#More wow characters need heterochromia

[druidonity2]

Sketch based off a headcanon I have (that Sylvanas only gained one blue eye after the soul rejoining and not two)

[marciaillust]

the older i get the more I fall in love with kuroko no basket. I wouldn't say my enjoyment of it comes from the strength of its writing or the depth and pathos the characters bring to the table but it's just so. so. it frog boils you

it starts off by introducing the generation of miracles and its just a buncha kids that are super good. one is turbo fast, one is naturally turbo tall, one can make 3 pointers from far far away. like sure there is a gimmick but its tiny, it's *believable*. these six kids are just that good whatever you watched sports anime, you know how this goes

but all in all the show starts off as. hey. we love basketball. this show is named kuroko's basketball, it is gonna be about what basketball means to its characters', especially kuroko. ok. fine. you have this duo and one is loud and obnoxious and the other one is quiet, they are the opposites but they are like light and shadow, we are gonna root for them as they go on their basketball journey and tell us what basketball means to them. ok

but the shadow guy. he's so much of a nothingburger he disappears on the court so he can make surprise moves. ok. wow. kinda funny. kinda gimmicky, more than being just tall or just fast, but like. its his whole personality anyway. everyone doesnt notice him off the court in real life too. it causes problems for him. its his dominant trait as a person on the whole. gimmicky but in character. out there but lowkey fits the threading of the fabric you're weaving here. that's just our main character and who he is as a person.

and then for the next 100 episodes you're slowly. with every match. getting exposed to new characters. with their little gimmicks. but you've seen anime before, everyone's got their thing. One will be less agile but the brains of the operation. One will be good at observing. One can do really really good fakes. Ok fine. But then. then the plot keeps escalating. the stakes keep going up. we need more characters. new matches. new gimmicks.

One of our characters can see the court really well, he knows whats what immediately in his surroundings. Eagle eye, they call that sense. But then he meets another guy, an opponent, who can see the court EVEN BETTER. He has got the HAWK EYE! the zone (state of intense focus) becomes a mythical land that only select few have the access too. Regular dunks become *METEOR STRIKES*. Slapping a ball away from your opponent becomes a *SPEAR*. Dribbling with 3 fingers becomes an indicator that you're actually on LEVEL 1 of your dribbling skills and it can go up by TWO MORE LEVELS

But throughout all of this you're like. Ok. Ok. Obviously this is basketball. The things we're seeing are merely visual metaphors and allegories for my enjoyment. It's not meant to be taken literally. BUT THEN. EVERYONE REACTS TO EVERYTHING. DIAGETICALLY. ITS WATSONIAN ALL THE WAY DOWN? EVERYONE is aware of the eagle eye and the hawk eye and the technical differences between them. Noone has done a meteor strike before! That's only theoretical! THE ZONE? its a door. Its like the door from fma. you can get cast out, the door can close on you. AND It guarded by someone! WHO IS STOPPING YOU FROM CROSSING THE THRESHOLD? Search. Find out. Withstand the storm. Open the door!! The dollar store yaoibait becomes all but text. The bonds between characters get elevated to biblical proportions. The main charas are light and shadow. But that shadow already had his light in the past. But they had a breakup. Now its like being in a new relesh looking to prove your ex boyfriend that he was wrong to dump you. And the new light is gonna stand up for his man, he's not gonna take the disrespect laying down. And the pot keeps boiling until the final bad guy of the whole tournament, the defending champion, is this redheaded twink with heterochromia in his eyes and hes GOT THE EYES OF AN EMPOROR! AND PEOPLE FALL TO THEIR KNEES FROM MERELY LOOKING INTO HIS EYES ON THE COURT! HE SAYS BOW BEFORE ME AS HE DRIBBLES PAST THEM AND THEY FALL!!! AND HE TALKS TO EVERYONE LIKE HE'S A DIVINELY PROTECTED TSAR OF REALITY! AND EVERYONE TAKES HIM SERIOUSLY!!!

BUT THEN YOU LEARN THAT ACTUALLY HE'S GOT A SPLIT PERSONALITY THING GOING ON AND HIS REAL SELF IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY HIS EVIL AND MEAN BASKETBALL SELF AND THAT TO DEFEAT THE GAY LOVE THAT OPPOSES HIM (the main characters) HE MUST SUICIDE HALF OF HIS PERSONALITY TO FREE HIMSELF TO REACH THE BASKETBALL HEAVEN AND HE DOES THIS VIA A CONVERSATION IN HIS HEAD DURING MATCH AND I CANT STRESS, A "PERSON" DIES, AND HE LOSES THE HETEROCHROMIA AND ITS LIKE. ITS TEXT I GUESS HE WAS POSSESSED

AND ALSO EVERYONE IS COLOUR CODED AND LIKE 17 AND ALSO THE 3 WOMEN IN THIS SHOW HAVE AT LEAST 5 SCENES DEDICATED TO SIZE OF THEIR BOOBS BECAUSE IT WAS 2012 AND THAT'S WHAT WOMEN FIGHT OVER IN PRIVATE AND THE LIGHT AND THE SHADOW WANT TO PLAY TOGETHER FOREVER AND THEY WANT TO GET BASKETBALL MARRIED AND THEY LITERALLY HAVE AN AIRPORT SCENE IN THE FINAL EP IS ANYONE ELSE SEEING THIS HELLO? TAPS MIC HELLO???

[sunthyme]

Okay, now is technically the last one before my prefect design lol. OOPS I FORGOR fuck well here they finally are lol...

😭Other Side Characters😭

I drew so many cutie patooties in this batch omg they're adorable. But first we'll kick off with the Royal Blade characters!

🐱Chenya🐱

Because I'm not spelling out his whole damn name 💀

(he/she/they/it/ whatever pronouns you can think of lol) Genderqueer - Pansexual

Teehee I forgot to colour in the damn hair clips... I'm gonna kms /j

- Genderqueer cat. Any character based on the Cheshire Cat is genderqueer to me istg. Chenya is no exception.

- I kept most of her design the same but added in some heterochromia for funsies and used those colours for the hair clips and earrings. Xe is also Hispanic, idk it just felt right.

- Totally has ADHD. The impulsive thoughts are obvious with this one and I think that Neige serves as its impulse control. They made like, a pact of sorts (after their Headmage yelled at Chenya for doing something) that Chenya tells Neige whatever the impulsive thought is and Neige either tell Chenya 'No, you can't do that' or 'We can do this instead'.

- Broke asf. I dunno but I feel like Chenya has like the worst habit of impulse buying you've ever seen so they never carry money on they to try and avoid it at Trey and Riddle's recommendation. It's mostly worked as Neige buys anything Chenya needs when they go out anyways.

Speaking so much of Neige,

🐦Neige LeBlanche🐦

(he/him) Transmasc - Biromantic Asexual

God I love how Neige came out, look at him!!! He's such a cutie patootie omgomg I love him sm

- Anyways, I was fighting my demons to not make him black and I lost. I dunno, we don't have enough sweet, cute black boys in media and that is a crime.

- I gave him some hairclips with cute lil charms on them and some of those silly little acne patches. Idk if he actually has acne, he totally could, but I think he'd wear them either way to like normalise not be ashamed of it, y'know?

- I gave him some cute little apple earrings which were a gift that Rook gave him after a concert with one of his letters lol. He wears most of the jewelry gifted to him at one point or another but he really likes the apple earrings.

- Has a crush on Vil. Idk how popular of a headcanon that is but as soon as they interacted, I felt like it made sense. I love the one-sided rivalry lmao with Vil hating his ass and he's just like, 'Omg, she's so pretty and cool and smart. Wow, I'm so glad we get to work together so much!' It's really funny ngl.k

- Loves to crochet, knit, and sew. All are kinda skills he picked up while caring for the dwarves but they're his favourite to do. He's made Chenya a few sets of mittens (because for some super mysterious reason, they always go missing) and a quilt at some point.

- Likes anything with apples in it, pies, drinks, you name it. Fall is his favourite season because of apple cider alone (otherwise it'd be spring).

Onto the Kingscholars!

🦁Cheka Kingscholar🦁

(he/him)

He's so cute!!! I love him omg I'd actually love to babysit him look at those eyes

- I kept his design also pretty on model, darken his skin a smidge and textured his hair to match Leona's. Smacked some dimples and birthmarks on as if he wasn't cute enough already.

- The gold eyeliner is like a royal thing, maybe be specific to the crown line or maybe Leona's just too fcking lazy, probably the later.

- He's actually really good at chess. He's played many games with Leona, even though he didn't get it at first, but now he can beat most people who play him (still not Leona lest he really screws up something). Most of his birthdays, he gets a new pretty chess set and he has a little display of them in his room.

Now for his dad! The only character here without a canon design (as far as I know... which I'm upset about).

👑Farena Kingscholar👑

(he/him) - Heterosexual

I woulda also made a design for his wife but I don' think she even has a name?? So maybe in the future.

- I based him more on Leona, trying to make sure that Cheka didn't just get his trait lmao. I think that he got his piercing actually after Leona got his because the palace staff were criticising him for it so Farena went and got one.

- I dunno, he's giving bi wife energy. It helps that the women of Sunset Savannah are buff and cool and I'm so mad we never saw them 😭😭😭 I wanna see Leona's sister-in-law so bad ;^;.

- He's not as much into the intellectual side of things like Leona is, would rather defeat people with strength which is why the two really don't get along super well. Though I think it's only perceived on Leona's side, I don't think Farena realises how much hurt Leona's had throughout his life.

- Angst aside, he doesn't get much in the way of free time what with all his royal duties and such. His favourite activities are spoiling his family and getting used as a weight for his wife's daily exercise!

We got even more other family characters incoming...

🐍Najima Viper🐍

(she/her) - Bicurious

Fair warning, I haven't encountered any of the last three characters lol.

- I didn't change much here either, just added some red streaks to her hair and matched her palette to Jamil's.

- I don't know if her age is ever implied but I think she'd be younger than him by like a year. She went to a different school with Kalim's cousin (who they're like besties).

- I feel like Najima didn't get the same set of exceptions set on her growing up and so her relationship with the Al-Asims, while still not necessarily healthy, was nowhere near as damaging. I think that while Jamil definitely envies that, he'd rather die than make her go through the same thing as him.

Up next,

🧢Mama Spade🧢

(she/her) - Bisexual

Never met her either 😭😭😭

- I based her off my Deuce design and really just added some more piercings. I actually toned down the blonde streaks but I think they'd both have just a few.

- I believe she has a small business??? Or something? I didn't read the wiki but her hat had a delivery service me thinks but I stan her having a small business.

- She loves her son very much and was super excited when she saw his new piercings. Also, super accepting when he came out, obvi and thinks that while Ace is a bit of a rascal, they do click together.

I don't have a ton for her but I want that event to come back pleaseeee 🙏🙏🙏

🐉Meleanor Draconia🐉

(she/they) Agender - Aromantic Pansexual

- I had so much fun with her horns. I made them more branchy and I think a full grown dragon (well, like an old one) would basically have a web of antlers. I added some purple to the tips for the 🌸aesthetic🌸.

- Also added some wave to her hair. Malleus looked in her spitting image so I figured I'd give Levan's genes a chance lmao. They're also super tall, probably even taller than Mal herself and especially with the horns.

- I think she'd have left some things that Malleus ended up growing up with not realising they were from her, like a hair clasp, some assorted jewelry, a couple toys and items that Lilia gave him when he was old enough. Pieces of her for him to grow up with, y'know?

Anyways, I'm so sorry for this posting without anything lmao I was real tired last night! Prefect is next on the chopping block!

[eldrxtch]

Oh dude, I know how you feel about Sonic Battle. Like the gameplay? Pretty tedious after a while, but the story and character writing? Fantastic (Well, aside from the whole Amy diet thing but it was the 2000s, those plot points were really popular for god knows what reason)

But wow, did the game mess me up as a child, and y'know what, it still does. It's mostly just the whole "Hey meet this robot who's basically like a child who learns by mimicking their mentors! Look, Sonic took him in and is basically like a father figure to him! Uh oh, Emerl's malfunctioning! ... Destroy him. Go on. You have to."

Like damn, when Sonic stories hit, they hit hard. Not to mention, the links to Shadow and Maria in Emerl's story. Speaking of - have you seen the teaser for the Shadow animations for Sonic X Shadow Generations?! It has the incident where Emerl went berserk on the ARK! Ngl, I screamed when Emerl showed up.

Sorry for the goddamn essay but I don't really know anyone else who's into Sonic, especially the more obscure titles like Battle so I got a little excited when I saw you mention it 😅

YEAH, god, emerl's whole plotline fucked with me so bad as a kid

There was something about customizing him completely and getting so attached to him and experiencing his growing friendships and personality and then just like,,, 'JOKES ON YOU, He's the final boss, kill him :)' that they pulled

ALSO, I had NO IDEA!! Holy shit!!!! Emerl in another title?! Thanks for telling me, that's so cool!!!

I was OBSESSED with sonic growing up, like, I had played every title I could get my hands on (I bought so many different collection games on the gamecube just to access older obscure titles like Sonic the Fighters and Sonic R) but nothing has sat with me so intensely as the end of Sonic Battle,, OOF.

Sonic Gem Collection is actually how I became obsessed with Nack/Fang haha, I loved his design and mained him in both Fighters and Sonic Drift 2

I need to draw him again tbh... (I draw him usually with heterochromia as a small reference to the Archie comics being unable to decide on his eye color in different issues haha)

[necroangelz]

🪽 I need the angel OC lore NEOWWW!!

angel oc lore? how about lore for an oc that's literally an angel!

『 🪽 』

infodump about an oc

the oc i will be discussing today is an scp oc i made named raziel. their pronouns are they/them. i don't have a very developed storyline fur them so i can't share a lot of info. I'll probably show off a lot of picrews i made of them though. (no links too lazy. ask fur link if uu need)

present day raziel vs past-ish raziel. present raziel here is one of my most favorite picrews I've ever made of them and it's basically their design. and once again, warning, this oc is for the scp foundation and I'm too lazy to explain stuff about the scpf, so I'm going to infodump assuming that the readers of this post know what I'm talking about. and if uur curious or confused and uu care at all just ask

as a bonus here's a link to a playlist that i associate with raziel a lot. i listened to it when i daydreamed about them and stuff

so yes, raziel is a literal angel walking amongst mortals. i made my own lore for how angels work in this universe, based on like some info i read online about the different classifications of angels and what they're like. conveniently I've stored screenshots of the notes i typed (i typed them in a private post i made in this Tumblr account back when i still used this for private notes...) so uu can read these if uu wish

sorry if none of it makes sense i wrote allat like 3 yrs ago and i still think it wouldn't have made sense if i wrote it now

but anyway. RAZIEL LORE

they're insanely tall like 7ft tbh. their form looks a bit unnatural fur a regular human but no one else notices they look out of place. some people who can notice anomalous traits in objects and entities can notice and sense that raziel isn't human. they may also see raziel glow and see raziel's halo. they would also be able to see raziel's wings but raziel has an... absence of those. after their wings got ripped out as ordered by God. yeah

raziel also has a special anomalous trait where they absolutely cannot be photographed, because anyone who sees their face becomes infatuated with them and begins worshipping them, the effects and intensity of the obsession worsening over time. a few people have died because of this. the foundation is aware of this, and destroys any photos of raziel's face they can find, and provides amnestics for anyone who has seen their face. raziel is compliant in the security measures regarding this and hates when photos are taken of them

they also wear a lot of bandages on their body. i contemplated making it so that their body cracks like porcelain sometimes. i thought it'd be cool

raziel's main department is astronomy but they also have a lot of expertise in theology (wow i wonder why). they like to ignore their theology expertise but somehow, situations always happen where their theology knowledge is Needed, and Acknowledged as a result

like i mentioned in the universe lore, powers are split up into legions like task forces to do different jobs. raziel does a quite boring job, on earth, where theyre the equivalent of a hitman who tracks anomalous objects and eliminates them. this is how they got involved with alto clef during his GOC days

more raziel. this picrew didn't have heterochromia options but raziel's right eye is brown and their left eye is red

Look idk much about the lore with popular scp characters, I'm interested there's just .... A lot of reading to do and i can't read nowadays, so clef's story and character here is based on scp 4231 bc I've read that as well as just my own ideas fur him

raziel and clef met when they were on separate missions to raid and ambush the same reality bender. they met each other by chance and decided to temporarily team up. i imagined a few snippets of this—raziel heavily smoking cigarettes bc they knew they couldn't die anyway, and back then they were less uptight that they are now; raziel and clef fighting the reality bender in an abandoned factory; and the two of them setting the factory ablaze and blowing it up

they settled into some sort of relationship where they're not really friends and they don't like each other but something draws them together and so they spend a lot of time together. they don't open up to each other, and raziel knows about clef's struggles with Lilly because they can read his mind, but they don't help him or talk to him about it at all. clef can also see that raziel is an angel, he sees their halos and the eyes on the halos, their giant wings, their glow, and he doesn't mention it either. so yeah they have that kind of friendship

idrk what happens between Then and Now, i just know that raziel transfers to the site clef works at, and clef Instantly recognizes them and knows they met before. and then he tries to investigate them or whatever and learn more about them bc he feels like something's up and he doesn't know enough about this Mysterious Person whos somehow returning to his life again IDFK DUDE LMFAO throws these blurbs at uu

okay WOE PICREW DUMP UPON YE!

honestly i think the main difference between present day raziel and past raziel is that past raziel used to Live like a Human. i mean they didn't feel like a human nor did they behave like one but back then they at least had a fake life like one. they were rich, they had an apartment, they cared a little about their fake appearance and made sure their hair and clothes were always beautiful and fancy, they indulged in human vices bc they knew these vices couldn't affect them, etc. and then along the way something changed. and they cared less until they stopped caring altogether. and their life became hollow and empty

also why does raziel wear a devil horns headband? idk either i just thought it'd be cool and figured, fuck it, it's scp, it's not the weirdest thing a character has in their appearance, and i could just make it so no one questions that part of their appearance either. so yeah

[mercymaker]

1 - 3 + B for an oc of your choice! 😊

Uncommon Questions for OCs and their creators

I'll do the OC questions for Thoriel, just to switch things up a little bit!

1. What’s the maximum amount of time your character can sit still with nothing to do?

Not very long! While Maleane is more of a thinker, who tries to devise a plan of action before getting her hands dirty, Thoriel is very much a doer who just springs into action and rolls with the punches. I think it helps that she's very charismatic, so most of the time things just work out in her favor. But even when there's no action to be diving into, Thoriel is not someone to sit idly. She sings, she dances, she plays her harp. Then sharpens her blades, tinkers with things, finds people to chat with. The girly finds it hard to sit on her hands and do nothing!

2. How easy is it for your character to laugh?

Laughter finds her lips easily! Thoriel loves to laugh and make others laugh as well. And she's quick and witty, so jokes spring up in her mind with relative ease. It's not easy to live a life that feels like a gift, something you owe someone, so she takes every opportunity to enjoy it and laughter is one of the most important aspects of life.

3. How do they put themselves to bed at night (reading, singing, thinking?)

When Thoriel was a wee lil child, Maleane would hum while putting her to bed. Later, when she got a bit older, her mother read stories to her, and then eventually, taught her how to read all by herself. So, growing up, Thoriel was quite fond of reading before bed. When she grew up and left to forge her own adventures, Thori's most likely to write before resting. She sings or plays harp, writes some words down on a piece of parchment, or the edges of a book she's reading. At times she gets lost in a thought and starts writing poetry.

B) What inspired you to create them?

Thoriel just sort of sprung in my mind almost fully fledged. I knew she'd have pink hair because I could totally see Mal's daughter just dunking her hair in a pot full of beetroot juice because she'd think it's so cool to have pink/purple hair! I knew she'd have heterochromia because I wanted to give her something from her grandma. And I think it looks neat and a bit funny considering her parentage and her mother's, uh... company. If you didn't know any better, you could take a look at her, then Maleane and Astarion, and think they're her parents lmao. As for Maleane, she was very much a "oh god, i am finally playing beegeethree, i need to make a character quick!!! panic! oh, i can just sorta make my mage from wow!" case and then I had to untangle all that and justify my choices and make a coherent character out of that (which was not easy!).

[nenilein]

WOW I suck at actually writing these when I say I would.

ANYWAY!

Blaze is a formidable opponent, but like. That won't stop me from trying to convince some more people to pay attention to our sleepy bug boy with the worst magical destiny imaginable!

So here it is. Commence the

SIG PROPAGANDA

It's impossible to convey all of Sig within the boundaries of a single tumblr post, but I will certainly try!

Heads up there ARE some spoilers for Puzzle Pop in this BUT they are only in the last chapter of this essay and are marked with a HUGE sign and plenty of space to turn around when the warning comes!

Chapter 1: The Psychology of Sig

So, the first thing you need to know about Sig is that things with him are rarely as they seem on first glance.

He's very popular among fans, both new and old, for his quiet, deadpan, laconic personality, which is often perceived as "cute", but you know what they say: "Silent waters run deep". And GOD is there ever depth to Sig's character.

Sig is introduced into the series as a transfer student in Puyo Puyo Fever 2. The game's manual immediately makes a big deal about all the mysteries surrounding him, such as his heterochromia, his demonic left arm and the fact that his soul tends to literally, visibly leave his body at times. But once you actually get to play the game, you find that Sig's own attitude seems more "tired" than actually mysterious:

He tends to fall asleep halfway through conversations, give very court, laconic answers that make it sound like he doesn't want to have a conversation at all, has a very flat emotional affect and low energy in general and as a result often seems disinterested, stoic and apathetic

-Puyo Puyo Tetris, Chapter 6

-Amitie about Sig in the novel "Sig's Secret", Chapter 2

That's the whole thing with Sig. He's like a stone wall that blocks all attempts to actually get to the heart of what is actually going on inside him. His means of self-expression are very low-key and subtle and it's often very hard to tell how he feels about a situation until he outright says it (which he often just doesn't do). The Japanese text expresses this creatively by reducing the way he uses grammar and vocabulary to the absolute basics: His way of speaking Japanese is entirely grammatically correct and valid, but he never says even one word more than he absolutely needs to say. This goes so far that he doesn't even have an official way of saying "I" in Japanese. He never says "Boku", "Watashi", "Ore", "Ware", "Jibun" or anything of that sort. The most he does is verbally gesturing into his own direction by saying "kocchi" which means "over here". This way, his speechstyle almost seems to hint at a diminished sense of self in a way; Sig seems to perceive the people around him more intensely than he perceives himself.

The one exception being when the topic is entomology, his one and only passion. He becomes significantly more verbose and outgoing when he gets to talk about insects and the science behind them.

-Puyo Puyo Quest, Arc 4, Chapter 1

-Puyo Puyo Drama CD Vol. 2, Track 1

As a result of all this, the general impression the people around Sig around him tend to get is that he doesn't really care about anything other than entomology (which, by the way, is extremely relatable to a lot of people on the autism spectrum. Heck knows, I got accused of "caring about anime and video games more than real people" a lot as a teenager.) But that isn't the whole story.

Any time his character is examined more closely it quickly becomes apparent that he actually cares intensely for the people around him and their well-being. He just has a hard time expressing it.

-Puyo Puyo Quest, Main Story, Arc 2, Chapter 1

-Puyo Puyo Tetris, Chapter 4

-Amitie, starting to realize she had a completely wrong read on Sig in "Sig Secret", Chapter 2

When taken under a closer microscope, Sig often seems almost more aware of what other people need than they themselves do, though he also tends to ignore his own needs (as long as those needs are unrelated to insects and/or sleeping). He has a history of being quiet about things that bother him just because he wants to avoid conflict, and tends to just walk away from any possible "waste of energy" rather than engaging with it, unless something or someone he cares about is directly at risk.

Amitie, thus, once again summed up how Sig's character is usually perceived within the Story Mode of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2:

...However, the keyword here is "seem".

Because, though he very successfully tries to hide it, the fact is that if there is one thing that can SERIOUSLY ruin Sig's day, it's forcing him to remember the unusual condition of his body and magical powers...

Chapter 2: The State of Sig

-Amitie asking Sig about his red arm in "Sig's Secret".

Character profiles of Sig often claim that "He doesn't pay any mind to how his arm and eye suddenly changed" when he transferred to Amitie's class.

Character profiles of Sig are LIARS. Sig is hiding it, but he very much does pay mind to the condition his body and magic have been in ever since he's transferred, and he hates it. It's just that his primary coping mechanism for dealing with things he hates is to ignore them. That is also why he rarely ever speaks to Lemres (whom he dislikes because he can sense Lemres' innate dark magic and it gives him the chills) or to Yu (whom he hates, because her humor and ghostly nature creep him out). Generally, a good litmus test for how comfortable Sig is with someone or something is how much he talks about them or it. And he avoid talking about his left arm whenever absolutely possible.

Fevavember 3rd, Sunny Class Duty: Sig One of my arms has been kinda weird lately. Doesn't hurt, though, so, whatever.

-Sig in the unlockable class journal in Puyo Puyo Fever 2

Sig: Oh, hello. Akuma: Ah, Sig, ma. Is your left hand still in this unusual state, ma? Sig: Yeah, no change. Think it's gonna stay like this forever now? Akuma: I do wonder. If at all possible, I wish to return it to normal, ma. Sig: Back to normal, huh? Akuma:It would not be an easy feat, ma. Sig: I'll give you some of my bugs if you put me back to normal. Akuma: I do not lack the will, ma. What I mean is, that healing your condition would require a special power. Sig: Do you think the victory medal will fix me, if I ask it? Akuma: Hm… That might not be enough, ma. You must wait for the right time, ma. Sig: Okay, that's fine.I'm already used to it anyway. Let's just Puyo battle.

-Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary, Akuma's Route

But, as seen above, that doesn't mean it doesn't actually bother him. He's just trying to distract himself from the fact that he currently hates his own body and is worried about how much further it might change.

He becomes somewhat more open about his condition to Amitie in particular after the events of "Sig's Secret" though, when the two promise to each other to keep an eye on it after an, ahem, incident, almost causes Sig to lose his soul to his demonic heritage.

- "Sig's Secret", Chapter 9

Thus, in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, for the first time, Sig actually admits it when his magic is acting unusual, enabling Amitie and Raffina to step in in time and dispell the danger.

This is a sort of openness about his condition that Sig would never have shown before the events of the novel, when the only times he ever brought up his arm in this sort of way was in internal monologue, in thought-bubbles, secret from the other characters.

Like, this line in Puyo Puyo Fever 2 is mumbled so quietly that in context it is clear nobody except for Sig himself can actually hear it.

And this line happens in Puyo Puyo Quest, Arc 2, Chapter 4, which is set shortly after Fever 2. Sig thinks this after everyone else has already left the room.

You can tell that his connections to his classmates have slowly caused him to open up about his personal discomfort with his situation to the friends around him, little by little.

Unfortunately, this openness might ultimately not protect him from the very thing he's most afraid of, but I'll get to that in a spoiler section in the next chapter, which is...

Chapter 3: The Reasons for Sig

There's a lot one can say about Sig, even leaving all his lore aside, and in fact, I have already done so: In many ways he's just a normal kid who's a little on the eccentric side, but has many of the same wants and interests as other middle schoolers his age and, above all else, just wants to be allowed to live life at his own pace, surrounded by people and things he feels comfortable with. That is entirely what his Character Song, "Easygoing March" is about, in fact.

Unfortunately for him, you also can't really ignore his background lore when talking about him as a character, because Sig was unfortunate enough to be born into a situation he has absolutely no control over, but which is bound to eventually determine a huge part of his life regardless:

Namely, that he is the carrier of something known as the "Cyan Soul" and thus the reincarnation and descendant of a part of a once powerful demonic overlord known as the "Crimson Demon"

"The Tome of Sealing" In this book, a "monster" is sealed.  I pray that none will ever lift its seal. -To the people of the future land of Arka, written on this day that the Luneflowers bloomed. On a dreadfully boring day, I happened upon a merchant trying to sell this very book.  "This is quite the amazing tome," they said. "It can seal away souls. It is very simple to use as well. All you must do is open it." I found that story rather interesting. As I was still wondering whether it could be true or not, I was told the following: "Oh my, good Sir, be careful. If you were to drop the book and it fell open, your soul would end up inside!" I quickly acquired the book and consulted with my friends. Fortunately, I managed to gather all of my closest companions together. One of them then voiced an interesting thought to me: "Why don't we go to the castle where the "monster" all are speaking of lives? We should try to lock it away in this book." That idea made our all eyes sparkle with delight. It was not as if we were all convinced of the book's power yet, but rather we wanted to see the "monster" from the rumors with our own eyes. This is how our "monster extermination" began. The "monster" lived on its own, so it was quite easy for us to sneak into its castle. I still cannot stop my body from trembling whenever I remember the fear that gripped me when I first laid eyes upon the "monster". And along with that fear came the unstoppable excitement I felt in my chest when I thought of the idea that we could actually seal this creature away in the book, though I admittedly did not know what deeds it had done in its life. The "monster" loved books, and if the rumors we had heard were correct, it would always read before retiring for the night. We took our chance when it headed out of the room for a meal, and left this book, blank as it was on the inside, on the desk next to the window. With it, we left a note: "I found this book very interesting. Please, have a read." Then we hid outside, on the other side of the window, so we could escape at any time if necessary and waited for the creature to return. Would we really be able to seal away this "monster"?! Finally, the time that the "monster" would be sealed came.  Disappointingly, the moment came and passed without much fanfare.  The moment the "monster" laid eyes upon the note it picked up the tome and opened it without hesitating for even a moment. That was when a mysterious light rushed out and enveloped it.  And from within that blindingly bright light, a crimson soul emerged and was sucked into the book.  When the light vanished, there was a young boy standing there, who resembled the "monster" but not excessively so. It appeared that all the book had been able to seal was the "evil aspect of the soul". Fortunately, what remained of the monster's soul and the body that it dwelt in didn't appear to remember anything of its life before this moment. The boy just stood there, spacing out.  We all entered the castle once again and took the book without exchanging a single word with the boy. Then, we left. The boy, too, didn't pay our presence any mind.  I do not know what became of the boy after we left…

-"The Tome of Sealing", Puyo Puyo Fever 2, Library

The above text is part of an unlockable library book in Puyo Puyo Fever 2 and it is entirely confirmed by now that Sig is in fact the reincarnation and descendant of the "boy" mentioned in this text. Which means he inherited a huge amount of the demon lord's magic power and perhaps even some subconcious memories of their life. That is the reason why his hand mutated after he came to Primp Town (Where the Tome of Sealing is being kept). His body reacted violently to being brought into such close proximity to the other half of his soul.

Remember the demon soul I mentioned in Klug's essay a couple months back? Well, that soul is the other half of the Crimson Demon Sig descended from. And it has only one goal: To merge with Sig, assimilate him and return to their former state of being.

Doing so would almost certainly erase Sig's personality completely and for good.

This young, mild-mannered boy who wants nothing other than just to be allowed to live life at his own pace, his own way, is being forced to defend his right to even just exist. And he isn't even fully aware of it. That is why the novel "Sig's Secret" was such a terrifying experience for both, him and Amitie. He almost had his entire personality overwritten by his past life memories and would have "died" that way if Amitie hadn't managed to shake him awake in time.

That's the worst part: That assimilation by the Crimson Soul isn't even the only danger he faces, because his own magic has threatened to destroy his already fragile sense of self as well before.

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Sig made a mistake. ...And unfortunately that mistake was trying to use his magic, the powers he so much hates, for the sake of somebody else.

Having met Meena, a so-called "dream guide", a being that exists inside people's dreams without a corporeal form and realizes that said being was lonely, Sig decided to let Meena borrow his magic, for which he personally never had a good use, to allow Meena to materialize herself and the dreams she administrates into the physical world so she can play with all his other friends. He wanted to help. It was a pure act of kindness.

But unfortunately, doing so has caused the demonic power inside him to spill out yet again, and this time there is no simple antidote to stop it. Sig has lost control over his own soul again, and is in real, serious danger of being erased in favor of a version of the former personality of the Crimson Demon reconstructed from past-life memories again. We know that Amitie has the power to possibly stop it, but right now, this is the cliffhanger that story ends on.

That's the tragedy of the character. Sig doesn't need much. He never wanted much. He's just a kid who is happy as long as he is allowed to be comfortable in his own skin. But the more the series goes on, the more rarely he is given this luxury. He's forced to deal with a power and inheritance he never wanted and forced to fight for the simple right to even just exist and be himself - something that anyone deserves from birth.

That's what makes this character so fascinating that he's been dominating the Japanese character polls consistently since he was first introduced to the series. He's simple. He's adorable. We want to protect him. But it's getting more and more complicated to protect him, when the thing most dangerous to him is a past he never had any say in to begin with.

In conclusion: VOTE FOR SIG, BECAUSE HE DESERVES TO KNOW THAT HE IS VALID AND LOVED JUST AS HE IS. SCREW OFF, DEMON BLOOD!

Favorite Sega Character: Losers Bracket Round 9

[pokegalla]

Hey! I just discovered your blog and I love your writing! and i wanted to ask please epic or cross, which s/o is some kind of goat monster very similar to human (similar to tubbo) has heterochromia, piebaldism and vitiligo pls

Ok at first I didn’t know what all that was until I searched it. Now I feel dumb cause I HAVE seen it but forgot the names 🤦‍♀️. But yo that sounds like an awesome character holy shit- (they sound GORGEOUS).

And yo….I’ve been DYING to write for Epic. So imma write for both boyos (I love them both). Also thanks! Welcome to the blog and I hope you enjoy your stay! Check out my AU too! Trying to get it more popular….but ok I’m rambling now. Enjoy!

(Ok slightly suggestive in Epic’s part. Just a warning)

Epic and Cross with a Goat Monster!S/o with many brilliant features

Cross:

* Oooooooooo you know this boy is simping.

* Sure he’s seen monsters from all over the AUs but nobody quite caught his eyes the way you did. Your different color eyes, your marbled skin, your different shaded hair. You looked so interesting, so beautiful. When he officially met you, he was a stuttering mess. Mans couldn’t get a proper sentence out.

* When you guys do start dating, he is more straightforward and confident with his compliments. It’s not long before he has you blushing. And if you feel insecure? Prepare for a barrage of kisses, compliments and flirting (shy flirting but still). I have warned you.

* ANYone who decides to bully you? I swear they have a deathwish. They must because how they don’t see a skeleton nearby ready to slice their asses? And someone flirting with you? Just as bad.

* He loves his lovely S/o no matter what they are or what they look like. And he’ll be there to protect you always.

Mini story time!!!

You looked in the mirror to examine your looks. You always felt….like the odd one out. These conditions were rare in humans and even RARER in monsters. You couldn’t help but feel abnormal. Cross was walking by and noticed you staring in the mirror. He smiled and sneaked behind you.

He suddenly spoke up, “Wow you look amazing.”

You jumped and bonked his head, “YOU SCARED ME DUMDUM!!!”

He laughed and kissed your cheek, “Aw come on. I’m just appreciating the view~”

You blushed and huffed, “Ain’t nothing much to appreciate.” A moment of silence passed between you two. Oh you knew you fucked up. He suddenly hoisted you up bridal style. “Noooooo Crossy noooooo I need to get to work!!!” You threw you in bed and he got on, straddling you and began giving you kisses and hugs. You giggled and tried pushing him off but he wouldn’t budge.

“So what was it you said? Ain’t much to appreciate,” He tickled you making you laugh more, “You’re just giving me more excuses to point out all the things I admire about you~”

You sigh after he finally let up with his attacks and you cupped his face, “I love you my Oreo knight.”

He smiled sweetly, “Love you too, my angel”

Epic:

* He’s pretty good at hiding his feelings let’s be honest. But you can always count on seeing a faint blush on his face whenever you passed by.

* Upon first meeting you, he was stunned by your beauty and as a scientist he was super curious of seeing so many rare features on a monster. He had so many questions!

* Dating him was something he’s still shocked about. He still can’t believe you wanted to date him. But he is beyond happy and shows you off to all of his friends. You feel insecure? Bro. You gonna tell it to this guy? This man will PICK YOU UP and run around the town saying “THIS IS MAH WAIFU/HUSBANDO! THEY ARE DAH BEST AND I LUV THEM!!!” Never again. Never again will you think lowly of yourself. At least he got a good laugh outta of you.

* What MADMAN would be crazy enough to bully you in front of the meme lord himself? Must I remind you he has power of god and anime by his side? One glare from him should be warning enough….flirting he’s ok with. But if you look uncomfortable, he’ll help you get away from the person….and he’ll probably glare at them if they get a little too aggressive.

* All memes aside, he loves you as much as cookies! And that’s a special place in his soul. He loves you and is thankful to have you as his S/o.

Mini story time!!!

You were baking a special surprise for your silly skellie. You just wanted to make him smile since he’s always making you laugh. You thought it was the least you could do. You turned off the oven and gasped when your eyes were suddenly covered.

“Guess whoooooo,” The person behind you said.

“Hmmmm could it be my favorite Cookie Monster?” I asked playfully.

“Ding ding ding! You are coooooorrect! And the lovely contestant deserves a prize,” Epic tilted your head towards him to give you a kiss, “Hey Marble cookie. What’s cooking? Smells good in here.”

“You’re telling me you can’t tell me what that smell is Mr. Cookie Monster?” You said.

He practically drooled, “Bruh!!! What’s dah hold up then?! Gimme dah cookies now!”

“You hold on! You try to eat them all as I’m taking it out! No funny movements,” You said.

He pouted but at least he sat down and listened. This time he didn’t steal any cookies. When you served them, he noticed the cookies were quite literally marble cookies. He smiled mischievously as he got an idea.

“These cookies are pretty yummy babe but….,” He suddenly leaned closer and kissed you on the lips, quickly parting to say, “I think I like the taste of the original marble cookie much better~”

You blushed heavily before shoving a cookie in his mouth, “I swear you are so random!”

“You know yah like it~,” he teased.

He got bonked on the head, “Horny jail for you!”

“Nuuuuuuuuuu not again!!!” He shouted. You both laugh and finish up the cookies.

[akkivee]

I missed that post about Jyushi until the other anon mentioned it and now my train of thought has taken me to Jyushi potentially having been born blind in his right eye because why else would he always have kept it covered with his hair (outside of the "lol anime" explanation) and now I can't stop thinking about that what if. It could be something else but! The fact he has a main eye colour and accent like the rest of the characters just gives me big THONK energy about it now.

(Also please, PLEASE, I need more people to be aware of Hitoya's own heterochromia because he's totally got! The central variant!!)

the floodgates are open now y’all any and all theories/hcs are fair game now!!!!!!!

central heterochromia is the coolest way to describe hitoya’s eye colour like wow!!!!!! you are so right!!!!!

[foryoumyheroes]

I love the Otaku todoroki and Bakugou hc's! Maybe part 2 where they meet the characters voice actor and they look EXACTLY like the character and the bois are like 😳😳😳 HAVE I BEGGED GOD ENOUGH FOR HIM TO TURN MY ANIME CRUSH REAL and maybe the voice actor asks them out on a date sksksk— lol love your writing! (you don't have to do this btw, just a suggestion! 💕)

My first thought was the webtoon True Beauty 😳😳 I don't know if you guys know it, but it’s a great story (and free to read online!) and the author is kinda infamous for looking exactly like her MC!! Though Iida’s VA, Kaito Ishikawa, 👀 👀 looks exactly like his character IMO!! 

A/N:

The headcanons in question are here, and since the character is already referred to as [Name], I’ll be referring to the voice actor as [V/A] only, but it’s still the reader 😊😊.

“Shitty Half-and-half.” 

“Bakugou,” Todoroki replied, turning fully to face his former classmate. Several years had passed since they both confronted each other over Todoroki’s [Name] acrylic charm, and even now, both Pro-Heroes deep into their careers, their love for the anime character never waned. 

The series had finished up during their last year at U.A., leaving both boys a mess while Aizawa could only wish that he was able to nurse his headache with half a bottle of ibuprofen. Todoroki mourned the fact that they were able to defeat the last arc’s antagonist at the cost of [Name]’s powers leading to their ultimate retirement and Bakugou raged from the ambiguous epilogue where [Name] was seen laying their head on the protagonist’s shoulder while looking out into the sunset.  

“Don’t play dumb with me, you damned trust fund kid,” Bakugou spat, pushing himself off the spot where he leaned against the wall and striding over to the taller male. He had filled out in the past several years, nothing but toned biceps and broad shoulders. “You’re thinking exactly what I’m thinking.” 

“What?” Todoroki asked innocently. His time with Uraraka had paid off, but the cutesy look would only let him get so far. Bakugou was eye-to-eye with his “eternal” rival. Todoroki had only gotten taller recently. Still slender and toned, he was nearly his father’s height and had already surpassed Natsuo. 

“Might Con.” Bakugou really had grown from the way he didn’t rage from Todoroki’s feigned ignorance. “You’re going to be there aren’t you?” 

Todoroki froze. 

The blond smirked at his expression. “I know for a damned fact that your manager scheduled your panel at the exact same time my panel is held —” 

“We’re hosting the panel together with Midoriya, Bakugou —” Todoroki tried to say.   

“At the exact same time as [Name]’s fucking seiyuu’s autograph session, huh?” 

At Bakugou’s words, both boys were at a standstill. 

Due to the popularity of the anime, the voice actors were going to have their schedules jam-packed the entire con with panels, interviews, and meet-and-greets, but due to scheduling conflicts, every voice actor was allowed only one autograph session at a time. Bakugou didn’t care about any of those other shitty extras. He only wanted to meet [Name]’s seiyuu. 

The voice actor was infamous for hiding their face during the anime’s run, only doing radio shows or paper interviews. They cited that since they were still a minor by the time the anime came out, they wanted to preserve their privacy, but now that they were of age, they were going to reveal their face at the con for the first time. 

But they couldn’t make it. Their entire Pro-Hero career was stabbing itself in the back. 

He held a hand out. 

“If one of us can’t see [Name]’s voice actor the other can’t.”

It was otaku solidarity.  

After a pause Todoroki reached out and shook it once. “Fine.” The two boys dropped their hands as fast as it came. 

Yeah. 

Not. 

Todoroki Shoto: 

Tries to go incognito, but he sucks at it. 

He’s wearing shades indoors to hide his heterochromia and his scar, a bucket hat to hide his half-and-half hair, and he’s wearing regular, but not so inconspicuous clothes. 

Once he gets to the front of the line, he nearly drops his gigantic load of [Name] merch. If it weren’t for the fact that he’s a Pro, he would’ve needed a wagon to carry the entire thing. 

His face immediately flushes. 

You’re wearing glasses and a large sweater while smiling and waving happily at the last fan that walked away. His mind is seeing every equation. You look exactly like the High School spin-off your mangaka made after the protagonist wished that everyone was able to live normal lives.   

He stutters out, “C-Cosplay...?” softly the moment he gets to your table. 

This dude is blushing so hard his face is as red as his hair. 

Were you a secret love child, perhaps? 

You brighten up and laugh. “Oh, wow — you have a lot of merch,” you laugh and he nearly swoons. “And oh, no! I just look like this normally.” 

He mentally thanks his mom for giving birth to him. 

You compliment him on his casual Idol!Shoto cosplay and he’s so embarrassed that he nearly lets go of the left side of his Quirk. 

“Yeah! You make such a handsome Shoto!” You use your [Name] voice to say, “I love you, Shoto-kun!” and he nearly dies right there. 

He uncharacteristically even puts his face into his hands ;; and just screams internally. 

You hold up your pen and look at him with such wide eyes and ;;; YOU’RE SO FUCKING CUTE!! 

None of the fanfictions have ever prepared him for this. 

[“So who should I put these out to?” 

He inhales once and quickly goes, “Todoroki, please. Written with the character for ‘a roaring fire.’ I have admired [Name] since their character introduction arc and felt a bond from [Name]’s tragic history and my own. I hated my father for the longest time and wanted to forage my own path similar to [Name] and they gave me strength —”] 

You fight to keep the largest grin off your face, but then the door busts open and in walks Ground Zero. The security are all scrambling to stop him, but he barrels through them like dominoes. 

[��HALF-AND-HALF!!” 

“Oh, Bakugou —” 

“I FUCKING KNEW THAT YOU WOULD BE HERE WHEN YOU DIDN’T SHOW UP TO YOUR OWN DAMNED PANEL!!” 

Bakugou takes him by the collar and his shades and hat falls and everyone’s immediately fangirl shrieking as Bakugou forcefully drags him away. 

“Wait, Bakugou — ! My dakimakura — !“ 

“Fuck that!”] 

After his panel, he’s smugly going through all of the merch you were able to autograph with Bakugou sulking in the corner because he managed to go and Bakugou didn’t and he nearly drops his figurine when he realizes what you wrote in the corner of the box. 

“You seem pretty cute, handsome stranger! ;) XXX-XXXX-XXXX” 

He discharges his Quirk and Bakugou could be heard shouting, “WHAT THE HELL, HALF-AND-HALF!” in the background. 

Bakugou Katsuki: 

He doesn’t even bother hiding the fact that he’s there. Everyone’s so stunned by the fact that the Ground Zero is just storming through the autograph session that the autograph line splits like the Red Sea and he goes right up to you. 

When he sees your face he just stops in his place and he does the face above for like five whole seconds. 

Did he die and go to heaven? 

WAS THAT NOT T H E [SURNAME] [NAME] SITTING IN FRONT OF HIM???

AND YOU LOOK SO SOFT!! Who gave you the motherfucking right to look so cute??? You look exactly like the panel in volume twenty-one, page 105 where [Name] were first seen wearing glasses. (Yes, ofc he remembers the exact page and volume. What was he, a fake fan?)

He didn’t have a thing for megane 😳😳😳 until [Name].

[“You...You fucking look exactly like [Name],” he manages to stutter out. 

You blink out of your stupor at the Ground Zero at your autograph session because your manager just elbows you at your side and you nod quickly like an idiot. 

“Y-Yeah!” You laugh nervously. “Hahaha, I guess that’s why they chose me to be the voice actor, you know because the voice matches the face — or-or is it the face matches the voice??” The two of you have matching red faces. “I-I even have a Quirk like their’s!” You hold up your hand and activate your Quirk slightly and he goes still.] 

H-His wifu/husbando... in the flesh... 

All those years of reading metas and watching analysis videos and calculating the compatibility of your Quirks are coming into fuCKING FRUITION!! 

And he just grabs your hand out of nowhere, running on pure instinct, wrapping his hand around yours in a vice grip like a claw game and the both of you freeze. 

”S-So what would you like me to sign??” you say quickly because he’s holding up the line, but everyone else is watching his go down like a soap opera. 

He asks you to sign the manga. The first volume, the volume where you’re introduced, and the last volume. 

[“They fucking did [Name] dirty in the series finale,” he says while you sign the manga for him. “They don’t belong with the pissy protagonist.” 

“Yeah?” you ask, looking up at him. You gesture for him to lean closer and he does while you whisper in his ear. “Between you and me I don’t ship them either.” You lean back in your chair. “I don’t think the mangaka developed their relationship enough for me to root for them. Personally, I think that that they should just settle down with someone who’s going to make them happy and protect them — “ 

“I can do that.” 

“What,” you blurt out. 

“What,” he replies.] 

He’s in such a daze that when Deku and Shoto barge into the autograph signing and drag him away he doesn’t even fight back. 

HE WANTED SENPAI TO NOTICE HIM BUT NOT LIKE THIS!! 

Even through his panel that he nearly missed btw he’s so confused. Equations are spinning around his head. 

When he finally has free time and looks at the manga you signed, it read, “Ground Zero, you’re my favorite Hero! Glad you liked the anime! Wanna talk about it some more? XXX-XXXX-XXXX” 

[sinnabee]

Tell me more about ur self insert? (not forced)

oooh don’t really know what to say? she’s pretty much just me lol! sinna in a mask but the mask also looks like sinna. idealized sinna? the me i want to BE (and tho i draw her thinner than i actually am, i could take or leave that bit - i like how she looks when i draw her this way but also i’m comfortable with how i am irl so it’s ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

details under the cut to avoid another super long text post lol

mmm sheeeee is a bit of a gremlin. likes to gently poke fun at people and act VERY put upon and innocent if they try and poke back at her. (dramatic bitch syndrome)

a bit of a goofball and much more prone to give into her childish instincts - less worried about what the people around her are gonna think and more concerned with having fun (as long as it is, at the end of the day, harmless)

favorite hobbies include:

- singing at the top of her lungs with friends in car rides

- doodling on any available surface (including her hands, sometimes especially her hands)

- spontaneous out-of-the-blue plans, like sudden decisions to go on a weekend road trip or go ice skating (read: she’s not good at ice skating lol)

- cuddling with friends on the couch and making gay jokes as often as possible. also platonic hand holding because fuck yeah that’s the good shit (good shit)

- making people laugh by Whatever Means Necessary™, even at the cost of her own dignity

- Specifically The Act Of Shoving Her Hands Into A Pumpkin And Pulling Out The Guts (also you know like, actually carving the pumpkin but holy fuck the whole process is so fun)

- making Official Looking Documents for stupid things and useful things both (i.e. a detailed step by step guide and it is color coded but it’s for like. how to find a Mans™ or How To Levitate Rocks™ (the answer is throw them))

- organizing things that would be fine left alone to avoid doing tasks she ACTUALLY needs to get done (incredibly well organized word documents my beloved)

- yes art and writing and reading obvs, but she’s a lot more consistent with it lol

Other Random or Weird Things She Has/Does

that bitch has heterochromia (as do i!) but hers is MUCH more obvious than mine is - my eyes are, yes, different, but HERS are less “oh wow yeah one IS more green than the other, the other is kinda hazel?” and more “one is is STRAIGHT UP brown and the other is STRAIGHT UP green holy fuck”

hair is FLUFFY. a little curly. it has FLOOF (this is essential, critical even)

obsessed with first aid kits, and better at bringing that dream into reality than i am. she has one in the trunk of her car that she keeps stocked and updates regularly, and one in the house. as well as some small ones in whichever bag she is currently using, her nightstand, and her glove box. (i have the small ones irl but not a big one - and these small ones are like, fr fr the size of a pencil pouch /sobs)

this bitch CLUMSY. she trips and stumbles and bangs into things constantly and is always getting little bruises or booboos because of it (and they have to be called booboos that’s what they ARE. that’s the OFFICIAL terminology. i work in a hospital trust me on this) she also delights and having (fun!!! cool!!!!) bandaids and what amounts to a small pharmacy’s worth of medicine on hand at all times

she will pull out a small black notebook and take notes on what people are saying in a heartbeat. sometimes she warns them sometimes she doesn’t. but if it doesn’t get written down it is NOT going to stay in her brain. for similar reasons the walls of her bedroom are covered in sticky notes (secured by cute washi tape)

alright, that’s a pretty wide assortment of random info (guess what’s true and what’s not lol) for you anon! thanks for the ask, i’m always touched/delighted when y’all are curious about me or my characters!!! 🥺🥺🥺🧡

[kitsunesfandomtime]

Bird Cage - CH 3

Pairings: None, Dad for One, and Izuku trying to befriend Shoto

Characters: Shoto Todoroki, Izuku Midoriya, and All for One (As Izuku’s dad)

Genre: General

Summary:

Bad first impressions can sour a relationship. So Izuku has to settle for information gathering and when feels like he hits a wall decides to ask his father for advice.

He got a bit more then he bargained for.

   "You should be vague about your powers. Not many people are going to see someone with the ability to steal and think you can be a hero," His father told him the day after they moved into the city. His red eyes weren't looking at him, but at old pictures of Izuku's mother that he had picked up.   "What do you mean?" Izuku feels like he has been asking this question a lot as his father has dumped so much information onto him. Feeling the weight of all those years being sheltered is starting to show how hard adapting will be.   "I'm sure you remember, when your 'friend' Kacchan started to be cruel calling you 'useless doll' a Deku," the man spoke with bitterness and disgust. Izuku could feel the hairs standing on end as the man turned those red eyes toward him. They softened instantly as he placed the picture on the table before walking over to him.   "There is a lot of prejudice in the world. If you have no powers then you are inferior, if you have the wrong kind then you are a threat. So build their trust in you," he advises with a smile. "When you've built up their trust they won't see it as evil but a blessing. Basically make strong allies who can be useful to you and you will be invincible."   That was his father's advice, so for the final year of middle school he is to make allies that will accept him. He even avoided telling them exactly what his quirk was. Even the teachers didn't know, only that he had one which his father made sure they didn't press on. There were definitely some suspicions, but they couldn't force them, just like All Might has avoided explaining exactly what his quirk is. Izuku didn't have to say anything either.    Unfortunately, speed and regeneration didn't help him with not falling on his face on his very first day. Watching as Endeavor was steering his kid, he was probably the only middle schooler with their parent hovering over him.   "Shoto, are you even listening? You're still doing that childish rebellion?" Endeavor balked in annoyance, as his son seemed to want to be anywhere but here. "Just because you aren't responding isn't going to change anything. But you need to get over it and start using your fire as eventually you will see you need it."    Wow. Izuku is pretty sure he wasn't supposed to be listening. Everyone else was just going into school ignoring their conversation like it's normal. Even as it seemed like there was a fire about to brew between them, the heterochromia-eyed boy still refused to acknowledge his father.   Though it seemed as soon as Izuku got up, Endeavor noticed that he was eavesdropping instead of minding his own business.    "Can we help you? First you blocking the way now you're eavesdropping," Endeavor questioned with a sharp glare, and suddenly Izuku was reconsidering his earlier surprise and awe for a hero. As those eyes held no warmth looking at him like he was some insignificant speck wasting his time.    "Nope-! Nothing just picking myself up," Izuku may be out of practice, but even he could tell that he was pushing his luck. Still, he noticed how the boy, Shoto was it, took his chance to leave the moment his father's attention wasn't on him.    "I'm going to end up late if you keep nagging me," was all Shoto said before suddenly running as if to get away as fast as possible. Well, so much for talking to him-   "Bah! That boy I swear," Endeavor's annoyance seemed to grow, and Izuku was not going to stay and let it be pointed at him.   "Well if was nice but I got to go-!" Izuku piped using the speed quirk he got from U to dart forward right pass the man. Who likely was surprised at this random kid having a speed quick, though he sort of forgot in his desperation.   He can't see or stop very well when he tries to move at top speed.   "Geh-!" In his attempt to run away from Endeavor, he hadn't really focused on who might be in the way. His face collided hard with someone's back back, hearing a startled gasp in front as the impact forced them through the door of the middle school. Able to feel gravity coming into play as he landed hard on the person he ran into. He was fine since running into a nice cushion. However, he knew the person he ran into- Probably not as much.   "Oh my gosh," one voice from a student likely seemed to be startled, and there was tons of murmuring already.   "He just barreled into Endeavors kid! Look at his nose," oh god, that was the worst person to ram into. Izuku was already dreading getting up. Able to feel the guy underneath him move and suddenly Izuku felt something cold roughly grab his hair.   "The hell is your problem?" 'Shoto' hissed with venom and annoyance as he shoved him off. Well, so much for blending in and making friends on the first day-!   "Owowow- I'm sorry it was an accident-" Izuku hisses as he holds his head to look up only to see why the other was so pissed. Shoto's nose was bleeding and Izuku felt several shades of horror as he realized he must have rammed him into the door before he hit said floor.    "Oh no I am so sorry!" Izuku started, but the bell had already rung and everyone was going to class clearly not wanting to get involved.    "Just stay away from me," the red, and white haired boy hisses as he wipes his nose of the blood from ramming a door at top speed. It was a miracle he hadn't been knocked out by the impact.   "But what about your nose? You should see the nurse-" Just as he tried to talk, the guy just gets up and walks off, holding his nose. While Izuku is left to slink to find his class after being unable to follow the guy.   "Great going, the one guy I should have made my ally hates me already. I still haven't even got to the teachers falculty but if I can avoid him maybe I can find someone else that might go to UA...?" He was muttering as goes to find his class room remembering the number trying to think of how to salvage this. As of now, everyone would know him as the guy that just rammed Endeavors kid through a door and gave him a bloody nose-    That isn't that bad of a reputation if one wants to see tough. But it isn't very hero-like-   Then he walked into the classroom to see Shoto getting a handkerchief from the teacher for his nose and their eyes locked.    "And of course we are classmates," Izuku wanted to cry in despair as those eyes turned cold instantly. Looking like Shoto wanted to freeze him where he stands, shooting daggers with his eyes as he goes to his seat.   "Oh, there's the transfer student. come and introduce yourself," his new homeroom teacher motioned for him to come forth. While Izuku could feel everyone's stares.   This year is off to a great start.   The first day was spent being able to feel Shoto Todoroki glaring daggers into him from across the classroom. It seems like being humiliated by being rammed through a door is an offense no one can just forget.   "Why can't the floor just swallow me," Izuku mutters as he covers his head trying to ignore the stares as he focuses on class. Wondering how he was supposed to make friends when already made an enemy of probably the strongest one there.   Most days were uneventful if he just gave Shoto his space, but his curiosity about the male was all consuming. So despite knowing that the guy would sooner turn him into a human popsicle, he started to well, follow him around a bit at school during lunch.    The boy didn't have any friends, it turns out, and here he thought he would have tons like Kacchan did. It wasn't because no one wanted to, as this was Endeavor's kid, he was smart and good looking. Many girls have tried to confess, but most ended with rejection, though some say he seemed more baffled than anything. Commonly saying, "I don't even know you."   Ouch. So despite clearly having fire along with ice, he was incredibly cold and had been like that for so long. He's the Ice Prince of middle school, keeping everyone at the distance and being able to get away with it. As with his talent, no one would dare have the nerves to fight him.   "But why do you want to know? You trying to befriend him or something?" One of the students, Kai was probably one of the first people to be amicable to him. He didn't really have a special quirk, or anything, nor heroic aspirations. Just ordinary black hair and black eyes that don't stand out at all. Which was a surprise to Izuku since he was used to meeting people trying to be heroes as a kid.   Guess it shows that those in different areas had a lot more variety. Still, Izuku guessed it was weird he was asking around. Considering he had already embarrassed himself, trying to talk to him directly would have been impossible.    "I guess you could say that, I mean I want to get into UA so I imagine he is too. So if I could some how talk to him," Izuku started as he scratched his cheek, looking away. His eyes caught the sight of the male outside. It seemed he was trying to search for a quiet place to brood.    "Didn't you like, give him a bloody nose on your first day?" Kai questioned.   "It was an accident!" Izuku said loudly as he covered his face wondering when the students would forget that.    "Naw it was great! Despite all that popularity no one actually likes him. He's kind of an asshole so it was great to see the 'ice prince' pretty image get a bit tarnished," Kai chuckled as it was funny to see the usually composed and sharp-eyed male walk in annoyed with a bloody nose. Trying to pretend he was alright only for the teacher to quickly try to clean him up.   "Literally no one can talk to him, you have better luck looking some where else. He's scared most other people who would have gone to UA. He's no different from his dad," Kai said casually. Izuku wasn't sure if he agreed with that assessment. He recalls that on their first day it seemed like his father was pressuring him.    It didn't seem like Shoto had any choice in the matter of what his father wanted. In fact, his father was making it quite clear he didn't get a choice and to stop his rebellion. In a way Izuku can relate since lately it felt like his father, who used to spoil him, was controlling every aspect. As if even though he agreed to let him be a hero, it's only on his own path. Needing to report everything was a chore, but unless he wanted to be stopped from his dream he needed to endure. So...   "Maybe that's the problem," Izuku muttered softly, wondering if maybe there were issues he wasn't talking about. Possible family problems at home that affect his behavior.   "You do realize you're muttering right? It's kinda creepy-" Kai pointed out with a weirded out expression.   "N-Nothing! Thanks for helping me out now excuse me!" Izuku went to finish eating his bento, needing to think about it. But- Would he even listen? That was the hard part, as while he had been studying him, trying to talk to him was a whole different issue. -----   "Dad I'm home," Izuku returned home, having made no progress in trying to endear himself toward Shoto. While many recommended finding someone else, no one had the potential to succeed in going into UA. Maybe some would think him shallow or cruel to reject other options, but he needed a friend in some way. Even if already ruined it a bit by ramming the guy.   "Lovely! Izuku, I decided instead of training why don't we bond a bit," the man spoke with enjoyment. Making Izuku wonder what the hell happened while he was gone to put him in such a jovial mood. Then saw something in his hand- A new dress that he doesn't recognize already getting an idea.   "I understand wanting to bond but do you really think I can? I only have one more year before the UA entrance exam," Izuku replied, feeling a bit unsure about this. As his father had been the one that insisted on this tight schedule in the first place.    In turn he received a pet on the head in a gentle manner that made him instinctively lean into his fathers hand. Years of conditioning didn't exactly just disappear and the touch felt nice at this moment.   "Don't worry, I found some spare time and even found a nice resturant we can go too. I feel like we haven't been able to talk as much so indulge me," his red eyes stared down at the boy in his hand. The way it was spoken, almost felt like there wasn't truly an option to pick from as that hand moved to cup his cheek in a loving manner.   "Go put this on, I'm sure you remember how." Hisashi 's tone grew softer as he hands the dress over to his son then goes to leave. Never really allowing Izuku much of a chance to give his own thoughts. Though Izuku realized that maybe could talk to him and ask for help with 'befriending' Shoto. His dad also seemed to know a lot after all, every time they watched the UA festival he seemed to know most of the relations every student seemed to have.   "Fine fine. Just give me a second," Izuku sighs as he goes to his room to change and take a quick shower. Since he could already tell this was another expensive dress, though, it looked more like something out of Shinjuku. A black dress that reached his knees with a sash that goes around the waist. A long white sweater along with a cute beanie hat. Ugh, this meant he had to shave too, or he just felt gross and ruin the cute outfit.   "Dad seriously?" He groans, knowing the guy just thinks it's cute, but he certainly was pushy about it when gets an idea. Still, Izuku showered and cleaned himself up, wondering where they were going that got his dad so excited...    It was an expensive restaurant that overlooked the city, so Izuku got to admit he was excited by the view. As he was so used to seeing everything from the ground floor or the inside of his old home.   "I knew you would enjoy it. I thought you would enjoy seeing the city from a high place since you been cooped up for most your life. So thought this would be a great way to mend our father and son bond," Hisashi finally explained his excitement. Izuku guessed can forgive his unexpected and sudden decision to derail the usual routine. Maybe he had just been a bit paranoid when he thought his father only saw him as a doll. He needs to be nicer to his dad.   "Well I appreciate this. The city looks to pretty and I can see heroes patrolling too," Izuku piped though he then realized that he was getting distracted from his intention. While this was definitely nice, it won't help him become a hero. His dad's advice was literally to make friends, and he was struggling.  "Hey dad, I know you said to make strong allies and friends. But I'm kind of struggling with that," Izuku admits. His father to his credit, tried to look composed, but since was drinking water nearly choked on it. He was the one that suggested it, so why is he looking concerned?    "Oh yes I did say that. Well," Hisashi had to pause, moving a hand to his chin as he tried to figure out how to talk to them. "Have you considered fighting them for dominance?"   .... ....... .......... His father might be an idiot.    The face Izuku was making could only be of pure disappointment and shame at having this man as his father. As while he also lacked any social skills, he had enough sense to know that just fighting someone doesn't make them your friend.    "Don't look at me like that. There are some people that need a hit on the head to want to befriend you. But maybe I should ask who are you trying to befriend that would help," Hisashi spoke quickly. Izuku has to say he recovers fast as the male wipes his mouth of the water.   "Shoto Todoroki, the son of endeavor. Honestly the very first day I kind of rammed him against the entrance at high speed so can imagine why it isn't going well," Izuku explained as they were given miso soup to start their meal. Still, he was starting to think his father might not be able to hurt him.   "Ohh I know all about that family drama," his expression changed instantly. His earlier awkwardness seemed to change as if he expected this conversation. "I can only imagine that Endeavor is ruining another kid."    Izuku's eyes widened in surprise as it sounded like his father knew what was going on in that family, "Ruining another kid? What happened?"   "Oh right you wouldn't know anything about that. Well Endeavor has four children. His first born died because of him," he explains, as he casually mentions something quite horrific. Any respect and admiration that Izuku might have had was being crushed like it was casual gossip.   "What? He died?" Izuku questioned, wondering how the hell the man was free, if he is why his first born died. "You can't just drop this on me dad-!"   His father hums a bit, as if allowing Izuku a moment to digest this revelation. There were so many questions of how, but his father finally judged him ready for more. "Let me explain, that man is obsessed with being number one. He had a quirk marriage with a woman of ice in the hopes of a child with fire and ice powers. The moment his first son couldn't achieve his purpose because his own fire burned him as he gained no ice but ice resistent that he pushed him aside. Neglect is a terrible thing for any child to experience, so the poor boy tried and tried to prove himself."   This wasn't what Izuku wanted to hear, feeling a strong sense of anger and disgust grow, wondering why this man was around. Then realized the conversation on the first day he accidentally heard after they shoved him. How Endeavor was scolding Shoto to use his ice, meaning the man finally got his 'perfect' son. The man didn't seem remorseful at all!   "How can he do that? Are you telling me Shoto isn't seen as a son but a tool?" Izuku questioned, wondering if that was what his father was trying to tell him. It would explain his lack of social skills if he was barely treated as a person at home, it would be hard to open up.   "Bingo, hero society won't do anything against Endeavor as long as he gives results. Despite many media trying to paint Endeavor in a bad light after the death of his first born, they are all surprisingly 'silent' now. So can only imagine he got 'worst' on Shoto who is suffering the brunt of his fathers obsession now that he's perfect. Even heard rumors that the boys poor mother went mental and was sent to a hospital," Hisashi hums with a smile, as if he seemed to be enjoying this conversation. "If you want to befriend him, then treat him as his own person. Be persistent, after all, this is a boy who has no one."    It was no longer just about getting allies. This boy sounded absolutely miserable and it explained a lot about his behavior. But what can he do?    "...Do you think I can help him?" Izuku questioned softly, feeling like this might be more, than he bargained for. It would be greatly to his benefit if can get him as his ally leaning over his table, as he felt his nerves grow. As he watched so much media, stories, and all he ever talked to were people online in forums at most. This was trauma.    "My son, you can do anything if you put your mind to it. Don't over think it, and if need some more aide I can help," Hisashi assures with a knowing look. "By the way, can you give me a report of exactly what happened at school? It's the end of the first week after all. Might be able to help more."    "Oh right," Izuku had to remember after the week was supposed to give a report guessing if his father believed in him then he should keep trying. So he talks to his dad about everything, his father's eyes never left, listening to every word.    While Izuku in the back of his mind was already forming ideas of how to save the boy from his special hell.

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Sweet Elite Main 10 Reaction to a Female Scholar having heterochromia:

Tadashi:

• He would be really fascinated about it

• Scholar's type of heterochromia was really rare

• Her eyes were both blue but her left eye was a really light blue and her right eye was a really dark blue

• He would love it

• But also ask a lot about it

• Because heterochromia can have a lot of reasons

• It can be part of a genetic disease, a tumor or other disorders

• So he would also be worried

• But he would be really relieved when Scholar said it was only genetic and a lot of people of her family had it

• He doesn't like when you use contact lenses

• But if that's really what you want he would respect your decision

• "Your natural eyes are much prettier but if that's what you want..."

• Not that good with feelings but would try to compliment not just your eyes but everything about you

Axel:

• When he discovered he was shocked

• Scholar left eye was green and her right eye was gray

• So he thought it was only green because of the lenses

• He discovered when they weren't dating

• So he had to play it cool

• But on the inside her eyes made his heart beat faster

• Wrote a lot of songs about not only this but everything about Scholar in general

• Songs that she would have to be very slow and very dumb to not realize that they were for her

• When Scholar and him started dating he would also discover that Scholar is really insecure about it

• So he would compliment her about it every single day

• But also would be a little jealous

• On a situation he would be like

• Put arms around Scholar shoulders

• "What's going on, Ax?"

• "Everyone is looking at us"

• "You're a super famous worldwide celebrity, what you expect them to do?"

• "They're looking at you and how pretty you are. I gotta make sure that everyone here knows that I'm yours and you're mine."

Tegan:

• I imagine him having a reaction very similar to Tadashi's

• Scholar left eye was brown and your right eye was blue

• Asks a lot about it

• But he would be more shy

• Always that she smiles he would blush

• Almost everything Scholar does would make him blush

• But he would also don't "care" much about it like

• "It's a part of you that I love but if it wasn't there it wouldn't matter because you would still be you and I would still love you just the way you are anyway"

• Not that good with compliments either but I think better than Tadashi

• But that wouldn't change nothing between you and him

• He doesn't treat you differently of anyone else

• But deep inside he would really love it

• He and Scholar were playing videogames

• And she started to distract him with her eyes and would make him lose

• Scholar would be a cheater but a cheater he loves

Tyler:

• Scholar eyes were also really rare on this one

• Her left eye was amber and her right eye was violet

• He went crazy when discovered it

• Millions of paintings and sculptures about you

• "Why do you always paint me, Ty?"

• "Because you're my Inspiring muse now be quiet"

• Everything Scholar wanted to do and he didn't she would just wink twice and he'd accept anything

• "Being cute it's cheating, it's not fair"

• "That's low blow"

• Would compliment you A LOT

• "You're the prettiest creature in the entire universe"

• "You're a wonder of mother nature"

Alistair:

• Wow

• Just wow

• He discovered it by an accident

• Scholar was also from the Department of Athletics

• Scholar and him were training together

• Then her contact lenses started to drop

• "What's going on?"

• She would take the brown lenses revealing a left black eye and a right pink eye

• Paralyzed with your beauty

• "What?"

• "Nothing I...Just don't feel like training anymore"

• "So what do you wanna do?"

• "That"

• He kisses her

• He already liked you with brown eyes but having discovered your secret and having seen the real you was the incentive he needed to declare himself to you

• Of course Scholar liked him too and then they started dating

Karolina:

• Karolina was always mean to Scholar

• But she always cared about her anyway

• Which always made her confused and eventually made her fall in love with Scholar

• But Karolina always said bad things about Scholar eyes

• So when they started dating Scholar thought Karolina didn't like her eyes at all and used contact lenses

• "What are you doing?"

• "Putting my contact lenses."

• "Why?"

• "Because you don't like my eyes like that"

• Scholar left eye was green and Scholar right eye was blue and Karolina absolutely loved it

• She would feel guilty for having made Scholar feel that way

• She would also be happy for Scholar considering what she says but

• "You shouldn't take what people say about you so easily. If you feel great about your eyes that's what matters."

• "I don't like them that much either so..."

• "I'm s-sorry Scholar. I really like your eyes. They make you just as pretty as me."

• "No one is prettier than Karolina Nováková."

• She would smile and maybe blush a little

• "You're right about that but you're the second prettiest. I mean we weren't named the hottest couple in Arlington for nothing."

• She would kiss her and Scholar would take off the lenses

Ellie:

• The girl would go crazy with Scholar left blue eye and Scholar right green eye

• "You look like an anime character."

• Would start putting references to the color of Scholar's eyes on her robots

• Compliments every five minutes

• "You are so pretty."

• "I'm lucky to have you."

• "I wish I could have eyes like yours."

• Would wear contact lenses to match Scholar

• Maybe she would even paint her hair with Scholar's eye colors

• Colorful Couple

Claire:

• I see Claire being like Tegan and Tadashi

• Worried if it was a health problem

• Once she discovers it isn't she gets relieved

• And also looks into her eyes a lot

• She is shy but always when she compliments Scholar her compliments are the sweetest

• She would blush if you and your eyes and you would blush with her cuteness

• Blushing hard

• Double blushing

• Blushing everywhere

• The two always spend time in Arlington Academy's garden looking for flowers that match Scholar's eyes

• One of Scholar eyes were red and the other one was amber

• So most of the time Scholar chose red roses and yellow roses

• But Claire was going to introduce Scholar to several other red and yellow flowers that she said matched much better

Neha:

• Once she discovered she gave Scholar a small smile

• Her left eye was green and her right eye was blue with a little brown spot

• Because of that was hard to wear clothes that matched her eyes

• Neha took that as a professional challange

• Her designs always matched both of Scholar's eyes and they were awesome

• "You're so talented, Neha."

• "Your beauty gives me inspiration."

• Doesn't compliment much but when she does Scholar always gets happy because she knows her compliments are real

Raquel:

• She would be surprised by your right blue eye and your amber(orange amber) left eye

• "I have the prettiest girlfriend in the world."

• Thinking about Scholar's eyes and her in general always makes her play soccer better

• "My girl is on the audience. I gotta win to show her how amazing I am."

• Wins for Scholar

• Dedicate her best kick of the game to you

• Always looks into your eyes and can't get enough of it

• "Party on my room to celebrate my victory, princess."

• With your eyes color there would be another thousand nicknames like that for you

• But the party was only you and her

• Interpret it however you want

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The Symbolism and Motifs Behind Adora and Catra’s Designs/Looks

Adora 

(Hair down)

The biggest visual motif that is used for Adora is her hair. When she is Adora her hair being up symbolizes her being constrained by her destiny, obligations, responsibilities, past abuse, etc and every time she has a breakthrough or is freed from one of these her hair is let down. This first happens in Destiny part 2 when Adora breaks the sword and for the first time in 4 seasons Adora’s hair is down and she has “freed” herself from her horrible destiny. In season 5 this happens more frequently. In Save the Cat Adora’s hair comes out of her ponytail when she is saving Catra, when she has resolved herself to mend their relationship and reconnect. She has once again “freed” herself from the guilt and emotional pain that came from having to believe that Catra was lost, of being able to reconnect and keep childhood promises and make new ones. And another big one in Heart part 2 after Catra and Adora confess to each other her hair once again falls out of the ponytail symbolizing Adora finally being able to reach for a future that she wants and being “freed” from the obligations that she thought she had to neglect her needs and sacrifice herself for others. Adora’s hair coming loose is (clearly through the examples mentioned) meant to symbolize emotional breakthroughs that Adora has. Adora is a character that isn’t that in touch with her emotions and struggles to comprehend things beyond what she was raised for, battle and war, so each breakthrough is her gradually breaking free of her upbringing.

(She-ra’s look season 1-4)

(She-ra’s look in season 5)

It’s interesting to note that She-ra’s redesign follows the exact opposite motif with her hair, but symbolizes something similar. She-ra’s redesign looks a lot more like Adora does than her original design and this is meant to show how Adora has made she-ra her own. She-ra is no longer what the first ones intended, she is not the sword, she-ra is Adora. Another detail is how the new design incorporates certain aspects of each of the most important people in her life: the heart on her chest for Bow, the wings on her shoes for Glimmer, and her new mask for Catra. She-ra and her meaning have been altered by Adora and her experiences and I really love that fact. This is Adora taking back control over something that was supposed to be used to manipulate her. Which is a core part of her character because of the struggles she has with her abuse at shadow weaver’s hands. This is a part of the culmination of Adora’s arc of discovering she is more than what she can do for others. That her destiny, the destiny of she-ra, is in her own hands. That the manipulations of people trying to use her isn’t what has made Adora the person and hero she is today, but the personal connections she forged and her own personal drive to do what she believes is right.

Catra 

Season 1-3 look

season 4 (and beginning of season 5) look

Season 5 look

(under prime’s control)

(once she joins the rebellion)

One of my favorite recurring motifs with Catra is the literal mask that she wears and that in this season after she decides to save Glimmer the mask is gone from her design completely. The dark exterior that Catra uses to hide her feelings and pain is gone and she has finally decided to be true to herself. Same with her eyes. Catra has heterochromia which is used to outwardly display her dual nature and warring inner conflict between her love and hatred of Adora and in the 5th season it’s used to portray her struggle between self betterment and sliding into old habits and self destruction. This is shown very clearly in the episode “Taking Control”. Whenever Catra is lashing out at Adora she’s turned so that her blue eye is the only one in frame and when Catra is being vulnerable or showing regret her yellow eye is the one that’s in frame. When she decides to use the chip to discover Horde Prime’s plan and protect Adora her yellow eye is the one in frame further emphasizing her decision to change. I really liked this detail in the episode. There is also the very obvious one in the season 3 finale where the blue eye is the one covered by the corruption in season 3 symbolizing Catra’s decision to commit to her villain role. Her darkness had won over her light. And it comes full circle once again in the series finale. Once Catra makes the decision to go back for Adora and stands up to shadow weaver her blue eye is the one shown in side views. Showing that she has overcome what had been her biggest shortcoming in this series, pushing others away to protect herself.

I just really loved how they used Catra’s character design to its fullest and didn’t waste details. It’s really easy to just be like “wow this looks cool” and then do nothing with it, but the she-ra crew was like “wow this looks cool now let’s do something with it”. For example when Catra gets her redesign in season 4 her hair is a lot less poofy and her ear tufts are gone and it’s tied into her character progression. Catra got rid of her ear tufts because shadow weaver had used caressing them as a way to manipulate Catra and her feelings. Catra now associates them with negative emotions and weakness and wants to “cut off” any possibility of feeling that kind of emotional pain again. The darker colors of her clothes also reflect her decision in the previous season. Catra’s main colors before this season were much lighter reds, but now it’s a deep, dark red showing her descent into the darkness when she opened the portal and her denial. Her color scheme changes once again in season 5. Her shoulders have maintained the darker red, but the dark sleeves that she had are now gone making it so that the lighter reds overcome or overshadow the darker red symbolizing how the light inside of her has overcome the dark. Yet it’s still keeps the colors darker than season 1 because Catra has done things since then that have made it so that she can’t go back to being that same person before she committed her mistakes. She’s a much healthier person though and has come to accept her mistakes and try to move forward in a better healthier direction (again symbolized by the color of her clothes).

I also want to point out Catra’s design in save the cat. In Save the Cat Catra is in all white and grey with her hair slicked back perfectly in place. The more Catra comes to her senses and is freed from primes control the messier her hair gets. It is similar to Adora’s hair motif, but with Catra’s hair becoming messier it can also symbolize her embracing/remembering her mistakes and the messiness that comes from trying to move forward in a more positive direction. When brainwashed and under primes control she doesn’t even remember her mistakes because Prime has “washed” away the pain along with the memory. Also white is typically used to symbolize purity but in this context it feels very out of place. This isn’t who Catra is. The reason she goes back to the red is that once again it symbolizes her decisions and choices. Catra can’t undo the mistakes so she “wears” them and acknowledges them after this episode. This is why in the transition episode Catra is wearing grey undergarments. Catra isn’t at the point where she can face her mistakes even though she has admitted them, symbolized by the transfer from white to grey. Her clothing being undergarments alone shows how vulnerable and insecure Catra is feeling about these mistakes. The very next episode after she resolves to face her mistakes she goes back to her red color scheme, again with less of the dark red than in season 4 showing her decision to change and go down a “lighter” path.

[bitter-sweet-coffee]

Henlo! I'm curious what your fave Sonic character(s) is ^^ and do you have any headcanons for them?

oh boy! okay i'm going to do my best to answer this but i have been in this fandom forever and could write a dissertation on just like,,, one character. so instead i'll sparknote some cute things about my top 4 and if you want to hear a more elaborate response i can do separate posts for each of them! it was hard enough to pick a couple characters since i love them all 😊

1) espio the chameleon

i love this little purple man so much oh my god. for starters, i'd like to think he isn't as serious as a lot of people make him out to be. yeah he seems chill but let's be real, he's arrogant and i love every second of it! he definitely radiates hot topic vibes but we're talking ronnie radke, hollywood undead vibes. definitely an e-boy but not in the fake alt way, he just radiates soft-grunge vibes? he's bisexual with a male lean and definitely dated mighty at some point, but i personally ship him with wave (more on that in a second!) his best friend is silver (i ship them too tbh) but his friends are rouge and shadow for the most part. he's the character closest to shadow (personality wise, not emotional proximity) and i adore their interactions in shadow's game so i sorta ship them too...? ahhh this is supposed to be about headcanons! anyways, i think he's fun to be around and has a thing for people with good stories to tell: wave about the past, silver about the future, and rouge/shadow with the present as agents. i think the cooperation between the chaotix detective agency and GUN is something people should write more often! oh, and he likes green tea boba ✨

2) wave the swallow

god, she made me realize i like girls and i still absolutely adore her. it was taken down but at one point years ago, her birthday was listed as november 11th which makes her a scorpio, and as a fellow scorpio i stand by it! she's also definitely bi but with a female lean, and her best friend/occasional partner is rouge. they remind me of maddy and cassie from euphoria, but wave isn't as bitter as maddy ofc. i feel like people forget that storm and jet are pretty damn incompetent without her, she literally does everything for them and that's a big nod to her people pleasing. yeah she's arrogant, but she's not wrong in being self absorbed because she keeps things running! she radiates hayley kiyoko, p!nk, 100gecs, and paramore vibes. she's a baddie but a softie! i think her and espio would be amazing together (even platonically) because he loves learning and debates, and she has a lot to say and needs someone to respond, as opposed to zoning out. i feel like she could be a famous rollerskater on tiktok or something, and would have her own line of custom gear! she might be cold and competitive, but she's really sweet and just has no way of expressing it... poor girl. i think her and sonic could be amazing friends, and i'd love to see more art of them being pals and going on adventures together!

3. shadow the hedgehog

hehehehehe oh boy, as the current love interest of my fixation character, shadow is getting more attention than usual these days! i always liked him but my fave boy and girl were espio and wave for the longest time, so finally getting to fixate on shadow is great for me! shadow is neurodivergent, basically in canon. his memory issues are both trauma related and just a part of his programming. something that i admire about espio and shadow being friends is that the former loves authority and doesn't need it, but the latter despises it but needs it. shadow was created to obey, and so even if GUN wrongs him a thousand times, he needs them. it's why he keeps going back to eggman, and helps sonic when asked. shadow might not admit it, but he has a saviour complex! although i agree that with modern music he'd listen to like mcr and pierce the veil etc, i think he'd also resonate with sex pistols and other music from the decades he missed while in stasis (footloose is probably one of his fave movies just because of the killer soundtrack!) he loves flowers and does his best to take care of plants, has nervous tics, and the reason his quills turn upwards is because of all the chaos energy he has! super sonic's quills turn up when transformed, and shadow is constantly tapped into that energy: even with inhibitors it's a lot to manage. shadow also loves reading, and i think his favourite book would be The Wars by Timothy Findley (amazing read, please check it out because it reminds me so much of Shadow oh my god)

4. INFINITE!!!

okay i have to keep this one short but he is currently my favourite character, and i could talk about him forever. i know SEGA claims his real name is Infinite, but i headcanon that in the village he came from he wasn't given a name because he was considered a burden and a curse (due to his heterochromia and other reasons). for me he was called araperi or ara (nothing/no in Georgian) because they only referred to him via negative reinforcement. the scar on his eye is because either he or another jackal tried to claw it out when he was little because it made him an outcast and he wanted to belong. he only started school when he was in highschool and never really learned how to read english (i base a lot of his village lore around Georgia and my experiences with Georgian culture- even though my culture was erased when i got adopted lol). he only learned english through musical theatre, and is fluent but not very literate in english (can't read or write very well). he radiates younger sibling vibes so i headcanon that he has 4 older sisters who all treated him pretty bad on varying levels. after a year or two of highschool he ran away with some friends and after meeting more nomads, squad jackal was eventually formed! infinite (or finn as i sometimes call him) was definitely into theatre (his favourite musical being sweeney todd) and he's an AMAZING singer, acting too (which is sorta canon because he adopted shadow's personality and fighting style after their first encounter and rehearsed a whole monologue lmao). his singing voice sounds like clem turner's but with a bit more rasp, probably because i feel like he'd listen to bring me the horizon and kim dracula! infinite is actually a big puppy once he likes you, he's just secretly awkward and insecure as hell (maybe the last part isn't a secret, haha)

wow, this was longer than expected and i feel like i hardly said anything, but this is sorta where i'm at with these four! i could talk about them forever though, so feel free to ask follow ups or request a full post for them, any ships i mentioned (or didn't) or if you want a post about anyone else!

[a-supernatural-writer]

Lost in the Shadow Pt.6

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FemOC x Poly Lost Boys

“Four mates.” Vanessa said as she pulled out a glass bottle of soda from the fridge. She popped it open with a bottle opener and sat on top of the kitchen counter.

“Four mates.” She repeated herself and took a drink, “I can’t believe it.”

For the first time that night, Vanessa took off her black shades, revealing her eyes. Her left one was a baby blue while her right was a light brown. Her heterochromia was a genetic condition that Vanessa wasn’t completely proud of. Too many times was she judged for it. She only took off her shades to those she trusted and well, sometimes it added a little “wow” factor to their performances.

Danielle smiled at her as she removed mugs from one of the many cardboard boxes that were scattered around their new home. She placed the mugs in the cabinet, “Believe it. You know, it’s not unheard of Ness.”

Vanessa set down her bottle and took out her fourth cigarette of the night which Danielle gave her a look for. Vanessa shrugged innocently, “What? It helps me de-stress. And I know it’s not unheard of, it’s just rare! It’s not normal.”

Luis poked his head into the kitchen when he heard Vanessa, “Normal? We’re dhampirs. Even to regular vampires we aren’t normal.”

He walked into the kitchen with another cardboard box that was labeled ‘dishes’ and set it down at their large dinner table. He was no longer wearing his shawl, leaving his chest bare except for the few necklaces that dangled around his neck. Seeing Luis’s bare chest didn’t faze either of the girls.

Luis walked over to Vanessa, leaning back against the counter next to her and taking a sip of her drink as she smoked, “But think of it this way. You’ve been forever young since the 1600’s and finally, you found your mates. For over two hundred years you had a coven, but you didn’t have love.”

Vanessa scoffed, “What? You guys don’t love me?” She teased, nudging Luis. Danielle chuckled, smacking Vanessa’s arm lightly.

Luis nudged her back with a chuckle, “You know what I mean. Romantic love. It’s high time that you have it. And plus, they’re hot so…” He trailed off, laughing as both Vanessa and Danielle whacked him.

“You’re not wrong there.” Vanessa reluctantly agreed with him. They were very attractive. Each in their own special way.

“I think it was good you invited them.” Danielle said as she floats up from the ground, placing mugs on the highest shelf. “Get to know them better.”

Vanessa hummed in agreement, tapping the ashes off in the sink beside her, “No doubt they’ll distract me tomorrow… in more ways than one.”

Danielle raised a brow, “Would you want them to?”

The whited haired woman blew out smoke, “I wouldn’t complain but the shop is important. We put a good portion of our money into it and we wanted this for a long time. It would have to take some serious convincing to tear me away tomorrow night.”

At her words, Danielle and Luis caught each other's eye and looked back at Vanessa who was snuffing out her cigarette in a random ashtray they placed around the house. She hopped off the counter, “I’m gonna head up. Unpack some shit and get to bed. See you at dawn.”

Danielle and Luis bid her goodnight and watched as she walked up the stairs. They waited until they heard her bedroom door close so she wouldn’t hear their conversation. When they heard the door close, Sarah and Timothy entered the kitchen, “We’re all thinking the same thing, right?” Timothy asked.

Danielle floated back down to the ground and nodded, “They’re her mates, she’s gonna need to spend time with them before we reveal ourselves.”

Sarah sat down at the table, “So we just make sure she takes a break when they come by and get her out for a bit.”

Luis took the rest of Vanessa’s drink, cradling it to his chest, “Let’s hope it works.”

Upstairs, oblivious to the conversation, Vanessa changed out of her clothing from the day, settling into her king bed with a white long sleeves button-up dress. In a way it looked like an oversized mens dress shirt.

Vanessa stared up at her ceiling in the darkness, sighing. She didn’t even touch her boxes like she said she would. All she wanted to do was sleep, calm down and start fresh tomorrow.

She rolled onto her side, hugging her pillow close to her. Tomorrow would be a new day, and she had hours to prepare herself before the night came. She smiled a little into her pillow. A bit of excitement blooming in her chest. Four mates… who would’ve thought?

Meanwhile, in the cave of a sunken hotel, David, Dwayne, Paul and Marko were having their own celebration. Hoots and hollers echoed through the cave, their laughter bouncing off of the walls and traveling down the maze of tunnels.

Star watched on from her spot in the main cave while Laddie was playing with whatever stuffed toys he had laying around. Star has never seen them so happy before. Even David wore a grin so big that it almost terrified her to know the reason for it.

The brunette female slipped behind her makeshift curtains that separated the cave from her area, giving her the privacy she needed. She didn’t want to know what the cause of their celebration was, so she distracted herself and played with Laddie.

“Vanessa.” Marko said aloud while running around the cave, following Dwayne. Marko thought it was a pretty name, it suited his mate very well.

“Vanessa.” Paul said it as well. Smoke from his joint flowing out of his mouth when he said the name. He could practically still feel her touch and it made him burst at the seams. He grinned, sitting on the fountain as he continued thinking about it.

Dwayne smiled, riding his skateboard and lightly pressed his hand to his chest. His skin still tingled from when Vanessa backed up into him. He skated past Paul, stealing away his joint which earned a “Hey!” from Paul. Dwayne just laughed, taking a hit.

David soon sat down in his wheelchair, leaning back with a grin, watching the boys enjoy themselves. He looked down at his hand; the hand that Vanessa kissed and traced his fingers over the spot.

She was cheeky, that was for sure. She didn’t easily give into David’s advances and gave him a challenge. A challenge that he was positive he was going to win.

Vanessa’s invitation repeated in his head over and over. Her and her friends were going to be in Santa Carla for a long time because of their shop and it gave them plenty of time to win her over.

“How long do you think we’ll have to wait?” Marko asked aloud, mostly to David as he hung from a stuck out piece of the ceiling above. Paul even stopped chasing Dwayne around to hear what David had to say.

“A few days, maybe a week. We’ll have to turn her friends too.” David said. It was obvious that they were close. All five of them moved together away from their home to open a store together. Vanessa wasn’t going to agree unless her friends joined too.

Paul jumped onto the fountain, somehow getting his joint back from Dwayne, “They seem cool.” He simply stated. The whole group were interesting characters and it would certainly add some more excitement into their lives.

His statement struck up a whole new conversation. Having their mate move into their home was no problem. It was just one more person. But having four more live with them as well would be a bit of a challenge. In a way, they welcomed the idea, but at the same time, how would they hide it from their sire?

“We don’t tell him.” David said, lighting his cigarette.

“David.” Dwayne warned. They couldn’t just not tell him about the group. Keeping something that big from him would more than likely end badly.

David looked over at Dwayne and sighed, blowing out some smoke. Dwayne was right. “We’ll let him know when Vanessa’s fully turned, but we don’t tell him about the others… at least for awhile.”

“But what if-” Marko tried to speak up, thinking the worst.

“He won’t do anything to her.” David interrupted him, knowing exactly what he was thinking. “You don’t mess with a vampires mate. No matter what.”

At least, that’s what David hoped.