for love is strong as VII

I think this is the most late I've ever been with my Valentine's Day picture, but here it is! This year, I made sure not to be spoilery. I used a new medium, water-soluble crayons my grandmother gave me. I really like them, and they're like a combination of the two other media I've used on these Valentine pictures before.

Clockwise from top left, then the center:

Lois Lane and Clark Kent This is a sort-of exception to my Brand Zero fanart rule, as Superman is an ongoing corporate franchise, but Lois and Clark is concluded, and these are that Lois and Clark in particular. The romantic tension in that show was great. I didn't get much of a likeness of of Teri Hatcher, but I think I got one of Dean Cain, and he's a great guy!

Johnny Benvinutti and Metagirl/Chloe Anderson from Flying Sparks by Jon Del Arroz. In the Brand Zero spirit, I included couples from some independent works. Flying Sparks is a superhero comic about romance between a superheroine and a gangster-with-supervillain-potential, with secret identity dramatics.

Ran Mouri and Shinichi Kudo from Detective Conan. This one is a prize request for monat08 I don't know anything about the characters, so I just took the pose from Kafei and Anju, because I think it's something of a similar situation?

Glossey and Johann from TheBookof-ThePeddler's story, The Book of Naete. Another independent story, it may soon become available for all to read! There are several crucial romances in it; this is the least spoilery.

And in the center,

Sigurd and Diadora from Fire Emblem 4: Seisen no Keifu. FE4 is one of my favorite stories of all, and this tragic romance is its heart. The first picture I ever posted here on DA, fifteen years ago, was of these two: fav.me/d5xagg

Happy late Saint Valentine's!