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Yes! let the Drama and misery flow free
In my comic AU Caleb is a big psychological mess. Shell Shock caused by his days fighting as a rebel leader as well as a serious case of depression are only some of the mental disorders he has to deal with on a daily basis. This little strip shows a CalebxCornelia moment during one of his (mild) breakdowns, Corny always tries her best to soothe him...
Hope you like it!
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That's beautiful. Yeah, he's a prime case for PTSD. I wonder how many others are like this across Meridian?
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Thank you so much! I think so too... And I also think that many of the other rebels and even the guardians and Elyon might suffer from various levels of PTSD as well.
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You are probably my favorite person on devianart. (You are low key the reason I joined the site in the first place) you inspire me to create my own art lol. And that is a real compliment cause motivating me is NOT the easiest thing.
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Your kind words are just too much, I don't know what to say Thank you so much hon!
I'm so very happy you like my work and that I was able to inspire you to create your own ideas and art !
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This is a very simple yet very emotional series of pictures!
First of all you are becoming better and better at drawing and at body analogies! 
in this series. You did great job with his shoulders, chest and arms.
It is actually a very good idea what you did. I mean yes sometimes soldiers get that after battles and Caleb has been
through battles before and even after the rebellion against Phobos and stuff. I mean he battled even after that and he
was used to the idea of battle. I mean his whole life was somehow around war, even if he kept on his sanity and his
"childish" side, all the memories he created (both good and bad) were around war so I guess indeed he could get through
such breakdowns once in a while. And those breakdowns could have many forms; crying, nightmares, mind depression etc.
Maybe if that also happens after your comic and stuff, Caleb was inprisoned for years. Even that is a direct hint of war.
If that makes sense; getting inprisoned is also part of battle, war and stuff so probably Caleb is "prepared" for it but even
if it was a bad experience to him, it was also part of his identity.
I know my thoughts are a bit a mess but I hope you know what I mean 
The third pannel was SO realistic! 
or "Why have I started to cry all of the sudden!" and tries to calm himself.
But in the end it is Corny the one who does it. The way she wraps her arms around his neck is amazing! I like it because also
shows their height difference somehow and it shows her "clingy" but also her "tough" side as well while we see another side
of Caleb as well the way he embraces her and finally allows himself to cry~!
Somehow she has become his earth now, his pillar to lean onto!
Great job my friend! As always!
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Thank you so much dear!
I'm so glad you think so! Part of the reason I did this piece was to train myself to portray emotion and scenes using only body language 
Thank you! But I must admit it's not completely and originally my idea 
Exactly, most of his life was a giant endless battle, It's mostly all he knowns since his birth and is something that might accompany him even at times of peace... He must have seen the most horrible things during the war, a lot of suffering and death... he probably had his life on the line multiple times and He probably had to kill to save other people and just to survive... not an easy existence at all...
all of this combined with his existential crisis for being one of Phobos' whisperer and his depression after Diego's confinement and yeah... Keeping his sanity was probably a big struggle, but he did keep it, or at least most of it. This is a mild breakdown, he has other much more violent breakdowns where he looses his sense of place and reality completely: from firmly believing he's still in the middle of a battlefield and attacking the ones around him, to just collapsing in the ground and curl up into a crying and sobbing mess (and others, like you stated like nightmares and such).
I think I do get what you mean
I always love your analogies 
And of course I love making Corny petite compared to a tall broad shouldered Caleb
Thank you so much dear! 
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You're the most welcome dear. Even if I should "scold you" for being absent for so long!
I can imagine why. Both of the things you mentioned are really hard. Believe me you do great job.
Well and what is our "original" idea to begin with? All the ideas have some base before
even the stories, the fairy tales the myths...everything have a beginning in life. It doesn't matter
where you get the idea from. What it matters is how you use it and how you present it to people
and this idea seems pretty "original" to me, because it was made by you
I see. Maybe because in the anime Caleb gets more screentime during the rebellion against Phobos. In
the comics we see him here and there in battles but after all the first Phobos-Season was between issues
1-12 (with 13 being the filler) and Caleb appears barely to the 7th issue to reappear to 10th and be lost in 12th
and reappear after issue 17 when Cornelia finally revives him. I think Caleb is one of the most critical characters
in the first season but the comics do not give him the "screentime" he had to but they focused on random stuff
such as that boy Ressef who got lost in Heatherfield and the girls trying to find him while preparing the school play
with the Four Dragons. It is because the comics mainly focus on girl audience while the anime focuses more not on
children but teens and it shows much more of the struggles of Meridian than the comics.
In the anime Caleb not only appears from the first episode -practically opening the series himself- but also is shown
in many battles, struggles and war plans, such as the operation to destroy Phobos's great drill before it reached the
Infinite City etc. Caleb was even shown arrested and sent to the mines where he managed to organize the prisoners
in a rebellion and escape.
I think that is the main reason you saw the anime version and not the comic one.
Anyway I quit my nagging because you might smash my head next time 
Yes that is true and maybe he regrets a few things of those. I mean he is a fighter but he fought against people
of Meridian (he guards that heard Phobos's words) and perhaps he even hurt people so the thing is not only what
he saw but what he did as well. Neither the comics nor the anime ever mentioned whether Caleb ever killed anyone
before (obviously because the audience is not adults) but it could be equally possible that no matter how much Caleb
would try avoid hurting someone, sometimes in war things like those are anavoidable.
Also he might not "kill" but perhaps he should have to leave a wounded comrade behind to save himself and/or the rest
of the team so if he left a heavily wounded person behind who would die anyway would even fill him with guilt wondering
whether he had stayed if he had saved him etc.
And maybe he witnessed so many other things, people getting lost or stuff like those so it is no wonder that war is part of
his life now. I mean even after the end of it he kept an active role (like I mentioned) as a guard, holding his sword and later on
as an abassador. In other words; he never let go of his sword to begin with.
I see. You want to go that far with those breakdowns for him huh?
Yes somehow yes it was part of the "plan" as you fight for freedom it is equally possible to lose yours. Therefore I think it is not
the inprisonment itself but the fact that it was done by Diego the fact that truly hurt him. Apart from that prison was something he
could be prepared for when he was a rebel leader.
Hehehe I am glad I saw right
Yes I know exactly what you mean by that and yes makes sense. He wouldn't want to show her his fears first because he doesn't
want to worry her, secondly because he wants to..."play cool" in front of her so he is strong for her and also thirdly because he fears
deep down that she might not like him the same anymore if she heard details of his past (of course he knows that this is not true but
still the fear cannot be helped sometimes, I think)
Hehehehe Yeah
You're the most welcome
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I'm so sorry hon !! Just came back from my family in the countryside! Being online is really a struggle there
But I missed talking to you!
Thank you so much dear
I guess you are right in the end everything is inspired by something else... I tried giving the ideas my own touch of course
Yeah of course, Caleb's appearances in the comic were few compared to the anime where he was part of the main narrative. I agree I also didn't understand why Caleb didn't play a bigger part in the narrative if he played such an important role... The writers instead focused in other parts of the plot. I think they wanted to explain a lot of things at the same time and in the end they ended up not explaining enough. And yeas the audience of the comic were young girls.
I would love to see comic Caleb in the middle of an actual battle or managing the rebellion like his anime counterpart did...
I undertand
Yeah and maybe knowing he was at some point a full whisperer, he feels he contributed to Phobos' tyranny somehow.
I think he did kill people even as a rebel leader... I believed he tried not to, but there were times he simply had to do it for the greater good and that might haunt him (even if the ones killed were enemies) like you said "sometimes in war things like those are unavoidable".
And yes he must have lost many comrades and watch them die right before his eyes, sometimes having to leave them behind wounded And of course that would make him feel unbearable remorse.
Maybe those abandoned comrades even appear in his nightmares telling him they wouldn't be dead if it wasn't for him leaving them behind.
Yes of course, and among other things Caleb probably also witnessed many innocents suffer and get killed, He always tried his best to help all of those he came across but it's just impossible to save everybody.
And of course as an ambassador of Kandrakar he still is wielding a sword.
Yeah what hurt the most for Caleb was not the imprisonment, but the fact that it was Diego the one to do it...
Am I going too far with his breakdowns ?
His breakdowns are not common but they are not "rare" either, they mostly happen now and then when something triggers them. Like a memory or something he sees that reminds him of a trauma.
I even have this idea that Caleb has this recurring\repeated nightmare of a memory when he witnessed a child die in front of him during a battle. He sometimes is afraid of sleeping because of this nightmare... too much??
He gets a lot better over time with Cornelia's and the other's support... but there will always be a scar .
Speaking of Cornelia and the others I also think the guardians and even Elyon have some form of trauma or post-traumatic disorder like shell shock... they seen some stuff as well after all.
Yeah he mostly wants to seem strong for her... In my story, at the beginning, Caleb has the bad habit of seeing Cornelia as a delicate breakable being, even though she's a guardian, and he instinctively wants to protect her at all times... Tho he later finds outs that's far from the truth and she's actually a pretty though and fierce warrior.
And yes he must see his inner demons and trauma as something shameful and it's an insecurity to him, and it's difficult to express it to Cornelia at first...
Oh boy... all the characters of this story are broken messes
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Hahaha! I feel you. I have been through hard issues with my family recently so I was kinda down so
to get to discuss with you guys (especially people like you) about ideas and stuff always cheers me up.
I hope you had a nice time
What I mean is with the many things we see (on internet, in books etc) get deeply into our subconscious so sometimes
we create something and that "something" has something else behind it without us even know it!
We all get into some "cliches" from time to time but I think some cliches are always desirable in a story, for example funny
catchphrases and quotes beloved for all time to repeat themselves here and there might even add power to the plot.
Yes indeed. There were some parts where Caleb got the big role but they were too few.
Yes indeed they could never do that.
Hahaha! Oh boy I really am the vampire that's turning you am I not?
Yeah that's what I thought too. Of course Caleb would not go in full charge saying "kill them all!" but yes sometimes
someone who fights has no other choice.
And yes taking the hard decision leaving the wounded behind for the sake of the rest, I think it is the hardest decision
someone can take as a leader. Also when someone organizes an attack that ends up a failliure and that has as a result
many of your comrades to get caught inprisoned and maybe tortured, that is also a great burden in your conscious.
Indeed they could. Even if some of them would have pleaded him to leave them behind, so Caleb knows he had probably
followed their wishes but that doesn't stop remorse from coming.
Hahahaha! Well I am just asking
Hahahahaha! I don't know. Maybe it could happen once!
Shell shock? What do you mean?
Yes that kinda reminded me their fight in issue 23 before the fight with Nerissa where Corny tells him she won't be the damsel in distress for him
Oh boy indeed!
The Circle of Pain!
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This is such a beautiful piece, not just in it's physical form but emotionally too
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I'm so glad you liked it dear
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You are just to kind dear! 
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When will we get to this moment in the comic, I ask :>>?????
Beautiful, as always
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hahaha I'm soooo sorry for taking so long!
Thank you so much!
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Oh dear, how I LOVE this one.
I love his empty eyes, his emotions, his despair, everything is so perfect! I'm so glad you're trying to make him deeper as a character. Every one of them lacked that in the comic, but Caleb probably more than most.
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Thank you so much!
I'm so happy I was able to portray his broken spirit well here!
It's very interesting to see the kinds of emotions you take from my drawings
Caleb deserved such a better development than what we got (and of course the others as well),
Having traumas so severe that they eventually tun into actual mental disorders like shell shock and depression is something I see Caleb suffering from a lot.
I'm glad you like the scars
A lot of drama is on the way!
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This looks so sad and touching T.T . Also i approve that you showed Caleb's scarred and torn up personality because of all that stuff that he had to endure . I like so much that your comics cover up some serious story plotholes. Awesome facial expressions and body language, keep u the good work .
+ it kinda reminds me how i met my very long distance bf 2nd time (except the fact that I was the one crying).
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Thank you so much!
I just think it would make so much sense for him to have a lot of traumas.
Thank you so much
I'm so very glad you liked it!
Oh I know how that feels, I've also had a long distance relationship once...
the moment of the meeting is something truly special and emotional...
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That's right, I believe they all should have some sort of trauma from things they've seen in Meridian . They saw outbreak of civil war basically, people dying, houses being burned,... etc.
But i think that Caleb is especially scarred, he had to lead a freaking rebellion and he had to give orders and he new he had to send some of his fellow rebels for basically suicide missions so the others may live. Imagine what that would do with one's spirit even if he fought all his life. For sure there are thoughts of his fallen comrades haunting him all night. And there is certain guardian who can feel the pain of all living things because her power is earth , so it would make perfect sense that she is maybe the only one who can truly understand his pain. That's why his character feels so hollow in the comics.
Also i believe all of the girls must have trauma to certain degree, but much weaker than Caleb (he has severe PSTD).
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So endearing! I don't find many fan depiction of Caleb like this. I'm interested in seeing how you'll tackle these ideas about post-war/combat mental disorders! ^^ I wish you luck with the rest of your story!
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Thank you so much! I'm so glad you like my idea for Caleb! There are a lot of things to explore with these characters
I think it would make a lot of sense for Caleb to have a lot of traumas to the point of developing mental disorders.
Thank you so much! I'll try my best
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hehehe And then I make myself sad with my own stories
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I'm the last one to judge on that matter 
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Thank you so much!
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