Domestic (and totally platonic) Tyzula with their pet (son) Zuzu the turtleduck

Did a redraw of an old mermaid Marinette from 2017 and high key proud of my self of the skills I’ve built up.

Shay stop forgetting you have a tumblr challenge.

have some more married ladynoir.

Movie!Tikki sings Marinette a whole song to build her up... She just doesn't take any of Marinette's self-sabotage BS. She's a kwami who has been doing this for thousands of years, she's seen teenage insecurity before.

And she *is* a sassy little angel. I love her.

Tikki in a nutshell

She’s sassy I like her

Been sketching some girls — did you know I read this entire manga in a day?

Idk what it is but I love sketchbooking at the moment. I don’t really ascribe to making full pieces in sketchbooks, I see some peoples sketchbooks and the amount of gorgeous effort they put into them astonishes me. Mine are mostly pencil sketches of characters I like and then the ‘I guess i should study human form’ and then more funny little guys. The only other medium I use is oil pastel which doesn’t fit silly character doodles. Maybe I should practice markers and colour pencils? I really would like to spice up my sketchbooks. I only really do finished pieces digitally XD

I cannot english but i believe i’ve got the right spirit.

Married LadyNoir AU Part 3 i guess also this is so mushy wtf but i needed to let you all know im alive so i took this out of my secret self indulgence folder and now im posting this and running away 🤡

It's a form of wish fullfilment. it allows people to imagine themselves wealthy but 'uncorrupted'. Take Marinette 'I'm just a normal girl.' whose parents run one of the most prestigious bakeries in Paris, who has personal contact with stars of all stripes, etc etc.

See all the various princess diary movies. Normal girl poof, wealthy.

Trope - Disney Princess Syndrome

"Disney Princess Syndrome" is my personal name for the trope of a rich or powerful character portrayed as "Nice", "Good" or "Down to earth". Because they want to hang around "Normal/Real people" and want to be treated like a "Regular person" or otherwise does not think their phenomenal wealth makes them abnormal.

This trope/character concept is usually contrasted against another rich or powerful persons who flaunts their wealth intentionally, is aware they are rich and tends to be snooty, cocky or otherwise act in a manner that is more reflective of their phenomenal wealth.

Usually these characters are contrasted so that we like the former but hate the latter but weirdly… I often find myself either disliking both or liking the latter more. Largely cos they at least seem self aware of their circumstances and so come off as less frustratingly flippant or willfully ignorant.

Examples will be drawn from, Miraculous Ladybug.

I will largely avoid talking about how X character was raised, or trauma that might influence this behavior. But keep in mind people with bad home lives can often act out in ways that don't make them a "good" victim.

In ML, you have "Wants to be a normal boy" Adrien, "Wants to meet sincere people" Princes Ali, and "This is all so artificial" Musician Jagged Stone. They are contrasted against hotel heiress, Mayors daughter & smug about it Chloe.

Now:

Chloe's a brat, a jerk & a snob to be sure, however I still somehow find her less hypocritical or deluded than these other three because at least she seems aware of her circumstances and what they mean for her VS others. Jagged treats doing a small autograph session with the mayor like its some horrible imposition and he flips out at being expected to follow trends he deems artificial. But he also drags his literal assistant with him everywhere to manage his life, keeps a pet alligator on him at all times & can be extremely rude and demanding. But it never feels acknowledged in the same way as with Chloe, because he's 'real'. Prince Ali acts like its weird for people to try and charm or otherwise please him when assigned to give him a tour for a whole event about himself. He also seems to neglect what would be fairly typical greetings for someone of his class & position despite likely being taught them. This again ties into making him seem 'genuine' but comes off as just odd. Adrien balances it best by wanting his father to be less controlling and his father is indeed controlling. But he's also only bothered by Chloe, her parents or his fathers haughty behavior if it alienates him or people he wants to be friends with. He laughs it off or otherwise tends to ignore it with staff but is meant to be better.

This isn't to say a character 'can't' want these things, or find the trappings of wealth utterly unsatisfying. Especially children who are not themselves actually rich and exist at the whims of their parents who are often functionally immune to the law.

Its more an issue with how the trope tends to be executed. Both in terms of the "Disney Princess" who wants to be "Out there" having no self awareness of their wealth, or internal hypocrisy. With this being framed as more endearing than anything, despite often coming off as entitled or selfish by accident.

Or in how the rich jerk just ends up feeling more grounded, or accidentally becomes sympathetic because they are usually an antagonist. Thus meaning they not only have to lose, but usually are surrounded by people like themselves. Leaving the impression their behavior is less to do with having the money to get away with t and more born of mistreatment.

& that as they say is that.

He has many eyes and they all look at you! ❤️

WIP

Drew Marinette in an outfit I wore today just cause I thought it was kinda cute🏃‍♀️💨 trying to color stuff more (and actually finish)

Zelda

Working on a fun Tinkerbell drawing. This isn’t Lorcana related. Just me messing around.

a NORMAL comic i drew BY MYSELF with NO HELP from @hamsternamedmarinette . in case u were wondering. <3

wdym this wasn’t how that one scene in the special went? i remember it very clearly 🤨

"I'm Sorry," (END)

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This is a short comic! Just wanted to draw Azula apologizing instead of having Ty Lee automatically give her a chance. Yes she has been living with Azula for almost 9 months and knows she's changing but an apology was something she never knew she needed from her. She appreciates the apology and the fact that Azula is sorry about what she did and how she treated her.

Turtle!Chloé regularly puts Chat in the hamster ball.

LB: Why do tou keep doing that? He's on our side!

Bombshell: It's Enrichment.

Chat: *bouncing around in that thing having the time of his life*

Exactly!