#and the wings of course

[syni-gin-ryn]

okay I have to preface this with I don't really like Marinette and Adrien's costumes. I just really like how Gabe's turned out which is why I'm posting it. I was going to redo their costumes before posting it, but I've been drawing for 8 hours straight and there's other stuff I need to get done today XP.

In this AU, a kwami has to willingly give you its power, which is why Gabriel has that device on his chest, to forcibly extract the power Nooroo refused to give. Plus he can fly, because I think that's cool.

I don't know exactly how he akumatizes people yet. I still like the butterfly idea, but instead of the staff he uses in the show, I think he has an apparatus of some kind that transforms a butterfly into an akuma. Probably much bigger than a staff lol.

I haven't talked a lot about Adrien yet, but I think I'll talk about them (yes them) when I redesign their and Marinette's costumes. I'll probably do each individually so I can expand on their character.

[deep-space-lines]

I know Gabriel is canonically really popular with Heaven’s residents but there’s bound to be some heavenly loser with pronoun envy

[arinmoss]

Beautiful trans man for the lads :3

[triruntu]

enjoying the breeze and the sunset on the surface I sure hope the wind doesn't catch those wings and knock the both of them over-

[hrokkall]

Regicide

[daily-deliciousness]

Easy garlic butter chicken wings

[justanotherignot]

[somerandomcockroach]

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

Transcript:

Gabriel: A lot of people say that me and the Machine are gay lovers.

But what they don’t know is that the Machine is heavily homophobic.

It actually hates gay people and killed my pet drone in limbo.

V1: That was a misunderstanding. I support L- Support L-

Gabriel: What?

V1: I support LGBTQ.

Gabriel: LIAR.

Well if it’s so true, how come it had such a hard time saying it?

Audio source

[rkelspn]

cas dying in a glue trap

[okartichoke]

ace avian. that’s what we’re calling this 🗣️🗣️🗣️

please let me know if you have any thoughts or suggestions or input or anything! i’m happy to bounce ideas around (i'll post DL-6 someday soon i swear)

link to masterpost || explations below cut

shoutout to the anon who sent in that ask bc i seriously fell in love with blue jay phoenix. SHOUTOUT TO TAKAHE PHOENIX TOO THO takahe phoenix, you will forever be in my heart and im glad you existed <3333,, (maybe in this au he’s got some loving adoptive takahe parents :3) (YKNOW WHAT YEAH that’s canon now)

but yeah, flight-avoidant jay phoenix still lends itself well to the common-man hardworking underdog vibe i want from him. speaking of flight-avoidant...

Phoenix's relationship with flying:

It's a bit complicated. Basically, Phoenix can fly, but he historically chooses not to. From the lack of any practice, he's an INCREDIBLY weak flier. (That hovering is really all he can manage)

For one, he's still afraid of heights. Can't help that. This fear means he was less inclined to practice flying, which made him a weaker flier. And being a weaker flier, in turn, made his fear of heights worse. And so on, in a loop. With flightless parents too (it's canon now it's canon), there's even less of a reason to learn to fly. At some point, not flying might've even become something he stuck with out of stubbornness lol, knowing Phoenix.

(I will soon be making a couple small world building posts, but) flying isn't necessary to get around in their society. Convenient, sure, but Phoenix realized he could make do without, and so he did. Phoenix, you icon. Slay. 💅💅

i know this probably isn't the popular take with wing AUs??, but Phoenix being flightless (or at least semi-flightless) sounded like a really fun take on the idea to me. His name is irony at its peak. I also look forward to exploring how other characters react to him not flying. The prosecutors are going to have so many cheap insult opportunities.

As I mentioned though, he still uses his wings a LOT, though. He's much more emotive with them than most people. His sarcastic inner-dialogue remarks are also betrayed by his wings lmao

I also imagine bird-folk never really invented bikes (riding would just be annoying with their wings, plus bikes aren't fast/efficient enough to outweigh just flying), so instead, Phoenix gets around on a little wing-powered scooter device (like scootaloo lol) (they're usually made for children who can't fly yet, but Phoenix still uses one)

finally, wow, stellar jay’s are quite literally just phoenix wright as a bird lmao? color scheme, hair, it’s uncanny. give it a pink tie and it just is Phoenix Wright, i used a blue jay since they’ve got a bit more striking wings but wow.

(ty again for the support and for reading my essay ! :3)

one more thing, but @kora-kat YES YES YES this. ^^^^ omg THIS. this is still true even though he's a jay now.

[cowardlykrow]

"Hah, dude doesn't even know he's in my tamagotchi."

[pilkypills]

Alright. I dont mean to complain but. I’m getting realllllllllll tired of fantasy media not giving lady dwarves beards

[aroaceleovaldez]

some musings about deified death sibs designs. ft obligatory sibling tormenting

[fez-pwned]

💭

[veinsfullofstars]

"Still trying to intimidate me? Cute."

(ID: Kirby series fanart of Meta Knight and Galacta Knight based off of a couple dynamics template by @/ReddsMess on Twitter. Original template and source below the cut, as well as a HAL language variant. Top-left panel - high-angle shot of MK lit from above, standing firm and glaring up through his mask, his wings curled out and breaching the panel in places, subtitled "Well well..." Top-right panel - low-angle shot of GK lit from below, looming in the air and leering down through his mask, his wings curled out and his hands spread wide in challenge, both of which breach the panel in places, subtitled "Look who came to see me..." Bottom panel - MK & GK stand next to each other, the latter leaning towards the former and gently caressing the side of his mask with the back of one hand, grinning smugly and wrapping a wing around the knight, subtitled "My Knightmare." MK stands stiffly with his fists clenched at his sides, blushing vividly and glaring away from the warrior. A little flurry of white hearts emanate from GK, while one small one hovers above MK. END ID.)

Started 03/30/24, finished 04/02/24, updated for color correction 11/02/24.

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HAL language variant:

Original by ReddsMess (template link) NOTE: The artist has marked 16-18+ in their bio, so browse at your own risk!