Prerequisite lamentation about how late this is, yadda yadda. As long as it's not yet Easter, I consider myself in the clear. Anyways, on to the couples!Clockwise from upper left:T.K. and Kari. I will try to contain metaphysical Digimon analysis for the moment, just to say they are very adorable. I love how, as figures of the celestial, she's rather what you'd expect all ethereal and mystical and whatnot, but he's shockingly FILLED WITH RAGE and will PUNCH and STRANGLE the crud out of you!Not what you'd think! My favorite bits for these two are when they're the last two left in the fight with Piedmon in season one, and in season two the first Dark Ocean episode. (which is one of the most bestest episodes ever and SEVERELY tempts me towards aforementioned metaphysical rant!!) *Ahem* I know ordinarily she'd be riding Nefertimon, but, ya know.Evelyn and Paultin. Ok obviously I stole the pose from the cover of Howl's Moving Castle, which includes taking some creative liberties with his design, but it was meant to evoke the saving-her-from-the-Soulmonger scene, and I didn't want to draw him as just plain a raven. (back when him having raven attributes was GOOD! Not a sign of TERRIBLE THINGS!) It's cool because you know she likes him for forever, but it just seems silly for the longest time but then episode 52 happens and just kills you.Though not as much as the current situation.Blaahh I'm dying...Think I got a pretty good likeness on him, dunno about her. :/Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor. I had never seen this be compelling until the recent movie, because generally, you have the problem that she's presented as more awesome than him in every way. Ships don't work unless the man is in at least SOME way superior to the woman. (Feminists explode with rage, but are then dumbfounded when you point out that they would never date a guy who's shorter than them.) In the movie, they go with the she-is-unbelievably-ignorant-about-the-world attribute she sometimes has, which gives him the opportunity to show superior knowledge and experience, as well as superior strategic planning, and of course moral duty.Oh how I love how non-feminist that movie turned out to be...Went for a sort of like, soldier-leaving-on-the-train pose for them. And once again I'm more happy with his likeness than hers.The Doctor and River Song. Rewatching all the Matt Smith Doctor Who at the moment, which is really where the new series is at its best, in my opinion. (The current SJW crap does not even merit consideration.) When River was first introduced I didn't like her much, as she was way too snarky and trying to show the Doctor up all the time, (see the shipping rule presented above) but once you find out the REAL secret of who she is it's just so jaw-drop amazing. So once you get to her final appearance (which was in The Name of the Doctor I don't care about any of the twelfth doctor crap it ruins it!!) it's undoubtedly one of the most moving things in the series, and that's saying something.Likenesses? Meh. (Way too many real live people this year.And in the center:King Sam and Queen Anna. *Dodges myriad of bricks* Eheheh... heh... Cut me some slack here, it counts as fanart of a couple I ship in a story! ...Albeit, IN universe these two haven't had anything to do with eachother.But still. Having a real life romance can be very distracting from shipping, so until I thought of a loophole to put us in there, I wasn't very enthused for doing one of these this year. And we can totally maintain that in the story once Drake comes back with the sword and assumes the throne, as he undoubtedly will, and from thence banishes Sam, as he undoubtedly will, Sam can head on over to Waddledell and reclaim royalty by marrying the queen! And when Drake declares war on us, as he undoubtedly will, we crush him!So there.Motif for this year is feathers! Though not so much in the center. But we do have a duck, so...T.K. Takaishi and Kari Kamiya copyright ToeiEvelyn copyright Anna Prosser Robinson, Paultin copyright Nate Sharp, D&D copyright Wizards of the CoastWonder Woman and Steve Trevor copyright DCThe Doctor and River Song copyright BBCKing Sam and Queen Anna copyright ~