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dagas_isa:Comment with the word "ICONS" and I'll select six of yours for you to talk about in your journal.
The artist wrote back: "YES". Alas, I see that website has disappeared. The full painting is posted here, but there were many other good fanarts, so I'm guessing that's not the real artist's page.
100variations. It's how I imagine Auron/Lulu: fleeting, bittersweet, quiet moment of connection between two old souls well-acquainted with loss, stubbornly snatching an instant of life before they say goodbye. I see Auron as like King Arthur yearning to go to Avalon to rest, making Lulu the psychopomp that befriends him during the journey. After all, spent most of her life learning how to let go of those she loves: her parents, Chappu, Ginnem, and (she thought) Yuna. I've also described my "Resurrection" image of Auron and Lulu as an inverse of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, in which Eurydice accompanies him to the edge of the Lethe, bids farewell, and comes back to live a full life.
A variant of this icon had "Just for now..." on it, a reference to an Imogene Heap song.
It was first attempt to portray Lulu as a final aeon, even before I wrote the pre-LHAD drabble that eventually turned into an 80K word saga. I love elemental magic and see her as alternately fiery, icy or thunderbolt-sharp. (Like
owlmoose , I find water seems less obvious for Lulu.)The orignal screencap was Lulu saying, "Don't you think we tried to stop her?" This expression shows just how thrilled she was about that! Yet I love the fact that Lulu can be protective without being overprotective. She'll support Yuna, even if that means supporting her in a career move Lulu fiercely opposed.
