digital illustration. The canvas is in the shape of a tarot card, but the two figures shown are arranged like the face cards of a standard playing card deck: mirrored and inverted, so that when one is upright, the other is upside down. The canvas is divided diagonally by a substantial, thorny branch of a vining rose. Further thorny tendrils grow from it into both halves of the card. The likeness of a double gold foil stripe edges the card. Bede from Pokémon Sword and Shield is one of the two figures; he is upright here. He is shown as he is in his early pre-battle animations: spinning a great ball on the pointer finger of his right hand and looking down his nose, cocky and arrogant. The thorny vines have wrapped around him comprehensively, including two tendrils that cross over his smirking mouth. One of these also crosses his left eye, and a single red rose in full bloom fully covers this eye. The two vines encircle his head as well, tangled in his curls and reaching up off his head, still growing toward the sun. The second figure is Merritt Hargrave, my SWSH OC Trainer and main character of Always the Thorns. Clad in his black leather jacket, he looks back over his shoulder and up. His eyes are tired, with substantial dark circles. There is a hint of sadness in his expression. The thorny vines reach for him, but have not found purchase; one insinuates itself toward his bare wrist, exposed from where his hand is tucked into his jacket pocket, and another is approaching the back of his jacket collar. A fresh, young shoot before him displays a single young flower, beginning to open, but he isn’t looking at it. Mer’s sky is Hammerlocke blue; Bede’s is Stow-On-Side purple. Both are studded with clouds.
digital illustration. The canvas is in the shape of a tarot card, but the two figures shown are arranged like the face cards of a standard playing card deck: mirrored and inverted, so that when one is upright, the other is upside down. The canvas is divided diagonally by a substantial, thorny branch of a vining rose. Further thorny tendrils grow from it into both halves of the card. The likeness of a double gold foil stripe edges the card. Bede from Pokémon Sword and Shield is one of the two figures. He is shown as he is in his early pre-battle animations: spinning a great ball on the pointer finger of his right hand and looking down his nose, cocky and arrogant. The thorny vines have wrapped around him comprehensively, including two tendrils that cross over his smirking mouth. One of these also crosses his left eye, and a single red rose in full bloom fully covers this eye. The two vines encircle his head as well, tangled in his curls and reaching up off his head, still growing toward the sun. The second figure is Merritt Hargrave, my SWSH OC Trainer and main character of Always the Thorns; he is upright here. Clad in his black leather jacket, he looks back over his shoulder and up. His eyes are tired, with substantial dark circles. There is a hint of sadness in his expression. The thorny vines reach for him, but have not found purchase; one insinuates itself toward his bare wrist, exposed from where his hand is tucked into his jacket pocket, and another is approaching the back of his jacket collar. A fresh, young shoot before him displays a single young flower, beginning to open, but he isn’t looking at it. Mer’s sky is Hammerlocke blue; Bede’s is Stow-On-Side purple. Both are studded with clouds.
Always the Thorns
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![Black and white digital sketch portraits of ten Team Yell members / Spikemuth gym punks. Top row, from left to right: Arik (he/him, cis); Juniper (he/him, cis); Caólan [pronounced "kee-len"] (he/him, trans); Rourke, "Roar" (he/him, cis); Peter (he/him, cis). An arrow labelled with a heart connects Caólan and Roar. Bottom row, from left to right: Magnolia, "Mags" (she/her, cis); Piper (she/her, cis); Shanti (she/her, cis); Willow, "Will" (he/she/they, intersex), [strikethrough: (just looks like me, oops)] "what's in yr pants?" "not you, clearly."; Bex (they/she, trans) "Drag is everyday." "...King or Queen?" "Yes."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6xu7qwemv4jfdnrbnmcjy3bp/bafkreiaso3d3vyur5r7q6sdqsozjsxf3cqbtuypjaff27y6g5gquydmmcq)
