#if you're anyone other than zahra sorry i clogged your dash 😭

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My dear bestie, I am SO LATE in reaching out to let you know which ones of your AMAZING pieces are my faves, but I wanted to take the time to sit down and properly see them all, and even bring back some older ones that I had shared in my old blog but not in this one yet. I still have a few more I wanna reblog so get ready for more love to your art these days hehe 😁 But at least now I feel ready to finally let you know which ones I love most!! This is probably gonna be the LONGEST ask I've ever sent so get ready 😂💖

You know that I LOVE your Luaisy dearly, so every piece you've made of them? I love them all. Yes, every single one of them: the love and friendship doodles (especially the second since you included a reference to my bookworm headcanons 🥹), the winter piece you posted at the end of 2024, the Wonder one you drew in your class notebook, that one of "My wife! Even better" that's just so funny and silly, Luigi and Daisy as Carl and Ellie from Up, the one of them playing tennis, that Christmas one in which they look so cozy, and OF COURSE, your Luaisy wedding post that's just SO inspiring. I still want to write an entire story based on it 🤭💚🧡

Still, I'd say my top 3 Luaisy from you is: the suggestive one that you drew based on one of your fave celeb couples, the autumn comic of Daisy lending Luigi her scarf, and of course, the absolutely STUNNING piece you made for Vulpix's fic "A moment together." And I was just so HONORED the very first time you drew them reading together when I first shared this headcanon through an ask that I got on my old blog 🥹 Needless to say I cherish that drawing and the one from your friendship doodle like the treasures they are. Thank you so much for making them and PLEASE keep blessing us with your Luaisy content, my queen 🙏🙇‍♀️👑

Aside from that, there are obviously other pieces that I LOVE, like for instance, your Mario and Daisy doodle dump that's just so funny and encapsulates their dynamics so well 🤭👌 And obviously the Peach and Luigi one too, and I LOVE how you included references to my bookish hcs again as well as to Vulpix's story "Sweet gratitude and happiness" and Vee's "Mama Luigi's Mansion" AU 🥹💖

Speaking of which, the doodle dump you made for him, I'd say it was the first piece of yours I saw? 🤔 Or at least one of the first ones, and it led us to become friends, so I obviously love that one as well, not only 'cause it's amazing and I love Vee's AU so so much, but also because of what it means to us and our friendship 🥹🫂💖

APRICOT. I love this little girl so freaking MUCH. I remember the comic you made of her and also the doodle dump of her interacting with her friends and family, and again I have to thank you for including a reference to my beloved musician bros!! 🥹🥹 And I also loved seeing her with Vee's Vivi, the cousins ever 💖

And related to this... I'm still not over the AMAZING piece of my girl Violet you made, and it was such a BEAUTIFUL birthday present!! 🥹🥹🥹 I swear I'm so HONORED you love her so much, my dear bestie, and I really appreciate you bringing her to life. I just LOVE how cute she looks in your style 💜

And, well, just every single piece you've drawn for me, I treasure it dearly 🥹 Like the hug from "Anything for him" or the Odyssey headcanons, which, btw, the wallpaper you made of the moon scene??? So freaking PERFECT??? It remains as my PC wallpaper and I swear I can NEVER get tired of staring at it 🥹🥹 I LOVE IT ❤️💚

I cannot fail to mention the time when you drew Mario and Luigi as Estopa, both hugging and doing the forehead touch. Boma, that one, I swear it still makes me SCREAM every time that I see it. The fact that you also love Estopa and I get to fangirl about them with you??? The fact they even inspired you to draw Mario and Luigi like them??? And OMFG, to think I got to see firsthand the forehead touch you then draw Mario and Luigi doing. I was in that freaking concert and I just can't believe you drew *that* forehead touch specifically, out of all the times Mario and Luigi have done it. ELATED is an understatement to explain how I feel about the fact that it was Estopa who inspired you to draw them like this. Over the freaking MOON, my dear bestie, and BEYOND 💖💖💖

Among your other pieces, I freaking LOVE the one you made of Mario wearing his Odyssey wedding dress and Luigi looking so mad he wasn't inviting him to the event 🤭 As well as Peach wearing her wedding tux and making Balloon Luigi spin in the air!! So so SO adorable and beautiful, and the one of ALL the characters dressed as Luigi is also PEAK 😂💚

I also remember fondly your Mar10 Day piece from last year and how PERFECT it was, as well as the post of Luigi being the sexiest man which is the greatest truth ever told 😌👌 And I think one of the first posts of yours that I saw was also a Luigi doodle in which he was surrounded by Daisy, Peasley and Bowser. LOVE that one, my friend 😂👏

Continuing with the bros, I love the one of Luigi being sleepy and Gooigi imitiating him, as well as your sketches of Mario, especially when he's SO angry 😳 The one of them wearing the raincoats is SO CUTE, and what can I say about them cuddling together in their hammock 🥹🥹 It warms my heart so much ❤️💚

Your recent trio doodle was SO COOL 👏👏👏 Luigi "sitting" like Charlie Day is so freaking hilarious 😂 I'm still not over the Chris Pratt joke OMG, I swear I'm still laughing to this day 💀 The princesses' picnic is so beautiful and delightful to look at, and even if it's older, I do like your drawing of Luigi and Toad from LM3!!

And last but not least, I freaking LOVE your collab with Mugi 😁😁 How could I not, being a bookworm myself!! I'm right there with Peach and Luigi, but the way Daisy is holding the book like she literally doesn't know what it is kills me 😂😂

As I said this is the LONGEST ask I've ever written, so I'm gonna leave it here because I could just go on lol. But I mean every single word, my dear bestie!!! Your art is SO beautiful and perfect, and also so special to me!! Please keep up the good work, my incredibly talented queen 👑 Te quiero mucho!! 💖💖💖💖💖

🙂

highkey spent a good half hour trying to find a way to respond to this in the most normal way possible

now if you'll excuse me

THOSE. ZAHRA. THOSE WERE MY REACTIONS TO THIS POST IN EXACT ORDER.

and not even THOSE gifs are enough to sum up what I was feeling and what I'm STILL feeling, but we move.

first of all. THAT explains why I got so many notifs from you liking and reblogging my old art! i thought it was a part of your ongoing mission to restore your blog (and maybe it can be a bit of both, but either way, I am not complaining at ALL!!!!!). in that case you can ignore the ask I sent you because for some reason I did NOT see the notification for this ask and I had 0 context and I was so confused in the happiest way

but all that art?? ALL THAT ART??? you're telling me that I made art that stuck with you so much that they have the honor of being a part of your list of favorites from me?! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 my friend. I. GENUINELY. don't know what to say. oh my god. all I can do is grin at my computer like an idiot alfkejieowlklkjklgiyglkh HOW AM I SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS ONE OF MY BIGGEST SUPPORTERS.

GIRLLL I've only been doing Luaisy as well as you claim because I'm constantly piggybacking and feeding off of your ideas to the point it fuels my absolute feralness™ for them, AND I GOTTA ADD MY OWN TWISTS. like seriously!! you're a HEAVY Luaisy inspiration for me, Zahra. And the fact that we both have about the same craze as them has always been so comforting because I can just yap and give you the most random scenarios of them 🧡💚

AAAAAHH you're still thinking of doing the wedding fic?! that's amazing and I'd be SO HYPED to see a Zahra-fied Purple Luaisy Wedding 🤩 I still think about the mini drabble you sent me and G O O D N E S S. i love them so much chat. I can't lie, I've been wanting to draw the two in their wedding outfits again and mayhaps a PROPERLY illustrated wedding in the form of a comic (that would be a summer thing though LMAO), so if you can make it happen... get ready for that 😏 totally okay if it doesn't though! I'd still make the comic anyway hehehe

the suggestive one? hoooo boy, I was in a 𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒅😅 i'm still proud of how it turned out and ESPECIALLY the lighting! but looking at it now from a viewer perspective I'm like "...🫨." Out of the ones you listed the comic has GOT to be my favorite piece I've done of them!! No words, but message clear. plus autumn is my favorite season AND green and orange are fall colors, so it's a match made in heaven 😌 and yes the book sketch! I think that was my first exposure to your Luaisy, so I hold that one close to my heart too ♥️

uurughhg Mario and Daisy have been so fun to explore I'm telling you. Literally after Super Mario Land they merely existed in the same space together, ZERO interaction whatsoever. So I was more than happy to take a possible dynamic for them into my own hands, and I'm so happy you love what I do with them! but I've haveeeee to do Luigi and Peach stuff more though. I have an upcoming doodle dump for them planned, so look out for that!! but adding yours, Vulpix's and Vee's content into my art was so much fun :>

funny you say that... the first post of mine you (probably) interacted with was actually the Charles Martinet retirement piece! It was on your old account and you had reblogged "❤️❤️❤️" around the time I published it in August 2023. and you had no idea who I was, and we became moots 6 months later, so funny how that works.

EHEHEHE my gorlsss Appy Vivi and Violet!! I STILL have yet to draw Apricot and little Vi together, shame on me 😔 but of course I love her so much!! She's THE first Luaisy fankid I was introduced to, plus she was created by my super duper talented bestie, so she's practically my fan-niece. SHE DESERVES THE WORLD MY FRIEND

I always love making art based off your work!! the wallpaper's also my favorite. hell, I still have it as my own 🤭it's been a few months since I looked at the M&L drawings I did based on Estopa, and omg my heart is melting all over again 🥹🥹 just??? they???? the purest pairs of bros to EVER exist. I need to draw the bros being bros I sweeearrrrrrrr

LISTEN. the world needs Mario in a wedding dress. I must deliver. and we canNOT leave out wedding suit Peach 🤌🏾

I remember your comment from my earliest Luigi doodle dump (this was still right before we became moots), and it made me smile so much I screenshotted it!! Daisy, Peasley and Bowser surrounding him is still my favorite part about it LMAO

all very fine choices you listed, the rest of them (won't lie I forgot I did the Toad and Luigi one for LM3 💀), and YEAHHHH the Boma & Mugi Collab™, it was SUPER fun to see our styles come together AND see the friendship dynamics used as well. glad you loved that one too!

WHEW.

Zahra, I swear this ask had me genuinely cheesing, giggling, and maybe even tearing up a little 🥲 it just makes me SO happy you love my art so much and have stuck with it, even before we became friends. again, I don't know how on earth I was incredibly lucky to be brought into your circle, but I am so, so blessed and I love you so, SO much. THANK YOU, I can't say it enough. I'll never be able to EXPRESS it enough. you've made my entire year with this ask.

and now? i'm gonna go to sleep like a queen because you told me to feel like one 💅 (totally not past 3 AM where I'm at)

Te quiero muchísimo!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️