I wish the Clavis artist hadn't nerfed his bang length so the resemblance would be even greater, but..............!!!!!!!
They have a lot in common; I really want to draw them together. There's a lot of things I want to draw though... I wish I drew faster. Or I should dedicate a day to staying the hell off the computer so i Have to draw (or read or game).
But basically, listen. They kind of look the same, except Clavis is a little taller and his eyes are smaller. And Testament isn't built like a triangle. If using ML Tes as the point of comparison then their bodies are probably more similar, but Clavis has more shoulder. #seme. And I think of pre-Strive Tes as being bony, but Clavis has servants and friends nearby who would make him eat even if he's too melancholic to care.
They both preside over death! For Tes I think it's just an aesthetic thing; they're probably not actually the Grim Reaper... Probably seemed that way to all the people they killed, but like, you can say that about any (mass) murderer. Clavis may not have a scythe, but he is the guardian of darkness. His sacrea brings peace, but also! It brings the most eternal peace of all 😌 So he also kills people, although I wonder if the deaths in question are all from illness or suicide or something since the others guardians' power Also can bring death (ex. too much water creates floods, which *gasp* kill people)
They're both sad, lonesome, pathetic little inidividuals. Tes gets better! So Tes may not be associated with that image anymore. Clavis also gets better. I felt he was a little less cold in Etoile, so one must assume that Limoges and Colette's prescence were just so awesome that they kinda fixed him. (What does this say about Dia?) You may point out that Tes was never Alone because they had their familiars, but Clavis wasn't either because he always had the other guardians, especially Luva and Lumiale, and that's not even getting into the servants. And I suppose he had the queen aide too, although they don't show Dia interacting with them a lot? Those are a bunch of humans and Clavis still acted the way he did, so maybe he should have been a little grateful that at least he's not Testament who post-Dizzy, pre-movingtothevillage, only had Creatures of dubious linguistic abilities (/JOKE btw)
I'm going to end this by saying........... They share some hobbies :) Clavis likes tarot and scrying via crystal ball and star-gazing :) Tes likes star-gazing and fortune-telling :)) twinninggggg. and Tes has lots of outdoor hobbies besides that, so they could become his friend via the previously listed hobbies and then make him grow as a person by slowly sucking him into some more active stuff. Tes doesn't have to fix anyone, of course, but :) yknow :) we can hold someone's hand as we help them back to their feet once they decide they're ready to stand up, can't we? :D :) :3 :3c :p ^_-
Feb 12, 10:34 A.M. edit: Thanks to a very helpful person in a server, I was able to get the pic of Clavis and the deer from Fushigi no Kuni :3 For further comparison!
You know, I coulda swore there were pictures of Tes in nature that were less ominous and had the various forest creatures on/near them, not Dizzy, but I guess I was thinking of something from a yonkoma or doujinshi. Well, if you know Testament hopefully you get the point!!
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