In the weeks approaching Mother’s Day, Raven found herself without any clue what to get her mother back in Azarath. Their relationship had been forever changed since she and Beast Boy had visited her a while back, but that only made her desire to get her mother something special even stronger. She had tried talking to Beast Boy about it, but he was predictably unhelpful. Then, with only a few days left before the maternal holiday, Raven and B.B. sat down for a movie night. They popped some popcorn and sat down to watch Requiem for a Dream, a movie Raven had been meaning to watch for a while, but Beast Boy had never heard of. They both had different reactions to the bulk of the film, but they clicked on one scene at the end. As Jennifer Connely found herself surrounded by screaming business men, throwing dollars onto her sticky, naked body, Raven looked over to Beast Boy. He looked back, a wry smile on his face as he’d had the same idea. Arella’s Mother’s Day gift was decided.

So, I feel like this Ask was probably fishing to see Marth paired up with a guy from another series (Asks along these lines usually are). I was having trouble settling on something that I liked, though, but I also felt like drawing Marth, so I made a compromise. Marth’s a character I’m really fond of, despite not having played any of his games, and I’d like to take a few more stabs at him again in the future.
So for this Ask, the choice was obvious to me. Arella’s interest in Raven was my favorite element of One Night in Azarath, and probably something I’ll focus on again for future Arella projects. I just love mother/daughter stuff, so that’s how Arella’s own tastes have skewed. Nothing much more to say about this one, other than I’d like to try and draw Arella again sometime soon if I can.
So, like I’ve mentioned before, I tend to view Clementine as more a character for lesbian/yuri content. I admit I don’t know her that well, having not played the games, but that’s just what feels right to me after watching some cutscenes and stuff for research when I’ve drawn her in the past. Like she hints here, though, I do have another “Clem x Anon” pic in the works, though I have no idea if or when that’ll actually come out.


So Lucien has appeared twice, once in a “canon” pic, and once in a commissioned pic. Between the two, I feel like the relationship between Lucien and Loren is portrayed a bit differently, hence Lucien’s bit of waffling early in his response. Like Lucien says here, though, I do think I’d like to show the fallout of his first appearance in a full Applebridge Snapshot comic at some point.