Umm, press X to doubt. You know, I know, WWE knows that they had nothing planned beyond Sasha and Naomi losing in their efforts for the Raw and SD titles at HIAC. Miss me with that bullshit.
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Magtober Day 15 - Statement Givers
I'm later than usually, but not too late. Huzzah!! Naomi Herne is one of my favourite statement givers, both because her statement was SOOO good and really stuck in my mind and because she's gotten well deserved presence in some of my favourite fanfiction. Props to such a lovely side character <3
My goal for Magtober is to do a sketch every day according to the prompt. I've been suffering from that headspace where every peice needs to be a finished piece, so I'm tryin to break that.
Prompt list by @emerald-emerlad for tmatober 2023!
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Based on the on-page body count and problems caused, the real antagonist of the Temeraire series is the language barrier. Also slavery.
The two antagonists of the Temeraire series are the language barrier, slavery, and the casual cruelties of societies who get to choose who counts as a person.
The THREE-- I'll come in again.
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doing my research data entry, listening to Stars's album No One Is Lost which was (and especially the titular, final song, was) my big Widowtracer music back when I was into Overwatch. And that is reminding me of how much what I liked about the Overwatch characters and lore was stuff that I made up - not even, necessarily, stuff the fandom made up (which was most of it - Overwatch lore was not good) but my own idiosynctratic preferences for ship dynamics.
At least I was into Reaper76 in the same way a lot of other people were, and Reaper/76/Ana the way a few of my other friends were. McHanzo and McGenji were hit-or-miss, McCree (back when he was McCree) & Pharah's sibling relationship prevalent but rarely a focus. But I never really found a lot that satisfied me about Widowmaker/Tracer, because I had such a specific view of what I wanted from them. One I made up because there really was not much there at all.
What I liked about the idea of them was Tracer moving fast staying bright in an attempt to outrun fear and fatalism and collapse by being aggressively optimistic; contrasted against Widowmaker who had accepted it all dully. Tracer desperate to prove that there was something left of Amelie in there, that she could be brought back. That she could be saved. That no one is lost. Proof that things could be okay in the wake of a shakeup in her world order that cast her adrift. That her world could make sense again.
Thinking about it, I'm continuously compelled by characters who are projecting their issues all over each other; especially in the manner of, I feel lost, hopeless, hurt, terrible, irredeemable. I don't believe I have a future, or can ever change, or have a place anymore, or atone for what I did, or can come back from this, or can be loved, or can be saved. But you're in a way worse mess than me, so I'm making it my project to save you, because if I can prove you can... that you can be better, that you can have a future, that you can belong, that you can atone, that you can be loved, that you can be saved... then maybe I can, too. I have to believe that, and that's why I believe in you when you've been written off and have written yourself off. And I'm going to keep reaching out.
And then I discovered Metal Gear Solid and it had a lot of the character dynamics I liked in my made-up headcanon Overwatch actually present in the text. I didn't have to make it up, it was actually there and intentionally and competently written. I was still kind of reading this dynamic into Snake and Meryl (still convinced they were projecting their issues about being loved and being abandoned all over each other in MGS1 and mistaking that for attraction) but a lot of what I liked about Reaper76 and McGenji and McHanzo and stuff was just... there.
And then I got into Wolf 359 where this redemption-by-proxy projection is just straight up textually what's happening between Eiffel and Hilbert. So: getting into fandoms for better written things with what I actually wanted in them is part of the solution here.
But also it was my Widowtracer experience that made me go, I am basically just making up my own character goals and interactions here. Why am I bothering to make it fanwork when it's basically an original story.
I never did put that anywhere. But women desperate to save each other, women desperate to prove they can be saved by saving each other, and women who have the nagging fear that they were wrong doing the evil version of this and trying to seek vindication and absolution through each other do crop up again and again in my imagination. Maybe I should pin that down sometime and give my headcanon Widowtracer the story they deserve.
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You reckon Pepper went up to Lana all like "play with me! ☺️" because she recognised her as the doppelganger of the Tattler twins?
Or maybe even thought she *was* one of them, implication aside? ☹️💔
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A tale as old as time: Naomi being the first one eliminated smh
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raye penber staring in horror at light yagami from the train station floor, not because it’s the seventeen year old that he was trailing in regards to the kira case a week prior, but because he was killed by a homosexual.
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Wow.......I consider myself a petty person, but apparently WWE has me beat by a mile.
I’m at the point where whether or not you agree with what Sasha and Naomi did, you can’t deny that other wrestlers who have walked out have not been given this same kind of treatment.
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Magtober Day 28 - Side Characters
*draws Naomi Hern* *draws Naomi Herne* *draws Naomi Herne* *draws Nao-* *gets sniped*
My goal for Magtober is to do a sketch every day according to the prompt. I've been suffering from that headspace where every peice needs to be a finished piece, so I'm tryin to break that.
Prompt list by @emerald-emerlad for tmatober 2023!
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the fact that 42 sapphic shows have been cancelled this year but heartstopper and young royals have been renewed is insane. don't get me wrong, i still love those shows, but it really shows the bias in media consumption when it comes mlm vs wlw shows
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OCS DESERVE BETTER -> Naomi Gray (Shadowhunters)
(FC: Jessie Mei Li)
The daughter of the warlock Tessa Gray and Shadowhunter Jem Carstairs, Naomi never truly knew her father outside of Tess and Will’s stories. Sure, she would see Brother Zachariah - who was Jem - but it just wasn’t the same to her. Will was her father in every way but blood, and Lucie and James were her siblings, even if they looked vastly different from each other. They were a family in every way that mattered.
Like her half-siblings, Naomi inherited demonic traits from Tessa’s side, manifesting in the form of being able to create and manipulate illusions, including others. When using the ability, a bright, yellow light will seemingly emanate from her hands as she creates or manipulates the illusion. One thing she inherited from her mother that her siblings didn’t for reasons still unknown, was immortality.
It wasn’t noticeable at first, but eventually it became obvious that Naomi wasn’t aging like her siblings - even though she was older than them. The family had conflicted feelings about this development, and Naomi swore that she would look after her sibling’s descendants, that she would make sure they were alright.
When Will passed, she found herself eventually staying with her mother for a period at Magnus Bane’s apartment, where she befriended the warlock and ended up using his apartment as a waypoint when she wasn’t keeping track of her siblings descendants. Try as she might to keep her promise, eventually it became too hard to keep track of every descendant, and when the Herondale’s seemingly disappeared off the face of the Earth, she found herself quietly asking Magnus if he either had room for one more or knew of a place she could get near him.
Outside of interactions with a few vampires and Magnus, Naomi is able to distance herself from the Downworld and Shadowhunters - until a small group starts asking for Magnus’ help with retrieving a girl’s memories.
tagging: @guardiansofheroes, @stanshollaand, @foxesandmagic, @hiddenqveendom, @arrthurpendragon, @cas-verse, @eddiemunscns, if anyone wants to be added/removed let me know!
+ @bravelittleflower because it’s thanks to you i was able to actually develop her into more than an idea!
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