#i always like rambling about design thoughts

[lily-onher-grave]

okay okay okay thoughts/excited ramblings about the wicked movie under the cut bc i've seen it and now i'm insane about it again

let's be real it's kinda hard to fumble the opening number of a musical especially when that opening number is no one mourns the wicked and yet i was still absolutely blown away it was SO GOOD

the lil munchkins running, the singing in the streets, the posters of the witch (side note all the artwork was insanely good and just added so much to the style of oz i feel like) it was all so awesome

NOMTW becomes so sinister and they nailed it

obligatory emotional babbling about glinda standing alone in the crowd as everyone sings 'the wicked's lives are lonely'

before i left for the theater i was like 'take your bets on if i'll cry' and my roommate and i agreed that yeah obviously i would. but what i didn't expect is for ariana's sad face to knock me out in five minutes flat. i was done for

the effigy. holy shit. and handing the torch to glinda. i want to go see the whole thing again just so i can rewatch that scene. my heart still hurts

(also nanny! sort of not really. but i liked the childhood scenes i liked that elphaba had one (1) good thing in her life before shiz)

SHIZ okay shiz honestly shiz was the thing i was most excited for bc c'mon, we don't write about our gothic magic school all the time in fic for nothing. and honestly it was so good. the shots of the whole castle! the library design! the balcony moments and the stairways and just like the layers of architecture and the way morrible could kind of be anywhere at any time. the way it felt so grand and yet so small at the same time. idk man the vibes were good and the set was beautiful

glinda arriving by boat was magical that's all

the way everything dillamond had was tailored to him was fantastic it was so good

actually i want to shout out the library set design again and how it tied into the clockwork theme that never gets fully called out even in the musical but it's still so good

where's my time dragon clock tho

also back up the scene where elphaba loses her temper in the courtyard--when she breaks the relief of the wizard, there's old artwork of Animals behind it and i gasped out loud when i saw it

and that was the first moment i thought 'this is brilliant but i still want an hbo dark fantasy political drama tv show based on the book'

speaking of the dark fantasy political drama tv shows, the Animal meeting!! i'm so glad they put more stuff like that in there

actually as a whole the movie felt more grounded and less comedic than the musical. i think they did a fantastic job of keeping the magic and silliness and charm and wonder of the show while still adding those extra bits of drama and dire circumstances

anyway gelphie fic prank wars trope is officially canon great work everybody handshakes all around. i was cackling (silently. i promise i'm a respectful moviegoer)

the ozdust ballroom being illegal makes so much sense. it being underwater was fucking cool. boq and nessa were actually really great and i usually don't care about them at all during this scene

also i love love love nessa and i cannot wait to see more of her. but showing her multiple times on the sidelines when elphie was being humiliated was such a good choice. the tension between nessa obviously caring for her sister yet always caring for herself more is so delicious and i always want to see it fleshed out more, and i think they did such a good job with her? her and elphaba have sweet moments which i love, and her wanting to be independent and only elphaba really understanding that is so so good. and having her just watching elphaba for so long before finally saying she can't watch. god i can't wait to see her be desperate and selfish and cold in act 2, it's gonna be so good

side note boq also looking upset by elphie being bullied. i miss my brotp man

but let's talk about what's most important: the gelphie dance. because oh my god i started crying all over again. so did elphaba. and glinda wiping her tears i'm dying i've died oh my god

i always get a little bit surprised when glinda seems more head over heels than elphaba. idk why. but ariana's glinda is absolutely more head over heels than cynthia's elphaba and i loved it

(they just. freaking LEFT the party. just zipped out of there as soon as they hugged. glinda was like hmmm i just realized some things and grabbed elphaba's hand and ran off while the night was young. and fiyero stared after them knowing that he stood no chance whatsoever)

also i'm like 72% sure the guys sitting next to me were a couple? and they both cried during the gelphie dance too and it was a very unexpected but very funny moment of solidarity

i say ariana's glinda is more head over heels and i stand by it but elphaba's fond little smile when glinda was pouting about sharing secrets almost made me start sobbing again they're so GOOD they're so CUTE and she is SO heart eyes for glinda immediately!!!

i need to be sedated i swear

popular was adorable 10/10 no notes absolutely nailed it i loved every second

also glinda sitting next to elphaba in class now. my heart <3

after dillamond gets hauled away (again with this being more violent and dark and those moments of drama coming through more in the movie i loveeee) glinda doesn't sit down until elphaba does

also they had several little moments of elphaba looking to glinda and glinda either shaking her head or nodding. they've been friends for 2 days and they're already having silent conversations i love them <3

the poppy spell? was sick as hell????

another seeing of wicked, another complete sense of bafflement as to why fiyero is there

i say this jokingly but the fiyero and elphaba romance really does feel like a product of the early 2000s especially now that it's on screen rather than on stage. idk maybe that's just the lesbian in me talking though

the train design is also sick but we knew that from the trailers

okay look logically yes i knew idina and kristin would have cameos. but i'd been crying on and off and one short day's magic had already taken hold so they caught me completely off guard. it was great

the wizard stuff was really sweet. and while i was hoping for more time put toward shiz and stuff, i do think those moments did a great job of 1) showing how much elphaba just wants to be loved 2) foreshadowing the wizard being her father and 3) laying the groundwork for her briefly considering working with the wizard in act 2, which is a decision that never quiteee feels right in the show

i love that they put more lore into the grimmerie btw. very cool

the hot air balloon was random but fun. i wonder if it'll come up again in act 2

every time. every damn time glinda starts singing in defying gravity i just want someone to end it right there. glinda grabs the broom, it fades to black, and they both lived happily ever after

fuck

defying gravity taking place at sunset because it's at the end of their one short day of happiness

also UM morrible coming up and hugging glinda when she's crying. exquisite emotional manipulation i'm screaming

elphie! seeing! her! inner! child! i loved the baby elphie scenes even though i prefer creepy 'horrors' elphaba always. but seeing her come back was sooooo fucking good

elphaba only ever relying on herself, in the end

glinda's final 'i hope you're happy' took me out, as it always does, as it always should. and reaching out from the balcony? i'm sobbing again

morrible dragging glinda into the darkness while elphaba flies into the sun! someone fucking help me i'm already wrecked by these two

honestly my biggest complaint is that now i have to wait for part two, i want to see the rest nowwwww

[oopsiedaisiesbaby]

Any opinions/ideas on omega john and alpha gale?

Yesss 😈 Buckle in for a ramble because I am uncaffeinated today lol

I always like my John and Gale with some self-worth issues!

Sooo… omega John that has always felt like too much as an omega because he’s far from small and delicate and he’s always been a bit “wild” according to his teachers (they say it with extreme distaste).

He’s too big, too loud, too rough, too bawdy, too much… so he resigns himself to being alone forever. There’s never going to be an alpha that can handle him so he leans into being built wrong, joins the army, and takes on alphas that think they’re hot shit and that he can’t keep up just because of his designation.

The only alpha that doesn’t scoff and dismiss him from the jump (until he charms them with his roguish charm) is Gale. Gale who is enamored with the John from the first moment they meet.

Gale who has always been told he’s not enough as an alpha… not commanding enough, not boisterous enough, not rugged enough (he’s just not into the same stuff as other alphas and doesn’t think being an asshole equates to being a leader).

But they meet that first day at basic…

John is devastatingly handsome, smells like heaven, makes Gale laugh until he has stitches in his side, gets Gale into mischief, keeps up with Gale’s mischief, can fill the silences that Gale doesn’t mean to let linger but just happen sometimes, doesn’t think Gale is any less of an alpha for not liking sports or gambling or drinking… Gale gets to just be himself and it’s refreshing.

It’s the same for John too though.

Gale is painfully beautiful, smells divine, shocks John into riotous laughter with his dry wit and biting sarcasm, keeps up with John’s mischief, gets John into mischief shockingly enough, lets John ramble about anything and everything, seems to think nothing less of John as an omega for the baseball obsession, the drinking, or the gambling… John gets to just be himself and it’s affirming.

And when they finally start sleeping with each other?

John needs a cigarette after every. single. time. Gale takes his quiet, single minded focus as a pilot and applies it to taking John apart in ways he never thought possible. John hates giving up control which is why he likes how Gale just takes it and John can trust him to do right and do well with it.

The love is instant and intense and they get mated so quickly there’s rumors it’s a shot gun mating. It doesn’t offend them one bit because they know the truth. John isn’t too much and Gale isn’t not enough. They’re just right, for each other.

They’re soul mates ❤️

[herefortheships]

What does BJ ring mean? Does it seem to be symbolic?

It's definitely a wish of mine that it will turn out his ring was always a symbol of his curse (we all know I'm a big fan of tragic fairy tale style curses. Exhibit A: my little Betelgeuse and Marriage theory), but we can't really know for sure if it means anything, at least not until the final third movie, if we're so lucky to get it. I answered a similar question here. But the gist of it is this: if his ring isn't just an accessory as part of his character design (in other words, if the choice for him to always have that ring is more an intentional narrative choice than what it may initially appear [and hey, it's not unlikely with this being Tim Burton! The man is interested in creating art with his films]) it could be that the ring represents what binds Betelgeuse and keeps him stuck, unable to pass on (well, apart from his thick criminal record likely adding more years to his time of service in the Netherworld).

The ring really could just be a little treasure Beej stole from some corpse at some point, who knows, but I like the idea of it being something more intentional to his character design, something more meaningful.

If it's never revealed that the ring had anything to do with his soul's burden, then I will keep that head canon, because I really like the idea of it being a visual representation of his curse, or of what binds his soul as a ghost. Our beloved Betelgeuse was murdered on his wedding night. Intentional choice or not, it's so symbolic, you know? That his ghost always carries a ring, and that he needs to get married to be "free", whether that means he can go wherever he wants in the world of the living, or "free" as in he'll be alive again, or as in (my favorite) able to pass on (<-whenever he's ready. Rambling now a little, but I just love the idea about him being free to pass on to the Great Beyond, but sticking around waiting for Lydia to go with him. Bittersweet, but I just love the thought of them going together. I don't want Beej to someday be left completely alone, or going to Hell while Lydia goes to the Great Beyond or the Pearly Gates or whatever iteration of Heaven she's sent to after death).

[sunsetno4]

Canvas, texture, hair for Ven! (And Deja, if you're up to it :] )

Ah, thank you so much! :D And, yes! I can add Deja when she fits~~ Although, minor apologies in advance because this will be a bit long. I like rambling. u__u;; Questions are from here too. <3

Also, a trigger warning for the scar section for a brief mentions of self-harm scars.

canvas: Does your OC have any scars, piercings, tattoos, or other markings? Do they display or cover them up at all?

Scars. Vendetta definitely has a metric fuck-ton of scars, but I've never sat down to honestly figure them out (which is why I rarely doodle them in). I need to get on that. u__u; For the few I have planned out, ne had ugly one of the top of nir hand from a time ne got stabbed, a few methodical-looking self-harm ones along both nir lower arms and an odd and very out-of-place carved c-shaped one on of nir arms too. Ven doesn't really care to cover them up, except maybe the ones of nir arms? Ne doesn't like the looks or questions. Deja has a few faint ones, but nothing to write to home about. They look more like old piercing holes that have since healed over, lol.

Piercings. For Ven, there's nir nostril stud, tongue stud and a fuck-ton of earrings. Like, so so many earrings, absolute maximalist vibes. Like a bit like these? (link) (link) (link) And if Ven ever gets rid of nir tattoos or loses the hyper-paranoia around them, ne would def like to get a few more done, nipples being the top of that list. God, ne would love that.

Deja just has her earlobes done. Like I said, there's a few faint scars that Ven thinks are from old facial and ear piercings but they're pretty closed up if true. She normally wears jewelry with a gambling aesthetic, either like based around the card suits or like poker chips and post-backstory reveal, Ven feels a little weird about that.

Tattoos. Ven just has the Re-Gene ones that ne feels …complicated about. :l If ne ever gets rid of them tho, I always imagine ne would eventually get a few tattoos of nir own in a similar orange design, but not shiny and probably around nir wrists and lower arms. They'll be theirs then~

Deja doesn't have tattoos, but as for other marks, she does have two beauty marks: one under her right eye and the other on the top of her right breast. If she get away with showing off both, she's a happy person, lol. It's normally pretty easy too.

texture: Does your OC favor any specific kinds of cloth or textures? Is there anything they can’t wear or don’t like? What sort of fabrics do they prefer?

Anything old and worn, breathable and loose! Clothes don't have to meet all three, but Ven prefers at least one box checked. Ne wears so many layers, let nem not die because of too much polyester. I don't imagine Ven enjoys buying new basic clothes a lot, especially anything denim or more stiff in general. But thrifting feels a little gauche with how much money ne has in nir many bank accounts. :'l Beyond that, ah. Vendetta's used to being uncomfortable especially regarding clothes so it doesn't really register in nir head anymore. That's kinda always been the norm.

hair: How does your OC wear their hair? Does it have some kind of meaning?

Vendetta has a bit of a fashion mullet, two-toned between nir natural copper orange hair and whatever shade of blonde Ven got out of the bottle this time. It was entirely unplanned, but Vendetta doesn't really plan out nir hairstyles. Ne normally just lets it grow out until it bugs nem and then, snip snip snip! Always done nemself, sometimes in very odd places like a diner because sensory issues are damning.

Ah, Ven had meant to cut nir grown hair into a more choppy pixie (because the helmet hair was really annoying nem), but ne stopped mid-way through and thought the mullet look was Neat. c: The fact that Themmy also had a copper orange mullet never really crossed Ven's mind until ne thought ne spotted them out of the corner of nir eye, and was so gutted to see it was just nemself. It's why ne started bleaching it half-blonde. Anything to keep the ghosts and heartbreak at bay.

Deja's is loooooooooong and naturally wavy-curly and it's been the pale blue-grey shade since Ven found her. And as much as Vendetta hates salon, ne goes to them to keep up the color that whoever Deja previously was clearly enjoyed liked. It feels like the least Ven can do for her~ It's normally worn down too because outside of braiding hair, Ven is pretty garbage at styling hair. Ah, it still looks pretty. c:

And I just enjoy them having complementary hair colors, especially with Deja's very unintentional Re-Gene blue hair. It's cute to me, lol.

And thank you again! <33

[puppyeared]

learned something about myself lately

[wasabi-gumdrop]

thinking about modern au Kabru

ivy league college student, probably studying law and political science on a full scholarship. first time living away from Milsiril so he has to promise her, yes mom i’ll call you at least four times a week, no mom i don’t need your amex black card, yes mom the normal credit card is fine i need to learn how to budget like a Normal Person (it has a limit of $20k — that’s not normal Kabru).

Milsiril insists for a long time that she’ll just get him a house off campus so he can have his own space (aka a place she can drop by anytime and possibly live a few months out of the year just to be close to him) but Kabru puts his foot down and tells her the best way he’s gonna make friends is by living with other students (bye mom).

his floor in the coed dorms is the party floor and he always makes sure to invite everybody (his nightmare is accidentally leaving anyone out and having them think that he doesn’t like them). somehow it’s always a good time, everyone leaves with more friends than they came with, it never gets totally out of control, and plenty of girls who are interested in him (and a lot of guys too tbh) bring tons of baked treats so there’s always free food. Kabru is the RA’s favourite person to have in the building (even though Kabru himself is messy but most of the people he’s friends with are nice and clean up after themselves).

he has a porsche (Milsiril gift for his 16th bday) but he’s adamant about not driving it unless he absolutely has to (because he doesn’t wanna look like a douche). BUT he never says no when his friends ask for rides (so he ends up driving all the time anyway). he actually contemplates selling the porsche and going for a more practical car but Mickbell is like ‘dude you are not taking this away from me.’ Kabru sighs and decides to keep it because his friends (Mickbell) like being chauffeured around in a fancy convertible (Rin, Holm, and Dia don’t care, they’re just glad they don’t have to walk to the grocery store).

he’s probably on a casual texting basis with most of his professors and you know he’s going to all their office hours, grabbing beer with them just to keep chatting about life outside of school. and that’s how he winds up in some super secret faculty group chat where he’s now privy to all the college administration gossip.

Kabru is elected for student council during his freshman year and he’s probably the favourite to be sc president one day.

he doesn’t really date (gets too in his head about how he doesn’t wanna ruin any friendships) but he does hang out one on one with a lot of girls and treats them all really well. he probably goes so far out of his way to be platonic that he flies a little too close to the ‘Just Like One of the Girlies’ sun, he kinda forgets that most people interpret it as flirting coming from him. which leads to a few awkward conversations. people feeling led on, a few angry jealous boyfriends, scathing dms about him being a girl stealing homewrecker.

it’s such a nightmare for him and he needs it to end right now. so he begs Rin to ‘date’ him for a week or two and then publicly dump him just so the entire student body gets the message that he is Just A Friend.

Rin stares at him for a few seconds. then she laughs. she laughs and laughs. she laughs for a crazy long time. and then eventually she goes, ‘wow you’re an asshole, Kabru. no i won’t be your fake girlfriend. you’re gonna suffer and i’m going to enjoy it.’

and that’s when Kabru has a moment of enlightenment. ok yeah. asking for that is probably really selfish and mean. maybe he needs to think about girls’ feelings more and that’s maybe more important than his deep seated need to be liked, and when has Rin ever been wrong about anything.

he apologizes. and so begins one of the more serious talks he’s ever had with Rin about being okay with not being liked.

he thinks he can really turn over a new leaf. the whole ‘not worrying about what other people think’ thing goes pretty well — up until Kabru meets the aloof professor for his Monsters and Myths class who keeps forgetting and mispronouncing his name.

Kabru has never needed someone to like him So Bad, he needs Prof. Touden to like him as a matter of life and death, and he’s willing to look stupid for it (fails a midterm on purpose to justify begging for one on one tutoring)

[biblically-accurate-dca]

super disorganized sketch page because i do what i want

[can-of-slorgs]

Completed the Shenkuu Stamp collection some time ago, so it was only fair to draw my girl Mirsha

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i've convinced myself that Sunny is a serial gossiper, except the only other dragon that knows is Clay bc they're best buddies <3

[pangyham]

been thinking about the liyue gang and how id draw their physical builds so here are some thoughts i had for xy cy and gm in particular

- xingqiu, unsurprisingly, would be quite lanky. i like to think he has broad-ish shoulders, like a thin athlete's build? hes a long boy to me haha, long face, neck, limbs, fingers etc, so naturally hes stands (comparatively) tall at 5'6" or 5'7"

i like to think hes most physically attractive one and has that handsome princely and boyish charm to him because it adds a lot to his fuckass duality LOL

- chongyun is a lot like xiao imo! short stature but with muscular arms. he seems nimble and flexible because of his normal attack animations (which bears a lot of similarities to xiao's actually! this + the fact that chongyun's normal attacks create gusts of wind further reinforces my hc that xiao trains him). sometimes i watch high energy choreography vids on youtube and some dancers look incredibly light on their feet, almost like their body is inherently bouncy? and i imagine chongyun to have that agility to him. chongyun has a delicate face and aura and i let that bleed into my hcs for his fighting style and physical capabilities hahaha. hes kind of like a cat who's deceptively strong. as for height.. just a few inches taller than xiao, so perceptibly short at 5'4"

- ga ming my new beloved. pretty much similar to chongyun but more muscular and stronger just because he wields his claymore with ease. theres a noticeable weight different between cy and his claymore the way he lugs it up after he swings (or even other claymore users like razor who, on his last hit, bounces from impact). meanwhile ga ming literally slams his to the ground LOL. i love his movements though hes very swift and expressive and radiant.. if cy has delicate movements then ga ming's is fierce and (charmingly!) assertive

ga ming is wonderfully charismatic though, i know hes not well known in liyue harbor yet, but he seems like the type to gain a reputation from his friendliness. how could no one adore him hahaha. 5'5" for height! just between xy and xq

[alfhildr-the-word-weaver]

When I think about it, I think one of my favorite things about the Curse of DarKastle lore is how it presents an almost comical inversion of the classic Beauty and the Beast story. Instead of being rude to and angering a witch who curses him to be trapped in a beastly form until true love can break his curse, Prince Ludwig gets startled by a witch and howls, to which she responds by bestowing werewolf powers upon him--I don't think the ride specifies, but it seems like he can turn at will? Or it may have been more emotionally linked. But in any case, it's not presented as a curse (in spite of the ride's name -- I think that comes later when everyone gets trapped as ghosts, at least in my interpretation) but rather as a gift in service of his "dark destiny". She prophetically tells him that he's going to become the "wicked ruler of a corrupt kingdom" and then turns into a wolf herself and actively guides him in overthrowing his parents and ruling the kingdom with an iron fist. It's like the same setup as the witch in Beauty and the Beast, only instead of trying to teach him a moral lesson, the witch in Curse of DarKastle looked at this awful little prince and went "I can make him worse" and then enabled and encouraged his many subsequent murders. It's such a wild story setup for a ride and I kind of love how bonkers it is.

[jessamine-rose]

*squeezes aine this time*

Read my Yandere! Dottore fics first (⁎⁍̴̆Ɛ⁍̴̆⁎)

Chemistry ๑ Magnum Opus

So @ainescribe decided to surprise me with more Darling fan art, this time of Dottore’s Assistant!! *sobs* I love it so much ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡

Once again, feedback will be in the tags. Thank you so much for enjoying my writing, Aine <3

[alangdorf]

Ok so I know I’ve taken a few liberties here with gijinka-fying the Rampaging Doomers, of all characters, but hear me out: self-recognition through the other (derogatory). Not just a reminder of the part of himself he doesn’t like to acknowledge but also a near-perfect replication of him at his worst (Magolor EX, specifically). They know enough about Doomer and Ancient societies and his situation with the Crown to get right to the heart of his insecurities, which makes them really effective at bullying him. Also like. Extended family judging you for your life choices lol

Anyway, included the lines this time cause I’m really proud of the composition but a bit disappointed with how the coloring turned out. It did however help me pinpoint what I’d like to improve on, which is my coloring/shading. I think I get into details too quickly to the detriment of the piece as a whole and I also think the way I shade doesn’t have enough contrast and doesn’t take light sources into account very well. I just need to do some painting studies sometime and that will fix me, I swear

[donutdrawsthings]

As someone who likes to focus on character design in my art and frequents a lot of character creation spaces because of it, I feel I can say with confidence (Most of) the characters in The Amazing Digital Circus have commonly-used-online design traits and sources of inspiration, which make their designs feel not too exciting and maybe a bit uninspired.

HOWEVER, What makes these guys more unique lays in their personality, voice acting and animation, which perfectly fits the narrative of the story (imagine being stuck in VRchat). And It's literally perfectly fine to like the designs as they are. Their character designs have good colour contrasts which balance nicely over the design, a good weight distribution, strong shape language AND have an overarching style that ties them all together while also distinctly being based on different things and looking like they all come from a different genre of entertainment. For what these characters are, they are DESIGNED REALLY WELL.

I feel the character with the most unique and self-contained (for lack of a better word for "visually not directly inspired by something") design by far is Pomni. Literally chef's kiss. I love her expressions, love her strong colour scheme and I love how her jester's hat is stylised to be sometimes almost completely straight at the top. Her flat hat together mixed with the straight-cut strands of hair peeking out from under it are such a good and subtle contrast to her other round features that I'd dare to say they reflect her seriousness through the forced silly get-up put onto her by this digital prison. And her whole clown outfit is a really good contrast to the genuine dread and existential horror she's feeling in general. I can't get enough of it. Her design is perfect for her role in the story and also as introduction to the world we as the audience are new to.

That's why I'm honestly absolutely appalled by the amount of bad faith and horrible posts I've seen towards this project as a whole. It's one thing to not like it, but a totally whole other thing to actively make it (and the fans) out to be the worst most offensive creation to have ever touched the eyes of mortal men. It's not. And remember, people can be trolls to make a fandom look worse.

Online we have a fondness for kidcore and weirdcore aesthetics based on vague familiarity and nostalgia. It's OKAY to like a story/characters INSPIRED by these things. You are allowed to indulge on your own interests. Don't take these mean spirited posts to heart. If they don't respect your positive opinions of the show, you don't have to respect their negative opinions of it either.

[welcometogrouchland]

something something fire magic as a representation of toxicity in amity’s life (which sounds really far fetched BUT! here me out:

She's practicing a fire spell in Adventures in the Elements where she unknowingly passes on the isles elitist/fantasy abelist ideas about magic to Luz, making her insecure in her magical abilities to her own detriment. Amity is also insecure in her magic this ep

She uses the fire spell AGAIN in Understanding Willow and like. Idk if I even have to talk abt the symbolism of fire in this ep. Amity literally ends up nearly killing her former best friend, with fire, bc of the way the isles toxic ideals of magic and strength split them apart, and Willow literally has every emotion other than anger burned out of her body because of this.

She uses fire magic in Eclipse Lake (I can't remember the exact scene but I do know that in FatCDP kiki refers to her as the "little fire starter") where she is, again, falling back into her pattern of needing to justify her existence, though this episode marks a definite turning point for her, in that she reaches out to someone going through the same thing as her and. Y'know. She almost gets through to him! She ends the ep in a better place than where she started though

and then we don’t see her use fire magic for the rest of the show, to my memory, bc she’s breaking free of those patterns fully from EL onward, even if she slips back into them occasionally (like in Labyrinth Runners). Last piece of "evidence" is how Boscha’s often associated with fire magic (her grudgby attacks teach Luz the fire glyph and she threatens to. Set Luz's eyes on fire in FatCDP) and also constantly bullies ppl like Willow for not fitting the isles idea of what a witch should be, and tries to drag amity back into her toxic circle in FTF just so she won’t feel alone anymore)