b/w the two is clear!

brockhampton played such a role in the queer coding of phel and HS. and overall, it meant so much for k'sante (confirmed gay) to be in HS, for things like the bi and mlm colours on the settphel icon, for paranoia being included in the official pride playlist (I could go on!)

there was so much queer coding around phel and HS as a whole, I think these hints should be included in that picture. I also don't think it's insignificant that they would tell us aphelios looks up to abstract, a gay man who escaped religious abuse to live with his sister 💗

I don't think we're meant to draw 1 to 1 conclusions, but the team behind heartsteel was so thoughtful and heartfelt about this project, these connections between aphelios and brockhampton/kevin abstract are probably significant enough they can give us hints about him