#isaloop if you want it to be

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i thought it'd be cute 🥺💕

[pearl-crystals]

i really do have a surplus of Isat sketches. I am gonna share them but if I finally make them in hues (color) and details, I'll have to refer to these. Enjoy!

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"Fighter." They say, stiff as anything.

You smile at them cordially. You've done this song and dance before. It's familiar in a way you should probably be uncomfortable with. You think you were, at one point.

"Loop!" You say back.

It's the name they've given themself. You won't push. Maybe eventually you will, but not yet. You never have before, and it would just make your already kind of awkward relationship with them worse. When you already feel so crabbing awful, you don't want to cause any more strain! It's a win-win!

Their voice is filled with a false bravado that doesn't (and hasn't ever) reached their eyes. "So!~ What can I do for you this loop?"

Loop is Siffrin. Or was. You've known it from the first time you met them. It's all in the eyes. They have the same eyes. Loop's just turn up most of the time where Sif's turn down. You can tell they're the same when they're shocked or angry, though. It's... different, but still recognizable.

Is that fair? Loop is fundamentally very different from Siffrin. It's like a case of divergent evolution. They come from the same root, but they're different people. You're not actually sure if Loop likes or hates their differences from Sif. You've never asked.

Which is why you're not gonna say anything. They'd probably brush you off, anyway. Make a show of laughing it up and then they'd deflect. Just like Sif. Which… is a really mean thing to think about both of them. When did you start to get mean? Didn't everyone call you nice before this? Reliable?

"The King knows something about Sif." You say eventually. "Or, uh, something adjacent to Sif? They don't actually seem to know each other. Probably."

"Oh? Interesting! Maybe you could look into any similarities they have?" They wink.

You don't want to compare Sif to the King for a second. But… they're probably right. You flex your fingers, strain in your knuckles that you think is probably all in your head. Hah! You have no idea what loop your on, by the way! They'd probably know if you asked. You don't... want to. They can be hard to talk to.

But... Sif and the King. And to the same extent: both of them and Loop. You try to rack your brain for an answer. What's something that connects them? Something you see within all of them.

... Stars.

Huh. You're not sure how you didn't come up with that before. You sigh. Well! There's one place in the House you know for sure talks about stars. You don't go back there very often, mostly because it's kind of a dead end, but you guess it'll probably be useful! Plus: Sif seems to like talking about them. At least for a moment. Then it sort of... slips? You're not sure why that happens. You've got a few theories, though.

"Thanks, Loop." You tell them.

You mean it every time. You're not sure that they've ever believed you.

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actually obsesswd wtih your audience of vaugarde au btw

LOOP: I wonder if I should cut my hair... It's not like I exactly meant to grow it out.

ISA: If... that's what you want, Loop! // MIRA: Ah, really...? // ODILE: A shame, it looks cute.

Thank you! <3 I haven't drawn for this AU since August so I took this ask as an opportunity to draw for it again

( other posts in this AU: Audience of Vauguarde | Mira's ribbon | Loop's name | extra info | classic mistake | Bonnie's wishes | *unshadows your hat* | long hair | Isaloop comfort )

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And I don't blame you if you want to bury me in your memory I'm not the girl I'm meant to be. ohhhh a second post has hit my blog ooooo, thank you to my bestie for this idea <3 THE maybe like 5 at most- ISALOOP SHIPPERS REJOYCE!!! genuinely my fav loop ship is them with Isabeau, wish there were more fanfics exploring a possible relationship between the two of them tbh

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in stars and time but ghibli movies au braindump

nobody fucking asked for this but it's been plaguing me for weeks and i need other people to think about this with me

IDEA 1: Howl's Moving Castle x ISAT

I mean, come on.

Isa is Sophie. Listen. A hat shop? the themes around changing and transformation? learning to love someone who believes they don't deserve to be loved? Seriously. its perfect.

Sif is Howl. Self explainatory, but I'll talk a little more about it later.

Loop is Calcifer. Also self explainatory. If you know then you know.

Bonnie is Markl. I need more Siffirin as a mentor figure for Bonnie.

Odile is the Witch of the Wastes. Definitely not the same characterization as in the movie though. Don't think too hard about it I just didn't want to make her Turnip Head or something. Plus I think it's a funny idea that Odile does all that shit to Siffrin bc she suspects he did some forbidden magic shit. Basically Witch Hat Atelier.

Mirabelle is Sophie's sister from the verrrry beginning of the movie. she can be more included in the plot because I fucking said so. Maybe she would meet up with Isa when they settle back into the original town?

The King is Madame Sullivan. I have not been able to get the scene where she says "let's show your mother what you really are" out of my head beacuse. it's so so so much like what siffirn fears. also turning her followers into weird blob monsters? its sadnesses for real it works too well

Siffrin as Howl has been knocking around in my head for a while. A few things to note:

The hair dye scene. Siffrin's hair starts out black, and then turns white after. Initially it seems like it's a vanity thing, but their reaction is more because they're afraid of being seen as different.

Howl is a big crow thing. Odile has a cut line where she calls siffrin "little crow". do i really have to explain.

The "dream" sequence where sophie goes to find howl after he comes home injured. "Tell me what's wrong so I can help you!" "You're too late!" like. FUCK. it's them. it's them it's them it's them...

Actually pretty much any sophie and howl scene from the last act of the movie, in particular the one where sophie tells howl to run away... and howl says that they won't because they've finally found something they wanna protect,,,, bc they have a family,,,, ough,,,,,

i yearn for funny kinda isaloop moments (HE LIKES MY SPARKKK)

do i really gotta say it. the opening scene of isat. Loop's wish. eating the fucking star the entire fucking opening of this game is a howls moving castle reference-

there's a lot more i could say about this one but i also wanna talk about my other ideas....

IDEA 2: Castle In The Sky x ISAT

hi, I love castle in the sky, am definitely normal about it, have definitely not made prior aus about it for totk, definitely not

Siffrin is Sheeta. just a random guy with special powers who came from a sky (star) centric civilization that has been forgotten by everyone? yeah. yeah that's. yup.

Isa is Patsu. not much to say there, just. they share a lot of similarities. except isa has more braincells. Also the idea of engineer Isa workin on the planes is enjoyable to me.

Odile is Dola. Listen. I need pirate Odile in my life. I need it with my whole body and soul. She would be wonderful. So full of piss and vinegar.

Mirabelle and Bonnie are members of Odile's crew, they got picked up along their journeys. Mira is there? because she's running form the secret police (Muska/The King ig)and Bonnie is there bc Nille is a mechanic who basically keeps the whole ship running

Muska is The King. There's not a lot I gotta say about this, other than Muska is genuinely the most terrifying Ghibli villain ever and is the reason why i watch this movie in dub (thank you Mark Hamill), so a lot of the conversations surrounding Laputa kinda remind me of the country

The Lost Country is Laputa, enough said, an entire country that has been forgotten by seemingly the entire world with technology and magic that is so powerful that it could quite literally lead to the destruction of humanity, yep yep yep

i also like the thought of the giant gem in the center of laputa being a star...

Misc ideas that I haven't really fleshed out as much:

Princess Mononoke: Siffrin is San. Isa is Ashitaka???? i guess???? Odile is Moro, Bonnie and Mira are the two unnamed wolf gods. The King is lady eboshi. the universe is the forest spirit, and triggers the red shade when it's head is severed. the kodamas are the little change god statues.

Spirited Away: Siffrin is Haku. the forgotten name, the loss of identity, the badassery... they've got it all. Bonnie as Chihiro, if you make it weird it's ON SIGHT, uhhhh loop as Kaonashi/No Face, The King as Yubaba, Euphrasie as Zeniba, Odile as Lin (I LOVE THE IDEA OF ODILE AS LIN WITH MY WHOLE SOUL, where is more hurt/comfort of odile and siffrin MY GOD-), beyond that i have zero idea who mira and isa would be ;w;

anyways yall have fun with this one

[bpdloop]

laika ⭐ they/lune

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hey! the following has themes of derealization and dissociation!! read safely!!

isaloops! hi!

You and Loop have been sitting in silence for a while now. You were trying to come up with something to ask them, but you guess you got a bit distracted. Augh! You need a clear head! You breathe deep, in and out. Things feel a bit less hazy, but the pit in your chest still lingers.

"Hm. It's my turn to ask a question now, actually!" Loop asserts, straightening up.

You jump. "Oh!"

"Okay." They start, "So. Maybe it's a bit presumptuous of me to comment on, but!~ I've noticed you've been touching your friends less. Why?"

… Oh.

You like touch. You like to physically hold onto people. That kind of closeness is important to you. Wrapping someone into a tight hug, squeezing their hand, holding their face gently, it all means the world to you. So you touch your friends all the time!

Except.

Except you don't anymore, do you? You used to. Any chance you got! But now? Now you find yourself flinching away. Why?

Because — because none of it feels real anymore. It's all stuff that's happened before! Every time you touch it's something you've already done! And everyone says the same things and does the same things they always do! Like nothing matters!

You feel like you're fake. like a mannequin, stiff and cold and stagnant.

Everything feels fake. When you've done it all before, all the words lose meaning! All the touch loses meaning! You just want to feel real again! You just…

"Fighter."

Ah.

Your gaze snaps up to Loop. They look back at you, eyes wide and pupils small. Their hands hover around their chest, balled into fists.

"Fighter — I… Sunlight. You're here." They stare at you. It takes a minute to realize they want you to breathe. you try your best.

Slowly, carefully… they reach a hand out. They place it atop one of yours and very gently squeeze. There's pressure and warmth. It creeps up your arm and into your chest.

...

They called you Sunlight.

You twist your hand under theirs so your palms face. After a bit of hesitation, you squeeze back. They stiffen, but don't pull away.

"Thank you, Loop." You tell them quietly.

You still don't think they believe you.

They open their mouth to respond, but you beat them to the punch. "You're here, too."

Loop freezes. Something you can't quite discern flashes in their eyes before they steady themself. Like an actor on a stage. You think they'd hate that metaphor.

"Hah…" it's less of a laugh and more of a breath. "I… I suppose I am."

You're still holding hands. You hope they let you stay like this for a while. Maybe… maybe they need it, too.

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listen same anon as the big anon from before. uh. you know our identity but there's something comforting about not showing our face directly off anon so anon still!

the isaloops au is genuinely SOOO cool exactly the stuff we want to see, writing that takes ISA seriously instead of just going "oh he's a silly little man who wouldn't last in the loops", writing that genuinely explores LOOP'S character well, it's just like. we don't usually like other people loop aus because sometimes it's just surface level character stuff but THIS genuinely understands and works with the characters well and UAGAHDRHRHR... /pos. you know?

YALL ARE TOO SWEET I CANNOT HANDLE IT.

also yes yes yes! i get the impulse to sometimes write isa off in stuff, and im not even saying thats something the majority of people do. but sometimes he gets written off as 'guy who is in love with sif'. and thats okay! especially in isafrin fics. but he has a lot more nuance than that and i have a really fun time exploring it.

its so interesting to see what would fundamentally change about the loops, and the characters within them, if things got shuffled around. this is something that was not supposed to happen. it really puts euphrasie's "something's failing, rotting" line into a different context, dont you think? because the loops were meant for sif. they were always siffrins burden to bear. but now they arent.

... is this better? could it be?

Fighter. you love your friends, dont you? theyre like family to you? when did you stop acting like it.

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just wanting to say your isaloops au is making me go feral over the potential dynamic between loop and isa here and how much that must be devastating for LOOP and hrghgrhgr the. EVERYTHING there

THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN ISABEAU AND LOOP IN ISALOOPS MEANS FUCKING EVERYTHING TO ME!!!!!!!!!!

the more i think about it the more Unwell i get about it. you have no idea. you have NO idea. aughghgh....

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we want you to know isaloops inspired us so much we're making a bookclub looping au now. odile and mirabelle loop together. loop stays loop. loop's personal hell

oh gosh!!!! that sounds very neat!!! ough,,,

loop vs the girls, who would win (its the girls. loop doesnt stand a change)

the more i think about this the more i rotate it in my brain. of all the characters in isat, odile and mira (especially as a team) would be the ones most likely to tell the others whats going on. at least sometimes.

odile is book smart and mira is generally a lot more people smart. together i think theyd figure out a lot of the rules and tricks of the loops pretty quick. something about an unstoppable force and an immovable object working in tandem. oufgghhgh

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hi!! i just read your isaloop fic!! i love it so much!!

i wanted to ask if i could try writing a oneshot version of it with credits to you! i just think isa’s inner monologue would be really interesting to get into!!

either way, thank you so much!

holy shit??? absolutely you can!!!

if you do, please please please share it with me when youre done if you can!!!! id love to read it!!!