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ninjasmudge · 10 months
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heres my oc for today, shī tóng, hes a guardian lion brought to life by a wealthy dragon household, but when his other half died (guardian lions almost invariably come in sets) he left to go wander. he was almost consumed by his own magic in grief until he came across two kids, one of whom had the ability to cancel out magic for a short time. long story short hes a dad now.
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angry-nightwing · 1 year
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Just got back from watching Return of the King extended edition at the cinema and now the movie is spinning around in my head like a rotisserie chicken
First of all this movie is SO GOOD you guys. Like we all knew, but it's like i rediscovered it. This movie is SO GOOD someone should give it 11 Oscars thus making it the most Oscar winning movie ever tied w titanic
Secondly something really funny happened. Now that I'm a mom, i have a very potent motherly instinct that my daughter triggers in me, but as we were sitting in the cinema, everytime Frodo came on screen that instinct was ACTIVATED. Like I've always wanted to protect him but this was a whole new level
There's something about how quickly smeagol was lost to the ring. It is instantly, in a way no one else in the story has experienced. Something about how inevitable it is, how this was always how it was going to go, how he was always meant to fall to its power
The parallel of the scene where smeagol asks for the ring and kills his friend for it, and the one where Frodo asks for it back from Sam and he gives it willingly
Or the parallel of the scene where Deagol and Smeagol fight over the ring and the scene at the end, the culmination of the entire story, when Frodo and Gollum fight for it as well. How it was always meant to end like this, because this was how it started. How the ring has always gained power by sowing chaos and turning people against each other, how its biggest strength was inspiring obsession and how that very same power is what caused it's downfall.
I never thought about it before but i love how Merry and Pippin fit the respective colorschemes of the two kingdoms of men they end up serving. Merry looks like someone right out of Rohan, even the color of his clothes. Pippin w his darker hair and clothes fit right in w the Gondorians. It makes me wonder if this was taken into account when their wardrobes were designed in preproduction
The look Elrond has when he sends Arwen to Aragorn, and then again after they kiss and embrace. He is weeping for the loss of his daughter. He is so happy she found her happiness. He knows he's never going to see he again. I am crying
I love how you can see when he stands on the pier at the grey havens, Frodo is pale and still a bit sickly looking, but once he steps onto the boat, he instantly gains color back, he has rosy cheeks and a sunkissed face. Even just stepping onto that boat, he's begun his journey towards healing, and that's why he can give his friends such a genuine smile
I also love the inherent selflessness of the action. Frodo doesn't just leave for himself, he also leaves for Sam. After everything they've been through, Sam was never going to be able to stop worrying for Frodo. He would never be able to cast the responsibility aside, he'd spend every day needing to check up on him. "You cannot always be torn in two" Frodo says because he understands that Sam isnt able to fully commit to his family, to just be a father and husband, because he is also still Frodos servant, protector, best friend, gardener. By leaving, he is allowing Sam to let go. Sam comes home, heaves a sigh - of relief, of acceptance? - and says "well.. I'm back." And i truly believe that until that moment, Sam hadn't fully come back to the Shire yet
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voidselfshipp · 1 year
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Would That I
Cw: anger issues ment, self loathing (from f/os part) description of drift being Half naked (only torso area). Food ment. Mentions of Fire. Lmk if im missing something.
Summary: jerico goes to check in on Drift and helping him through a bad day.
->Only mutual allowed to rb.
♡Lovely taglist: @tex-treasures @malewifepatrickbateman @mercuryships
-> pieces of the interview mentioned were found thru the internet, the haiku drift says was also found in the internet though im not sure to who it Belongs to. Lmk tho.
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Jerico was looking for drift everywhere, they havent seen him for a couple of hours now.
Sure, they knew that their robot lover was meditating, and he was prone to do that for an extended period of time.
They looked around their garden, only finding the yeager family's house in the distance.
Jeri looks around, noticing growing vegetation, the free house cozily decorated, the flowers swaying with a soft summer breeze and five meters away the Zen garden drift had asked for when they moved in.
A sigh scaped past their lips when they noticed the black and red Mercedes Benz Parked just outside.
They pat the hood of the car and ask-- drift? You there?
--By the cherry blossom-- the car replies.
"Ah...he must be in his holoform..." jeri thought, kissing the hood of the car and entering the garden.
It was decorated with plenty of streams and bridges, different types of trees looming over them, their leaves colored in a wide array of hues.
They notice the well kept koi swimming around the stream, the ocassional frog jumping by, making Jerico squeal with delight.
Finally, at the centre lies the big cherry blossom tree, nurted by none other than Drift himself, lanterns hung from the thick branches, origami that jerico had made for him.
They remembered that their partner had said that "he keeps it around because this place is supposed to give him peace. So he saw fitting that all the things Jeri made for him were kept there".
It always made them tear up and feel moved, Drift appreciated them like none other.
And speaking of the autobot in question, there was his holoform. A japanese Man, long face and sharp cheeks, a thin pencil moustache and a goatee that covered his chin decorated the Lower part of his face.
His clothes were more casual and comfortable,all in a black and red colorscheme. a black harem pant and boots with red accents. His signature samurai esque armor missing.his upper half completely naked. Maybe because of the weather?
But what really caught the attention of Jerico was the fact that his beautiful shiny black hair was down, reaching past his shoulders by maybe three inches.
It swayed in the breeze, making deep greyish red highlights appear and dissapear.
His holoform was just as breath taking as he was in his Real form.
Theres only silence. A heavy air hung around him and Jeri remembered how... sad he looked earlier when he came by, a gaze full of badly disguised self pity and something they couldnt quite place. His blue eyes gleaming as they always did..though then they seemed less bright as he greeted them.
They didnt know what was up with him and they had to know.
Regardless, they knew better than disturb Drift when hes meditating, so jerico goes behind him, eyes settling on the big kanji tattoo that says "honor" on his back.
Carefull fingers trace the symbols, making the Man shudder. Gentle hands move the hair away to reveal the back of his neck, lips place a tender kiss on there.
They put their head ontop of his, one arm falls loosely,elbow resting on his shoulder. The other wraps around his neck and their hand rests on their other arm's wrist.
Drift smiles, not opening his eyes, one hand resting on the arm thats around his neck-- My lotus, what brings you here?-- his voice soft and calm like it always sounded, yet with a hint of sadness.
--Im looking for my lovely boyfriend, have you seen him?
--Ah,maybe-- He said following along-- mind describing him to me? Maybe I have seen him
Jeri Snickered-- ah well, hes tall, handsome, black hair tied in a half bun, he has a very nice voice...likes haikus..
--hmm...he reminds me of me-- he teased.
--But really though, are you okay? Youve been here for a while-- they say.
Drift sighs-- ah well...,my mind feels heavy
--do you want to tell me about it?
He shifted, a little bit uncomfortable-- seems like im having a bad self steem day
-- oh i see, do you want to elaborate?
-- Well...youre aware that I was an ex decepticon-- drift started-- I cant understand how I got so lucky...
Decepticons Hate humans..but the simple thought of anything happening to you is the singlemost frightfull thing that could ever happen to me
You know I was a bad Man.. and yet here you are...I feel like I dont deserve you-- he explained, voice full of sadness,hurt, self pity and...
Self loathing.
Thats what they couldnt pinpoint.
Jerico tightened his grip around him and nuzzled his scalp-- wanna know why im with you?
--Enlighten me, 我が 寸 (my sun)
--Because you changed sides, because you chose to do good after a lifetime of being evil. Thats why.
Deep down youre a good bot, and im dating you because I fell in love with who you are now. Not who you were
Drift smiles, letting out a hearty chuckle-- どうも (Thank you)
--you can Keep meditating if you like, ill go fetch something from the house, love you-- jeri kisses the top of his head and runs off, leaving a very flustered drift.
They return twenty minutes later, sitting behind him-- can I braid your hair?
--Go ahead
Drift could feel the way his lover's hands carefully braided strands of hair, how they made sure not to tug at it accidentally or disturb him much while he kept meditating.
Thats when he hears them sing-- True that I saw her hair like
The branch of a tree
Willow dancin' on air before covering me
Under garden and calicos
Over canopy dabbled long ago
True that love in withdrawal
Was the weepin' of me
That the sound of the
Saw must be known by the tree
Must be felt 'fore the fight, the call
Friendly fire, but that was long ago
"Ah, that song" drift thought " what was that name again 'Would that i'? Yes, thats it"
He remembered telling them he liked the drums at the start.
Then, the lyrics got to him and the last sentence struck a chord within drift.
"Friendly fire, but that was long ago"
He changed sides because one of his fellow Decepticon wanted to kill some autobot prisioners. Drift had opposed and was called a trator.
But the autobots had managed to take down the other decepticon. And the words one of the autobots had said stuck to him to this very day "you'd make a Fine autobot".
That was all it took. He chose to do good.
Drift could not see it, but jeri's eyes were half lidded as they braided his hair, sticking fake flowers on it for decoration.
-- So in awe there I stood as you
Licked off the grain
Though I've handled the wood
I still worship the flame
Long as amber of ember glows
All the wood that I'd loved is long ago-- they sang. When did jerico make their way to almost the end of the song? Drift couldnt tell.
The song and its meaning, He recalls that the creator of the song had said that “There’s a weirdly elaborate pun in it: ‘would that I’ is like a way of saying ‘I wish’”. So the last line is also “All the ‘would that I’ loved is long ago.” Which means he not only moved past his old relationships, but also all the things he used to wish for. All his dreams and hopes don’t matter to him so long as he has Her. He is content."
And that was what drift felt now. Content. His old self is gone, Deadlock, (his decepticon name) is gone and dead.
Drift was content, he was happy, and he'll remain to be happy so long as he had Jerico.
Jerico...they loved him in spite of his manic outbursts of anger (which only happen when he is suddenly startled, or when someone interrupted his meditation), in spite of his past.
He had "handled the wood". His old self. But still "worshipped the flame" which meant that he was still taking the time to discover who he truly is.
--All done-- jeri announced-- ill make some tea and be right back
Drift felt his partner kiss him Gently on the lips, settling something on his lap-- a mirror so you can see what I did
And then he hears footsteps that become distant over time.
He opens his eyes and looks at himself, braids decorating his hair with colorfull fake flowers. Drift loved it.
When jerico came back they were carrying a tray with a teapot and some snacks.
Both sit under the shade of the massive cherry blossom and drink their tea in silence.
That is, until drift puts his head ontop of theirs (that was resting on his shoulder) and says--Your hair smells like fire,
your skin like new grass and sun.
I rest in summer
He had always associated jerico with Summer.
Warmth, joy, days of enjoyment with loved ones or days inside the house with Icecream and good movies. And of course, the sun.
Jeri giggled and took his hand,kissing his knuckles-- love you
--Love you too
After their tea and putting everything away, both return to the garden, under the cool shade of the massive tree.
Drift caresses Jeri's biceps, gently, lovingly. Then he moves his hands across their trapezii and resting on each side of their neck, caressing their jaw with his thumbs.
Jeri lets out a short breathy chuckle, unable to look away from him-- you always treat me with such carefulness, a decepticon would never do that
He smiles and cups their cheeks, leaning in for a kiss.They gladly kiss back, hugging his waist and pulling him closer.
Both remain like that for a while, a long while, showing eachother through a kiss how much they loved the other.
As they part lips, their closed eyes Open, and both smile, kissing again and again until both are out of air.
Drift's fingers Gently interlaze with jeri's, his hand falling from their cheek down their neck and arm to their hand in the shape of ghostly gentle touches.
--Lets go cuddle-- he proposed-- inside, prefferably.
Both exit the garden and they get inside his vehicle mode, who drives to Jerico's house and as they leave the car, drift Mass displaces And both go up to the human's bedroom, holding hands.
As they lay down, the autobot pulls his partner close to him, his spark beating against the humans chest, and both barely notice at how their heartbeats seem to synchronize.
--I love you-- drift said giving jeri a quick kiss.
--I love you too-- they reply, kissing him again.
--Sweet dreams, my Lotus
--Sweet dreams, my warrior
Jeri Hides their head on the crook of their lover's neck, who hugs them protectively.
--Ill have sweet dreams as long as youre around-- drift flirted under his breath, to then smile as Jerico giggles.
He deserved to be where he was. He was going to be okay.
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Ml Theory: Origins of Emilies name and Mayuras design
While looking up the real life equivalent of Emilies portrait and its artist I came across something that is just WAY too good to be a mere coincidence.
As many fans know already Emilies golden portrait is in real life the painting “Adele Bloch-Bauer I” by Gustav Klimt from 1907.
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Its to this day the painting sold for the highest price EVER, making it a fitting portrait to visualize Gabriels love for Emilie I always thought. But there is quite more background information with potential to be important.
Back before we were given Emilies name in “Gorizilla” Adele was a very common name for her in the fandom because of the original golden Lady, Adele. Funnily enough, the idea that Emilies name is connected to her portrait has quite likely never been a wrong assumption in the first place. We just never went deep enough to find her actual name or a couple of other similarities for not only her but for Natalie as well.
Because as the names might have already given it away, Adele Bloch-Bauer and Gustav Klimt were not husband and wife. Adele was married to someone else and Gustav never married at all. So while this painting is one of Gustavs most well known and one of the most valuable paintings in the world, the lady in the painting wasn’t his wife/lover and therefore Emilies name also isn’t Adele.
But just because Gustav Klimt wasn’t married doesn’t it mean that there wasn’t a very special woman in his life, one he was incredibly close with.
So may I present to you:
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Emilie Flöge
Right away its obvious that both painting were done in the same eye catching style, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
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She was the almost life long and very dear life-partner and Muse of Gustav Klimt. Just like him she was austrian and she was a fashion designer/creator and business woman and the sister of Gustavs sister-in-law. From 1891 onward he drew/painted her several times and rumors even say that Gustav, on his most well known painting “Der Kuss (The kiss), eternalized him and her together as lovers.
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So if there is a name associated with the “Adele” portrait that were to be Emilies namesake it certainly was the right call to have it be the dear life-partner of the artist who is basically representing Gabriel in this. Emilie Flöge.
But digging even deeper into Gustav Klimts works one could even make the argument that another name in the show wasn’t as completely random either and apparently not lazy at all:
Amilie Graham de Vanily
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Because 7 years after finishing “Adele Bloch-Bauer I” he started painting another portrait called “Das Bildnis der Amalie Zuckerkandl (The Image of Amalie Zuckerkandl)”
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but it was never finished because… well… both he and Amalie died in that timeframe for reasons unrelated to each other so.. yeah. But still.
I do think this woman is the namesake for our Amilie de Vanily, not because of background information as with Emilie, its more that I can indeed imagine it very well that for Emilies sister Thomas Astruc and Team went back to the same artist they got her name from and looked for a fitting name. And since it’s a pair of twin sisters we are talking about here the name “Amalie” was probably just waaaaaay to good and convenient to pass on.
So Amalie became Amilie and our family Graham de Vanily twin sisters had their names.
But you know what? If I’m already at it, lets take this to another level and you all know what I'm about to point out.
Because the first thing I thought when I looked at the portrait of Emilie Flöge was a sober: "Yeah, so THAT looks like Mayura" 
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-Main color blue with pink highlights
-one piece of each outfit has white incorporated
-both have a "peacock tail". Mayuras is just part of her dress and Flöges is something like a big fancy collar (idk man)
-Hands gloveless
-necks covered. Natalie/Mayura wears a turtleneck and Flöges wears a scarf
-Flöges has dark hair like Natalie (not as dark but definitely closer to Natalies than Emilie Agrestes)
I do even have another reason why I think Mayuras design was inspired by the real life background of Emilie Agrestes golden portrait.
Not only does Miss Flöges blue dress with pink highlights explain why the peacocks signature color is blue combined with (FREAKING) pink even though that isn’t anywhere close to an accurate depiction of a real life peacock the way all the other Miraculous do (It bothered me to no end but now I can finally sleep again in peace) But would you believe it? One of Gustav Klimts last finished paintings shows a woman who is supposedly meant to visualize what he thought to be the epitome of beauty:
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Peacocks, fan, you get where I’m going here right?
And this would make sense, RIGHT? Emilie was the peacock miraculous holder before Natalie so Emilies namesake wearing an outfit resembling the peacock holder we know and the peacock in general combined with the symbols of what the artists thought to be beautiful should checkout, shouldn’t it?
Weeeeell yes but mostly no imo.
While it is true that Emilie was the blue peacock long before Natalie became Mayura, it doesn’t change the fact that we, the viewers, were trained to associate the direct complementary color with Emilie right from the start. Emilie for US is not blue, she’s the opposite of blue, she’s yellow like her portrait:
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So it is very unlikely in my opinion that the blue Mayura outfit would be used like that for Emilie as well. That’s just WAY to harsh of a color whiplash for a character only given to us (for now) through stoic visual representation and a couple of lines from her family. We have very little to directly associate Emilies character with so yeah, her color coding with yellow and white is way to important to just break like that.
Therefore I do think its safe to say that the Mayura outfit/colorscheme is meant to be primarily associated with Natalie, meaning if the team actually took inspiration from this portrait for the Mayura design even though its also the portrait they took the name of the lost WIFE from, I do think this is supposed to mean something.
Especially when you consider that the painting of the epitome of beauty woman is obviously hindu oriented. Which comes right back to Natalie because not only is her villain name MAYURA the name of the male peacock in hindu mythology (the female one is called Mayuri) a general oriental flair is also how her room is designed as we just saw in the New York special 
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So what does all of this mean now? I’ve thrown quite a lot at you and a lot is contradicting each other too much to get a clear picture right away. So lets bring a little order into all of this and translate how these informations properly with what we see in Miraculous.
I’ll break it down like this:
Adeles golden Portrait doesn’t show the actual lover of the artist. Although Adele was married the actual special woman in Gustav Klimts life was Emilie Flöge, his partner, friend and companion he may have been in love with.
Translating this for Miraculous would become this:
Emilies golden Portrait doesn’t show the actual lover of Gabriel Agreste. Although Emilie was married to him the actual special woman in Gabriels life was Natalie Sanccour, his partner, friend and companion he may be starting to fall in love with.
Meaning this for the usage of the real life portraits as references:
Yes they still choose the right name for Emilie. The lady on the golden portrait is neither lover nor wife hence why Emilie couldn’t be named Adele. Because even if Gabriel is now falling in love with Natalie its doesn’t change that before all of this started Emilie was indeed the special woman in his life, hence her namesake being Emilie Flöge.
But on the other hand Natalie/Mayura, Gabriels new love, we know from the very start and a lot better than Emilie, is the right person to give the design of the blue portrait. E. Flöge was life-partner, friend and companion to a single man, everything that Natalie is as well. So while all of these aspects also applied to Emilie Agreste in the past they are way more fittingly at home with Natalie in the narrative of the show.
Besides that I will continue to stand to my believe that once we get Emilie back things will not go the way Gabriel wanted. Too much has happened that is too unforgivable. So our Emilie is portrayed as the not-wife-lady in gold because once Emilie is back and finds out what a monster (of a father) Gabriel has become there will very quickly be no marriage between them anymore. 
Okay, that’s all I have but I just had a thought so I wanna say it for protocol that I called it:
I'm calling dips on Gabriel getting a portrait for Natalie in s4 that looks like the the blue one from Emilie Flöge.
Just saying, I'm calling dips
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blookmallow · 3 years
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rating spirit halloween’s new animatronics for 2021
or at least what’s showing as New Arrivals on the site for me. looks like we got 15 new arrivals listed here and im HYPE about them so here we go
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the caretaker
pretty standard reaper character with a Gravedigger theme to it. hes... fine? nothing about this particularly stands out to me, but i dont dislike it at all. i like his gravestone. would be good for a graveyard set. i guess ill give him... 6.5/10
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mr. dark
at first glance he also just looks like a standard reaper character (or voldemort. he definitely looks like voldemort now that i think about it) but it turns out he SPRINGS UP RIDICULOUSLY TALL LIKE A CURSED WACKY INFLATABLE TUBE MAN and the spring motion in the video is actually really fucking fast so, while this isn’t a lot different from other jumpscare animatronics, i gotta give him credit bc i guarantee this would have scared the fuck outta me in person. according to the site he’s almost 9 feet tall at his full height 
i expected him to jump out and scream but i did not expect. That. i feel like if you put him up on a stage or something to make him loom over people even more he’d be very menacing indeed. would also be really good if you put him behind something so you don’t see him until he's suddenly There
i like him, 8/10 springy spook man 
click for more 
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grave grabber
pretty much just a zombie but he’s cute i like him. i like the green eyes. i dont know what it is about him in motion but the video makes him kind of endearing to me for some reason and i dont know why. 6/10
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ophelia
at first for some reason i thought the monster’s name was ophelia but i think that’s supposed to be the name of the victim? i think the idea here is “girl haunted by a Nightmare” but the fact that the monster itself is so small and doesn’t actually have a body for the most part makes this unintentionally hilarious to me 
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like. it. it’s so small. it’s just a little shoulder demon. it’s so cute 
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psst. hey do we have any more cheetos
anyway i like how the girl’s eyes move back and forth but the sounds she makes are uncomfortable and she just looks so. stiff and solid and there doesn’t seem to be any movement at all other than her eyes and the monster peeking out so it’s just kind of weird to look at. it’s an interesting concept but the execution is just strange and unintentionally hilarious. 7/10 bc i still think its really funny 
someone should buy this and mod it into chrona and ragnarok 
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harriet hustle
WE DID IT KIDS WE FINALLY GOT A FEMALE CLOWN ANIMATRONIC im so happy i could cry i wish my store had her set up i want to meet her  
i love how they have her hanging upside down like this, it makes it so much more visually interesting than the figures that just kinda stand there looking spooky, even though she doesn’t really Do much (she just swings and her head moves around a little, just laughs, doesn’t have spoken lines) 
i love her outfit i love her hair shes SO cute i love this little murder gremlin i love her i love her 
im still waiting on spirit to give us a female clown figure that isn’t “creepy little girl” (ive commented before on how their only female figures tend to be either the Old Hag or the Creepy Little Girl and not a lot else) but i absolutely love this all the same 20/10
this one is fun too because we also have: 
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henry hustle
according to the description he’s actually harriet’s dad!! we have an evil clown father and daughter duo here and im LIVING for it
i dont think ive ever seen spirit do characters that are related to each other like this that’s so cute,
apparently his wife/harriet’s mother left them and ran off with the ringmaster. he’s a single father clown trying to raise his evil daughter clown and i support him wholeheartedly
there doesn’t seem to be any more animatronics on this storyline, we don’t have the mother here and the only ringmaster animatronic they have is the rotten ringmaster who was released previously, but i doubt he’s the homewrecker ringmaster in question. he Could Be. imagine if your wife left you for That. we dont even know if henry’s wife was also a clown or not. spirit halloween clown lore going on here
anyway i absolutely LOVE this clown, he does something INCREDIBLY STARTLING AND UNEXPECTED which i dont want to spoil for you. go watch his video and see what he does its great 
my absolute favorite type of halloween animatronic is the “does something completely unexpected” category and this one is ALSO a clown and a GOOD clown at that
and he’s got this great vintage clown style i really like, i love scary clowns like this that actually look like they could believably be a real guy and not just some kind of mutant Clown Monster 
and hes got cards!! card suit motif!!! i love it i love him this is a great clown 20/10 for him too
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w. raith 
we have this one at my local store and listen to me. im completely obsessed with this ghost
it’s pretty much just a ghost but it’s SUCH A GOOD ghost. especially in this photo here with proper spooky lighting and everything. i would absolutely LOVE to see this in a haunt attraction, it looks SO good even in bright store lighting. i feel like this under the right lights and in the right environment could look SO fuckign cool  
the shredded rag look!!! the ethereal glow!! the weird jellyfishy movement!!! the classic wooOoO oO o o ooo noises!! this may perhaps be the ideal ghost. it is without flaw. a perfect specimen. i fuckign LOVE this ghost i want it so badly but i do not have the space or the money for this thing 15/10 w. raith my beloved. my true love. maybe one day 
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buzzsaw
at first i was slightly disappointed to see that this guy didn’t have an actual name, but then in the description apparently his name is Bill “Buzzsaw” Jackson and his backstory is he tried to be a wrestler but it didnt go very well so he grafted weapons in place of his hands. i guess. you know, to be better at wrestling. i dont really understand it and i definitely would not have gone with “disgraced former wrestler” as the concept for this guy  
but anyway we have mr jackson at my store right now, he’s Big, i like him. he doesn’t really move very fast and doesn’t jump at you, he just kinda swings his saw around. for some reason he just seems friendly to me and i dont know why. makes me think of like an uncle dressed up for halloween rather than an actual murderer guy. i dont know i cant explain it but i like him hes my friend 8/10
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wacky mole
this guy’s also at my store this year, i didn’t know his name was wacky mole fsdgjsdg
he’s listed as a new arrival, but i thought i remembered seeing him before, and the description says he’s a returning fan favorite, so. i guess this is a re-release 
anyway pretty standard Scary Monster Clown. his teeth look like candy corn. i like it but i think they should just Be candy corn. i like his colorscheme and his silly giant buttons. light up eyes are always a nice touch. he doesnt really stand out but hes overall a pretty good clown. 7/10
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grim
good ol’ classic skeleton. he’s pretty nicely modeled though and i highly recommend watching the video for this guy because he moves REALLY well for a spirit animatronic, he’s got a way wider range of movement than most of them do and his head moves really nicely. one of the benefits of a skeleton animatronic is you don’t have to deal with lip movement, so his jaw movements match with his lines a lot more realistically. i like the animated glowing eyes too, it really gives him a lot of personality. he’s really interesting to watch. like, it’s just a skeleton, but it’s a really really good skeleton, so, 8/10 
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BEETLEJUICE!!
i love love love franchise character animatronics and spirit has so much great beetlejuice stuff this seems well suited to them but looking at it............. hm. hm
he just looks so. stiff and his face comes across like, deer caught in the headlights to me. it Does Not look very natural but it looks slightly better in motion (he just swivels from side to side and says a few phrases but it somehow looks less. shellshocked when he’s moving) 
maybe not the greatest execution but maybe he looks better in person and im still hype to see him so 8/10 regardless 
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night stalker
we have this guy at my store too, im still not really sure what’s going on with his arms (did he just rip loose from them and leave them behind? did someone do this to him? i dont know) but i love a good spooky scarecrow. love his Wiggles. hes a pretty good boy. 6.5/10
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here we have another pennywise, it pretty much just pops out at you, but it’s still pretty good. i like the full size one they had before better, but this one’s slightly cheaper and would be easier to integrate into a haunted house attraction since he comes with a built in set piece. it looks good but doesn’t do much. 7.5/10 i guess 
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GHOSTFACE!!!!
FUCK YES I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
please. please spirit halloween set him up in my store so i can see him
anyway hes got kind of the same issue beetlejuice has where the figure just. looks kind of stiff, and he looks more like a spooky ghost decoration than like, A Person. he doesnt seem to have any lines or anything either, he just kinda pops out. but then again i guess whenever we see ghostface in person in the movies he doesn’t usually talk anyway. i dont really know how id make this better but it seems a little underwhelming somehow. still hype to see it though. 7/10 i guess 
now if we could just get a jack torrance and a bela lugosi dracula id be content 
i would LOVE to see Red from Us but i doubt they’d do one. my other horror beloved is norman bates but i know if they made one of him it’d just be him in a dress waving a knife around (not that i wouldn’t still be hype to see him, but, y’know) (anyway. tangent. moving on) 
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mr. howle 
it’s. a werewolf. he howls. that’s....... about it 
it’s a very nice looking werewolf, it’s a well designed figure and definitely looks very imposing, but it’s... just a werewolf. there’s not really anything particularly interesting or creative here. its a perfectly good werewolf. i dont have anything to say about this. 6.5/10 
i also just am not a werewolf person so maybe someone out there who has a greater appreciation for werewolves might like him more 
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moeruhoshi · 3 years
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Lucy sighed as she let her hair out of her tight bun, groaning and falling to sit on her couch.
The day has been filled with meeting after meeting, hours of sitting in a chair placed in the corner of the room.
Her father insisted that she take part in every one, otherwise how was she supposed to know how a company was run?
Between that and private tutor sessions that lasted all morning, she was tuckered out.
She kicked off her heels and unbuttoned the top of her shirt, feeling fatigue claim her body.
Lucy wasn't sure she could go on like this much longer, but her father wasn't keen on giving her breaks. The only time she got was the few hours for sleep alone in her apartment. There were no weekends, no sunshine, no amusement.
The gray colorscheme of this life was never the one she wanted. The money, the business, it meant nothing to her.
But where was she going to go? Without her father, she had nothing. There was nothing for her outside of this world, he made sure of that. His business would be succeeded, that was the only care he had.
Another groan passed through her lips as a heavy knock fell on her door. The ache in her legs carried her to answer it, assuming Jude sent a secretary to deliver papers for the next day.
She opened the door with a polite smile, her breath quickly stolen as they made eye contact.
"Hey, Luce," The thick, burly, voice of the man who stood before her sunk into her bones like a well-lit fire. He stood with his hands in his pockets, that familiar white scarf, and his hansomly wide grin. "It took me a while to find ya, sorry I'm late,"
"Natsu," His name was so distant on her tongue, like a dream she had when she was younger.
It felt like that at times, her world before she was forcefully yanked out of it.
She had friends, happiness, a real life any teenager would want.
Every day was eventful, always different and full of laughs. They did everything together, the whole gang inseparable. They were her first real family.
Levy, Erza, Gray, Gajeel, Juvia, and...Natsu. He was more than a friend, and it was too late by the time she realized it.
They were closer than close, together whenever they could be. She remembered the nights where he snuck into her room, bringing in junk food and video games that her father would never allow through the front door.
They called each other if they couldn't meet up, texted in the middle of class when the teacher wasn't looking. She tutored him in the classes he nearly failed, had her maids sneak her into the kitchen so she could make him lunch. She snuck out of the house to meet him, Natsu taking her around every inch of town. They even saved a stray kitten together, his fur an odd blue shade.
When they held hands, hugged, or he slung his arm around ger shoulders, it just felt right. His whole presence seemed to light up her life, warmed her to the center of her soul.
She lost him, them all, when Jude caught the two kissing on the front porch.
They had been out the whole day, on a picnic and watching the cherry blossoms fall. She made a big lunch with Virgo, packed with Natsu’s favorite things. She always loved the way he got so excited over the things she cooked for him.
It was a day like any other, as they spent so many of them together. But his demeanor seemed off when they got to her front door that night. Suddenly he was shy and quiet, blushing and fidgeting.
His words kept getting jumbled and tugged on his scarf at least a hundred times.
In the end, he settled his confession with an abrupt kiss. His hands wrapped around her waist, the sudden movement making her drop the basket.
And for a first kiss, it was a pleasant embrace. His lips were soft and adorable, puckered against her own. Her eyes closed, a dream-like feeling overwhelming her. Maybe that's when reality took its rightful place, maybe it was always just a dream.
Jude opened the door, yelling at Natsu to let her go. He pulled the pink-haired boy off of her, angrily punching him in the nose.
Lucy screamed as she was dragged inside, not able to make sure Natsu was okay.
Her father had him thrown off the property, barring him or anyone else she knew from coming back.
He moved them out of Magnolia before she knew it, before the school year was over, before she could say goodbye.
And just because of a kiss? Surely that was an overreaction for any parent, but this was a special case.
Natsu came from a jaded family, the Dragneels known for their very shady business dealings. His two older brothers stood by his father's side, and ran things on the street. Though no one could ever prove what they were really doing.
A Dragneel would never be good enough for a Heartfilia, he made sure to drill that in her head.
A scandal with that seedy family could mean ruin, it was already bad enough that he allowed them to be friends.
"Natsu," She said again, his name filling up her heart. It took away her soreness, blew away the dark clouds that shrouded her life. His wide spread grin made butterflies rise in her stomach; she never realized how much she missed this feeling.
"Natsu..." He closed the door as he stepped inside, wrapping her up in his arms.
When was the last time she felt so relaxed? Those few years ago when he kissed her, she assumed.
"You still smell so good," He mumbled into her hair, nuzzling his nose against her cheek.
"I missed you so much," She teared up slightly, giggling as he lifted her off her feet and walked them further into her home.
"I missed you too," They both laughed as they fell onto the couch, still tangled in each other's arms.
"What's with the suit?" She asked, smirking as he rolled his eyes.
"Really? Thats your first question? Not how I am or anything normal, weirdo?"
"You always wore hoodies and jeans, don't blame me," She smacked his arm with a small pout.
"It's for work, okay? Duh," He sighed. "Dad insists that I gotta look nice."
"It looks nice on you," She pulled playfully on his tie, Natsu leaning his forehead against hers.
"Its like you never left," He groaned. "Dammit, Luce, its like you never left,"
"I never wanted to leave you," His hands held her face, thumbs rubbing calm circles on her cheek.
"Everyone's been worried sick since, you never called,"
"Father tracks my phone bill," Her chuckle was fitted with annoyance, her fist slightly balled up. "I wanted to,"
"Damn bastard, he's lucky my nose healed," Lucy giggled as he looked away, the blonde gently kissing the ridge.
"What took you so long?" Her lips felt tingly, Natsu's eyes boring into her, as if he could see her soul.
"I had a lot to do before I could come get ya," His voice was suddenly a bit rough, his hands a bit more steady. "I'll take you away, I promised myself I'd come save ya,"
"Really?" Her heart clenched as he nodded, both of them leaning forward.
"I never got to hear what you thought of my kiss," She gulped as he now spoke in a husky whisper. "Do you remember it?"
"Mhm," She felt smothered in a pool of honey, all of her previous worries vanishing with each passing second. Had it felt like this the first time? She only remembered the pain of watching the bloodied Natsu being dragged away by their security team.
Their kiss was gentle at first, like an old memory rising from the dirt of the past. Natsu laid back against the couch, pulling her along with him. His hands stayed cupped on her face, their lips moving in slight sync.
It was a warm embrace that grew as their hunger for more was ignited.
Their kisses became deeper, their hands began to wander and explore each other.
He pulled her tongue into his mouth along with a soft moan, his hands fondling her hips.
"No one taught you how to kiss, right?" Natsu grumbled as he pulled away for a brief moment.
"You're my first and only kiss," Lucy let out a happy gasp as Natsu flipped them over, a slobbering kiss pressed against her cheek.
"Damn right I am," She rolled her eyes and bit her lip as he began to unbutton his shirt, revealing a dragon tattoo that wrapped around his torso.
"I wanna be sure, Luce," She frowned as he stopped at the last button. "I know I showed up outta the blue, but you know what I want. So if you can't come with me, I'll understand. Just know that I'm gonna give you the whole fucking world if you do. I fuckin' love you,"
"You're my soulmate," He purred happily, grinning his signature grin as she began to unbutton her own shirt. "Take me wherever you want, Natsu,"
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akirameta84 · 3 years
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Warning: This is VERY LONG. i got carried away.
"hey don't you have a wip fic for another au?" yeah shush i have a new idea that's not as fleshed out (after writing that turned out to be a lie) as the chunibyo one but i had to share it.
its in every fandom, but Saiki K Pokemon Au time. it's always cliche but who cares its amazing.
Kaido is the mc. for sure. he chooses a froakie because the professor (its kusuke, he's totally it) said it was a dark and mysterious as him. at first he's disappointed by the frog but once it evolves he starts loving it. him and greninja wear matching outfits. he tied red wrist wraps on its arms and he wears a pink scarf.
nendo is his rival lmao. he met him when kaido left with his first pokemon and challenged him to a battle, immediatly. he said loser has to buy the other persons ramen. "but i dont even know you??" "oh. well lets be friends, runt!" "you just asked to fight me???" nendo uses an eevee because his mom gave it to him when he was young. kaido wins because nendo didnt use a single attacking move. he just used sand attack and growl. the battle lasted 10 minutes because kaido kept missing.
now with his newly self proclaimed rival, after going to eat ramen, kaido sets out on his journey. i like to imagine a region with just every pokemon cause its cool that way. kaido mainly looks for fighting type pokemon, and a few dark types, and it takes him a bit to realize that this is probably a bad strategy and that he isnt finding anything, as cool as they are. he catches a shroomish, not knowing it became a type he wanted, because he was impressed with it's "battle capabilities" because it survived an attack that had fainted others. he names it doomslayer cause he's such an edgelord.
somewhere along the way nendo finds him and says that he's going to challenge a gym, and that kaido should join him. kaido agrees because "oh yeah, thats why im on this journey" and they go to the first gym.
The first gym is ghost type, run by toritsuka. why is he first? cause he's prolly not very good at battling and he knows it. the gym itself would be very foggy, and kaido has to traverse it to get to toritsuka. along the way toritsuka has spirits tell him where kaido is, and he'll release a pokemon near there for him to battle, and this happens 2 times. Torisuka himself uses 2 pokemon, a Litwick and a Galarian Yanmask. both are female, obviously. kaido absolutely demolishes these two pokemon, with his water and grass type, seeing as they're part fire and ground. first badge complete.
surpsingly, nendo also beats this gym, mainly because eevee can use bite. guess he figured out how to use attacking moves lmao. also yes ik bite is learned at 25, and rn they're at like lv 12 but shh. he found a tm or smt. it also helps thst toritsuka could barely hit nendos eevee due to the ghost and normal type thing.
nendo tries to travel with kaido, but kaido usually manages to worm his way away from him. he usually gets away whenever nendo challenges someone else and they have to tell him that he can't catch someone else's pokemon.
second gym is chiyo's gym. she uses grass types, and her gym is covered in flowers, trees, and it looks like a forest. the puzzle itself is rather simple. the floor is covered in large flowers, and you have to step on the correct ones or get sent back to the start. i like to imagine a giant vine yeeting kaido. chiyo also forgot to write clues over which ones are correct and ends up helping kaido, and winds being endeared by his determination. chiyo uses a Fomantis and a Petilil, because she thinks they're cute. kaido actually struggles quite a bit because he brings a water type and a grsss type. he wins in the end though, because chiyo ends up lovestruck and forgets to attack. she daydreams about inviting him to run the gym with her because he's so talented in her eyes, but he leaves before she can ask, grass badge in hand.
after chiyo's gym, kaido's froakie evolves into Frogadier, and he cries. in-between gyms again, kaido catches a rockruff because it was cute and it whined when he tried to walk away after battle. again, kaido catching types he likes without even knowing, provided his rockruff evolves at nightime. he names it Decimator. at this point i place kaido's levels at 19-21 ish, and close to rockruff and shroomish evolving.
next gym is hairo's and surprise surprise, it's a fire type gym. his gym his very, very intense. he has actual jets of fire lining his gym. there's no puzzle because he believes in just battling for victory or whatever, kaido didn't catch it behind the roar of the fire jets. kaido just walks along a pathway and gets challenged to battle by 3 randoms. i like to imagine one of them is nendo, and its never discussed. he has a fire type and everything, and its just not brought up. he's back to his single eevee after this too. kaido also wins with relative ease, considering he has a water type and rock type, although he makes the mistake of sending shroomish out at some point, but makes a clutch switch after it survives a flamethrower. fire badge obtained.
right after this, his shroomish evolves into breloom and he cries again. he gets very happy when his pokemon evolve. and also, after a few random encounters, his rockruff also evolves. its day form because kaido is a clueless baby. he still loves it all the same. at some point nendo challenges kaido with a single pokemon again, but this time it's a leafeon. kaido asks how he knew to evolve it, and he just says he battled next to some funny looking rock and it changed. of course. it actually manages to oko Frogadier because kaido wasnt expecting anything other than an eevee, but his breloom deals with it easily, because nendo kept using not very effective grass moves because it worked once. how does he have 3 badges again? nobody knows. level 25-27 now.
next gym is saiko's, and he uses normal types because all the other types were "too needy for someone like him." he's got 2 Persians and a Toucannon. he tried to use 3 persians but he was told that he needed something else just in case someone brought a fighting type by his dad. so he grabbed the first wild bird he found and evolved it. saiko doesnt have a puzzle, and instead just has an elevator that you can pay 5000 Pokedollars to use, otherwise you have to take the stairs like a pleb. Kaido takes the stairs because he's keeping his money dammit. its only 3 stories until saiko's floor, so it's really not much. Kaido sweeps easily with breloom until toucannon comes out. breloom gets slaughtered by a flying type move, and he sends out lycanroc to finish it. normal badge complete.
when he next sees nendo, he has a meowth with his leafeon. kaido asks where he got it, and nendo says he found it near the rich looking gym. kaido concludes that nendo accidently stole a pokemon and they go to return it. saiko says that the plebs can have it as a reward for defeating him, and dismisses them. levels 30-33.
5th gym! mera runs this one, and there isn't a type. she has an Alcremie, Appletun, Cherubi, and a Vannilish. what can i say, girl loves her food. kaido is genuinely concerned that she is gonna eat her pokemon though. the challenge is cooking. kaido has to cook curry, and if its bad, he fights a trainer, up to 3 times. if its good he gives it to mera and moves on the next curry. the actual battle goes okay, but its fairly difficult due to not having a single type, and being unpredictable. obviously he wins in the end, and the badge is a bowl of curry.
frogadier evolves into greninja finally, and they have the matching outfits going on. nendo laughs at it. somewhere nendo also got an applin. kaido is fairly sure he took this one from mera as well, but he decides to let it go, and tell nendo how he can evolve it. he doesn't think nendo understood, but he tried. kaido also realizes he only has 3 pokemon, and decides to find two more. he finds a braixen, which he evolves into delphox. her name is Lucifer's Eternal Flames. Lucy for short. he also catches a noibat. the noibat was caught because he got lost in a cave, and the noibat was leading him out, so he decided he couldn't just leave it there. he names it the Jet Bat Wings. yes im doing that and yes its hilarious. levels 37-39.
gym 6. fighting type, and its kuboyasu. he tried to leave behind his violent days behind him, and become a poison type gym, but eventually gave in and did fighting instead. after he had already dyed his hair purple for the colorscheme. he kept the fighting gym purple because he already commited dammit. 4 pokemon, and hes got Toxicroak (yes ik the irony), Lucario, Grapploct, and Pangoro. greninja faints quickly, and so does lycanroc, but after some paralysis tricks with breloom and delphox sweeping the rest, pangoro comes in and ko's delphox. noibat pulls through in the end, with flying type moves. fighting badge earned.
next battle with nendo, and it turns out he actually evolved applin, and now he's got a flapple. kaido is midly impressed. kaido catches his 6th and final pokemon, an absol. he was overjoyed when he finally got another dark type. he names it Fluffy. yes, the dark type doesnt get an edgy name. levels 44-46, there was a longer gap in between the 6th and 7th gyms. oh also, you may be wondering about an evil team in this au. and my answer is....¯\_(ツ)_/¯
gym 7. Fairy type. Teruhashi. you knew she'd be coming eventually. and yes i saved the characters people prolly wanna know about until last haha. and because i think they fit the more difficult gyms. girl's got 5 pokemon, Mimikyu (i think it fits her fake perfect girl personality), Slyveon, Gardevoir, Florges, and Magearna. how does she have a legendary? prolly cause she's perfect and just asked for it, and someone actually found one. No puzzle here, but having to find his way through the mobs of teruhashi fans is prolly hard enough. Kaido actually has to try this gym several times due to him lacking anything good againist fairies. he gets it eventually though, and teruhashi has to reassure her fans that it's okay that she lost before they murder kaido. fairy badge down.
at this point kaido has no clue how nendo keeps getting gym badges. he has 3 pokemon, and one isn't even evolved. especially considering how easily Kaido himself can beat him. kaido I shrug it off as the plothole it usually is in pokemon games. levels 47-50. Noibat evolves into Noivern, and kaido has himself a pretty strong team. Greninja, Delphox, Absol, Lycanroc, Noivern, Breloom. although he has just been choosing based on personal preference, it turnes out nicely. and yes I'm padding this out cause y'all know what gym is next.
Gym number 8. The psychic type gym, run by Saiki and Aiura. It doesn't get more cliche than this. The challenge in this one is a maze. There's no extra trainers here, instead Kaido fights Aiura everytime he encounters her. She only uses 1 Pokemon in these battles because they happen a lot. Kaido wonders how she keeps finding him, let alone getting through the maze so easily when there's walls everywhere. He brushes it off as her just knowing the layout. battle itself happens, and it's a double battle. they each have 3 pokemon. Saiki has a ditto, espeon, and an alolan raichu (because he thought it was cute) Aiura mainly runs the support side of the team, and she's got a female meowstic, alakazam, and reuniclus, and wishes she had a cuter team, but she makes it work. This is prolly Kaido's second hardest gym. not harder than teruhashi's because he had no advantages, unlike this one where he's got several dark types. the battle is hard because they know exactly what kaido is gonna do. the minute he sends out his breloom to get a cheap paralysis, out comes ditto. the breloom ditto nearly wipes out both dark types, but noivern takes care of it, only to meet a sad demise at the hands of raichu, despite the dragon advantage. he's able to win on his second try, after he refused to send out breloom due to the fact that they just seem to know his next move. it creeped him out. Psychic badge done.
nendo tries to take saiki out for ramen with him and kaido after his gym fight, declaring him his best buddy, and it's not explained why nendo decided this. nendo eventually wins the argument and they get ramen. kaido notices saiki looks disturbed everytime he looks at nendo, but brushes it off as "yeah he disturbs me too." they part ways and onto victory road because im still mourning how there wasn't one in sword and shield. after victory road, kaido is nearing level 60 on everyone.
elite four? eheh i don't know who'd make it up. prolly 4 previous gym leaders with fully evolved teams and more pokemon. not tlo worries about them tho.
Kaido bests the elite four, and marches on to the champion.
Champion Akechi. Full team of 6 Pokemon, and he's a formidable opponent. He's able to easily predict what moves are going to be used next, and always has type advantage. Although, unlike before, while difficult to do, it is possible to do something unpredictable to trip him up, which is the only way Kaido is able to win. His team consists of Serperior, Glaceon, Gyrados, Ninetales, Togekiss (it's just there to be annoying, it can barely attack, and akechi did this to be a nuisance so he can't be clean sweeped), and Mew. Again, I love unexplained lengendaries on teams okay. To Kaido, it seems like with enough switching, he could easily defeat Akechi, but Akechi is very good at predicting. So againist Akechi, it's like the team as been catered specifically to beat Kaido. But, knowing him, it likely was. It takes him ages to beat Akechi. Like literal ages. The only saving grace is Akechi can get tripped up if Kaido is unpredictable enough. It's likely a mixture of that and para hscks that lets him win, and Kaido is champion. Nendo did try to challenge him (somehow beating the elite four) but was beaten. I love how the rivals always beat everything but then get horribly beaten by you.
Holy shit this is longer than i thought it would be. I have been writing this for literal hours. Hope you enjoyed. This is what my brain had inspiration for today apparently, instesd of the fic im working on.
Hadn't seen too much Pokemon stuff for saiki k yet, so tada. and yes, i came up with most of this while writing. the only idea i had before i started writing was the saiki and aiura gym
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goingghostcomic · 4 years
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Hi there firstly i just wanna say how excited to see what you end up doing im very excited! I especially love how you draw danny and sams hair, the fentons suits and jazz and Valerie's clothing designs. I just wanted to say, and i hope this isnt rude bc i realy mean it in a nice way, all 3 girls (prom?) Dresses are purple/pink. Which isnt wrong but if theyre all in a scene together the colorscheme of the characters will be too similar
You’re not being rude at all! At least not to me. I thought about it too, I drew Jazz when drawing Valerie and was just focused on what I thought looked nice on them. And when I looked at them all I saw a lot of overlap in color palette. And was like “oh both Sam and Jazz are both wearing purple”.
I’m not sure how much I’m gonna change, I’m thinking of making her (Jazz) dress blue but I’m definitely changing her shoes. I think I’m gonna make Valerie’s dress a darker red 🤔
I appreciate the feedback so I know I’m not the only one considering these things. In case you’re interested Paulina’s dress is mostly yellow and Star’s going to be green. 🙂
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demethinkstoomuch · 4 years
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Deme Rates Villagers: Cubs
It’s Bears, but Smaller!
(Why didn’t I lump Bears and Cubs the way I did Cows and Bulls? Because there are a fair number of them, I think.)
I have also realized that, rather than a numerical rating, an emoticon rating might be better. I may do numbers from time to time, and so likely will not go back for the others. There will not be a scale, but a broad expression of my feelings. Or a mimic of their faces. Or a comment. Sometimes.
Disclaimer: Images are from the wiki, all good dogs, my ratings are mainly just there because “Deme gives her abstract thoughts on villagers” is hardly a catchy thing.
Aisle
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Another Animal Forest E+ exclusive, another villager that looks like they came out of a Rare game like Banjo-Kazooie or Conker’s Bad Fur Day, even though this one doesn’t feature any exact equivolents. On the whole, I think the high contrast between the blue fur and the tuft of blond hair is a bad look, but the big blue eyes being sort of heavy-lidded and dour’s kind of cute.
Rating: :|
Barold
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Barold is great. Like, I don’t entirely know what they’re going for with him -- he vaguely suggests either Fred Flinstone or an IT guy in my head -- but I love it either way.  (Fred Flinstone: 5 o’ clock shadow, shirt. IT Guy: Eeyes have kind of a glasses shape, beard).  He’s oozing with character, albeit a strange character, and do I detect little white pawsies? I do!
Rating: B’|
Bluebear
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She’s a bear! She’s blue! She’s got a little white and a little pink, which gives her a nicely over-all pastel look. I like the darker blue (Fire Emblem Lord Blue, perhaps?) hair on her. She is just cute.
Rating: :)
Cheri
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Another colorful bear cub, this one, pink! I like her, she’s sassy. Nice eyebrows that pair with her eyes to give her an impression of moxie that’s still quite cute. Hair is spiky, which adds to that. She’s peppy, which means that by peppy standards, she’s pretty edgy, in a weird, pink little bear way. Either way, she’s rather cute.
Rating: :]
Chester
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Man, what do the Animal Crossing devs have against just letting pandas be cute? Chow, Chester... They’re both just sort of weird in a way that I find, funnily enough, more unsettling or dull than charming. Long pupils are not friend-shaped; if they leaned into the creepy, like with a goat, that would be one thing, but it rather spoils Chester. The sad-looking mouth could be cute, but it’s a bit big for that. Almost there, Chester, but just not.
Rating: :(
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Cupcake
So, Cupcake is kind of Cheri, but with a half-hearted snootification effort via heavy-lidded eyeshadow eyes. Meh.
Rating: :[ (Like Cheri, but worse.)
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Judy
A New Horizons new villager, and Judy is sure an aesthetic! The pastel gradients, the enormous sparkly eyes with the big shojou lashes, she just screams that she belongs in a gothic lolita girl’s arms during a photoshoot. Get this bear a lace-up dress. She could be an extra Hello Kitty collab character or something. I’m not actually a huge fan of Judy, but I cannot possibly deny that she is wonderfully what she is, and so while the agressively UWU quality to her isn’t for me, but I can’t help but applaud it. Dedication! Also, I like the subtler blush. It works.
Rating:  (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧
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June
June is maaaybe my favorite cub, she’s just simple and pleasant-looking, without being a pastel screaming-fest, Her colorscheme and implied heavy fringe has a sort of... Like, it makes her big blue eyes and over-all cuteness read “girl next door,” sort of an ordinary, natural cute. And then you add the cute big hibiscus for a little pop that contrasts with her eyes. It’s just a real cute look. I’d probably, though, if I were to consider adopting her, check to make sure her eyes aren’t super weird when you look at them from other angles. It’s a bad fate to befall a villager.
Rating:  (◕‿◕✿) (Babe, hold my flower)
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Kody
Hey, look, it’s one of my starter New Leaf villagers! Kody was the last of my first villagers to move out, too, sticking around for quite a while indeed. His departure left a hole that Clyde entered through via someone’s void, and I was not happy about that. As a result, I feel fonder of Kody than I would otherwise, since otherwise, he’s just, you know, a blue bear with a darker blue spot, like many animals that are just like that except not bears. It can be charming with the right face, but there’s nothing particularly noteworthy about his face. It’s just Kody. There he is. Old chum.
Rating:  ˅ u ˅ Ah, the memories...
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Maple
Awwww, look at her! She’s just precious, very simple, with implied floofy bangs and bright little dot eyes. Even the pink sticker blush works better with her colors than I see in a lot of places. If June didn’t have her flowers, maybe I’d be here saying Maple’s my favorite. Maybe Maple is my favorite, I don’t know. She feels like angelfood cake, you, know? Light, pleasant, sweet...Though, admittedly, not especially flavorful.  She’s just cute as she is.
Rating:  ‘ ◕  w ◕ ‘
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Marty
Ah, a Sanrio villager! ...Not one of the cuter ones, really. Looks sort of like a honey jar bear to me, which is, I suppose, something. His eyebrows have an unassuming quality, like he’s just a normal guy.
Rating: Normal Guy / Guys
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Murphy
Remember everything I said about Kody? Yeah, still true about Murphy. His coloring is just sort of “spotted bear,” now in green. But! He does have big square eyebrows and big square eyes, which give him a bit of extra character, reliably and kinda sleepy. A good face.
Rating = w = (A good thing, I promise.)
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Olive
Olive is a villager I’ve heard compared to Maple a lot -- it’s the shirt, I suppose, but really, more than that. Her color scheme is also pretty naturalistic and grounded, she has a cute bang outline. She doesn’t push the cute as hard, but that might make her more comfortable, less out-and-out cutesy to folks. That said, her eyes just have that quality I found with the birds, where something about them, paired with the surprised eyebrows, that feels kinda blank, like they reveal nothing. Staring. These eyes have seen too much. But she’s still pretty cute, won’t lie.
Rating: O-O
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Pekoe
Aww, isn’t she cute? This screenshot makes her look more cream-colored than I’m used to thinking of her as, a dramatic bonus to her over-all level of adorable. Pekoe’s use of ears to suggest little covered hair-buns is pretty flavorful; it makes me wonder if they almost wanted to make a cute, very on-theme panda, and then decided “No, let’s just make her a white bear, good enough.”  Still, her face is cute, too, with a distinct set of eyes carrying through the same sort of design sensibilities as her hair and ears/buns, intensely stylized. It’s a nice look.
Rating: :)
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Poko
What is with the shape of his head? You all see that, right, where his head is a totally different, longer, shape? Why? What does it mean? Is it meant to be like a mask? If it were meant to be a long mask, that’d be cool. I don’t think it is? It’s a mystery that he would need another appearance to solve, and that’s not happening.
Rating: ? :/
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Poncho
Poncho’s cute. He’s basically just blue Olive, though the bangs are less fwooshy. Still, I find him a bit cuter than Olive, because the oval eyes sort of soften the effect of round on round on round that looks strange and staring; this is a bit more cartoony and cute. That’s about it from me. Pretty cute.
Rating: 0 ˅ 0
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Pudge
Oh, Pudge looks so sad and alone! I want to hug and protect him! I’ve checked other screenshots, that’s just how Pudge’s face is, and it’s so precious! I do not get the freen on the ears and tip of tail, though. I do not understand why this is a thing, and I cannot say I approve of it. It’s kind of a distracting negative among this otherwise adorable design of a baby I just want to protect!
Rating: (> ‘ . ’)> Come here and let me hug you!
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Stitches
OK, so, maybe if it’s not June or Maple, maybe Stitches is best cub. Certainly, he’s the most thematically strong, with this adorable patchwork teddybear design! His eyes evoke a really cute version of his name, little stitches. Just adorable and aesthetically on-point and I’m really happy to see him. I could see him with a place on my island, if I only didn’t have too many villagers I could see with a place.
Rating :D or, alternatively, XwX just for him.
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Tammy
Oh, it’s almost all the things I dislike in a villager design. Random colors without real cohesion or purpose, just “well, this is a colorful animal” that clash with other randomly-selected colors (orange blush, deep rose eyeshadow, pale pink inner ears, white muzzle/paws, brown bangs) with eyeshadowed eyes to say “Hey this is a snooty” without going all-in for glamor-comedy? I think we’ve hit bingo. Funnily enough, I think this might be my least-favorite cub.
Rating: :(
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Vladimir
Vladimir is ugly with dedication. Vladimir is ugly with a passion. Vladimir is ugly with soul and purpose. Buck teeth and that flatly furrowed, thin, no-brow-unibrow! Those awful bangs! Truly, Vladimir is an artist’s study in ugly-cute. I can’t say that it works to vaunt him into a villager I’d really love to have around, but I can profoundly respect him.
Rating:    ಠ ῳ ಠ
The cubs are good, in conclusion. A good mix of aesthetics, and at least 3 I rather like, which is a good number. Also, I got to whip out some Japanese emoticons, and isn’t that important?
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MID Fusion Headcanons
Using steven universe fusion rules alongside some of my own. 
 There will likely be another post like this one, a part 2 
So the rules
Emotions are shared. 
Memories are not shared, if one component doesn’t want to share a memory with another then the memory will not be shared.
Abilities gained are formed from both of their personalities
All the colored parts of their clothes change to the components combined colorscheme
They form based off of the characters perceptions of eachother, Making each of Ava’s fusions an ACTUAL POWERFUL SORCERESS
Their powers are multiplied by how much love/compassion each component feels for the other. Thus Noi usually supplies the most power to his fusions. Often new powers are gained.
Starting with Leif and Noi
A risk taker, 
DEFINITELY would be an entertainer, would want all attention to be on them at all times. A show off through and through
He would have very fluffy pastel pink hair. 
ALWAYS SMILING unless Leif is experiencing fear. Sometimes when one is feeling a negative emotion the other is feeling a positive one, this shows in their facial expressions. So sometimes the smile feels strained, fake, or evil.  IF ITS SUPER SERIOUS he will frown
gets SUPER JEALOUS REAL QUICK,and if they are not front and center or if someone else steals the spotlight from them expect Angry crying, and violence! :D 
 “HEY AVA! DID YOU SEE THAT?!? WASN’T I COOL!!! PLEASE TELL ME I WAS COOL! I mean I ALREADY KNOW I WAS COOL BUT-” 
Requires constant validation to feed his EGO. 
Flirtier than his components. 
BOUNDLESS ENERGY LIKE! WAAAAYY TO MUCH ENERGY 
Would dance around the battlefield with their newfound abilities like a performer. 
AMAZING AT SWEET-TALKING, and charming others 
Far more likely to use healing magic than Leif ever was. 
He has a tendency to angry cry. 
Would be much stronger at the beginning of the series than he would if they fused in episode 13
His weapons are duel cutlasses 
Noi enjoys the confidence boost he gains in the fusion while Leif enjoys the amount of JOY he feels doing things that would normally bore him. He likes seeing things from Noi’s POV.
Can disappear in a cloud of puffy sparkly smoke, 
 Very flexible, gains dancing skills
Can generate electricity within his body and ZIP ZOOP AROUND 
most of his magic is glittery and sparkly 
Wears lime green or olive clothing. has green eyes. has lime green horns 
So Leif views Noi as a kind hearted lovey dovey fool, while Noi views Leif as a bully and a psychopath, but also a powerful superhero who’s amazing. Hence why when fused they are a kinda mentally unstable performer.  
Leif and Rhys 
He would never form 
BY FAR ONE OF THE WEAKEST OF THE FUSIONS 
When first formed he has an impossible time deciding who he is or even staying together. he doesn’t have an identity or a voice. 
He Gains one much later as the 2 begin to understand each other more. 
Has a scientist surrounded by nature vibe to him. Like instead of metal machines he has ones made completely out of plants. Though he’d only gain this if Rhys and Leif were feeling particularly good about eachother that day. Or if they had a strong positive feeling keeping them together. Otherwise he’d be unable to create or even keep any of it. 
So yeah he can make a rocket out of wood, vines, & various other flora and fauna. 
He has a variety of high level technology yet all of it is made of wood, plants, or bone. 
If exposed to alot of media, and pop culture by the time he forms he would be a MAD SCIENTIST/ MAD DOCTOR character. 
Lots of maniacal laughter
If Rhys would permit it he can be quite cruel and preform some....interesting experiments on his enemies
Would be very interested in the world around and would LOVE TO DISSECT THINGS
his glasses turn into goggles
He’d probably have oversized scientist gloves
is likely to scream EURIKA!!!  
very forgetful. 
Wants to learn as much as he can no matter the situation 
when fused Leif experiences the curiosity Rhys feels and Rhys feels Leif’s LUST FOR BLOOD. 
 Would often find interest in human artifacts and objects finding joy in dissecting them and finding out how they work 
 has the ability to create unholy amalgamations from destroyed objects or  carcasses. 
He’d also gain the ability to control the growth of plants around him & manipulate them using the water inside. 
 Lightbrown/Ginger hair 
Wears alot of cyan 
Their weapon would be a whip of some kind. or a spear 
Studies alot on doctor stuff. wants to get a phd 
Has cyan horns like Pierce, though they bend in a way that combines both horns. and are much larger than either components
 Asch and Rhys
WOULD HAVE A FLUFFY POMPADOR 
Looks like a fucking greaser but their not at all
Always frowning 
VERY STRONG despite not seeming like it
Has Dark blue eyes, and periwinkle horns,  that curve backwards than forwards 
VERY POLITE & regal. 
Doesn’t really show much emotion, good at decision making, and a pretty rounded leader. though...their missing something.  
Knows when to take action and when to stand down. 
Can create smokescreens. manipulate water, fire & Ice
pretty stronk 
Asch’s leadership skills and Rhys’s good decision making mix together to create a perfect and rational decision maker.  
Has a lighter skin tone than Rhys but a much darker one than Asch.  
Probably gains a British accent for the poshness.
Will occasionally raise a hand to threaten you but then close it clenching his fist and continuing to talk
ASCH’S CAPE AND RHYS’S TRENCHCOAT COMBINE TO BECOME A BIG FLOWY CAPE COAT WITH A FLUFFY FUCKING HOOD BECAUSE THAT’S CUTE AF, their torso shirt is grey while they have Asch’s lil sash around their waist, ((it’d be purple)) and Rhys’s pants ((except a tad bit darker)) Rhys’s arm bands would cover Ashe’s bandages.   
Wears a lot of PURPLE, like magenta purple. 
checks himself out behind closed doors 
Adores being together. They just feel right 
Everyone goes to them for advice
Ava & Pierce 
has a blue scrunchy 
LONG FLOWING HAIR 
NEVER TALKS EVER, keeps to themselves even more than both of their components. 
Would HAVE ENORMOUS HAIR like......WAYYY TOO BIG! and scruffy. and they’d always be leaning on a big old cloud that they’d float on. 
Cats. CATS CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Has 2 floating arms hovering around them for petting cats. LIKES FLUFFY   
A very caring individual despite their cold standoffish nature
Constantly tired 
Seems like they don’t care about anything despite the fact that they do...far more so than anyone else even 
Has strong maternal instincts. VERY good with kids. & Loves children far more than either their components.
Will only wake up to pet cats or play with kids. 
The child loving part comes from Pierce. Ava notices that Pierce feels this way and encourages it. 
Only goes by They/ Them pronouns. Nonbinary 
Drinks like 50 cups of coffee a day trying not to pass out. 
Needs coffee 24/7 to stay awake cause otherwise they’d just get too comfortable with eachother and dose right off to sleep
Almost always cuddling something soft, weather it be a cloud they conjured up, Johnny, a plushy, Noi, whatever if its a soft and cuddly thing you can bet your ass that its in their arms.
Wears a mix of Ava’s pajama’s and Pierces Human Disguise. in Blue. That or a cat onesie    
Their not that bright but not that dumb either 
Ava enjoys this fusion because she gets to feel tall. 
They care for themselves. and take care to make sure they don’t get hurt. 
A very deep thinker, that likes to take their time in situations. VERY CREATIVE. 
stoic af
Their also very blunt and if annoyed will tell you “Your annoying. Go away” in a very sleepy slow manner. 
Tired af 24/7 doesn’t want to deal with anyones bullshit. EVER 
VERY POWERFUL 
When they sleep ((on a certain bed)) a giant forcefeild forms around them and a cloud gaurdian of sorts forms around it fighting for them as they dose off. 
Their weapon is a bed.   
The components feel this since of peace when together. While they do close off more they also just...enjoy eachothers company in silence. Expect long sessions of meditation from them . or just casual reading. 
They feel....very at peace and relaxed when together and hate being interrupted 
has purple eye’s. & Deep blue horns   
Pierce & Rhys
If exposed to enough pop culture by the time they fuse I feel like they would have a cop aesthetic. 
“You haven’t been causing any trouble now have you?”
Is always watching. Has new abilities to help him watch & keep the peace. 
Alot quieter than Rhys, but also like....more talkative then Pierce 
VERY STERN. and WILL stare you down 
An intelligent man, of course even smarter than Rhys. 
CAN MAKE HAILSTORMS 
can produce snow out of nothing. 
Wears Sky blue. 
Will often study others with compassion.
VERY MUCH LIKE A DAD 
May or may not make dad jokes 
HAS VERY STRONG OPINIONS OF ASCH ((They really like him)) 
He has light mocha skin, Fluffy curly brown hair done in a ponytail,  Dark Turquoise eyes , Dark Turquoise horns that curve backwards than away from eachother,  and a fake mustache. No one knows where the mustache came from but its detachable! 
DON’T SNATCH THE STACHE!!! They will lay down the law on you
The way they speak when they first fuse and when they later fuse are Pretty different
For the Original Incarnation“ You wouldn’t be planning on violating the RULES that our gracious prince has set for us RIGHT 𝙇𝙀𝙄𝙁”
  And for the 2nd incarnation they’d talk more like a T.V. show cop in certain situations. Though they’d still somehow manage to maintain this level of elegance despite it. (Mostly shown through his movements and tone))  
“ Roger that! Don’t worry Mrs. P I’ll take this troublemaker off your hands.” *Looks towards Leif “ HOW DARE YOU RAISE YOUR WEAPON TO A DEFENSELESS LADY !?! I wrecken your in for a day in the SLAMMER” 
The slammer is just an ice prison Rhys makes while in this fusion.   
Instead of a Cop at first the fusion would be a of a VERY POMPOUS knight. Like chivalry incarnate. Proper, Polite, Dashing, Kind, & Loyal these  Traits would carry onto its cop incarnate 
Their weapon is originally a sword with a magical crystal in the center but as they learn more about human culture it would change to a gun  
doubles down on watching literally everyone and IS ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS. 
This fusion basically says whatever it wants cause no one really knows whats going on in Pierces head and Rhys can just blame it on him without him actively caring about it, because he doesn’t. 
Another ability other than creating snow and hail would be making floating ice crystals  that can be used as a  “camera” of sorts. He can use them to keep a watch on the others 
Ava & Noi
One of the strongest of the fusions ((mostly due to Noi))
Nonbinary goes by She / her, they / them
because Noi views Ava as this powerful sorceress they BECOME a powerful magic user, and Ava Views noi as this mystical demon dude from dimension so as a result their fusion is this magical girl/boy/NB 
Wears red and has red eyes, with orange horns. 
Magical girl / Nonbinary aesthetic. 
Noi’s earnsty affects Ava in a way that causes her to be more honest. thus making the fusion very earnest in affection. 
They have a strong since of justice and a want to protect. out of love
Noi once again his honesty affects Ava in a way that makes her more transparent./loving 
Enjoys life to the fullest and having fun, as long as its not something stupid.
Quite literally loves themselfs....onesidedly its complicated. But they do enjoy themselves and rarely ever put themselves down. 
Their weapon is Noi’s daggers mixed with Ava’s phone or a toy she has laying around 
Can shoots out sparkles, rainbows, & various other magical girl esque attacks and has to call out their attacks to use them. 
All of their magic is magic Noi has never seen or heard of before. but they are ones Ava’s seen in anime or T.V shows.  Magical girl shows. 
They’d try to surround themselves with friends and people who like them and kind of be an attention whore. 
Probably the most outwardly friendly of the fusions 
Would love getting headpats 
Would also definitely wear many different aesthetic cat ears and post them all over insta. 
Tries to act cutsie wootsie for attention. sometimes feigns innocence to gain popularity
Noi & Asch
A COMPLETE BRAT, brings out all the negative traits from eachother.
EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL AND BAD AT HIDING IT 
Tries to act cool and together but really just a mess. 
They’d look like a really big imposing scary looking yet upset and almost crying clown? 
Self loathing x 10 
“I-I’m NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING!!  MYEEEEEEEEEH” 
Extremely passionate and LOVES hugging everything when happy and angrily screaming at everyone when mad. they are a literal ticking time bomb of emotions.  Though just because he loves it doesn’t mean he WILL hug he just likes doing it even if he doesn’t like to admit it . and will if emotional/impulsive enough at that moment in time, after which he will play it off and try to make up an excuse.  
Clumsy AF. 
Tends to get super jealous and wants to be a part of EVERYTHING 
Acts like a really proud child. 
Throws temper tantrums when they don’t get their way 
due to Noi’s more open attitude towards feelings and Asch’s intense emotions that he often keeps bottled up. They feel the full FORCE of both, All whilst trying to act like nothings wrong. 
He kind of hates himself but at the same time kinda doesn’t ? its complicated. 
EXTREMELY LOW SELF ESTEEM 
Wears orange, has light brown spiky hair, and light yellowy orange hair. His eyes are brown
Their powers also go off like an explosion. Usually his attacks are far weaker than either Noi or Asches. and they have lower stamina as well. Their powers build up and up inside of them until it bursts out. When they burst they do massive damage to pretty much everyone around them. Friend or foe. Its like a combustion of magic. Firey sparks and explosions in all directions. 
Their powers are linked to their emotions though the larger their emotional outbreak, and the more they let out the stronger the attack. 
Their weapon is a bunch of explosive bowling pins. that they juggle around.
Leif & Asch
Extremely likely to stab someone
Wears ALOT of gold. his hair turns a dusty grey color and his eyes are a dark teal. His horns become a golden yellow, The only pops of color on him besides gold and black are red & Green but only in gemstones. 
Values himself above all else 
ALWAYS SCREAMING 
Expect 10 times the villainous monologues 
“YOU WILL BOW BENEATH ME “ 
Loves showing their power through extremely violent means. 
Asch’s wrath and Leif’s crazy mix in a way that is just incredibly hostile to literally everyone. 
PRONE TO VIOLENT OUTBURSTS 
Hates being bothered 
“LEAVE ME ALONE! “ “ KNEEL PEASENT” “ HAHAHAHAAHAHAA YOU REALLY THINK THAT YOU STAND A CHANCE AGAINST ME?!?! HAHAHAHAHA! Stand down human. It’ll be easier that way. “ 
has Asch’s condescending attitude. 
Loves nothing more than bullying others and just making people feel bad. 
Also loves taking selfies. Like...too much. Has a tendancy to stare in the mirror for elongated periods of time admiring his muscles. 
Hates being ignored. Like many of the other fusions. this one gets the MOST pissy about it though 
Feels like everything in the world belongs to him and that he deserves it, fuck anyone who disagree’s I’ll just blow their heads off with my fire magic. 
Complimenting him and feeding his ego is the only way to stop his violence. Depending on how you do it that is. Like complimenting his strength could make things worse
has NO PATIENCE WHATSOEVER 
LAVA. They can create LAVA together. They melt them bitches down to Asch. 
Ava and Asch 
RAMPID CURSER
Ava’s salt mixed with Asches wrath. THEY ARE VERY ANGRY AND PISSY 24/7 
Kinda thotty. but also not? its complicated. Maybe forward would be the best way to put it
Lies constantly. Its never ending. Like they lie to everyone their friends, their enemies, their family, themselves. 
Will eat food off the floor. 
They are extremely rude and foul mouthed. They never seem to get along well with anyone and are prone to making death threats when annoyed. They never follow through with them of course but. 
One of the few ava fusions to fuse both of their regular attires together. a Reddish pink shoulderless jacket with a cape at the back. They have a FLUFFY light pink hood, and their pants are poofy towards the end with black and pink stripes. They also have asch’s arm sleeve thingy.
grows impatient REAL quick and is prone to use deadly force...well pseudo deadly force when angered
 Like stabbing
Literally pissed, annoyed, or tired 24/7 
Loves being in control of everything 
 In battle they constantly taunt their opponents. Using a disturbing variety of swearwords & unique Self-esteem breaking insults. 
Wears ALOT of pink. Has red eyes however. but their outfit is just a bunch of pinks and blacks.  
Nonbinary goes by he/him they/them 
The other 7 will be in part 2 I need time have to think of them. I’ll add more later! 
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jess-the-vampire · 5 years
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If I could have your opinion, how do you design fankids?
oh it’s fairly simple actually.
It’s like this.
The best way to start building up a fankid is to for one, take elements from the parents you want to incorporate.
eye shape, color, hair, ect. (You make even mix those elements together, find a close inbetween that works)
(I personally just looked at most fankids and decided to use elements that most people DIDN’T use, like sunny having tom’s nose for example since for some reason most tomstar girls never get tom’s nose)
You can even take elements from their grandparents if you want, but don’t have the MAJORITY of their elements be from their grandparents.
You don’t want the kids to be clones (Unless that’s what you’re going for?), but you don’t want them to be so different looking they don’t even look related to their own parents (Unless they’re adopted).
You can take exact colors from the parents, but i recommend usually blending their colors in some way.
As an example, let’s use my bby landon:
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he has red eyes like tom and his horns are similar in colorscheme but in terms of his skin and hair, i actually just blended the colors of marco and tom’s hair and skin.
Then, if the colors felt a little too….dull? I just simply move the color on our color wheel/Box, and move it slightly more away from the black/white section to brighten it a little.
You might be messing with colors for a bit to find something that works but blending, just slight changes in colorscheme from the parents can do WONDERS to help your chaarcter be their own person but still keep them obviously bloodrelated to their family.
(This kinda stuff is why the queens and the bloodline bothers me a little, because most of the queens, look nothing like their moms,  i either have to assume they all got more paternal DNA or something else is up but it probably only bothers me so much because star and marco work with their families but so many other characters look nothing like theirs)
After that, your next step is figuring out, who this person is.
you need to give them a personalty, and this might be the element that takes the longest.
Cause here’s the thing, you can be a FANTASTIC artist, brilliant, gets thousands of notes all the time and everyday, but if you’re making an au and comic and your main character, if not all your characters lack a lot of personality and just seem….dull, people are gonna tire of them.
I should be able to take one look at your characters, and get a feel for them, what kinda person they are, what they like, good or bad? Silly or dangerous?
Whatever or whoever they are, should say that to the audience upon a glance.
refs can help in some cases, but i always think it’s good to start out, with…maybe one idea for your characters. (But don’t keep them one thing though, because if the only thing i know about your character is....they like music, they’re gonna feel one-note)
Like for example, let’s use……Ashton, from my au for this example.
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(Btw, scars and markings like those, GOOD, those are things that tell you the characters have a story behind their scars, it’s a thing that tells you something about the character)
His normal posture and appearance leaves off the impression he’s…grumpy, clearly been involved in fights before, clearly works out, doesn’t seem to get along with someone, makes you ask questions.
Does he work out because he gets in fights often? why is he scarred? was the scar a cause for his mood? ect.
I take ashton, and when i add him i have one idea in mind for his character…..
he’s a criminal to mewni, now working for the princess?
Good start, now, this is when you start asking questions to build him up.
Why is he a criminal? What are his thoughts on mewmans and monsters? On the butterfly family? does he like his job? Does he like the princess? Why would he chose to work for her? Where are his family?
Asking questions help.
Go back to landon, landon plays violin.
What got him into violin? Was it one of his parents? How does he feel about his parents? How does he feel about being a demon? About being the middle sibling? Is he lonely? Does he hold any resentment?
The more questions you ask, the more you can build your character.
And trust me, this process can take awhile, but you will eventually get there.
Make everyone a little different, give them different hobbies, if they have similar hobbies, maybe they do them differently, maybe they all like different types of music that fits their personality.
Make them unique, have them have some conflicting opinions like normal people would, make them a part of you.
Every character is apart of you in some fashion, even if it’s just a small bit like they just like this one movie or band you love.
Get inspired by other characters you love and build and build, and eventually, you’ll get it.
I can’t say i’m some sort of expert, i mean, i barely get 100 notes on most of my work, and i make content all the time for my characters.
but i have fun and i’m passionate about my characters because well, i like their personalities, just like i would love a fav character on a show i watch.
if your character gives you so many cool idea to play with and you get excited about making new content with them, then you’ve done it, and that’s all that really matters.
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National City Gala: an otherworldly event.
some insights on this glorious night:
Astra does not want to go. In fact, she makes Alex show her how to RSPV No. She does not want to spend an entire night surrounded by the city’s Rich&Clueless™ club just to engage their curiosity over Supergirl’s ‘misterious’ helper. (Lucy taught her about ™ and how mainstream took it and now uses it as something funny. She finds it remarkable.)
Catco is the one throwing the event, though, so Cat convinces Kara to convince her aunt to go.
Astra only says yes when Alex mentions it’ll be on the same night as their first anniversary and, well, they could really use the free high-quality booze and food (Astra says yes because of the look in Alex’s eyes, not so much for the perks).
Cat is adamant about choosing Astra’s outfit because “I can’t have you walking around in one of those practical clothes you love so much.”
When Astra walks out of their room in the dress, however, Alex has to use all her self control not to jump her right then and there.
When adults approach them, phone in hand, asking for a selfie, Astra’s glare is enough to send them running away. When a little girl, with a shy smile and kind eyes, steps uncertainly closer to them, though, Astra beams and asks if the girl would like to do any special pose.
(Alex feels her heart swelling when she sees it and almost swoons when the little girl asks her to be on the picture as well because “she and Astra look nice together”)
Kara appears as Supergirl, with her hair down and no glasses, not in uniform, but sporting the colorscheme. Alex and Astra have a great time watching her and Cat trying to act professional, since the CEO is dating her former assistant, not the hero.
Astra stays close to the people she knows and only talks to one periodical, Catco.
Alex knows Astra will never admit it, since all the poshness is everything she stands against, but they have a good time. They dance and they laugh at Winn being his usual dorky self and they spend most of the night flirting with each other. It is weird and they almost feel out of place, but their friends and their relationship generate a good outcome.
Maxwell Lord (invited out of pity) falls face first while in the middle of a speech on how aliens can be a menace and, honestly, that is just fitting.
(Astra may or may not have used her superspeed to remove the wet floor sign he had been about to notice).
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snivy and tepig
Oooh, good questions!!! I actually didn’t expect any other people to send me asks lmao i appreciate this one
Snivy: Which are your top ten Pokemon?
1. Rotom. èwé
2. Vivillion!!! I love all the different colors and patterns available they make me so so happy my favorites are ocean river and modern!!!!!
3. Ribombee! I have a weird thing about fairy pokemon, this is the perfect and most pure and wonderful fairy pokemon i’ve ever laid my mortal eyes upon.
4. Cosmoem! Really pretty cool pokemon that i’d probably never evolve just bc??? look at her????
5. Tsareena because she is queen
6. Girafarig !!! he has a chain-chomp on his tail and his colorscheme is rad as fuck
7. Klefki because he is me, i love collecting abandoned keys not to mention that he’s a fragile wonderful fairytype that i couldn’t believe existed dsjhfkjsah
8. Chinchou!!! good childhood favorite.
9. Literally all of the eeveelutions
10. Shuckle because he looks like a ceramic turtle from super mario and he’s my baby
BONUS: CHingling i couldn’t fit him on the list but they are me!!! they are very much me,,,, a very good small pokemon
Tepig: Which are your bottom ten Pokemon?
1. Shiftry just straight-up pisses me off. I just want to sucker punch the entire 3rd gen because of pokemon like shiftry. JUST lOOK at  IT. from the hidden eyes to the silver hair to the fEET to the ??? hands?????? it doesn’t even hav e proper hands i’m shittin g i hate this pokemon so damn much
2. Absol suffers from the same problem as my 3rd choice it has that side-bang and just jesus christ look at that mega evolution oof ouch i’m bleeding from the edge
3. Mightyena looks like some emo kid’s fursona and I hate it. just make it bipedal and you’ll know exactly what i’m talking about
4. Wailmer….. is absolutely terrifying but at the same time… really really stupid looking. look at those beady little eyes and teeth. i’d be absolutely terrified if i saw that staring at me from the water but then i’d feel like an idiot because LOOK AT HOW HARMLESS IT LOOKS
5. Silvally. Why? Look I understand the magic of friendship makes it evolve into this and it’s all nice and symbolic and shit but Type: Null actually looks really badass?? this thing just looks terrible
6. Turtonator- Holy GOD what is with the NAME OF THIS THING
7. Terrakion. just. why. that mouth?? the head things??? idek
8. Druddigon ????? why is hhis head red??? why is he blue??? i don’t understand why he’s so hideous to look at
9. Fearow is just ugly in general tbh but offends me the least
10. Aerodactyl, shit-tier gen I pokemon
BONUS: Relicanth, holy god it looks so damn boring and dumb it doesn’t even evolve into anything WHO LET THIS HAPPEN
Thanks for asking!!!
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technicalthinker · 7 years
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looking at screenshots from the second amelda (or alistair if dub? but im gonna say amelda for now) vs kaiba duel in general but especially afterwards where kaiba carries him out of the plane makes me remember how amelda really has the exact same colorscheme as kaiba and I love it. Like when i was younger I didnt think of it but now, like he really is kaiba’s counterpart/mirror in many ways and they nicely added that aspect into the outfit too. In a way he is similiar with the lean figure and long jacket/cape, and they got the same white, red, black, brown and blue in their outfits. But it is very flipped around in where they use the colors and to what extent and that's what makes it work even better imo. Like Ameldas red hair even is the same tone that is in Kaibas cape. Or just like kaiba has a white long cape but without sleeves and instead has a black shirt covering his arms, amelda has a black cape but with white shoulder decorations (??) breaking it up. Idk I just love when they let protagonist and antagonist kind of mirror each other just in general but here they incorporated it visually in a way that I think really worked without making them look identical, make any design suffer or just make it too obvious.
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