Fanart for Cesperanza's "Written by the Victors"

[anna_luna]

I loved cesperanza's Written by the Victors a lot, the way most of the people who read it did. Here is my little artistic contribution.

Also to blame are wihluta and aesc, who said I should draw this when I first hinted at it. They both did wonders based on this fic.



One of the few surviving family portraits of the first Lantean Monarchy, featuring Kit, Teyla, Rodney, John Timothy and Scout

Gen with hints of Slash



I'm not great at writing references so basically the story behind the picture is this:
It was discovered in the personal collection of some noble who had acquired it from another in an auction many years before, it now has been donated to a museum.
There exists some controversy about weather the family actually posed for the painting, was made from photographs or holograms, was made from the imagination of the artist or a mixture of all of the above. Supporting this hypothesis is the fact that both of Sheppard's sons look almost exactly like him with no hint of their mother's parentage and that John and Rodney's daughter looks like neither. On the other hand, both Sheppard and Emagen look similar to other documented findings.

If anyone wants to write a proper version of the above, please do.

Comments

[porntestpilot.livejournal.com]

I LOVE this. Like crazy! Your art is always so interesting. And his son's elf ears!!! <3 <3 <3

[looking4tarzan.livejournal.com]

uh uh *makes incoheren't happy noise at teyla's brooches because she is a re-enctment geek*

[taiteilija.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is cool ♥

[xanphibian.livejournal.com]

I love this! :)

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

OH, YAY-thank you! I particularly love the colors in this picture, and FWIW, I do think that Jean Louise looks like Rodney. The other thing I really love in this picture is the POSE; the body language tells a lot of the sory, here, where Shep is surrounded by family, Rodney's posessive hand, the women's relaxed confidence, the baby's EXUBERANCE. This is loads of fun--can I host it in the gallery?? (with a link back, all credit, etc?)

[steammmpunk.livejournal.com]

Awww. It's just so very darling. Lovely!

[jmchau.livejournal.com]

very nicely done.

I disagree

[krysalys.livejournal.com]

John and Rodney's daughter has Rodney's nose, and she looks a lot like Jeannie. Not to mention it looks like she's got Rodney's gorgeous blue eyes.

Nope, I didn't take an inordinate amount of time looking. *whistles*
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[aqualegia.livejournal.com]

Beautiful picture - I loved the colours and the poses.

[acari.livejournal.com]

You just made me smile. This is beautiful. I love the composition, how they present such a unit. The connection via touch from Rodney to John to Teyla. And the children all turned towards them. A happy family. \o/

[bethcarielle.livejournal.com]

This is lovely.

[kao-9.livejournal.com]

Hi! I saw this linked on sga_newsletter and just wanted to say it's super cute! Lovely work :D

[fawkesielady-ed.livejournal.com]

YAY! Love it!
Only one thing I see as "wrong" with it... and it's nothing huge. But the older boy should be darker than the younger since he was from Teyla and John... but then, I guess it fits if the people drawing this never knew which was which or something... so it works :)
And for those of us that know the family... Jeanlouise kind of looks like Jeanie :)
Great job! Love the pic! YAY!