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Description LOOK EVERYONE, I DREW A GUY.

In one of my critiques for my muse designs, when I said I was considering designing Cupid, someone in the class remarked that they didn't think they had ever seen me draw a guy.

My friend piped in with "I have, they're hot!"

Favorite moment EVER in a critique.

Anyway, Cupid hasn't shown up yet in my Rise of the Guardians fanfic , but he's been mentioned plenty by other characters.  He is very important to the Muses and vise-versa, particularly Erato .  But I don't want to reveal the nature of his relationship with Erato yet.  Some of you already know, and I have dropped hints.

Cupid only ages a year every century, so for a very long time he was mentally an adult but still looked like a child.  This caused a lot of angst and frustration on Cupid's part, as well as all the popular depictions of him as an infant.  He's now gotten to the point where he looks like he's about seventeen and is so pleased.

He has two types of arrows, the gold to evoke desire and the lead to evoke rejection.  He usually wears a quiver attached to his thigh (his wings get in the way of one that would otherwise go on his back), but the turnaround was already so cluttered thanks to his wings so I didn't include it.  The bow was a gift, but from who?  Not yet revealed in the story, but he's had the same one forever, he's very attached to it.

On his forearm is a tattoo of an anatomical heart with an arrow through it.  Beneath his collarbone is a tattoo that says "Amor Vincit Omnia."  Love conquers all.

Do you guys think I used enough red?

Also, he's most comfortable when flying.  He can walk fine but he tends to knock things over with his wings fairly frequently.  I think he learned to fly before he learned to walk.

Something Quite Peculiar - Chapter 01
Chapter One: Reminiscing
The cabin could barely be called a cabin. It was more of a hut: a building in the loosest sense of the word. It had four walls and a roof, a door, a window, and a chimney that looked as though it were ready to fall over. Truthfully, it appeared that a strong gust of wind could knock down the shack, with signs surrounding which read, “Condemned” and “No Trespassing.”
The small structure was concealed behind several large trees, and was incredibly easy to miss, nestled within the forest that rarely anyone ventured into.
It was always snowing around this cabin, regardless of the season.
Inside was exceedingly less interesting than outside, if at all possible. There was only one room, which contained a mattress and pillow in the corner, a fireplace that appeared to have not been used in decades, and a few shelves on one of the walls.
The shelves proved to be at least somewhat intriguing, containing items such as a matryoshka do
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Comments: 81

TeraSArt In reply to ??? [2016-02-13 19:18:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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AskConniethewolf In reply to TeraSArt [2016-02-19 01:35:02 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome! He's handsome and I'm sure that he knows it!

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MarineRoze [2015-07-23 21:46:19 +0000 UTC]

Finally, a Cupid that isn't female. 

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TeraSArt In reply to MarineRoze [2015-07-23 22:38:51 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, there's a lot of Lady Cupids wandering around for some reason!

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Gkeller95 In reply to TeraSArt [2024-10-06 00:17:51 +0000 UTC]

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Azterah [2014-08-27 02:34:01 +0000 UTC]

wow i love his wings

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TeraSArt In reply to Azterah [2014-08-27 05:51:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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BlueYoukai [2014-07-20 16:08:06 +0000 UTC]

He looks like Michael Jackson. Really. |'D

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TeraSArt In reply to BlueYoukai [2014-07-20 20:22:21 +0000 UTC]

Yeah?  Haven't heard that comparison yet!

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RaeAlex1321 [2014-03-28 07:29:18 +0000 UTC]

Cupid question! Why does he want to disown Valentine's Day? 
Also he's gorgeous [to be read: gaw-juss]. Which makes sense given his mother. 

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TeraSArt In reply to RaeAlex1321 [2014-03-28 19:09:58 +0000 UTC]

He doesn't see it as "disowning" so much since he doesn't really consider it his to start with (he's not St. Valentine, after all).  

He just feels like it's silly to tack him onto one holiday when he works all year, not just then.  He also feels like people shouldn't have to schedule a day to be decent to their partner.

And thank you!

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RaeAlex1321 In reply to TeraSArt [2014-03-29 03:49:36 +0000 UTC]

So logical. I love how well thought out every aspect of the characters in SQP [and your other stories] are. Can't wait to see/read more about them!

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TeraSArt In reply to RaeAlex1321 [2014-03-29 17:54:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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annamae411 [2013-12-02 09:49:38 +0000 UTC]

I have to agree with your friend, he is quite hot^^

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TeraSArt In reply to annamae411 [2013-12-03 05:42:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you~

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honelima [2013-11-18 22:11:47 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This is really good!

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TeraSArt In reply to honelima [2013-11-19 00:16:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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honelima In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-19 03:04:25 +0000 UTC]

Yep!

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FictionLover987 [2013-11-17 06:23:05 +0000 UTC]

Haha. XD

That is a pretty darn good critique lol xD

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TeraSArt In reply to FictionLover987 [2013-11-17 06:28:02 +0000 UTC]

It was pretty great, lol.

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FictionLover987 In reply to TeraSArt [2013-12-22 16:24:18 +0000 UTC]

lol

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dangerkid2019 [2013-11-16 00:43:11 +0000 UTC]

You are so incredible at art like holy crap

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TeraSArt In reply to dangerkid2019 [2013-11-16 02:33:48 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thanks!

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Yugi-Dan-Yami [2013-11-13 06:23:59 +0000 UTC]

HE'S SOOO HOT

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TeraSArt In reply to Yugi-Dan-Yami [2013-11-13 06:48:57 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thank you!

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Yugi-Dan-Yami In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-14 06:12:30 +0000 UTC]

ur welcome

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actresspdx [2013-11-13 05:31:34 +0000 UTC]

Is he the nice one, or the psychotic one?

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TeraSArt In reply to actresspdx [2013-11-13 05:36:20 +0000 UTC]

He's nice, mostly awkward.  Easily bored and tends to cause drama with the mortals, though.

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actresspdx In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-13 06:18:51 +0000 UTC]

Cool. The psychotic one is just creepy.

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ForeverACharmedOne [2013-11-13 03:48:02 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah. He's hot. lol. Love your design! I'm curious, have you seen the Cupid design from Disney's Hercules? Not the redesign for the tv show, but the briefly shown one in the film.

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TeraSArt In reply to ForeverACharmedOne [2013-11-13 04:29:10 +0000 UTC]

Oh, hey, you're on dA too!  Lol, thank you!

I never took much notice of Cupid in the film.  I just googled it though, his film design was adorable!  I always hated his tv series design (they used to show that series early in the morning, I'd watch it before school because I will never not watch cartoons), why would they mess with a good thing?

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ForeverACharmedOne In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-13 05:17:05 +0000 UTC]

I'm everywhere. I am the night. lol. You're welcome!

Yeah I didn't realize Cupid was a background character for a long time. XD I never liked his redesign for the tv show. Once I spotted the movie design I was just...whyyyyy I would have loved seeing him. Probably would have crushed on him.

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TeraSArt In reply to ForeverACharmedOne [2013-11-13 05:29:28 +0000 UTC]

Ugh, they probably redesigned him because everyone's familiar with the flying infant Cupid.  They could've had fun wit him being in Hercules' age range.  I don't think they ever addressed him being Aphrodite's son, either.  Actually, they didn't address a lot of those relationships, probably because holy-incest-Zeus-is-a-slut-and-Hera-is-not-Hercules'-mother-Batman.

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ForeverACharmedOne In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-13 05:36:46 +0000 UTC]

Probably so. I remember reading about how they wanted to bring in Persephone, but they weren't going to make her Hades' wife. She was going to be Hercules' teacher or there was going to be some custody battle between Zeus and Demeter or something. Disney's mythology is a mythology all its own.

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TeraSArt In reply to ForeverACharmedOne [2013-11-13 05:54:35 +0000 UTC]

I feel like it's hard to bring Persephone in without her whole thing with Hades (probably why it didn't happen).  Yeah, Disney worked very strangely with these myths at times.  Like, I always got confused over the fact that every single god went by their Greek names except for Hercules (well, and Cupid in the show).

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ForeverACharmedOne In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-13 06:03:51 +0000 UTC]

Yeah.... I do remember being amused by the episode where they got their Roman names and at the end Hades gets a scroll telling him his Roman name and he goes "PLUTO? They wanna name me PLUTO!!?? I wouldn't name my DOG Pluto!!"

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TeraSArt In reply to ForeverACharmedOne [2013-11-13 06:50:39 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, I see what you did there, Disney.

Can you imagine how much Zeus would make fun of Hades after they decided Pluto wasn't a planet anymore?

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ForeverACharmedOne In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-13 17:49:16 +0000 UTC]

Oh brother, that would be hilarious. Hades might finally go off the deep end.

Oh, I found the episode btw! In case you were interested. Hades pops up right at the 22 minute mark. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS8gJB…

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TeraSArt In reply to ForeverACharmedOne [2013-11-13 23:18:08 +0000 UTC]

First it was the smallest planet, then it wasn't a planet at all.  All while Zeus gets to still have the biggest one.  Poor guy XD

I definitely didn't just watch the whole thing, nope, I'm an adult.

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ForeverACharmedOne In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-13 23:20:08 +0000 UTC]

Disney!Hades gets the short end of the stick every time. Poor guy.

Hey, I'm the adult that went and re-found the episode, watched it, then shared the link with you.

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TeraSArt In reply to ForeverACharmedOne [2013-11-14 01:16:54 +0000 UTC]

Haha, that's true.  Ugh, the nostalgia. 

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ForeverACharmedOne In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-14 03:27:06 +0000 UTC]

I remember waking up at 3am on a school night behind my mother's back (lol) because that was when the Hercules/Aladdin crossover episode was going to air.

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TeraSArt In reply to ForeverACharmedOne [2013-11-14 03:32:32 +0000 UTC]

Lol that's great.  This all reminds me that I'm so behind on the new season of the HttyD series.  And Korra.  And cartoons, man, cartoons. D:

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ForeverACharmedOne In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-14 03:35:38 +0000 UTC]

Cartooooons. I was so upset when cartoon network cancelled Young Justice. Not cool. I haven't watched the HttyD series. Meant to. Just haven't.

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TeraSArt In reply to ForeverACharmedOne [2013-11-14 06:33:42 +0000 UTC]

As far as movie-spinoffs go it's pretty good.  I mean, there's an obvious quality difference (and I feel like Astrid is a little inconsistent) but Hiccup is still sassy and sarcastic which is all that really matters to me, lol.

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ForeverACharmedOne In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-14 07:00:18 +0000 UTC]

lol that is very important!

....*tries not to grumble at how much HttyD gets vs the nothing ROTG gets*

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TeraSArt In reply to ForeverACharmedOne [2013-11-15 05:11:12 +0000 UTC]

Tbh, I'm almost happy that RotG isn't getting as much, I don't want them to ruin it, you know?

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ForeverACharmedOne In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-15 06:11:00 +0000 UTC]

True, there is that risk. It would be nice to at least get a short or something. But I definitely would be afraid of bad writing, which is a fear with anything I like, really. Like I think Del Toro had pushed for more Jack/Tooth and I would not want that to be a plotpoint in a sequel.

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TeraSArt In reply to ForeverACharmedOne [2013-11-15 06:54:48 +0000 UTC]

A holiday short or something would definitely be cute!  But yeah, I like that Jack/Tooth was subtle in the film, it was nice not to have a love interest for the sake of having a love interest (says the girl writing a JackxOC fic).

My main fear is that it would end up like Shrek with all kinds of unnecessary sequels ad shit.  Like Shrek 2 was good but after that it was pretty meh.  Then you have Shrek Forever After and it's like okay if you have to dump your characters in an alternate reality I think you ran out of ideas.

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ForeverACharmedOne In reply to TeraSArt [2013-11-15 07:14:06 +0000 UTC]

Hey love interests are fine so long as they aren't JUST love interests only. That's my rule. lol. I like that the Jack/Tooth was subtle too. Yeah, Shrek got way out of hand. WAY out of hand. I've heard that HttyD 2 is going to be really good though. I like HttyD but I admit I'm not in love with it, not like how I love ROTG, and definitely not as much as its fandom loves it lol.

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