“Now don’t we look like a couple a good lookin guys~” “Pete. I don’t think anyone can make this shirt look good…”
Happy Exchange Day @sohkbarr ! I had a lot of fun with this one, especially finding really awful shirts that Pete could push on Kingston. He’s lucky he only got the neon floral, it could’ve been much much worse. @dim20exchange
there’s something… neat about kingston receiving the powers of the waking world from a dragon and pete receiving the powers of the dream world from an orphan
A dragon, even though it’s a fantastical, otherworldly beast, is all about protecting its tangible horde. A lost, abandoned orphan is strikingly real, but they have so much to want, to dream for.
Kingston has a loving family, a home, a meaningful job he enjoys and is good at, and is surrounded at all times by people he cares about who care about him in turn. His life is a dream for many people. Because of this, he has so much more to protect. Kingston’s “horde” is all of the people of New York City, and the city is his lair.
Pete, separated from his family, just kicked out of his apartment, without any type of companion, is alone. His life has been gritty and made hard by all of unfortunate realities of the world. Because of this, he has so much more to wish for. The unyielding realness of his life led to him trying to dream up his own reality, at first through hallucinogenics and then through his magic.
there’s something… neat about kingston receiving the powers of the waking world from a dragon and pete receiving the powers of the dream world from an orphan
A dragon, even though it’s a fantastical, otherworldly beast, is all about protecting its tangible horde. A lost, abandoned orphan is strikingly real, but they have so much to want, to dream for.
Kingston has a loving family, a home, a meaningful job he enjoys and is good at, and is surrounded at all times by people he cares about who care about him in turn. His life is a dream for many people. Because of this, he has so much more to protect. Kingston’s “horde” is all of the people of New York City, and the city is his lair.
Pete, separated from his family, just kicked out of his apartment, without any type of companion, is alone. His life has been gritty and made hard by all of unfortunate realities of the world. Because of this, he has so much more to wish for. The unyielding realness of his life led to him trying to dream up his own reality, at first through hallucinogenics and then through his magic.
Anyways, it’s about the parallels.
New York City being Kingston’s horde is the most important thing I’ve ever heard in my life
i’m finally finishing up the unsleeping city now tht i hav dropout again and god. i rlly do adore the anti-parallels btwn kingston & pete. kingston being the voice of the people, giving up his dreams, his ambitions, his everything to help his community thrive. and pete, the voice of those very dreams, with no community that ever felt like home, no one to ever attach himself to, with only his own desires to drive him. two incredibly different people that find themselves at odds but come together the most, alongside the fact that their magics cannot flourish without the other like… holy fuck can i breathe please this is all so much i lov them
Kingston Brown is The Blueprint for all city domain clerics. Does Lou Wilson understand the effect he has placed on this entire subclass. D&D created it Lou just perfected it.
