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Herbert von Krolock in his human youth.
Mistress of the Copper Mountain
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain is a Russian folktale (skaz) from the Ural region collected by Pavel Bazhov.
bloodyscarletdeath reblogged
so uhh apparently this happened at dernière for TdV Stuttgart 😭
Today is my birthday! And as you know, the best gift for an artist is support for their artwork! So I would be so grateful if you could share my work, or for any feedback! Thank you very much for your support, I love you all!
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My Love Mine All Mine
Happy Valentine's Day!
one new little detail in this art
This is a gift, you know. I won't forget it.
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Ok so
- tdv ambiguous ending
- -> sometimes ppl go "How can it be a good/narratively backed ending [in terms of Alfred and Alfred's story] when he was bitten against his will?" or people just interpret the ending as 'Krolock winning'. Yes, it's Krolock winning, but because of what the themes of the story are, in the moral sense Krolock was always going to win (and he says this and knows this). But he's a symbolic character so he doesn't win personally, it's just his cause that wins - over the professor's. Krolock doesn't win over Alfred because Alfred, just as much as Sarah, is the "bargaining chip". It's like saying that in a competition between two fishermen (Abronsius & Krolock), the fish lost. Like yeah but the fish was going to lose anyway
And like it's not a "good ending" in terms of morality/purity/goodness, but narratively it's also a fulfillment of Alfred's character arc - ie. because of what he said in Für Sarah (and the depth of the emotion he committed to) he doomed himself (to a sea of emotion and no land etc, forever and ever). Like, he's thinking that through his love for her he can persevere and defeat the darkness that looms over them, but the love and the darkness are actually one and the same. Sarah knows this and realises it pretty early on, and she decides it's worth it because she wants the freedom and the uninhibited emotion no matter the cost, but for Alfred the idea that he can somehow defeat the darkness by drawing strength from the love is the "big lie" he believes about the world, and hence he grapples with it throughout the show. And even at the end he hasn't necessarily come to terms with it - until Sarah is mid-bite.
Anyway I spent like 6 hours on this last night XD
My obsession with Baldur's Gate 3 is forcing me to make content that I had absolutely no plans for. I'll probably draw something in the near future, but for now…. GMV with my beloved Astarion ❤ Song: In Strict Confidence - Set Me Free
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Herbert is so lonely and unsocialized. Bestie doesn't have any social decorum at all (at least not emotionally). He full on sais you have to be nice to me. You must be. It's a rule, a demand.
His following statement: I want to understand you.
This is his dilemma because how can he understand if the person he's trying to get to know feels like they are expected and forced to be nice to him/ behave a certain way towards him?
He even notices Alfred's obvious discomfort but doesn't recognize it as being his fault.
If Herbert is being played genuinely he has literally been around so little people (probably none that didn't get eaten at some point) that he has no idea how to treat them properly.
My guy is bored (like he sais in "Vor dem Schloss"), lonely and thinks that forcefully changing someone into a vampire will definetly make him less lonely and fix the problem at hand.
Herbert revolves around himself, simply because he has no one else to care about. It's all he's ever known.
He wants to give though, wants to feel. He is in touch with his very strong emotions. The expression of them however becomes problematic if faced with someone real/ an actual person to express them to.
After caring for himself for all of this time (except for his dad, who gives him plenty of parental love but obviously can't give him the romantic love he is so desperately looking for) he just doesn't know how to balance his own self/ his own emotions with someone elses feelings/ opinions.
This results in him being unable to make healthy conections and give his affections in a functioning, non overwhelming manner.