Just kinda getting this down so I don't forget.

I'm thinking about getting a serious commission of Hannah Raharu done when I have the money for it. Inspired by Requiem of a Dream Remix, and a YouTube video titled Requiem of a Hero featuring it.

Basically, it made me think of how Hannah's fate has inevitably left her hands stained with blood, from the very beginning. And yet she seems to have very little regrets, retaining her innocence to the very end. If you dig deeper, it is not simply innocence, but acceptance, clarity, and subtle wisdom. Perhaps it's the knowledge that nothing comes without cost, and the things that matter the most have the highest price... or perhaps that regret will do little to change what happens. Or simple self-forgiveness for what must be done, what she is capable of doing, and how much of that falls directly to her.

In any case, being a hero is not without a price, and not even godlings are spared this.

Basically, it would be Hannah. The feel should be slightly dark, but Hannah herself should stand out from this. Keep in mind she's a protagonist, and a fairly pure-hearted one at that, so even in the destruction she's caused she might seem out of place.

Stepping out of this darkness, perhaps out of smoke or amongst rubble (perhaps smoldering?), she'd be dressed in her normal outfit, pristine, save for the blood. Blood running down and dripping off her hands (for a reference point, it should start running from about the wrist, but no actual wound there). She drags the Fleur De Sable in her right hand, and the blood from her hands not only flows on it, but it has blood on it's various prongs from battle. She should drag it as if, essentially, she's learning her whole body into the tug, but without strain, and not actually twisting her body too much. Just wearily. There'd be just a bit of blood spatter on her clothes, too, but nothing heavy.

Her wings might be in there, but if they are, they'd be mostly transparent... almost completely clear, and nearly blending in with the darkness because of that. Not sure if there'd be any blood there, unless visibility became an issue.

She'd be facing directly forward, eyes open and ahead, clear. Not exactly half-lidded, but just short of being wide open. Relaxed, almost. The thicker batch of bangs that normally covers her yellow eye would be kinda of sloppily tucked behind her ear, almost loose, while the other side would just be sorta straggly in her face. The rest of her hair would be up in a long ponytail like normal. Her head might be tilted ever-so-slight to her right, not significantly, more just because her right shoulder would be a little more back dragged the sword along the ground.

Maybe just a small speck or two of blood on her cheek, and a soft, little sad smile on her face. Apologetic, or knowing? My thought was how even if she dwells little on the deaths she's inflicted, it's not as if she's heartless, nor has she forgotten the faces of any of those she's slain. She's simply mostly at peace with that fact. Still, sometimes the heavy burden things done in the name of heroism and the greater good can weigh on one, and Hannah is no exception.