—Nay if even in the house of Hades the dead forget their dead,
yet will I even there be mindful of my dear comrade.
Line from Homer’s The Iliad, added at Thomas Jefferson’s request on the grave of his wife, Martha Jefferson.
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And I agree, art is a funny thing-you can continue to draw a character regardless of the status of their soul. I mean, I am a little surprised you even got that question because people in the fan art community continue to draw characters that have died and everyone seems to understand. I am so thrilled you will continue to draw them, please don't stop
more so bec. you drew jeffereson as an old man, and i have such a soft spot for kind, sweet looking old men. (and that line is not supposed to sound as creepy as it does...)
and martha....with her arms around him like that...congrats, you made me cry right now ;____;
just a side-point, but why do his eyebrows still have color? most of his hair is grey, so i would've assumed that his eyebrows would at least lose most of their color.
but that's really just a minor insignificant detail. this is absolutely heart-rending. i-i can't stop crying!