#lyra waybright

[justanie]

I was hoping to upload this a year after I joined the FFIV fandom…but I couldn’t wait any longer.

New Oc? Indeed, her name is Lyra and I have been creating her since September 2024, several things are still under construction such as her background and relationships. Until then, here are these sketches I made of her so as not to leave the introduction of this new character of mine so short ^^

I know FFIV only has White and Black Mages included, but…is it wrong if my Lyra is a Red Mage? I hope it's not a big problem :')

[diagnosed-quirky]

and all those in between.

happy women’s history month!

a shoutout to my favorite canon queer girlies…

[historyhermann]

Things Get Better?: LGBTQ Representation in Animation in 2022 [Part 2]

Continued from part 1

In 2022, there was a plethora of LGBTQ characters in Western animation, from gay warriors Orc and Iago in Battle Kitty to a lesbian drama teacher in Dee Dee Holloway in Big Nate. Other series featured gay couples (as in Baymax!), gay and lesbian parents (as in Firebuds), and many other lesbian, bisexual, non-binary, and queer characters. [3]

Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs and Wayback Machine. This was the nineteenth article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on January 16, 2023.

Some series had more representation than others. One of these was The Legend of Vox Machina, airing on Amazon Prime and based on the Critical Role roleplaying podcast, which featured lesbian, bisexual, and queer characters, specifically Vex'ahlia "Vex" de Rolo, Vax'ildan "Vax" Vessar, Lady Kima, Keyleth of the Air Ashari, Scanlan Shorthalt, and Lady Allura Vysoren. Stephanie Beatriz, a bisexual actress, voiced two of these characters: Lady Kima and Lady Allura. In addition, there were was a reboot of Monster High which premiered on Nickelodeon in fall 2022, with more gender diversity and LGBTQ characters, such as a non-binary monster named Frankie Stein and two lesbian moms (Medusa and Lyra).

Just as powerful was the reboot of The Proud Family in a series named The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. It aired on Disney+ from February to April of 2022. Created by the same person as the original, Bruce W. Smith, it includes three gay characters: Randall Leibowitz-Jenkins, Barry Leibowitz-Jenkins, and Michael Collins. There were also one-time lesbian characters and queer vibes among other characters, who are part of the show's mostly Black cast.

One of these characters is Maya, a 14-year-old anti-racist activist voiced by Keke Palmer. Although Palmer is an actress who has described herself as sexually fluid and queer, it remains to be seen whether Maya will be "sexually fluid and queer as much as Palmer is in real-life."

This was followed, later in 2022, by the much-expected Dead End: Paranormal Park, which Netflix recently cancelled. This series broke barriers as the first animated series with a trans protagonist named Barney Guttman. He is voiced by a trans male actor, Zach Barack. The show also includes Norma Khan who likes multiple genders and is ambiguously queer, and Courtney, who is non-binary. This series goes beyond the barrier-breaking of High Guardian Spice, a series by a trans male creator, Raye Rodriguez, who voiced one of the show's characters (Caraway), or the trans male lead character in Wendell & Wild (Raúl Cocolotl), who was said to be the first trans man in an animated film.

2022 heralded the end of the much-beloved Disney series, Amphibia. The series featured LGBTQ characters who were confirmed after the show's finale, like bisexual Sasha Waybright, voiced by bisexual actress Anna Akana. There's also Mr. X, Frodrick Toadstool, and Toadie who are gay, Yunan and Lady Olivia who are lesbian, Ally who is pansexual, and Jess who is bisexual.

Continued in part 3

© 2022-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

Notes

[3] This includes lesbian characters Nadja el-Koury and Danielle in Human Resources, Laura Feinberg as a bisexual woman in Little Demon, a queer non-binary couple (Gladys and Wren) in Pinecone & Pony, a non-binary Faerie student named Jae in Supernatural Academy, and a non-binary transformer named Nightshade in Transformers: EarthSpark. In addition, Dragon Age: Absolution, which only aired for six episodes in December 2022, featured four of LGBTQ characters (Miriam, Hira, Roland, and Lacklon), with Qwydion voiced by Ashly Burch who came out as queer and pansexual in July 2022.

[lyrae-art]

amphibia & owl house sketch dump !

[lady-asteria]

Jon Snow🤝Lyra Belacqua🤝Sasha Waybright🤝A certain Fire Princex whose name won’t be printed here for the sake of not spoiling the story in which they appear

Wait, I want to know the name of the princex

[justanie]

Since I don't have any other drawings to show (for the moment) here I bring you Lyra in her Red Mage outfit!

This is currently her final version, since the first one I made didn't quite convince me...and I speak about it apart from her casual dress that I showed, if you ask.

[blackcur-rants]

Jon Snow🤝Lyra Belacqua🤝Sasha Waybright🤝A certain Fire Princex whose name won’t be printed here for the sake of not spoiling the story in which they appear

Their heroic arc is centred around unlearning a lifetime of privilege and stubbornness.

Favourite Luz/Sansa parallel: They both looked at terrifying wolf beasts from beyond the dawn of time and said to themselves: “This thing deserves so many pats and cuddles!”.

Omg- So true! The babies 🥺 (points for Sansa for naming her prehistorical-giangt direwolf Lady)