askellie:

tyranttortoise:

observing-silhouette:

Thanks to the sweet anon who suggested UF paps! Tried a bit more of a symbolic approach to the hanahaki disease with Edge, with the flowers from @tyranttortoise once again. Also, fun fact, when a snapdragon dries up the seed pod looks like a tiny skull.

My gods, this is gorgeous.  I’ve stared at this for so long, and everything about it from the colors, to the pose, to the sheer emotion in it is nothing short of amazing.

I also like the thought behind the flower noose.  I feel like the flower–and the feelings it represents–are suffocating.  And it’s a different kind of suffocating than what Stretch experienced when he couldn’t stop retching up flowers.  

Stretch’s flowers were like… his feelings that he wanted to keep hidden, for the good of the human and his bro–but they kept coming to the surface and simultaneously burrowing deeper within him.  

While Edge here… is being strangled by his own feelings because of his own inaction.  And the more he refuses to address them, to pretend they’re not there and things are fine remaining the same, the tighter the flower noose becomes.  

I love this. ❤

I would love to see more authors and artists taking advantage of Hanahaki disease. This is an intensely emotional piece, and I love the implications behind it.