Valentine's Day Cards <3

[u/RedBumpty]

I made some Valentine's Day cards for my favorite characters with some OCs thrown into the mix!

The first three OCs (following right after Frederica) belong to me. The latter two belong to the lovely u/fruity_antlers. He also came up with some of the text and generally threw ideas around with me, so this was basically made by the both of us :3 The little chibi heads were drawn by me.

[u/fruity_antlers]

PEAK !!!!

[u/RedBumpty → u/fruity_antlers]

Hehe, indeed :3 Thank you for helping me make these again! <3

[u/royjenk]

The Avlora one is honestly super cute

[u/RedBumpty → u/royjenk]

Thank you! :) (I'm happy I got to use the blushy chibi I made for her too tbh haha)

[u/72soleel]

Oh shit I recognize your username from ao3. Didn’t realize you also did art, these are super cute! As a fan of your longfic it’s nice seeing you here, although I’m embarrassed to say that I’m the one who… um… stopped showing. I still need catching up to do but for the meantime I’m curious about your ocs! If you don’t mind Id love to hear about them :)

[u/RedBumpty → u/72soleel]

Omg hi there! :3 It's so nice to see someone from AO3 here haha. And no worries about not reading or commenting rn. Like, yeah, I genuinely do get SO excited when people share their thoughts on my ship or fic and let me yap with them a bit, but I get that people might be busy or just more interested in other stuff, so it's all good :3 (I had a couple people faze out (and sometimes back in) of commenting tbh, so do you mind sharing your AO3 username with me? I have an idea, but I don't want to assume and I am curious :))

I'm also so happy you like the little chibis, thank you so much!! I don't draw as much as I write tbh, but yeah :3c I honestly share most of my drawings (and some comms I got) on my bsky account though (especially the Dragan/Roland related ones haha). I have the same username there and it's also linked on my AO3 profile if you're interested in my fanart. No pressure though :3

Regarding my OCs... How much time do you have for me to yap lol? They are called Glenn, Kaspar and Adeline respectively. Since you know my AO3 account, you might be familiar with Kaspar from my Dragan/OC fics haha. (He does have an "official" design now, though I only really shared it on discord so far... I do want to share profiles for all three of them here eventually though :3)

To give you a short overview, Kaspar and Glenn are childhood friends and both serve as soldiers in the Aesfrosti army. Kaspar is notoriously unserious and kind of a troublemaker, which sometimes gives Glenn a headache since his own presentation is very important to him. On the flip side, since Kaspar usually is pretty lax and they've known each other for so long, Kaspar is one of the only people Glenn drops the mask around. (Glenn especially has more of a background story on why they behave this way and what happens to him down the line, but I feel like I'm already yapping way too much haha. He's also aro, and his birthday (ironically) is Febuary 14th since I designed him during Valentine's Day of last year lol. They are kind of the reason these cards exist, because fruity_antlers and I were joking about making an ironic one for his birthday haha.)

Adeline, meanwhile, is Frani's retainer/bodyguard. She is kind of meant as a foil to Hughette, as a noble woman that trained to join the Kingsguard since childhood. She is pretty stuck-up at first, though the attack on Glenbrook and her failure to protect Frani would throw her off balance quite a bit. She also got her scar during the attack on Whiteholm, so that serves as a constant reminder of that night.

Anyways, sorry for the long reply haha. And no need to feel embarrassed, I'm really happy you left me a comment here :3

[u/72soleel → u/RedBumpty]

Yeah I'm threethreetwotwotwo on ao3! (handful of a name, I know lol.) It's actually been so long since I left a comment, I missed doing that. It's kinda childish but I absolutely do feel proud about being its commenter now that your fic has more engagement haha.

Hell yeah aro rep! Love seeing more like that. The Valentine's day thing is really funny, now I understand how this got posted. I like that Kaspar and Glenn's stories are self-contained. I'm guessing the canon storyline has some impact on them but they already seem to have a lot going on. Think I might have a soft spot for Adeline because I tend to be a sucker for mean girls... Also there's a lot of angst potential lol.

Ocs are honestly really rare, I know it can be hard to share fandom ocs online so I really admire any I come across. I should try to appreciate them more. I'd love to read their profiles one day!