A Waywick, From The Constellation of Kasterborous

Hey, hey! I promised that I would post my waywick truesona's brand-new look, so allons-y! I pulled a lot of inspiration from The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride, especially the Outlands Pride, and most especially from Kovu and Nuka. In fact, I took at least 90% of Gallifrey's new colours directly from Kovu's colour palette. (Disney can't, like, copyright a colour palette, can they? I'm suddenly very anxious about that.)

But first, a bit of personal backstory:

(Content/Trigger Warning: Discussing red-flag parents, trauma, and divorce.)

TLK2 came out in November of 1998, the same year I was born (out-of-character, obvs), so naturally, I've been hyper-fixated on it for literally my whole life so far.

As an "older" (like, 7 thru 12 years old) kid, I hella crushed on Kovu, and Nuka's desperation for his mother's approval has struck a chord in me for as long as I can remember, especially after a friend recently directed me to Nuka's deleted scene in the ravine after the logs fall... (spoilers: he says "at least I finally got your attention," or something to that effect, to Zira when she goes to comfort him after the avalanche of wood crushes him).

Granted, my own mother wasn't as bad as Zira, but she was abusive and I never felt good enough for her, no matter what I did. Having un-realized and un-diagnosed neuro-divergences didn't help. So I've always felt a sort of softness towards Nuka. A brotherhood, almost. (But my mom is far better now, she's been healing her own generational traumas and finally divorced her toxic husband of the past 15+/- years, so our relationship is stronger than ever.)

So, Gallifrey will, as my truesona (the first of three), represent that side of me. The parental trauma, the inner-child parts of me that still mourn the mother I so desperately yearned for as a kid but never had (because even though she's changed, it doesn't erase the 18 years of damage she caused, and I am allowed to acknowledge that it still hurts). He will serve as a conduit of sorts for my own healing.

I suppose I could have just as easily made Gallifrey be inspired by Princess Red from the newest Descendants movie, Rise of Red, who also just wants a mother who loves her for who she is, and whose colour scheme and personal style is more akin to my own than lions with a semi-natural colour palette and no clothes at all, which I almost did; but The Lion King has been a longer-standing fixation of mine (I mean, I literally grew up with/on it) and therefore feels more integral to who I am than my recently-begun Descendants franchise hyper-fixation.

But without any further ado, here is the brand-new Gallifrey! And of course, they do still partially represent my love of Doctor Who as well, with his name and a TARDIS-blue choker and riser on their bow (the handle or grip, if you prefer). Base art and species by SelkieMoon.