#skylar acdalur

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Wtf is happening I've had my OCs for years but suddenly tonight when I think of them my heart skips a beat and I get so excited.

Hfsdvzhsf hOLy SHIT I haven't updated my wip since I got super into Sonic lmao uhhhhh all my Sonic mutuals that I've accrued I wanna introduce you to themmm hold on. I've gotta watch a movie with my sister and when I get back I wanna make a couple introductory posts.

Til then you can find 'em plus all current chapters at @starshineskyandthepowerofrock . I'll tag the main girls on this post if you wanna scroll through their tags on here or on that blog.

(Yknow what happened, I thought about what Sonic and Shadow would be like in the universe of my WIP and then I imagined Shadow meeting Sky amd then I went "OMG WAIT MY GIRLS AAAAA")

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I was listening to Halocene and needed to draw what I see in my mind's eye every time Addie belts. I really like the way this turned out. One of my favorite Sky pieces I've done. It's mostly the expression. She yell.

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Sky has gotten her hair pulled a lot from fights and now has a hard time trusting others' hands in her hair so she tends to take care of haircuts herself. The result is usually messy but she doesn't mind. In fact, she likes it that way.

Does your OC ever cut their own hair? If so, how satisfied are they with the results? Have they ever had to ask someone to fix what they started?

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OC introduction: Sky

Skylar Acdalur

Lead guitar

Soprano

The first and only monster to ever attend the Royal Academy of Rock, Sky has a lot to prove and not many people rooting for her. Unlike her classmates, Sky hails from the Isle of Isolation, aka the kingdom whose army is currently terrorizing the Land of Light. The same army that Sky ditched before the events of the story. Now she's on the run from her old life and trying to carve out her place in her new one. It's a lot easier with new friends by her side!

Sky is adventurous, tough, absolutely in love with music, and great at acting like she doesn't have the biggest gooiest heart ever. She's also got quite the rebellious streak if the whole "literally committed treason" thing didn't tip you off. She's new to this whole friend thing and gets nervous that she'll get the short end of the stick like she's used to, but once she's found some people she knows she can trust, she'll protect them to her last breath... oh right, vampires don't need to breathe.

More about her and her friends at @starshineskyandthepowerofrock

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Star the Cat and Sky the Bat.

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The girls as Sonic songs

Star: My Sweet Passion, Fly in the Freedom, Knight of the Wind, My Destiny, So Much More, What I'm Made Of

Sky: Escape from the City, Never Turn Back, His World, It Doesn't Matter, The Chosen One, Fight the Knight, Fist Bump

Gossamer: I Am... All of Me, Supporting Me, Live & Learn, Almost Dead, A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup, This Machine, Waking Up

Crescent: We Can, Open Your Heart, Reach for the Stars, Free, Sonic - You Can Do Anything, Can You Feel the Sunshine, Endless Possibilities

Pearl: Dreams of an Absolution, Believe in Myself, Speak From Your Heart, Cosmic Eternity ~ Believe in Yourself

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I feel so bad picking a favorite because I worry it'll color people's perceptions of the character and make them hyperaware of any unconscious bias I give her in the story.

But Sky is my favorite, she's the character I've had in some form for the longest and I just think her personality and character arc are fun and interesting to explore. Plus, she's a gay vampire magical girl who's powers come from playing electric guitar. How could I not love her when she's perfectly tailored to my interests?

But they're all my babies (and I also want the story to be good) so I try not to let my admitted favoritism manifest in my writing too much.

anyone wanna just talk about why their favorite oc is their fav?

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Star and Sky recolor

I've got an updated version of Clip Studio Paint (the one I had before was so old it was still calling itself Manga Studio) so I decided to re-ink and recolor this art of Sky and Star! I love the Glitter brush, if you can't tell, haha. I also fixed the shinies in Sky's eyes to reflect how I currently draw them as always facing each other to represent her strabismus. I think she looks more like herself now.

Here's a higher-quality png!

Gonna do Gossamer next!

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Sky: "Hey, toss me a soda."

Crescent: *tosses her a soda*

Sky: "Heh, watch this."

Sky: *bites can from the side with her fangs, causing pressurized soda to spray directly into her eyes*

Sky: "SHIT SHIT FUCK-"

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Heyyy if anyone's interested you wanna play this oc ask game with me? I'm stressing and could use a distraction.

My main 5 ocs that I'd love to answer questions about:

Princess Starshine (Star)

Skylar Acdalur (Sky)

Gossamer Glade (Gossamer or Goss)

Waxing Crescent (Crescent)

Pearlescence (Pearl)

(I only briefly scrolled through the list so idk if I'm equipped to answer some of the questions but I'll do my best!)

If you have ocs (I know I have mutuals who do!) maybe it would be fun if you told me a bit about your oc(s) in the ask, too! But you don't have to if you aren't comfortable with that.

93 fun OC asks because why not

Basics:

1. What is their gender? 

2. What is their sexuality?

3. What is the meaning behind their name? Do they have any nicknames?

4. Do they have any siblings? How many? Are they older or younger?  Which sibling are they the closest with? 

5. What’s their relationship with their parents like? What about other relatives?

6. What would they give their life for?

7. Are they in a romantic relationship? With who? How did they meet?

8. What do they believe will happen to them after they die? Does this belief scare them?

9. What is their favorite color? Favorite animal?

10. What are some of their talents/skills? 

11. If they could make a mark on history, what would they like it to be? 

12. How old are they? When is their birthday?

13. What do they do for fun?

14. What is their favorite food? How often do they get to eat it?

15. What was something their parents taught them?

16. Are they religious?

17. Where were they born? 

18. What languages can they speak? Where did they learn these languages? 

19. What is their occupation?

20. Do they have any titles? How did they earn them? 

Personality:

21. What is their favorite thing about their personality?

22. What is their least favorite thing about their personality?

23. Do they get lonely easily?

24. Do you know their MBTI type?

25. What is their biggest flaw?

26. Are they aware of their flaws?

27. What is their biggest strength? 

28. Are they aware of their strengths?

29. How would they describe their own personality?

30. When frightened, will they resort to “fight” or “flight”?

31. Does this character ever put somebody else’s needs before their own? Who do they do this for? How often do they do this?

32. What is their self esteem like?

33. What is their biggest fear? How would they react to having to face it?

34. How easily do they trust others with their secrets? With their lives? 

35. What is the easiest way to annoy them?

36. What is their sense of humor like? Give an example of a joke they would find humorous.

37. How easy is it for them to say “I love you”? Do they say it without meaning it?

38. What do others admire most about their personality?

39. What does their happily ever after look like?

40. Who do they trust most? Is that trust mutual?

Physical Profile:

41. What does their laugh sound like? Do they snort when they laugh? How often do they laugh? 

42. What is their favorite thing about their physical appearance?

43. What is their least favorite thing about their physical appearance?

44. Do they have any scars? If so, what are the stories behind those scars?

45. How would they describe their own appearance?

46. How easily can they express emotions? How easily can they hide emotions?

47.  What’s their pain tolerance like?

48. Do they have any tattoos? What are the stories behind those tattoos?

49. Do they have any piercings?

50. How would you describe their style of clothing? How would they describe their style of clothing?

51. What is their height? Weight?

52. What is their body type? Are they muscular, chubby, skinny, etc?

53. What is their hair color? Eye color? Skin tone?

54. What is their current hairstyle? What have been some of their past hairstyles? Which was their favorite hairstyle?

55. What is their alcohol tolerance like? What kind of drunk are they? How bad are their hangovers?

56. What do they smell like? Why do they smell like this? (Is it the things they’re around or a perfume they wear?)

57. How do they feel about sex? Are they a virgin?

58. What is their most noticeable physical attribute?

59. What does their resting face look like? Do they have RBF?

60. Describe the way they sleep. 

Environment: 

61. Which season is their favorite season?

62. Have they ever been betrayed? How did it affect their ability to trust others?

63. What is always guaranteed to make them smile?

64. Do they get cold easily? Do they get overheated easily?

65. What’s their immune system like? Do they get sick often? How do they react to getting sick?

66. Where do they live? Do they like it there?

67. Is their bedroom messy? What about their bathroom? Kitchen? Living room?

68. How did their environment growing up affect their personality?

69. How did the people in their environment growing up affect their personality?

70. How do they feel about animals? Do they have any pets?

71. How are they with children? Do they have any? Do they want any?

72.  Would they rather have stability or comfort?

73. Do they prefer the indoors or outdoors?

74. What weather is their favorite? Do they like storms? 

75. If given a blank piece of paper, a pencil, and nothing to do, what would happen?

76. How organized are they?

77. What is their most prized possession?

78. Who do they consider to be their best friend? 

79. What is their economic situation?

80. Are they a morning person or a night owl?

Miscellaneous:

81. Are they bothered by the sight of blood?

82. What is their handwriting like?

83. Can they swim? How well? Do they like to swim?

84. Which deadly sin do they represent best?

85. Do they believe in ghosts?

86. How do they celebrate holidays? How do they celebrate birthdays?

87. What is something they regret?

88. Do they have an accent?

89. What is their D&D alignment?

90. Are they right or left handed?

91. If they were a tweet, what tweet would they be?

92. Describe them as a John Mulaney gif.

93. What’s the most iconic line of dialogue they’ve ever said?

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The gang's all here!

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I wanted to sketch

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Thank you sososo much to @funnyfany for creating this beautiful piece of fanart of Sky and Guillotine! I'm in love with the expression on Sky's face!! I'd never thought I'd get fanart of my characters, so I'm very very happy right now!!!

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Here’s the fruits of my very first venture into the world of Audacity, a mashup of the voice claims for Star and Sky singing Speechless from Aladdin 2019! It’s pretty messy because I’ve never done this before, but I kinda realized that it sounds like how they probably sound the first time they try singing together in Retrieval, since they’re under pressure to improvise a song on the fly while in immediate danger! Not to mention they’re still amateurs, even if they are skilled for their age. Sure, Star describes their harmonizing as “wonderful” but... She’s Star. She’s probably embellishing aha.

Here’s a drawing I did of their first battle together in that chapter, inspired by the mashup! I like looking at it while listening and imagining them singing it.

I chose Speechless largely because it’s the only song I could find that both Annapanstu and Addie Nicole have sang. Anna tends to do more Broadway type songs while Addie and her band Halocene tend to do rock covers of both pop and rock songs, so they don���t usually overlap. But they’ve both collaborated with Caleb Hyles, which means they’re not many degrees of separation apart, which means a girl can dream that maybe, MAYBE they’ll collab one day!!!! But I’m also very attached to Anna’s cover of Speechless in particular because it’s the one that convinced me that I couldn’t imagine Star sounding like anyone else! (If you’re curious, it was Halocene’s cover of No Time to Die by Billie Eilish that made me realize this with Sky.) Please support both of these artists, they’re AMAZING and have inspired my characters SO MUCH!!!!

Anna’s cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe50Tsi7C8E

Halocene’s cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nduyrsNZfg

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Stuff You Wouldn't Think To Find

Part 23 of Starshine, Sky, and the Power of Rock

The portal kinda feels like how sparkling water tastes, if that makes sense. I meet Sky on the other side to find her shaking magical shimmers out of her hair.

"They really like sparkles over here, don't they?" she says.

I wiggle and watch the glittery particles fall from my pajamas. There's Sky's pencil next to my slippers! I pick it up. "Hey, look!"

Sky smiles and puts the pencil behind her ear for safe keeping. She looks around. "Any idea where we are?"

I shrug. It's super dark in here. The portal glows pink next to us and Sky's eyes glow blue so I can see just around me. But everything else? I haven't got a clue. "Do you know a light spell?"

"I know a 'make lights brighter' spell. It's a duet."

I don't see any lights to make bright in here except... hm... I put my hand through the portal again and swoosh it around a little. I pull back out with a handful of magical sparkles. Sky sings each part once for me, then I sing the melody while she sings the harmony. The sparkles glow brighter until we can see everything within two feet of us.

"Oooooh!" I say.

The walls and ceiling are a whole lot closer to us than I'd expected. We're in a super tight hallway, it looks like. No windows, no doors, nothing but what looks like an endless corridor. My heart's going again. I wonder what's down there! I've never explored a palace before, especially not an enchanted one!

Sky and I creep down the hall, our footsteps muted by our slippers. "Do you think that portal's always been there?" I ask.

"No clue," she says. "I feel like we would've noticed. Can't imagine why they'd put a secret passageway in a common room. Must be some kinda... magical glitch."

"Do you think your piano playing opened it? Like, on accident?"

Sky chuckles. "C'mon, you think I could do that? With a normal piano?"

I shrug. "I dunno. I've seen you do other cool stuff."

"Like what?"

"Like when you beat that guy in a guitar battle? That was the coolest thing I've ever seen!"

Sky doesn't look amused anymore. "Thanks," she says.

"Oh, um, sorry, i-is that a sore poi-"

"It's okay," she says a little too loud. She softens up a bit. "Thanks -- uh -- really, I'd forgotten I'd done that."

"See? So, you are cool!"

"You're pretty cool yourself," she says. "I wouldn't think you'd be up for something like this."

"Like what?"

"Ya'know. Sneaking around. Doesn't seem your speed."

I giggle. "I snuck around all the time back on the moon!"

"Really?"

"Yeah, really! My friends and I used to sneak each other out of our bedroom windows and go hang out after curfew," I giggle. "They'd love you."

"Huh, maybe I'd love them too, then. You'll have to introduce us if that can happen."

"I sure hope so," I say, only to notice that feeling in my chest come back. Hmm. Time to change the subject. "Where do you think this leads?"

Sky scrunches her eyebrows a bit. She's quiet for longer than I'd expect. "I've got a theory but I'm not sure it's a good one."

"At least you've got one, right? Lemme hear, lemme hear!"

She takes a glance at me but turns back. "Let's see first before I say anything."

She keeps answering in ways I'm not ready for, huh. "Oh... Okay, then?"

The floor has been slowly inclining as we go. It was only a bit at first but it's getting so steep I wonder if we'll slip. I'm very thankful for the little sticky things on the bottom of my slippers-

"Ah!" Sky yelps. I catch her by the arm right before she hits the ground. "Thanks," she says. Then she furrows her brow. "Wait." She kneels back down again, more careful now, and puts her ear to the floor. "You hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"It's... It's like... Uh. A hum? No, not a- Huh." She stands back up. "But you hear it, right?"

I shake my head. "What are you talking about?"

"It's, uh. A sound? Or..." She tries clearing her ears, rubs her temples. "No, not a sound. It's, it's not in my ears, it's..." She's starting to breathe, oh no!

"Are you okay? Maybe we should turn back-"

She hits the side of her head. "What the hell is happening? You don't feel it?" She grits her teeth, squeezes her eyes shut. Then she puts her hands over her head and ducks as if shielding herself from... I don't even know what. She reminds me of...

"Do you have anxiety, Sky?"

She doesn't seem to hear me, she just keeps whispering "What the hell, what the hell, what the hell?"

Ohhhh gosh, what did my mom do? Would it work with her? I've gotta try!

"Sky? Sky, look at me, okay? Name 5 things you can see, 4 things you can hear, 3 things-"

She says a word I don't feel comfy repeating. Okay then, what else do I do to ground myself? Uhhhh. I start flapping my hands. I've gotta be the calm one now. Okay, okay. I take a big breath and let it out. "Can you try doing that, Sky?"

Her eyes land on me. I do it again. She tries a shaky breath of her own. I take another deep breath. Then she does. We breathe together few more times until she takes her trembling hands away from her head. She looks away, gulps, and says, "Uh, thanks. You're right. Maybe we should turn back."

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We both sleep in the next day. It's 12:30 when we've just started rubbing the clouds out of our eyes over a game of cards, only for Star to come into our dorm saying, "You two are still in your PJs? Was there a no-sleep slumber party that I missed?

Sky swirls the coffee in her mug and says, "Eh, I guess we're just both night owls, right, Crescent?"

I smile, realizing Star probably isn't the best person to tell about sneaking around secret palace corridors past curfew. "Yep!"

"Well, while you guys slept in, Citrus and I checked out the local marketplace. Sugarsweet has some great shops I think you two would like! Oh, and I asked around, Sky, and the music store wouldn't mind you coming in! We could go CD shopping!"

Sky's eyes light up. "Woah, really? That's great! Wanna go, Crescent?"

"Sure! Maybe we can skate, too! I hear the ice rinks here are made of frozen rock candy!"

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Wow, Sugarsweet really lives up to its name! Star says it's the capital of Dulcet Falls, a province I still can't believe exists! Oh my gosh, I'm so so happy we're here for the week! We stick out our tongues and let blue sour-sweet snowflakes land in our mouths.

"The precipitation is a different flavor in each city. Here, it's blue raspberry!" Star tells us.

"How'd that even happen?" I ask.

"Oh, I haven't a clue. Scientists have been studying the phenomena of this province for years and still aren't sure why."

"Well, I'm not complaining!" Sky says. "Hey, your tongues are blue!" She smiles, revealing her fangs are stained blue, too.

We giggle together and head towards the music shop. Just as Star promised, Sky steps right through the doorway without a problem. The aisles of CDs each end with a touch screen with attached earbuds so you can listen to a sample from any album on sale in the store.

We of course make a beeline for the rock section and browse CD after CD. Sky and I still don't really know a lot of the artists in the Land of Light, so we listen to tons of samples. Star is so excited to show us band after band, singer after singer. She's also got a lottt of allowance money that she has no trouble spending on us.

Sky is drawn to the secondhand section, maybe because she doesn't wanna have Star spend more on brand new CDs, or maybe because she's interested in that retro sound. The older stuff sounds cool, too! But there isn't a ton of hip hop over in this section, probably because the Land of Light's history with that is only as recent as moon rabbits coming down here and sharing our music with them. The Land of Light's hip hop has an interesting pop bent to it, one I don't hate at all and actually find kinda fun! But it does make me wish I could hear some beats that sound closer to the kind you hear back home...

Hm.

I ask Star and Sky if they can catch up with me at the skate rink. I can pay for my stuff, I assure Star.

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I'm no better at skating then I was yesterday, but if it gets my mind off things then I'll take it. After a few more very wobbly tries at not letting gravity get the better of me, I finally decide to sit on a bench until Star and Sky catch up.

Okay. What are 5 things I can see? I see the pale blue skate rink. I see shop buildings with peppermint pillars supporting gingerbread walls and roofs covered in frosting. I see fairies and unicorns and elves and cat people who all skate way better than I do- uh uh, stop that! They're all doing their best, just like me! What's the point of a grounding technique if I'm gonna put myself down during it? Now, let's see. I see I girl who's... what is she doing? She's touching the edge of a chocolate road sign. Is she... She's broken off a piece!

I do my best to unlace my skates and get back in my boots as fast as I can and try to go get a better look. "Excuse me!" I say.

The girl's head snaps in my direction. Her eyes widen -- Her red eyes! She runs off.

"H-hey!" I say a whole lot of "excuse me"s and stumble a few times going at this speed but I've gotta catch up! "Wait up!"

The girl only stops to scoop up handful of snow and lob it in my direction. It whizzes past me. "That's not very nice!" I shout, still after her. "People have gotta use that sign, you can't just-"

"Buzz off, loser!" she shouts past the scarf covering her mouth. She's scrambling into the woods now.

I gasp. "No!" I pounce on her back and we both tumble into the flavored snow.

She shoves me off of her and coughs up a mouthful of snow, revealing a set of fangs I'm not much surprised to see. She looks up, eyes wide with worry. "What are you gonna do, report me? It'll be the last thing you-"

"You can't go running into the woods like that, silly! The Band of Darkness could snatch you up like that!" I try to snap to make my point but it's a little hard to make a sound with this wooly mitten on.

She blinks. "What?"

"When I first came to the Land of Light, I had to learn a lot about safety since the Band of Darkness likes to lurk around a lot. And the biggest rule was don't go in the woods! One of my friends is a vampire, too, so I know they won't go easy on you! Be careful, okay!"

She stares at me, not sure what to say. "I'll, um. I'll take that into account." She takes a bite out of the chocolate chunk in her hand.

Wow. I'm not sure what else to even say. I've got so many questions but none of them are coming out!

"Well then," she says, standing and brushing the snow off herself. "I have to go. You didn't see me, okay?"

"Huh? Yes I did!"

"I mean if anyone asks, you didn't meet me, okay? We didn't meet. Got it?"

"Uh. Um..."

"Got it?" she asks, more intense this time.

I nod. "I-I've got it!"

"Good. Now, aren't your friends wondering where you are?"

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Drawing of Sky and Star in their school uniforms that I did in 11th grade