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Bard MC - Headcanon
Arcana Characters (Main 6) x MC
A/N: Okie dokie, this one is for a very lovely and very patient anon! Their request for an MC who can control magic through music is super cool! Honestly, I didn’t know exactly what a bard was when I first received this request, so I’ll be adding in a couple references about that as a joke :) I also tried to leave it ambiguous between whether the MC sings or plays an instrument, but I may have failed. My apologies, these may be a bit shorter than what you’re all used too, but I was struggling with this a little bit (also I am half asleep as I am finishing this, so I’m sorry if some of it doesn’t make sense). Also, I’m very sorry about using an outdated meme, but the oppurtunity was right there and I had to use it. As always, I recognize Asra’s non-binary gender orientation but will be using he/him pronouns! Please let me know if there are any spelling or grammar mistakes :) Requests are open!
❤️Julian❤️
Oh, yeah, he knows what a bard is
Like a singer... right?
Nope
When you tell him that you control magic through music, he has a small crisis and reevaluates every bard he’s ever met
He suddenly has quite a few questions about the inherent magic of music
Curious as always, he wants to learn more about how music acts as a medium for magic, which means a lot of questions
Most of his questions are based in psychology, because a small part of him that constantly doubts magic believes that you’re just a scientific genius
Overall, he supports you, of course
He loves music and the fact that you can cast spells using it is just an added bonus
Julian is already thinking about all the musical adventures you’ll have together
If you offer to teach him, he’ll respectfully decline
He’ll stick to the ordinary kind of music, thank you
On that note, unless it messes with your magic he will absolutely sing along whenever you’re preparing a spell
If this is a problem he’ll sing quietly to himself to avoid being a distraction
He’s sorry if it’s annoying to you, but he really loves singing
When he’s constantly surrounded by music he finds it hard to keep quiet
But if you’re okay with him joining in? He’ll belt some made-up lyrics at the top of his lungs
He may accidentally sing over you and your music, so even if it was originally fine, it will unintentionally cause problems
🧡Portia🧡
Oh, a bard!
That’s uh... a music thing, right?
I mean, she was mostly right
When you tell her that you can control magic through music she’s ecstatic
Magic in and of itself is super cool, but music too?! That’s amazing!
Portia wasn’t the biggest fan of music before, but you can bet your butt she is now!
She loves listening to you preform magic, and even if your not doing a spell, she loves listening to you
She wants to know what kind of songs control what kind of spells
In fact, she wants to know everything about your magic
You might as well be her official teacher because she never stops asking questions
In fact, asking if you can teach her eventually does come up
She’s a very eager student, although she often goes off track and starts inventing her own music
It’s not as effective, but she’s definitely having fun
Even if she never actually learns the magic part, she learned a cool new musical skill
She’ll create silly little songs to make you laugh
Sometimes when you use a particularly sad song for a spell, she’ll start to tear up
This can be a bit of a distraction, but she swears she’s not actually upset
You’re just amazing at what you do
Once Julian needed your help and her response was “this is so sad, MC play Despacito”
💛Lucio💛
Of course he knows what a bard is!
At least that’s what he claims
In reality he has no idea, he always referred to them as “music people”
So when you tell him about controlling magic through music he’s suddenly feeling a little afraid of every musician he made fun of in the past
He’ll never admit that out loud, though
Lucio thinks what you do is amazing
You can do magic AND you’re musically talented! That’s double the talent!
For a moment he considered mocking Asra for being less talented than you before remembering that you and Asra are friends
That doesn’t stop him from showing off your talents to everyone else, though!
Whether you really want to or not, you’ll probably have to show literally every Vesuvian your abilities at least once
Lucio himself isn’t particularly interested in learning your form of magic
He’d rather watch and listen as you preform spells
He doesn’t really want you to teach anyone else though, but he can’t really stop you if you choose to anyway
Sometimes he’ll ask you to preform a spell just so he can listen to you
He especially loves to hear slower songs for spells that ward off nightmares
When he listens to you, he genuinely feels calm and peaceful
He just exists in a perfect moment, with nobody but you and him
On a side note, though, sometimes when you’re showing off for other people he’ll try to sing along and it’ll always end up sounding horrible
💚Muriel💚
Doesn’t even pretend to know what a bard is
He never really had a reason to know, so he doesn’t
When you first tell him, he feels a bit awkward because he feels as if you expected him to know
But of course, your brand of magic was pretty unique so explaining your abilities was old hat by now
He’s not exactly sure how he feels about your methods
Of course he loves and supports you, but your magic... it’s just... a lot
It seems to require a lot of noise, and it draws way too much attention in his opinion
He would never try to change you, but he shrinks into himself whenever you gain a crowd from performing a spell in public
He starts to feel differently about it the first time he hears a slower song
When your music is soft and soothing he inadvertently feels himself relax
Knowing that you’re beside him, doing what you love, brings him a lot of inexplicable joy
Muriel doesn’t really have any interest in learning your kind of magic for himself, if he’s being honest
Although, he never minds when you want to talk about the complexities
He doesn’t mind very much if you need to practice late at night at home, because he doesn’t need to worry about other people intruding
Personally, he has no real uses for your magic so he never asks for your help
That isn’t to say he won’t accept it; if you want to use a song to help with menial tasks once in a while he won’t complain
The one exception is if you start using it for some creepy spell in the middle of the night
Then he may have a few complaints
💙Asra💙
The only one who actually knows what a bard is without your explanation
He was there throughout most of your magical growth, so he already knows a lot about it
In all honesty, if it weren’t for you, he probably would have been just as oblivious as everyone else
He loves how unique your method of performing magic is
Asra has never met anyone quite like you, and he doubts he ever will
Watching you perform your magic is one of his favourite hobbies (if you can really count that as a hobby)
Observing how your magic interacts with your music is incredible to him
He’s a little jealous, but he’d never say that out loud
You offered to teach him years ago and he eagerly accepted, but he never quite got the hang of it
In the end, he learned most of the theory behind it, but he mostly stuck to his own brand of magic
Even if he does admire your magic more than he admires his own, he does love the contrast between the two of you
(Spoilers) when he brought you back and was re-teaching you most things, your magic was one of the hardest
He felt horrible that he couldn’t properly demonstrate for you, but after teaching you the theories again, you seemed to pick it up on your own
On a side note though, helping you relearn your magic did allow him to grasp a couple of basic spells with your method, which makes him super excited
All in all he’s just thrilled that you have such a strong and unique brand of magic
He’s proud of how much you’ve grown into it, despite not having a proper mentor
Asra is a fan of quite a few unique types of music, but listening to whatever kind of music your using has definitely helped him settle on a few favourite songs
He doesn’t have a favourite kind of musical spell, so he’s excited no matter what kind of magic your performing
One time he even convinced you to cast a spell to heat up some tea faster just because he wanted to hear your music
💜Nadia💜
A bard?
As in, one who recites poetry, correct?
She uses the definition of a bard when describing what she thinks you do
Nadia is pleasantly surprised to find that your definition of bard is much more powerful, although she now has a few questions about how you go about defining words
She doesn’t have very much magical experience, so she was unaware of how unique your brand of magic was
But when she finds out exactly what it is you do?
She’s so excited
Nadia definitely loves music, although she leans toward slightly more refined tastes
She starts to question her favourite songs when she first hears you perform a spell
You manage to convey so much emotion, regardless of how long a spell or song is
She feels her heart pound in her chest whenever you use a lot of emotion in a spell
If you offer to teach her, she’ll have to politely decline
She knows how to play piano, sure, and her singing voice isn’t the worst, but she isn’t particularly interested in studying magic
She’ll just leave that part up to you
Of course, she’s always content to watch you perform, although sometimes it is a bit disruptive
If she needs a quick spell while in a meeting, a whole song can be a bit of a problem
She learns to work around this though, because she would never want you to ever change who you are
Although, she will admit she found it humorous when you chose a particularly aggressive song for a spell when trying to prove a point to Valerius
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Starco Week5 Wrap-up!
This week was really fun! It was nice for someone to actually see the silly comics I draw! Normally, hardly anyone even notices so I rarely put in the effort of a multi-panel comic.
Here are links and explanations to my Starco Week 5 comics:
https://isaackuo.tumblr.com/post/185176588866/awkward
The one that started it all for me! I actually didn’t even notice there was a Wedding prompt later in the week. I just saw a post about “Awkward Dating Moments” and the Kellco shipper in me thought of a cute little comic that MAXIMIZED STARCO AWKWARDNESS.
So I thought, why not? It was only 3 little panels, and it mostly involved me drawing Kelly - who I find easy to draw. And I thought it was freaking hilarious.
EXPLANATION:
This comic refers to Booth Buddies, a “memorable” episode among us Starco shippers. In it, Kelly and Marco are on a wedding date, until Star Butterfly yoinks Marco away to the infamous photo booth. Then things get a little weird. In this comic, Kelly gets back by yoinking Marco to be her breakup buddy “booth buddy”, when Marco and Star are on a “wedding date” ...
https://isaackuo.tumblr.com/post/185223809716/yeah-im-a-bad-boy-princess
This one was the toughest for me, and also the weakest. I don’t follow AUs and I’m not used to thinking in terms of AUs. I tried to study the Bad Boy AU a bit, but I couldn’t think of any funny jokes for it. Honestly, I just went with the first idea I finally thought of which was vaguely funny.
EXPLANATION:
This comic references a few of the “bad” things canon Star actually did:
1) Trash a cop car in Star vs Echo Creek
2) Shoot a cop chopper out of the sky in Sad Teen Hotline
3) Murder the MHC in Cleaved
But “nice” AU Star wouldn’t do that stuff, right? So Bad Boy Marco picks up the slack for her. So ... it’s funny? I dunno, I think my sense of humor is too obtuse a lot of the time. You really need to be in deep with the show to even remember the stuff I’m referencing and make the connections?
I guess either you “get it” or ... oh well.
https://isaackuo.tumblr.com/post/185220760531/starco-snugs
Haha, this one was “controversial”. I mean ... if you read my stuff then you know I think Star was addicted to the thrill of having both Marco and Tom, the same way Marco was addicted to the thrill of two timing with Star and Hekapoo (in Night Life). I think this was cute and tragi-comic, and it’s one of my favorite parts of Star Butterfly’s character. Let her have her distinctive flaws, okay?
But apparently this also cuts a bit too close to home, since it’s one of the things hardcore Tom stans criticize Star for (both the character and the show).
Anyways ... while everyone else was going sweet lovey-dovey, I went a bit freaky. I mean ... I think of this as romantic, but maybe I’m just weird that way. Like ... just imagine. Marco Diaz consoling Star every night for breaking up with Tom, and then he gets hit by “Mind Eraser” so he gets to do it again tomorrow. Isn’t that romantic?
EXPLANATION:
This comic is based on the “Mind Eraser” spell Eclipsa teaches Moon in Total Eclipsa the Moon. It’s one of my favorite spells to make jokes around, because it’s basically the flashy thing from Men in Black.
So I ponder ... what if Star really went all out using “Mind Eraser” and she went completely nuts taking advantage of it on Marco Diaz? Okay, in Here to Help, Star rushed to skip the awkward talky talky stuff and went straight for a kiss first. Maybe she’s used to it because she’s had the confession talk with Marco dozens of times already?
Oh, I also snuck in a joke referring to how Tom didn’t let Star kiss him on the lips after they broke up. As such, the only actual Tomstar kiss shown was the Lava Lake Beach kiss Marco saw from a distance. A bit mean to the Tomstar shippers, don’t you think?
https://isaackuo.tumblr.com/post/185256268271/when-is-this-state-going-to-end-starco-road
Road Trip was a challenge for me. I wanted to minimize drawing effort since my arm was sore, but I also wanted to depict a long amount of time. So I was thinking of them taking turns driving, but I switched to a bicycle based on Honey and Clover. Using a bicycle also allowed posing them in cute ways not available with a car, so it all worked out!
I was also thinking to try and cram in a joke about Star not being able to just use magic - using the Thor reaction gif to Steve Rogers not having the internet to look up the weather meme ... but ultimately it just didn’t fit. Also, I wanted to minimize drawing effort.
EXPLANATION:
Not much going on here - there’s really only one joke. But the cuteness of Star slumping on Marco really sells this one. Apparently, everyone else also thought so, since this ended up being pretty popular.
Oh, I suppose the sheer absurdity of doing an interstate bicycle trip eastward from the California coast is also a bit funny.
https://isaackuo.tumblr.com/post/185303660951/isaackuo-sword-fight-club-xover-double-fight
I initially struggled with this prompt. I mean ... crossover double date? It’s just weird to me. How do they even know each other? How did they meet? It makes no sense?
Well, a classic Douglas Adams writing trick is to take what you’re stuck on and turn it around. And so I did. How do they even know each other? THEY DON’T. It’s just some random “Fight Club App” meetup. Once I had that epiphany, it was a matter of figuring out what couple would be the funniest to fight ...
EXPLANATION:
I’m proud of all the jokes I packed in here. Of course, we start off with the fact that this “date” is a random “Fight Club App” thing. Not only that, but it’s a Sword Fight Club. Like that’s a thing. You’re just going to randomly fight some strangers with swords. Like you’re in freaking Highlander except there’s no Prize or whatever.
But it’s funny because getting into some random fights is indeed the sort of thing Star and Marco would do for a fun date! Same with Steven and Connie, really (although this is more along the lines of Steven and Amethyst wrt Tiger Millionaire).
Then there’s the fact that Marco Diaz wore baby Mariposa to a sword fight. Who even does that? Oh right ... Queen Solaria and Queen Eclipsa. Which fandom didn’t question at all ... we just thought it was cute.
Star’s “We’re fighting kids?” is a reference to Alone Together, when Kevin freaks out that Stevonnie is actually two kids.
Marco is okay with fighting a kid, since his Season 1 karate nemesis was 8 year old Jeremy Birnbaum (remember him?).
The slit eyes Mariposa give Steven are based on the way baby Meteora looks at Marco.
Connie’s right - Star and Marco are 15 ... not all that much older than she is. But Star has been through a lot of serious stuff making her grow up young. She has lost touch with what teenagers even do (as she noted in Cornonation).
Star’s shocked at Steven’s age the same way Connie was shocked when she learned Steven’s age.
Even though Steven’s age disconnect is caused by wibbly wobbly gem hybrid growth rates, Marco assumes it’s because he “Did time in the Neverzone”. I had fun rewording that phrase until it implied something like doing a prison sentence.
The final kicker is baby Mariposa revealing she’s almost as old as Connie. This calls up fandom mixed feelings about Neverzone age ambiguity and what the heck this implies after Gone Baby Gone. And I mean ... you all saw it coming, right? You knew baby Mariposa had to be there for a reason, right? It’s funny because you see it coming a mile away.
Needless to say, this one is the one I’m most proud of. I had so much fun writing and rewriting it in my head until it was perfect! The only bad thing is that you need to be pretty familiar with both Star vs the Forces of Evil and Steven Universe to get all the jokes. But hey ... my sense of humor is obtuse like that.
https://isaackuo.tumblr.com/post/185295564211/the-honey-moon-ball-starco-wedding-prompt
This was another tough one. I already blew my best wedding joke on Day 1, and I didn’t even notice there was a Wedding Day prompt at the time!
I struggled and struggled to come up with anything. So I just latched onto the first joke I came up with. In lieu of good jokes, I tried to sell this one with sweet cute character art showing Tom being dashing and Starco being lovey dovey. Still ... this is one of my weaker ones.
EXPLANATION:
Obviously this is based on the Blood Moon Ball/Curse, but this time Tom’s hitting them with a different curse - the Honey Moon Curse.
As we find out in Curse of the Blood Moon, Star didn’t pay attention to the MC and she thought the Blood Moon light was just a fun party light. So in this comic, she’s just obliviously caressing Marco while he questions what Tom means.
I initially thought of Tom explaining that he was confused about what Marco had previously meant when he said he wanted a “honeymoon”. But then, I thought it would be funnier if it’s simply ambiguous whether or not Tom is being spiteful or a silly practical joker or what. Sometimes it’s funnier when there’s a psychological tension - you don’t know what Tom’s thinking/feeling.
https://isaackuo.tumblr.com/post/185313724836/toy-star-starco-week-5-prompt-au-of-choice
Another one which was initially tough for me. I’m just not familiar with AUs, so I knew I’d have to make up my own. But what? Nothing clicked until ... TOY STORY! After that stroke of brilliance, there were too many ideas. The hard part was paring things down into a manageable short comic.
I’m most proud of the INSANE look of Princess Star tapping her Wand at Diaz. And also the Pony Head box for Princess Star.
Anyway, the great thing about Toy Star is that I didn’t need to fill in much detail in order for the reader to imagine a whole world around it. I mean ... we all know and love Toy Story. It’s part of our cultural consciousness. So it’s really easy to imagine some fun enemies-to-buddies story just from a few suggestions.
EXPLANATION:
The boxed Princess Star bonking Diaz off the bed is actually not quite how it happened in Toy Story. But close enough! (We don’t actually get to see the majesty of a boxed Buzz Lightyear until Toy Story 2.)
Princess Star has ball jointed arms similar to Buzz Lightyear while Diaz is a flexible stuffed doll like Woody. I left off “Butterfly” because “Princess Star” feels more self centered and self important.
Diaz is named “Diaz” just to make Jackie’s line sound more intimate and personal.
Mermaid Jackie is, of course, a reference to the popular fan theory that Jackie was a mermaid. This “Sunny Atlantis” mermaid is a reference to the Pixar short Knick Knack. She’s an aquarium decoration, rather than a toy. This is a reference to how Woody’s girlfriend Bo Peep was also not a toy (she was a lamp).
The mermaid in Knick Knack has shades rather than eyes. So that’s why mermaid Jackie is lifting up shades to look down toward Diaz.
The panel where Diaz is getting out from under Adam’s bed is directly based on a Toy Story screenshot. The original does have a cactus pictured on the bedspread. I thought it would be kinda funny if it’s ambiguous what sort of “cactuses” broke Diaz’s fall.
The “must be some mistake” panel is also directly based on a Toy Story screenshot.
Princess Star immediately trying to Narwhal Blast Diaz indicates she’s even crazier than Buzz Lightyear. Buzz merely shifted around pointing his laser arm at Woody. Oh - the “psycho” look in her face really sells this, I think.
The fact that Princess Star is somehow aware she has to tap the button on her wand to activate it is ... well I think it’s funny. (The button placement, of course, is plainly designed for human use.)
Princess Star requesting a nearby Quest Buy is a reference to Quest Buy, the episode where they go to Quest Buy to buy a wand charger. “Or do you still use Plutonium” is a reference to Buzz’s technobabble “distolic fusion” ... but I thought the use of real world “Plutonium” would give the joke a bit more kick (sort of a Back to the Future reference also).
Diaz answering “we’ve got double-A’s” is a reference to Toy Story where Woody says the same thing.
“Look, new friend,” is something Star Butterfly would say, but with a flat attitude more like Buzz Lightyear. This indicates Princess Star has a bit different personality than canon Star Butterfly. It fits in more with Toy Story, helping the reader imagine how this Starco relationship will play out.
“Multiverse High Command” is a mashup of “Magical High Commission” and “Star Command”. The threat of the multiverse being destroyed is something Queen Moon warns Star in Star Comes to Earth. The spiel where Princess Star explains her mission is similar to Buzz Lightyear explaining his mission. Presumably, it’s written on her Ponyhead box. Again, all this stuff helps the reader imagine how this Starco relationship will play out.
Diaz’s “You’re a toy” is, of course, a reference to Woody trying to explain to Buzz Lightyear that he’s just a toy.
“I believe the term you’re looking for is ‘Magical Princess from Another Dimension’“ refers to a similar Buzz Lightyear line, as well as how canon Star introduces herself to Marco Diaz in Star Comes to Earth.
But really ... there are SO many memorable Toy Story lines that cramming in references is like shooting fish in a barrel. Too easy! But still fun!
Of all the silly ideas I put out there for Starco Week 5, Toy Star is perhaps the one which has gotten some interest. It’s begging to be fleshed out. I welcome anyone to do whatever they want with it!
And again, a big thanks to everyone who read my stuff, followed, reblogged, and such! Especially, of course, @starco-week
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