It's been a while huh? How about a long ass trolls au post? Would that be anything?
Ok but seriously I'm obsessed with them and wrecked my sleep schedule for two nights in a row because I was having so much fun drawing them. I haven't seen any crossovers yet and I have many thoughts about how the mdzs/trolls lore works.
I was thinking about making each clan a different type of troll (the lans would fit classical so well etc but I wasn't really into the cupid aesthetic lmao) but the point of this at the beginning was just to get rid of major art block by drawing cute trolls so I just did whatever :'D
The gist of it is Wei Wuxian is a rock troll adopted into the pop troll society by the jiangs and in his yiling laozu era he fully leans into the rock side of himself that he used to suppress to fit in. I had to make Chenqing into an electric guitar, obviously, (rip wangxian duet) and he uses it to control rock zombies. As usual he gets resurrected by Mo Xuanyu (Did he die by being eaten? Maybe.) and his final form reflects both his love for pop while embracing his rock side as well. Also yes, the Jin trolls are yellow, so.
Since the Lan clan are not really classical trolls I thought they're instead more of the love ballad type of pop, (fits the lans only love once thing too!) so, very sentimental. Which makes Lan Wangji stand out by being cold and seemingly closed off while he's secretly composing love songs for Wei Wuxian. Design-wise I felt the lans would wear more layers and keep their hair tied but I wanted to differentiate the style from Wei Wuxian's ponytail so it's either a half tied up (down? since troll hair goes up??) or a bun. I thought it was funny to give Lan Wangji a huge hairpiece to keep the high hair thing going even when it's tied. Also it kinda marks his age, the taller it is the older he is. Maybe it's a status symbol as well.
I didn't really put too much though into A-Yuan since I just randomly decided to add him cause baby trolls are adorable but basically just Wen colours and the pigtails are homage to manhua A-Yuan whom I love.
Overall I tried to mix design elements from both ips and I really like how they turned out. I think that's all for now. :'D
anonymous &&. said... It took you and Milla to develop KazuRen? O: That's a lot of time and dedication, I don't think I could ever do that myself.
yes! i think the official date kazuren got together was sometime in january — but there were a few months of buildup leading up to that point. ( our blog anniversaries are actually only a few days apart. ) ironically it was around december of last year where their relationship started taking a turn in an explicitly romantic direction. there was an entire subplot about kazuha gifting ren a scarf and ren diligently spent the entire winter wearing it — it was very cute and i devote way too much of my brain space to thinking about these two.
i have to give credit, though — i'm only partially responsible for kazuren and everything involved in it. milla has been an absolutely wonderful rp partner and i cannot overstate enough just how fortunate i feel to have met them. spending so long developing a ship isn't necessarily everyone's cup of tea, and that's perfectly fine! we all have our preferences, whether it's slow burn or something pre-established. personally, i've always loved taking things slow and gradually building things up dynamics over time — and this goes for platonic relationships as well! i just find something very rewarding about looking back on where things began, where they are now and all of the trials and tribulations and developments that brought the muses there. i've always seen roleplay as the act of collaborating on one big story together — and this ship wouldn't have been possible without milla to collaborate on it with me.
basically, it's just been super fun and i'm really excited to see where it continues to develop from here!
No but how are you asking ummm why are ppl calling metal a she🤨 under my post and then i open your profile and its all cartoon characters with insanely huge bazonkers. Worry about yourself clearly you're not the warden of canonTM
I didn't realize you lived in Australia I assumed you flew there like other ppl I follow. I'm even more happy for you that you that they came so close to home! And you got such a killer show
thank you it is so fucking surreal :'''') i never even dreamed of seeing them even once and then they added a show HERE. AND THEN ADDED A SECOND SHOW like genuinely nobody plays two nights here unless they're like ed sheeran or something, most artists rarely even come here. i got to see them with my irls who got thru high school listening to mcr it was so special 😭😭😭 only downside was our fucking weather lol my poor friend got heatstroke even though we weren't close to the front :((((