"Do not fret, little one, for my wings shall protect you from the arrows of anguish."
Fun fact, the original concept of this design did have both of them covered with arrows, with little Thalia having two stages: the first looking happy, and the second looking saddened with a bunch of arrows stuck to her fur. Later I ditched the idea because it was really edging CS's kid friendly line and also because Sabriel's design ended up looking way busier than I expected. The arrows would make it too cluttered.
I also decided to post the backstory for my pup right when I claimed her because I thought if you guys already had the overall concept behind it in mind once Sabriel showed up, you'd look at this staff dog with a deeper perspective and respect instead of only finding out about the context later, you know?
At its core, the tale of Thalia and Sabriel is a brief reflection on what's been going on in my life in the past few years, and mainly 2017. This year has been absolute hell for my family and I... so many bad things keep happening. In fact my aunt went into yet another coma last week, and today I suffered the worst punch of all... my cat Helly, who was the sweetest, most wonderful cat I've ever had, died at the age of 12 in my very arms after a long, painful battle with a grave kidney disease. It's rather fitting in a very morbid way that he happened to die in the same day my staff dog grew up, considering the context I made for it. Right now I'm beyond mentally exhausted, and I'm glad that I chose to share Thalia and Sabriel's story beforehand because in my current state I really doubt I'd be able to do so today.
I definitely appreciate it that in the end you guys seemed to enjoy my staff dog so much, I mean it more than you can imagine when I say it made this very gloomy day so much brighter for a change... thanks a lot.
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