#holly thistle

[soprano1kid]

benny boy, his girlfriend, and gaston the ladybird (he's so precious!!!)

[vierrel41n]

It’s them!!! Having a tea party!! From left to right: Yasmin, Gaston, Lucy, Holly, Ben, Katie

I had realised I haven’t drawn like art art of them and I haven’t drawn the humans in a while or Gaston so here’s them together in the pony world >w<

I also gave Ben a bit of a redesign

Here is also a Mr’s Elf design!!! I wasn’t sure about her cutie mark so I just did smth random lol. Thinking of designing Mr Elf after a strawberry roan because I think that’d be cute. Also gave her a little overbite! Because I also thought that’d be cute. And that it’d fit her

Did another version with a few grey hairs >3<

Baby Marigold and Thistle!! With their mom… thinking of calling her smth storm related like Stormy Weather or something.

Is it me or are girl characters the most fun to design

Also sorry about the bad quality Tumblr keeps upscaling/downscaling my art 😞

[shineywhisney]

Peppa and Holly

Shitpost

[columba1234]

Magic Lesson

[fairyqueenfleur]

What do you think Ben and Holly’s dynamic and personalities look like?

My opinion:

Ben is usually calm, laid-back and chill and often the only brain cell left in dangerous situations. He is a good observer (in the woodpecker episode when he taught the chicks to fly by mimicking the flying poses despite not knowing how to do it himself), pretty handy and good at fixing things (like all the elves do) and a bit ambitious and a good animal tamer (I’m not sure is it the right term to use, but the successfully ride Speedy the Snail (one of the hardest to be tamed.) and forgives quickly (the elf games). But he can be a teaser (in the elf joke episode, with no ill intent), lose his temper quickly and occasionally dismiss fairies' abilities (such as magic and flying, but he learned from it and never did it as often). And talking about the “Ben’s birthday party” episode, he just asked Holly about his birthday card and either she remembered his birthday (I know the writers used that for plot purposes (reminding Holly to make Ben’s birthday card to get the episode going) but I feel that’s a bit insensitive from Ben’s side, so I would make it his flaw. And he's a bit of a power illusionist (in Superheroes when he cosplayed into Elfman, but his friends just called him Elfboy which is very humourous though)

Holly is outgoing, girly and sometimes pretty bossy. She has a kind personality and is naturally curious about everything (especially elf culture, like she always asks Ben what he’s learning at school or go to his school to experience herself). If she loved someone (familiarly, platonically or possibly romantically), she would be attached to them very much (eg: Nanny Plum, King Thistle, Ben, etc). And in my opinion, she’s one of the smartest fairies in the series (she nearly guessed Barnaby’s fairy disguise (she asked him “Have we ever met you before?” - simple to us the audience but considering how dumb the fairies are, this deserve applause). She compliments other people a lot (especially Ben). However, she is often overconfident of her own abilities (eg: her magical skills and the possibility of it going wrong), sometimes looking down on elven customs (but like Ben she fixed that quickly and may be one of the few fairies in BAHLK treat elves with respect (the other are the fairy kids and Mrs Fig)). She can be cruel with her magic when she’s angry (the elf joke day episode), and has a really scary death glare (the wand factory to Strawberry and to the Wise Wand 3000 in the new wand episodes).

I think both of them are optimistic, love adventure and cared deeply and concern for each other when one of them is in trouble, and treat each other as equals despite of class and race divisions (also deserve another applause)

Regarding to romantic shipping (when they are teens/ adults), they would fit into the “Childhood friends to lovers”, “Interspecies romance” and “Forbidden love” tropes ( considering the class and race difference, segregation and we never see a hybrid or a proper elf and fairy romance in the series )

=> Dynamic: (In the series) Very platonic and sibling-like (Ben and Holly treat each other like siblings that they never had since Ben is an only child and Daisy and Poppy are fucking hell spawns)

@columba1234

[feathermushroom]

Someone take this lil shits out of my cat, please

[kittyundercover1]

They would all be best friends.

[ladyingreen7]

Happy belated birthday to my one and only fave Princess Holly Thistle! 🎁🎄🌟💖

[hogwartshouses54]

Unpopular Opinion: Ben and Holly are couple goals

Ok, those who've watched this show will prolly start trolling me but, Hear me out.

Before any of you start up on this, no I am not a pedophile. This is NOT to romanticise an innocent kid show's characters, it is simply an opinion on how wholesome their relationship is compared to other idiocies we suffer through in other shows/novels etc. {Long rant ahead} I know this is a kid's cartoon show, and I've seen it for years when I was young but I've grown to realise that these two are a much more innocent, wholesome couple than a lot of the trash I've read otherwise. Ben for starters is always super supportive of Holly. He sees her for who she is, just a little fairy girl..one of the few elves to do so(the others generally call her Princess Holly but Ben doesn't bother with that, he doesn't 'fear' her) He often defends her and is quick to save her from embarrassment at the Elf school by coming over at once and fixing her broken toy owl for her. He's always ready to help her and never abandons her when she needs anything. He considers her problems his own. On various occasions, Holly is put in dangerous situations he has no business in; and while he could just walk away and leave Holly to it, he never does. He takes care of Daisy and Poppy (which even Nanny Plum had backed out of), goes to the Center of the Earth with her, he immediately invites her to live with him when her castle is about to be made into a cowshed, he initially backs away at the idea of climbing up the web of a spider about his size for the King's medicine until he learns that it could endanger Holly, after which he immediately offers to do so in her place. He stares at just Holly most of the time when they're in the same room with others. He invites her to nearly every one of his family functions and picnics : he just considers her family at this point. He prefers spending as much time with Holly as he can. Holly too cares deeply for Ben. She always rushes to Ben's aid when he needs it. She'd be very concerned when he climbs high surfaces or faces dangerous animals. She isn't a huge fan of his blowing his horn right in her face(she is startled) but goes along with it cause he likes it so much. She never passes up a chance to applaud Ben over a neat idea of his or a brave feat. She quite trusts him, there is hardly anything ever that she hides from him. She too invites him to her family functions and even introduces him to her grandparents. Whenever Ben is upset or worried, she's there to support and reassure him. They do have a few fights but they quickly make up.

[tin-f0il]

Ik can you draw Holly as a mermaid and Ben as a pirate. Thanks

ok lol

also a rough little comic

I really like this idea because I feel like Holly as a character is very similar to that of Ariel from The Little Mermaid, as in she's a princess who's fascinated by elf culture and technology and learns about it through a boy she's lowkey obsessed with haha. But yeah she always seemed to be the kind of person who's very curious and outgoing and who isn't afraid of going outside of her comfort zone despite living a luxurious comfy life, also just like Ariel people often misinterpret her as being a spoiled damsel in distress who's sole interest is a boy when really she is so much more than that and has great potential as a character.

I'm sorry this turned into a vent about how much I love Holly and how underrated she is kjdhzhfgzegfyezgzygfe, I've had a lot of fun drawing and trying to figure out their designs though so thank you<3

ALSO would Gaston be a normal dog or a barking fish?

[strawberico]

i hate drawing kids so imma just make a b&h modern high school au 

[vierrel41n]

Fairy evolution!!! I’ll do one for elves soon

I had this idea for a while I was just too lazy to implement it so now I finally did it. There’s more information I’ll make on maybe a longer post.

Btw fairies in the same family can have descendants or relatives from a different insect family or mixed with different insect families due to crossbreeding. Same for elves

I was very inspired by @sucrerosses’s flower dress for Holly sooo I did my own! How’s it look? Thinking of giving all the fairies flower outfits like the traditional fairies you’d see in old storybooks.

I’m a bug nerd me making Holly a dragonfly was on purpose. Did you know four ladybirds in total have been in space? I’m not really sure why scientists needed to know how insects would fare in space I think they were just bored.

Other insects have been to space too like house flies, honey bees, and a velvetbean moth.

[shineywhisney]

Yay new wattpad story cover :D

also redesign a bit

[columba1234]

Holly watercolour doodles 🧚‍♀️💖

Props to my best friend for giving me the best Christmas present ever! (The watercolour notebook) 🎁🎄🖌🎨📒

[fairyqueenfleur]

Happy unofficial birthday to our favourite princess: Holly Thistle (23/12)

[ceo-of-nanny-plum]

[ID: A small, electronic children's ride of Gaston the Ladybird, featuring a seat for children and Ben and Holly sitting on top. /End ID]

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