For idratherbereading, on the joyful occasion of her birthday!
Idratherbereading and valeria2067 are a pair of heroes. This is in honor of two ladies who’ve survived one hell of a year, in all its mighty ups and downs, and fearlessly gambled everything to pursue the lives and love that made them whole.
These didn’t come out quite like I’d originally envisioned, but I hope you like them anyway. A matched set, for a matched set: kitsune Sherlock and rakshasa John (somewhat arbitrary, perhaps, but I love rakshasa, and no one ever uses them).
Love these!
Does this mean Mycroft is a nine-tailed kitsune? And is John a maneating!rakshasa? *sidles away nervously*
Hahaha, somebody sent me an Ask to to the effect of “Aren’t rakshasa evil grave-defiling monsters? Why did you make John one?”
And the answer is: because I could. ^_^
ETA: A wise soul has brought to my attention that these pictures may consist of cultural appropriation and/or whitewashing. If you like this art, then I’m happy and grateful! But I hope that in return, you’ll join me in contemplating their comments and the feedback of our fellow Tumblrites. I won’t delete these images, because I already drew them, posted them, and had them reblogged, and I think it’s more honest to keep them here as a reminder of this learning experience. It’s true that art is sometimes problematic. I don’t think that’s inherently a bad thing, but it should never be thoughtlessly problematic, and that’s the mistake I made here. I sincerely apologize to anyone I’ve made uncomfortable or offended with these pictures. If you reblog them from me, then please keep this note attached.