Ciao, Denise here!For almost two years now, my wife Rosy has been hard at work at writing a story, o
Ciao, Denise here!For almost two years now, my wife Rosy has been hard at work at writing a story, or, a more accurate way of saying it might be, a story came into her head and demanded to be written. She decided to publish it as a webcomic, and, with much excitement, she has finally been able to unveil the full first two chapters of The Gifts of Darkness, and is already charging ahead on the third.I wanted to be sure to point this out to the followers of the Italian for my Girlfriend blog for multiple reasons.First of all, I am sure at least some of you would be interested in also following Rosy’s other artistic projects. Rosy has been making the comic in a completely different art style than the illustrations she does here, so I understand if it is not your taste, but I know I can’t see enough of all of Rosy’s varied artworks, and while I am totally biased, perhaps you agree. :)But, a more important reason for sharing this here is that the story contains themes that resonate very much with the two of us, and if you are following this blog, perhaps they also resonate with you. If I may vaguely talk about where the plot is going, it is a fantasy story revolving around the relationship between two members of completely different cultures. As the story unfolds, you will see not only how they become best friends and fall in love with each other, how they work to make their relationship possible, and how they grow together and develop their relationship into a deep and solid bond throughout their “happily ever after” – including their acceptance, embrace, and love of the other’s differences: their different points of view, methods of understanding, means of expression; the different cultural emphases that led to their development of different values and blindspots, different talents and flaws; and everything else that you would never even question as universal truth until you open your heart and mind to someone that comes, metaphorically or literally, from the opposite side of the world from you. I would like to invite you to read along as, together, Adrien and Val encounter all the things that they can both can learn from and grow to love about each other.Thank you, and I hope you enjoy! -- source link