OK. Here we go. The result of strenuous hours of angst.

The story behind it ...

The people in the pic are Cersei and Jaime Lannister from George RR Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" books. John H's topic of the month is "The Dark Side" and when I was pondering idly what to draw for it, I kept coming back and back to the fact I didn't wnat to draw darkness and black and vampires and scary monsters. I just didn't. So I thought some more, and wondered if there was anything I could draw from GRRM. And Cersei suddenly sprung to mind. She's as dark as hell, but blindingly white and beautiful and princess-y at the same time. A sudden idea sprang into my head.

What about doing a light "Dark Side"? Show how not all evil comes from the obvious dark shadows, but can be hidden in pure light and beauty. Cos make no mistake, Cersei is evil. She kills, she's an expert poisoner, she commits adultery - and more than that, commits incest with her twin Jaime, with whom she has 3 children that she passes off as those of her husband. She drinks wine and sings songs while battle rages outside her protected pampered world at court. She's basically horrid.

And then the poem came to mind. La Belle Dame sans Merci ... how very very appropriate ...

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