Inquisitor
Slice of Us | 2
The past few months have mostly been spent in solitude, watching my thoughts drift by like passing clouds. The rest felt like testing waters—seeing how much of my unfiltered self could exist within social interactions without losing connection.
As much as I love my own company, I don’t always want to monologue into a void. I want people to meet me there, in the richness of my thoughts, without feeling the need to dilute or shrink my intensity.
In return, I want to meet them in the depths of their minds, and the swelling moments of their souls.
As always, I’m grateful to my friends who gave me the space to experience their energies. Time isn’t ours to keep, but I’m always happy to share it.
Hi Gabbi! I love your people illustrations and they inspire me to build my own world. I can’t draw though. Do you have any recommendations of fundamentals to start with?
Heya! Honored to hear that it inspired you! I’m a firm believer of ‘Anyone can draw’ so I do suggest you to just do scribbles—mindless scribbles like random lines or imperfect shapes. When people rarely draw, their wrist and hand posture when they hold pencils/pen is particularly for writing so drawing or scribbling mindlessly shifts your brain into thinking that you don’t have to form coherent lines that form letters or words.
Once you’re comfortable, start drawing shapes. Just shapes, try not to draw anything from photos.
Then, try drawing these shapes in 3D. Some shapes should look thick, or thin, or long.
Once you filled pages with shapes, you can probably try drawing simple items like cups or plates. And you’ll soon realize that you’re gonna start seeing shapes because you’ve wired your brain to see and draw shapes.
Most of the complex drawings that we see, from people to animals, are all just made of shapes. They just get a little bit complicated, haha.
Sharing my recent journal entry about Neve Gallus and myself, so let me yap
One of the biggest reasons Neve means so much to me is because I see myself in her. I’ve always been logical and analytical, always trying to figure things out—why something works, why it doesn’t. That curiosity naturally led me to problem-solving, but it also made me intellectualize my emotions instead of just feeling them, even though I know I’m a deeply emotional person.
Neve’s struggle is not that she lacks emotions—it’s that she feels too much. She’s the kind of person who catches the smallest inconsistencies, pieces together the truth with precision, and always seems to know what’s really going on. Her logic is sharp, her deduction skills nearly unmatched. And yet, when it comes to her own emotions, she shuts them down. Not because she doesn’t understand them, but because she does. She knows that if she lets them take over, they might unravel everything she’s built—her discipline, her duty, her control. And god, do I feel the same way.
The way I see it, our logic isn’t just a tool—it’s a shield. We both intellectualize our emotions, treating them like puzzles to be solved rather than experiences to be felt. But emotions aren’t rational, and the more we try to categorize them, the more they slip through our grasp. So instead, we repress them.
But repression isn’t the same as control. Neve’s emotions don’t disappear—they linger beneath the surface, showing up in subtle ways. In the way she hesitates before making a choice that should be easy. In the way she avoids thinking about what comes next. In the way she convinces herself that as long as she keeps moving forward, she’ll be fine.
Her emotional logic is a paradox—she tries to rationalize feelings that, by nature, resist logic. And deep down, she knows she can’t keep running from them forever.
When my emotions rise and start clouding my judgment, I panic—not because I don’t understand them, but because I know myself. I know how deeply I can feel, but I don’t always know how far those feelings will take me. I think Neve is the same way. She’s confident in herself, but she doesn’t know her breaking point.
And maybe that’s why falling in love can feel so terrifying for someone deeply logical and analytical. You can study it, observe it, notice the smallest details, and even rationalize why a person makes you feel the way they do—but love isn’t something you can fully understand. It has to be felt. And for someone like Neve, who’s spent so long relying on logic, that’s exactly what makes it so daunting. She knows she has feelings for Rook, but acknowledging them isn’t the same as allowing herself to feel them. So she represses them, over and over again.
Man, human behavior and emotions have always been my favorite topics, so stumbling upon Neve’s character was such a treat. But honestly? Watching her struggle was like watching myself, LOL. Not to mention, we both share the same deep-seated need to be of service to others. The need to fulfill a duty, god. As someone who thrives on acts of service, I get it. When you want to be there for people, you start taking on everything yourself without even realizing it. Sometimes it’s so second nature that I don’t even notice I’ve gone out of my way to do something I swore I wouldn’t—like taking a route I hate just to make sure a friend gets home safe—until someone else points it out.
Learning to balance logic with emotion—understanding my feelings while also allowing myself to truly feel them—and balancing the need to be of service to others and to myself, it has been a lifelong journey.
It's exactly the reason why I draw.
I’ll remember Neve for a very long time. I don’t think I’ve ever come across a fictional character who mirrors me this well.
I don't follow zodiac signs religiously but me being a Capricorn (Sun) and Virgo (moon) is too much of a coincidence that explains my overly logical + overworked ass LOL
We never had the chance to see a cinematic of the romanced companion reacting to Rook's actual return from the Fade Prison after two (?) weeks like WHY LOL and so I drew it just because I couldn't get it off my head hajksdhah
throws this comic like a grenade and runs away
Also, drawing Neve's expression here hurts so much—why must I draw to hurt myself lol