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im 23 years old if i dont start drawing original content and characters like asap like.......then ill really never make it y'know
#not career wise like large scale i mean even the small scale of my Tumblr posts#something something legacy something#i have ideas for like lolita coords and fashion dolls and character design eceb drawing furries would be a huge step up#i have an extremely loose oc magical girl type story im kicking around like rhehehej#pony ocs even like idk adopts or something#i just dont want to live in the fanart shadow#i wish i was like an artblog that doubles as a dead personal account vs a dead personal account that has drawn once or twice
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Shadow the Hedgehog
but he's an actual shadow
idk I was bored i'm going to sleep
goodnight.......
[ Edit: Darker ver. ]
#am testing other brushes atm#just want to say that this isn't mephiles#plz dont tag as mephiles#meh doodles#art#sth#sonic the hedgehog#sonic horror au#I guess???#sonic fanart#concept art#sonic#Vortex the living Shadow#sonic au#shadow the ultimate lifeform#shadow clones#shadow the hedgehog#shadow#character design#fanart#cw eye contact#shadowy figure#eldrich horror#eldritch#Spooky season#spooky#Sonic oc#Maybe???#shadow android#Sonic Depths
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is there some kind of huge summary of the WC books/universe? I got bored of this fandom years ago and although i would enjoy to learn about what is currently happening, i just don't have the time to read 20 or so books,novellas or anything related to this piece of media outside of the occasional fanart and critique vídeo.
i’m sure there’s some out there but i don’t know any off the top of my head.i’d suggest reading the synopsis for each series abd book on thr warriors wiki. here’s my summaries just for fun though:
arc 1 (retconned to be called “the prophecies begin”): local kittypet joins a cult in the woods and works his way up the ranks while uncovering a murder plot and mystery.
arc 2 (the new prophecy): humans destroy the forest and the clans have to move. they find a new lake territory. there is another murder plot but its okay.
arc 3 (power of three) three kittens are born with magic powers. this affects their lives and the lives of those around them. oh fuck just kidding only 2 actually have powers.
arc 4 (omen of the stars) we found the 3rd one guys. theres a war between heaven and hell and heaven wins
arc 5 (dawn of the clans): dont worry about this one not important
arc 6 (a vision of shadows): nothing important happens here. skyclan joins the clans on the lake
arc 7 (the broken code) a guy possesses the thunderclan leader and tries to fuck shit up. for some reason he’s crazy strong and kills dozens of people and a woman has to sacrifice herself to get rid of him for good
arc 8 (a starless clan? i think): political drama about riverclan struggling to find a new leader.
the only important thing that happens in any novella/super edition is that leafpool dies because bramblestar is a total cunt and wants to kill pregnant women
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making a massive sonic movie 3 spoiler post to get all my insane thoughts out in a place with 1) no character limit and 2) functional tags + tools lol
don't look unless youve seen it! or if you're ready to lose a measurable amount of respect for me!!
if you had told tiny little 12 year old me that someday people would not only NOT flame Amy simply for existing in this cast, but that she would have people screaming and clapping for her in public?? she wouldve called you a cruel liar! but youre not! and its finally her time!!!
I'M SO HAPPY IT WAS HER I'M NOT EVEN MAD MY SILVER PREDICTION WAS WRONG LOL (tho i did think silver wouldve been waaaaaay too much too soon and i'm glad they agreed thank god)
i had her with me ofc bc she came with the set and its like they knew they had to complete it and now i want to CRY
i dont even know if i can expand on the fact that SHE saved SONIC???? will that flip the script?? is metal her rival rather than his at first??? and why on earth did they show half of that scene in the TRAILERS????
anyways, i'm so glad they let Shadow be SILLY! even SXSG shied away from the stuff they had him do here! that boy was towing Maria around the labs and having movie marathons and making snow angels and its like every little piece of domestic fanart I've seen of them came to life and it was perfect
its still sooo fucking funny to me that they really went all-in on "50 years ago is now the 70's" bc that aesthetic worked like a charm and i can't imagine anything else now. it is kinda jarring that theyre not on the ARK and Maria isn't sick but ofc the narrative still works without those facts. people are gonna be a bit upset about that one, but out of allll the plot holes this movie has (they NEVER explain how tf Gerald is still alive btw), that's one that's pretty easy to step over
there was one part with Gerald yelling "KIDS!" and both of them turn around and it just GOT me right thru the heart like yes!! he was a kid, too!! in between all the tests and labwork, he was learning how to live and they took it all away from him right when he was starting to figure it out :(((((
their first meeting here might be so good it deserves to be canon, i'm just saying. i think that'll make me cry on the rewatch for sure
i wonder if he's just gonna chill in that random field in oklahoma like when he landed the first time lol. he deserves some peace and quiet now especially since they went with the angle that he FELT all 50 years passing?? just lived the worst moment of his life over and over and over??? holy fuck
it did kinda fuck me up in the beginning bc they kinda-sorta imply that the accident was SHADOW'S fault, then they make you wait till then end for the full flashback, where not-commander-tower actually tried to save them but the solider fired anyway
they might have fucked around and accidentally made the most tragic/angry version of Shadow bc he not only got to stew on his anger for decades, but they literally gave him a Superman origin and Gerald was just the scientist assigned to figure out wtf he was actually lol. so you just KNOW they have a "press in case of BLACK ARMS INVASION" button ready to go for another movie so he can have another identity crisis when he finds out he's literally a herald of destruction!!!!!!!!
oh yeah this movie was supposed to be about sonic actually huh
i think i agree with the general reaction that his character is really great here! the first 20 minutes are basically every trailer we've seen in sequence, so his jokes & one-liners feel top-heavy and then they even out, esp as the later acts kick in and there's no more time for games lol. those trailers are doing him a bit of a disservice now bc compared to the eggmen, sonic is hardly that obnoxious in the full film, but the marketing doesnt care ofc
The Scene that mirrors Shadow's last moment with Maria is SO GOOD, i'm kinda shocked they didn't have him turn right there (but i'm glad that it was Sonic that made him turn, and that he got to throw some of his rage right back at him in process)
Kinda goddamn wild that for a moment it seemed like Shadow had fully killed a human, onscreen, in front of god and everybody. I actually wondered if he could still come back from that, for a minute.
it seems to be a common opinion that they went a bit too far with the jim carrey-isms, and i agree. i generally felt like it was an ok balance for awhile, then they cut into LIVE & LEARN with gerald spanking ivo and i actually sighed and cringed. you dont cut into live & learn for anything, but especially that!!!!
god, i need that orchestral remix like yesterday, its already bad enough we have to wait till christmas for SXSG soundtrack! GIVE IT UP ALREADY
best jim carrey scene was the doomed yaoi speech, oh my god
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HEARD "I AM THE EGGMAN" ON HIS PHONE AND SCREAMED, TOO
losing it at how they literally assigned shadow to hangout with stone and he was just like "ok" and they watched tv together lol
Stone was fucking awesome when he actually had scenes to himself holy fuck Lee get that bag!!
REVENGE GUAC!!!!!!!!!!!!
putting my tinfoil hat on and claiming the novela scenes and guac bit as an acknowledgment of Shadow's loyalty to the latinas, as a latina myself this is within my power
as a whole, bits like the novela and team knuckles are soooo much stronger and natural than the mandatory dance scenes and branding shoutouts, god i hope that sticks in whatever comes next!!
i understand no one liked the wedding scene in 2 but i LOVED it and was kinda sad that special agent derek morgan was just a disguise here but the way they used him was great, so i guess i'm just glad they kept him around
director rockwell just kinda? came outta nowhere and then disappeared to nowhere?? oh well her character was just kinda filler huh. and here i had a crackpot theory that she was rouge in disguise lmao
am i stupid or have we NEVER gotten a super sonic vs super shadow before?? i cant remember every detail of things like sonic x, but of mainline stuff??? they mightve given us a first?!
MAKING THE POSE™️ SUPER WAS A+++ THO GOOD FUCKIN JOB
Keanu was sooooo good god i cannot wait until modders just splice his lines from here into the dlc and then it'll be perfect
i am realizing now that i love how they leaned more into Shadow's POV esp in Sonic becoming angrier and driven and just like him (almost like goddamn SCOURGE of all things), but it works very well and makes this feel more like a different kind of SA2 rather than SA2: the Movie, if that makes sense lol
i can't wait until they get halfway thru the next movie, walk into one of Stone's bustling new chain of coffee shops, and Shadow is just there chillin
soundtrack as a whole was SO strong! lot more familiar melodies and in total everything felt suited to the tone. the eggmen dance scene had a good song choice, even if i didnt like the scene itself lol
Maria had her own little theme and thinking about now is just gonna make me cry oh god
feels weird to realize now but i think they only called shadow the ultimate lifeform ONCE, in total. ig it wasn't really important but it's more apparent compared to SXSG where they say it every 2 seconds
What are the fucking odds that the same day a new Superman is revealed, Shadow is given a Superman origin?? COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT
am i done? will probably throw more up after my second watch lol look out
VAYA CON DIOS, SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG
SHE'S READY FOR 2027
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Mind info dumping abt TB (and maybe the lil brother) and how their life/lives are like being raised by shadow and sonic? You don't gotta...(Also, mind if I yoink TB's ref image to draw meeting my own fankid, Geode? Planning on drawing him interacting with random fankids I love)
(one yes you may draw TB they are silly I want fanart of them gimmie)
and TWO-
I could just talk about TB/Jeri for like at least an hour but I can't type very well SOOOO...
Once Cobie (Lil brother) is summoned, TB is finally given a proper name of Jericho. Tails had to sit Sonic and Shadow down for like 2 hours to figure out a name..
I'm sure people can pick this up visually, but Jeri takes after Shadow more while Cobie takes after Sonic more! Also a little curse Black Doom gave Cobie is the werehog form! Thankfully, Cobie's transformation is only triggered in moon light. So he can just stay inside if he dont wanna have to turn.
Jeri ALSO has a transformation! But it's less of a werehog thing and more of a black arms thing.
I'll be honest, Shadow does not like Jeri or Cobie. And when Jeri was first summoned, he flat out rejects them. Refusing to even acknowledge them. And when Cobie was summoned, well.. He was forced to acknowledge him.
Sonic's not much better either, unfortunately. Sonic doesn't understand what's the best for them, OBVIOUSLY he keeps them safe and plays with them, but outside of that he's not the best.
Blaze, Amy, Tails, and Knuckles all stepped in more as parents than Sonic and Shadow did. Blaze more-so. Jeri in fact still lives with Blaze! Rumors say Jeri might be the heir to the throne. (I kid, I kid. unless? jk)
Jeri feels very protective over Cobie. Cobie has this air of stupidity Jericho just wants to keep safe.
Good siblings :)
EDIT: Jeri only eats food cuz they have too, only food they eat without complaining is spicy foods!
Cobie can't eat chocolate he gets tummy aches
Jeri likes shiny objects but refuses to admit it
Cobie is color blind
Jeri doesn't like a lot of things hah
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for grishverse asks, like any one of them, I just kinda want to know, since they’re such good questions, and if you feel like it all of them
shadow | rank all the grishaverse books you’ve read.
I did this one already
bone | have you seen the show? what’s the best part of it?
Also did this one already
siege | if you got to kill off one character, who would it be?
Probably Heleen. Burn the Menagarie down whilst we're at it
storm | share and tag your favorite fan art
Dont have one, i love all the fanarts
ruin | favorite character?
Did this one already, its Inej
rising | what’s the best ship? canon or otherwise.
Kanej. no questions.
six | favorite grishaverse quote?
the "I would have come for you" bit from Kaz. That or "Best way to steal a man's wallet"
crow | which crows are you most and least like?
Most like Inej, Least like Kaz
crooked | if you got to rewrite the first chapter of six of crows, how would you do it?
I'd probably let Anya live longer bc she was cool
kingdom | pick a character and give them a theme song
Jesper - Killer Queen by Queen
king | what’s your favorite idea for a new series in the grishaverse?
Probably something centric on Captian Inej Ghafa
scars | which character deserved better?
MATTHIAS HELVAR
rule | favorite book cover?
The russian version of Six of Crows. its beautiful
wolves | sort all the characters you can into hogwarts houses, (or choose to give them zodiacs, mbtis, alignments, etc—)
im just gonna do the crows
Kaz: Slytherin
Inej: Hufflepuff
Wylan: Slytherin or Ravenclaw
Jesper: Gryffindor
Matthias: Hufflepuff
Nina: Gryffindor
ketterdam | change the ending of one of the books
LET. MATTHIAS. LIVE
os alta | when did you get into the grishaverse? tell us all about it
I'd say about 2021 i read Shadow and Bone and half of Seige and Storm, then dropped it. I watched the show in 2022, read six of crows, saw s2 of SaB, and then read KOS
djerholm | what pair of characters would you kill to see interact with each other?
We need more Kaz and Nikolai interactions.
the unsea | what type of grisha powers would you want to have? or what crow’s skills would you want to steal?
Stealing Inej's grace, I have the balance of a toddler :P
the true sea | rant about whatever grishaverse thing you want to (a hot take, something that bothers you, something you love, etc)
WE. NEED. MORE. RELIGIOUS. REPRESENTATION.
And not in the way "oh we need more religious characters"
no.
I want full in-depth explanations on each religion. On Djel, Gheezenism, the difference between Ravkan, Kaelish, and Suli saints, what they worship in the Southern Colonies, Novyi Zem, and Shu Han, all of it.
Give me it all.
#grishaverse#six of crows#shadow and bone#siege and storm#crooked kingdom#kaz brekker#inej ghafa#matthias helvar#nina zenik#jesper fahey#wylan van eck#ck#soc#s&b#SaB s1#SaB s2
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vylad for the character opinion bingo?
Vylad used to be one of my favourite characters.
I wrote about him for a creative writing essay in yr 6 if I can fins it again I’ll post it BUT point is Vylad makes me so sad and so happy.
1) for me he represented getting better. Like he became a shadow knight everyone treats it like a shameful bad thing (dont get me wrong it aint good) but Vylad had control over it and was still a good person. He was living his life relatively normally and relatively happily, keeping an eye on the village, helping Aphmau in season 2 and as a kid who was told a specific part of me was going to ruin my life and i’d never get better it was comforting to see a character who was also had something that should’ve ruined his life but he kept going even trying to teach Laurence (who i also related to he felt like me as well trying to control what was wrong n be better in control like Vylad) how to get better as well. Idk i needed something to cling to and Vylad was that for a really long time. Something I’ll explore in later posts n stuff.
2) I think they should’ve explored Vylad’s childhood and what Vylad did after he ran away a bit more. I always had headcanons and theories (which ya imma make canon in my rewrite u cant stop me) and I would’ve liked more Vylad content. He’s more mature than both his older brothers and knows alot about the world I just wanted to know how he got there.
3) OMFG EARLY FANDOM WAS SO MEAN TO HIM OMG. Lotta people (at least on my side of the internet) at the time HATED him. Idk why they hated him I adore him but I’d see rants about him if an episode involved him then I knew I’d see instagram rants later. He also became very sexualised veryyy quickly. Idk i felt like everyone was really harsh and the people who did like him over sexualised him (and fetished him probably being gay) like as a Vylad fan i was so annoyed because i either had to read about how people hated him or i saw fanart of him getting dicked down by every guy character there was.
yeah
#vylad my beloved you deserved more#comfort character go brrrrrr#aphmau#mcd#minecraft diaries#minecraft roleplay#vylad ro'meave#aphmau mcd#aphmau minecraft diaries
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Hii, for the artist ask game: number 4 and 10 is something I'd love to know :3
i wrote A LOT for this ask, sorry! i wanted to do the questions justice, yknow how it is.
4. piece you wish got more love?
Ive found from experience that original art tends to not do very well on social media, which kind of makes me sad. It's not much of a problem for me (because most of the stuff i post is fanart anyways) but i can't help but think that part of the reason i rarely ever draw original pieces or make OCs is because of the lack of feedback i get on social media. I know tumblr is supposed to be the fandom website, and maybe id have a different experience on another site, but it is disappointing when i post something original that I'm very proud of and it barely manages to get more than 20 notes, whereas something i like less easily surpasses 100 just because of the tags i put on it. i think the most recent example of this is this piece, which admittedly did get quite a few notes for an original piece, but definitely would have gotten more had it been fanart of the same caliber. this is also not to blame anyone or make anyone feel bad about not reblogging original art (god knows im guilty of that too, and art piggybacking off the popularity of other works of art are of course gonna get more notes), its just something ive noticed from my time on social media.
10. how do you deal with artblock?
i dont get art block very often, but when i do, its ANNOYING. it mostly manifests in me having a bunch of motivation for a part of my process that i cant get to without doing the stuff i have no desire to do (does that make any sense?). like, ill have a strong urge to render an artwork, but no ongoing WIPs that are at that stage, meaning i would have to sketch and color and shade a whole new piece before i could satiate that urge, or do the steps out of order which could mess up the flow and end look of a project. when i get like this, i find its best to try and translate those desires into different activities and take a step away from art. for example:
if i want to sketch, but nothing comes out right digitally, ill find a scrap piece of paper and a crappy pen and make thumbnails until i cant think of any other iterations of the ideas in my head. if one of them turns out good, ill take a picture and transfer it into my software, but only go over it a day or so later so i can have fresh eyes.
if i want to color, but i have no sketches currently ready for coloring, ill go into my photo editing program, find some random old photos that i never edited, and post-process them until i get something im happy with.
if i want to shade, but have no colored artworks ready for that, ill usually do a study of a photo ive taken, because most of the time me shading is really me wanting to see how light and shadow interact in certain scenarios. i actually did a whole AP portfolio on that because i liked shading and lighting so much!
if i want to render, but ive got no pieces ready for rendering, i find its easiest just to find a tedious activity where i can be a perfectionist but also feel like im the smartest person in the world. this generally turns into me cooking some big meal because its constantly engaging but also not that difficult. i know its probably weird for it to not have anything to do with art but this is just what works best for me, and i get the bonus of a nice meal at the end of it!
if i get the more classic kind of art block where everything sucks and nothing i make is good, i find its best to go back to the media that inspires me to make art, and not worry too much about having made something by the end of it. generally the media that inspires me ends up, well, inspiring me, and i can remind myself that art is a voluntary practice that i do because its fun, not because i want something out of it. if it doesnt manage to inspire me, thats okay, i can just tell myself im taking a break and live life for a bit.
i hope that was helpful, and i really enjoyed answering these questions! if anyone else wants to ask a question, the artist ask game is here.
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oh my GOD !!!!
this is seriously so fucking stunning im almost lost for words. your talent is absolutely immeasurable, this genuinely looks so beautiful + professional and the amount of care and love put into it is INSANE. i cannot imagine how much effort this took !!! im seriously so so flattered im literally near tears.
your phys / oc is WONDERFUL !!!! they look so elegant and elven almost ? i am INLOVE with the hair !!! it's so intricate and beautiful + i love phys with pale / white hair, people tend to default to dark but i think this pale hair works so well - i understand it's just ur oc's design but i think it fits really nicely for phys as a sort of visual reference to their innocence + empathy :')
THE PHYS OUTFIT!!! so so funky and cool i love it being unzipped to the chest + the cool studded belt , gives the design a little bit of edge which also fits phys super well!! i really like the combat theme you went with and the matching headband ,, some of the drawings almost have this sort of military vibe ? idk it's just sick as hell homie . the yin/yang choker is a VERY inspired choice i like it A LOT !! any neck detailing on phys is always awesome ( like the bandages in my pal habit's design ) but this one is rly unique . in a good way !! the yin/yang decoration may just be something from rin that stuck around for the phys design but i think it works very nicely as a visual representation of phys and ouma's relationship , reinforced by it being on their neck.... idk . it's very cool + brings a kind of tranqility to the design that suits phys really nicely . it's just a sick blend of combative and peaceful .
their expressions :') oh this phys is so cute im chewing live wires. they just look so precious !!! big big fan of the top middle + bottom right sprites , especially the bottom right actually. they look like they're trying to explode ouma with their mind + i think they deserve it . the blush sprite is also adorable !!!!
and oh my god . oh my GOD . THE COMIC???? i took psychic fucking damage . your grasp on expressions is just gorgeous, ouma looks SO canon + pretty and ur artstyle does him so much justice . i dont know too many technical terms when it comes to art , um... but the lighting and like ambience of the scene is so well-done ?? really reallylike the constant shadows across ouma's face + the light on one half of the room and darkness of the other. the whole thing is just ethereal but oh my god the last panel is STUNNING . i've seriously been looking at it for ages. it's just so GOOD i dont know how many ways i can say it, you are IMMENSELY talented and im just . so so flattered that u chose to use ur time to draw something from my fic :[ i cant imagine how much effort this took , thank u so so much !!!!
there's never any rush or pressure to produce art for sleep awake !! do it when and if you wanna . but know that i will look forward to any and everything you or anyone else decided to do for me because it's still slightly insane to me that anyone WANTS to make fanart of my dumb little fanned fic . thank u again endlessly for this + i hope u have a lovely week of rest and happiness!!!
Andddd here’s my version of mc and a small comic? (Kinda) thingy for @chihirolovebot ‘s fanfic, Sleep Awake. (This is just my oc (Rin) fitted to the descriptions of mc) okay but first of all, I had postpone working on this so many times (bc I got sick and got bombarded by schoolwork) and so I started this probably near the end of last year or the beginning of this year and lowkey looking back at it I wanted to change so many things but did have the motivation to and I just wanted to show you this as soon as possible 😭😭 So lemme just put this out here. I drew my reference sheet right after I drew the comic so there are some things changed from the comic AHAHHAhfndkns- anyways I have so much to say but for the comic, I wanted to draw a comic but also draw one of those fake anime scenes but I could decide on one so I decided to do both so yeah- OH AND I ALMOST FORGOT the comic is from the end of chapter 54 (I believe). Now my mc, I was so inspired by everyone else’s designs (THEY LOOK SO NICE 🥹🥹) that it even inspired me to start drawing digitally again- (I’ve been a long hiatus) and lowkey I wanna draw all mcs together 😳 but um maybe when I’m on break-
*ps this is my first time using tumblr like this so pls bare with me 🫠🥲 also lemme know if you want a better resolution for the comic- I’ll try to put it in a google drive so you can see it better-
anyways I think I’ve said what I wanted to say- but uhh THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL FANFIC, I will wait for future chapters :DD sjdbejshsjebsj 💖💖
#good GOD . im putting this post under my floorboards to keep it so so safw#🏚.sleep awake#veeblogs#🪡.phys#🃏.physouma
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I was going to post something special for my one year anniversary of being in the rtumblr community ( like my damn persona on here!), but instead I will just post a dgm! Daniel because why not...also I'm two days late on this anniversary too...
( I have to double check on this piece, I thought his right eye was rigged but I realized my quality on this is a bit wonky...)
anyways, I'm sad because of my dgm au of the lads...I'm also controversial for the same reason...
#dgm/exorcist au! irish lads#rtgame#i dont really know what to say. i just wanted to post about my late anniversary on this community...#hello from the shadows of the walls rtumblr!! im tired and want to talk about my dumb lore...*boogie*#everyone in this community is too awesome and i will like to thank you guys for making my days better with some goofy stuffs you guys make!#whether it fanart of rt or the rtumblr itself. it generally put a smile on my face and you guys sense of humor get me in giggles fit :)#anyways ! lastly thank you to all and i hope everyone have a lovely morning/afternoon/night because we all live in different timezones...❤️#( this pic was a struggle to make but i managed it :) also my persona is my new pfp even though i might change it soon into my persona-#-it literally fit me perfectly. i like changing my pfp for dumb reasons just like the pfp is intended)
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I've been trying to wrap my head around g/a for years now even by rewatching the whole show trough shipper goggles something I don't do usually and nothing? I've seen compilations, post's on why they're perfect etc cute fanart but it just eh, the wiki mentions something like an almost kiss and I'm like where?? Can you share on why you like them so much ?
I can try!
So there are moments in canon that are just /soft/ between them.
These are just a few pulled from Google images.
And then they do hold hand (i think a couple of times)
But those are just moments in canon where they show romantic tension.
I wanna talk about why I like them together because of who they are as people.
I reject the notion that for a relationship to work you have to be so similar or so dislike each other as many people seem to think. I think, realistically, you should probably have some things in common. But I dont think there is a perfect balance of alike and different that balances everything personally. I think that any kind of pairings, handled right, could be enriching to the parties involved. But let's talk about it.
One Glimmer for all of her faults and mistakes, does love Adora, and vice versa. I don't think that's something anyone can really disagree on, they do love each other no matter what kind of love you think it is.
I dont know how much of this is gonna make sense to you but I'm really gonna try here.
They both have perspectives that enrich each others lives, Adora with her insider knowledge of the Horde, and from being someone who was raised a Horde Soldier but turned out a good person. I think pre-season 1 Glimmers ideal end to the war would have either been Ahnilation or imprisonment of the entire Horde. But because of Adoras influence on her by season 5 Glimmer is willing to take a chance even on the likes of Catra, all because of Adora.
Glimmer provides Adora with the perspective of what it really means to be a leader who is trying to protect people. What it really means to be on the other side of the Hordes war. I think its very poetic that the meeting that leads to the end of this war is between a Horde Soldier and a Rebellion Princess. Bow is a good friend and a good moderator but the catalyst of everything really happens when Glimmer decides to take a chance on Adora. She could have held tightly to her beliefs that no one in the Horde is capable of/wants to be good. She could have given up that village and ran to Brightmoon to give her Mom the sword. But instead she saw Adora for who she was and took a chance on it.
When she sees Adora is having a hard time she tries to help Adora relax. Taking her to the best ways she knows how. And when it doesn't work she trues something else.
They often find themselves saving each other, thats a trope that i just can't resist most times.
It also helps that, the main issues between Glimmer and Adora, like with Catradora, stem from being triangulated by a mutual abuser. And, im kinda a sucker for reconciliation between abuse victims. Whether that end in a romantic situation or not. For me it reminds me of how both of my current relationships started, so those kind of stories have a special place in my heart. (Also because im an abuse victim which has made me very compassionate for other victims even if they've hurt me in the past, to a certain point)
Glimmer was targeted by Shadow Weaver at a very vulnerable time in her life, and that caused a rift to form between her and Adora. Im glad they managed to move past it like Adora and Catra did too.
I also think they Glimmer matures throughout the series also plays a role in why I still like Glimmadora even after season 4 made me feel ill about the way Glimmer treated her. And it very much stems from the fact that, Glimmer takes a chance on Catra. And of course it was Catra, and not Hordak or some other Horde soldier who hadn't defected. Glimmer looks at someone she would have once regarded with pure hatred and im sure somewhere in the back of her mind she thinks "There must have been some reason Adora gave her so many chances, there must have been some reason Adora loved her" and she tries to get through to that part of Catra, and it WORKS partially because, they both love Adora and at this time, they've both failed her in a major way. Glimmer and Adoras canonical romantic interest break through years of walls and rifts and barriers over their shared love and guilt over Adora. Thats fucking beautiful.
They have many good moments and many good ways that they enrich each others lives. And you may not ever really be able to see it the way we do which is fine! There are some popular ships that I just can't get behind for reasons unbeknownst to me even though there's nothing really wrong with it. It happens!
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In spite of the current community fire I give you this Rise of the Guardians AU
Character explanations/ mini story under the cut
So after watching Rise of the Guardians (one of my fav animated movies) I got the idea for an AU where the egos are like the Guardians of the JSE community.
Their designs are based off/ inspired by the characters in the movie but instead of just drawing the egos as those characters, I more so let them inspire re-creations of their outfits/ powers
Chase: Jack Frost- Guardian of Family
In the beginning he doesn’t see himself as a guardian. He’s a screw up, a washout. But even through his depression he tries to make others happy before himself. He does this by having fun and trying to get those in the community to join in with him! It’s later on that he realizes he has a part to play and that his is making sure everyone is still together as one big community. He’s here to remind us that in troubling times that we all have each other- that we’re all family.
JBM: Santa- Guardian of Hope
Being the super hero of the group, it’s JBM’s job to protect the innocent and give off the appearance of being something people can depend upon- someone who can protect everyone from danger. He helps the community become strong and makes them laugh along the way (even if he has to make a fool of himself to do it, he loves our smiles)- he gives them hope.
Marvin: Tooth Fairy- Guardian of Creativity (Sams: small Tooth Fairies)
Much like tooth fairy in the movie, it’s Marvin’s job to collect fanart/ fanworks and store them so when the community forgets all that they have built together, he shows them. Not only that, he inspires the content creators and represents their passion for their art. And it’s what he protects. (Along with the help of the little Sams who are the ones who actually collects and re-distributes it so everyone can see what they’ve made.)
Jameson: Sandman- Guardian of Positivity
Arguably one of the most important guardians of the community, JJ is there to remind people the importance of PMA. In his own quiet ways, he encourages the members to think on the bright side- or is just there to give hugs and be there for them. Whenever someone is in such a dark place, he uses his powers to show them that they still have so much potential and that they’re not alone. He give them a light in a dark place to hold onto. (Yes, he uses sign language AND the sand symbols for those who don’t understand sign)
Schneep: Bunny- Guardian of Health
Being the good doctor of the group, he’s there to remind the community to take care of themselves. Yes he may be a lil aggressive in the way he gives out advice, but for a lot of people they need their butts a little kicks to get them moving to help themselves. But not only physical health, he’s also willing to sit down and talk about mental health and analyze what the problem is/ works to help you understand how to improve yourself.
Anti: The Boogieman- “Guardian” of Fear and Chaos
And last but not least, our dear little firestarter. For so LONG he’s waited, waited to be in the spotlight. Before the other egos show up it was just him and it was delicious. He had so much power as he fed off of our fears, insecurities, and of course the headcanons and theories we made about him. But then Jack HAD to make more egos and fill the community with positivity and light. So he sunk back and waited for his opportunity- he waited for his powers to grow strong in the background. And with all of the hints being dropped and community fueling the fire in a continuous positive feedback loop, he gains more and more strength every day. He reminds the community not everything is peachy and rosy. That there are awful things in the world and how you’re just a tiny ripple in a storming ocean. Insignificant. He doesn’t want to stamp out the community- that would be counterproductive. No he just wants them to feel fear for the channel- that nothing is safe anymore- at any turn he could be there. And with that everything always comes back to him.
And sooner or later, the others will fade away...
Extra Headcanons/ Tidbits:
Before they were all guardians they were other people. (TW: death and suicide mentions) -Anti was a reckless criminal and one night his “friends” betrayed him, leaving him behind which wound up being the end of him. They were running from the police and were trying to jump a tall fence when his comrades left the struggling man behind to take the fall. He did in more ways than one. -JBM was just a regular dude, but he sacrificed himself to save a kid getting hit by a bus in the city. Even though he was about to die he kept asking if the kid was okay. The medics told him he saved them and that’s all he needed to hear. -Marvin was a street magician in his time. He did tricks to cheer up people sitting on the sidewalk/ sitting alone and talked to them about their passions. Later the same people would come back and tell him about the new job they got or the current project they were working on. He pulled a teen off the side of a bridge and a local cop mistook it for him attacking her and.. well.. things escalated quickly -Henrik was an upstanding surgeon. He saved lives every day in his career. Even though his wife and child left him, he worked every day to become a better doctor and continued to save people. And after the surgeries he would personally counsel the patients to make sure they were okay physically and mentally. But one day.. they didn’t have a matching organ for the patient on standby.. and he knew he matched the credentials. -Jameson was a small movie star in his time. And when he wasn’t filming he went down in quiet to lift the spirits of homeless children and teens. He would put on small performances and then go around to each of them and comfort them if they said it was okay. He made sure by the end of his visit they were all in high spirit. But one day the filming studio caught fire. The smoke damaged his lungs so he couldn’t call out before the building collapsed. -And Chase... He had a loving wife and two kids who he cared for with his life. He vowed to himself to protect them, even though his wife turned into a bitch as the years went on. One night they were walking home from a day at the amusement park and Chase got jumped with his kids nearby. The criminal threatened to kill the kids if Chase didn’t comply. So to protect them, he did as the criminal said, handing over his wallet and watch and phone. And when the criminal was about to kill one of them anyway, instinct took over and Chase knocked the man down and knocked him out- but when he fell the gun went off
The lights on the globe are the septiclights, each one representing a person in the community
Instead of holidays, the guardians help in the background of charity livestreams and videos to give them that little extra spark.
Sean is the equivalent of the Man in the Moon
The extra fan-made egos (like Robbie, Shawn, Angus, and Bing) are still around, they just aren’t the big guardians.
If they were tho... Robbie- Guardian of Innocence, Shawn- Guardian of Voice, Angus- Guardian of... idk, Protection? Or maybe head cannons lol, Bing- Guardian of Online Connections
When too much of the community becomes afraid/ depressed, the guardian’s form changes (like in the movie) before they disappear -JBM: Becomes weaker, probably needs his glasses to see again, basically turned into a comicbook nerd -Marvin: Loses a lot of his color, magic goes away, turns into a cat? -Henrik: Hands continuously shake, gains a stutter so people can hardly understand him, becomes super paranoid/ closed off -JJ: His colors fade to black and white, it’s really hard to summon his powers, always about to cry/ wants to scream -Chase: Goes into a low state of depression, isolates himself a lot -Anti: His bravado diminishes- basically turns into an edgy teen with spasms instead of actual glitches, wound on his neck closes.
Like in the movie there’s a point where Anti takes over (like right now) and everyone’s powers start to fade
To make this angsty(er) he manages to kill JJ and he disappears, along with the light of positivity in the community.
Chase blames himself for not being fast enough to save him
To turn thing around Henrik suggests a charity livestream to promote a mental health organization. So they all work together to prep
A young community member somehow gets into Henrik’s realm
Memes and shenanigans ensue
“We spend all our time trying to protect the community, we don’t HAVE TIME-... for the community..?”
Chase runs off after young familiar voices calling out for their daddy
Chase ends up in Anti’s realm of fear(the opening is in the woods under an abandoned computer desk). It’s a series of twisted hallways bathed in red light and entire walls of glitching computer screens that cast weird shadows
When Chase gets out he realizes all the equipment is destroyed and he wasn’t there to help
Henrik blames Chase and sad dad runs off.
The community is plunged into a state of fire and fear and there’s no positivity anywhere to be found.
Except one last light...
A fan is talking to a Sam plushie, saying that yeah they understand why the stream COULD have been cancelled.. but everything in their life is just so dark they were really looking forward to it.
Chase finds them and uses his powers to make images of septic lights and funny moments in Jack’s videos
They realize it’s Chase who’s doing it and can see him
All the egos fight Anti with the help of a few community members beside them- giving them power to fight back.
The members bring back JJ
JJ kicks the ever living shit out of Anti with the help of the others beside him Okay I think I’ll stop here XD If you read all this... wowie!
#my art#jacksepticeye#rise of the guardians au#ROTG au#septicart#jacksepticeye egos#pma#septics#chase brody#jackieboy man#jameson jackson#jj#marvin the magnificent#marvin the magician#doctor schneeplestein#henrik von schneeplestein#anti#antisepticeye#digital#sketches
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Artist spotlight: Elleth!
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Introduce yourself Hi! I'm Elleth, I'm a 21 year old a self taught artist just about to graduate as a Psychologist. I currently live between Argentina and Spain but I've been moving between countries and continents my whole life, so I can't really say with confidence that I'm from anywhere.I love most fantasy themes and I'm a BIG LoTR and Anime nerd! I'm a sucker for story-centered games, some of my favorites are Shadow of The Colossus, The Last Guardian, Witcher III, TES, RDR2 and Soma. I'm currently into BNHA and She Ra cuz I love me some heroes! When did you start drawing? Are you a digital or traditional artist? I've been drawing since I could hold a crayon (yes, crayons y'all) but I only started taking it seriously and actually puttinf effort into it some months ago or so. I'm a mainly digital artist, tho I still start all my sketches traditionally. Do you use any traditional mediums? If so, which are your favorites? Yeah, I mostly use pencils and watercolors. Watercolors are my absolute favorites, I love how dynamic and calming they are ^^
image source: [X] Why do you prefer traditional over digital? (or viceversa) Well, actually I dont have a strong preference, I want to improve my digital art and it's easier for me to keep a consistent production of art that way (art supplies are kinda expensive where I live so drawing digitally is way cheaper once you do the tablet investment) Also I love how clean my pieces can be when I do them digitally. I mostly do traditional as a way of self care now, it calms me What do you think is the most challenging part about being a traditional/digital artist? Practicing and actually spending the time to learn how the software works and it's functions What inspires your pieces? Anything, from shows or games I like to nature or just things I find funny
image source: [X] Explain your "everyday" drawing process I mostly have an idea in the middle of psychology class (cuz I'm a responsible student) I do a draft of it in my sketchbook and play with different ways of bringing that idea to life. When I end up with something I actually life I take a photo of the sketch and then, when I get home, I start tracing the sketch in my drawing tablet. There I tweak the design and any anatomy mistakes (which are a LOT cuz I don't know anatomy to save my life), from ther it's just the stardart: I do the lineart, base colors, do the background, then add light and shadows to the whole piece, add details and check for mistakes and voila! Art. Then I post it on Twitter and look at it only to notice a mistake, I take it down, correct the mistake and post it again only to notice ANOTHER mistake, and so the cycle goes on and on. Do you have an artist you admire (or more than one)?
I'm literally inspired by almost every artist I see! I try to learn from every art style and artist I see, I try to see where I can improve from seeing their work. I also tend to like artists from their personality more than their work, I love to see supporting and kind artists more than crazy good artists that treat others as their inferiors. Some artists that really inspire me are: @Kf1n3 @souratgar @Velinxi @kroovv @SHelmigh @Amaretta_ @cherriielle Is there an artwork you are most proud of? Why? I'm really proud of this WIP I'm currently working on: https://twitter.com/EllethsArt/status/1124055356445986818 But an actual finished artwork I'm insanely proud of is this one: https://twitter.com/EllethsArt/status/1119694506662797312
Do you listen to music (or tv shows/films/anything else) when drawing? Yeah! I watch BNHA or just Jacksepticeye or other gameplay vids (I told ya I'm a nerd), sometimes I put on a speedpaint or a stream of someone I like hearing, for music I mostly put on lofi or something that goes with the mood of the piece (I need that sweet inspiration!)
image source: [X] What makes art interesting for you? All that it represents, art can be healing, it can be a way to deal with stuff we can't even speak about, it's in our very essence. You can see at someone's work and see their personality, what they like, their fears, it's like looking at someone's eyes. Ahhh I'm sounding really corny but I really think art is the window to the soul. What do you do when art block strikes? I just try to relax and doodle something I like or just stupid things (like trying to make cats out of splooshes of black ink or my OC's doing stupid things) If that doesn't work I just leave it be and do something I enjoy, watch a show that inspires me, go for a walk, writing things for future comics, etc. Usually fanart of things that currently inspire me gets me out of the artblock. If not I'll just stop and try and do something the next day, it usually gets a lil better each day, so it's just a baby steps situation. What’s the most valuable art advice you’ve ever received?
PRACTICE! And don't compare yourself to others, you're your own person and your art is as unique as you. It doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to be yours.
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i was tagged by @stapod rules: answer 20(why there are only 18 tho?..) questions and tag 20 people(nope) you want to get to know better.
- name: Ruta - nickname: Maria-Ruta (tbh Maria Ruta is just my double name) - age: 22 - gender: cis female - orientation: not straight and not gay? idk guys... - favorite color: teal and different kinds of blue... and black - book recommendations: Vorkosigan saga, Worm, idk if there is an Eng translation of this one: Целестина или Шестое чувство(чем старше становлюсь и перечитываю - тем больше смеюсь) - movie recommendations: LOTR my always fav, Miazaki’s movies, Hot Fuzz, What we do in the shadows - tv recommendations: idk i dont watch tv - music recommendations: uhh well I think music taste is too subjective for everyone... but i guess - Garmarna, Hubert Kah, Wardruna, Мельница(да все ее знают и так) - coffee, tea or hot chocolate: tea is my tea 🥁 - cats or dogs: both are good (but im too weak and slow so - cats) - favorite meme: i just LOVE memes in general! and it’s pretty hard to chose or say “THIS is my FAVORITE meme!”, but the one that got on my mind when i read this is
- i want to live long enough to witness: happiness uh... Mars colonization? some medical revolutionary invention? cancer cure? idk
- weird obsessions: any show/manga/whatever i start to draw 1000+ fanarts of.... and mb some biology things? i dont feel like im know ENOUGH to say “im obsessed with biology”, so...
- tumblr birthday: December 2011 (wow...)
- random fact about me: I didn’t like drawing humans in my childhood - i thought they are boring, only drew animals, dragons, dinosaurs. it changed when I was around 11, when my friends showed me “Avatar the last airbander”. that’s when I started trying drawing humans with my own intention to do so(i think at this moment i told everyone about that...)
- goals for 2018: to... recover my shitty health and to be closer to self acceptance.
I tag(only if you want to do so, bc as for me, some of these questions seem lil too personal): @sandboxpyramid @patronuusss @maroonracoon @mustachossom @sandflakedraws and anyone who wants this
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anyways here is the text for the “environmental/setting/art direction/WhaTEVER YOU CALL IT” redesign for my danny phantom rewrite a few months back
I actually made numerous sketches in August to demonstrate this because i was originally going to accompany the text with visual examples of each spooky component I wanted to incorporate, since it was inspired by jayrockin's amazing ghost physics post, which I suggest you check out yourself ...but i found out quickly that was too ambitious and I didn't have the stamina for that. However, I’ll still accompany a few rough sketches. It was good practice for me to try to bring about my ideas for the art direction of a show.
Keep in mind this was my personal taste to fit my personal preferred narrative (i wanted it to be a bit more spookier/dramatic, to truly go along the plot)
“A fun spooky essay by Diddly!!
I've seen a lot of people redesigning the characters, which is awesome, but I haven’t seen a lot about redesigning the environment
It can still have that cartoony look that's reminiscent of the original style of the show, but just incorporate the environment differently. How the characters look is one thing, but in animation you also have to think about how the characters move, behave, and sound like. Timing is extremely important in an animated series, and that goes along with how much drama/suspense is produced
They can still look cartoony as heck with exaggerated proportions but it's the way they're animated that really shows what kind of world they live in.” “A good example of this is Gravity falls. It has a simple cartoony style for its characters but they still do a good job at showcasing horror by how it's animated: ”
I'm talking about wider range of facial expressions, intense close-up shots, silhouettes and shadows junk!! MAKE IT SPOOKY. CAPTURE THAT FEAR! I want to feel SHIVERS when i see these characters! ((it wouldve made more sense if i had finished illustrations to show this))
((the document was pretty unorganized, but here were some key aspects))
👻 “ imagine if all the ghosts antagonists had their own leitmotif/boss battle themes, like in Steven Universe. that would truly bring about the memorability of their character and immediately tell the audience what their personality is like. It’s no wonder Ember is one of the most memorable ghosts, she has her own song”
👻 “ Soundtrack and movement and setting: everything has to work together to build up that good ol’ suspense! I want it to feel like there truly is something sinister around.”
👻 “spooky and eerie background noises? whispers in the background? make the ghosts have echo-y faded voices? and damn right i want to hear creepy circus music or creepy children singing in the background!!!”
👻 Have the ghosts move/animated in ways that seem suspenseful or mysterious. Make them feel like ghosts, add more flow into their movements! Make them feel a little less human…........
👻 Dont just stop at the ghosts though, the setting of Amity park in general should feel a little unsettling …
👻 If I were to redesign the show to incorporate a spookier, more ghost-like environment, it takes is spookier lighting and shading for the environment to completely change. (i loved those neon colors, but be smart with color choice when you can!)
👻 Dramatic contrasting lighting? Flickering lights? Have the characters shaded in a way that really showcases the mood? More wispier, transparent ghosts? 👻 for all the ghosts who have firey glowy hair, make their hair look all nice and glowy (have it resemble fire a bit more), with relative lighting and all that. it would be so much prettier and spookier. in addition, have their eyes glow whenever possible!
👻 Play with some common ghost trope characters perhaps? It’d be nice to just take full advantage of that fine paranormal activity and do some interesting interpretations on previous horror tropes, but in a unique animated format.
All these things could easily and completely change the atmosphere of a cartoon! And I love that. The cool thing about animated things is that you can draw out some things that you can’t necessarily reproduce in live action horror. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT!
It's more than just redesigning the characters and rewriting the plot, it's about redesigning the whole heckin environment! Go full out! You might not agree with me on all these points but I just wanted to share my ideas on how to more effectively incorporate an environment about ghosts in a cartoon.
My animation skills are pretty limited and I'm no pro, but just imagine: animation is a really neat medium to do go about such an interesting setting like ghosts, you can make it so much more dramatic in so many ways!
I kept a tag of really cool spooky fanart I reblogged, in case you want to better understand what I’m talking about, go take a look at it.
thanks for reading this! ill post more if I can :^)
#it aint just about revamping the story...its about revamping the stylistic choices#diddly darn rewrite#Danny Phantom#long post#danny phantom rewrite#redesign#i wrote this at midnight im tired#ghosts
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Just venting I need to get this out:I firmly believe that there are Key 6, not 5, players in ASOIAF. And Sansa is one of them. GRRM has himself named Sansa as one of his key protagonists (there were 6 in total inc Sansa) and also that Sansa,Arya and Bran's journeys were paramount for him. I know this subject has been done to death &I'm really sorry for imposing on you but yeah to me,based on all this,Sansa is one of the Key 6. (you dont have to post it. Just venting. Thanks for reading)
Hi! Sorry to bother you again. I’m the Key 6 players anon. You don’t have to post my initial ask. I know the whole thing has been done to death. I was just venting and getting it out of my system. I hope I didn;t offend. Thanks for understanding.
Hi Anonny!
Oh gosh please DON’T apologize, you didn’t offend me at all in the slightest! I am just slow af and take forever to answer things and am generally The Worst… But my Ask is always open for venting! Especially venting about people who don’t ~recognize, respect, and appreciate~ the Noble and Poetic Land Mermaid that is Sansa Stark.
Yeah, the Key Players debate does continue to be a kind of ~weird bone of contention~ in the fandom for some reason. I think (and like to hope) that a lot of the time when people talk about or make fanart for the Five Key Players, that they aren’t excluding Sansa or leaving her out maliciously. I think they might just be going off of, or wanting to acknowledge, the five main characters GRRM listed in his original outline for the series in 1993.
But you’re right, I have definitely seen people who insist that Sansa is not a main character or key player in the story, which simply isn’t true. GRRM even identified her as a main character himself in 2016:
I’d thought the whole story could be told in three books, and that it would take me three years to write them, a year per book. That picture was taken just a few weeks after I blew my first (bot not my last, oh no) deadline on the series. Ah, how innocent I was… little did that guy in the picture imagine that he would be spending most of the next two decades in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros with Tyrion, Daenerys, Arya, Sansa, Jon Snow, Bran, and all the rest. (x)
And even if GRRM’s word alone weren’t enough, Sansa’s character is vastly different from how she was originally planned. In the original outline GRRM basically had the Arya character involved in plot lines that now belong to Arya, Sansa, and Meera Reed (homegirl would have been BUSY AF); and the original Sansa character was basically who we would now identify as Margaery Tyrell if you are looking for a comparison. The original Sansa character ended up marrying Joffrey and bearing him a son and then choosing him over her family and ultimately paying the price. It was always ~super obvious~ to me that GRRM figured out that it just wasn’t going to be logistically possible to have the Arya character do everything she needed to do. I mean she was basically going to have to be in a minimum of two places at once: fleeing North beyond the wall with Bran AND in KL/WF getting entangled in a love triangle with Jon and Tyrion. So he ended up splitting and then modifying Arya’s storylines for the characters we now know as Arya, Sansa, and Meera.
The Sansy Pants as we now know (and love) her does start out a lot like the original Sansa, with dreams of marrying the prince and having his babies ect. She also does play a big part in what some people see as the betrayal and downfall of her family. But unlike the Sansa in the original outline, our Sansa learns. Her observations and inner dialogue become more and more keen and shrewd and move further and further away from the romantic fantasies and naivety that characterized her original POV. The romantic and fanciful AGoT!Sansa does make appearances throughout the series as Sansa wistfully, and sometimes resentfully, recalls the girl she used to be. But AGoT!Sansa’s memory is consistently suppressed and rejected in favor of a sharper, smarter, more cunning, and more guarded perspective (She hasn’t left her romanticism behind completely though as we know, just like she hasn’t forgotten her true identity. She is still Sansa Stark; “Lord Eddard’s daughter and Lady Catelyn’s, the blood of Winterfell”).
If anything, this proves to me she’s going to be a Key Player and central to the story’s endgame. Like her siblings Sansa has lived through extreme atrocities and incredible adversity and come out the other side stronger and smarter, but still kind an noble. And like Bran has been honing his supernatural abilities and Arya has been honing her physical abilities, Sansa has been honing her own intellectual abilities. Her growing political savvy and transition from Pawn to Player is incredibly similar to Bran’s growing confidence in his magical abilities. Just like Bran is gradually becoming one of the central characters for the magical endgame of the series, Sansa is transitioning into her role as a key player in the pragmatic and political endgame of the series.
And going along with that, I think another reason people have a hard time believing that Sansa is going to be a Key Player is because she isn’t magical. All the other five Key Players (Bran, Arya, Jon, Dany, and Tyrion) have some sort of magical ability that’s central to their arc. Whether it’s dragon riding or blood magic or warging or being brought back from the dead, they all have some sort of magical skill and/or experience. There is, of course, the fact that Sansa could have been a warg or a skin changer, but her ability to do so essentially died with Lady. But honestly I think that’s kind of beside the point…
In the end I don’t think it matters that Sansa doesn’t have any significant magical abilities, because I don’t think GRRM is trying to write a story solely about magic where the magical storylines and characters are the only important ones. I think he is more writing a story that is set in a world where magic exists. ASoIaF isn’t divided into magical storylines vs. political storylines, the two co-exist and are of equal importance. Whether you want to view ASoIaF as a political world where there’s magic or a magical world where there’s politics, it still stands to reason that the lives of the characters are going to be affected by both. Just like the magically inclined Dany is driven by royal aspirations and entangled in political endeavors, the politically savvy Sansa does interact with and has been affected by magic.
Both these things occur simply based on the fact that both exist and are pervasive over arching themes in the universe GRRM has created. Even though Sansa doesn’t have any obvious magical skills like Arya and Jon, she has interacted with magic and it has been a prevalent theme in her arc. Here are just a few examples:
The name Sansa actually means “invocation and charm” in Sanskrit. And while yes, this could just be a play on words with Sansa’s power to charm others, it gets brought up again in he advices Petyr gives her to seduce Harry the Heir: “Charm him. Entrance him. Bewitch him.” Seduction is described here like a spell.
The Ghost of High Heart Prophecy- “I dreamt a wolf howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief. I dreamt such a clangor I thought my head might burst, drums and horns and pipes and screams, but the saddest sound was the little bells. I dreamt of a maid at a feast with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs. And later I dreamt that maid again, slaying a savage giant in a castle built of snow.” The bolded part is pretty clearly speaking of Sansa at Joffrey’s wedding. The purple serpents in her hair with blood dripping from their veins is referring to the silver hair net with purple amethysts given to Sansa by the Tyrells which they used to smuggle poison into the wedding feast. The “serpents in her hair” also really strongly parallels the myth of Medusa, who could turn men to stone with just one look.
The smallfolk also talk about Sansa and the Purple Wedding in terms of magic and legend when telling the story to Arya and The Hound: “The northern girl. Winterfell’s daughter. We heard she killed the king with a spell, and afterward changed into a wolf with big leather wings like a bat, and flew out a tower window.” (Arya XII, ASoS) Not only do they say Sansa preforms a spell, but also that she skin-changes into a bat-wolf, all references to the dark arts.
The remaining direwolves often think of think of “the sister they had lost”, which is obviously Lady. And it’s significant that because Sansa lost Lady, her brothers can’t track her the way they do their other siblings. This indicates that there is in fact a magical bond/connection between each Stark and their wolf allowing them to connect with and track each other as a pack, and that with Lady’s death Sansa’s magical connection was severed.
GRRM has also explicitly stated that all the Stark children have warging abilities: “[On whether the trait of being a warg ran in the Stark family] I don’t know if I want to get into genetics - this is fantasy, not scifi… I don’t think this is necessarily a ‘Stark’ ability, though all the children have it to one extent or another. They also realize it to one extent or another.’
Her presence in Bran’s dream in AGoT (Bran III) where she is surrounded by shadows, each representing characters she has and possibly will interact with (The Hound, Jaime Lannister, and possibly Robert Strong)- “One shadow was dark as ash, with the terrible face of a hound. Another was armored like the sun, golden and beautiful. Over them both loomed a giant in armor made of stone, but when he opened his visor, there was nothing inside but darkness and thick black blood.”
Maggy’s Prophecy- Sansa is also potentially the “younger and more beautiful” queen in Maggy the Frog’s prophecy about Cersei. And while she might not ~actually~ end up being the younger and more beautiful queen, Cersei believes she could. This is significant because it shapes Sansa and Cersei relationship and fuels Cersei’s hatred of Sansa from the first time they meet. It’s the same reason Cersei hates Margaery, they are a threat not only to “all she holds dear” but also to her power.
SO tl;dr Sansa Stark is ~important af~ and DEFINITELY a Key Player in ASoIaF. I know you already knew this haha, but just take comfort in the fact that there is a gd mountain of evidence against anyone who claims differently. So they can just sit there in their Wrongness and be Wrong :)
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