"We find a partial answer to these questions in the lack of a grave to commensurate with the grand vizier's service to the empire. Devoid of the usual memorial tomb, his burial place was deliberately obscure–clear evidence of dishonor. Ibrahim's corpse was allegedly interred in the garden of a dervish hostel behind the imperial dockyard. It was later said that a single tree marked the site of his grave. In other words, the man who was arguably the most powerful grand vizier the Ottomans had known was symbolically obliterated."–Peirce, Leslie. Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
I know that the past.. god knows how long, we’ve been busy mutually brainrotting about Kuviren, but when I was deciding what to draw for you, the fungus decided to give some love to the adorable and unfairly underappreciated Green Opal))
Main train of thought was – I’ve designed what Suiren would look like post-SotRL, so how about Midori? And then I decided to try Opal too bc I really should practise drawing her more often (I think she goes through a phase where she has an immense aversion to wearing green as it reminds her too much of her mom and Zaofu, so she opts for something more airbender-esque. I think she might be the only person in existence to pull off orange this well). And once I realised I wanted to draw Opal, it only made sense to draw them together
Anyways.. design notes time!
If Suiren’s main post-SotRL thing is allowing herself to be softer and more relaxed – lighter shades of blue, less practical and more airy dresses, etc. – then Midori is a bit of the opposite. She’s gained a lot of self confidence and I wanted her new design to reflect that. Which is to say-
SHE GETS TATTOOS LIKE HER DAD. Not like, all over, but on her forearms to start off with. She spent so long disconnected from her bending and heritage that it only felt right to honour it this way, they call them ‘lavabending mastery tattoos’ as an inside joke. And, well, when I was doodling designs for what I have dubbed the ‘Dead Mom Club’, it came to be that Midori’s paternal grandmother had those tattoos too, so I guess it’s now a family thing :)
When she needs to hide the tattoos, she has armbands that go over them. Red, the same shade her auntie wears))
Gets more muscular as she trains in her bending and eventually forgoes the open shirt she always wore overtop everything else. Opal gets to unabashedly stare, Midori gets to feels the sun on her skin, it’s a win-win situation, really.
Changes from a tank top to something similar but a bit more practical, too
Same pants though, they’re comfy
Hair no longer loose and not getting in her face as much. The brushing it over her forehead and tying off at the back is inspired by her auntie, it’s not visible but it’s tied off into a ponytail as reference to Suiren, and the fact it’s technically a half-up-half-down style counts as a nod to her mom. What, did you think she only took after her dad?
Overall though she’s still a bit of an awkward bean who gets easily flustered by her girlfriend’s affections. Though apparently, looking at Suiren’s reactions to being called pretty, that runs in the family ;)
I wonder how long for the DSMP fandom at large to get that c!Foolish is not only NOT A GOD but a DEMIGOD.
Like, lets be honest. Making Foom a full on god kind of breaks everything around him. From his personal dynamic with other characters, to his entire motivation around most of what he does. Just something that I keep noticing and I find fascinating how obvious is that they aren't fellow doozers. Is kind off like finding somebody writing Foosh but he doesn't talk on runoff sentences, or doesn't struggle to pronounce things when he is relaxed , or his habit of not really talk much during tense situations allowing other to run their mouth and assess the situation.
This is the model I currently use for streams! I worked on this for a bit after making three other models (one being for a friend) and I’m really happy with it!
...I do feel a temptations to work another model lmao