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Avatar's Selene and Endymion

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The story is pretty easy for anyone familiar with Greek (or Roman, I suppose) mythology. ...And this has nothing to do with Sailor Moon, though I do love that too. But if anyone doesn't know, the RD version of the story:

Selene, the goddess of the moon (not to be confused with Diana/ Artemis or Hekate) fell in love with a young sheperd/hunter/prince (depending on the rendition) named Endymion. She then asked Zues to keep him immortal, which he did, but there was a catch. He lives forever, but is forever asleep. So she visits him each night, and she'll have him for all of eternity, but he'll never wake up again.

Small points may change depending who tells it, as there is no "true myth".

Of course, during drawing, I also had the idea that Sokka was having a nightmare and Yue was just soothing his sleep. "Sweet dreams, Sokka..."


The colored version of [link] (the above was taken from the line art's description.)

I wanted Yue to look like a spirit descending from the heavens (since.. she is. XD), so I didn't think I should really shade her. Unfortunetly her lines blended with some of the other colors and darkened in places. :(

I'm mostly on an original work kick right now, but I figured I could color some line arts that have been waiting around for me to remember them. :P
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MatthiasTeivel's avatar

I'm familiar with the myth of Endymion and Selene, and I never would've thought of comparing Sokka and Yue to, or even adapting them into, the fabled couple. Kudos! :clap: