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I'm Jan, a transmasc immigrant artist based in Belgium.
I make a book cover art for Achillean authors. I also love to create portraits, character designs, and everything involving beautiful men

It's going to be a portrait edition this art share!

#art #illustration #fanart #queerart 🎨

"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable." -- Banksy

Secondly, by accepting their monster, they do not relieve themselves of responsibility. Because those who consider themselves passive victims of circumstances often turn into the most terrible monsters. But Bangwon and Balduran make a cruel choice, knowing the cost

14. Ready to accept the monster within you.
Between passive “noble” death and surviving in the form of a monster, both chose the latter. But unlike the vast majority of such stories, both were able to preserve themselves, their personalities. How? Firstly, both have a meaning addressed to other.

Because somewhere in the heart of their desire to move forward, under many layers of protection, is the deepest passionate desire to be needed and significant for someone.

13. And yet, despite all the colossal vitality, both have an Achilles heel. Because of the trauma, both perceive betrayal very painfully - sometimes to the point of “burn it all with a blue flame.” Thus, in a suicidal impulse, they risk destroying what they fought for

it was thanks to the ability to separate the forced cruel decision and close relationships that they avoided the collapse of personality. That collapse that very often occurs when a person has to devalue a very significant figure.

12. Able to maintain warm feelings for someone who had to be killed - by them
This ability to combine incompatible things leads to the fact that they can still perceive as a friend the one they killed. And this may seem creepy at first glance. But in fact,

11. Touching penchant for nostalgia
Both “monsters” have a tender part of their soul that, with touching care, preserves the memories of what was dear. And although both believe they must be monsters to achieve their mission, both cling to their humanity more than they are willing to admit out loud.

Which of these images is real? Both. And the ability to accommodate these two sides within themselves is their unique power

10. I can be your angel.. or your devil
A characteristic feature of both is their contrasting duality. Balduran appears either as a beautiful “dream visitor” or as a monster with tentacles. In the appearance of Bangwon, something angelic and something devilish alternately appears

9. “I will be your shield, but you should be my sword”
To some, this metaphor may seem too objectifying.
But for them it means something different. They are used to living on the battlefield. Being a shield and sword for each other means being united in a common struggle

8. Both heroes have a similar scene - when they seem to give their chosen one a chance to kill them. They are really ready to take risks to ensure the trust. Because the expectation of betrayal in their souls intertwined with a huge thirst for close relationships