#asha luxwell

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because im realizing i may not have actually posted their current refs on tumblr um. ever? apparently? digging through the tag does not reveal them so i must assume they are not there. asha and azar refs. i adore them. please talk to me about them. i miss talking about my losers(affectionate)

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The First Week of Artfight - Done!

In order:

Rose / @cheesytrishy

Asha Luxwell / @rindomness

Space / @jam-blue featuring Time Empress Nell

Human-shaped Snagon / @bringerofpuns featuring half-dragon Jose

hopefully i’ll get even more done next week qwq

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i dont have a fun little faux-academic blurb from my worldbuilding doc for this one just know that when i listened to taz:ethersea i started thinking about devo. and if you know anything about my oc stuff that naturally led to thinking a little too hard about asha. and then i couldnt stop so i drew something about it

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🖊 (jackdaw)

HAVE I TALKED ABOUT MY NAME PRETENTIOUSNESS HERE YET? I can't remember if I have I'll share some. 2 for 1 bc asha and azar's names relate to each other

Azar's name (Azar Phoenix) functionally means fire/fire in relation to a cycle of death and revival. They're surrounded with fire in canon- their powers take the form of fire, they physically burned up and died, they've always been associated with fire. Khashya, the name they picked for their presence as a demon/deity, comes down to "fearful."

Asha's name (Asha Luxwell/Asha Phoenix at the end) represents light and hope and, in the context of the story, her religious background. Verrry much a handshake meme with asha and devo adventurezone on that one. It's a name given in the hope of what she will represent as an adult in her (former) religion, a future she runs from for the entire story and manages to finally escape when she drops the name and takes Azar's last name (of course, publicly disowning her family and having an actual literal deity back her up helped a significant amount, making the name chance more symbolic than anything but I like it so im going to be pretentious about it.)

Thank you jack!

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so i lost my mind a little bit. just a little bit

ocs from myself, @banyanas, @lemonadesoda, and @jam-blue thanks for indulging my overwhelming brainrot

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WOOPS WOOPS WOOPS I NEVER SHARED THE UPDATED REF HERE DID I

anyway. asha gets an update also in accordance with my design meaning overhaul

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so uhhhhh i dont know how much ive conveyed the max size difference between these two but it’s Significant

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“I’m tired,” Asha ground out, “and I’m angry, and someone told me that sometimes, the answer just comes down to violence.” She picked up the bat. “Now, get out of my way, or one of us is getting hurt, and it won’t be me.”

[ID: an illustration of a brown-haired woman wearing a yellow jacket and shoes, grey pants, and a blue shirt holds a bat in her left hand and has her right hand up near her face. She is lit from behind by bright blue fire on a broken wall in the background. She has a serious expression on her face, and there is blood on her knuckles. /end ID]

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playing around with less formal linework. i like this actually

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hi

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for doodle ideas- im going to feed the homestuck beast you now have. asha and azar classpect assignments, go!

i might touch these up later and they might not be accurate because i did approximately 10 minutes of skimming to make these choices

but uh. yeah i can try and explain them later if you would like me to but some of it comes down to 'i guess that's the vibe so sure that works'

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here’s some postcanon stuff for a canon that doesn’t exist im just drawing family fluff for an original story that only exists in my head anyway

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bedtime or dapper for asha and/or azar

i did them both but in a kind of roundabout way because i was inspired by the idea of azar just having Fashion Times in the middle of the night and asha coming to investigate

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3, 8, 11 for part 2 ask game Azar and Asha

hello once again

3: What does their voice sound like, in a couple of words? (ie soft, scratchy, seductive, high-pitched, etc)

oooh hmmm. I'd say Azar's voice is kinda... there's almost two I'd say - there's "demon" mode with is very like. loud, and energetic, and has a bit of an echo to it. I use this word a lot when talking about Azar's demonic persona but it really is just very showman-y. Normal voice is kinda like that too but like, chiller, I guess? the echo goes away & it's quieter but the energy is still there, and either way it has quite a range but they default to something kinda middle, toward the lower end of middle.

Asha's voice is soft, and higher-pitched, and a bit quiet at first, and then as she gains confidence it gets louder and honestly a bit more deadpan. Higher-pitched than Azar typically speaks though. Also has a bit of a lisp

8: What is their coping mechanism?

Hahahahahahhhhh oh boy this one huh

Azar's is "ignore everything and run until it goes away" which doesn't work for emotions. Doesn't work at all actually it's how they end up getting emotional attachments to begin with truth be told. A lot of deflection, a lot of putting up walls, a lot of just physically not being there - it's part of how the showman persona developed the way it did, because if they're constantly in your face like they're trying to convince you of something you have no opportunity to ask them anything, supernatural deity figure/demon or no

Asha does almost exactly the opposite. Asha people-pleases. Asha agrees with you until you drop whatever it is. Asha bundles up all her anger and frustration and upset and shoves it into a box and puts that box into the deepest recesses of her mind so it doesn't rise up at inconvenient times. Asha makes everything about other people, and drowns herself in helping others and fixing problems until she forgets she's upset. It works about as well as Azar's methods do all things considered

11: What kind of person are they most compatible with? (platonic or romantic)

I'm having a little trouble with this one im gonna be real but the gist of it is that Azar would be most compatible with someone who calls them on their shit, and Asha would be most compatible with someone who inspires her to put her own needs before the wants of others. To the surprise of some, taking into account their particular issues, Asha and Azar's relationship shouldn't fit either of these but... like... they really do. Asha ends up learning to set boundaries and take care of her own needs, and Azar learns to stop running and face their issues head-on, and they do a lot of that through communication with each other.

Thank you lemon!

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i never did share azar’s technology and human-body struggles did i. these are all incredibly low-effort but i dont feel like polishing any of them so *throws*

@jam-blue‘s oc cedar is here too

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🎶

With local immortal normal human being that totally didn't steal a body and the ghost that totally doesn't exist. but would very much like her body back

It's a little hard to draw someone who doesn't exist but u h . yeah. Song is Home by cavetown but I couldn't fuckin figure out how to get it to work in the picture uhhhhhhh yeah

but little do we know the stars welcome him with open arms

it's at the end and the end of the song and it's cause they're both safe and together even if it's not the most typical duo hahhhh get it get why it's the song-

I think I'm very clever thank you quill

game is here if you wanna send me stuff