May 2, 2010 5:01 PM
This is AWESOME!
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Hellsing
So, yesterday I stumbled upon a mind-numbingly fantastic bit of Hellsing fan art. And then another. And another. And another. And I noticed that they all had "Solid & Etc" somewhere on the image, so I figured...I have to find out what the deal is with Solid & Etc.
The deal? Is awesome.
Solid & Etc = Yukari Toshimichi, who has a site full of the most wonderful Hellsing fan art I've ever seen. Sadly most of her website is in Japanese (which makes sense, but I'm an ignorant American who expects everything to be in my language), but I imagine she's also very funny and intelligent and has insightful things to say about the series and the characters.
I'm not an AlucardxIntegra shipper by any means (I think the sexual tension is way more satisfying than any hook-up could be), but I even love her art that features AxI, like the two of them embracing or full-on making out. There's something so beautiful and soulful about her work, even the simple sketches, that I'm willing to suspend my anti-shipper-ness and just go with it.
Some of it, of course, is more problematic for me. I hate when Integra shows up in fan art as super duper feminine or completely infantilized because that strikes me as absolutely wrong wrong wrong for the character (and also...ugh...can't a female character ever just be appreciated as powerful and not be reduced to a child and/or sex object?), but there's so much else for me to look at that I can just avoid those images and stay in my happy canon world. Let the artist have her thing, whatever.
Browsing the art definitely re-upped my interest in Hellsing. I realized I haven't even finished the manga yet. I only have like 10 chapters left! Jeez! I've got to get on that. And I don't even know what's going on with Ultimate...
A few quick samples and then I'll stop gushing, promise:
I love everything, so those are just random images I pulled. Seriously, go look for yourself!
The deal? Is awesome.
Solid & Etc = Yukari Toshimichi, who has a site full of the most wonderful Hellsing fan art I've ever seen. Sadly most of her website is in Japanese (which makes sense, but I'm an ignorant American who expects everything to be in my language), but I imagine she's also very funny and intelligent and has insightful things to say about the series and the characters.
I'm not an AlucardxIntegra shipper by any means (I think the sexual tension is way more satisfying than any hook-up could be), but I even love her art that features AxI, like the two of them embracing or full-on making out. There's something so beautiful and soulful about her work, even the simple sketches, that I'm willing to suspend my anti-shipper-ness and just go with it.
Some of it, of course, is more problematic for me. I hate when Integra shows up in fan art as super duper feminine or completely infantilized because that strikes me as absolutely wrong wrong wrong for the character (and also...ugh...can't a female character ever just be appreciated as powerful and not be reduced to a child and/or sex object?), but there's so much else for me to look at that I can just avoid those images and stay in my happy canon world. Let the artist have her thing, whatever.
Browsing the art definitely re-upped my interest in Hellsing. I realized I haven't even finished the manga yet. I only have like 10 chapters left! Jeez! I've got to get on that. And I don't even know what's going on with Ultimate...
A few quick samples and then I'll stop gushing, promise:
I love everything, so those are just random images I pulled. Seriously, go look for yourself!
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