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Bonus Render set June 2023
🕑 Added 2023-06-30 17:00:08 +0000 UTCAnd here are the ladies of the seasons one image for each and then a combo with all of them together.
Normally I don't talk this much for this stuff but I thought I might share a bit about why each person is the season they are.
First up are Kana and Amrit, The duo of Summer. I feel like this is a fairly easy comparison to see. Both women are very warm, they're loving and pretty openly vibrant. Bright and fun are also adjectives I would associate with them. While they have their own struggles and problems both of them are for a slightly on the nose comparison, sunny. So summer it is.
Ines is Spring. This one is harder to articulate without spoilers about her arc, so we'll quickly sum it up with the theme I've mentioned about her before that being change. Spring is a season of transition, things grow and sprout and bloom. And honestly of all the main cast Ines is the one who will bloom the most obviously in the coming chapters.
Vi is Autumn, and not just because of her hair. In a way, just as Autumn is the opposite of Spring so to is the way Vi views the world the opposite of her friend Ines. Autumn is also a season of transition, but it's morbidly a season of wilting, of things preparing to die and even in their beauty you realize that you're surrounded by death. I think the parallel is pretty clear there.
And finally Winter. The high queen herself the lovely Els. I've mentioned before that Els reminds me a lot of Mab the Winter Queen from The Dresden Files series. Analytical, not ruled by her passions, some have even described her as cold and distant. But I also think of it based on my personal experience. Where I live and grew up the winter gets very cold and very snowy, it was always my favourite season. I love winter everything about it appeals to me. Winter is beautiful, but just because it is doesn't make it any more deadly, you face it unprepared and you might just find how dangerous it can be. That may be a secret message ... or maybe I'm just winding you up a little. I'll leave it with a quote from the aforementioned books that I feel sums the whole thing up nicely.
“Even in winter, the cold isn't always bitter, and not every day is cruel.”
Okay that's enough arty farty bullshit out of me. As always the images come in 4k and 1080 variants (except for the banner. Enjoy
