#twisted wonderland savanaclaw leona kingscholar

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

not me doomposting about l*ona again

I pointed out in an older post that Leona seems to demonstrate a unique ability to unite others under a common cause. This is in spite of the lore stating that it's very difficult to get different kinds of beastmen to see eye-to-eye, so much so that Sunset Savanna's acting king, his older brother, has yet to really unify their people.

WELL.

***Spoilers for Leona's Nightmare Suit vignettes below the cut!***

A central theme to Leona's Nightmare Suit vignettes is figuring out what makes someone worthy of being "king". At the start, everyone is reminded of Jack Skellington's status as the "King of Halloween, which makes him the most important person in town. However, Leona's quick to point out that the title isn't what's important, but what one achieves is. He then expresses interest in what it is exactly that Jack Skellington does around here to earn his crown. Jack describes his duties as making Halloween the scariest it can possibly be. He drives around in his buggy, walks his dog Zero through the local cemetery, studies and conducts experiments, and reviews the proposals from Halloween Town residents. An important part of his job is considering his people's ideas! But Leona thinks there could be a more efficient way to do this rather than having the king read the proposals one by one. We can see a divide between their ways of thinking; Jack is willing to hear individuals out whereas Leona is focused on efficiency. This is also reflected in how they assign tasks later in the vignettes. Jack has everyone going up one ladder to decorate, while Leona commands the witches to do this task, as its much faster for them to do on their brooms. I don't know if this was intentional, but the way Jack rules feels reminiscent to how Leona often describes his older brother, Farena/Falena. So often does Leona mention that Falena is too kind and cares too much for others, which impedes on the political and economic gains he could be making if he were just more focused on his goals. “[Falena] could just focus on the kingdom’s affairs–you know, his JOB–but nooo, he’s gotta be the caring big brother who’s nice to everybody." (If you want to read a more in-depth analysis of Falena vs Leona's priorities when it comes to ruling, please read this post.)

Leona claims that the qualifications for king around here are actually really simple--and yeah, maybe there's nothing more to his line than this, but considering that in his home country one's order of birth is also a strong determinant, a merit-based system like what's seen in Halloween Town probably is simpler to him. And that means it's his time to shine and be acknowledged when he wasn't successful at earning this recognition back home.

Now, what REALLY surprised me in these vignettes wasn't that Leona knows how to boss around his peers and put their strengths to use (for example, he tells Vil, who has an eye for detail, to look over the embroidery, and Idia, who is a science and math whiz, to handle difficult calculations). It's that Leona is also perfectly aware of the abilities of the Halloween Town residents--people he has only known for less than three days--and uses them and their skills well too. That's an insanely short amount of time to get to know an entire TOWN'S worth of people and what each of them are like... yet he just pulls it off effortlessly????? HUH... This earns him the praise of Dr. Finkelstein, the mayor, Jack, Sally, and Skully. Sally in particular highlights Leona's strengths very concisely, stating that he can accurately assess the situation and give appropriate directions on how to act in that situation. Skully adds that Leona technically doesn't move himself or do any of the dirty work, he's focused solely on giving orders. This makes him a "king" and a leader of equal standing as Jack Skellington. And then Skully--SKULLY, THE OBSESSED HALLOWEEN OTAKU THAT THINKS HALLOWEEN SHOULD BE A VERY SPECIFIC WAY--says that Halloween was made possible by not one, but two great kings this year. It just goes to show how much one can truly accomplish when not barred by a negative environment and a lack of social support.

One definition of "king" that is offered in these vignettes is "the one who can bring everyone together". That's certainly something that both Leona and Jack do, albeit in very different ways. But then, at the end of the Halloween Town segment of the vignettes, Leona acknowledges that "king" can be defined another way. He realizes that Jack is recognized as king not just because he's a leader, but because he's also needed and loved by the townspeople. This, too, is a "king". However, it seems that this is a definition that Leona somewhat looks down upon, as he basically apologizes to Jack for not thinking highly of him at first. Again, Leona prioritizes getting shit done, no matter what the cost of it may be--and even if it earns him the ire of others. This, as I said earlier, puts him in stark contrast to Jack, as well as his own older brother. But here and now, we have Leona finally seeing the strength that a different kind of ruling can have instead of always speaking so disparagingly about it. Even if it's just a little... it feels like he's growing and learning, doesn't it?

The vignettes end on flashing forward to Leona back at Savanaclaw dorm. A few of his freshmen students are goofing off right before magift/spelldrive practice is about to start. As soon as Leona shows up, the freshmen snap to attention and rush off to change for practice. Jack (Howl, not Skellington, lol) remarks that usually the other first years are so lazy, but their attitudes completely changed when their dorm leader appeared. Ruggie chimes in, saying that Leona keeps the entire dorm in line... THJBAEBVUFAEIYAFIOYBVADFILH ThEN HE CALLS THEIR KING THE BEST... AND JACK AGTREESS... WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SHUT THE FUCK UPAS ALREADY STOP POGINTONG OUT HE'S A AGOODFK leADER DFOR YOUE AEPEOPLE YADFJKHAFLIYVDGVYUADGVUEGAVN

In response to the praise, Leona says that simply scolding misbehaving students doesn't make you a king. If it were as simple as that, it would be a pretty cheap throne build only on flattery. The vignettes end with him telling everyone to move their asses to practice. lh WDBHFAIYOEAIYEIYF BUT TAHAT'S PRETY YMASSIVE FOR HS CHARACTER... These vignettes demonstrate that Leona's not fixated on the title of king, but what it means to truly "be" a king and leader. He doesn't value being called a "king" if he feels it's easily earned, he wants to prove himself worthy of it and earn that title through his talents. This all circles back to a thought I had a while ago: that what Leona is after isn't the literal seat of king, but all the things that come with it but was denied of in his childhood. Respect, admiration, recognition for his abilities.

And 💦 Leona doesn’t realize it yet (either that, or he’s in complete denial) but… He also fits that second definition of “king” 😭 He’s the type of person that gets things done (like what he believes should define a king) BUT GIS DORM MEMBERS ALL ALSO NEED AND LOVE HIM…

OOoogohoggoOGH... OTL I hate how well it comes together...

[eloquentcoconut]

TWST: 🤔 What Would They Name Their Child?

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it's the infamous High School baby project

TWST does not care about verbs/nouns/gender when it comes to names, I'm only going to do 1 'gender neutral' name (in theory), in twst fashion. For instance, a boy has an equal chance of being named Sarah, Kart, or John and vice-versa for a girl. I'll be using a randomizer for the gender and number of children, you can decide on what gender the baby is (unless you comment which character(s) you'd like to know.)

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🌹Heartslabyul

🌹 Ace - Stariya nn: Ari

If Thorn's eyes just so happen to match the name (starry) that's between Ace and himself. I just made up the name ^ ace/star are like synonyms.

🌹Deuce - Dawner

Dylla, Deuce, might as well have another 'D' name. I tried to make dawn sound more unique. Dawn represents 'new beginnings' since Deuce would want to leave that rebel past behind and step up to father a bag of flour.

🌹 Trey - Blithe

Trey and Blithe are both word names where I feel they're both so in use they don't conjure up an image. Blithe means happy/joyful. When scrolling through baby name websites I did see 'Almond and 'Nachos' listed, I need you to know this.

🌹 Cater - Dice nn: Icy

When making this I realized the characters aren't exactly named after games, sorry Uno, Scrabble, and Yahtzee - but parts of it, so Dice.

🌹 Riddle - Bridge

The card game bridge, he so would, but also a reference of Um from Umbridge. 'Rule' was listed as a baby name I--

🐾Savanaclaw

🐾 Leona - Folasade nn: Sade

(Based off my fav singer Sade ♡) I think Leona would like the meaning 'honor earns a crown; rule with nobility'

🐾 Ruggie - Junior

Thorn and Ruggie could not agree on a name - no the baby isn't Thorn jr or Ruggie jr, they're just Junior. Ruggie's name is a joke about his rugged life right? If he was based on a carpet his child could be Matti.

🐾 Jack - Gabrielle nn: Brielle/Gibby

Jack is one of few characters that has a common/average name - the child will need this stability in a place like twst! He's also a serious guy so it would be impossible to get him to agree on any name trends like alternate spellings/locations/words etc. Thorn finds a loophole with nicknames.

🌊 Octavinelle

Azul - Seren and Perle

I changed the spelling of 'pearl' and I keep debating if I should have or not. Seren is pretty close to siren, these names sound mermaid-y.

Jade - Nori

From the character Nori in Barbie Mermaidia, I think it means seaweed. Jade was nice enough to let Thorn pick out the name, and Thorn went for the first fictional mermaid that came to mind.

Floyd - Nike

Names from sneaker brands you could use as baby names and no on would know: Nike, Chuck, Chelsea, Taylor, Jordan, Mary Jane, Croc, etc.

💜 Pomefiore

💜 Vil - Liesel, Eden, and Hansl

I don't think Vil would be one of those celebrities parents that have all their children have the same initial, unique spellings, or invent names, or maybe he would? You know what? Having a common name would be a celeb niche in twst, he did not beat those allegations.

💜 Rook - Giselle

Is Rook French? bc I feel like he just uses French bc its trendy - he'd still pick a French/French influenced name though. Giselle is from the ballet 'Gisele' its romantic/dramatic/dark (quite sad really.)

💜 Epel - Ruby, Opal, and Jona

Part 2 of names from apples you could use and nobody would know: Crispin, Jonathan, Gala, Ruby, Opal, Ambrosia, Autumn, Rose, Granny, etc. When I realized I could make all their names 4 letters I had to take that opportunity.

🦜 Scarabia

🦜 Kalim - Salim

Derived from the Arabic expression 'salima' which points to something 'safe' and 'sound' Salim means peaceful/safe.

🦜 Jamil - Rana

Rana has so many meanings from around the world, in Arabic it means 'eye-catching' or 'beautiful' and in Sanksrit it means 'king/nobility'

🦋 Ignihyde

Idia - Raiden, Kaeya, Haruhi

There's no way Idia isn't naming his kids, real or not, after his fav characters. I settled on these names bc I was tired of thinking 😭he's a gamer and otaku and I could not think of anything niche or any deep cuts, they're all from Genshin Impact or OHSHC, lets face it, Idia wouldn't like the mainstream anything. Thorn was just trying to save these kids from a 'Bakugou Johnson' situation.

🍵 Diasominia

Malleus - Maenight and Twillian

(I invented these names part 2) Maenight is meadow + midnight bc no child of Malleus is mid 😤 and Twillian is twilight + lillian. Both kids are named after their parents initial and hobby: nature/night walks

Lilia - Garnet and Dove

Lilia has interesting naming conventions (Silver), so I tried to apply that here. Let's say child one has his eyes, so garnet, and child two has a calm demeanor, so dove.

Sebek - Amoret and Evermore nn: Ami and Ever

Sebek and Thorn have a book club so they'd pick literary names. Amoret is a character from the epic poem 'The Faerie Queene' by Edmund Spenser, and I think Sebek would like it. Evermore is from 'The Raven' a narrative poem by Edgar Allen Poe (there's a raven character that repeats evermore/nevermore) BUT if thats too dark there's also the Taylor Swift song 'Evermore' (which I feel has inspiration from 'The Raven')

Silver - Aurelia

Aurelia means gold, but I was trying to have Thorn and Silver apply their own meanings, aurora + starlight = aurelia. (Named after how their parents' eye colors are described)

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(Should Ortho + side characters be included? Let me know in the comments if you'd like to see anyone else!)

[606nox]

Savanaclaw x subnatica reader

Leona x subnatica reader

Leona had heard about you cuz let's be honest he wasn't paying attention during the ceremony so only heard about you from everyone else he wished he hadn't at first but after he found out how you fought a blot monster and commanded some NRC students he was honestly a little interested but also was too lazy to talk to you and also doesn't care too much well that was until you guys meet in the school garden you looked freaked out he assumed that you didn't know he was there because you ran in here looking side to side he could only guess that you were hoping to find a place to calm down because you didn't look sad or mad but you did look frantic he could tell that you were restraining yourself he didn't understand why you were so freaked out but what he could understand was that right now wasn't a good time to make himself known and it's not that you scared him or anything like that he just knew when to step down and this was one of those times he watched as you almost slammed yourself against the wall and slid down and sat down and looked at the plants you seemed to be abmiring them you looked at the plants like they gave you relief to see them well that was until you finally noticed leona's piercing eyes on you to which you responded with a jump up from your sitting position and reaching for something on your belt it alarmed him but he just calmly told you that he wasn't gonna hurt you and you couldn't really see any hostile intent so your brain got out of fight or flight mode a little bit you were still on edge you lowered your arm away from your belt you just stood there for a good few seconds before any one said anything

What was that about herbivore

I just remembered something I didn't like so I came here

Why here

I don't like water that's why I'm here plants remind me of land so I came here to calm down

Next time don't interrupt my nap

Normally you wouldn't be very passive but you were just still calming down from the ptsd attack so you didn't respond and instead went to your next class you were honestly really surprised that he pulled you out of the state you were in maybe it was the shock from how blunt he was and how he sounded so patronizing saying the name herbivore. You don't know why it was so patronizing but it just felt that way. Either way, you hoped that the lion guy wasn't there a lot you didn't think it was really a good idea to be around someone while like that you still have memories of the creatures from that planet the mesmer, amplee , crab squid all creatures that you disliked to be around and hated it at the worst you never liked loud sounds but you hated them now. Before you knew it it was time for lunch and ace and deuce dragged you out of the class quickly because they wanted out of that class as fast as they could get out. Once you got your food you found out there was a big sale or something like that happening and somehow grim got his hands or paws on a popular cheese sandwich you didn't get why it was so popular it didn't look like anything special but then again you had to eat fish for a year straight so you weren't too picky about what you ate as long as it wasn't fish you've had enough fish for a long time but just when grim was celebrating his win the of getting the sandwich when you saw a familiar face from the ceremony it was that hyena guy what was he here for its not like you guys ever talked before but you were snapped out of thoughts when grim traded his sandwich for a hot dog bun!? You knew grim and he would not do that which made you think that he had some copy magic and you were curious about it which made led you to learn what dorm he was in it was one that you hadn't even interacted with not even one student from there you wanted to learn more about the dorm but it's not like your gonna walk right so instead you took the chance whenever you could to watch the guy that you learned was named Ruggie and also learned he was more or less the lion guy named Leona's servant doing it just for the money but soon after you kept hearing about students getting hurt and so far the people who were getting hurt seemed to be the most athletic but it wasn't your job to find out who it was doing this until Crowley told you to investigate and the heartslabyul guys helped you you told them you thought that it might be Ruggie but you also said you couldn't prove anything so Ruggie just became a suspected the next day another person got hurt what was happening and as so you went to investigate and they all finally decided to go confront Ruggie but he ran but soon after you bolted towards him you always assumed that you would be faster now that you've swam for a year or 2 now but never expected to be that fast you bolted towards him and almost caught Him there but could get a hold of him he kept jumping but in the end he got away but you did get an answer yes it was ruggie but you still needed evidence of it being ruggie and riddle said he had a plan and by the end you had caught savanaclaw red handed and surprisingly leona just let it go and decided to not try anything else but all the other savanaclaw students were telling him that they would drag him out if they had to while ruggie was almost begging leona to keep the plan going you could tell something was off and you were right leona overbloted not that you did expect it by the tone of the room but still it was a shock now usually the others would just fire their magic at the others but leona had ruggie hostage so they couldn't just fire at them wildly and not to mention that leona's special magic allowed him to turn things to sand when he touched them which meant that you guys were on thin nice one wrong move and you don't know what will happen to ruggie riddle was thinking of a plan when you reached for your belt and took out you stasis rifle and began to bolt it behind leona the stasis rifle charging to attack leona turned around still with ruggie in his arms

JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING.

He shouted like a child throwing a tantrum he began squeezing Ruggie tighter but no matter what you kept silent

ANSWER ME YO-

Before Leona couldn't finish saying anything before he got hit with some magic he dropped Ruggie and you shot the stasis rifle and quickly grabbed Ruggie and got him to a safer spot while Leona was paused in mid air everyone began to shoot their magic at him. After getting ruggie was safe you began to charge the stasis again and moved closer to leona only to be interrupted by a claw almost hitting you leona wasn't gonna stay down but before you could scatter away leona knocked the stasis rifle out of your hands

WHAT ARE GONNA DO NOW HERBAVOIR YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR WEAPONS TO HELP YOU.

Maybe it was the way Leona was so loud or that he cornered you but it made you indescribably mad you honestly were more surprised that you had made it so long without having a PTSD attack but that changed very quickly. You quickly sprang at Leona with the heated survival knife he dodged and struck you with magic but it wasn't enough to badly injure you and now you had any opening you grabbed the stasis and began to get as far away from him as you can and shot he was frozen but you didn't have much time. You reached down to your belt again and got your repulsion canon and grabbed a bolder with it and threw it at the blot monster shattering it into pieces. After everything calmed down and Leona was doing ok you began to go to the garden more and Leona began to talk to you more. Eventually, Leona told you that he wasn't gonna bite and that you sit closer to him.

After all that Leona is a bit salty that a herbivore beat him but also wonders what's up with the things you used on the blot monster. But honestly, he fell hard for you when he remembered his overblot seeing you fight like that was kinda hot to him but at first, he doesn't think it was a crush but he had a dream of you guys cuddling and that was enough for him to come to his senses but he has no clue how to approach you cuz he needs to know you a bit more then he does now. So sometimes at lunch, Ruggie will come looking for you and tell you that Leona wanted to see you. When you do hang out with Leona you guys just sit there and enjoy the silence but often you get used as pillows. He also likes to show affection by gift giving which means if you ever mention something that reminds you of home it will be at your door soon and nothing changes much after you guys get into a relationship.

[aivy-saur]

They can never make me hate u Savanaclaw. NEVER‼️‼️‼️

YAHOOO ZINE PIECE REVEALLL!!! I'm actually so glad I got to experience being in a zine and the fact that it's centered around Savanaclaw too??? HELL YEAH BEST FIRST EXPERIENCE (REAL!!!)

Go check out @princes-uprising !!! The zine will be out real soon so if u love Savanaclaw, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU‼️‼️‼️🫵🫵🫵

I'll jumpscare u guys with the second banger tomorrow ;)) lmk if u wanna be tagged! (Looking at the Leona enjoyers especially pspspsps hey come here I got something for u)

★ Reblogs appreciated <33

[jangmi-latte]

we're a villain school, of course we got a pocket sized version of our family.

[mellosdrawings]

This is how chapter 3 went and you can't convince me otherwise.

[fyageee]

[ladyazurith]

[twst-shenanigans]

twst Incorrect quote #329

*after witnessing Kalim & Jamil, and Floyd & Jade duking it out in the dream realms*

MC: *preparing their ghost camera for a potential Leona vs Farena fight*

[bunnwich]

Platinum Suit🌈

[vanrougenui]

his duality is crazy (i want him so bad restrain me i might do bad things if i see him)

[midnightmah07]

Happy birthday king 👑

This is just a colored sketch with as little detail as I could bc I didn't want to make another digital piece,,,, BUT IT'S LEONA'S BIRTHDAY I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING YA KNOW... Anyways

[turkeymeal]

happy birthday leona

[qweaenr]

TWISTED WONDERLAND - Leona Kingscholar -

“Housewarden of Savanaclaw. Perpetually effort-averse, his immense magical ability contrasts with his lazy demeanor. Given his position as the secondborn prince in his homeland, he treats others with an imperious attitude.”

[jangmi-latte]

I REMOVED THE BG MUSIC FOR THE TWST VERSION OF THIS IS HALLOWEEN AND I THINK I LOST MY SHIT HEARING LEONA AND RIDDLE AND NGL JADE!?@!?@!?@!@!@?!?@ FUCK

YOU CAN ALSO HEAR VIL, EPEL, AND MALLEUS MORE (i couldn't hear azul much :<)

LEONA STOP WHISPERING I'M GONNA CRY AND IT'S NOT EVEN MY EYES

wish skully sang tho </3

EDITED FOR CONVENIENCE

[flipppyflopp]

Forever in your shadow 🦁

You all would not believe how long this piece has been sitting in my sketch folder 🤡 I loved the composition of it, but I just had a hard time with the lineart, so I hid it away in my sketch folder until I felt ready to tackle it again. Now, it’s finished! I wanted the main focus to be the shadow of the crown hanging over Leona, just out of reach just like his claim to the throne.

Can’t believe we are finally getting Leona’s hometown event next month! I can’t wait to see all of the shenanigans he gets up to 👀