#tbh she looks great in pink but black is her color.

[deathopera]

misa is a gothic lolita and a bimbo, but a smart bimbo.

[novemberhope]

Soooo… guess here are my current obsessions One Piece OCs

@auxiliarydetective I did give it a try… not everything is final yet. Might not be a great introduction like this but it was fun to do and if anyone has different questionaires (or whatever they're called) just tag me.^^

Ideas, criticism, inspiration, all is welcome :) I've never so openly done this tbh

Animal Resemblances Neri: Betta Fish Niara: Emerald Swallowtail Azura: Arctic Fox Cordelia: Bombay Cat Ellaria: Splendid Fairy Wren (Not 100% sold on that yet but it will be a beautiful bird) Ginny: Leopard Seal (looks cute but could actually kill you)

Specific Numbers Neri: 5/1/4 (ka – i - yo) (her last name) Niara: 22 (ni - a) Azura: 26 (a - tsu - ra) (eh, close enough^^) Cordelia: 5 10 0 2 (Ko - da - lei - a) (lol again close enough - but the many numbers look weird, this one might definitely change in the future?) Ellaria: 3-6-1 (Mirai = future) (it's a vision thing - but might also change if her name happens to fit better when she eventually gets one) Ginny: undefined yet

Specific Colors Neri: turquoise, light blue Niara: pale green, pale pink Azura: white, gold Cordelia: black, red Ellaria: white, grey, silver, very pale colors Ginny: a fiercy, angry red

Specific Smells Neri: ocean breeze, salt water Niara: apple & honeysuckle Azura: citron Cordelia: amber Ellaria: jasmine Ginny: honey & rose

Favourite Type of Island and Season Neri: summer on a spring island Niara: spring on a summer island Azura: winter on an autumn island Cordelia: autumn on an autumn island Ellaria: spring on a winter island Ginny: spring on a spring island

Favourite Food Neri: Seafood Niara: icecream, watermelon, blueberry pancakes, cupcakes Azura: oysters, shellfish, salad, filet mignon Cordelia: sunday roast, fried shrimp, spicy food Ellaria: Mushrooms, coffee, asian cuisine Ginny: strawberries, meat, soup

Least Favourite Food Neri: greasy food, meat, alcohol Niara: most vegetables Azura: fast food, cheap food, candy, cake Cordelia: lentils, fish sandwiches, anything with pumpkin Ellaria: fried foods, asparagus, ketchup Ginny: rhubarb, olives, brussels sprouts, eggplant

As a Family Neri: the adopted sister that comes from an entirely different culture Niara: cheerful youngest sister, always getting into mieschief Azura: the wine aunt Cordelia: oldest sister, often annoyed at her younger siblings but quick to defend them/come to their rescue Ellaria: the mother Ginny: (distant?) cousin

Real-World Nationalities Neri: Danish (as Denmark is associated with the little mermaid) Niara: Dutch (the Netherlands are described as the country of flowers and her devil fruit power is flower-based, so…) Azura: English-Irish (the latter shines through when she's drunk…) Cordelia: Italian Ellaria: Japanese Ginny: Scottish

Inner Brain Neri: probably lot's of excitement over various things that are happening around her or that she wants to give a try Niara: having fun with her friends, pretty things she likes, crushes (well one crush in particular) Azura: is annoyed at stuff and/or people half of the time so that's in her head a lot. Also, training. Cordelia: work hard, party harder, looking hot while doing both Ellaria: the fate of the world, secrets Ginny: training, anger, distrust, more anger

Suited Flower Neri: water iris Niara: sunflower Azura: white lily Cordelia: amaryllis Ellaria: tall garden larkspur Ginny: fire plant

Are they Strawhats? Neri: yes Niara: joins after the timeskip The others: no Azura: is a warlord of the sea Cordelia: works at a bar - it would be a different bar in cannon but she could keep her overall story I guess - might have to join a crew at some point though otherwise the characters would move on without her Ellaria: is with the revolutinary army (at least for some part of her story) Ginny: is with the revolutinary army

Ideas that first popped into my mind when certain OCs came to exist… Neri: it's a show about pirates, there's GOT to be a mermaid Niara: I want a character that uses a devil fruit mmmh what about plants/flowers (strangely enough, none of my pokemon oc's ever cared much about the grass type lol) Azura: I want a cool sword fighting lady Cordelia: I want a hot fierce type of character that looks good in black and that doesn't take anyone's crap Ellaria: came into the picture much later, I only recently decided somewhat on her looks, only things I know for sure is pale green eyes and can sort of see the future. Might never make it into any kind of story but she popped into my mind so here we go. Ginny: falls into the category "looks cute but can probably kill you".

Made some Picrew of them coz I saw other creators doing that

Neri:

Niara: (fun fact, she's currently one of my favorites)

Azura:

Cordelia:

Ellaria: (I'm almost certain I'm gonna keep the color palette and probably the hair...)

Ginny: (not her final look probably but I kinda want to keep the scars idk)

I took her pictures out because I decided on a different look for her. She will be a redhead now. She definitely has a scar or two on her face.

Bonus: A picture drawn by @indig0pearl featuring Neri and her own OC, Sora, as well as Nami, Robin, Chopper, and three of our friends (here also draw as OCs - yes the alpaka is one of them, she ate a devil fruit^^)

[joanna-lannister]

💍 + jc

tell me everything you want!! ❤️

AAAAH THANK YOU SO MUCH JENNA AND NONNIES, YOU THREE ARE THE BEST 🥺❤️✨ Putting it under the read more because it's too long.

where they get married: in London, on the Lannister property called Casterly Rock lmao

when they get married: in August, so summer for the season, but they don't suffocate with the heavy air, there is a nice, fresh breeze the whole day that make them feel as if it was a spring day. As for the time of the day, they get married late in the morning, around 10:30am Cersei walks down the aisle and before noon, they are married.

what traditions they include: oh, they definitely include the "something borrowed, something blue" tradition. Cersei borrows one of Catelyn's rings; it's a simple, slightly thin, silver band, but it does the trick and it's the symbol of their friendship. "Something blue" is for the garter she wears, it has a baby blue lace to tie on. "Something new", Cersei's wedding dress. As for "something old", Jaime gets for Cersei an heirloom that belonged to Joanna, a golden headpiece in the shape of a lioness that matches the Lannister's coat of arms.

what their wedding cake looks like: Like this

It's a 3 layers of lemon cake with a sweet vanilla frosting, and golden sequins-style design.

….who smashes cake into whose face: Jaime smashes cake into Cersei's face 😂😭

who proposed to who first: Jaime is the one who proposes to Cersei, like he absolutely wanted to get married while Cersei was like "I don't need a piece of paper to prove my love for you", but then Jaime changed her mind.

who walks down the aisle and who waits at the altar: Cersei walks down the aisle, and Jaime waits at the altar

what their wedding dresses / suits / other look like: Cersei's wedding dress and shoes look like that: 

The bodice of the dress is heavily fashioned with beads and pearls while the skirts have several layers of lace and silk. And for the shoes, they are velvet pale pink instead of blue (I couldn't find a better picture, but think the dresses Cersei wore back in the S1 of GoT) with golden floral ornaments.

Jaime wears a traditional black suit, nothing really out of the ordinary tbh, but he has a pink tie to match with Cersei's shoes and bouquet

what their wedding colour scheme is and what sort of decor they have: The color scheme is white, and gold with a touch of pink (they wanted red instead of pink at first, but they realized it would look too much with the other colors, so they opted for a baby pink). The decor is heavily inspired by the Roaring 20s (The Great Gatsby was their main inspiration), so vases with bouquets of white and pale pink roses. They have also golden chandeliers dangling from a wooden arch with white candles. The tables have a white tablecloth, and chandeliers too, the plates are white with a golden border, and the glasses have an Art Deco design. This party I found on StyleMePretty is the closest I could find for the decor: 

They also a photobooth where everyone can take picture of themselves!

what flowers are in the bouquet: white and pale pink roses to match with the decor, the white roses are for the purity of their love and the fact it's an unending love, and the pale pink roses are for the happiness for the years to come and loyalty.

what their vows are: Cersei selects a poem from Pablo Neruda as wedding vows, and Jaime planned to do the same, but he couldn't memorize so he goes improvised lmao

if anyone’s late to the wedding: no one important, except Tyrion who slightly late but he is like 5 minutes late, but Jaime worries he won't come the whole time 😂😭

who’s in the bridal parties / groomsmen / other: Catelyn is Cersei's bridemaid! She is one the first to know about their wedding outside of the Lannister clan. And Tyrion is Jaime's groomsmen. As for other, there is the whole Lannister family who attends the wedding, and some other members of noble families present.

what their bridal party / groomsmen / other are wearing: Cat wears a pink chiffon maxi dress. As for Tyrion, he wears the same kind of suit as Jaime with a pink tie. And the others follow the dress code Jaime and Cersei left in the save-the-date.

who gives speeches at the reception: LMAO Tyrion definitely gives a speech, and he ends up telling everyone the time he found them fucking in his bed 😭 Cersei is looking at him like "I hate you, and I hope you die soon" while Jaime laughs and says it was a good memory. Cat gives a speech too, it's sweet and kind, and she wishes them the best for the future. Then comes Tywin, he is like this emoji the whole time: 😐 he still has to accept it his children are getting married, but well, he recalls a good memory with Joanna and eventually, he wishes them the same married life for the future.

who catches the bouquet: little Sansa! she is way too young to get married, but she absolutely wants to participate to this activity and everyone lets her catch the bouquet.

what their wedding photos are like: their photos are definitely both sweet and artistic. There are pictures of them taken from behind with the sun setting down, some others where they are holding each other, one where they are inside Casterly Rock and kissing. Cersei especially loves the ones in black and white. But also, there are pictures that are slice of life, when they are dancing or talking for example.

what sort of food they have at the reception: Okay, as appetizers, they have cherry tomatoes bruschetta and grilled shrimps with roasted pepper soup. Then, they have salmon Meunière with roasted potatoes and asparagus with almonds, and for those who don't eat fish, honey-balsamic chicken. And as desserts, the wedding cake, plus some macarons because Cersei loves French things 😂 They have also lot of champagne and lemonade.

who cries first during the ceremony: DEADASS JAIME! Cersei can hold back her tears, but Jaime, when he sees her walking down the aisle, starts tearing up. He isn't sobbing, but like, yeah, he is tearing up.

how wild their reception gets: not that wild to be honest, or at least they wait until Tywin goes to sleep, but Tyrion is the first one getting drunk and he ends up passing out in Jaime's bedroom lol. Everyone agrees to say that Cersei is the best dancer, which is true, she has years of ballet behind her after all. They have also fireworks to celebrate their special day, and a champagne tower. The party is roaring until 2-3am? And then slowly, people start disappearing and by 4-5am, there is only Jaime and Cersei left on the dancefloor. They are exhausted 😭

what their rings are like: Jaime has a simple golden wedding band, but there is their birthdate engraved inside. Cersei's engagement golden ring was huge, with an emerald as the center stone and diamonds so to pair it with it, she chooses something more "delicate". A simple, thin golden band with diamonds. 

what sort of favours they have: for the adults, they have mini champagne bottles, and for the children they have that little drawing with pencils that is just so cute, it makes Sansa so happy to be able to draw them 🥺

where they go for their honeymoon: In Florence, Italy.

something memorable that happens during the party / ceremony: Cersei is pregnant when they get married, no one knows except them, and Jaime WORRIES the whole time about her. He is like "are you sure you don't need rest?" and Cersei is like rolling her eyes everytime and telling him she is fine. They love the fireworks moment too, because people are too busy looking at it and it allows them a moment of peace, and they love when they are the last ones left on the dancefloor. They are slowly dancing, in their bubble, and they are just happy of their day.

who officiates the ceremony: an Archbishop

what song their first dance is to: Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol 

who gives who away as they walk down the aisle: well, Tywin gives Cersei away

[memietroubadour]

If asks are still open: Jugdral character designs tier list/opinions?

Going to answer this as opinions and ramble about my favorites!

All the rambles under the cut!

I'd like to firstly talk about Annand/Mahnya!

I love how much Mayo added details and to an extent, stayed true to Annand's original design! Tbh the skirt in her new outfit is something I'd wear it's just so pretty! My only thing is that she should wear some thick tights/leggings because 1) she lives in a cold country, and 2) she rides a flying horse. I had to wear JEANS to ride a horse so she should too!! But yeah 9/10 design 100% would cosplay her if I could.

Next is Tailtiu!

I love how she can rock multiple colors: light to dark purples, black, light pinks and white, etc. Also I like the flow of the outfits in the first two, the windswept capes and skirts are just chefs kiss! Also I'd wear her hairband it's super cute! AND SHE'S WEARING BOOTS! IF YOU'RE WALKING A LOT SANDALS AREN'T ALWAYS GREAT ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE WALKING ON ROCKS! So yeah 9/10 designs I love her

Next is Eldigan! But specifically his dancer alt.

I am a SUCKER for men in like 1800s- early 1900s high fashion. It just goes so hard. Also big fan of the fur, it looks warm and cozy! Btw this is when I fell in love with him he's just so pretty! 10/10 would cosplay. Also have a bonus image of my Eldi charm (made by Quickalas) helping me cook ramen!

Okay now to end this post, I'll talk about my favorite outfit for Julia!

Adding my own ref sheet in there since it's not really easy to make sense of it (don't ask me how I know that)

But I'm just in love with how much intricate details were added to an older design. I don't know how to explain it other than it's the perfect balance between detailed, updated, and not too busy. Also the way her face is drawn in the cipher card (which I have >:3 ) is perfection. 1000/10 I plan to cosplay this exact design someday!

Okay some other cool designs rapid fire GO!

Unused Thracia portrait Hermina you are iconic to me

Treasure Book Seliph, very soft colors so I dig it

Concept art for Scion Leif and Seliph, they even have the 90s anime eyes!

Legendary Deirdre that I talked about on twitter when she was announced!

I'm also very impartial to all of these designs. The FE4/3h tea time banner is the best thing since the scions banner. Legendary Seliph's artist coming back for M!Shez is celebratory, and the duo and Sigurd's legendary speak for themselves.

[memie-art-blog]

I got to think about how Anne's (she/they) design has changed over the years since their intial drawn design in July 2021! So here's a whole post about that! Putting the rest under the cut since it turned out long oops.

[7/6/21] The initial picture (above) is the first drawn OC art that I can honestly say I'm proud of. I liked the color scheme compared to the blues/greens that would make her look more like her siblings (especially Medb), so reds and pinks became her palette! Along with orange eyes because I thought they looked nice (and they do but more so later on!)

[10/15/21] Next up is Anne cosplaying Blueberry cookie from cookie run kingdoms! I do like how this turned out, but I know I had a long way to go in terms of design.

[12/30/21?] These are some doodles because I wanted to come up with more outfits (and draw outfits I would see via ads) and these are okay. I prefer the first one and the second one is lacking tbh.

[2/21/22] I was planning on making a 4koma style comic that just has everything escalating, but I scrapped it since it doesn't feel that funny to me. I do like hair down Anne though, so I cropped that out and use for reference sometimes.

[10/21/22] This was done for an art warm up, the theme was coffee! I changed her palette (mostly skintone) because I felt it fit her more! I really like this art and I hope to redraw it when I work on drawing black hair again! It has such a cozy vibe that would work when they're just getting up in the morning.

[11/28/22] And this is the full art of her current design! I still want to work on it (giving her leggings and shoes, probably boots) I'm really happy with this design, especially how the colors work together! The pinks and orange are nice focal points while the browns and reds compliment them nicely. It's a shame I haven't drawn her more recently than this (other than OC-Tober) but I'm happy this design is this good!!!

[10/20/23] SPEAKING OF OC TOBER!!! Look at them! flourishing!! (siblings from top to bottom: Edan, Rupin, Anne, Grainne, and Medb) I love them all dearly and I miss them.

To wrap this up: have a bonus pretty dress sequence feat. Anne, Grainne and Medb! from September/October 2021! Anne is cosplaying Sarah from the ballroom scene in Labyrinth and the other two are in random dresses I found!

Thank you for reading this far, you're awesome and I hope you have a great day! 🫶

[two-baes]

I will be once again giving my opinion that nobody asked for on dolls (that I don't even collect)

Catty Noir:

i LOVE her!!! she's SO cute!!! idk if it's just my pink/black color combo biased but she's right up there w/ Draculaura(general) for me as a favorite. 10/10

I love the subtle pink pearlescent undertone(sheen?) that her doll has to its skin, it's SO pretty. :'o

I've seen a lot of people rag on her outfit but tbh I don't mind it??? aside from the shoulder thingy—that looks dumb af lmao. Also I think her sunglasses should've been like pink lenses w/ either silver or black frames, w/ the (what I assume are meant to be) rhinestones being either pink (if silver frames) or silver (if black), I think them being blue is weird and makes them not match!! Also I wish they'd painted the details of her belt and boots! The belts and chains get lost with everything being one solid pink color!

She'd have looked SO good if they'd put in that li'l bit of extra effort to make her accessories pop a bit better...

I've seen people say her nose should have been pink instead of black, and while I do think that would have been cute I don't mind the black nose (plus black cat's usually have black noses and she's a black cat werecat, so. [I'm aware G1 had a pink nose, but that is neither here nor there to me, personally]).

Also it's neat to see a new doll body type—I've seen some complaints about how her arms are 'too skinny' for a fat doll but that is such a weird complaint to me bc all bodies are different and there's definitely plus sized people w/ skinnier arms.

:') Anyways, I can't wait until she's more widely distributed in stores, so more doll collectors can get their hands on her and unbox her and talk abt her and do their restyles of her.

Monster Fest Cleo, Clawdeen, Lagoona, Frankie:

Honestly? I like them all.

Cleo's doll looks as great to me as every G3 Cleo doll so far (—I don't think I've thought Cleo has had a bad look yet). I love her color scheme, the blues, and teal-y greens, and the golds. It's very pretty. :'o

Clawdeen is... a doll I actually love in this line? She looks sO good here!! Usually I either hate her dolls' hair or her outfits, but I really don't mind either on this one! I really like her headpiece, and while I would have preferred her hair be brown, I don't hate the purple bc at least it's not that ugly shitty muted shade with purple streaks that they usually use for her lmao.

Also if I owned dolls I would pose her and this line's Cleo together—not only as a Cleodeen shipper (sorry to Clankie)—but bc their blue/gold and purple/gold color combos would look sO good together!!!

Lagoona is... I like her doll in this line but I don't LOVE her the way I do Cleo and Clawdeen? I like her headpiece (probably bc it hides her forehead scales, which are usually my least favorite part of her design lmfao), and the pearl chains, but I think the socks w/ her shoes are. a Choice. maybe if they had been black fishnet socks I'd have liked them more? Idk the fact that her shoes are also the only bit of her outfit that are black is also a Choice. ig her bag has black details, but?? it doesn't feel enough to tie the shoes into the outfit really idk. maybe her bracelet being black would've also helped—why is it even purple??? there's no purple on her anywhere else either (at least not of that shade)...

Frankie looks v cute tho and I love them. I've really been loving Frankie's design more since their core refresh w/ the addition of pink to them! I feel like the pink just ties together their whole neon colors thing that they have going on. I don't think I have any complaints about Frankie, they look gr8.

I do wish, much like with Catty, that detail would have been paid to all four doll's belts, so that things would stand out, and not just be one solid blob of the same color. (esp wish the scarabs and gems on Cleo's had been painted!!)

Last, and unfortunately least (which makes me sO sad to say bc she is usually my favorite doll in every line)... Draculaura.

oh hONEY what did they DO to you.

I know. I kNOW that she's the playset doll, so a lot went into, yanno, her playset, but??? her outfit is SO sorely lacking in comparison to the rest of the Ghouls???

She doesn't get aNY painted detailing on her headpiece the way the other 4 do. Literally her headpiece is just a single solid blob of hot pink. Making the roses alternate in color from the hot pink to either a lighter shade of pink (to tie in her skirt color) or to a dark purple (to match her boots and lip-stick) would've made such a difference for the piece, also painting the chain!!

The same goes for her boots?? Which I actually think are otherwise cute...! Like if they had given SOME sort of attention to the details there and painted some of the detailing so the boots wouldn't be just a solid blob of purple!! Even if it would have just been idk painting the heel & underside of the boot a different color!! Or the rim! ANYTHING!!

Also she doesn't come with a belt??? Her doll is so plain when I feel like it could be so cute if accessorized correctly!! :(

I actually like her skirt design, the neon hearts w/ wings are imo actually v cute! I think it would have looked really good with a belt...

(I've actually seen at least one person use This One, from a Barbie fashion pack, on her for their restyle and imo it worked pretty good but she should have CAME with a belt like everyone else in the line!! Even Catty has one!!!)

I don't actually hate the little 'pasta ruffle' top she has—but I feel like it by itself is lacking. Could have used some sort of??? Fishnet undershirt maybe?

Also her arms in general are just so bare, I think she could have done with some bracelets.

also her necklace is so plain?? I don't mind the green of it bc it ties the green in her eye make-up into the rest of the look, but like it's got NOTHING going on?? It's just like... basically one of those cheap glowstick necklaces you can get??? Everyone else gets some more elaborate looking necklace, and she just gets THAT??

I feel like the glowstick necklace would've better served as (one of) the bracelets she should have, and she should've had a more detailed necklace design more in line w/ everyone elses'.

[solradguy]

your jack-o art and posting is always such a treat! I love her so much 🤩 I always thought she had the best alt colors in all of GGST. the designers took the two-tone hair and ran with it, always resulting in so many awesome combinations; black and hot pink, white and golden yellow, blonde and black, eggshell and lime green, the list goes on!

Thank you!! I love her too but you probably knew that haha

YEAH oh man some characters have a palette or two that're just kinda meh tbh but literally all of Jack-O's look great. I usually use color 09 (the orange one) for most characters in Strive but for Jack-O' sometimes I'll use her color 07 because it reminds me of Elvira lol

[socialistexan]

You have a lot of shinies now, so what's your top 5 fave shinies, top 5 better coloring than original, and top 5 worst looking ones ?

Sorry I took so long to answer this, I actually had to think about this for a couple days to really have a good answer. I hope y'all don't mind a long post because I want to explain my picks a little. I'll include links to the shiny in the list under the cut

5 favorite shinies:

Growlithe/Arcanine: This has been my favorite shiny since Gen 3 made their shiny not awful, and I finally got one in 19 eggs in SV! It's also one of my favorite pokemon.

Mimikyu: This might be unpopular and maybe (second) favorite pokemon bias, but adore the grey-scale of this shiny. I feel like it emulates the feel of the Gen 1 sprites, and it would make sense that Mimikyu, which wanted to be loved like Pikachu, would model itself after the original way it looked.

Umbreon: This might shock some people, because Sylveon is my favorite pokemon, but this is my favorite shiny Eeveelution. It just looks so cool! The blue stripes replacing the yellow is just so good. It just communicates cool Moon-inspired pokemon to me.

Rockruff: Another of my favorite pokemon that has an amazing shiny. It's a blue puppy! What's not to love? The shade of blue is also fantastic, just super cute. (can you tell I like blue shinies)

Gourgeist: We love a goth queen, tbh.

Honorable mentions: Mareep, Kantonian Ninetails, Galarian Zigzagoon-line (trans rights), Toucannon (bi rights), Sylveon (I only slightly prefer the original, still amazing), Sandygeist, Unovan Zorua, the Tapus

5 better than the original:

Wooloo: the reversed black and white just looks so good, I can't do it justice. Just a home run of a shiny.

Crobat: Bias because Zubat was my first shiny ever in Gen 2 (including the red Gyarados, I think). Also I just think it looks cool as hell. I got one in Sun and named her Babs because she looks like Batgirl with the pink and green scheme.

Camerupt: Talk about a major improvement! It's original design is... fine, like volcano camel, got it. The shiny just out shines (no pun intended) it in every way. The black and yellow work so well together, and while it doesn't scream "fire camel" it just looks so good.

Beautifly: Huge upgrade, imo. Looks super artistic, like a stained glass mosaic. Absolutely gorgeous, and it really pops compared to the original. Also, trans rights

Charizard: Wee-woo Genwunner alert! I might be biased, because Charmander was my original starter almost 25 years ago and remains one of my favorite Pokemon to this day. I still remember my original Charizard (MZ, no idea why I named it that I was 7), and when I saw it's shiny (in gen 3 when they fixed it) I knew I had to have one because it is just so dang cool.

5 Worse than the original: (excluding the obvious ones that are barely different than the originals)

Absol: I don't hate this shiny or anything, I just think the original Absol is a near perfect design. It does a great job of looking foreboding and kinda ominous, but the shiny doesn't quite do that.

Volcarona: It just feels like the colors on this shiny were picked randomly and both don't go together and look bad on this design. Serious downgrade all around, more negative points because I really like Volcarona

Primarina: This is one of my 5 favorite pokemon of all time, but this shiny makes me almost want to cry. I understand changing the "hair" from blue to blonde to try to like imitate the look of a traditional mermaid, but the change to the rest of the accents to that like pale yellow(?) is just bad. Primarina was a near perfect design, but the shiny is bad.

Snubbull: You would think I would like this because of the blue dominance on a dog pokemon, but it's just ugly to me. The Pink and blue-spot combo works for me on the original, but the reverse hurts my eyes. ALSO WHY ARE THE FEET ORANGE?!

Bruxish: One of my least favorite pokemon and just a terrible shiny. Colors feel totally random.

[vitaminwaterreviews]

IU - Modern Times

Let’s start off with the average because I want to see how this compares to Pink Tape. Average of 8.4 both with and without Voicemail. Pink Tape was 8.3, but it’s actually 10. But yeah, by the average quality of the songs, this was definitely the best kpop album I’ve ever listened to, there is no doubt about that.

First, I���m amazed by the quality of the production. Everything was so clean - the vocals, the instrumentals, just absolutely gorgeous production. SM in 2013 was still faffing around with whatever their old sound used to be, meanwhile Loen was not fucking around with IU’s music. And speaking of instrumentals, the genre choice was brilliant. Who would’ve thought that this 20 year old girl would be able to pull off jazz so well? Maybe I need to do an IU deep dive to see what her earlier stuff was like.

The features were fantastic, too. I was super impressed by the talent of Choi Baek-ho and Yang Hee-eun, neither of whom I’d heard of before, both of whom are absolutely incredible singers. But more importantly, they fit their respective songs so well! Hearing IU harmonize with such great vocalists was definitely one of the highlights of the album. The Jonghyun feature wasn’t as vocally demanding, but it was still such a pretty song. I didn’t even realize that Gain was a separate vocalist until I checked the credits; maybe that’s a good thing, because it means their vocals blended well? Either way, it happened to be on my least favorite song on the album, so she was kind of screwed over there.

This album wasn’t an experience in the same way that Pink Tape was, but it was full of some ridiculously high-quality songs. It certainly made me appreciate IU as a vocalist even more than I already did. I’m so glad I finally got around to this album.

Love IU’s music so much, but I only know a few songs! So let’s give this one a listen, I hear it’s pretty good.

Love of B

Haha what

Okay, I think I’m on board with this sound

It sounds very … tavern

I can’t tell if she actually sounds younger or if I’m just imagining it

This song is super stripped back. Her vocals are super super clean, no doubling or harmonies or effects. Kind of a bold choice

Love the scatting

Haha that outro

9/10

Everybody has secrets

Oh okay, now we’re all quiet and sultry

It’s a lot faster, more upbeat

Super latin

This style of percussion and the violins, honestly not a sound I’ve always enjoyed

7/10, it’s a Good song, not totally my type

Between the lips (50cm)

Now we’re like, classy restaurant jazz

Haha this is super sensual, I think I like it

Wow that was Such a cool moment

Super intense and now we’re quiet again

8/10

The Red Shoes

MV time

EIGHT MINUTES?? Welp, here we go, impress me

Moody piano, moody scenes

Who’s this filmmaking gentleman, I wonder?

Is that IU? Jesus she looks like a kid

Nah, just younger than I’m used to seeing her

Haha okay, proper big band vibes here

oMG she outs on the red shoes and now its all Colorful

It is genuinely disconcerting how young she looks though. Kinda like … Jessica? Nayeon? I dunno

Why does this kind of remind me of the Lilac MV?

Yo the shoes themselves are dancing that’s wild dude

I dunno if i buy the song itself tbh, it feels kind of-

She looked EXAcTLY like Jessica right there for a second lol

Haha the shoes are making her dance, that’s such a cool effect actually

Great acting on her part

Yo are they gonna make her jump?

Oh no they’re just gonna make her disappear into the black and white world of film again

Lol a credits roll? I mean fair enough, this was a Proper MV with a plot and actors and shit

They credited MR SHOES haha

9/10, the song was alright but the MV was SO excellent, what a fun experience. One of my all time favorite MV’s, no doubt

Modern Times

This is the literal title track, but it is not the title track

Oh my god the clarinet

The background harmonies

This album is actually SO good, like the default sound of this album is so good

It sounds like a person from the 1940s’ conception of Modern Times haha

Or maybe just someone from Paris

Haha the background vocals are so cute

Why do I feel like this part should be in cut time?

8/10, solid song, the background vocals are so good

Bad Day

Ballad time?

Lyrics and music by IU, that’s neat

Super super simple so far, just piano and vocals

Here’s a violin

Here’s something lower than a violin

Is there a woodwind back there? Hard to hear

And now the beat comes in

Wow this is actually Super good

Her voice is so pretty

Wow, this song is all over the place and I really appreciate that

9/10, really really good song. I won’t listen to it much but What a good song

Obliviate

Like the Harry Potter spell?

Electric piano

Super Latin

Actually this whole album feels like music we’d play in Jazz band haha

Dude this horn riff is popping off

Does it sound like she’s saying “Maria” to anyone else here?

9/10 wtf dude

Walk with Me, Girl

Oh he’s a SINGER alright then

This is so good, I’m laughing. Kinda like Toy in Pink Tape haha

Not crying yet though

I know I’m not typing much, it’s because I’m vibing too hard

9/10, what a talented vocalist

Havana

Strings, are we classical now?

Nope, no we aren’t

Her voice is so good

Kinda getting Disney vibes from this for some reason?

What are they singing here? Spotify just has an eighth note

8/10

A Gloomy Clock

Jonghyun, you’re our inspiration~

This doesn’t feel nearly as jazzy, that synth is kinda messing with the vibe for me

Mmm but now that it’s a duet and the synth is gone it’s way prettier

Oh my god Jonghyun’s background vocals are everything

8/10

Daydream

Oh my god her voice, who IS this

Why did kpop just stop being interesting?

The duet here is SO pretty wow

8/10

Wait

And now we’re fast again

I vibe with this, this is an interlude? An outro? Not sure which one it is, because there’s also a bonus track

Oh she does sing, that’s neat

9/10

Voice Mail (Korean Ver.)

I certainly don’t know the Japanese version so I guess I’ll listen to this too

The vibe of this song is Totally different to the rest of the album haha

That guitar is so electric

This feels more like a ballad and less like a jazz ballad

Mmm nice and warm tones now

Well, nobody can ever say IU is a bad vocalist, her “ah”s are so good

8/10 I guess, not my favorite but she’s just So good

[somuch-4-stardust]

umm still working really hard on midterms (i went to the store and got spiderman fairy light thingies) so now im gonna tell u about my very important studies (the other stuff i haveup next to my bed.) in very long list form bc i do not feel like taking a picture of it nd also its an ugly chaotic collection and its too much like me . and i think people would make fun of it .

technotooz's tag !!!! it is very beat up because i hate taking the tags off my stuffed animals (i cant explain this and also realized it was not common practice very recently and it shocked me) and so i had it on technotooz for like 7 months while i was taking him everywhere and his tag was getting smooshed . n e ways its super cool and shiny and pink nd i have it up because technotooz is my comfort object nd also SpIn. yippee <3

arctic monkeys logo ?!!?!this i painted this myself because thats howww i do things. it is up because i love the monkeys and their songs and musics and etc. yippee!

a picture of polar bears !? i love. bears especially polar bears. this picture was stolen from a calendar. yippee!!

a chain of . shiny things . this is up because i love shiny things and objects . it has shells and glitter and can tabs nd beads on it and its ugly and i love it. yippee !

minecraft logo ??!!! i love minecraft. it is my special interest so it is up becasue i like putting up pictures of myspecialinterests up on my wall so i can look at them. i got it from the tag of my stuffed piglin whos name is wilbur excalibur wiggles (we call him mr wiggles bc thats an absurd name for a piglin) . i got him for christmas and i love him lots and YIPPEE

red eyed treefrog poster . this poster is older than i am im pretty sure .it is cool and epic and i have it because frogs are my oldest SpIn and i love frogs. but poison dart frogs are actually my favorite not tree frogs. for the record. yippeeeeeee

moth tag. from my moth clementine it has a picture of her . she is a white moth stuffed animal my best friend got me for my birthday last year and i like moths alot so. yipeee!!!!

glow n the dark stars (2) these are stolen from a dance at my summer camp . i love my camp and my friends and etc and also glow n the dark stars are cool. YIPPEE!

rainbow flag sticker . i got this at my schools GSA which is a great little club where i feel better about my yucky school (its not that yucky of a school btw i live in a very good area. people are still mean sometimes tho.) and i am also. a gay person so yes yippee

spider man ..... this guy was cut out from spider man packaging for my spiderman lights. and its psiderman. and i love spider man. hes so me. so yippEE!!

ad for a squishmallow meet. it has the squishmallow logo on it and also i love squishmallows (they are. also a SpIn) so i put it up . YIPPEE

a lovely picture i drew of cwilbur and ctommy with belana the cow squishmallow and ronnie the cow squishmallow . call it a cross over episode ! i love my guys. also SpIns because. i have those. yes yes. YIPpee !

a wax seal from a little thing my friend made for me a while ago . the letter was a script from fnaf. 4 i think???? which is so yayy. ! i have it up to remind me that. i have friends ! yippeee!

coloring page of an asian black bear . i coloured it in myself btw. umm i love bears and moon bears. so thats why hes up. autism YIPPE

AND FINALLY . four of my squishmallows' tags. (purpled jack sage and belana. whose real names are piaxa jack skellington desmund and belana btw) i lov my guys. i put them on my wall yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!

side note. on other things on my wall: i have big lvjy lyrics from years ago (a drama in the futile a means to an end. and i do not know what song that isfrom tbh which is funny cuz ive listened to them all at least 500 times .) umm theres cat and mellohi made from old cds (which i may or may not have stolen from craft places . ) and also glow n the dark butterflies from when i was a kid. and star lights that were on sale last christmas. and ycgma, lemon boy, pebble brain, aya and two other albums i will not name which i painted like two summers ago. YIPPEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[antiloreolympus]

9 Anti LO Asks

1. I know nothing about this, I just stumbled onto your blog and started reading, but I saw a post where (presumably) the author said that Aphrodite and Persephone... weren't skinny? They're tiny??? Wtf

2. I love long-haired men so much I never thought I would consider a long-haired man ugly. But goddamn, Hades still looks ugly even with long hair, even to me. That's impressive... are you, like, alive, btw?

3. You know, in the new currently fast pass chapter... Kronos takes over Hades and makes him say stuff to Thanatos? Right, but then he goes, "What's wrong, don't want Persephone to be your new mommy?" Which is terrible writing enough on it's own but then you HAVE to consider that PERSEPHONE HERSELF IS YOUNGER THAN THANATOS, SOMEONES WHOSE MEANT TO BE HADES' SURROGATE SON (who he treats like shit). Like, Hades is more than old enough to be a father but Persephone only JUST turned old enough to maybe be a mother! Which really makes you realize, Hades isn't old enough to be her dad, he's old enough to be her grandpa. Disgusting. Like, there can't be any defense for this 💀

4. tbh i think eris is a shit character and a hamfisted plot device. she could have been added so much better.

5. My personal criticism with LO has mostly to do with the art style. Like yes the writings kinda trashy but trashy can still be good if its coupled with great visuals and characters. The problem is that the arts just pathetically inconsistent. You can't even blame webtoon for it since she has a few assistants. I'm an artist myself and even tho I don't draw for a living, I know it's fairly easy to create simple character charts and reference sheets. Some people say it's not that bad but god the inconsistency in the characters appearances can ruin chapters for me.

For example, the fact that Persephone sometimes has siren eyes, doe eyes, full lips, no lips, extra body fat, less body fat, a button nose, or a longer nose is ridiculous. It drives me nuts when people call the art amazing, because it's just not. And it seems like all of her aesthetic details (IE wardrobe and colors) are all very surface level, aside from Minthe/Persephone and Hades contrasts.

Demeter being green and purple makes some sense, but then her daughter being neon pink ONLY is weird. Hades being blue and winter-esq makes some sense since there's no sun in the underworld, but the ENTIRE underworld being the same blue and black is just ugly. Zeus being a royal purple? Makes sense. Hera being gold? That too. They're the only color pallets that actually correspond with personality, yet they're wasted with basic wardrobes and character development.   Ares being gold makes sense GENETICALLY, but not in practicality. Same with Hermes being red. Plus, she seems to assign colors to characters at random without even seeing how they build off of each other, let alone their own personalities.

I don't think people really get how important color and wardrobe are in stories, especially visual ones. You should be able to look at a character and immediately understand what they're about, even if it's subconsciously. But Persephone is often in bright happy colors and tight clothing even in times of stress or depression. Artemis is always in workout gear or her uniform. Minthe is more in "sexy" clothing, which is fine, but her colors don't change with her mental state.

Another problem I have is again with Persephone. Her wardrobe isn't even picked out by her, it's always by others/magic. She never really gets to visually tell us how she feels other than her glaringly obvious vines and eyes. Like, I could deal with a visual crutch if the writing was good or vise versa, but when they're both lacking it just sucks.

I see a lot of people say the same things I wanted to, like how creepy Perse and Hades are, how Apollo wasn't handled well, yada yada yada. Anyway Hades is creepy and Hera, Minthe, and Demeter deserve the world ✌🏼

6. It's really funny bc I've been reading some of the scenes of Hades' problematic action (esp the latest fast pass) and he literally talks like my abusive dad and my ex groomer. Like hm maybe your male lead having the same verbal manipulation tactics as actual abusers isn't the best. But oh my bad Hades is still a perfect man /s

7. something that makes me angry about demeter is that we are supposed to see her as an abusive or controlling mother ( i know that controlling mothers is an obviously bad thing ) but all her reasons are a good part of the time valid?

Like:

She doesn't want her child dating a 40y + man who she knows for like 11 days +++ someone who was literally a horrible person with her until the point she cried .

And lets not forget about the slaver owner thing 🥺 demeter knows hades more time  than persephone, obviously. It's not something bad if you dont want your TEENAGER daughter next to a grown old man who the only thing he thinks about its her "small petite thicc pink body" 😁

8. i just wanted to say that i really love your blog, like whenever i look at it i feel better. idk if thats kinda weird since its an anti blog but it just kinda brings me euphoria. ty!

From OP: Thank you so much! I’m glad my blog can be beneficial for you. /pos

-----FP Spoiler-----

9. 220 spoiler: full fuckin disrespect, we all know Kronos wants Persephone rather than Hera as his “golden traitor”, because fuck every other god/goddess, the only ones that matter are Hades and Persephone!!

[beanieman]

I'd love to hear any clothing analysis stuff you had for Sara, Shin, and Reko! I never really thought much about Sara's design tbh

Sara

Sara's design is fantastic! I think having her wear a blazer is a great choice because it makes her look very professional and mature, like a student council president or perhaps the leader of a death game.

However, the rest of her outfit shows her more lighthearted side. Her skirt is pink with flowers, which Sara probably loves because she tells Mishima in Island Mode that she mostly transferred to her school because the uniforms were cute.

Sara's hair also shows off her more relaxed and human side. You would expect a leader character to have perfectly cut bangs as a visual indicator that they have everything together, but Sara's hair is more crooked as if she cut it herself. Her hair is also put into a ponytail which is a more relaxed style then a bun or an updo which would be more stereotypical for a leader character.

Shin and Reko Undercut

Shin

Shin's design is really good because he doesn't look intimating, which fits his type of antagonist. If you met Shin on the street, he'd likely act fine toward you. Only when he's put in a death game does his personality change. I think that's meant to be shown in his outfit, where he looks like a normal guy. Compare this to Midori, Meister, Gashu, Rio, Sue, and Tia, and you'll notice that this game doesn't mind giving villains a unique appearance.

His outfit is meant to show how closed off he is. He wears a beanie, a scarf, and a jacket. All these things make his form hard to make out, a visual indicator that he keeps many parts of himself hidden.

Reko

Reko's design is to make her look a bit scary, which makes sense, given how her character comes off at first! When we first meet Reko, she seems very blunt and intimidating. Then her walls start to come down, and we see a warm side to her.

She also has quite a bit of red in her design. The symbolism of red is passion, strength, energy, courage, confidence, and anger. So that's a perfect color to add to her character design. Black is also a shade that fits her well. The symbolism often used for black is power, intimating, discipline, strength, and death.

I think Reko primarily wearing the color often used in depictions of death is great for her character. Sure she can die herself, but she's already affected by death before the death game even began because of Sou Hiyori's "murder." Black is also considered a mourners color, which could represent her feelings of mourning her relationship with Alice. However, it also has a sadder meaning when you consider that the two people closest to her die if you keep her alive. Hence her wearing the color of grief.

Apparently I had more thoughts about their designs then I realized, but I love the way they look and how it plays into their personality!

[fuckyeahhiccannamonth]

Anna not wanting to burn her tongue on something that tastes like shit anyways is so incredibly valid. Life is too short to consume things that Taste Bad!!! Like what is the point of any of this if not to spark joy from what we put down the gullet!!!

RAPUNZEL AS A PASTRY CHEF, HELL YEAH, GOOD FOR HER 🥐🥧🍰🍩🧁🎂🍪 She'd be so good at it, too!! Imagining her frosting pretty little flower and sun and chameleon and lantern sugar cookies and it's giving me life ;____;

DYING at the thought of Anna confidently walking into her favorite local coffee shop like "yes I'll have my usual" and the new guy just stares at her from behind the counter like "...ma'am I have never seen you before in my life???" Truly the Horrors of customer service, but also??? There is Cute Girl, so it all evens out in the end!

Anna FINALLY being persuaded to order Actual Coffee at a coffee shop is so funny. Same Energy as when I ordered nothing but frappucinos from starbucks for years on end, until I studied abroad somewhere with no starbucks and suddenly??? If I wanted caffeine I in fact had to brave honest to god actual coffee XD Rite of passage for all sugary-drink-obsessed girlies tbh!!! Like even if it's just to see if it sucks, you gotta branch out XD

Imagining Anna pretending to like the World's Most Bitter Black Coffee to look tough and fearless to Hiccup XD And he's like "damn girl, you're a badass!" while adding extra cream and sugar to her drink when she's not looking XD He doesn't know how to convince her there's nothing shameful about liking your drinks more saccharine than a romcom, so he does the next best thing!

hI HEY it's been a year (lord, I'm so sorry Haru, I appreciate you so much ;______;) but I just gotta say that I am still so proud of Anna for weight-training with all those hearts 💖💖💖 They look very hefty and to be made of some kind of shiny, dense metal!!! Our girl is ready to charge into battle with the power of love, Arm Day, AND a killer right hook on her side!!!

Anna, are you wearing overalls again because you keep spilling gingerbread lattes and such on your cute pink and white shirts??? Girl I'm onto you 👀👀👀

THE QUESTION MARKS AROUND HICCUP'S HEAD AKJSDHCUKXYB CLUELESS KING Barista!Hiccup is so cute, too??? HIS COMFY SWEATER THO 💚💚💚 Give it a year and he's gonna be lending that to a certain ginger ;3

The orange and green backgrounds!!! 💚🧡💚🧡 We love to see the consistent color motifs!!!

This is so cute!!! I love it dearly ;_____; I continue to love the way you draw them, and how their hair always looks so sleek and shiny!!! And how if you zoom in, you can see all their lil freckles :O

Thank you for all your great submissions for 2023, and I'm hyped to start reblogging and gushing about your newest Hiccanna Month masterpieces from 2024!!! You're a hero for all you do for Hiccanna Nation 🍫🐉

(Now onto actually reblogging the submissions from this year aksjdhulbfhkushb)

H I C C A N N A

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock iii x Anna of Arendelle

It's a well known fact that Anna hates bitter food and drinks. Why would she burn her tongue away to such things? Her family knows it, her friends know it, hell, maybe even the friendly neighborhood cat that has been loitering around knows it. But when her favorite cafe [they have the best pastries made by her friend Rapunzel!] in the city hires a new barista, he's clueless as to what their regular customer Anna has to order. Most especially when she was left tongue tied from seeing him. And so, out of politeness, and maybe a little bit of excitement when she asked for his recommendation, Anna ends up with Iced Americano for the first time in her life. Needless to say, this ends up in a misunderstanding where Hiccup [oh no, even his name is cute for Anna!] thinks he and Anna have the same taste. Thus, resulting numerous amusing situations whenever Anna finds more excuses to stay in the cafe. What's a girl in love gotta do to keep his attention on her after all?

@fuckyeahhiccannamonth

[sappy-and-sapphic]

My thoughts on Gap the series, episode 1, in no particular order. It's kinda long, oops

The dome shots in this show are so pretty. Dome shots, my beloved.

On that same note, the cinematography is very good for this show. The colors, the styling, the sets and the lighting are brilliant. It's so colorful and beautiful.

It's very telling that Mon always have some pink in her outfits so far meanwhile Sam always have black in her outfits.

Mon is in love already so the pink. And her first outfit was mainly white, showing her innocence.

Black has many meanings. It's elegant and classy, a nod to Sam's high position.

It's also a color associated with evil and darkness which can be a nod to Sam 's reputation in the company and also her bleak life, devoid of colors.

The first time we see Sam in white is after Mon 's introduction to her life which could mean things. White isn't in Sam 's color palette before that dress despite how well it goes with her usual black.

The styling team is doing a tremendous job all in all. I love Mon 's earrings, I want all of them. I want Sam 's white top/cloak/dress. That's the most gorgeous piece of clothing that I ever saw.

Sam's heels in her introduction were so gorgeous too. I don't like heels and I still want those.

The whole dream dance scene was so good. I melted when dream Sam put dream Mon 's hand on her own neck. This is what I live for.

Baby Mon is so fucking cute. The cutest kid ever.

Mon adopted Sam's pet then? Omg that's a great trope. It means more shots of the cute doggo, right? Right?

Meeting your soulmate when they saved your life might be cliched but I love it.

I really should have seen the parallel coming.

Sam saving Mon when Mon wondered if Sam has changed too much was chef's kiss. That was dramatic irony done well.

The writing is so good so far. I am so happy.

Freen and Becky look so good. They're such pretty women. We're really winning today.

I am really liking the rest of the supporting cast so far. They're all fun to watch.

Yuki is a good friend. Even I would pull Mon 's cheeks at the first opportunity. Mon is so cute.

Mon 's parents are so cute together. It shouldn't have taken me this long to figure out that he was her stepfather but this is on me.

Sam 's grandmother is really horrible. God, that ultimatum was awful.

So that company is basically Sam 's only ticket to freedom 😭

Is Sam the thirdborn? I really wanna know the full deets about what happened to her siblings.

Kirk is really nice for a forced fiancee. I wasn't expecting to like him this much.

Sam's entrance to the office really gives me Devil wears Prada vibes and I love it.

Tbh Mon shouldn't have just stood there while everyone was rushing but then again how else would Sam get a good first look at her future wife then.

Not me clinging to Sam asking if Mon is okay when they fell on the stairs. See the ice queen cares!

Was that bracelet a gift? It costs 5 million baht and 50 million baht seems to be the goal for Sam's deal with grandmother. So was that just an arbitrary number that they decided on? Sam doesn't actually needs that money?

Poor Mon is really disappointed that her idol is not like what she thought.

Mon, you are really gone for Sam. She really said I don't want to be in this country if things don't work out with Sam.

Very gay of her tbh, I say this as a queer woman in love with another woman who would totally change countries for my gf.

When we see Sam pinning for Mon, then what? How will I survive that.

I loved the humor so far in the show. HR lady saying she didn't wanna go job searching again, the dinner scene with Mon 's parents, Sam cracking a joke and the reaction 😂

Sam, you could have just put Mon 's purse away or moved around. Why do I feel like you are just trying to talk to Mon? And then being rude to hide it.

The next office scene: Yup, called it.

Sam and Kirk 's friendship looks so precious. I hope it remains this way.

Sam really likes candles, doesn't she? Gift her candle when the time comes, Mon.

Grandma's house has servants but Sam's doesn't. Hmmm. Interesting.

Sam's signature color is black so far but her car is yellow which is very eye catching. That's an interesting combo of colors.

[simmonsized]

I giggled so hard at:

He cannot (will not) stop following after Bro Strider like a lost dog after a bone no this will not change

God, I love their silly dynamic. Glad it won’t change, these two crack me up. Also Bro trying to get himself killed… dude…. Honestly, I would say he’s fucked up but we all know that. He got something wrong up there.

Those were great, as always. Silly stuff is my jam, yk?

It’s mom-londe time!! I cannot stress enough how much I love her. All the lalondes’ are great :)

Bro sure is a fucked up guy, with a strange sense of humor, and potentially kind of sideways ideas about what he wants! But he's fine. They're fine now! I am glad you are having fun, I try to mix some genuine thoughts with my sillier things thrown in but it's kind of embarrassing haha.

Me, every time I make one of these: "this isn't going to be a meta post"

Mom Lalonde!! Momlonde!

Tbh she was really difficult for me at first because of the kind of... Mm capricious nature of her "personality" and also the fact that she's standing up against her (best friend) only competition for parenthood and it's like. Lol bro strider (dadbert doesn't count obviously bc he's dad). But this isn't a meta post, it's for silly headcanons, and I've got time for that! (apologies im writing this before bed and will probably draft it for tomorrow) warning we are going to talk about some downer stuff but I hope I make up for it! (cw alcoholism)

Okay first of all Mom is??? Weirdly tall. Have you ever looked at their goo sprites??? Am I the only one who stared at their ecto sprites and put them side by side no okay cool

Her favorite color is pink!!!!

She is still using that same bedspread from childhood that's canon I just think it's so funny

This lady loves wizards so fucking much

There is no way she has not played DnD

Was Harley's Skaianet protege which drove a wedge between her and Bro early on

Started drinking around 15 due to lack of proper supervision and like, no control

Has been to cool-leg (college)

Recovering alcoholic

I know we don't see Mom for the first little while in rng and okay we're getting into obviously behind-the-curtain bs but this fic was never supposed to get past 45k so yes the beginning is a little rushed BUT

She was trying really fucking hard to get sober and having a shit awful time

I think it would actually be really hard for her to change; Roxy (kid) is a resilient, kind person, but Mom has spent more of her life drinking than Roxy has been alive, and these things take time. Still, she wasn't willing to give up, I imagine, if only because Roxy (little) probably asked her to

I don't think Rose would be brave enough to confront her mother, not yet. When it comes down to it, she's deeply ashamed of her own behavior, but also not as ready to dismiss her upbringing (previous excuses being that her mom was a lonely, single parent) now that she's not dead.

This woman has probably bought every shade of black lipstick in existence to find the one that works for her

Mom boxed in college, for money (and fun!!), and before she lost contact with Bro, he would like, go with her and just "support her' in his weird way

She's probably broken a few fingers in her day, but it just makes her even stronger

She can tenderly cradle Bro Strider like a newborn infant because she is so fucking strong

Jake Harley taught her how to shoot

Nanna has tried to teach her to cook no less than 5 times and has never worked

Her specialty is hangover food

She is trying so hard not to swear in front of her kids this is just something I see in the fandom a lot and it was so funny and sweet I adopted it

Tbh Mom is actually pretty fucking manipulative like if we get down to it she uses her smiles and cheer to corral people into doing stuff for her and it almost always works

She knows this and does it anyway

I think that she was probably super mad at bro and like does she really know everything no of course not but she knows he was fucked in the head and while I think she's oblivious to a point, she knows something is Wrong

But she's mad at him for not contacting her sooner, for falling out with her in the first place, for leaving her behind with Grandpa when she had no one else to turn to as a teen

G.pa is the one who taught her to drive (bro learned from nanna, and then later from [redacted])

Yes her driving with one hand on the middle peg is actually based on a thing that happened to me in the car once I was dying the whole time

She desperately wants to paint Bro's fingernails but he will not sit still long enough to let her

Her idea of apologizing (much like Bro) is to shower people in gifts, and I do wonder if this stems with their fraught relationship with the other beta guardians, particularly grandpa (yes I am aware this is my au I'm just saying)

In fact I am so certain of her tendency towards giving Rose gifts that it makes Rose deeply uncomfortable, almost to the point where she straight up thought her mother was mocking her relentlessly

I think about Rose a lot that's all

She probably has a name for each of those cats and forgets it every single day but when she "makes up" a name again it's coincidentally the same one

She taught Rose how to ice skate on the pond near their house back when Rose was real little, before things got too bad

Her current pride and joy is that minivan she has always wanted a minivan a la large family

Bro will complain til the cows come home but I really think he'd only be willing to ride shotgun if she was driving, though obviously he'd prefer she not be driving at all

She is right-handed, but bats left

Definitely used to walk around the lab with baby Rose strapped to her front, whether she did anything I'll leave to you

That pink shirt hanging out of bro's old suitcase did in fact used to belong to her; when they would travel before they'd share a suitcase

She was a black cat for Halloween every year until she turned 15

She has never heard Bro talk in his sleep bc (forgot to mention this before) when he had Cal, he did not, in fact, talk in his sleep :)

But also bc she can sleep through anything lol

And snores

So when they fought for the last time, bro literally upended the entire suitcase, dumped all her shit(and quite frankly most of his) out onto the floor and then took it and left

Their last big fight was about the house in Rainbow Falls

This lady has all the data for every meteor shower recorded for every year from 1910 until 2012 and has never in her life heard of Proper Data Entry Management

Whats a spreadsheet, Dirk??? How do you spread the sheets Dirk???

Y'all ever see historical recorded data for a buoy before??? That's what we're working with

I think she and Roxy unironically like spending time together. I think Mom was probably more likely freaked at first, but seeing Roxy learn to control her own impulses and admit she had a problem so young really helped her overcome a lot internalized bullshit

Sometimes when she's feeling anxious or sad she holds a martini glass, but she never drinks out of it, not even water

Has definitely had at least one of her teeth knocked out (boxing), but you will never know except she's got fake replacements

Not really above lying for someone else's sake, but mostly would just prefer the easier path if it means avoiding hurting someone's feelings

Has a tendency towards infantalizing the kids but it's hard to tell where she means it to come from -- quite frankly a lot of it stems from the fact that she hasn't talked to anyone sober in years

The other thing is that the last time she Rose she was only 13 still

I remember someone bringing up to me that they were shocked when I mentioned maybe mom could have resented Rose a little while she was growing up and like. I have no doubt she loves her deeply, but it's so hard to put into words the complex problems that go into raising a child at the expense of the loss of essentially your own childhood and especially your young adulthood

This is a little too meta for a silly headcanons post lol I just think Mom is neat

Mom has always wanted to try something like hobby boat racing

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25, 29, 30, 56 for Atticus and Aurora! 💖💖

🌺 Aurora 🌺

25. How stubborn is your oc? Are they open to considering different options or opinions, or are they more closed off?

Aurora is pretty stubborn! She doesn't really realize it tbh because of so much of her own self-loathing and self-confidence problems, but once she's set on something, it's nearly impossible to move her away from her path. She doesn't like making other people upset about her own mulish decisions, but she's also very much like "I'm just gonna go my own thing!" and does it no matter what anyone says.

29. If a perfume was to be made to represent your oc, what sorts of smells would be included in it?

It would probably be a very light, gently fragrant perfume. Nothing strong, the faintest hints of lilac and magnolia, very gentle hints of orange and cucumber. Something that reminds you of a clear morning, the skies just beginning to lighten with the first rays of sun.

30. How caring/empathetic is your oc? Are they the type to immediately adopt and protect others, or are they a true sadist?

Aurora is extremely caring, but a lot of times, she gets caught up on her own anxiety in showing it very well in public or social situations. She has a deeply empathetic heart, but it's very hard for her to be open and succinct about it, and so sometimes the true extent of her emotions don't get through very well.

56. What is your oc’s favourite colour? If you had to choose one colour to represent your oc, what would it be and why?

You know, I was originally gonna say robin blue but learning more about her, I think Aurora would come to associate this color with... just kind of not the greatest vibes, since it is a primary color she associates with Astoria House and her family. I think her favorite color would come to be carnelian honestly, to be a little sentimental. She would just really love Atticus's eye color and looking at it a lot. If I had to choose a color for her, it would be a very gentle pink, like a soft flower petal!

🍎Atticus🍎

25. How stubborn is your oc? Are they open to considering different options or opinions, or are they more closed off?

Atticus is SO INCREDIBLY STUBBORN AND EVERYONE WILL KNOW ABOUT IT. If you stand in his way he will literally bulldoze you off the side of it. He has no patience for people trying to divert him from whatever he's doing or set on--he has the temper of a pissed off stallion and a lot of physical weight to throw around. He can be incredibly dangerous to provoke in trying to convince him to swallow a different option or opinion. Unfortunately, it's not recommended.

29. If a perfume was to be made to represent your oc, what sorts of smells would be included in it?

Hmmm probably something more potent. Cedar and musk and apple blossom, ozone and petrichor. It would taste a lot like walking into the pine forests in the mountains just at the start of winter.

30. How caring/empathetic is your oc? Are they the type to immediately adopt and protect others, or are they a true sadist?

Atticus is not the most caring or empathetic man in the world. He's had a few centuries of anger and bitterness and pent-up fury to file down the length of his empathy for others, especially those he feels aren't worth his time or "less" than him. Broadly speaking, he does have a great sense of protective desire for his people in the court of Galilea, and he is their fierce protector, but on an individual level, he really just doesn't have severe empathy for much. It does get better and start healing as he comes into more and more contact with Aurora, and when his desire to take care of someone does manifest, he does it ardently and devotedly, making that person very near to the heart of his world.

56. What is your oc’s favourite colour? If you had to choose one colour to represent your oc, what would it be and why?

Deep sapphire, near to midnight blue. He loves it and how it can look black when not caught in the right light. However, he also starts growing very fond of lavender because of Aurora, hehe. I think I would choose a dark crimson for him, reminiscent of his passionate temper and violent moods, but also his devotion when it comes through, because he puts his whole heart into it then.