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TEHY'RE SO CUTEEEEE!!! I JUST FINISHED DRAWING THEM IN MY STYLE!!! SHOULD I POST IT??!
You drew fanart of my blorbos? šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ You shouldn't have šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ Yes please, I'd love to see how they look in your style, I bet they look great!!! Better than mine, probably lol!
If you haven't colored them in yet, may I offer some help with that? I gave them specific color schemes (and used a color generator to help visualize them lol. That's kind of stupid, I know, but it helped me a lot personally)
Here's Pepper Jack's:
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There are supposed to be little bits of red and orange in his hair as a reference to how pepper jack cheese actually looks. He's brown like Golden Cheese is, but lighter. He's got red eyes like Burning Spice does, too (no slit pupils though, just normal eyes)
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I labeled these all as "wings" because I have, like... a sort of gradient in mind, you know? They're mostly blue with a bit of grey/silver mixed in, that gradually lightens to white. (Again, this is for an honest reason. I know it's weird, but I didn't make them blue just because, I swear.) Also, that blue on the far right - you know how Golden has those little triangles on the tips of her wings? I thought of Jack having those, too. Little bright blue triangles that stand out against the white. Idk if that would actually look good, but that's an idea I had... He might look better without them tbh lol. (Also, the skirt is blue, too. Blue with white trim and a black belt. And the bracelet, anklet and sandals are gold)
Here's Matar Paneer's:
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I wanted her to be orange because matar paneer (the actual dish) is orange. The eyes are a nod to her mom and to the "cheese" part of the food she takes after ("paneer" is the name of the cheese used in it, it's a type of goat cheese that's a lighter yellow). She pretty much stole Burning Spice's hair, color and texture and everything lol. I'm still debating how to color the dress tbh... idk whether to do a red blouse and a yellow skirt or vice versa. (Also, spoiler, Paneer gets tattoos when she's older lol. Some of them are just like Spice's, some are entirely original (won't spoil those just yet))
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Didn't want too much green anywhere, just the trim honestly. Like the hem of her skirt or... certain stitches or something. "Matar" refers to green peas, so I figured she ought to have at least some amount of green in her look. (Plus she has little green earrings that look like green peas!) Again, still not sure about the dress. Her primary color is red (both because of Spice and for another reason), so I want red to be the most prominent thing. Been leaning towards yellow blouse w/ red sleeves + red skirt, but idk. You're welcome to experiment lol. Nvm that one color there, idk what to do with it anymore. Maybe it would be better for the tattoos? Maybe it would contrast against her skin better? The fuck kind of name is "chocolate cosmos" lmao
Also, I wanted there to be some sort of design or pattern on her skirt. Pattu pavadai often has that (look it up, they're all very cute. Indian women's fashion is so cool honestly). I was thinking, like... little cheesebirds or lotus flowers or something. Or hieroglyphs. One of those. (Also, she has gold bracelets on both wrists. I didn't draw them because I didn't think they'd be seen properly with the way she's holding the katar)
Sorry for rambling, I did warn you all that I would talk about these little guys forever lol. I'm extremely flattered that you wanted to draw them, I can't wait to see what you did with them ā¤ļø
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Outline # -1 Abandoned Lore (Trinity)
@fanfics-and-fangirling
I have learned my lesson, I will be writing these on Google docs and then copy-pasting onto Tumblr. While I am on GD, I figured I might as well open the docs I used to write the actual fic. Man, I went through a ton of hoops to get where I am. I will be using the most coherent ones for reference.Ā 
I can literally track my thought process as I went through writing all the different versions and I still have no idea how tf I went from this to dropping a flaming papermache whale on Raā€™s Al Ghul. And I will die mad about it. Which means more meticulous notes in the future I guess.
Also, Iā€™d like to apologize for how long it took to get this out, I have no sense of time whatsoever and as always, thereā€™s a lot more than expected. This was 7 pages long
Original Ramble PostĀ 
Like most of my stories, the MC is an OCI - reincarnator brought into a fictional world they once watched. (Because I am obsessed with that trope.)
I now find the original name I had for her cringy and out-of-place given these are norse gods. So, from now on her name is Lokka, which is the female version of Loki
Thereā€™s a whole ass backstory about the transition of godly names and power I wonā€™t go into. Just think Thor and female Thor kind of thing I guess. Sheā€™s basically seen as a spare Loki but itā€™s also a respected position.
Was tempted to name her Sigyn since Marvel doesnā€™t care about actual norse myth relations. No, Idc that thereā€™s a canon Sigyn.
If youā€™re curious, the original name was Aradia. Yes, like the queen of witches.
MC is an asgardian, the daughter of the librarian in the royal palace and a blacksmith
She managed to get an apprenticeship under Loki and is occasionally taught by Frigga. She also learns under Eir when both her royal teachers are busy.
Lokka found her way into the central plane, probably having found itā€™s location from Lokiā€™s notes and is unaware that itā€™s unstable.
So, Lokka is in the central plane, having the time of her life exploring new lands when she stumbles across a crying Marinette who is very lostĀ 
Unlike Lokka, Marinette does not know where she is or what is going on. She literally just tripped into a portal and has no way home.
Lokka takes Marinette under her wing and promises to help her find a way home
Problem is, she doesnā€™t know which of the three universes Marinette is from.
Even if/when she finds out that the girl is from MLB-verse, she still wouldnā€™t know which one that is because she has no reference to which world is which. Only that Marinette is probably not from Asgard.
At this point, she is unaware she lived in Marvel, she just knows Asgard is Norse Mythology.
So they continue to wander the central plane, Marinette ends up picking up a card guardian for a pet, accidentally becoming a cardcaptor.Ā 
Marinette has trouble pronouncing Lokka and Lokka gives Mari permission to call her Cosette (pre-reincarnation name)
Meanwhile, Raā€™s sends Damian and Talia into the Central plane for combat experience and resource gathering.
Raā€™s might be 700 years old, he might have access to the Central plane but he sure doesnā€™t know about magic or how it came to be or the current state of it. He might know somethingā€™s off because all the inhabitants have been increasingly on edge and the weatherā€™s been stranger than usual but he didnā€™t deemed it important
Notably, he has never seen anyone other than those who heā€™d sent in himself in the central planes (CP, from now on bc I am getting tired of typing the entire thing out) so as far as he knows, the CPā€™s only entrance point is under his control.
Talia and Damian, whoā€™s still going by Hafid, go hunting for resources and training
They separate for a bit for individual hunting/training time
Marinette and Cosette (Lokka) stumble across Damianā€™s camp
Misunderstandings occur, Damian fights them, more accurately he fights Cosette
Cosette tries to protect Marinette while also making sure not to harm her opponent
It was harder than she expected considering her opponent was a child
Asgardian training pulls through and she is able to do both
Damianā€™s tied up, Marinette is confused, and Cosette does not want to deal with this
Negotiation time
Marinette canā€™t speak Arabic, Damian doesnā€™t know french, and Cosette has all-speak
This means Cosetteā€™s sitting there, having to repeat everything the kids say to each other for translationā€™s sake
also misunderstandings before the kids realize allspeak is a thing
Cosette is stuck with two kids who donā€™t like each other, one of which barely puts up with her so she does what most adults do when kids are too troublesome
Distract them: she does magic tricks with actual magic
Damian+Marinette are fascinated, Cosette accidentally gains two magic studentsĀ 
even though sheā€™s still learning herself and all she has for guidance right now are Lokiā€™s and Friggaā€™s notes
So, the trio end up travelling together
Damian demands Marinette should at least be able to fight so they train her too
They also figure out that Marinette and Damianā€™s worlds are not the same.
Cosette drills some value of life, basic morals, and feminism into Damianā€™s head
Marinette and Damian (Hafid) have trouble pronouncing each otherā€™s names
They chose nicknames for each other from Cosetteā€™s bedtime stories
Marinette is obviously angel or Tenko
Damian is gets Kabane, the name of a half demon
Kabane later changes to Kasane, protective blade
Yes, Cosette was/is a weeb and yes, they still mispronounce names which defeats the whole purpose but at least they kids donā€™t notice now even if Cosette is cringing every time they
They run into another card guardian and this one goes to Damian.
Cosette does not pout about this, it would be very immature
One training montages, several fights, a couple language lessons, and an abandoned (and Cosette-raided) house later, Cosette gets to the part of Lokiā€™s notes where she figures out that the CP is collapsing in on itself and uh-oh
She tells the kids the gist of it but theyā€™re too smart, ask all the right questions, and end up figuring out the important parts of situation that sheā€™s trying to keep from them
Cosette is both impressed and a little put out, mostly impressed because not only did they figure out extremely complex magic, they also mostly remained level headed.
Marinette wants to rescue the card guardians and for once Damian is backing her up so Coestte gives up the notion of returning home and they go collect the guardians.
Remember, DC and MLB universes are closing in on each otherĀ 
MCU is drifting away
If they donā€™t collect the guardians, Cosette would have the time to just drop them off at their world collection points and head back to hers
After collecting a couple guardians, they end up finding Talia and explain the situation to her.
Talia joins the gang, she may or may not be plotting a marriage
They raid a couple more houses, collect the 54 card guardians, and complete the power transfer ritual (replacing the Yueā€™s trial because the cards are the guardians)
The cards end up latching onto the three kids.Ā 
Marinette gets the Mistress title, Damian gets Sun Guardian, and Cosette gets Moon guardian.
Originally Cosette was going to be the mistress and Marinette the Moon guardian but because of the way Iā€™ve decided magic works in this world - explaining that will need a whole other post - if Marinette is the moon guardian and gets the Ladybug miraculous, she will - for lack of better word - get sick and possibly die... or not.
Yā€™know what, it made sense at the time. But now that I think about it, weā€™re going back to the original idea.
Cosetteā€™s the Card Mistress, Marinetteā€™s the Moon guardian and Damianā€™s the Sun guardian.
Spoiler alert: that is a plot point for tropes-verse.
The completion of the ritual breaks puts CP deteriorations in high acceleration
Damian and Talia get into their circle, Cosette and Marinette in the other
Damian doesnā€™t have any cards bc he doesnā€™t want his grandfather trying to get to them. He and Talia agreed Raā€™s would only know about the CPā€™s destruction. He does, however, have a CP beast that they picked up.
CP beast: magical creature that was born of CPā€™s magical residue or smth
Damianā€™s looks like a Teddiursa (Teddy bear pokemon) it is not
They have a notebook from a raided house detailing CPā€™s deterioration for proof
Cosette goes with Marinette because she canā€™t make it back to her universe and in the event that Marinetteā€™s also from Cosetteā€™s universe, she wonā€™t be alone
They separate with the promise of meeting again.
At this point, I have had several differing ideas
They all go into DC world because they arenā€™t sure of Marinetteā€™s world
Child trio goes into MLB world and Talia tells Raā€™s Damian died
Everyone goes into MLB and Raā€™s finds out about the collapse when he tries going in himself and finds out he canā€™t and just assumes they died
Yā€™all, Iā€™m starting to see why I canā€™t do one-shotsā€¦
One of the things I forgot to mention in the rambling post is that while Marvel-verse was pulling away, it also messed with the time regulation thing, a day in the Maribat-verse will
Time in CP was very messed up
Kind of assumed readers could piece it together but I figured might as well make it obvious and straight up say it
MLBU: Cosette and Marinette arrive safelyĀ 
Marinette is delivered home and Cosette has to figure something out
They find out Marinette has only been gone for a week
Marinette has some separation anxiety for about three days
Cosette slowly realizing this is an MLB universe and having a crisis
Cosette gets adopted by the Dupain-Chengs and starts working at the bakery
I have not figured out ages for Cosette
MLB goes like most Maribat fics pre-gotham because Iā€™m lazy
Will likely be adjusted if I ever actually write this fic
Except Cosette steps in when things got too far and Paris has 3 heroes
Cosette is the known as the Sorciere or Lokka
Her uniform is just her asgardian armor
Good but misguided Adrien, Cosette probably adopts him too
Love square goes platonic and Cosette is glad this rom-com is over
Magic tutoring continues
Cosette is neutral with Fu and fascinated by the miraculous
You remember those ghost interactions? Those are filtering in
One of the first things to merge is the internet, because it doesnā€™t have a physical body and itā€™s just waves of information
News and discoveries between the world are being swapped
Given what I remember from DC and dimension travel, it wouldnā€™t be surprising if they figured out universes were merging.
The news about JL and Parisā€™s situation are causing all kinds of confusion
Cosette beings looking for information on Damian
As the physical world begins merging, thereā€™s pockets of space where you can slip from one world into another; not quite portals but close
Eventually the trip to NY became a trip to Gotham because their plane slipped between planes (sorry, I saw the chance and I had to take it.) but yeah, that happened.
Thereā€™s quite a few details Iā€™m forgetting
DCU: Damian and Talia arrive ok and report bare basics to Raā€™s
It has also only been a week
Raā€™s is displeased to find them back until they report the state of the CP
Thereā€™s the whole coup not long after and Damian is sent to Bruce
Damian is much more innocent looking when heā€™s bringing what appears to be a teddy bear with him
Itā€™s name is Abd and it has grown wings by now. Actual name pending.
He gets teased about it, but under Cosetteā€™s teachings, he has learned the virtue of patience, underestimation, and getting revenge with a side of entertainment
He does not try to kill Tim either
He also has to make the choice of bringing Abd with him as Damian or as Robin
He choses to make a side company for WE making toys based off creatures from the CP so Abd wouldnā€™t look too out of place
It takes two weeks for the bats to realize thereā€™s something off about the Abd
They are convinced itā€™s haunted and Damian is very entertained
Abd only moves in daytime when no one - Damian excluded - can see it
Movement can expel magic that interferes with recording tech
Alfred is the first to figure it out and surprise, surprise, he has some magic books for Damian to learn from
Itā€™s from the Wayne family library and they just assumed the language was lost to time. At least three are from Alfredā€™s own family.
Bat brothers spend the next 6 months trying to convince Damian his magical pet bear is a haunted doll.
Damian sort of getting along with Poison Ivy because his Sun magic is very compatible with plants and they love him
On an unrelated note, the plants seem to refuse to attack the new Robin
Damian randomly, unconsciously humming to songs Cosette and Marinette sang
Damian just vibing with the magic users of JL and Teen Titans
No one took him seriously at first but he pointed something out during a conference
ā€œRobin, stand down and let the magic users handle thisā€ - Green Lantern, probably
Constantine who actually knows what heā€™s talking about ā€œNo, no, let the boy talk.ā€
The plan was twice as efficient after Damian was through with it
Now Constantineā€™s trying to adopt Damian as an apprentice, heā€™s failing bc the bats are protective and possessive of what is theirs
Reminder that Damian brings Abd with him everywhere and heā€™s still getting teased about it from anyone who is not a bat (still convinced the thing is haunted)
The only thing the magic users have picked up about Abd is that heā€™s a magical construct which could mean a number of things but they brush it off as just a doll.
No one is prepared for the thing to come to life, multiply in size, and start spitting ice, sleep sand, and illusions. (Hiccups bubbles and can also turn into a cloud.)
They are also not prepared for the thing to quadruple in size and for Damian to ride it like a horse into battle. Reminder that Abd has wings and can fly.
Confusing talk about whatā€™s going on in Paris and some other parts of the world
JL slowly figure out the universal merger that Damian already knows about
Damian is not impressed, it took him and Angel about 2 hours as 9 year olds
Somehow, Damian still has the ice prince image, less demon spawn though, that goes to Abd
Time moves on and one day, a plane from the other world arrives in Gotham
Thereā€™s a bit of confusion but itā€™s not exactly the first time something like this has happened at this point
WE steps up and offers jobs and a tour and all the usual Maribat plans (not just for the kids but all the other people on the plane)
Given the merger of the internet, MLB class and crew have some idea who the Waynes are and they accept.Ā 
Estimated about 6 months for full merger so people from MLB world are kinda just stuck there until then
Lila literally cannot lie about knowing the Waynes personally but she sure can lie about other things.
Dick and Damian are sent in to monitor the group
The reunion is awkward given they canā€™t freely interact and are not supposed to know each other.Ā 
While Dick is talking, there are just wide eyed staring between Marinette, Damian, and Cosette. With something a little extra between Marinette and Damian.
Cosette is torn between laughing and groaning at another rom-com trope coming in fast.
She ends up filming it bc blackmail is always good to have
Adrien is confused and quite frankly, heā€™s really just there to cover for them
The tour begins and about five minutes in, the trio breaks off and exchanges stories and names.
Cosette hears about Batman and has a dawning realization of what this world is, mentally nopes out, later digests that they are going into Maribat verse
Starts checking off Maribat tropes theyā€™re coming across bc she might as well have fun with it
They continue to meet up
Batfam thinking Damian somehow managed to get two girlfriends
Damian choking on his breakfast when it is brought up
The girls are invited to dinner and Damian is just dying inside
Cosette blatantly hitting on all Damianā€™s brothers in the first 5 minutes
Damian screaming internally while Cosette cackles
Dick is awkward until he realizes itā€™s a joke, Jason plays along, Tim has an awkward bean crisis
Tim x Cosette? Maybe.
Cosette does that sit and repeat thing at least three times out of habit
Batfam gets full explanation about how they met and everything
I have played with the idea of Cosette getting fear gassed a couple times and Idk how it would go tbh.
Thatā€™s as far as I got with this version, so shenanigans ensue
Pretty sure they used the cards and magic throughout even if I didnā€™t mention it
Absolutely would be useful for being in two places at once
I later changed so the merger happens and then Parisā€™s heroes meet the Justice League
Damian immediately recognizing Cosette but not Marinette bc magic
still effective but weaker because of Damianā€™s magic type
He later recognizes Marinette later when she pulls off a move he taught her way back in CP
Nickname confusion for everyone else
Cosette vs Constantine on who gets to teach Damian magic
Damian goes to Paris. They beat Hawkmoth and then go to Gotham.
Also had a general idea of a plot with LoS that never got fleshed out past existing
If weā€™re going for the rebound version: Cosette reunites with Thor and Loki during the Avengers movie
Also, poor Heimdallr. He probably had a lot of headaches with the universe crash
Accelerated merger because of the convergence in the dark world.
I wanna go with 2012 Avengers towers shenanigans. + Loki and his sort-of but not really daughter
Cosette vs Antman, shrinking/growing, science vs magic.
And then thereā€™s the whole Ironman vs Batman vs Arrow rich boy fight
Hammer x Luthor or Hammer vs Luthor?
Also, Cosette just staring at her home universe in betrayal and being insulted she didnā€™t think of it earlier because classic Nordic myths had Loki as Odinā€™s brother and not his son among other things but still
Fight against Thanos is a bit anti-climatic when you give a gremlin murder child magic and a sword that can through anything, including magical artifacts.
this baby boy can and will fight God and Cosetteā€™s not really the kind to hold him back
If I actually wrote this, a lot of things would probably change because Iā€™d actually have to put more thought into logistics and how things work
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