could we perhaps get more goth/alt designs of the peeps pretty please with a cherry on top
I wasn't sure who to draw for this but I did the girls because I feel like they already have pretty alt styles (if I had to label them I'd say Marceline's 80s punk, Bonnie's something like light academia/pastel goth, Phoebe is egirl and like lowkey goth, and HW is if scene emo met goblincore)
Also Finn doesn't seem like he had an emo phase but Phoebe definitely did and tried to rope him in with her
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What's your thoughts on the Bennett coven and their lore?
I'm not sure if you're asking about how they are depicted or just generally about them so I'll answer both. It has been a while since I've rewatched TVD, so correct me if I'm wrong on anything.
Generally, the Bennett coven is one of the oldest and most powerful covens in TVDU. I know there is so much debate over the different witches and I'm not here to do that. While, yes, there are other powerful witch families, the Bennetts have a very long history and enough members to make an actual coven on their own, unlike a lot of other families. If the writers and producers were different people, I would love to see a spinoff focused on them. You could pick any time period and it would be an incredible story.
The show tells us they are so powerful because we consistently see other powerful beings (witches, vampires, and even werewolves) coming to them for help. Silas and Amara rely on Qetsiyah, without whom there would be no TVDU. Esther relies on Ayana, the brotherhood relies on a Bennett witch, a Bennett witch creates the weapon used against the sirens, Katherine relies on Emily, and then the entire TVDU on Bonnie. Even at Grams' age, she still had Damon backing off. Every time they bring up a new villain, somehow the Bennett coven has been involved.
So while we can argue witch against witch (which I'm not going to do), I don't think you can say there is a coven that could go head to head against the Bennett coven. They just have a much deeper history than any other coven we are shown. The Travelers may be the only ones that have as much history, but the Bennetts derive from them through Qetsiyah.
Now I don't think we can talk about the Bennett witches without mentioning the racism that permeates the TVDU. No matter how powerful they are, the Bennet witches are often delegated to sidekicks, which makes no sense given their power. Qetsiyah is the only Bennett witch that we see actually get revenge for the wrong that was done to her and she is seen as a villain for it. The Bennett witches are constantly losing their lives helping people who are just taking advantage of them. People like to paint it as they are helping their friends, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Especially when you factor in the time periods these "friendships" happened in. Katherine and Emily were not friends. The Bennett witches were constantly used and abused until they died trying to help others.
The Bennetts are not given their own storylines that don't directly impact the "main characters." They don't even get relationships (both romantic/platonic/familial) unless it can be used against them. Throughout history we always see the Bennett witches on their own, removed from their family.
A big reason that they could be so spread out is because of how powerful they were. If the Bennetts all stayed together, they would be an unstoppable force. But they would also attract a lot of attention and put an even bigger target on their backs. The Bennetts have a deep respect for their ancestors, so you would think we would see them form a coven like the New Orleans witches or even the Travelers. But because of their power, they are forced to live separate lives, not even staying in contact. I would have loved to see an actual Bennett coven.
Bonnie not knowing she is a witch until her teenage years goes against everything we know about witches. Hope has access to her magic as a baby, yet Bonnie doesn't until she is well into her teenage years. I would have loved to see it where Grams raised Bonnie herself and she grew up as a witch. But honestly, the show couldn't have done that because most of what happened in season 1 and season 2 wouldn't have if Bonnie had fully understood her power. She easily could take down the Originals, so a couple newbie vamps wouldn't have stood a chance.
Not sure if this is what you wanted, but if you have a more specific question that I didn't answer, feel free to ask!
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Does Marshmaline the Campfire Queen exist in this au?
Literally just drew it just before getting this ask!! Amazing timing
Tfw you just came back from a life-changing adventure helping your found-family member reconnect with her girlfriend and also learning about your own family history in the process and then upon return find out that not only did your older-sister-figures who were supposed to be babysitting your brother let him go on a sugar high from too much candy but that they also went trickster mode along with him
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is there a storyline in ur au or any threads of stories 👀 or is it mostly just guys being dudes cute designs good concepts ? (invitation to infodump I cant think of any questions to ask wahh)
Ty for the ask bestie!!! I think it has a continuous plot in the same way that Adventure Time itself has a continuous plot sorta? Like yes there's plot but it's not in every episode and it veers and twists around
Butyeah mostly it's everyone being stupid and having fun and then also some modern twists on the original plots like certain relationships, events and scenarios
Here's a really old unfinished comic about Finn after losing his arm that takes place when he's 17, but I didn't actually figure out how/why it happened in the au
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