#or do they just ‘cosmo and wanda’ this

[sunshine-zenith]

On my daily rewatch of anw I'm thinking about how people thought Hazel and Dev should've swapped fairies because of how unfair the godparent system was and how Dev needed more experienced godparents or how Peri should've been assigned an easy case and while that may be true, I'm just thinking how that swap would have suited the kids' needs.

With Dev, yes, he was a hard case and probably should've had godparent who had more experience with children like him, but he is a child who is lacking in the parental department and needed someone to fill that role.

Same is true for Hazel. She would have been more suited for a first-time godparent, but what she needed and missed the most was her brother and who do we know who has experience with being someone's godbrother? Peri.

I'm probably just rephrasing stuff here so this probably didn't need to be said. Everything more or less worked out for everyone and eventually for others (hopefully).

Anon I have been rotating this ask around in my head since it popped up into my ask box

Confession: I and many others have thought about the similarities between Peri and Hazel, and pointed out that Dev was not a case for a beginner, but I haven’t seriously considered a full out fairy swap until now because I’m actually very fond of the Hazel-Cosmo-Wanda dynamic and the Dev-Peri tragedy dynamic

Still… yeah, you’re kinda right. Dev genuinely would’ve been better suited for experienced godparents, and he might actually benefit from Cosmo and Wanda specifically because A) there’s two of them and B) they’re very parental with their godkids. And Hazel — having Hazel, the kid who misses her brother so much it tipped over the Needs A Fairy edge, be paired up with the godparent who lost his older brother is kinda brilliant

It kinda makes me wonder about how things would be different if we got Hazel-Peri and Dev-Cosmo-Wanda…

Heads up, this gets long

The first thing I wonder about isn’t so much the dynamics, but rather who would be the protagonist? I adore Hazel as a main character, but Cosmo and Wanda are the FOP difacto mascots. They’re the ones who get the cameos and appear in the reboots/sequels. They can exist independently from Timmy/Hazel/Chloe/Viv. If they’re Dev’s fairies, then Dev would be the main POV character. And like. I love Dev, I do, but he’s an asshole. I understand why and I’m down to justify anything he does, but he’s a dick. Plus, well, he’s also super sad. It’d be very hard to make him a fun POV character, especially pre/mid-character development, at least without switching the genre from Heart Felt Comedy Aimed At Children/All Ages to something much darker and more mature. He’s a great side character/deuteragonist, but it would be a Commitment if we followed him 95% of the time

(And before anyone comes at me about Timmy also being The Worst, a lot of that was flanderization. By the time he gets that that point, let’s be real a lot of people stopped watching, and even then he at least had half a dozen I Love Yous and sweet moments with Cosmo and Wanda to make the commitment worth it to the audience.)

Hazel and Peri

So if we keep Hazel as the lead and Peri as her fairy, how’d that work, writing wise? Do we keep his introduction the same and hope the audience is fine with a Sequel Babies Series. Or (and this is just me having fun), do we hypothetically cut out the part where he Introduces Himself With His Deadname For The Audience’s Sake and just hint at him as being Poof from the original series. Then, after Founder’s Day, we introduce Cosmo and Wanda as Dev’s fairies, and the Peri Is Grown Up Poof thing is treated as a Big Reveal, a la Author Of The Journals from Gravity Falls

Now that out of the way, how do I think these dynamics would work, and how would it affect Dev and Hazel’s relationship?

Like you said, Hazel and Peri connecting over missing brothers is a great starting point, and Peri getting to be the big brother for once would be so much fun to watch. Plus, and I’ve pointed this out before, they’re both rule followers (I can totally see a gag of them bonding over Hazel’s DMV love), though Hazel is willing to play things by ear, while Peri gets majorly stressed/anxious/high strung when rule breaking is in question — in fact, that could be a fun angle to some potential conflicts. Hazel makes a wish, but she doesn’t know how to find the words for what she wants, and since Peri is so new, he doesn’t have the experience to confidently guess. He hesitates, both of them get caught in a mini Anxiety Loop, and escalating event happening in the background force them into action, and through hijinx, they both receive character development

I can also see the Antony thing leading to conflict for them — Hazel’s brother is gone, but he comes back. He visits. They reconnect. Meanwhile, Timmy’s gone gone. His memory is wiped. I can see Peri occasionally accidentally fumbling Hazel’s missing Antony with his own likely grief over Timmy. Maybe after another missed flight or phone call, Peri tries to be “supportive” in the same way he tried to cheer Dev up at his birthday, and he accidentally says something that makes Hazel not only miss her old life, but thing she’ll never have any sort of relationship with Antony again.

Or maybe Peri does handle it well until Antony comes back. Then, alongside Hazel trying to recreate the past, Peri gets overwhelmed with jealousy, like he was when Irep tried taking his place with Dev but dialed up by 10. He worries he’ll lose his first godkid AND be fumbling with reawakened grief

(Plus hey, I can actually see this scenario as a good way to justify bringing Timmy back. Maybe Hazel could even include Timmy’s memories as part of her Rule Free Wish in the finally)

Basically Hazel and Peri have so much in common that if they were the main duo, those similarities could lead to so many bonding moments AND dramatic moments where through being mirrors for each other they accidentally hurt each other and help each other to grow as people

(It makes me wonder how Peri would hide himself in Hazel’s day to day life. Peri becomes inanimate objects for Dev, sure, but he doesn’t have a consistent object he hides as. Maybe Peri could have a human disguise, pretending to be a recent college grad who moves into Hazel’s building? Or maybe he could be a “new pet rock”?)

(Also I have a lot of thoughts on C&W being disguised as pets for Timmy and neighbors for Hazel, but that’s a ramble for another day.)

Dev, Cosmo, and Wanda

So the first question is how would Dev become Cosmo and Wanda’s godkid? They weren’t actually assigned to Hazel, they basically just adopted her. Maybe, Cosmo and Wanda could still be traveling and just end up in Dimmadelphia around Founder’s Day, and through their observations, they seen Dev is going through it and come out of retirement for him. This could also lead to a Cookie situation with Dev instead of Hazel (imagine Dev pretending to be a lawyer, there would 100% be a gag of him acting as every shady lawyer stereotype you know.)

I can see Dev still lashing out at them, probably still demanding perfection for hollow wishes since he can’t get what he really wants, BUT C&W would cause mischief as they misinterpret his wishes. I can also see him acting unimpressed/impatient when they take him on little side quests to meet with fairies that specialize in the things he wishes for. He’s have to defrost to them, and they (likely especially Cosmo) would push his buttons. Dev would also probably deny having fun during these adventures. I’m sure he’d eventually come to see them the same way he saw Irep)

A potential conflict could come from the fact that a lot of Dev’s wishes are by nature spiteful/fueled by pride. Again, major Dev apologist here, we’re talking about the kid who wished for a an evil ghost to come from the depths of hell after having a fairy for less than a week. C&W would still grant his wishes, but they wouldn’t approve of him being a bully, and would probably try really hard to get him to realize the error of his ways through these wishes

It’s likely that Dev wouldn’t even get involved with the anti-fairies here. If he did, I can only see this after Dev specifically makes a wish relating to his father loving him, which C&W can’t grant, or something similar — a breakdown after a big, direct moment instead of a breakdown after months of little, indirect moments

I can also see him both clinging to them as parental figures and resenting them as misplaced anger and sadness over his neglectful dad

I can also see him seeing Peri (and maybe even Timmy) as a threat here — Peri is their son, who they adore like Dev wishes Dale adored him. And since Peri isn’t Dev’s godparent here and therefore doesn’t feel the need to look out for/do right by him, Peri would like sass him harder or treat him as an annoyance, an extension of any tension that comes up when C&W their clingy thing. In a scenario where Dev still ended up under an anti-fairy’s influence, he might even wish Peri was Nothing, or still kidnap Peri here out of misplaced resentment

Dev and Hazel

I feel like swapping fairies would also affect their relationship. Part of their comes from Dev’s jealousy over Hazel’s relationship with C&W — she has two while he only has one, she has a positive relationship with her while his “can’t do anything right” (can’t cross the red tape of Da Rules, doesn’t have the experience/comfort level to go buckwild with wishes/has parents that love him/etc). Here, that wouldn’t be a problem— Hazel wouldn’t care that Dev has two fairies instead of one, and C&W would probably have an easier time getting through Dev’s defenses. It’s possible that a lot of their fights and negative interactions just wouldn’t happen here, and if they did, it would be related to Hazel wanting Dev to be nicer to C&W/Peri.

[howtonerdoutovereverything]

Y’ALL, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS

This is the official Nicktoons YouTube channel. And take a look at who’s on the channel banner.

COSMO AND WANDA, SPECIFICALLY FROM A NEW WISH.

Maybe I’m just doing lines of copium, but I feel like they wouldn’t represent the show on the banner unless they considered it a part of the future of Nicktoons…I think Season 2 might be on the way.

BUUUUUT that doesn’t mean stop streaming! Keep up the momentum! 💖💚💜

[sg-the-mag-by]

I love ALL these points!

Fairy World has always tried to keep their relation with human children as neutral as possible. YES if you get attached to your godkid then that's okay, it means you can do a better job of making them happy and moving onto the next kid.

As you said Cosmo and Wanda were the fairly odd couple who WANTED kids more than any fairy their age and when they met Timmy a bond was formed. The Zappy's showed that already a few months or weeks in Timmy considered Cosmo and Wanda his best friends, probably like an aunt and uncle at this point, then the main show hits, and no longer are they just friends, just substitute parents, just protectors, they ARE Timmy Turner's parents!

Poof/Peri is born because of the love Timmy has for Cosmo and Wanda and wants them to finally have the baby they've dreamed of for thousands of years, their little family is complete and they accept that that is what they are and always will be.

Losing Timmy broke Cosmo, Wanda, and Peri. Peri delved into being a great Fairy Godparent like his parents but only listened to Jorgen and what others taught him, not talking to his parents on how to handle Dev, which he should have and if/when we get a season 2 I really HOPE Peri takes advice from Cosmo and Wanda, even if he can't get back to Dev at least he'll know what he needs to do.

Hope this made sense, thank you for reading my rambles.

Not to overanalyze stuff but...

I don't know if the authors did this intentionally, but I find the "shift" on what is good godparenting in Fairy World super interesting.

Like Cookie is said to be a very good godparent according to Jorgen. Sure, she gets the "job" done, but she's seen as not listening to Hazel. She thinks she knows best, since Hazel is "just a kid". She grants wishes based on what most children could want (statistics I guessed she studied). She's a godparent helping out children, and doesn't see her "targets", her "clients", in their individuality.

Same goes for Peri in a way. He grants wishes, but doesn't seem to actually make an effort to grow closer to Dev, to "earn his trust". Godchild wants some space? Sure, that's his wish! He just applies the rules, applies what he's been told. Dev is a godchild he *has to* help. He doesn't see, or try to understand, what makes Dev different from another "miserable" kid.

And like, as a social worker, the whole "doing what we're told" vs. "listening to the person and design a plan that fit them (despite what the Rules™ say) is a 'conflict' we're often faced with. And the ones above us'd rather we go with the first option so the "OneS wHo AbuSE tHE sYsTEm" (🙄) don't "hAVe it EAsY" (🙄🙄🙄).

All that to say, I wonder if Timmy's mayhem is the reason why "follow the rules and don't make YOUR godchild special" is the new guideline in Fairy World. A new protocole to ensure no godchild "abuses the system" by wishing for things they shouldn't when their godparent is "too friendly" with them to tell them no...

[moonlights-thoughts]

Trolls on an anatomy and scientific level gives me an existential crisis

[worm-on-my-way]

timmy no...

[u3pxx]

based on this wheezes

[sg-the-mag-by]

Let's also add that Peri NEVER sought out his parents advice once he met up with them, convinced himself that he could handle Dev, not at ALL remembering that it was his parents who handled Timmy when he was at his lowest, Peri just hugged and snuggled his brother while his parents talked to Timmy and comforted him. Now the wand's in the other hand, Peri's got to be the comfort to Dev and a wish or hug isn't going to cut it.

I do not blame Dev or Hazel at all, especially not Hazel and Dev is allowed to be this upset because kids should express their emotions or risk becoming adults like Dale or Peri, bottling it up and not seeking proper help for other outlets for these strong emotions.

And yes going back to Dev talking to Hazel about her Godparents compared to his one, I agree that it's not him being jealous, and interesting you've seen him respect Peri. I cannot WAIT to watch this episode and hear that in his tone. And yes too, he definitely sees Peri on equal grounds with Cosmo and Wanda, but doesn't realize just how young and inexperienced Peri is compared to them. Power level he's on par with them, but maturity and able to grant wishes on the same level is not anywhere near them, but that's not how Dev sees it.

He sees a being with phenomenal cosmic powers, not a 20 something given a kid with no experience aside from babysitting and a couple baby CPR classes he took(if Peri was a human with next to no childcare experience is what I'm getting at). What he gets, a stick in the mud rule follower who can't properly tell Dev how he needs to be semi specific with how he says his wishes, or actually talk to him about his daddy issues.

Okay thank you for listening to my rambles, hope they made some sense.

Why does in this fandom some people mostly blame the kid characters?? Even Hazel isn't so desperately justified as Peri is. Although she is also "trying her best". Oh! That's because he is a fan favorite and "energetic main protagonists" go far away! And if we remember Dev, he was also “thrown out” in this regard. In the fandom, he is known mainly only as a “stupid spoiled brat”. Although in reality sometimes he behaves far from this and can say something really smart. For example at the end of that episode he said to Hazel: “Oh is my one fairy not as important as your two fairy’s which you had longer than me!?”. Some thought that he was expressing his feelings of jealousy because of the whole situation with his father and Hazel. But I think that even despite all the disagreements between him and Peri, he actually secretly respected him and considered him equal to his parents. And in this way, Dev kind of justified both himself and Peri by telling Hazel that his fairy was no worse than her fairies.

And Hazel wasn't to blame for this either, on the contrary, she was trying to somehow defuse the situation. She tried to improve the whole situation as best she could. Hazel clearly didn't want to ruin her relationship with Dev and wanted to prove that there was a misunderstanding. Of course, it would be difficult to find the right words, especially in such a situation. Dev was really emotional then and Hazel didn't have to chase him like a tail so that he would finally understand her. So the one who was really to blame from the very beginning was Dale, who was more worried about his business, and Peri, who "excellently" managed to support Dev, but on the contrary, made his condition only worse. Oh, of course! Let's instead justify Peri in every possible way, saying that he "trying his best" or that he is still "too young". Well, he is already an adult and at least should understand what the consequences may be. Although judging by some episodes with his participation, he successfully avoided most of them (and most likely did this in the past).

[bunnieswithknives]

How much can you fit under your skin?

For @warning-heckboop's AU :3

[cubbihue]

I just found your Itty Bitty Au and I have to say, I love how you've written Perry and the other fairies to be... just a bit selfish? How Perry won't consider turning Dev into a Fairy- not because he doesn't really care about him or thinks there's a moral issue with it, but because if he turns Dev into a fairy it'll negatively effect HIM. Also, super excited to see more of Timmy (both)!

Fairies are not like humans in that they have “Good or Bad” morals. Fairies, by nature, are extremely selfish. They don’t care for human conflicts, human goodness, or human morale.

A fairy’s first priority is doing their job right for their court, and their second priority is doing what they want most. Selfishness is innate for Fairies as Compassion is innate for Humans.

Cosmo and Wanda are outliers in that they care about their godchildren to an emotional degree. It’s what made them the best fairies to be godparents!! Peri… doesn’t understand that quite yet.

Bitties Series: [Start] > [Previous] > [Next]

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teen devzel DEFINITELY not getting distracted and DEFINITELY not flirting while they're supposed to be baking 😋🫶

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Ok, uhh here’s a small deep dive into a silly headcanons and I’ll spilt it to make it more organized

HAZEL

Hazel, from the beginning has been shown to have a huge admiration for her older brother, Antony. It’s her driving motivation as a character in the first few episodes. Not to mention she sounded rather blue when she mentioned that she moved ACROSS THE COUNTRY from Antony and he can’t really visit since he’s a college student. Hazel, from the start loved her older brother, when she ever got upset about being alone in a completely new area, she keeps on telling herself that Antony visiting her will make it all worth it. Then Antony couldn’t visit do to a massive storm and he’s not able to catch up until the holiday break, which was months from now, this obviously makes Hazel very upset and she tries to hide it by being “mature”, Hazel immediately decided to run away to visit Antony herself, because she feels seen by her brothers presence, she feels comfortable and confident with him.

And yes, her parents also keep her company, they also unintentionally ignore her wants and needs to the point where Hazel sees Antony as her “parental figure” Hazels need to see Antony got so strong, it triggered Cosmo and Wanda’s powers, fairies who were in retirement at the moment, Hazel wish turned her into a literal fly and she just flies away, not even knowing where the airport is. Cosmo and Wanda chased her and tried to convince her that they could help her, but it wasn’t until Hazel was about to die in a gifted Venus fly trap, she had a conversation with a ant, who spend lots of time away from her ant colony, after that, Hazel was convinced that Her brother can do things on her own, as she can to. Hazel then becomes a human and a Godchild to Cosmo and Wanda, and she decides to take a day one step at a time….but stuff like this just doesn’t disappear, does it? Hazels made a new friend, Jasmine,

One day, Hazel suggested to Jasmine that they watch scary movies, because that’s what her and Antony did, But when Jasmines resented the idea, due to her dislike of horror, Hazel made the wish to make her fearless, which actually got her fears out and they are now there own beings, So, now Hazel has to right her wrong by making Jasmine face her own fears. Then, Jasmine got possessed by the consumption of fear, and it taunted Hazel, pointing out the obvious “manipulation” and the way “Hazel used Jasmine for her own needs.” Digging into her fears, which is “Afraid of Starting something New, so you try to repeat the past.” Hazel, was finally to face her own fear with support and she recognized her mistakes, and suggested they do something else they would both find fun. Eventually, Winn, The cool skateboarder kid, Joined in on Hazels and Jasmines friendship, becoming a friendship trio.

Some, time later, They all decided to take a quiz and when they scored a zero, Hazel went into a spiral and just assumed that Winn and Jasmine don’t know her well enough and secretly hate her, so Into her mind we go! It was all good,until she got into her embarrassing secrets, she tried to hide it, but that caused her to let her mind worm loose, which fed off her negative thoughts. Her deepest conflict is that her friends aren’t actually her friends and that they don’t care about her, it’s not until Hazel remembered what her mom said about not letting negativity control her, she’s eventually able to control it and get back with her friends. In a similar situation,

Hazel went into crisis about which class she should sign up for, Band or Orchestra. Since Winn and Jasmine are on both sides and that they are enemies, so Basically if Hazel decides one thing, she’s silently saying “I don’t like you and I prefer this.” And Hazel obviously doesn’t want that, so she gets musical talent and a clone of herself to make Jasmine and Winn happy, but it’s no use, they still fight and Hazel accidentally took away music, which is bad—because they can’t perform. So, Hazel decided to come up with a plan with the help from the help of the Nmusic Fairy, in which music was temporarily restored in order for Hazel to prove that she can get the band and orchestra kids together as one,

and she succeed as being their conductor of sorts, after the show, backstage, Hazel asked her parents if they sent the video to Antony (because he was going to see it via video) But Antony already showed up and watch the show live, he appears with roses and happy to see Hazel. Hazel was estatic, immediately jumping onto his arms and on the verge of tears, she was so happy to see her brother after so long. She even used to rule free wish so that her friends (family included) will remember fairies.

Hazels inner conflict are letting something go and the fear of losing something she care. She doesn’t want to lose anything again, but she has a good support system with Her mother, Cosmo and Wanda, Antony and Herself. She’s able to maturely handle the situation after she messed things up, because of that support system.

(Ok I was going to add Dev, but I’ve been typing for over an hour straight And my fingers are starting to hurt. I have a lot to say about Dev as a character regarding this head canon, but I hope for now, this’ll do. I’m still pretty new to analyzing, so I hope I did a good job :3)

Another HeadCanon (That’s Kinda a Projection but Shh)

Both Dev and Hazel have attachment issues, I’ll probably go on a deeper dive if I feel like it

[viibo]

Can you draw Cosmo Wanda and Peri based on this

Numbuh 2 - Wanda

Numbuh 3 - Cosmo

Numbuh 4 - Poof aka Peri

are they stupid /lovingly

[myslooni]

Big hugs!!!

[circusk]

this is MUCH better than the cereal bar!!!

sure man. on an unrelated note is there anything you'd like to share?

more wip vers i like yayyyyyyy

[inamindfarfaraway]

The Pixies need to be villains in A New Wish just so that Hazel, canonical lover of paperwork and the predictable monotony of places it is done like the DMV (*cough*, autism, *cough*), can have so much fun with them that it makes them have a breakdown because they're not meant to be fun! They're meant to be boredom incarnate! They rob kids of joy, they don't give it to them! Who is this child? What is going on here?

[teethburger]

ngl the og series had some jokes that actually hit for me