#Hilda sketchbook

[thisbelongsto-nohbodys]

Was debating on who'd confess 1st between Hilda and Frida and decided that Frida would if we go with the headcanon that a witch and their familiar share an emotional bond and can sense each other, Hilda would likely not realize Frida's feelings until told. This would be them about age 15. Not 100% on the dialogue since I did this on the fly unlike the other comics but I just had to get this out so I can work on other things

[phopollo]

Promise I'm working on all the other Hilda ideas I just posted, but this came to me and I had to do something with it before I forgot

So

(Super light Hilda season 3 spoiler)

Throwback to @blaithnne saying "Sketchbook fake dating AU," because I have a new proposal for how it goes it since we know who Hilda's dad is now;

(She really wants out of board game night)

Also pardon the ever changing style, I literally worked on this like, all day and I started getting really exhausted in those last few pages

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[airborneice]

@sketchbookweek Day 3 - Sun & Moon / Family

you know I had to bring up my sketchbook kid Mattie for this one. in my mind this is like…impromptu midnight storytime bc someone woke up the entire household and now she’s almost settled no one wants to get up or go back to bed

(Kaisa has become a little more comfortable with openly doing magic by this point, partly because of reconnecting with Tildy in season 2 and partly because no matter how shoddy her spells come out, they never fail to entertain her kids, especially her youngest. Kaisa does the best stories in this house. no child can resist magic floating pictures)

[helgafolk618]

sketchbook but bubbline-coded 🤭

BONUS: bubbline but sketchbook-coded ✨️ ⬇️

[waddles-ex-machina]

“ppl only ship sketchbook bc they’re obsessed with lgbt-” WRONG actually I ship sketchbook bc it makes every situation in the show objectively funnier

like listen I’m just saying that if you assume kaisa and johanna have already met at any point in the show before Hilda’s first visit to the library, every single insane thing kaisa enables her doing or gets dragged into with her has 1 of 3 explanations:

1) kaisa is aware that hilda is her girlfriend’s kid and therefore that she has to take a personal interest in her safety, but it makes no difference bc in her view fighting marra & raising the dead is just normal kids stuff. but also halfway through one of their dates johanna mentions the ghost ship that crashed into their house that one time and kaisa’s internally like “ah shit this is because I taught hilda to raise ghosts isn’t it 😬 this is fine”

2) kaisa doesn’t mention any of the goings-on at the library to johanna but only because it hasn’t occurred to her that that’s johanna’s child. like hey, there’s probably a lot of chaotic children with blue hair

3) johanna and kaisa are well on the same page when it comes to Hilda’s adventures, so Hilda’s going about her business thinking she’s being super stealthy meanwhile kaisa and johanna are casually catching eachother up on the kid’s adventures over coffee

[kiki-draws-things]

Hey if it works, it works.

Got the idea from @blaithnne

[nfatcheese]

ohhhh okokok waitwaitwait

what it johanna and kaisa made a book together. like hilda and co find out kaisa is writing an encyclopedia of magical creatures but needs an illustrator. and hilda's like

"oh! my mum is a great artist, and she's seen lots of magical things before"

and that's when johanna and kaisa meet and they start working on the book. and it starts out professional but they start getting closer as they keep working. and then hilda's really excited because her mum is making a friend and then she realizes her mum has a bit of a crush before even she does and starts trying to hook them up.

and then they need to do field research for reference and oh no! johanna's sleeping bag somehow didn't get packed and now they only have one sleeping bag. it's a good thing they're both mature adults and can handle this situation maturely.

and then they're gay.

[m64fan]

A sketch of Hilda and Johanna hanging with Karen and Kaisa.

[jetcat-14]

TAKE MY PHONE FORM ME I FIND THESE AND I MAKE THEM.

Hilda meme

[yourlocalbibliomaniac]

sketchbook 'cause brainrot

with and without sketch.

is it just me or is Kaisa really hard to draw??

they're saying something, I just can't figure out what lol.

first time trying digital art so since I was using autodesk sketchbook and I'm a nerd I drew this lol.

[dankdefrank]

anyway kaisa with hilda after she starts dating johanna or even marries her

either way i don't think hilda would call her mum or smth like, she just doesn't and kaisa respects that. hilda calls her by her name and kaisa calls her 'kiddo' mostly, sorry not sorry.

also kaisa not very much liking anders but understanding he's important to hilda although he did hurt johanna with him leaving and basically being not a great co-parent/partner for most of time. she gives him a chance to be present now and she's not going to ruin it for hilda ((also my perosnal hc that her parents divorced when she was a kid bit it was pretty okayish so kaisa wants hilda to not ever have to hear how one step-parent bullshits on bio parent))

anders would be lowkey awkward with kaisanna happening but he's supportive, i imagine he tells kaisa something like "you're making her happy, i can tell that. she never smiled like this way with me". fight me but i believe johanna met anders in college and she admitted to him during breaking up she just can't feel anything towards men at all (she's a late bloomer lesbian!!!) and he has this "wild" thought that she may be lesbian but thinks that's not it. WELL

although hilda likes kaisa i believe she would have need some time to adjust. yk, it always been her and johanna, now the third one is coming and... hilda wants the best for her mum but she's only a child so it would be natural for her to be a bit battled about this. either way, she absolutely accepts it tho she's probably the last person to understand it, sorry not sorry (frida, david and louise know before her. they just do)

ALSO. johanna not accepting her lesbianism at first but trollberg is apparently pretty supportive place and kaisa definetely takes her to a gay bar. they also holds hands during bird parade they just do

[probablyaseamonster]

so... me and my bro had a discussion...

[phopollo]

Last night, the realization of why Sketchbook (a ship I was pretty indifferent about when I started drawing art for it) grew on me so fast hit me like a truck, but if I were to just say it, you wouldn't understand as well

So

[airborneice]

“What’s this one supposed to mean?”

“Hmm..beauty or strength, sometimes.”

“Perfect.”

@sketchbookweek Day 2 - Wilderness / Witchcraft

going back to my roots of drawing sketchbook being gay in a field

[thirdtidemouse]

ugh.. i posted first ever sketchbook fic.. it's just the 1 chapter if i write anything more it might not be continuing this ooough

sorry sketchbookers i do not write but i hope you like it anywa

[waddles-ex-machina]

Hiiii! So, I just started interacting with the fandom I realized there's a lot of Johanna x Kaisa shippers (Sketchbook is the name ship?), and I wanted to know what's the appeal of the ship cus it never occurred to me to ship them lmao

Anyway, all in good faith! Thank you if you answer it, but it's fine if you don't!

Hello! Welcome to the fandom!

That’s a totally fair question, I’ve been a sketchbook shipper for years so to be honest shipping them is just second nature to me now, but let me uhhh try and remember some of my (and the rest of the fandom’s) reasoning. gonna put this under a cut bc it got kind of long I’m sorry 😭

Soo my favourite reason and the thing I never shut up about is that Johanna and Kaisa fulfill VASTLY different roles in Hilda’s life and in the show itself - Johanna is coded to be this very safe stable character for Hilda who isn't all that into her adventures (I know she breaks out of this image later in the show, but it’s still a big part of her character. like. for the most part she just wants some peace at home with a cup of tea please) and Kaisa is there specifically to enable Hilda’s adventures and point her at the dangerous thing. and character dynamic-wise, this is just. very funny. POV you’re a single mother just trying to see her child to the next birthday and the weird lady at the library keeps giving her books that can raise the dead. they’re at such odds by design that it sets up a ton of potential for how they could start off on the wrong foot (enemies to lovers babeyy) or have to try and meet each-other in the middle. and they’re both involved enough in Hilda’s life that it really feels like only a matter of time til they get thrown together by one of Hilda’s shenanigans

also, design and personality-wise they have an “opposites attract” kind of vibe I think? for instance Johanna is outwardly very friendly and a bit of a people-pleaser, but takes absolutely no shit when Hilda is in danger, and Kaisa puts up this dark mysterious persona, but deep down is quite insecure and anxious (and also more caring than she lets on - you can tell she’s also got a bit of a soft spot for Hilda when the kid isn’t actively trying to steal swords) so it’s fun to imagine how Johanna and Kaisa’s personalities could play off each-other when they have such different outward appearances but are more similar deep-down.

Theres also some fun angst reasons off the top of my head:

Johanna has had absolutely nothing but bad experiences with magic and Kaisa is an actual witch, and is partially responsible for some of those experiences (tide mice, etc). you can spin like 1 million scenarios out of this and people already have and it's great bdhsgdjh

Johanna has spent most of her life being abandoned by the people she trusts (her parents, Anders) and Kaisa has been shown to (unwillingly) shut people out and withdraw for fear of not being good enough. You could read them as both having difficulty trusting and maybe being able to help eachother through their insecurities together

to steal a very good point I saw @the-hilda-librarians-wife make a while ago, they’re both outcasts in their respective communities - Johanna struggles to fit in with the other parents and isn’t shown really having any friends in the show, and Kaisa gave up being a ‘proper’ witch to be the keeper of the books, and the other witches clearly look down on her as a result. They lead vastly different lives, but do have similarities that they could connect over and support each-other through.

ALSO - now we know Johanna is also magical and lost a part of herself from having her memory wiped - there is that potential for them to find the things that they’ve been missing in eachother. Kaisa deals with all kinds of magic shenanigans as her day job and could arguably do with some peace and someone to lean on, but she isn’t shy about magic/danger/any other weirdness. Johanna has an adventurous side that was repressed along with her childhood memories for years that still feels very distant to her. They could help bring these things out in each-other and bring a bit of balance to each-other’s lives.

And, coming back to what I said about them having different roles in the show, it’s just very fun to picture them as a co-parenting duo for Hilda. normal mom & chaotic mom. Hilda would be absolutely unstoppable

Finally, imo Kaisa is absolutely a lesbian (years ago I made a joke post on here saying smth like “did the Hilda team know they were making a wlw icon here” and someone from the team replied with “yes” JDKHSJ) and I’ve been in the fandom long enough to know the effect that Johanna has on those, I rest my case 😌

I hope that explains it kind of!! also if anyone else has any other points to make for why they like the ship feel free to add on!!