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.MH: Nerissa.

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You guys know how I'll always design witches of my Magi OCs. It's a tradition already.
The victim this time is Lorelei Wolfer.
.MH: Lorelei Wolfer. by PetitAnge

The original template belongs to :iconspdude18:

Also, for this Witch's second form, the link is: sta.sh/05uv9dhoypn






:bulletred: Nerissa’s Labyrinth is "The Burned House". When the witch dies, the ugliness of this world will be cleansed.


:bulletred: Nerissa is a derived Greek name, meaning "water". It was used by a minor character in Shakespeare"s play The Merchant of Venice. (Concluding this artist’s wish to use Shakespearean names.)

:bulletred: She has affinities with butterflies and fishes – in a more symbolic sense, a mermaid.

:bulletred: The butterfly is both a symbol of womanhood and a symbol of rebirth. Both are linked to Lorelei’s situation: a girl who's never going to be a woman and a caterpillar who gained the chance to be a butterfly.

:bulletred: In a boarder sense, this also links to her fish tail: Although she is a butterfly, she can never truly fly. And although she is a fish, she can never truly swim. Her sense of not belonging anywhere at all is reflected on her form.

:bulletred: Another symbolism of the mermaid tail is not only her name (both Lorelei and Nerissa are mermaid-related names), but the story The Little Mermaid, by Andersen, where a mermaid dies all by herself after her prince chooses another woman.

:bulletred: When she is in her second form, the butterfly wings are too tiny and not placed in a good position, making her flight rather awkward and so brief she cannot stand too long in the air. It is a symbol not only of her own sense of ugliness and incompetence, but also of how she cannot free herself from the fire.

:bulletred: The predominant color of Nerissa is gold and red. Both are colors that are associated with fire, strengthening her link to the burnt house of her past.

:bulletred: Also, in great amounts, yellow can be an infuriating color – thus explaining her Wrath status.

:bulletred: In this regard, red is also a color that attracts anger.

:bulletred: Her two minions are reflections of her desire of being accepted and loved despite her past. That's why they are hardly different.

:bulletred: (Reminder that both are German and male-only names. The fact that they are male minions is no coincidence.)

:bulletred: They also exemplifies her sense of not belonging: one of them is a fish and the other is a bird.

:bulletred: It is also nice to point out that both are black – like, charcoal black. Again, another link to burned things.

:bulletred: Nerissa being surrounded by fire is also a symbolism of the reversed meaning of the High Priestess, her Tarot card: when reversed, nothing comes out. Nothing reaches out. She is suspended in a world only for herself.

:bulletred: (Which is also coincidentally the theme of Oktavia, Sayaka's witch. Who’s also a mermaid.)

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Can I take inspiration from this beautiful witch?