Merlin Tarot Project - XI - Strength
Title: Strength
Artist: yue_ix
Warnings: none
Characters/pairings: Morgana and panther!Uther
Notes: Morgana's strength in S2
Bigger view: here
Sometime replaced by Fortitude or Lust, Strength is a passive force of will, compassion and mercy compared to the raw force of power and physical strength -- reversed, it represents losing control and giving in to impulses; this card is the Querent's mental battle (his more physical battle would be the sister card The Chariot).
Morgana's strength is intimately linked to her weakness: she lives under the protection and constant threat of someone who both loves her and would want her executed; she wants to join people that would use her, but would be thrown in an environment she knows nothing of; would loves the one she would hate; protects those who put her into danger; trusts those that betrays her; holds strong for a cause that will presumably judge her guilty; and her raw powers save and endanger those she loves.
There is a lot of things I'd love to say about this, but the tl;dr would span a whole fic. Please ask me questions so I can rant to you, if you are interested? This was awesome to explore and make, even after 20+ hours. Big thanks to xenakis_ for the 4am beta, hand-holding and reminding me to sleep and eat, even if you forced me to only use 2 sentences to describe this card. <3
Artist: yue_ix
Warnings: none
Characters/pairings: Morgana and panther!Uther
Notes: Morgana's strength in S2
Bigger view: here
Sometime replaced by Fortitude or Lust, Strength is a passive force of will, compassion and mercy compared to the raw force of power and physical strength -- reversed, it represents losing control and giving in to impulses; this card is the Querent's mental battle (his more physical battle would be the sister card The Chariot).
Morgana's strength is intimately linked to her weakness: she lives under the protection and constant threat of someone who both loves her and would want her executed; she wants to join people that would use her, but would be thrown in an environment she knows nothing of; would loves the one she would hate; protects those who put her into danger; trusts those that betrays her; holds strong for a cause that will presumably judge her guilty; and her raw powers save and endanger those she loves.
There is a lot of things I'd love to say about this, but the tl;dr would span a whole fic. Please ask me questions so I can rant to you, if you are interested? This was awesome to explore and make, even after 20+ hours. Big thanks to xenakis_ for the 4am beta, hand-holding and reminding me to sleep and eat, even if you forced me to only use 2 sentences to describe this card. <3