#yes i redesigned timmy

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Well now here's a throwback for if you've been following me for a long time...

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Anya redesign

Redesigned Anya since I’ve made some changes to her

for starters she’s not a mid teenager anymore she’s about 20 years old. She’s not shy anymore instead she’s a bit adventurous, wants to see the world. Can and will sass/roast someone if lord forbid they say something offensive to her or about her big sis/mom figure Lucy. She will put them in their place. Like that one time with one hunter…

“What is with you?! I think your mother raised you better, not to be…this. I still can’t figure out why some of the girls here have crushes on you. You’re totally spoiled! Totally rude! Totally cocky! A waste of good air! Has anyone told you that guys like you give guys a bad name!?”

Yes you better believe Lucy and Warren were standing in the background, proud of Anya. (Warren is still her father figure)

instead of Lucy getting her leg caught in a trap it was Anya…and she still gets captured with Timmy.

she does know some water magic and spells, thanks to Lucy, but she prefers earth/plant related spells.

I imagine her voice would sound like the 4kids dub Bloom’s voice

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So I just saw all your redesigns that you’ve done for the Winx (plus other characters) they all look incredible btw .Wonderful job!!!

Got any cool lore bits you can drop ?

Any story /worldbuilding changes you got ?

Omg yes

I got some world building

I wanna put way more focus on the dragon and I actually wanted it to physically be the way the magic dimension is built up

Have a very quick doodle i did of that idea

I also am changing up the relationships when it comes to the main group I don’t want it to be season 1 and 2 and boom everyone has a boyfriend.. i want it to be more spread out and explore more ideas for some of them

I’m planning on keeping the main aspects of each season intact like the villains and main premise until like season 6 because i want some more characters to have their individual moments

I also didn’t kill off nabu i killed off riven but he’s not a walking red flag in my rewrite so it’s probably still gonna hurt

In my rewrite musa goes by muse because i wanted to break up the all names end with a thing going on and i also have muse go mostly by he/ they pronouns

I’m keeping chimera because honestly we need more found family and i just don’t want the illusion of stella’s parents getting back together to be a thing i can make them goth and trendy siblings it will be fun.

I also wanna work in more lore on where the boys are from and where the trix are from.

I have been putting a lot of effort into reworking zenith and melody at the moment really working out how i wanna build their culture so that can reflect in how characters look and react

And im writing in the existence of fairy animals from the start with it so i can expand the ecosystems of the magic dimension!

Now for some juicy character lore bits

Daphne and valtor will have a history but they are very different from their original counterparts in my rewrite

I’m keeping professor palladium closer to his season one design cuz i honestly prefer it

Also palladium x avalon canon i make the rules

I’m keeping diaspro and I actually made her a specialist and not a fairy cuz no more boys can’t be fairies and girls can’t be paladins I’M GIVING HER A SWORD!

The trix are gonna get more casual outfits because we were robbed

I gave tecna a hearing aid and tecna also can’t fly I’m limiting her to gliding as a reference to her paraglider wings in season 1 and also just cuz i feel it’s more interesting to have diversity in battle styles.

(Tecna will also hopefully be the next post)

Furthermore i changed artu into a shiba because they are known for their strong personalities and i get wanting to give the dog eye brows for expression but why didn’t they just pick a breed that had more natural looking brow like markings 😭😭

Roxy WILL be getting every transformation because i like to draw and i love roxy she deserves more!

And although i love tecna and timmy they are the only official mc pairing that isn’t canon in my rewrite and idk if it will be due to my zenith rework. THEY DO INTERACT I JUST WANNA TRY OTHER THINGS WITH TECNA!

And that’s all i got to share for now

I can do more of these posts when i have the inspo for it and more to share cuz i love winx and i love my rewrite of it!

Thank u for reading byeee!

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Been having a FairlyOdd fixation lately ✨

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Rewatching season 1 (and actually paying attention to Sky to figure out what the fuck everyone is talking about): Part 1

EP 1:

Bloom draws both landscapes and figure drawings and prefers working in pencil…Girl knows how smuding works, give me your power

What fucking hair cut it this, it's always bothered me ndejndns

Mike and Vanessa talk about trying to save up enough to get Bloom a scooter 🛵 😭 their trying their best y'all

Mitzi…babe…do you not have anything better to do? I stg this girl's only joy in life is being annoying at Bloom

Bloom: growls at Mitzi

Bloom: have :) :) a :) nice :) :) summer :) Mitzi :) :)

Bloom runs like she's never been outside before

The most important bitch in the magical dimension is here!!!!

Bloom seeing Stella incinerate some imps that could very well attack her: :0 wow……

Girl has never heard of a self preservation instinct

Stella calling herself the sun and moon fairy only for the moon part to be completely ignored 🤡🤡

When Knut charges Stella we get a close up of her eyes implying that she's about to do something before she is instantly tossed aside. This show has no clue what it's doing and I love it

Bloom: LET HER GO

Bloom: wait, fuck, I don't have a plan

Bloom is 80% impulsive decisions by volume

OH SHIT, she literally summons the great dragon to attack Knut….

Wait she literally summons the dragon, you can see it. How did no one put this together sooner??? Knut wouldn't bc he's not wearing his glasses…I guess Stella's a little busy being in danger

Stella: are you ok?

Bloom looking up at Stella bathed in sun light: oh no I'm bisexual

Stella says bc she has her scepter she's no longer scared and—Stella is clearly the best fighter of the girls in s1, and as a princess I doubt she has a battle tutor? What I'm saying is that she's self taught and only learned combat with her scepter

Stella's fairy outfit is so fucking cool right up until she's next to other people with far more detailed outfits….Stella first transformed very young and that's why her outfit is so comparatively plain, change my mind…oh I should totally incorporate that idea into the redesign nfjsjejej

Knut can teleport?????????? I thought ogres couldn't use magic?? Is he using an item?

God I love Stella's princess outfit so much

How the fuck did Bloom get Stella to her house??

Did the Trix just have a hunting troll around just in case

You know how Stella's hair thing looks like her scepter??? What if instead of a ring it was a hair piece??

Stella: fuck conversation, I'm going to ruin this man's house phone

"and I was forced to land here" Stella was teleporting yes? Does this mean her teleportation isn't actually teleportation but light speed travel that looks like teleportation??? If so that would be dope as fuck… Darcy must of been the one to attack her while she was trying to get to Magix

"Have you registered for the new program at Alfea castle?"

New?? Also Stella, babe, she just learned she was a fairy. Be nice fjejd

Stella fangirling over Bloom's art then instantly apologizing for being nosey 🥺🥺 Stella I love youuu

Stella final pose in her magic Winx is so cute, so much personality

STELLA FUCKING KICKED THE HUNTING TROLL I LOVE HER

I love how Mike was holding open the window for Vanessa and glaring down Knut when he looked at them!! These two are sweet

Rip the house jfc, also Stella hasn't taken out her scepter despite not 10 min ago her basically saying it helps her fight better

Brandon: WAKE THE FUCK UP ASSHOLES, STELLA JUST TEXTED ME

Timmy: it's two am

Brandon: did I ask???

Riven: I am going to strangle you in your sleep

Brandon: yeah yeah, death and destruction, your very scary Riven. She said theirs a troll to catch~ and an ogre~ who ever caught that would be super cool

Riven: fuck you, asshole. I'll get the ship ready

Brandon: so easy

Apparently Mitzi can hear this fight all the way in her upscale neighborhood, tell me how the cops haven't been called

My favorite part about this is that Riven's introduction is that he's instantly humiliated after being a cockly little bastard, like yes. Don't allow him to be cool for a second

Brandon is just sitting there like -_-

That dynamic has enegry unparalleled

Sky is the only one smart enough to have a shield

I love how Brandon was so busy being bored of how fucking stupid Riven is he forgot to actually fight, how did any of these idiots make it out of preschool

Dude….you fucking broke her parents back yard. Not cool man. Not cool

He's so irritating, I wanna throw s1 Riven into the dryer

"Of course you are, I'm never wrong." STELLA I LOVE YOU

I love how Brandon instantly is already low key flirting, sir, calm it the fuck down

THEY FUCKING TELEPORT AWAY??? WHEN DID THE GUYS EVER HAVE TELEPORTATION GADGETS??? WHAT THE FUCK

Do you think Riven got teased for being a cringe fail idiot when they got back??

Mike is v dedicated to protecting his daughter, love that for him

ALFEA DOES START IN THE SUMMER!!!!! That probably means they have all of winter off, with fall break instead of spring break. Idk how to feel abt this

Stella: they can't kick me out before I'm even back in

SO STELLA DOESN'T TRULY TELEPORT, SHE UTILIZES WORM HOLE LIKE THINGS

EP 2:

Alfea having a magic only barrier opens up so many plot holes. You'd think that the fact that Bloom could still enter Alfea after getting her powers stolen would be enough to tell her she still had them but no one mentions that. It also implies that every single specialist has magic which….ok, I can incorporate that into my belief system—but someone explain how the fucking rabbit can get in??

Why would Faragona want to keep nonmagical creatures out??

I love how Tecna is in the background of these shots :)) like the girlies are just around

Apparently the Princess of Calsito is so camera shy that no one would know that she isn't Bloom…. Help

"Budding young fairies, ugh, it's been so many centuries since I've been one of them." I wonder if her species has an exceptionally long life span or the more powerful a fairy is

"This school will be your home for the next five years" FIVE YEARS?! FIVE YEARS?! THIS SHOW HAS THREE SEASONS BEFORE THEY GRADUATE AND THEY AGE EXACTLY THREE YEARS WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF PLOT HOLE IS THIS

I love how all the background characters are interesting enough that you can just put Musa, Flora, and Tecna in the background and have them not stuck out for being too interesting looking. Though their outfits tend to be brighter

How did they not just instantly fic the potions lab with an undo spell?

…. Alfea is the only school in the whole of Magix….Does she mean the planet, the city, or the dimension?

"be very careful, their are dangers lurking about. Stay away from the witches of cloud tower." This universe is so fucking dumb, their is a school where evil people learn to be evil and attack the other school from. Like the world building is on fire

This show loves zooming in on eyes

The princess of Calsito couldn't get a room to herself?

Flora ma'am I love you…they way she pets her plants

Tecna was standing right behind Bloom just to freak her out. Tecna's enegry is unparalleled. God I love Tecna shoes

OK BUT THEIR INTRODUCED IN THE ORDER OF: Bloom, Stella, Flora, Tecna, Musa, Aisha. WHICH IS BOTH THE BEST FRIENDS ORDER AND SEPARATES THEM BY TRIO

Tecna has a raspy voice…

"By the way, before you blow up your room, give us time to duck and cover" I love how Musa has a sense of humor, bby I love youuuuu

I love how Stella instantly responds with a joke to Tecna, she's so quick on her feet

I love Bloom's s1 pants so much

Bloom: what the fuck, this place doesn't have pizza???

Is Girselda ok??? Why are you stalking your students. I hate the writing of her character so much, I just want a nice teacher in a show ;-;

Ah Tecna was the one covering Bloomy's eyes when she first sees magix, I wonder why Tecna would do this

Musa: you sound disappointed

Bloom who wanted fantasy and got Sci-fi: ;-; bc I am

The fact that parking spaces use magic to work implies that every one has magic. I demand to see Riven cast a spell now

Why did Knut call Icy and not Darcy who's less likely to yell at him?

Bloom: My phone isn't working :((

Tecna: ??? Maybe because you stole it from a museum???

Bloom: :0

Bloom: ;-;

Tecna: oh God oh fuck, I've ruined another soical interaction

I love my autistic baby, she has no clue how a interaction is supposed to go

Bloomy why are you chasing Knut by yourself?? When your friends are right over there?? What are you planning on doing

What is even happening here? Can Darcy intrinsically sense when she's being watched? How does that even work

Bloom: I am a fairy >:(

Icy: your a freshmen

Icy and Darcy are just fucking around but Stormy puts real effort into attacking Bloom.... Girl is unhinged 💗

Icy is so damn dramatic

I love how Tenca is like, yes I so badass and cool, I'm going to do karate moves in my transformation. Please do not think about the fact that I've never thrown a punch in my life

I just realized they all do the two fingers hand over eachother thing.... I think they'd all agree to do that with eachother later but the need to reused animation

Musa's cd 😭😭

I love how Stella is so smart, girl said fuck this let's retreat

Stella is so gentle with Bloom when warming her up.....and she totally forgot about the others

Why didn't Stella teleport them directly back to Alfea?

Girselda be nice to the baby

Bloom instantly decides that their all besties and need a group name

Y'all have only known each other one day and they're already like "yeah, I'll base my whole magical identity on hanging out with you guys" fkjwndwn

Musa is trying to hard to be cool I love her

Winx is an amazing name Bloomy

BLOOM WHEN DID YOU MAKE THAT AND WHY DO YOU NEED A LOGO?!

Stella is so ready to support Bloom I'm in love

EP 3:

I love how the first three episodes are just the first two days

Stella didn't hesitate to check her hair when she got that mirror I love u girl

According to Stella Solaria doesn't have a intense worth ethnic and people tend to be chill. Good for them tbh, I'd imagine depression and anxiety rates are much lower on Solaria

"I want to become a real fairy! Successful! Beautiful! Powerful! And universally admired." Stella, your hpd is showing bestie "....of course I also want to do good things, like making people happy and bring estranged lovers back together. Starting with my parents."

Its my mental illness type and I GET TO PROJECT ON MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS

Amore and Stella would of been so much more interesting if they played on that line of her. Also Stella's parents were already estranged by s1 which probably means they've been divorced for a while

Stella's skirt becomes a pair of shorts at 4:17. They look cute ngl

Flora is here to learn and Stella is such an over familiar dork hitting Flora with a pillow

Bloom: that's the problem, I don't know what I'm doing here

Bloom you just found out magic existed, it's your first year, chill

Bro they just exclude the witches every year that's so rude

Fragonda: and as is tradition! I want free labor. You kids decorate

Out of all the Trix the fact that Darcy wants to crash the party and Stormy doesn't is weird...but I can see Stormy thinking school assigned chaos is boring and Darcy wanting perfectly controlled disaster

My baby was so excited to talk about her music that she ran in front of everyone to tell them about it and they all walked past her 😭😭😭

"and of course I refuse to go unnoticed" *points at Stella* SYMTOM!!! SYMTOM!!!!

MY SECOND FAVORITE STELLA DRESS!!!! (I said dress not outfit) AND MY FAVORITE TECNA DRESS!!!!

LOOK AT THEM!!!

Tecna is SUCH A DIVA and it looks so amazing on her. Tbh Tecna always looks amazing with her headgear, she needs more headgear

I also Love Love Musa's outfit (if me incorporating it into her Charmix constantly wasn't an indicator) she looks so cool. The colors are horrendous, but she really said imma wear pants and a off the shoulders shirt to this and anyone who has a problem can go fuck themselves. The only problems I have with the design of the outfit itself, except the saturation of the purple, is how the fuck that collar thing connects to her shirt. Like I like how the flare looks on her but how does this work??

Tecna: Guys? As if I care about that.

Musa: Then why are you dressed like an absolute diva??

Tenca: That's besides the point. You attend a ceremony, you dress accordingly

Tecna loves fashion for the sake of fashion confirmed

Also

Tecna 🤝 Aisha

Being implied to be wlw or aro before assigned boyfriend comes along

At least Nabu is a fun character without Aisha...can't say the same for someone else tho. Admittedly Nabu's introduction to the show and his plot reason to be around is trash tho

Flora.....girl...why are you stopping Stella from paying? Offend her what?

Bloom.....ask Stella for a dress from her closet 👀👀 ask her to help you tailor it 👀👀 you know you want to

Icy is the most teachers pet out of all the Trix.. what the fuck am I supposed to do with this information

IDIOT DUMBASS MORON SET HER FUCKING BED ON FIRE CUTTING A DRESS

Darcy: aw....enchanted little eggs....

She sounds genuinely enamored

Sky: I'm so happy to see you here

Bloom, seeing still panicked about the Trix: haha me too, have you seen Stella? There she is bye

Tecna has her own mental database

Fucking the guys are always wearing their uniforms this is a crime

I wanna see Brandon in a suit!!! I wanna see Riven stuffed into a suit!!! Sky. Timmy.

Musa: Flora... Bestie, you thinking what Im thinking?

Flora: :3

Flora: >:3

Brandon: um. What the fuck is going on. Can I be filled in?

Musa: don't worry your pretty little head

Bloom is acting like she doesn't know who would be trying to steal the ring

If Flora can see Bloom cornered...why did no one noticed the big ass fight

Musa was singled out to play something like it isn't her first day at school.... Faragonda what the fuck lady

Stormy has called Icy little sister

Ah yes... flying fixes vertigo

Bloom throws out death glares left and right in s1, love her

Why didn't they tell Bloom that the ring was swapped out before she got her ass kicked

Bloom shows up an hour late in a okay outfit and everybody clapped...main characteritius

Did Flora really give a baby animal to a murderous woman?? She's so lucky that this is a kids show

Bro, Sky is so excited to flirt with Bloom and they haven't even had a full conversation yet. The railroading of the relationships in this show is powerful

EP 4:

"Don't use magic!" "Listen to the voice of nature which is a inherently magical trait" I'm going feral

I love how all the girls instantly follow Flora

"Oh yes dear~ all this mud is so very inconvenient." Musa do be making pot shots at Stella, huh?

The Sky/Brandon thing is so weird.... Imagine calling your own name to get your besties attention

They must both turn around whenever either of their names are called

Riven: I am going to be the most annoying person on their air craft

He's having fun flying the ship 🥺 he's lucky I can't smack his idiot self from behind this screen

Flora: You guys ok?

Riven: isn't it rather obvious??

Musa: OMG THAT ONE, I WANT THAT ONE. THE ONE WITH THE EMOTIONAL ISSUES RIGHT THERE, I WANT THAT ONE

Look at her adorable little face, she thinks she can fix him

Someone please get this girl some therepy. Riven too. Then, and only then, can you two kiss

What the fuck does Musa see in him? Ask her collection of bad boy romance novels and her Lana del Rey playlist

WHERE THE FUCK DID THIS CROWD OF EXTRAS COME FROM

Tecna: You guys let the troll fucking escape?!

Brandon: ah yes, the giant hole in the ship was because we let the troll walk out

Riven at all times is overcompensating for both his paranoia, low self-esteem, and compete inability to read a fucking social cue. Which leads him to be the dumbest motherfucker alive

Riven is way too smug for how idiotic he is. You all have already fucked up majorly. Just take the L, it will be less embarrassing

Riven....go take multiple seats before someone sets you on fire with their mind. You do realize your fucking with people who can set people on fire with their minds right?

Riven you defensive little asshole

LMAO Brandon playing translator for their pet idiot

OMG THE FUCKING CROWD OF EXTRAS IS BACK, WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE AND WHY ARE YOU HERE

"we can do this on our own!" Says the fairy in the middle of an assignment where their not allowed to use magic....girl what the fuck do you think I'd going to happen. Just threaten to set Riven on fire like a normal person

Flora bby just goes along with the others 😭

Tecna was the only one who could figure out they were attacked, she is the only bitch here that has a brain

Musa: the silence is erie

Musa, babe, their are near constant bird sound effects being played

I love how Tecna is genuinely getting annoyed by this nature shit

The fact that Bloom is leading everyone with the voice of nature and not Flora is definitely a choice (derogatory)

Timmy you are so fucking stupid, can you not HEAR the bird sounds? Do you think that their are no animals in swamps??? I'm going to attack you

Stella is a fucking idiot on par with the guys, this is amazing

Thank you Flora. Riven needs to live long enough to become a better person and kiss Musa, and Brandon isn't allowed to die under any circumstances

Riven.....Riven.....you are the stupidest motherfucker I've ever had the displeasure of seeing. I stg some of the shit he says makes no damn sense. Like??? Yeah don't stick around the people who know where their going and know the types of evil plants your going to encounter. I'm sure you'll make it very far. How did you make it past preschool

S1 Riven was just an asshole to be an asshole, huh??

I can fix you*

(*make your motives and assholerly more senseical and maybe tone it down a bit in some places so Musa at least has a reason to think your a good person underneath all that)

Riven....one day your going to get punched. But also why is Timmy here?? In a military school?? If he can't do physical things?? Like?? How did he make it into the school??? Bc he's implied to fucking suck at everything physical

(Actually my mom talked about people joining the military when they couldn't do a push up and how she was always paired up with them in basic training because she was the best. She hated thoese people for getting her remedial)

Sky is acting like he's never been around Riven's bitchass before

Thank you for protecting Timmy's honor tho, I'm sure he will appreciate it once Brandon digs him out of the mud

Remember when Brandon called the shots and Sky had to listen to him?????????? Tbh Brandon's ablity to communicate and excellently read soical ques and interpret people would make him a MUCH better leader

LMAO BYE BYE RIVEN 🤣 I love how he doesn't shut up until Brandon tells him to

I love how Tecna decides when something is fact. She, and only she, is the arbiter of Truth

This shows romance is run by the Subway masters with how fucking rigidity it sticks to it's tracks

Tecna did not fucking HESITATE to grab Riven's bitch ass. We Stan (1) logical queen

PFF also Riven falling in after just being the worst at Timmy is fucking hilarious

Sky's season one hair is like

send help, he looks like someone's teenage daugter

Thoese girls are so rude and for what?? You are all students. Riven being a bitch doesn't excuse this kind of nonsense

Bro Riven will just say anything won't he

Sir you have attached too much personal stake in your ego, please go to therepy before it crashes all around you and you have a mental break down

Sky: we're not specialists :(( were a bunch of rookies

Water is wet, fire it hot Sky. Your a freshmen

First opinion gained on Sky: he is a nice dude

Sky: the only thing we do really well together is argue

No that's just Riven

Timmy I appreciate you for yelling at Riven's bitch ass he deserves it

Ok but Riven laughing with Brandon after Timmy yells at them.... finally some good fucking food

Oh god the Tecna/Timmy rail road has begun. None of you people are good enough for Tecna. None of you deserve Tecna

Stormy and Darcy being anxious while Icy is annoyed with them

Dose it count if they got a ride? And who the FUCK fixed the ship

Musa will see Riven being a surly asshole and go "is anyone going to try and fix that?" And not wait for an answer

This teacher was watching them.... which means he saw his students get attacked by the troll..DUDE WHAT THE FUCK

These teachers are all fucked

Timmy: I finally feel like part of a group

Riven is still the fucking worst guys, I don't know if you forget

Brandon: haha, noo. Don't keep calling me prince. It's not like it makes me deeply uncomfortable

Stella's bed is so gorgeous, a bitch needs everything to be perfect

"good night Sky"

GIRL YOU'VE KNOWN HIM FOR LIKE THREE DAYS PLEASE CHILL

EP 5:

Why does Alfea has kitchen duty??? I would never trust these children with a kitchen

Bloom as an only child has never cooked before. As an only child, can confirm. I also can't cook

Their all so mean to Stella but I can't blame them, she fucking ditched

Musa: a guy who knows you and still wants to date you?

Goddamn Musa, I get that you think your not like other girls, but please chill the fuck out

Also Musa says this like she doesn't have a crush on RIVEN

Girl this house is made of really nice glass, will you please stop throwing rocks around

I love how picking out clothes is a group activitie 🥺 yess, their girlies

Flora would wear all black on a date??? Why haven't we seen this?!

Stella: I designed it!

Musa: in the dark

Goddamn

Why the fuck did Bloom ask if Brandon was taking Sky on his date, girlie are you ok?

Bloom getting offended that Stella called "Brandon" "Sky"'s servant. "He's his assistant! Theirs a difference!" He's actually a squire which is closer to protege, bc Winx club has no clue how words work, and his job is more bodyguard. So your wrong on both fronts. Also when did Bloom get this idea? Was Sky so uppy about being seen as a servant that he told her to day this??

Musa fucking STRUGGLING to lift Stella's jewelry box.....Stella has abs confirmed

Tecna: my plot senses are tingling

This is why I wouldn't put a bunch of stupid teenagers, who can't pay attention for shit, in charge of dinner for a whole school. Someone is going to end up with food poisoning

Musa is so fucking grumpy that Stella gets to go on a date

SHES LITERALLY FUCKING POUTING HELP

Imagine after Rivusa gets together Musa is doing this and looking super cute and kissable and Riven kisses her until she forgets why she was mad bc she's so fucking cute in this image and deserves kisses

Tecna: I've not been programed for dating

You have two wolves inside of you

One says Tecna is aromantic

The other has been completely convinced by s2-3 Tecna being adorable that she's allo ace

Your a fucking idiot

Darcy, for being a witch of darkness, mind, disguise, and other related things, your shit at pretending to be people

PHIL?!

Musa favorite part of Alfea was lab class and that's why she's constantly coming for Stella's throat....That and maybe she's a little jealous that Stella can fuck up that bad and stay in school while Musa is on scholarship? I need an explanation for this

Darcy when the fuck did you have time to change into Stella's usual clothes

Bloom, seeing that Stella's magic was a dark purple: Ohhh FUCK, that's not Stella

Musa may go for Stella's throat constantly but she's number one "let's kill 'Sky' for hurting Stella"

RIVEN IS SO DAMN IRRITATING. No one was talking to you sweetie, go somewhere and think about what you've done

Remember when Sky had a dog? Yeah me too

Tecna: this kinda of perseverance isn't good Bloom

Bloom: neither are your electronic gadgets

Bloom is so mad about the idea that Tecna thinks she's smarter than her

The Trix are so fucking dramatic

The girls should easily be able to tell that that isn't Stella. Stella's magic isn't purple

Tecna is so ready to save Bloom and Flora

Why haven't they all transformed?!

"but that's not Stella! She has no powers without her ring"

And yet she didn't use her ring at all in the second fight with Knut. Plot holes abound

Darcy you are so fucking terrible at this

You dramatic ass hoes

STELLA NO!!! YOU FUCKING LET HER GO RIGHT NOW DARCY

Stella bb it's all gonna be ok

"I'm really sorry. The witches tricked me"

I am going to start sobbing, the first thing Stella does is apologize to her friends for being kiddnapped 😭 Stella bb nooo

I love how Tecna and Musa are like "oh FUCK NO. Well kick your ass, save Stella AND keep the ring" when they all got their ass kicked the last time they fought the Trix

STELLA BABY ARE YOU OK?!

Tenca, pissed as fuck: We could of beaten them

She says, like their last altercation wasn't nearly a murder if Stella hadn't teleported them away

She's so fucking angry about Bloom giving the Trix Stella ring, Tecna wanted blood

Tenca: your not the boss >:(

Bloom: I'm Stella's bestie and I had the ring sooo

Flora supporting Bloomy, ty ty

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Small treasures

“Five more minutes,” Bruce grumbled as he distantly heard the door open through his sleepy haze.

There was some shuffling sound around the room and then it was flooded with bright morning light as Alfred mercilessly opened the heavy curtains, the rays of sunshine hitting the Bat right in the face, making him scramble for the covers to hide his sensitive eyes. 

“Very well, Master Bruce. Breakfast will be ready for you in the kitchen.”

He was so used to Alfred’s barely hidden exasperation after all these years that his words took longer than usual to register with Bruce. A frown appeared on his face as he finally realized what was wrong with the butler’s statement. 

Alfred never served breakfast – or any meal for that matter – in the kitchen. 

He would rather shoo everyone out with a spatula full off batter than let anyone eat where he cooked. Bruce couldn’t even count the number of times he had seen Dick or Tim appear in the dining room with a sheepish look, a thoroughly exasperated Alfred hot on their heels. 

Pushing the sheets away just enough to uncover his head, Bruce peeked over his shoulder at the still open door, eyebrows knitting further in confusion. 

“What?”

Something caught his eyes. 

There was a piece of yellow paper on the nightstand. An origami bat, he realized after finally deciding to emerge from the sea of sheets and pillows he had buried himself in during his sleep. He reached for it and took the little paper animal gingerly between his fingers, eyes focusing enough to read “unfold me” written in elegant cursive right at its center. 

Bruce did as he was told.

Dear Master Bruce, 

My words most probably confused you as the kitchen is a place I do not tolerate for anyone to eat in. But, need I remind you, there always has been one peculiar occasion where I allowed you to do so.

A.

Bruce stared at the note, confusion growing. 

Oh.

His eyebrows raised a bit, pleasantly amused. There was indeed one occasion Alfred would let him eat in the kitchen while he worked. What did the kids put Alfred to this time? 

Led by his curiosity, Bruce climbed off the bed, fully awake now as he put on a shirt, and padded out of the bedroom, towards the kitchen. 

No one was there when he arrived, which wasn’t odd per say but he had learned to be cautious over years of attempted surprise parties. There was a plate though, on the little table, with French toasts that smelled like butter and cinnamon and a cup of coffee with probably enough sugar and cream that it didn’t even taste like coffee anymore.

It was a breakfast Alfred had always prepared for him on the morning of his birthday after his parents’ death. He would put the plate on this same table and work silently as Bruce happily ate, the two of them sharing the same space in the simplest way. It wasn’t a grand gesture but it had meant the world to him nonetheless.

Another little origami bat was waiting for him, propped against the cup. A small smile tugged at his lips.

Bruce put it aside before starting to eat, careful not to stain the paper with coffee or grease, only taking it again once he had cleared the table and washed his hands. He unfolded it with the same care as the first.

My happy place. 

(Took a piece of bread. Alfred said yes. Thank you.)

Cass

The dance studio on the third floor. 

A while back, Bruce had decided to redesign one of the biggest rooms on that floor in a place where Cass could dance that wasn’t the ball room. He had wanted for it to be a place only for her, where she could express herself and spend time however she pleased, without anyone bothering her. His greatest recompense had been the radiant smile on her face before she had locked himself in there and played music until late that night. 

The next course of action wasn’t too hard to guess so Bruce quickly folded the paper back into its bat form, slid it in the pocket of his pajama pants, along the first one, and headed for the next place.

As expected, he found another bat in Cass’s dance studio, tucked into the folds of a bright orange knitted scarf. There was a running joke between his kids saying that it was because Bruce always forgot to take a scarf with him during winter that his Batman voice sounded so bad.

One thing was for sure, he would not forget this one.

Hey B, remember that time you told me you were proud of me and then proceeded to suffocate me with your muscles? Just kidding, you give great hugs. Like, super comfy, 10/10. But yeah, go there next.

Steph :p

He huffed at Stephanie’s words, eyes rolling with fondness. He remembered perfectly what she was referring to. 

The young woman had been staying in the manor for a few days that time, Alfred being keen on keeping her under careful observation after she had been hit with a new type of fear gas while on patrol with Dick. She had continuously apologized to Bruce, blaming herself for Dick’s injuries. 

Until the third day, where he had found her reading in the library, curled up in one of the love seats. Before she could utter a word, he had crouched down and grabbed her hands firmly.

“You do not need to apologize or blame yourself for anything, do you hear me? You managed to drag Dick and yourself out of this building while under the influence of fear gas when most would have stayed frozen in place. I’m sure he will agree that a few scratches and broken bones are far better than what would have awaited him if you hadn’t been there. I’m proud of you, Stephanie Brown. More than you’ll ever know.”

After that, she had thrown herself at him and Bruce had hugged her for the better part of an hour until Alfred had come to fetch her for some blood analysis. 

This time, when he walked into the next place of this little treasure hunt, he found a laptop, sitting open on the table next to one of the windows. The windows of the library were wide and high and the spot where the next gift awaited was one of his favorites. 

So he let himself sink in the armchairs cushions and started to play the video.

“You better not ruin this, Todd,” Damian was saying, standing next to the piano in the lounge of the west wing, violin already positioned on his shoulder.

Jason was scowling at the piano in front of him, focused.

“Just take the lead, brat. I’ll follow.”

“Could you two focus, please?” Tim said off camera.

The other two huffed with the same affronted look towards the camera.

Then the melody started and both of their faces softened. It was gentle, melancholic. Almost sad if you asked Bruce. But he listened with a smile on his face, bemused at the sight of his two quick tempered sons playing with a soft kind of intensity together, Jason following Damian’s lead flawlessly – probably the result of hours of practice. It was truly beautiful and he knew that the melody was one of Damian’s compositions. 

But it was over too soon for Bruce’s taste so he played it a second time, closing his eyes. And then a third as he read the next message, only heading for the next place once it was over.

Blah blah blah, some cute shit about us bonding, blah blah blah. Just get your ass to the garage old man.

Ps: Remember your Aston Martin? I think I scratched it a bit but I’ll blame it on Timmy anyway. 

Jay.

Bruce knew exactly which car Jason was talking about (and knew perfectly that he didn't scratch it). An Aston Martin DB5 he had inherited from his father. Nobody had driven it in ages when Jason had brought it up during dinner one evening, not long after he had taken him in. 

“Isn’t that James Bond's car?”

“It is. But it’s been so long since the last time I used it, I’ll probably need to pop open the hood before anything else if I want to drive it again.”

“Can I help you fix it?”

Jason’s eyes had been so full of hope and excitement when he had asked Bruce. He had laughed before agreeing. The next day, Alfred had had to come and pry them away from the car for lunch because both of them had forgotten about eating in their eagerness. 

He noticed a tape case on the board as he approached, in front of the wheel. Bruce opened the door and climbed in so he could reach for it easily. On the piece of paper tucked between the clear case and the tape, Bruce could see every song scribbled, one in each of his children’s handwriting. He recognized a song by The Clash in Tim’s handwriting – of course – and Midnight Sonata in Damian’s. The other titles and artists were mostly lost on him, except maybe for that Belgian one Cass listened to a lot.  

I can’t count the number of times I fell asleep there while you worked and you had to carry me back to my room.

Dick

Bruce couldn’t recount either.

Although he remembered fondly the first time Dick had fallen asleep in his study, curled up in one of the seats across his desk while he worked on some urgent papers for WE. They both had been so young. Bruce being completely new to parenthood, he had seeked out Alfred who had only fixed him with a blank stare before sending him back.

“Don’t you dare wake up this child, Master Bruce.”

He had actually managed to pick up the gangly child without waking him up, even if rather awkwardly, and had carried him all the way to his bedroom uneventfully. Only to trip on one of Dick’s schoolbooks once there, nearly dropping him. 

They had both elected not to mention it to Alfred and, to this day, it was still something only the two of them knew about.

When he arrived at his study, another message was waiting for him in the seat Dick used to sleep in, along with a gift card for that 24 hours coffee shop that had opened recently in downtown Gotham. Bruce let out a breathy laugh at that.

I know you always listen when I play, Father. Why do you think I leave my door open when I do?

D. Wayne

And here he thought he had been smooth. However, he should have expected that his son would pick up on his habit of passing by his room while he rehearsed with his violin. 

But Bruce couldn’t resist the pull in his chest. Damian was a gifted player, just like Jason, able to translate raw emotions in barely a few notes. It always put his mind at ease, smoothed out his most troubled thoughts even for only a few moments. He had caught everyone at least once, standing outside of his youngest’s door, listening to soft melodies in a rare moment of peace. 

It was silent moments shared with everyone, brought together by Damian's deft fingers. Something he had been doing knowingly and willingly apparently. It made it all the more special for Bruce.

There was no gift when he went searching for the next clue in Damian’s room. Or so he thought.

Sitting on his son’s music-stand along with yet another yellow origami bat, was an open partition. It was still in work, Bruce could tell. Notes were hastily written with a pencil, a few stains where some had been erased. Nothing out of the ordinary for Damian and his creative mind. Except for the title.

Ode to Family. 

Thankfully, no one was around to witness the shuddering breath that escaped him as he read. He exited the room still unable to breathe normally, heart so full he almost felt like suffocating, and walked towards his next – and probably last – location.

You spent hours trying to teach me how to dance the waltz there after I told you I wanted to take Steph dancing for her birthday. I still don’t know how to dance but we had fun.

Tim

Indeed, Bruce still regularly caught Tim stepping on his partner’s toes during charity galas and other events. But he suspected the young man of going to great lengths to not learn how to dance correctly because it usually dissuaded most people from asking him to dance with them. And god knew how much his son disliked dancing. 

That was why it had greatly surprised him when Tim had asked him for help.

“I wasn’t really the best boyfriend to her so I just… I thought I could at least be a good friend and take her dancing? She loves it when Cass takes her in the studio and they dance so I just thought… Yeah…”

Five hours later, Tim had made absolutely no progress. He had known the steps by heart at this point, had it memorized and yet, he couldn’t seem to stop stomping on Bruce’s toes. To both Dick’s and Alfred’s delight.

His eldest son probably still had videos of it, he thought as he entered the vast and empty ballroom. There was nothing out of the ordinary or out of place and Bruce almost expected for his family to sneak up on him and surprise him when he noticed one last, black origami bat on the wooden floor, right in the center of the room. 

He crouched down and unfolded it slowly, warily even, some would say.

Terrace on the second floor. You know, the one where I inelegantly asked you to marry me and you just stared for a good five minutes before laughing. (And saying yes, of course.)

It wasn’t signed and even if the message wasn’t telling enough, he would recognize that hasty scribble everywhere.

Bruce took off, climbing stairs two by two and running down hallways. His heart was pounding in his chest. 

He had been gone for six months. Six excruciatingly long months of absolutely no contact, of not having any means to make sure his husband-to-be – yes, that idiot had asked him to marry him just before leaving – was still alive and well. Six months of worrying, of his children asking nervously if he had any news of his whereabouts. 

Bruce barged through the French doors leading to the wide terrace on the second floor of the manor and, surely enough, everyone was there. Absolutely everyone. 

“Happy birthday, Spooky. Half a century, we gotta celebrate,” Hal drawled with an easy grin.

“Someone take the cake away from Hal. Right now, before they ruin it!” Bruce heard someone say distantly and, next thing he knew, he had taken the few steps still separating them and was kissing Hal, holding him close by the lapels on his jacket. 

There were groans, cheers and something that sounded a lot like someone telling them to get a room. Hal laughed against his lips, pecked him one last time before pulling away, opening his arms widely with a grin. A clear invitation for everyone to pile up on them which everyone took with great enthusiasm, barreling into them and crushing Bruce and Hal under their combined weight.

[cryptocism]

Omg I saw ur newest doodles n the first thing I thought of is batman beyond timmy <3

yes ha i love the futuristic look of beyond, the idea behind the cyberpunk-flavoured tim redesign is that it would act as a sort of mid-point between where the batman universe is at right now (basically the present) and where batman beyond gets to with all the neo-futuristic lights and tech and all that. so like, everything is basically the same, but theres still a little of that blade runner spice seeping into the architecture and character designs

so there’s some connective tissue between the two, i.e. tim would be testing out/developing a lot of the tech that terry later uses in batman beyond

[calciferous-kelpie]

Breaking Young Artists ft. Kirby

So I woke up today at 8AM (which is highly unlike me) with the extreme urge to write about my shitty experiences as a young creator online. I’ve never really talked about this with anyone before, at least not to the extent that I’m going to now. But yeah. Here we go. Yay.

Today we’re talking about the Kirby fandom, but it’s okay if you don’t know shit about Kirby because we’re actually talking about fandom gatekeeping more than anything.

Most of you probably didn’t know I was into the Kirby franchise at one point, and that’s completely intentional. I’ve put that part of my life far behind me, and let me tell you, I don’t look back on it with much fondness, despite the fact that I was in the fandom for years.

Here’s one of the many reasons why!

This is JP. My Kirby fan character from forbidden days no longer spoken of.

“Wait, so JP? Like… Jigglypuff?”

Yes.

“And this was your Kirby fan character?”

Yes.

“Oh.”

Yes.

My lack of creativity should be apparent to anyone who looks at this character. JP’s creation is lazy and self-indulgent. She is clearly the Pokemon Jigglypuff with some minor redesigns who was then shoved into the Kirby universe for no good reason.

When I first made her, I had no real intention of explaining why she was basically just Jigglypuff, but as I continued to develop her, I began to consider what it would be like to explain her appearance—to create a story where Pokemon and Kirby both existed together on, like, different planets in a vast universe. She was going to be half Jigglypuff and half… whateverthefuck you want to call Kirby’s species.

You can still find art of her buried deep in my DeviantArt gallery (as well as 21 chapters of a story I will never, ever complete), but I don’t talk about her anymore. And this is why.

It all happened back around 2010-2012, which meant I was about 12-14 at the time. This was back when DeviantArt was still the main hub for all artists (lmao) and tumblr was still kind of new on the scene. A cool new trend popping up in fandom spaces at this time was the creation of “your oc is terrible” tumblr blogs, which—as the term implies—existed simply to make fun of artists who had crappy characters. They would reupload artists’ works and laugh at how lame or unoriginal their designs were.

These people were trend-setters, making fun of cringe character designs before “cringe” was even a word used to describe them. And before you fall for the fun hipster wording here: no, this did not make them admirable. They were, in fact, assholes.

Some of these blogs liked to pretend they “poked fun” in the spirit of “constructive criticism” but very few of these people actually offered anything outside of insults. (Besides, even if their feedback had been constructive, none of these artists whose work they’d reuploaded had asked for this and probably should have just been left alone.)

You can probably see where I’m going with all of this. My art of JP was uploaded to a couple of these “crappy oc” blogs, and I was ridiculed for having dared to create a thing.

I discovered my art had been taken from my DeviantArt gallery and uploaded to tumblr (a site I didn’t even have an account on at the time) without my knowledge. My signature had been blocked out (to protect my privacy I guess??? lmfao) and my work had been openly mocked for the enjoyment of an audience. People complained about my shitty character, saying that she was literally just Jigglypuff dressed up to look like an OC. They rolled their eyes at her name and her appearance. And in no uncertain terms, I was deemed a bad artist and a bad member of fandom—a warning to other new artists of what to never be.

I wasn’t told any of this to my face, of course, which I guess was supposed to be a blessing. Rather, I had the lovely privilege of discovering that people were mocking me behind my back for their own satisfaction. It could have even been one of my friends who had brought my work up for mockery. I’ll never know.

But let me tell you, there’s not a lot that’s more discouraging than learning people are ridiculing you just out of earshot.

I wish I had had the foresight to take screenshots of the posts these people made. To document the insults and the way I was treated when I asked them to take my art down from their blog. Unfortunately, I don’t have that. I was young and ashamed and just wanted the experience to be over with. But you know what? The receipts don’t matter, anyway.

I don’t need to prove that I didn’t deserve that treatment.

Today, I acknowledge that my character was lame and kind of uncreative. But that certainly doesn’t mean that the people who made fun of me were in the right. I had never claimed to be a brilliant character creator—some great example of unique OCs and unparalleled storytelling. And hell, even if I had done that, it wouldn’t have given anyone the right to stomp on my imagination the way these people did. I was just a kid.

It’s 2021 now. I’m nearly 23 years old, and it’s been about a decade since this happened to me. I haven’t thought about this horrible event in detail for some time, but I need you to understand that even when I’m not actively thinking about this, my life as an artist is affected by it every day.

I’m still ashamed to share much of anything about my characters. I still worry constantly that I’m being cringey, self-indulgent, or a “bad artist.” Some days I manage to create with beautiful, reckless abandon, but then when the dreaming ends, I look back on what I’ve created and fuss, and worry, and doubt. (Ever wonder why you rarely see my work?)

I know the culture around OCs online has improved in a lot of ways since the 2010’s, but I still want to put this message out there. I want everyone to know why this sort of thing isn’t okay. I want my history to be documented so that maybe some new, excited artist doesn’t have to go through what I did.

TL;DR:

Never make fun of someone for having an uncreative or “cringey” character. It’s crappy to do to any artist of any age, but especially if you do this to a kid of all people—a young artist who is just learning the ropes and learning to be creative. This shit sticks with a person, and it can and will inhibit their ability to create amazing things in the future. If you put down an artist for being bad at design or being cringey, you are an awful person.

And to the people responsible for putting my dumbass little timmy’s-first-OC on tumblr blogs to be sneered at and mocked, I mean this will all my heart:

Fuck you! :)

[adragonhoardingstories]

Of Blood and Bonds- Chapter 5

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On that note, this book will contain swearing, mentions of rape and torture. I will try not be explicit but that's really relative. Read at your own risk. There will be warning before if I make a explicit scene so that you can skip it.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy and don't hunt me down for this.

Happy New Year

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Another day she had needed to spend with the idiots in her class. Once again, she felt like cursing her parents. 

Marinette was by all means done with Lycée, she was following University courses but after Tom and Sabine had disowned her in all but name, it's not like they knew that. Most of her old relations had no idea what she was up to and it suited her not seeing them ever again. 

But despite everything, the Dupain-Chengs she didn't consider herself one anymore did to her, they still didn't want her to dishonour their family even more so they made an arrangement with her and her Lycée.

She had to at least show up for the exams and any school functions and they would leave her alone to do as she pleased instead of sending her to a boarding school and well with all her responsibilities, she never really had a choice. 

Which brought her here - on the Gotham Field Trip. She really didn't know why they had even sent her here, they were only wasting their money and Sabine must have known that the chances of her meeting Bruce were high, especially since their activities were centered around Wayne Enterprises.

Today they were going to be assigned to one person they had to shadow all day - it was supposed to help them get some actual job experience. 

Marinette was chosen to shadow the CEO - how surprising - and it just so happened that today was one of the rare days Bruce Wayne was in the company so she would have the pleasure of helping both him and Tim depending on who needed her most - yay her. 

She was willing bet her future fashion empire that Bruce had orchestrated this in an attempt to get a chance to talk to her. 

However she had to admire that one good thing come out of this - Lila Rossi got served. 

Like she had mentioned it before, she didn't have anything to do with her past classmates except the bare minimum but it seemed even now the liar still felt threatened by her every time they met. And honestly, she couldn't care less except that wench was the reason her parents had turned against her and of course how could we forget the worse thing of all? That Lila Rossi was willingly working with Hawkmoth - a known terrorist. 

So the jobs had been announced and Lila has started her usual act and name dropping and oh there must have been a mistake, Timothy told me that I would be chosen to work with him since I'm already used to helping him. That had received a sharp look from the one delegating and a simple comment about Miss Rossi you are to report to our legal team, they have something prepared especially for you. Seeing Lie-La pale and shut up so yeah that had been the highlight of her day. 

But now, now she was most certainly going to be forced to speak to her father and she kind of wished that Lila had succeeded for once. 

Just as the lady she had grown to like was about to show her the way, her father magically appeared not really, she had seen him hiding in the shadows for the last five minutes and offered to guide her himself. 

As she predicted, he said nothing else, until they were in his office but once the doors were closed… 

"Mari-" He started to speak but then the doors banged open and a haggard looking Tim Drake stumbled in. 

"Nette, I heard I got you today. Thank fuck I didn't get one of the brats." He stumbled in on the couch, paying Bruce no mind and grinned at her. "Plus, I get sister bonding time so win-win for me."

Marinette looked from him to Bruce. "You have impeccable timing." She informed him. "So I'm going to make you coffee."

"You are an angel." He declared. "An absolute angel. Now I understand why Damian likes you so much."

Marinette laughed it off. "Damian likes me because I don't call him Demon Spawn Timbers."

"In my defense." He groaned. "He was a brat back then and now, well it's basically a nickname. Call it brother's privilege if you want. And he knows it."

Marinette smiled gently at him as she placed a cup of coffee in front of him and Bruce, and sat down drinking her own cup. "Does he know that?"

Tim blinked at her, a thoughtful expression taking place on his face. 

It lasted until he tasted the coffee, then it was replaced by awe. 

"This is so good, how is this so good, it's literally the same thing I drink everyday? Can you work for me permanently?"

She was amused and this conversation seemed to shock her father so it was a plus. "But Timmy, if I change my career how are you going to get your special MDC suits?"

That strangely made him go serious. 

"About that, I needed to talk to you." 

Marinette raised an eyebrow, this should be good. 

"What would you think if Wayne Enterprises becomes the main sponsor for MDC?" 

She leant back in her seat crossing her feet and took a long sip of her drink. 

"Now why would I agree to that?"

Tim looked surprised while she was careful to keep her own face carefully blank but he recovered quick enough and seemed to thrive on the challenge. 

Marinette could pinpoint the exact moment when he changed to his game face. "Why wouldn't you? This in the long term will benefit you especially when you decide to release your line or officially start your company."

"Who said anything about releasing a line? Right now I'm on a clientele only basis and the greatest thing about MDC right now is my anonymity. My business is flourishing and I'm on high demand, especially among celebrities so you can imagine the price I get for each of my works. Why would I want to change that?"

"While that is true, the novelty will eventually wash off. Your designs may be good enough for you to get some loyal customers but you won't be as you put it in high demand anymore. And I may have known you for only a while, but I doubt you haven't planned for the future."

Marinette could admit, she was a little impressed. "Also true, but I'm currently a millionaire and have more than enough money to launch a line by myself."

Tim opened his mouth to interrupt but she continues before he could.

"And yes, I do understand how accepting your offer will benefit me more but signing with you also means that will represent my brand and how can I - bearing my own interests in mind - accept knowing is publicly involved with Wayne Enterprises?"

He looked completely lost and Marinette was probably having more fun that she should with this. "I'm not sure I follow?"

"I mean that even if people don't outright state it, everyone knows that the Wayne finances and outfits the Gotham vigilantes."

"And your point is?" The poor boy was going to make her say it. 

"Your costumes are a fashion disaster Timmy, an eyesore if not a horror?" 

"They're not that bad!"

"Do not get me started on the first Robin's costume. Were you not in your right mind when you allowed it?" For the first time in the day, she spoke to Bruce. 

"Wait, you know?" She shot Tim a questioning look. Why hadn't told him, she figured it out? The boy just shrugged and she sighed. 

"It's not that difficult to figure out Bats. You and Mom literally met while you training in extreme martial arts and the way she described you doesn't match up with the idea the media has of you so I was already suspicious and then I met them and I saw them in costume, they have the same build and everything and their alibi was frankly terrible. Also the rate at which you take in kids matches with the appearance of each new Robin."

"When was the last time you got your IQ tested?" He demanded. 

Marinette elected to ignore that comment in favour of finishing her conversation with Tim. "So?"

"So if I get everyone to agree to a costume redesign by you, you'll sign?"

"I get to re-design and remake all of your costumes as well as become the go to for the family for all your events."

"That's a lot of conditions."

She shrugged, a smile playing on her lips. "Those are my terms but if you'd like, you can consider the part about your costumes a favor to you sister so that she doesn't get a heart attack everytime she sees you suited up."

"I'll agree as long as you admit you're exaggerating."

Marinette gave him a deadpan look. "Have you ever seen the Red Hood helmet. I have nightmares about it."

He considered it. "Yeah okay that's fair. So should I start working on the papers?"

Marinette shook her head. "I'm going to rebrand once and for all once I'm 18 along with my face reveal."

"Rebrand, why?"

"Like you rightly pointed out two nights ago MDC stands for Marinette Dupain-Cheng. Well I don't want to be a Dupain-Cheng for longer than I have to. I'll be changing my name hence the rebranding."

"Would you consider Wayne?" Bruce asked softly. Marinette paused. She had been considering taking Master Fu's name actually. "I don't know B."

"I'll leave you two to talk." Tim said slowly getting up and she would have protested but she could not run from this forever and the Kwami pressing against her leg seemed to agree. 

"Yeah just…" She took out her phone and send him a contact. "That's my lawyer, you can send her the papers to review. I'll talk to her about it."

Tim checked his phone and went slack jawed. "Elle Woods. Elle Woods is your lawyer." He threw his hands up in defeat. "I don't know why I'm still surprised at this point but I'm gonna ask, how did you get her to work for you?"

"She's one of my regulars. "

"Of course she is." Tim muttered. Marinette watched silently as he went to refill his cup of coffee but ended up taking the whole coffee machine with him and walked out of the door. 

Marinette turned to Bruce. She was not looking forward to this but she sighed and got up. "I'm supposed to be working so give me something to do."

"I thought you agreed we need to talk Marinette."

"I never agreed to anything." She reminded him. "But yes we'll talk." She pointed a finger at him. "While I work. So, give me something to do."

"You need this to be on your terms." He noted. 

"I know you've researched what happened. After having been stripped from my senses and having my will taken away from me, yes I do enjoy being in control." She dared him to say something. "So. Give. Me. Something. To. Do."

"You can arrange the paper on the desk. According to the project names, put it in alphabetical order with A being on top."

Marinette set to work without another word. Bruce took that as his cue to start speaking. 

"You know about Batman. The year I stopped talking to you was when when I was assumed dead-"

"Then why?" She cut in sharply. "Did Alfred not even deign inform me that my father was dead? Or what about after you came back?"

He stayed silent. 

"The truth B is that even before that you were speaking to me less and less. Your phone calls, rare as they were, were always so short I was never able to tell you what i wanted." She gave out a humorless laugh. "You know I used to be scared that you didn't want me. I mean why else would you keep me a secret from your other children? So I didn't complain because I didn't want to stop having the little time you even gave to me. Guess, I was right in the end."

"No." He stood up and came to stand in front of her. "Marinette sweetie, please believe me. I fell in love with you from the moment I saw you. I've never not wanted you but my lifestyle was always very dangerous but I never realised how much it really was until Jason died and then shortly after I returned Damian died. Every child of mine has been traumatized in some way by my enemies. I didn't want the same to happen to you. There are villains out there who know who I am. I got scared Marinette, distancing myself from you was me trying to protect you. I know - I know it doesn't excuse me not being there for you but you need to know I am so so sorry. Please let me make it up to you. "

Marinette felt the kwamis on her person press against her, offering their silent support. 

"I'm willing to try." She said at last, finishing arranging the last of the documents. She looked up at him and could basically read the hope in his expression. "But you need to give me space. I'm not coming to live in Gotham nor am I going to defer to you. I've built my own life, you're not going to interfere with in. You can be in it but you don't get to try and change things."

"Okay, okay I can work with that."

"Then you've got yourself a deal." Marinette offered him her hand to shake and he did shake it but right after, he pulled her in a hug. 

Bruce realized his mistake when Marinette stiffened up but she relaxed in his arms and she slowly, almost hesitantly clutched his shirt, like a small child holding their dad's shirt, trying to hide in his arms. 

And a father's heart broke all over again.

[snowy-weather]

Oh look, now this is a blast from the past indeed! D: Only my really, really old watchers on DA will probably remember these characters. They're from my 'anthro phase' when I almost exclusively drew anthropomorphic animals. I used to make a comic about these characters, specifically the one at the top, Puck. It has over a hundred pages! I used to want to make several sequels as well as spinoffs focusing on other characters, but I just never got to it. I don't think I will ever either, but hey... doesn't mean I can't revisit these characters just for fun every once in a while. I thought I'd give these characters a little redesign, just for fun. And yes I drew them in a slightly chibi-fied style... I'm not sure why I did that but I really like it!

Ok so here's a little introduction to the characters. Either to refresh memory, or for those who weren't around for the comic, to get to know them.Again not because I plan on doing a lot with them, just for fun. ^^

Puck the Weasel. (Full name: Peter Maelwine. Puck is a name he chose for himself.) A troublemaking weasel, handy in a lot of ways but also kind of an idiot in other ways. He grew up in an orphanage, ran away when he was a teen an lived on the streets ever since. He actually lives quite comfortable though! He knows how to get the stuff he needs around the city. He's a troublemaker and a party animal, but trhoughout his story also learns to be a little more responsible, especially after he somehow has to take in two orphaned kids. Lizzy. Full name: Elizabeth Moore. Puck's girlfriend. She lives with her mother and father in an apartment in the city. She's known to be an excellent student, always gets the highest grades, spends a lot of time studying or just reading. A huge bookworm. She's initially wary of this crazy weasel who wants to hang out with her, but eventually warms up to Puck. She's much more responsible than him and in a way they really balance each other out. Timmy and Tommy. Full names: Timothy Roger, Thomas Roger. Little rat twins who after they were orphaned somehow ended up in Puck's care. They had a rough start but Puck really learned to be a better parental figure to them in the end. Buuut they also help him cause trouble around town lol. 

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I don't know if this is going to sound understandable but there I go: Starting from how you have wonderfully redesigned Winx Club (deepening in some, changes in others)... like, if you also changed the couples, who would be with whom? (taking into account the secondary or recurring characters). Also, WOW the timeline

Thank you! and yeah I’m nostalgically attached to the more cannon couples lol, my tiny 12 yo heart can’t seem to let them go. But! that doesn’t mean my 23 yo brain can’t have some fun. (as a blanket disclaimer I can usually see couples as either friends or romantic, because like, your SO should also be your friend??)

MIRTA AND LUCY are super cute together as both friends or gfs, i could go either way with them tbh. in any case, I think really different childhood friends on opposing life paths who still care abt each other a lot is a great couple. 

STELLA AND BLOOM like do i even have to say anything??? they’re adorable. they have fun and build each other up and always have the other’s backs and i just *cries* they’re so good

ROXY AND MACY (if Roxy wasn’t Aro ace in my au) scene/emo/grunge gfs with an older sister/sister figure who fight all the time like tell me that isn’t perfect (yes I know they’ve never interacted shut up they live in the same town and are about the same age)

TIMMY AND RIVEN nerd/jock best boys, but in all seriousness they’re both rly practical and focused and also they could co on double dates with Tecna/Musa and then merge into the OT4 to end all OT4s 

AISHA AND NEX AND ROY ot33333333333 why fight over an awesome girl when your opponent is also really cute and cool and all 3 of u like the same things and can all better each other by being together????

MIELE AND ROY tbh this is just one I think would be cute and fluffy even if they haven’t interacted in the show at all. (also can we talk abt them bonding over “being over shadowed by the winx and their friends” like?? there’s gotta be some hurt there even if they are genuinely happy for the group)

Any of the characters and staying single because fuck the idea you need to date 

(kinda cracky ships below because why not)

Kalshara and Faragonda

The wizards as either Ogron/Anagan and Duman/Gantlos, or Ogron/Gantlos and Duman/Anagan, OR ot4 (in my au they aren’t dating each other because none of them can submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known and also because they’re paranoid abt power struggle within the group)

the winx. that it thats the ship.

Diaspro and Brandon, they’re def more brotp in my au but if Dia was into guys she would be into Brandon(ironically she would not be into Sky even if she did like dudes lmao) .

[reddestreactionblush]

Animal Crossing Au! that i’m starting

After a while of playing Animal Crossing, i watched a video with the premise of “what if i went back to my original animal crossing world and time still passed while i was gone? And i was like, “that’s sounds interesting” and looked for Animal Crossing fics where they were in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Seeing that there aren't any, I decided to write one.

So let’s set the stage…

Like in the game, My Time at Portia, this will take place in a country that is owned by wealthy landowners who basically mooch off of the lords of the villages who take care of their villagers. We will name the country, Nookling Junction, owned by the Nook family. Along with this country, they have a company, Nook and Cranny, which enforces villages to pay their mortgages and keep their villagers morale high.

The Cranny family, a bunch of bounty hunters, who keep zombies from reaching villages. You have the option of paying for their services but it costs a lot so it’s kinda just best to convert one after building your defenses.

Leveling

You are settling down in a new settlement inwards of the Junction, a village that you have to name. Based on natural generation and level setting, you can get the following siblings:

Level Zero: (Leisure): Cole and Dottie- this is for the people who just like to go around and collect things, mostly a build-you-town in a dystopian setting mode where you don’t have to worry about zombies

Level One (Easy): Fauna and Erik- everything is built, you just need to fix everything, tend to your villagers, and pay off your debt

Level Two (Default): Isabelle and Digby- you need to build defense, zombies attack at night time, tend to your villagers, and pay off your debt

Level Three (Hard): Tauro and Vivian- random zombie attacks throughout the day, harder to find resources, needs to build defenses and houses, and pay off your debt

Level Four (Expert): Isadore and Mckenzie- start off with nothing but a lot and angry villagers, zombies attacks at random, need to build the whole town, villagers won’t socialize until they feels safe and are more prone to leave, and pay off your debt

Your place in the story…

When you enter the village, these two will be your helpers and guides as well as the only other villagers who know how to combat.

You will be given 8 different villagers, randomly selected in which you can direct to do any kind of job that you want them to do. However this will affect their morale and social standings. As time goes on you can build to have up to 20 villagers, however if certain needs are not met villagers will leave, the lowest number you can have is 2.

The mechanics of the game:

Currency

You will still have Bells as a currency, every month you must gather 3000 bells in order to pay Meow and Bow (who have a redesign that isn’t hideous) who now work as collectors for Tom Nook. If you don’t you will come to find structures broken and things missing in your village in the middle of the night, with a note from Timmy and Tommy saying to “pay up next time”. Each time you do not pay the rent, the more severe it gets.

You can get bells from talking to your villagers, completing tasks, trading with other villagers, village commissions, and by going outside and hunting zombies and other monsters. You can also gain items with the daily gift box that you can shoot from the sky or dig up from the ground.

Morale

Along with Bells, you now get Treats. Treats help raise morale and will be given when achievements are met (like in Minecraft… sorta). You can give treats to villagers when morale gets really low.

Hearts will be the scale of showing your bond with villagers. I think there should be 10 of them. This urges you to interact with villagers, making sure they go up. If you don’t they will go down. Along with Hearts they will have a scale from Angry face to Smiley face (with their being Pouty face, frowny face, blank face, grin face in between) showing their morale. Also, you can have a Heart face which allows you to romance villagers, if you choose. If your villager has anything less than a grin face, their work methods will be altered. Frowny faces result in them not working at all.

You can ask either of your representatives about the morale in your village and ask them to help you defend and raise morale in your village.

Defense

You can now build traps for zombie attacks and upgrade your walls. Zombie attacks are more fierce during night time and less likely to happen during the day. Keep in mind where traps are because they can damage your villagers and you if set off. This will result in your villager getting a frowny or angry face, refusing to work and interact with you for a couple of days.

You can also hire someone from the Cranny Monster Hunter Services, however this will cost you bells. The hunter will be random everytime you pay for the service, the most one can stay is 10 days for 1000 bells. In this time you can interact with them in hopes of converting them into a villager and keeping them in the village.

You can upgrade weapons and suit up your villagers just in case.

Infection and Death

Yes, you read right. Villagers can die! If a villager gets infected by a zombie, they have 3 days to be cured before they die! This interaction is non-negotiable and spawns a headstone that you place and a special character who digs the grave of your villager where the headstone lays. This is an incentive to take care of your city.

You villagers can also starve to death if there is no food. Several days without food is insta-death. Also Angry face for 7 days causes your villager to leave, which may end up with them dying.

The cure for an infection is hard to get but once you get it, luckily it can be farmed in your village.

Interaction

Each character will have generic text options, as well as backstories, ambitions, and even potential relationship options. You can give your villagers gifts and receive gifts from them, invite them on dates, and enjoy events with them. Sometimes you’ll get notifications about villagers being in relationships or getting into fights.

Sometimes you will get letters, notes, or requests from the villagers that can increase your social standing with them. You can visit their houses once invited in after gathering 3 hearts with the owner. Other times they might suggest things for the village to raise morale.

Factions

There are different factions you can join to raise social standing and give you better chances of getting the villagers that you want. By schmoozing certain villagers, you can strengthen the bond between you and the factions.

Commerce Traders Refugees Hunters Settlers (town) Etc.

Other villages

You will have 4 other villages (Wildbell, Belldenn, Mythport, Ringsten, and Traderun) around you that you can visit and trade with, each one including their own mayor. You can also visit a refugee camp, where you can recruit villagers when you have a vacant house ready for them.

Villagers

After thinking about it Villagers will be assigned a RANK and a TYPE. Like the original animal crossing villagers, they have TYPES such as CRANKY and SISTERLY. However there are only 8 of those traits… I’m making 12. Each trait is now gender neutral for more options.

Types:

Rude (Grumpy)- are more likely to insult you when scared, complain when something isn't working or up to their standards, get into fights with others Familial (Sisterly)- are more willing to help you when assigned a task, asks about your health, visit your house to talk, and forgive you after falling into a trap Snooty- are more than likely not going to help you, tend to belittle your significance, take things without asking Humble- are more likely to do honest work when assigned task, avoid rude villagers, help out when asked Preppy- are more likely to throw parties to raise morale, cheer people up, befriend newcomers, be excited about new developments Jock- are more likely to fight zombies, play games to raise morale, Smug (HardHeaded)- tend to get themselves in trouble, refuse help, make rash decisions Lazy- most likely to refuses to do work, Normal - are most likely level headed and be able to be reasoned with Crazy- most likely to cause fires and explosions, laugh maniacally, antagonize others for amusement Loners- most likely likes being left alone, get uncomfortable in crowds, appreciate quality time Timid- most likely are afraid of zombies, voice their fear, scream and run away

As for ranks, villagers can now have jobs that they are inclined to. There are only 8 of these.

Ranks

Hunters- fishermen, butcher Foragers- farmers, miners, lumberjacks Medics- doctors, healers, Social- traders, peacemakers, mailman Defense - monster hunters, guards, Researchers- scientists, reporters, Craftsman- fletchers, weaponsmiths, toolsmiths Caregivers- cooks, hairdressers, teachers

2 genders x 8 ranks x 12 traits= 192 villagers.

Disclaimer?

I got most of my inspirations from Minecraft because i love that game. So i thought it would be great if the game would have multiple minecraft mechanics but also contain the charm of Animal Crossing.

After a while of playing Animal Crossing, i watched a video with the premise of “what if i went back to my original animal crossing world and time still passed while i was gone? And i was like, “that’s sounds interesting” and looked for Animal Crossing fics where they were in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Seeing that there aren't any, I decided to write one.

So let’s set the stage…

Like in the game, My Time at Portia, this will take place in a country that is owned by wealthy landowners who basically mooch off of the lords of the villages who take care of their villagers. We will name the country, Nookling Junction, owned by the Nook family. Along with this country, they have a company, Nook and Cranny, which enforces villages to pay their mortgages and keep their villagers morale high.

The Cranny family, a bunch of bounty hunters, who keep zombies from reaching villages. You have the option of paying for their services but it costs a lot so it’s kinda just best to convert one after building your defenses.

Leveling

You are settling down in a new settlement inwards of the Junction, a village that you have to name. Based on natural generation and level setting, you can get the following siblings:

Level Zero: (Leisure): Cole and Dottie- this is for the people who just like to go around and collect things, mostly a build-you-town in a dystopian setting mode where you don’t have to worry about zombies

Level One (Easy): Fauna and Erik- everything is built, you just need to fix everything, tend to your villagers, and pay off your debt

Level Two (Default): Isabelle and Digby- you need to build defense, zombies attack at night time, tend to your villagers, and pay off your debt

Level Three (Hard): Tauro and Vivian- random zombie attacks throughout the day, harder to find resources, needs to build defenses and houses, and pay off your debt

Level Four (Expert): Isadore and Mckenzie- start off with nothing but a lot and angry villagers, zombies attacks at random, need to build the whole town, villagers won’t socialize until they feels safe and are more prone to leave, and pay off your debt

Your place in the story…

When you enter the village, these two will be your helpers and guides as well as the only other villagers who know how to combat.

You will be given 8 different villagers, randomly selected in which you can direct to do any kind of job that you want them to do. However this will affect their morale and social standings. As time goes on you can build to have up to 20 villagers, however if certain needs are not met villagers will leave, the lowest number you can have is 2.

The mechanics of the game:

Currency

You will still have Bells as a currency, every month you must gather 3000 bells in order to pay Meow and Bow (who have a redesign that isn’t hideous) who now work as collectors for Tom Nook. If you don’t you will come to find structures broken and things missing in your village in the middle of the night, with a note from Timmy and Tommy saying to “pay up next time”. Each time you do not pay the rent, the more severe it gets.

You can get bells from talking to your villagers, completing tasks, trading with other villagers, village commissions, and by going outside and hunting zombies and other monsters. You can also gain items with the daily gift box that you can shoot from the sky or dig up from the ground. 

Morale

Along with Bells, you now get Treats. Treats help raise morale and will be given when achievements are met (like in Minecraft… sorta). You can give treats to villagers when morale gets really low.

Hearts will be the scale of showing your bond with villagers. I think there should be 10 of them. This urges you to interact with villagers, making sure they go up. If you don’t they will go down. Along with Hearts they will have a scale from Angry face to Smiley face (with their being Pouty face, frowny face, blank face, grin face in between) showing their morale. Also, you can have a Heart face which allows you to romance villagers, if you choose. If your villager has anything less than a grin face, their work methods will be altered. Frowny faces result in them not working at all.

You can ask either of your representatives about the morale in your village and ask them to help you defend and raise morale in your village.

Defense

You can now build traps for zombie attacks and upgrade your walls. Zombie attacks are more fierce during night time and less likely to happen during the day. Keep in mind where traps are because they can damage your villagers and you if set off. This will result in your villager getting a frowny or angry face, refusing to work and interact with you for a couple of days.

You can also hire someone from the Cranny Monster Hunter Services, however this will cost you bells. The hunter will be random everytime you pay for the service, the most one can stay is 10 days for 1000 bells. In this time you can interact with them in hopes of converting them into a villager and keeping them in the village.

You can upgrade weapons and suit up your villagers just in case.

Infection and Death

Yes, you read right. Villagers can die! If a villager gets infected by a zombie, they have 3 days to be cured before they die! This interaction is non-negotiable and spawns a headstone that you place and a special character who digs the grave of your villager where the headstone lays. This is an incentive to take care of your city.

You villagers can also starve to death if there is no food. Several days without food is insta-death. Also Angry face for 7 days causes your villager to leave, which may end up with them dying.

The cure for an infection is hard to get but once you get it, luckily it can be farmed in your village.

Interaction

Each character will have generic text options, as well as backstories, ambitions, and even potential relationship options. You can give your villagers gifts and receive gifts from them, invite them on dates, and enjoy events with them. Sometimes you’ll get notifications about villagers being in relationships or getting into fights. 

Sometimes you will get letters, notes, or requests from the villagers that can increase your social standing with them. You can visit their houses once invited in after gathering 3 hearts with the owner. Other times they might suggest things for the village to raise morale.

Factions

There are different factions you can join to raise social standing and give you better chances of getting the villagers that you want. By schmoozing certain villagers, you can strengthen the bond between you and the factions.

Commerce

Traders

Refugees

Hunters

Settlers (town)

Etc.

Other villages

You will have 4 other villages (Wildbell, Belldenn, Mythport, Ringsten, and Traderun) around you that you can visit and trade with, each one including their own mayor. You can also visit a refugee camp, where you can recruit villagers when you have a vacant house ready for them.

Villagers

After thinking about it Villagers will be assigned a RANK and a TYPE. Like the original animal crossing villagers, they have TYPES such as CRANKY and SISTERLY. However there are only 8 of those traits… I’m making 12. Each trait is now gender neutral for more options.

Types:

Rude (Grumpy)- are more likely to insult you when scared, complain when something isn't working or up to their standards, get into fights with others

Familial (Sisterly)- are more willing to help you when assigned a task, asks about your health, visit your house to talk, and forgive you after falling into a trap

Snooty- are more than likely not going to help you, tend to belittle your significance, take things without asking

Humble- are more likely to do honest work when assigned task, avoid rude villagers, help out when asked

Preppy- are more likely to throw parties to raise morale, cheer people up, befriend newcomers, be excited about new developments

Jock- are more likely to fight zombies, play games to raise morale, 

Smug (HardHeaded)- tend to get themselves in trouble, refuse help, make rash decisions

Lazy- most likely to refuses to do work, 

Normal - are most likely level headed and be able to be reasoned with

Crazy- most likely to cause fires and explosions, laugh maniacally, antagonize others for amusement

Loners- most likely likes being left alone, get uncomfortable in crowds, appreciate quality time

Timid- most likely are afraid of zombies, voice their fear, scream and run away

As for ranks, villagers can now have jobs that they are inclined to. There are only 8 of these.

Ranks

Hunters- fishermen, butcher

Foragers- farmers, miners, lumberjacks

Medics- doctors, healers,

Social- traders, peacemakers, mailman

Defense - monster hunters, guards, 

Researchers- scientists, reporters,

Craftsman- fletchers, weaponsmiths, toolsmiths

Caregivers- cooks, hairdressers, teachers

2 genders x 8 ranks x 12 traits= 192 villagers. 

Disclaimer?

I got most of my inspirations from Minecraft because i love that game. So i thought it would be great if the game would have multiple minecraft mechanics but also contain the charm of Animal Crossing.

After a while of playing Animal Crossing, i watched a video with the premise of “what if i went back to my original animal crossing world and time still passed while i was gone? And i was like, “that’s sounds interesting” and looked for Animal Crossing fics where they were in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Seeing that there aren't any, I decided to write one.

So let’s set the stage…

Like in the game, My Time at Portia, this will take place in a country that is owned by wealthy landowners who basically mooch off of the lords of the villages who take care of their villagers. We will name the country, Nookling Junction, owned by the Nook family. Along with this country, they have a company, Nook and Cranny, which enforces villages to pay their mortgages and keep their villagers morale high.

The Cranny family, a bunch of bounty hunters, who keep zombies from reaching villages. You have the option of paying for their services but it costs a lot so it’s kinda just best to convert one after building your defenses.

Leveling

You are settling down in a new settlement inwards of the Junction, a village that you have to name. Based on natural generation and level setting, you can get the following siblings:

Level Zero: (Leisure): Cole and Dottie- this is for the people who just like to go around and collect things, mostly a build-you-town in a dystopian setting mode where you don’t have to worry about zombies

Level One (Easy): Fauna and Erik- everything is built, you just need to fix everything, tend to your villagers, and pay off your debt

Level Two (Default): Isabelle and Digby- you need to build defense, zombies attack at night time, tend to your villagers, and pay off your debt

Level Three (Hard): Tauro and Vivian- random zombie attacks throughout the day, harder to find resources, needs to build defenses and houses, and pay off your debt

Level Four (Expert): Isadore and Mckenzie- start off with nothing but a lot and angry villagers, zombies attacks at random, need to build the whole town, villagers won’t socialize until they feels safe and are more prone to leave, and pay off your debt

Your place in the story…

When you enter the village, these two will be your helpers and guides as well as the only other villagers who know how to combat.

You will be given 8 different villagers, randomly selected in which you can direct to do any kind of job that you want them to do. However this will affect their morale and social standings. As time goes on you can build to have up to 20 villagers, however if certain needs are not met villagers will leave, the lowest number you can have is 2.

The mechanics of the game:

Currency

You will still have Bells as a currency, every month you must gather 3000 bells in order to pay Meow and Bow (who have a redesign that isn’t hideous) who now work as collectors for Tom Nook. If you don’t you will come to find structures broken and things missing in your village in the middle of the night, with a note from Timmy and Tommy saying to “pay up next time”. Each time you do not pay the rent, the more severe it gets.

You can get bells from talking to your villagers, completing tasks, trading with other villagers, village commissions, and by going outside and hunting zombies and other monsters. You can also gain items with the daily gift box that you can shoot from the sky or dig up from the ground. 

Morale

Along with Bells, you now get Treats. Treats help raise morale and will be given when achievements are met (like in Minecraft… sorta). You can give treats to villagers when morale gets really low.

Hearts will be the scale of showing your bond with villagers. I think there should be 10 of them. This urges you to interact with villagers, making sure they go up. If you don’t they will go down. Along with Hearts they will have a scale from Angry face to Smiley face (with their being Pouty face, frowny face, blank face, grin face in between) showing their morale. Also, you can have a Heart face which allows you to romance villagers, if you choose. If your villager has anything less than a grin face, their work methods will be altered. Frowny faces result in them not working at all.

You can ask either of your representatives about the morale in your village and ask them to help you defend and raise morale in your village.

Defense

You can now build traps for zombie attacks and upgrade your walls. Zombie attacks are more fierce during night time and less likely to happen during the day. Keep in mind where traps are because they can damage your villagers and you if set off. This will result in your villager getting a frowny or angry face, refusing to work and interact with you for a couple of days.

You can also hire someone from the Cranny Monster Hunter Services, however this will cost you bells. The hunter will be random everytime you pay for the service, the most one can stay is 10 days for 1000 bells. In this time you can interact with them in hopes of converting them into a villager and keeping them in the village.

You can upgrade weapons and suit up your villagers just in case.

Infection and Death

Yes, you read right. Villagers can die! If a villager gets infected by a zombie, they have 3 days to be cured before they die! This interaction is non-negotiable and spawns a headstone that you place and a special character who digs the grave of your villager where the headstone lays. This is an incentive to take care of your city.

You villagers can also starve to death if there is no food. Several days without food is insta-death. Also Angry face for 7 days causes your villager to leave, which may end up with them dying.

The cure for an infection is hard to get but once you get it, luckily it can be farmed in your village.

Interaction

Each character will have generic text options, as well as backstories, ambitions, and even potential relationship options. You can give your villagers gifts and receive gifts from them, invite them on dates, and enjoy events with them. Sometimes you’ll get notifications about villagers being in relationships or getting into fights. 

Sometimes you will get letters, notes, or requests from the villagers that can increase your social standing with them. You can visit their houses once invited in after gathering 3 hearts with the owner. Other times they might suggest things for the village to raise morale.

Factions

There are different factions you can join to raise social standing and give you better chances of getting the villagers that you want. By schmoozing certain villagers, you can strengthen the bond between you and the factions.

Commerce

Traders

Refugees

Hunters

Settlers (town)

Etc.

Other villages

You will have 4 other villages (Wildbell, Belldenn, Mythport, Ringsten, and Traderun) around you that you can visit and trade with, each one including their own mayor. You can also visit a refugee camp, where you can recruit villagers when you have a vacant house ready for them.

Villagers

After thinking about it Villagers will be assigned a RANK and a TYPE. Like the original animal crossing villagers, they have TYPES such as CRANKY and SISTERLY. However there are only 8 of those traits… I’m making 12. Each trait is now gender neutral for more options.

Types:

Rude (Grumpy)- are more likely to insult you when scared, complain when something isn't working or up to their standards, get into fights with others

Familial (Sisterly)- are more willing to help you when assigned a task, asks about your health, visit your house to talk, and forgive you after falling into a trap

Snooty- are more than likely not going to help you, tend to belittle your significance, take things without asking

Humble- are more likely to do honest work when assigned task, avoid rude villagers, help out when asked

Preppy- are more likely to throw parties to raise morale, cheer people up, befriend newcomers, be excited about new developments

Jock- are more likely to fight zombies, play games to raise morale, 

Smug (HardHeaded)- tend to get themselves in trouble, refuse help, make rash decisions

Lazy- most likely to refuses to do work, 

Normal - are most likely level headed and be able to be reasoned with

Crazy- most likely to cause fires and explosions, laugh maniacally, antagonize others for amusement

Loners- most likely likes being left alone, get uncomfortable in crowds, appreciate quality time

Timid- most likely are afraid of zombies, voice their fear, scream and run away

As for ranks, villagers can now have jobs that they are inclined to. There are only 8 of these.

Ranks

Hunters- fishermen, butcher

Foragers- farmers, miners, lumberjacks

Medics- doctors, healers,

Social- traders, peacemakers, mailman

Defense - monster hunters, guards, 

Researchers- scientists, reporters,

Craftsman- fletchers, weaponsmiths, toolsmiths

Caregivers- cooks, hairdressers, teachers

Disclaimer?

I got most of my inspirations from Minecraft because i love that game. So i thought it would be great if the game would have multiple minecraft mechanics but also contain the charm of Animal Crossing.

Edit: Also, as much as i love all the animals in animal crossing, i love making references and stuff so all my characters will be of references to other fandoms and things i like as such.

[anxious-jadeblood]

Did some sketches today, because i had too many ideas i asked a friend for help and i ended up doing all these choices!

From the first the the last one these are:

Juliah on her workout outfit.

Ornelia in her PJs.

Timmie, kind of a redesign of her.

And young Maryll (yes, they had long hair).

[moonlightreal]

Winx club Season 8/14

In which Sky doesn’t quote Thor

14 The Wishing Star

This episode opens, where else, at a concert at Alfea!  The other students whisper and ooh and aah.  So the Winx are famous pop stars but also hold concerts here like every other week and go to school here?  They should be treated more like when the choir performs, I mean it’s cool but not a super big deal.

sigh this pop star thing.  It feels a little less weird than it did in WoW since the girls are younger so the blatant wish-fulfilment version of being a professional musician isn’t as jarring I guess.  But I still can see so many opportunities for characterization—whose idea was it to form the band?    Who decided Bloom wis lead singer rather than Musa?What happens when Musa writes a song and loves it but the others hate it?  What happens when there’s a concert but the girls are busy with schoolwork?  Why don’t the minor fairies also form bands?  Why do only Alfea students come to these concerts?  When do they practice?  Do they ever perform at other places in Magix and who sets that up?  Where did they get the transforming instruments?  Are some of the girls thinking of ‘musician’ as a future career?  How will that conflict with ruling their planets?  And adventuring?

So. Much. Wasted plot & characterization opportunity.

Girls sing.  Cute shots of the minor fairies dancing.  Knut waltzes Faragonda.  Kiko crowd-surfs on the minor fairies.  Stella kisses the screen.  

The girls go to meet their boyfriends.  Stella is adorable.  

But Sky’s missing, he’s on Eraklyon.  “His dad wants him to spend more time at court being a crown prince and all while Sky would rather be a professional hero.”  The other specialists and Bloom express sympathy for Sky.

Season 8 timeslide: Sky is no longer king… if he ever really was, that whole thing was retconned pretty much right after Secret of the Lost Kingdom when we all realized we were going to have more stories.  Also there’s no mention of Brandon being Sky’s squire as he was in season 1.

Meanwhile on Eraklyon!  Cool shot of the palace!  Nice landscaping?!

Yikes, Sky is yelling at his dad, “I’m a Specialist, my place is at Red Fountain!”

Erendor: “You need to put the good of the kingdom first, that’s what princes do.”

Sky: “I put the good of everyone first, that’s why I go on missions with the Specialists!”

So clearly the dubbing department hasn’t seen Thor: Ragnarok because they missed sliding in, “Because that’s what heroes do.” and having me fall over laughing.  Also this situation is very much caught in the timeslide; is Sky a student still learning to rule the kingdom, or a graduate ready to begin his duties?

But as Sky walks away I see someone peering from behind a pillar… a familiar blonde head… oh no, not the number one source of couples drama in all Winx-dom! D: T_T

Diaspro’s done well by the new art style, she’s got gorgeous golden eyes and a nice braid. Her face is really wide though, she looks like an Ever After High doll.  She’s hoping to take advantage of the fight so Sky “will finally be mine.”

Yeah, you tried to kill his girlfriend two seasons ago, why are you not in jail?

Diaspro plots bug me.  Strap in y’alll.

Gorgeous nighttime shot of Alfea.  In Bloom’s room the girls are saying how great their concert was.  Then Stella goes into how hard it is to spend time with their boys when they’re busy saving the magic universe. The other girls try to shut her up before Bloom gets sad, but Stella is oblivious and just rambles on.  Brandon’s planning to take her to the “magic enchanted theater” sometime soon.

Musa yells at Stella.  Stella: “What’d I do this time?”  And there’s Bloom, sad now.  But Bloom says it’s not Stella’s fault; Sky didn’t say he was going to Eraklyon.  The girls talk about boys, with a side of Grumping at Stella.

“Brandon and I always talk.”

“When Riven left we stopped talking, and that didn’t go well.”

“Sometimes Timmy doesn’t call or text but I know he’s just thinking about his projects.”

But the good news is, Valtor’s gone so everything’s going to get better!

Bloom goes outside to make a wish on a star and there’s Sky!  They talk a little about not having time, and Bloom suggests Sky wish on a star for more time.

And now to what I’m really curious about!  The Trix!  We cut to Valtor’s asteroid and I kinda want to see him showing the girls around, but instead he’s on his throne meditating or something while the Trix float in front of him.

Exposition time! Only three witches like them can get the Wishing Star aka the Comet Star apparently, which grants wishes.  It’s made of Sparks (Sparx?) The energy that gave birth to the magic universe, the stars themselves.  So… Dragonfire?  “the magic of fairies, and witches.”

Flashback to Valtor trying to grab the comet and getting knocked for a loop. Incompatible magic.

Icy does the, “And why should we help you?” and it turns out Valtor’s mark is on their hands—they belong to him.  Just now or still from season 3, I wonder.  Also once Valtor becomes the most powerful sorcerer he promises to give them immense power.

Icy, apparently forgetting every other teamup they’ve ever done, thinks this sounds like a good deal, “Am I right, sisters?”

The Wishing Star hurtles through space, quite close to Valtor’s asteroid.  Our villain team warps outside and…

...And we cut to the wishing Star, which is a person of the same species as Queen Dorana, but with a more snowy theme.  She comments, “Valtor’s palace.  Hasn’t changed much in the last thousand years.  Still creepy!”  That was kinda random and cute, and also, Valtor’s had that palace for a thousand years and space people just know where it is?

...And THEN the Trix appear and the chase is on.  Stormy’s storm powers seem to be able to cause a meteor storm in space.    Darcy summons the illusion of a black hole which actually draws things into it.  Then icy succeeds in catching the comet girl in a block of ice.  The Wishing Star is caught!  Valtor is pleased!

But then she sends out her power in a blast of colored lights and a star-shaped box.

Valtor goes, ‘Noooo!”

The colored lights fly away but the star box flies straight at Lumenia and nearly beans Twinkle.  She flees, with the star box chasing after her!  Twinkle flies to the palace for help, where Argen is admitting to his sister that he thought being king of Lumenia would be more exciting.  Heh. Then in comes Twinkle, chased by a star box!

Queen Dorana recognizes it: the star case.  (so, book version rather than movie version of Escape to Witch Mountain?)  And it’s a bad sign!  We need the Winx immediately!  Twinkle goes to fetch them.

Bloom and Sky are having a peaceful evening looking at the stars… when Diaspro texts. Sky makes a horrified face.

Bloom: “Who’s messaging you?”

Oh just my ex who always teams up with villains and tried to murder you back when…

Diaspro keeps calling and Bloom says Sky should answer it.  Then Twinkle arrives. Saved!  Bloom and Sky must say goodbye as the Winx leave on an urgent mission!

In the Owl Sky ignores a few more increasingly irate texts then calls Diaspro back. She’s got a super secret mission from Sky’s dad!  They gotta go find the “lost locket of Eraklyon, one of the most poerful items in our kingdom.  And the two of us have to find it!  Together!”

Sky is not down for this together stuff.  He tries to tell Diaspro the mission might be dangerous, but she is undeterred.  Then the other boys turn up with a new Specialist mission, that Sky has to turn down since he’s got thiss mission with diaspro.

“Diaspro?  That crazy girl who won’t give up on you?”

“Yes Brandon, that’s the one.”  

“Come on Sky, the Specialists aren’t afraid of anyone, even broody aristocratic girls from Eraklyon.”

In case you were wondering how the boys talk about Diaspro.

And honestly, I was sympathetic for Diaspro, she and Sky were engaged and then Sky started falling for Bloom and instead of working things out he did nothing and let both girls find out the truth by surprise in public and Bloom attacked Diaspro thinking she was Icy.  Diaspro was kinda more sinned against than sinning, at that point.  But the heartbreak apparently caused Diaspro to go over the edge and she started teaming up with villains, cast a love spell on Sky, and pushed a magicless Bloom into a fiery pit.  My annoyance at all things Diaspro isn’t really with her, it’s with everyone who acts like Diaspro is just an annoying ex instead of a dangerous criminal.

Things from Diaspro’s perspective would make a great fanfic.

But now we’re going to Lumenia to learn about the star case and the Winx’s second mission of the season!

The Winx arrive on their hoverboards, showing those off so kids will buy the toys, then we arrive at the palace.  They meet Argen, who recognizes them from his days as Obscurum but they don’t recognize him so he explains what happened to him.

Then, star case! It contains the essence of the wishing star.  Tecna remembers hearing about it from Miss F in a “cosmomagic lesson.”  It’s the most powerful star in the universe and it’s made out of “Sparx, a magical radiance that is the source of all fairy powers.  And witch magic!”  So, Dragonfire.  Which is why I shall keep spelling it Sparx.

So the girl in the comet was herself a star and to defend herself she “split herself into the seven prime stars.  But her essence remained inside this case.”  The Winx have to find the seven stars and put them all back, so the Wishing Star can pull herself together again.  But they need the star compass, which is in the case—but it won’t open.

Bloom has an idea: go inside the case!  Using our Enchantix powers!

The view pulls out to show our villains watching and I want them to say something about how the Winx are still using Enchantix like last time...

But no.  Valtor orders the Trix to find the compass first.

Enchantix!

And it’s… all right.  I can complain about the pink creep—aka everybody is wearing more pink than the first time around—but that’s about it. It’s not a terrible redesign, but not brilliant.  Musa’s translated best, I think, maybe just because her color is already pink so it’s not jarring like Aisha’s or Bloom’s.

The girls miniaturize and poof into the star box, which is like a miniworld of decorative gears.  They find a ballerina figure—the star case is a music box.  They find the star compass easily, and Tecna says “achievement unlocked!” again.  But then a cold wind starts to blow and a familiar laugh echoes...

“The Trix they’re back!”

“I hope you like this place, because you’re never leaving.”

Cliffhanger!

How did the Trix get miniaturized, hmm?

I have a suspicion that when a season of Winx is made, both halves are made at the same time by different sets of writers.  So things don’t completely match, like the Wishing Star being a person of the same sort as Dorana and Argen who are not stars.  Stars were lots of things, but they weren’t people until now.  I bet we’ve seen our last staryum, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Valtor uses a lot fewer portals.  I’m hoping we haven’t lost Orion because stolen design or not, I really like him.  And I prefer legit villain Valtor to the wimp who did nothing but pick on Obscurum for twelve episodes, so please keep him threatening to destroy the planet, ok?

[ofweirdestship]

Retelling of the end of 3x07

Spoilers! (Shocking I’m sure)

Features Claire Finn, Charly Burke, Isaac, John LaMarr, Rayna Biel, & guest muse Lily Scott

“I’m... sorry,” Charly finishes. That was hard, all of that was hard for her to say.

Isaac doesn’t miss much of a beat. “Thank you, ensign,” and turns back to his work.

She accepts that. It’s the most she can expect from him, she knows, as she starts to leave engineering again.

“Perhaps--” She turns back when he speaks again, surprised, as he continues, “You could assist me with the calibration.”

She nods and quietly goes up to work with him, neither one saying anything more. It’s a stART DEAR GOD.

A sudden crashing whips her and Isaac around to see what the commotion was. Lily stands there looking anything but the usual controlled and collected Charly sees of the other. She points wildly at Isaac. “I HAVE AN IDEA!”

Everyone is staring at her. It’s Isaac who responds. “An idea, Miss Scott?”

“It’s jus' crazy enough t' work, but I need you,” she points to Charly, “you,” she points to Rayna (didn’t they hate each other?--), “you,” she points to John who’s just coming in the door, “And-- I need-- you all stay put,” and as she’s running out the door she’s already yelling, “DOCTOR VILLKA! DOCTOR VILLKA!”

John blinks, looking between everyone. “Anybody know what that was?”

He’s met by multiple headshakes and Isaac’s, “Negative.”

“Awesome,” he says to himself, shaking his head. “Guess we’ll find out.���

When Lily comes careening back in with Dr. Villka and Timmis behind her, she doubles over for a moment, resting her hands on her knees and catching her breath. John looks to Dr. Villka but she just shakes her head. He looks back to his deputy chief. “Lily, what is going on?”

Lily takes a deep breath. “Isaac. When ye deactivated yourself, we discovered tha' there was a very, very, very small portion of code ye missed tha' we didn’t know about backed up on a storage cell, aye?”

“Where are you going with this?” John looks at her.

Lily waves him off, her attention on the Kaylon entirely. “Isaac.”

“Correct, Miss Scott. What is the relevance?”

“John. How long would it take t' degrade from a fresh cell if we broke it?”

“If we kept it in a stasis field, it wouldn’t be bad, but any power surge--”

“Right, right, hours, I remember,” Lily interrupts abruptly, waving her hand as she begins talking. “Wha' if we-- wha' if, we made a new storage cell, an' allowed Isaac th' time t' copy th' programming t' it? Then he could be deactivated, th' cell moved ou' and put in stasis, we downgrade th' electro-chemical pathway physically, update th' neural network--”

“Reinstall Isaac’s programming the way we did when he deactivated, and boom, he can utilize the full emotional range but still keeps his memories and personality,” John finishes, nodding along. “Her logic checking out to you, Dr. Villka?”

“It is,” the woman laughs, “It is, that should work.”

“I want everything ready t' go before we deactivate Isaac,” Lily says. “Hell, I want it ready before we break th' cell. Dr. Villka, I’ll need yer assistance redesigning th' physical component. Rayna, you and Isaac work on th' storage cell-- maybe make a backup of tha' backup, just in case. John, le' th' cap'n know we’re about t' do something crazy an' make sure we’re ready with th' stasis field, sir,” she adds that last word almost like an afterthought. “Let’s do this.”

And do this, they did. Rayna follows Lily’s advice, making a backup of the backup and putting it, unbroken, into stasis as well on its own. By the time everything is together and ready, Ed and Kelly have joined the group.

“No one told Dr. Finn?” Lily looks around before they begin.

“Maybe it’s best we don’t tell her... just in case,” Kelly admits, and that’s all that needs to be said.

Lily takes a deep breath, looking around her. Her full engineering team, and then to this insanely assembled team.

Charly stands back, not with them but ready for when they’re down to putting Isaac’s consciousness back in place. The part they need rests on a small table beside where they have Isaac sitting and waiting, Rayna standing beside it and Dr. Villka with her. John’s at the controls to set the stasis field for the cell they’re about to break, the other one in his hand to be added once it’s broken. Captain Mercer and Commander Grayson are with Charly, watching.

“On my mark, Unk, break tha' cell, an' Isaac, it’ll be time fer tha' pulse. Everybody ready?”

Nods all around. Lily nods. “3... 2... 1... mark.”

And they’re all in motion. Lily barely registers the crunch or John working with the stasis field, because on her mark, Isaac deliberately self-administers an EMP to himself and drops stone cold deactivated back on the table. Immediately, she’s on his other side and she, Dr. Villka, and Rayna get to work. Once the new part is in, Lily steps back, watching Dr. Villka work with rapt fascination and severe anxiety in equal parts. Rayna gently sets the old piece aside. If this didn’t work, they’d reinstall him back to how he was and everything would be fine.

But Lily wasn’t planning on that. Wasn’t even thinking of it. It wasn’t a possibility, because this was going to work.

She scarcely notices the doctor finishing, just Charly immediately coming over to take over. John releases the stasis field and he and Rayna go to help her where needed.

To be frank, Lily doesn’t notice anything until Charly says, “Done,” and the blue lights of Isaac’s “eyes” reappear.

Everyone backs up, watching with bated breath.

Isaac moves carefully, deliberately slow, seeming to take all of them in. “Hello. Can you tell me where we are?”

Faces fall, and Lily kicks herself. Dammit. She’d been so sure...

Well, they could put him back to how he was, even if the... emotions...

Lily looks up at a sound, a muffle snort, which is weird to think about because she’s almost certain it came from...

Isaac starts laughing, suddenly reaching out and pulling her in, hugging her tightly. “I got you. I got you all there, didn’t I?”

Lily lets out a heavy breath, feeling a laugh bubbling up herself. “You me'al asshole! Don’ do tha'!”

But she’s laughing, and so are the others. Lily hugs Isaac back as the Kaylon continues, “Thank you, Lily. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”

“Oh, Isaac, there’s no need t' thank me,” the Scotswoman protests, pulling back gently. “Ye’re my friend, an' someone I’ve served a lo' of years with. I saw ye after th' first try, I knew how much it meant t' ya, even if ye couldn’t tell without th' emotions. I knew I had t' find a way.”

“Lily, you’ve saved me,” he insists, shaking his head at her-- she thinks she’s going to find it a bit interesting, seeing him move with more emotion like this-- and then adds, “You’ve done me a favor I can’t possibly repay you for.”

Lily sighs, rolling her eyes. “All righ', all righ'. Don’ get all sappy on me, save it fer Dr. Finn.”

“Save what for Dr. Finn?” Everyone’s heads turn to Claire. “Sorry to interrupt, I was coming to check on Chief LaMarr and see how he’s doing.”

“Better, doctor,” John answers before Lily swats his arm and they all back up, leaving a perfect path between Claire and Isaac.

“What’s going on?” Claire looks at them all.

“Claire,” Isaac says, and the way she turns to him, the way he says it, says everything.

“What did you do?”

“It’s a long story,” Lily admits with a chuckle. “But... it won’t reset again.”

Claire gasps, looking to the other woman, then back at Isaac, frozen where she is. Instead, he moves to her, gently reaching out to take her hand. She reaches up to his head, and then lets out a sob, even as she smiles, falling into him a bit. Isaac wraps his arms around her at that.

Dr. Villka smiles, turning to John and Ed. “Captain, chief, I hope you know what 3 fine young minds you have working for you.”

“We do indeed, though, I think technically speaking we have 2 of those. The United Federation of Planets gets the last one,” John jokes, ruffling Lily’s hair.

“Really? You’re in Union uniform,” she looks surprised.

“Aye, well, between th' Janisi an' th' fact I’m no' a fan of having t' work down here in th' Federation uniform, it was better fer me t' wear this,” Lily admits.

“Well, you, my dear, are brilliant,” Dr. Villka tells her sincerely, and Lily waves her off with a small shrug.

“You fla'er me,” she chuckles, looking back to Isaac and Claire, though not trying to hard to listen in.

Seeing the look on Claire’s face was enough to her.

[m3atl0afman]

My Thoughts Regarding Raven VS Twilight...

So at the end of the Season 5 premiere of ScrewAttack’s DEATH BATTLE, it was revealed that the following match was going to be featuring Raven, of DC Comics’ Teen Titans, facing off against My Little Pony’s Twilight Sparkle.

As a fan of both characters and the idea of the match, many have actually approached me wondering what my thoughts are on this upcoming episode. I grew up watching Teen Titans and people know me for being a brony, so one can imagine I would be excited.

Unfortunately, and perhaps to the surprise of some, I am actually... honestly not happy. For a number of reasons.

Now just a disclaimer, I am a fan of DEATH BATTLE, and this column is in no way meant to come off as negative or disrespectful towards the showrunners, RoosterTeeth, and others involved with the show. However, I do feel the need to express my extended thoughts on this matter, as unknown to many, the announcement of this episode... kinda unintentionally threw a wrench in the works. Also, please be aware that I’m not writing this article with the intent of seeking sympathy; I would like to think of this more so as an informative “what could have been” type of entry. You’ll see why momentarily.

So... I’m going to drop one heck of a bomb. This is something I wouldn’t normally do, but I figured because of how rather... coincidental this ended up being, I may as well be open about it, especially as some of you are probably going to want to know more reasons as to why I wouldn’t be happy about this episode being produced. For those of you who follow what I do, I think you guys will understand instantaneously when I post this one image:

...Yeah. This was... originally going to be a future episode of Crossover X’s Battle Royale. Not a bonus episode, not a Patron-Punch Out or anything; a full-on researched episode planned for our first season. ...How awkward. Heh. (Side note, yes I did get permission from my partner and higher-up to openly discuss this.)

Now just to clarify before a particular group of people jump to conclusions: first of all, yes, this is something we had planned months before DEATH BATTLE announced it. And no, DEATH BATTLE did not "steal" our idea. They couldn't have, as no one outside the team has access to our private documents and no one afaik has really talked about this match outside our team. In fact I’ve been told that apparently this was actually a popular suggestion among fans, and it’s possible DB may have even began developing this long before us. Really, this is all one big coincidence. A pretty shocking and surprising one at that. And so with the episode becoming a DEATH BATTLE, it seems like it’s no longer on the road to being a BR.

That said, I did want to do something interesting to commemorate both the cancellation and announcement of this match: the behind-the-scenes development process!

Firstly, just to show the proof that we did have this planned long before DB announced the episode, here are a couple of screenshots that date how far back we're talking:

This here is the project folder where most of the assets were kept. Sprites, character renders, etc. Kept this on a handy flash drive.

This is the research document put together in anticipation for the BR episode.(For some reason, someone switched around their positions in the thumbnail and title, even though properly it would have been known as Raven VS Twilight.) Because I spent a number of years looking into Twilight through the show, as well as various threads on different websites, I was able to contribute a wealth of information to her side of things. Additionally, I had acquired every episode of the Teen Titan animated series, as well as access to the tie-in comics made for the show, and was looking through the first season for Raven.

Research and assets weren't the only thing I was contributing to the episode however. I was also in the process of creating unique sprite edits for Twilight.

To explain, Twilight Sparkle was originally a unicorn before Season 4 of the Friendship is Magic cartoon. After the Season 3 finale, she had become an alicorn and acquired a pair of wings, granting her flight (and making her slightly taller). Unfortunately, there aren't really many (if any at all) sprite sheets specifically of alicorn Twilight. At least from what I was able to find. Sheets do exist of unicorn Twilight however, but her new wings would have to be manually added.

These are sprites from urimas, who was originally making these for a now cancelled MLP RPG fangame. Since the cancellation, the sprites were apparently made available for public use as long as credit was given, so I selected these sprites for the battle. (The art style may seem familiar to those who have seen Starscream VS Rainbow Dash: this is the same sprite artist who had made those sprites for Rainbow.)

On top of that, there were additional assets released that allowed others to add wings, a horn or more to custom made pony sprites. Using those wing assets, I recolored them and applied them to Twilight, though my job was not finished here.

For those who haven't noticed (at least if you’re an enthusiast of the show), the style of wings are actually that of a standard pegasus, but they don't match that of Twilight's wings: they take on a unique style all their own. And I did not want to do the character injustice by just lazily leaving the sprites as is.

So I began work on redesigning her wings and applying them to each individual sprite. Thankfully, while there are no sheets of alicorn Twi, there were plenty of other pixel art and renders of her for me to study and recreate her wings from.

Overall this is something I've been working on for almost 3 years. These were originally meant for use in Timmy vs Twilight, a researched fight I'm writing for DeviantArt, and were also used in Spike vs Bowser Jr as Twilight makes an appearance in the fight's story. When I learned that my desired fight for Crossover X's Battle Royale was greenlit, I immediately got to work to revamp the sprites' wings for the animation.

Raven was actually the third opponent I had in mind for Twilight. Originally I thought to Hermoine Granger from Harry Potter, but then realized it wouldn’t really be a fair contest. A popular suggestion I’ve seen from fans was Robin, the avatar from Fire Emblem: Awakening vs Twilight, which ended up being my replacement idea for a good while; but then I learned my friends and co-workers on the team had other ideas for Robin, and it also didn’t seem likely he/she would have been able to easily counter Twilight’s power either. At least from what I gathered. So I settled with Raven, but only her animated counterpart like how Fatal Fiction approached Starfire. Which made the match all the more closer and interesting in my opinion.

I had a lot planned for the fight itself, including the plot, character interactions, ideas for how the battle would've ended for either character winning, etc. I even had something special planned in regards to who I wanted to bring on for voices, and hypothetically, a particular real-world location this episode could have premiered at.

Buuut sadly, from the looks of things, it seems like we probably won't be handling this episode anymore. Welp.

[throws all of that work and plans in the garbage and sets it ablaze]

...Nah, I kid I kid. But still, it is pretty shocking and also disappointing to me because I had such high hopes for making it one of Battle Royale's best episodes despite how one would have viewed the announcement of such a match.

Now I know some of you guys are probably going to go "So what? Why not just go forth with the episode anyway?"

Well honestly, I don't know how we can. I imagine some are going to see it as a sort-of "response or disagreement" to ScrewAttack's version of the episode. Some are gonna call it unoriginal. It's weird too because when I pitched the episode, I DID NOT THINK this was a match-up the folks at SA had any interest in doing, given that at least from what I've seen, it hasn't really popped up in many areas as a popular suggestion. The match-up obviously has its close, tight connections. I guess I just underestimated the power of fans in this case.

At the same time, I can't say that I don't have my concerns for the episode. I won't cite who, but I've been told that the research being utilized for Raven will be that of a composite, and not specifically the Teen Titans animated series, an incarnation of her which is arguably more closely related to Twilight than the others. This raises concerns as the mainline DC Raven, at least from what I’ve been informed (I could always be wrong as reports are conflicting) is pretty powerful, quite possibly way too much for her opponent to handle, which kind of ruins the idea of the match for me. Not even because Twilight may potentially get stomped, but for the fact that it’ll feel like another “David vs Goliath” match where David sadly loses and faces a horrible fate for the enjoyment of others.

This was my worst fear of the match going in, which is why I wanted to limit Raven to just her animated counterpart, who is already impressive enough on her own and actually makes the match more closer. I'm not sure why different versions of her are being involved, but it is what it is. (And yes, I know DEATH BATTLE often involves multiple continuities in research, but there have been instances in the past where a character was limited to a single continuity and its tie-in media, especially due to differences in interpretation and for fairness on both ends.)

I'm surprised that Raven wasn't pitted up against other popular opponent ideas for her, such as Marvel's Scarlet Witch (whose movie counterpart will be reappearing in Infinity War this May), or Jean Grey (who is the focus of the upcoming X-Men: Dark Phoenix film releasing in November). Opponents such as them probably would have justified the decision to use mainstream Raven, but I guess they wanted to take things in a different direction, and I guess doing another Marvel vs DC fight after Black Panther VS Batman could have been jarring to some viewers looking for variety. I'm additionally surprised that we're getting another MLP character so soon. Twilight is someone I have wanted to see (and also use) in vs matches, but I didn't expect to see her in the second episode of Season 5.

I will be pleasantly surprised if Twilight SOMEHOW pulls this off (the only way I see how is through hax abilities, but even then I do believe Raven holds the speed advantage). I also imagine DEATH BATTLE may not be including the x4 alicorn boost, Rainbow Power, or anything else that could help Twilight. But honestly, at this time, it's really hard for me to believe Twilight stands a chance. Which is kinda disappointing.

Then again, I don't know what the plan for the episode is beyond that. I'm currently unsure if I should even watch the episode, but I will come to a decision before it comes out.

Still, to those in charge of the project from a research, animation, production, performance and direction-standpoint, I wish thee well with the episode. I'm personally uneasy with the initial direction the episode is heading towards (which could be my bias talking honestly), but I'd rather not let that blind the creative freedom of others. Even if said freedom could potentially lead to the undeserving, gruesome (but at least non-canon) death of one of these characters.

...Now I just need to find out what to replace that BR episode with. Months of planning and preparation are now down the drain and I need a new idea and strategy. I've been given suggestions on what to replace it with from my team (who have been supportive of me upon learning the bad news; love you guys & thanks again ❤), but I'm not sure yet. I guess until then, stay tuned?

[Shout-out to DJ for proofreading this post and Strunton for the DB thumbnail.]