A post for @sakuyabell and @lesbianhatatelier, who asked for the essayoriginal post being this one
A post for @sakuyabell and @lesbianhatatelier, who asked for the essay
under cut for length. Spoiler warnings for ch.45 and 51(very slight) of Witch Hat Atelier
In this thesis and by way of a boy looking pensive sitting on his ankles on top of a dead tree, I ponder about our Coustas joining the side of the Brimhats, becoming a magical healer to save others, just like Restis got him and his old man saved
(I HOPE that this image can be read well!)
- Healing herbs grow at the foot of the trunk he’s on, I left his actual health ambiguous in the piece. It’s not possible to see if he was cured or not from the pose
- His legs are both immobilized and held in place so he can stand on them by the spiraling ivy, which I mostly reffed off memories of ch.51 raws of a contraption I assume Restis made for him to walk. I have not read 51 so this is all speculation
- He’s not wearing his flying cape anymore, but it’s hinted at with the feather he’s holding but in a lose “might drop it anytimes i don’t care about it” way. I know he keeps the cape but I also know he probably will not keep the ties with its makers
- Instead of his regular robes (which were given to him in the hospital from what I believe as there’s the medical cross stitched on them behind the neck, and he didn’t have them before) he’s wearing his dancers outfit. If it’s indeed something he wore then he lost it in the river alongsides his other stuff. Bygone relic of the life and job he lost that day
- The banners on the back of the outfit show the cross of the medical witches and patterns ressembling Ininia’s magical staff-talkie-walkie-wand-whatever thingie. Also look like an eye because, Brimhats
Where the story currently is at I wonder about what Coustas is even going to do, I am pretty convinced he’s going to have hung out with Ininia and Restis and break all friendships with Coco and Tartah. I could even see him wanting to become a healer, and/or learning magic and the spells used on him and Dagda. Obviously it’s a very tumultous time for him. The main thought I had about this drawing in all was him going through all that and ending up performing his thank you songs to the Brimhats instead, backing himself up in a corner since he’s already being under suspicion by the Knights the moment they find him at the accident
I hope this was OK, I struggle much to organize my thoughts… Ask if you want elaboration on anything. I have a LOT of ideas brewing in my mind about Coustas but I am probably not going to draw any more speculation pieces until I actually read 51
Also, not related to allusions to the story but the pose was inspired by that corny ass Lucifer painting everyone and their mom’s redrawn. Plucked from memory just for the drama of it all but fallen angel could fit I guess…Funny enough I tried to redraw it from memory when I was streaming the piece and I am still stunned by how close I was
Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:25:01
