#twisted wonderland related

[axvwriter]

SSR Bobo Suitor Dress

Voice-lines

Summon: "Who do you think you are?! I won't let you claim Idia as yours unchallenged!"

“I really surprised everyone with my plan, huh?"

Groovification: "Are you alright? I won’t let anyone die on my watch.”

Set to Home screen: “I’d say love is worth fighting for… would you like me to fight for you?”

Home transition 1: “I didn’t think before of how flustering it would be to receive such attention… I-I think I’ll keep this on for a little longer.”

Home transition 2: “A few students keep teasing me for having a crush on Idia… I mean, they think I have a crush, I’m not saying that I actually do!”

Home transition 3: “Some students keep saying I look good enough to eat… I didn’t think wearing this dress would put my life in danger!”

After login: “Are you ready for our wedding? Ha hah, did I scare you? I’m only joking.”

Home transition groovification: “Huh? Oh, I didn’t get this from Sam. I was able to get a Pomefiore friend of mine to make some adjustments to a dress he was making. I owe him a favor now.”

Tap home 1: “Idia looked really good in that suit… huh? I mean, don’t you think so too!?”

Tap home 2: “My plan was absurd, but I thought at the very least the absurdity would buy the others more time to figure something out.”

Tap home 3: “I don’t think I’d wear this exactly to my own wedding. I just wanted to match Idia.”

Tap home 4: “Ortho has a devious side to him… he keeps teasing me by calling me his big sister!”

Tap home 5: “Wh-what!? What do you mean you’d make me a happy bride!? You’re being too forward!”

Tap home groovification: “If I’m stuck here forever… I suppose I can take my time with finding a partner without feeling like I’m going to drown otherwise…”

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I tried to replicate the style of Twisted Wonderland's SSR cards and have a better grasp of all I still have yet to learn about drawing. Also I'd like to clarify for the Home Transition 3 voice-line, anyone saying she looks good enough to eat are just joking and teasing her. She doesn't quite realize that and is thinking they're threatening to actually eat her. Not vore her, eat her. Such innuendos don't really exist where she's from thanks to the literal threat of being eaten alive by giant man-eating beasts.

I do have the vignette story written, but I plan to share that with the groovy art, which I'm going to heavily procrasinate doing- Though hopefully now that I've done this one, I wont make the same mistakes where I remade the floor twice and realized afterwards I was using the wrong image for reference for the background. I fixed it using blue-green layers because I couldn't handle redoing the entire background. Kept remaking the floor because of trying to figure out how the floor would look, how to draw it, then ending up following a tutorial while completely forgetting the tiles are diagonal which the tutorial was not. Eventually realized I didn't even need to do that as I most likely only needed one to three rhombuses.

[kenchann]

🎤🎶.

[egophiliac]

2025 is the year of the DRAGON SLIPPERS

[suntails]

growing up!

[luxthestrange]

TWST!Memes #100

Idia stans be like-

[ryllen]

i feel like if jade got a dog,

he would pick the very stupid one or the one that whimpers a lot or looks like it's always at the brink of crying so he can bully it everytime fhsddsh

[highfive too slow, feels like a crime this one fsd]

[acracana]

I know the magic in twst doesn’t work this way, but it would be funny if Silver, being born centuries ago, made his magic feel older. It doesn’t change his magic or magical ability, but when he does use magic it feels like its been around for a while (like magic cast 400 years ago).

It’s not something mages can typically sense if they’re not deliberately trying to figure out when a spell was cast on something, but fae can sense it inherently. Thus, Lilia has to figure out a believable excuse for why his young child has the magical signature of a 400-year-old.

Malleus senses it first because he was there when Silver developed his magic. He asks Lilia why Silver’s magic feels older than him, and Lilia says, “Umm, well, sometimes human children will unconsciously mimic the magic signatures of the ones they are closest to, so I guess that means he’s close to us, fae 😁.” Malleus doesn’t fully believe it, but that’s the only semi-logical explanation, so he accepts it (and he’s honestly kinda touched that Silver’s magic would change to fit the fae around him).

Sebek can also sense it, but not as well, so Silver’s magic just feels kind of weird to him. It feels old, but he can’t pinpoint how old. Sebek is young when he comes to this realization and just chalks it up to Silver being a bit of weirdo in general, so he doesn’t think much of it. It’s not a hindrance or can harm him like his sleeping habits, so why should he be concerned if it’s not bad?

Now when Baul visits and sees little Silver practicing magic with little Sebek and Lilia gives his half-baked excuse, he immediately knows it’s bullshit. However, he knows better than to ask Lilia too many questions about his weird cryptid kid unless he wants to get his ass kicked, so he keeps his mouth shut.

[spade-12]

50mm Deuce??? 🧸

Microscopic figure of Deuce :3

[cursedcola]

Y’all know how some people head cannon that Yuu’s the one taking the groovy pics with their ghost camera?

So of they’re the ones doing it - then for the sleepwear I just imagine them being forced into a mandatory sleepover with each character and shoving the camera in their face at some point

And since half these groovies look cranky (epel, lilia, trey, etc) you just know they got a hella bitch slap afterwards

[tinyfantasminha]

Recently I saw an user say they feel weird about the brazilian Ruggie headcanon because “poverty, thievery, and misery are often associated with Brazilians.” I've also seen non-brazilians hesitate to embrace this headcanon out of fear that it might come off as xenophobic or racist. So I wanted to give my perspective on the topic as a brazilian and why the BR!Ruggie hc means so much to us 🫶

If we were to assume that Ruggie is a shallow character whose only traits are “grew up in poverty, lives in a slum, and steals to get by,” and then directly link that to a nationality? Yeah, obviously that would be xenophobic. But that’s not what this HC is about. It’s about how he navigates life and survives despite a difficult background. Reducing Ruggie to just a ''poor pickpocket” does a huge disservice to his character. He’s a hard worker, works in multiple jobs at once and is constantly adapting to survive. This is the reality for millions of brazilians (and many other latinos too) GROWING UP POOR IS NOT SHAMEFUL. No one chooses poverty. People from underprivileged backgrounds often have no choice but to do what they must to survive. In a capitalist society being clever and even deceptive is often a survival skill. It's the PERSEVERANCE to succeed and the resilience it takes to fight for a dignified life that makes them admirable, not the methods they use. If you live in any Latin American country, it’s nearly impossible not to know someone who lives a life similar to Ruggie’s (or to have lived it yourself) And again, it’s not just about being poor!! It's about having to be creative to make resources/food/items last as much as they can, about teaching yourself new skills (like learning a new language on your own without access to paid classes), about being quick-thinking and cunning so you don’t miss out on opportunities, about the shared warmth of community food, and about keeping your humor and playful spirit alive even when life is hard. So when we say “Ruggie feels brazilian,” it’s not because of stereotypes even though we don't really feel offended with stereotypes most of the time tbh it's because he embodies a spirit we know so intimately, the hustle, the laughter through hardship, the cleverness born from necessity, and the hope for something better. It’s representation of a kind of resilience that deserves to be seen with pride, not shame.

[axvwriter]

Random late night thoughts

It’s way too easy to mess up my sleep schedule and also annoyingly tricky to fix. So I’m failing to sleep right now.

Bobo, having lived in an underground kingdom and has only had very limited visits to the surface world, isn’t aware of a lot of animals. She knows of rats, bats, moles, goats, and mostly burrowing animals along with most rodents.

She’s one of the few people of her kingdom that knows how to swim. More importantly she knows how to cave-dive. Not many types of fish live in water caves. So far upon googling I have found that there’s blind cavefish that actually can sense light and there’s some catfish.

Bobo is rather clueless when it comes to a majority of the animal kingdom. Yet her kingdom also has dangerous variations that don’t roam on the surface world. Giant bats, moles, and lizards that all fervently hunt down humans when coming across them.

Her kingdom is technologically advanced compared to other civilizations. Her scuba gear only retains an hour of breathable air, but its only a mouth piece along with the ability to refill itself when leaving the water.

I imagine that they don’t use gas in any form since enclosed spaces like caves would suffer greatly from air pollution. They’ve developed technology that has never relied on anything that can risk their air quality. I don’t know how much this would affect flames but I imagine they have an alternative to open flames and use some sort of enclosed heat? Like an electric stove? Thus I contemplate if fire would be scary.

I looked up the color ranges lizards, moles, and bats have to try to see if there’s any colors this underground kingdom should avoid wearing. I learned lizards have one more cone than humans and thus see more colors. So I guess in ways of fashion the kingdom may avoid heavily patterned things, anything that could draw unwanted attention should they move in the presence of a predator.

With mushrooms growing everywhere, a majority of the kingdom is unbearably hot and humid. Yet with these humans living for so long underground I imagine they have some slight differences compared to regular humans.

A higher heat and humidity tolerance, but at the cost of being all the more sensitive to the cold. I’m considering a majority of tech servers to be kept in a freezing cave to combat heat that tech naturally emits especially when overworked. But considering its a technologically advanced kingdom that may not be necessary.

These humans have slightly better hearing along with night vision. There’s not very many places that bring natural light in. When the first human moved underground there wasn’t technology such as flashlights. They may even be a bit more near-sighted and can’t see as far as regular humans.

Which makes me realize its possible that Bobo can’t see the stars at night. I still have yet to see what I can find through google.

They’re all more likely to be spatially aware especially since long range/shooting weapons are frowned upon. If anyone were to miss their shot there’s a chance of causing a cave-in.

I like to think braille is commonly used in the Mycelind kingdom, but with being tech-advanced I’m uncertain if that would be used. I don’t think they’re advanced enough for screens to form braille and understand to scroll down and form more braille.

I’d like to think they’re advanced when it comes to care for disabilities and transitioning. I’m thinking perhaps blindness similar to cavefish is a gene that runs through these humans, but I’m uncertain how reasonable of an evolutionary trait that would be.

There’s ramps instead of stairs, roads are smooth and upkeeped, text to speech programs are common and rarely face issues. Perhaps even that medical technology has advanced enough that scars heal faster?

When it comes to modesty, nipples and underregions are expected to be covered but that’s about it. After all with how muggy it is, it’s impractical to expect anyone to cover their ankles or even wear layers.

Maybe these humans have even grown slightly tougher skin so they aren’t roughed up as badly whenever rock climbing happens. Bobo, not only part of her defense training but to also help with her desire to explore, knows how to climb rocky surfaces without a harness or any equipment really.

It’s more common to use a motorbike than a car for long distance travel unless shipping cargo. Cities are made so everything is within walking distance while providing sound-proofing so everyone can still have their quiet abodes. Motorbikes are made bouncy/flexible as they’re used to go off road and into places where infrastructure hasn’t been developed.

Bobo uses hers to often speed about, racing off of small cliffs and the such for the adrenaline thrills. Her care takers may fret over her reckless driving but she’ll go mad if all she ever feels adrenaline wise is the fear of being eaten alive.

Due to their being man-eating beasts I imagine it’s considered poor taste to use any eating/drinking-related innuendos/jokes. So much so that any Mycelind citizen would misinterpret any such notions as a direct threat to their wellbeing.

So now I imagine Bobo being transported to Twisted Wonderland.

(Spoilers below of different English events up until port fest and books except for book 7 so if for some reason you’re reading this and haven’t completed book 6 and/or dont want event spoilers, time to scroll past/stop reading.)

She sees Grim closer to a mutated weasel or ferret because she doesn’t know what a cat is. She has no clue what lions, hyenas, and even wolves are. Octopus and moray eels? Maybe, eels do like to hide so perhaps she’s come across some. Perhaps she even knows eels as one of the reasons to wear gloves when diving. Perhaps she doesn’t see them and places her hand too close to their hiding spot and thus gets often bitten by them. Maybe there’s some rare octopus cave variation she’s spotted once or twice. Depending on this and if I decide her kingdom has such animals, maybe even once an Octopus tried to snatch the sword off her hip due to its shine.

Yet when it comes to most of Floyd’s nicknames she’s rather lost. What is a crab? A mackerel? Or even a beakfish? Maybe even what is a shrimp? It all depends on what I think may reasonably live in underwater caves in this fantasy-sci-fi world I’m making.

Perhaps Jade has a high interest in her. Any mushrooms he shows her and she’s ready to lecture him on how to care for it! Whenever he offers a mushroom dish to her, she’s inspecting the mushrooms herself to make sure it’s safe to consume.

When Grim picked a mushroom and asked if it was safe, she answered maybe it was and tried to get a look herself. Before she could take a proper look, Floyd’s already flinging it. When Grim brings it back, again Bobo is kept from identifying it herself. Yet as Floyd chases Grim, she chases with him. It’s safer to mark it as dangerous than to assume it’s safe.

With the magitool hammer and a whole dorm mostly to herself, she makes herself a gym room along with a mushroom growing room. Her guest lounge has a lot of fake mushroom elements to it. Once Leona finds out that the giant plush mushrooms on the wall is actually a hidden sofa, maybe he tries to claim the spot for himself. Though maybe he gives up when realizing why no one sees Bobo when she’s on that seat is simply because of how short she is. He can’t hide there as well as she can.

Bobo goes to Sam and often asks for different mushroom spores that don’t exist in this world. He may scour but can he really have them in stock when they’re from another world?

Bobo who refuses to let herself have a normal sleep schedule for once simply because she has to be ready for when she goes back home. Surely that’ll happen soon, right?

Crowley who unknowingly scares her when he calls her a beast tamer for simply getting some students to cooperate. Afraid that the more helpful she is here, the less likely Crowley will help send her home. But if she causes trouble what would stop him from throwing her out to fend on her own? Bad press? Are the laws and regulations here so lax that gossip mags would promote such a story? Why would anyone outside of campus believe she’s from another world? Even if he doesn’t throw her out, he could cut off her allowance. Would telling him more about herself help motivate Crowley to help her or simply be walking herself into a ransom situation?

Will the Duke prevent a new ruler from being chosen while her whereabouts are unknown? Will the council listen to him despite her not reinstating him as Grand Duke? With no grand duke in place will the council have the Duke take over?

Bobo who greets Jack in the morning one day. She almost joins him in his daily jogs until she hears he won’t slow down for her. Even if he doesn’t mean it, she refuses to hurt his own training. She has the stamina but training to wield mostly a warhammer has kept her from getting all that fast.

Bobo who doesn’t need convincing to save Idia. She has to be the strongest in order to not only protect herself but protect her citizens. But these aren’t her citizens, yet she finds herself attached to the school. She won’t let anyone die if she has a say in it. Yet when she sees Idia dressed so similarly to Baentu the first time she saw that idol on stage, she can’t help but see why Eliza would impulsively choose him out of everyone. His hair may be aflame, but it doesn’t scare her. This world has changed how she views mages and maybe even fire.

Bobo who cries in rage when NRC lost to RSA because NRC is her school. Only Grim hears her rant about how a childish play has no right to be compared to Vil’s show because her performing friends are too far away to hear her. Bobo who never brings it up when realizing they’re already adjusting to their loss. Bobo who can’t help but hate Neige out of her favoritism and bias to NRC. Bobo who doesn’t see how Neige is possibly compared to Vil when they’re both in their own separate realms of beauty.

But then wouldn’t it be fun if I made it where Neige develops a crush on Bobo when running into her one day. They’re both off campus and it’s clear he’s having a hard time with the tears he’s fighting. Bobo had found the secluded spot first but gives it up to him as she doesn’t mind exploring more. Neige who falls for her simply because she didn’t squeal or barrage him for a photo or autograph. Bobo who didn’t stay to comfort him because she’s still petty about VDC. Neige who falls because like Vil he’s had an abnormal upbringing and doesn’t quite grasp how people should interact. Neige who’s overwhelmed by his fame at the moment is finding himself im awe of someone leaving him be instead of acting like a rabid fan.

Vil who later finds out after VDC Bobo’s talent with music. Who nearly bites her head off when learning this entire time she thought his song was rather generic but didn’t say anything because she assumed he knew what he was doing along with thinking there wasn’t enough time to commission a good song. Vil who maybe relaxes a bit when realizing her tastes in music maybe means she has no right to judge his song and maybe he does know what he’s doing. Does he though? He’s an actor and model but I don’t recall him necessarily having experience with live dance performances though he did weave some in for the fairy gala runway.

Lilia who enters the culinary crucible again with Bobo. Bobo who’s never cooked before and burns her hand. Lilia who rushes to her aid and suddenly all she can think about is Beau her caretaker. Beau who hates the pink streaks in his hair. Beau who always gave in to her puppy-dog eyes when she was little and grab desserts from the kitchen for her. Beau who would take her to Baentu so she could learn from the idol. Beau who hated when she wanted to explore because he’s not combat trained. Beau who’s one of her caretakers that decided to stay with her until she’s twenty due to her parents’ passing. Beau who helped her with her nightmares by tucking her into bed with stuffed animals. Beau who wouldn’t let her into the kitchen because he believed it to be too dangerous for her. Lilia who thinks her tears are simply from the pain as she hasn’t told him about Beau.

Paulie who turns Bobo into her seven-year-old self and ditches without explaining anything as he assumes she’s just any other NRC student. Bobo who has her seven-year-old memory and is about to panic until she sees Lilia. Lilia who she runs to and calls Beau until she sees the differences. Then she asks if he’s one of Beau’s siblings, recalling the one time she snuck out and mistook Beau’s brother for him. Lilia who gladly helps Bobo until Paulie’s magic wears off and she recalls everything. Lilia who laughs when little Bobo starts an argument with Sebek over how loud he is.

Little Bobo who wont leave Trey alone, pleading for sweets. Bobo who outruns ADeuce while on a sugar rush. Bobo who gleefully poses for Cater’s photos. Bobo who asks Cater to show her her parents account so she can see one of the many photos her Ueue took of her asleep on her parents’ laps while they worked. Cater who falters as Bobo grows upset when he can’t do that. Cater who distracts Bobo by introducing her to the croquet animals. Bobo who’s fine with the hedgehogs but hides behind Cater when it comes to the flamingos. Riddle who’s startled when his tea time is interrupted by Bobo crashing on his lap. Bobo who shocks them all when Ace shows her a magic trick and she responds by crying fearfully. Bobo who runs away from Heartslabyul unable to explain all she knows about mages is that they’re evil warmongers who often kidnap people from her sister kingdom.

Little Bobo who doesn’t bat an eye at the Savanaclaw students that has animal ears and tails. Bobo who upon seeing Leona napping thinks it’s nap time and thus plops onto his lap. Bobo who cries for Lilia when Leona snarls at her for doing so. Ruggie who snatches Bobo and hands her off to Jack. Jack carries her away to find Lilia just for Floyd to snatch her. Floyd who grins menacingly to see if little Bobo is just as fearless as regular Bobo. Little Bobo who giggles and tries to match his grin. Jack who’s left in the dust as Floyd runs off with Bobo. Floyd who’s now disappointed that upon showing her to Jade, Jade has started a conversation about mushrooms. Bobo who treats it like a pop quiz and dutifully shares her knowledge with Jade. Azul who’s about to complain that they can talk mushrooms later until he sees what has happened to Bobo. Bobo who instantly brightens at seeing Azul and holds her arms out towards him. Bobo who exclaims his hair is fluffy. Azul who refuses to pick her up until Floyd grabs her to help bring her to him. Bobo who now thinks they’re playing a game and willingly chases Azul when placed down. Azul who curses his weak stamina and sits down as Bobo stands there not knowing what to do now. Azul who tries to think of what to do with her until she gasps and tells him his eyes are super duper pretty. Floyd who jokingly asks about his own eyes just to be awarded with Bobo saying his eyes are really really cool. Jade who asks about himself and causes Bobo to gain a concentrated face. Bobo who decides to ask if they swapped eyeballs or ate funny shrooms for their eyes to be identically mirrored like that.

Little Bobo who gets entrusted to Kalim so Lilia can take care of something. Kalim who eagerly brings her to Scarabia just to cause unintentional stress to Jamil. Bobo who’s really happy and matching Kalim’s energy until she sees an elephant. Bobo who instantly tenses up silently, clutching herself as she stays as still as possible, tears threatening to spill. Kalim who tries to bring her closer to show her that it’s okay. Bobo who grips him tightly and starts silently sobbing from fear, trying to lean as far away as she can. Jamil who rescues Bobo from Kalim and decides it’s better for her mental wellbeing for her to leave Scarabia.

Rook who tries to bring Bobo to Vil just for Epel to try to run interference. Epel who ends up being brought to Vil as well. Vil who tries to get Bobo and Epel to do some beauty stuff just for Bobo to get the most sullen look on her face. Bobo who asks if Vil is related to Petunia and upon hearing he isn’t, throws an absolute tantrum. Bobo who argues with Vil that she doesn’t wanna and wants to play and eat sweets. Bobo who then stomps on his foot and runs away before Vil can decide if having such an argument with her will accomplish anything.

Bobo who eyes Ortho’s head wearily when seeing him. Bobo who gathers some courage to go ask Ortho if the fire is hurting him and if he needs some water. Ortho who explains then decides to watch over her. Ortho who takes her to the board game clubroom where Idia happens to be. Bobo who asks Ortho if Idia makes his hair for fun too. Idia who instantly wishes he sent the tablet instead upon hearing his hair mentioned. Bobo who goes up to Idia and tells him he choose a pretty fire color. Bobo who wants to try out board games when seeing them. Ortho who takes the time to explain them and tries to rope Idia into playing with them. Idia who is trying to leave unnoticed. Bobo who stares at Idia for a while before deciding she should leave. Idia who blames himself because he blames everything on himself. Ortho who follows Bobo and asks why she left. Bobo who says Idia is shy and Constance told her it’s best to give shy people space.

Lilia who tries to feed Bobo her cooking. Bobo who tries one bite before telling Lilia how terrible it tastes. Lilia who hands Bobo to Silver whenever he falls asleep simply because he finds it adorable that her response is to sleep too. Malleus who tries to avoid Bobo in worry of scaring her. Bobo who treats Malleus like anyone else. Lilia who encourages the interaction by having Bobo deliver something to Malleus. Bobo who happily says hi to Malleus and hands him Lilia’s note. Bobo who ends up having tea with the Diasminia group, glaring at Sebek who glares at her. Sebek lectures her when she tries to talk to Malleus. Bobo who huffs and corrects Malleus that royalty are allowed to talk to each other like equals. Bobo who then adds that she wishes Malleus was Petunia so she didn’t have to have tea with her. Sebek who tries to argue Malleus deserves more respect and he will become king of the world or something like that. Bobo who grumpily looks at him then spits her tea at his face. Lilia who’s laughing while Silver tries to gently reprimand her while Sebek is trying to do mental math that he’s superior to a child and thus doesn’t need to retaliate. Malleus who decides to give Bobo a disappointed look to see how she reacts. Bobo who pulls her puppy-dogs eyes out and hugs him, pleading that he forgives her so she doesn’t have to go have tea with Petunia. Sebek who is about to lose it until Silver asks her to apologize to him. Bobo who looks at Sebek with a grumpy face and hugs Malleus tightee. Bobo who says Sebek’s ruder than Petunia. Lilia prompts Bobo to apologize by saying Malleus wants all his friends to get along. Bobo who gives Malleus puppy-dog eyes again as she mutters that Sebek started it. The silence agrees that Sebek did start it.

Little Bobo who seems like she’s warming up to Sebek when later he mentions being hungry and she offers him her food. It doesn’t quite feel like it when said food is Lilia’s cooking. Sebek who eats it up because Lilia-sama surely isn’t pranking him this time. Bobo who actually stares at him in awe for eating it. Bobo who still fights verbally with him whenever he’s too loud and tries to get her to grovel before Malleus. Malleus who misses regular Bobo because little Bobo seems so entitled plus she can’t keep herself awake for their usual nighttime strolls.

Bobo who upon returns to normal tries apologizing to Sebek just to have another argument about his shouting. Bobo who doesn’t try apologizing to Vil because she’s certain he’ll have her apologize by doing beauty stuff.

Bobo who raises the question that wont they all be seen as suspicious at the gala regardless of fairy dust simply because it’s attended and hosted by small fae. Leona who jokes that Bobo wouldn’t stand out at all. The only person shorter than Bobo at NRC is Ortho. Vil who places a bucket of water on Bobo’s head, certain she’ll struggle, just to be flabbergasted when she doesn’t spill a single drop. Vil who questions why she doesn’t usually keep such posture. Bobo who tries to explain it shortly by saying she simply doesn’t want to.

Bobo who keeps from snapping at Vil and calmly makes it to the bathroom before breaking down. Bobo who nearly vomits knowing now that Vil lied to her about her being able to have those sweets and poisoned them. Bobo who wants to scream at Vil on how wrong this is. Bobo who wants to tell him how he should have had the junk food sent back to their dorms so it wouldn’t be wasted. Bobo who wants to argue that sleeping like that on the floor would only worsen ADeuce’s skills and keep them from progressing for at least a day. Bobo who wants to argue that her and Grim aren’t performing and thus shouldn’t have their food cursed. Bobo who wants Vil to imagine what would have happened if Kalim somehow got a bite. Bobo who only didn’t take a bit because she didn’t want to risk the sugar keeping her up. Bobo who wishes she could tell Vil she already has to fight not getting ill at the idea of eating sweets but is so sure he’d use it against her. Bobo who leaves the bathroom calmly because now she’s scared of Vil. Bobo who refuses to be seen as weak in any way least it be used to kill her. Bobo who struggles to sleep because Vil could have used something worse than paralyzation and she would have mistaken the taste to be another difference between the cooking here and the cooking from her home.

Bobo who eventually gets Vil to stop trying to maximize her beauty oh so often as it slowly sinks in that she’s content with her looks and that maximizing her beauty isn’t something she cares to do.

Bobo who flusters when Vil gives her a kiss on the cheek. Bobo who doesn’t say anything about what it means in her culture. Bobo who stays silent because she doesn’t want to distract anyone. They can’t afford distractions right now. Bobo who nearly forgets all about it until everything’s calm and Rook brings it up. Rook who Bobo has let him ask so many things of her. Rook who has learned she’s used to a lot of stuff being publicly known about her along with telling him stuff about her kingdom helps a little with the homesickness. Rook who finds it fascinating what he’s able to glean about her from in-between the lines. Rook who can’t help but wonder what questions will give more insight to the version of herself she keeps hidden from everyone. Rook who also finds amusement in how easy it can be to make her blush. Rook who couldn’t help but tease her over her reaction to Vil’s kiss. Rook who is surprised to learn her blush was not out of some hidden feelings starting to bloom for Vil but because of a small culture clash. Bobo who shares that kisses on the cheek that are within certain closeness to the lips are usually seen as a way to imply romantic desire. Though it can also be a casual friendly kiss or a casual kiss between lovers, she’s just… never received such a kiss before and couldn’t help jumping to the thought of the meaning she’s often been told for it which is to imply wanting to start a romantic relationship.

Rook who tells Vil that cheek kisses are proposals in Bobo’s culture. Vil who goes and asks Bobo for confirmation incase Rook is playing it up to sound more dramatic. Bobo who laughs and half-jokingly says it is for royalty. Bobo then telling him she knew he meant it in a platonic way though does ask that next time she kiss her nose as that’s typically more of a friendship kiss in her culture. Vil who jokes that she has to earn it. Bobo who yanks him down, a habit she’s gained when dealing with taller people, and plants a kiss on his nose. Vil who sputters and complains while trying to ignore what she said to him on their flight home.

Vil who distraught about his youth then shared how he was faking it about being the fairest of them all. Bobo who takes her gloves off to gently cradle his face to tell him quietly that he’s still elegant and beautiful. Bobo who hugs him as he cries about all the things he’s missed out on. Bobo who releases him to let him cry. Bobo who puts her gloves back on and holds Grim. Grim who lets her. Leona who stares at Bobo when she somehow falls asleep despite Vil’s wailing. Vil who doesn’t notice probably. Bobo who managed by with napping at the safe spot but is horribly drained by all the lightning magic that grazed her upon her helping lift the staff. Bobo who keeps Grim close as she feared for his safety. Bobo who still fears that Crowley will decide Grim was a monster all along and must be killed despite it clearly being blot that caused him to attack. Bobo who sees Grim as a younger brother.

Bobo who sometimes manhandles Vil out of slight frustration and wishing he would relax about his looks. Bobo who doesn’t want makeup because she worries Vil will try to cover up her birthmarks. Bobo who sees everyone as beautiful in their own right. Bobo who despises Petunia’s family for how limited they see beauty. Bobo who prides herself on having a kingdom who embraces everyone as beautiful. Bobo who thought Vil was like Petunia at first. Bobo who sees and admires his desire to better himself along with those he cares for. Bobo who wishes he could enjoy being a bit more carefree. Bobo who wonders if Vil sees her as ugly. Bobo who has roughish skin from all those fights for her and her citizens lives, from rock climbing and exploring for some sense of freedom, skin that maybe would be worse if it wasn’t as tough or if her kingdom’s air was as dry as Scarabia’s. Bobo who wonders if Vil sees scars as ugly. Bobo who sees scars as so much more.

Me who wants to self indulge by basically having a lot of dudes pining for Bobo but Bobo unable to return any of their affection as she’s determined to go home and worries that to date anyone briefly would break her and her lover(s) hearts.

I like the idea of Vil secretly harboring a crush on Bobo due to her self-confidence, comfort in her own looks, and despite saying everyone is beautiful, she doesn’t see it as some sort of crime to try to continue making oneself prettier. I like the idea of Bobo telling Vil that Neige is pretty, but in an adorable way while Vil is beautiful and elegant. That it’s unfair to compare them to each other along with it being ridiculous that directors don’t see the hero roles he can star in.

Bobo who knows law and contract terms but signs Azul’s contract out of frustration. She tells Grim that she basically signed on his behalf since he insisted she sign without taking any time to think about it. Bobo who doesn’t feel like Ramshackle’s here place yet. Bobo who was planning to stay in the school infirmary for the meantime since it has beds. Bobo who belted out scream lyrics all night because she decided she’d go along with Grim’s idea. Bobo who feels embarrassed that she let herself be pushed into a contract so easily. Bobo’s voice isn’t sore because she knows what she’s doing and took breaks. Bobo who tried to get Grim to yell only during her breaks but he was too loud and she wasn’t greatly attached to him so didn’t bother trying to get him to understand.

Bobo who flinched upon Floyd and Jade behind her because she didn’t expect them to be looming so close. She knew they were there, but still caught off guard by how close to her they were. Bobo who retaliates Floyd’s squeezes by squeezing him as hard as she can. Bobo who admires Floyd’s carefreeness. Bobo who wont hide from him because she enjoys his hugs. Bobo who wishes to dance with him because she wants dancing to always be carefree. Bobo who dances like a fool because it’s fun and freeing. Bobo who only knows how to waltz because Petunia’s family insisted on it. Bobo who knows how to act like a common royal because of Petunia’s family.

Bobo who attended some of her sister’s kingdoms balls as a cousin of Petunia’s because her sister kingdom has kept the Mycelind kingdom secret. Bobo who believes such secrecy will keep her kingdom safe. Bobo who hears tales of mages attacking and raising her sister kingdom. Bobo who had to cut off her usual meetings with her sister kingdom upon it being attacked by mages. Bobo who saw how shaken up Petunia was when it was over. Petunia who shared that her queen mother was nearly kidnapped because a mage was entranced by her beauty. Petunia who for once didn’t let her kingdom’s royal mage butt into their afternoon tea.

Mage Maus. The only mage Bobo knew somewhat personally before coming to Twisted Wonderland. A man a few years older than her yet overtook her sister kingdom’s royal mage. Bobo whose kingdom has no mages but her sister kingdom has a rare few. Those rare few are treated poorly unless they manage to become the royal mage. A royal mage being a positioned made in hope that a mage could help defend the kingdom.

Mage Maus who was the elderly royal mage’s apprentice who always sought her out at balls. Mage Maus who was always trying to get chummy with her and Petunia. Bobo who despised that Petunia let Mage Maus into the tea parties that were supposed to be for royalty only. Petunia who ate up any and all praise Mage Maus gave her. Petunia who loved people flattering her. Bobo who didn’t trust Mage Maus.

Mage Maus who tried to once propose the idea of fake dating so nobles would stop trying to get her wed to their sons at these balls. Nobles that thought a cousin to the princess would only bring benefits to them. Bobo who refused as she always found him sketchy. Mage Maus who got the nobles to leave her alone by getting Petunia to agree to tell them that Bobo’s engaged to him. Mage Maus who kept this from Bobo and kept suspicion from rising by constantly being by her side at balls. Mage Maus who always talked her into waltzing with him. Petunia would complain the next time they met if she never danced at all. Bobo who put up with this as to keep from harming relations between their kingdoms along with trying to see if she had any reason for her to feel so distrustful of Mage Maus. Mage Maus who knew Bobo wouldn’t talk about anything important in his presence. Mage Maus who couldn’t help but plan and scheme for an even better position than royal mage. Mage Maus who knew more than he should thanks to Petunia. Mage Maus who’s only attended three balls as Bobo’s fake engaged groom, one ball as just a royal mage, and five balls as royal mage’s assistant.

Bobo who has attended a total of eight balls. The frequency of attending having grown somewhat recently due to Petunia’s insistence. Petunia who found some glee in how annoyed Bobo was to attend these. Petunia who enjoyed feeling some sort of control over Bobo. Petunia who doesn’t understand why Mage Maus would want anything to do with Bobo. Petunia who decided Mage Maus was simply trying to be a good royal mage and impress her by being nice to Bobo. Mage Maus who would love to rule either kingdom.

[melodead]

you know from experience that hungry students will go through many, many lengths to sate that hunger—and that’s why you’ve decided to hike a mountain on a school night.

you take a cutting of berries and slide them into the glass jar. hopefully, these aren’t poisonous. they’ll need to be checked by professor crewel first, obviously, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. grim might survive eating poison. you, on the other hand? not so much. a specialist would need to vet them first.

“i wouldn’t recommend eating those, if that’s what you’re planning.”

or a very knowledgeable student.

you turn your head. jade leech smiles politely at you from the long shadow of a tree, his usual suspicious demeanor offset by a knitted yellow cap and several layers of hiking gear. his lantern casts a soft glow across his face. you wonder why he has it out at all. the sun has only just begun to set, after all.

you must be staring too much, because jade steps out of the shadow and crouches down next to you, setting the lamp on the ground. “it’s good to have one in case of any delays. the mountains can be rather perilous, as you must be aware by now,” he explains. “one reckless act, and nature’s bounty can prove fatal,”—he taps your jar—“such as these.”

you blink at him slowly. his yellow eye almost glows in the dying light of day, but they are not predatory. not today.

“right. thank you for the notice.” you screw the lid back on, put it into your basket, and push yourself from the ground. he begins to do the same. “i’ll be leaving now. i don’t want to inconvenience you any further.” yes, he did just get here. no, you will not be acknowledging that.

“not at all. on the contrary, it is lovely to see you, prefect, especially on such a pleasant day. ah, but that reminds me,”—oh, sevens. please don’t say what i think you’re going to say—“seeing as we’re both here, perhaps you wouldn’t mind a bit of a hike to the peak? the sunset is beautiful this time of year.”

you swear. internally, of course, but the idea is the same.

you really hoped to avoid octavinelle after azul’s incident. it was one thing to be riddle or leona; they hadn’t targeted you personally. moreover, riddle has relaxed on some of his rules, and leona doesn’t bother you any more than he talks to you (which is very rarely). you got over it.

octavinelle, though, had contracted your friends into forced labor (it was mostly their own fault), stolen your house (you willingly agreed to hand it over), and sabotaged you in getting it back (in a deal you knew was sketchy). it was, it was—!

oh, who are you kidding? you feel hurt. that’s the long and short of it. it is juvenile and illogical and out of character for you and you hate it, but there is no time to unpack that, and the consequences for purposeful ignorance are little to none. jade leech couldn’t possibly have cared anyways.

“-efect? prefect?” he taps you gently. “are you alright?”

but you must have forgotten how entertaining the students find you.

you step back, hands gripping the strap of your bag. “i don’t think that’s a good idea. if i went with you, the sun would be gone by the time we got there. we’ll be better off going our separate ways.”

“i beg to differ.” his eyes glance at your bag. several jars clink emptily. “you’re foraging, yes? there happens to be a berry hedge on the trail down. i could lead you there, if you so wish.”

“that’s okay. it’ll be dark.”

“then i could accompany you on the way down,” he offers, “if the dark is what worries you.”

“i’ve faced worse—and i really should be getting back to ramshackle soon. grim will be hungry.” not to mention the three other teenage boys who might be ransacking the place.

“even so, you can never be too careful.” 

you cut the pleasantries. “and what would you get out of it?”

“pardon?”

“what are you getting in return?” your eyes bore into his. “i don’t have anything to give you, but frankly, i’m not interested in any kind of exchange if that’s what you have in mind. you won’t get anything from me.”

jade leech blinks at you twice in rapid succession, eyebrows raised, before his features school themselves into something neutral. concealed, even. you’re almost comforted by the sight of normal jade.

key word: almost.

“is that what you think of me?”

“how else am i supposed to think?” your eyebrows furrow. “i could never tell with you before, but i knew you weren’t malicious at the very least. i don’t have a clue where we stand now.” excuses. truths. you hold your basket closer. “does it matter, anyways? i don’t have any business with you.”

the sun is lower on the horizon now. the lamplight flickers.

jade leech sighs—sighs!—so inaudible you might’ve thought it was the wind. his eyes fall shut for a moment. when they open again, his left one shines gold. “you’re still nursing injuries, are you not? as vice housewarden of octavinelle, it would be remiss of me to ignore someone personally hurt by the actions of our dorm. i’ll ensure your safety against anything on the way down.” his gaze meets yours. “an eye for an eye, yes?”

you scrunch your face. “i don’t want your eye. i don’t want anyone’s eyes.”

jade blinks at you—(wow, that makes it, what, three times now?)—before unexpectedly giving into chuckles. it’s breathy, and true, and a whole host of other adjectives you wouldn’t normally assign him. that must be the floyd in him, you think as you stand there awkwardly. you wonder if you should just leave.

jade gets a hold of himself soon enough though, and he ushers you down the mountain under the guise of benevolence and whatever else he tries to sell to you on the way. you ignore it the best you can.

what you don’t see is the lingering grin tugging at the corners of his mouth, the entire trip down.

[suntails]

touch the spindle, touch it i say!

[zvezdacito]

I think it's really cool how these two cards are kind of bookends to the tsumsitter series ↓

^ Heartslabyul all raising wands together. While for Diasomnia only Malleus takes the lead as the three just watch over him with some distance.

All members of HSB are equally shined on by the sun, while the lighting on Mal makes him alone shine while separating him from the others who literally do become his followers of the night.

Very fitting for their respective group dynamics and extremely cool artistic symbolism, and one of the reasons why I see these two as the best in the housewarden tsumsitter lineup🔥🔥🔥 this really was our twisted wonderland as they say or something

[mayaibarra]

Riddle sketch! I have to calm down after seeing the card for the first time. Rapunzel event yayyyy

[extrasweetcoffee]

Still thinking about Idia's Masterchef voice line about Cater slipping him normie-ass anime stuff. Like dude that's so cute but it's a throwaway that people can very easily miss. ;_;