Inspiration: Look what you made me do (Taylor Swift)

last, I guess? piece from times ago, still featuring Badr and a certain scene at the Masquerade. once again, it contains a bit of a spoiler, even if it’s slightly a remake (because I love all routes, but Lucio deserves the rough treatment a little too much to pass this up).

again, use of poetic license in this one too. Badr isn’t a pacifist nor passive enough to not to try all kind of tricks.

The main ballroom was full of people, citizen of Vesuvia and visitors from abroad alike, all silent before the sight.

On the top of the stairs, in all his glory, Count Lucio stood. Arms wide open, smirk in place. The only thing that testified his illness was the vibrant red in his scleras. A color that made Badr shudder a little, especially since the memories came back.

Her brows furrowed evidently, irises darting to the still smirking face of the Devil.

“What? Your beloved are all fine and healthy. I have done no harm to them, nor you.”

The magician didn’t grace him with an answer, moving her gaze to the Count. Her eyes caught the astonished expressions of the guests, some horrified or terrified, others enthusiastic or curious. 

She spotted the familiar mask and outfit of Nadia, the closest to the man. Then Portia, who - forever faithful - was offering all her support to the Countess.

Julian, he was nowhere she could see, but if she extended her senses enough she could feel the faintest pulse of his magic. 

And, finally, Asra. His presence alone served to soothe her nerves and calm her racing mind a bit.

She had no time to spare getting nervous and panicky. She had to go back, to get her body back.

Easier said than done.

And yet…

A spark ignited an idea in her mind, eyes growing wide as it took control of her whole self. Badr knew it was something akin of a desperate attempt to hold on to the material world, but still - if that worked, it would be totally worth it.

Determined, she dashed off to the closest exit under the curious scrutiny of the major arcana.

*

After the initial shock of the unexpected appearance of Lucio, the mood managed to shift back to a more party-like atmosphere. There were still glances thrown at the supposed dead man, but more than that everyone learned fast to mind their own business. It was easier to keep their sanity that way.

Speaking of which, Nadia felt like she was losing both that and her patience.

She felt one of her headaches come back full-force, stronger and stronger, the more her ex-husband talked. Lucio was definitely more obnoxious that she remembered him and even sprouted more nonsense that he did before. For sure, he was convinced everything was fine and dandy and that everyone was more than happy for his return.

Oh, how wrong could he’ve been! He and his pompous plan - whatever that might be, beside coming back - was something they definitely had to stop before it was completed. Still, without Badr things could go downhill faster than anyone could’ve anticipated, or so her instinct told her.

They needed everyone to succeed, for sure.

She had excused herself to take a fresh breath of hair on the balcony, Portia offering her a quick moment of solace with a glass of white wine, but the blonde man was surely known for his stubbornness in keeping the attention to himself. It wouldn’t be long before he’d be back looking for “Noddy” - how she hated that damned nickname!

The umpteenth snort left her lips, and she was about to just go and ask her beloved husband to please shut the heck up, when a soft tap on her back caught her attention. 

Turning around, her eyes met a finely carved mask of a wolf. Or a dog, maybe.

The figure, clad in a beautiful white-and-silver outfit, extended their hand to her with a respectful bow and a familiar playful smirk barely hidden by the disguise.

“Forgive my impudence, Your Grace. But may I dare to ask you for a dance? It may be the only occasion to do this.”

The voice, too, was familiar. A tone or two deeper than she remembered, but still familiar. She smiled, a blessed wave of relief hitting her. “My, I couldn’t deny such a chivalrous request.”

When the new song started, the Countess found herself in the middle of the dance floor not long after leaving her glass on a table on the way inside. The two danced on, as close to each other as socially acceptable by her standing - not that she would have minded, if her “knight” felt it appropriate to bring her closer to them.

At some point after a swift turn, Nadia found herself giggling. Her partner locked eyes onto her.

“I knew you could dance well, but I didn’t expect you to ask so boldly.”

Badr smirked, a roguish expression the Countess found rather appropriate. Nadia’s mind faintly registered the fact that, finally, Lucio feel silent from where he was standing. The sight alone made her smile a tad wider.

“The Masquerade allows some boundaries to be crossed, a really unique event. And…”

The dark haired magician pressed herself a little closer, almost flushing against the ruler as they turned again. Wasn’t it for the mask, Badr’s lips would have been an hair’s breadth from Nadia’s ear. The Prakran woman felt a little frisson on her back when the whispered words came to her.

“You should spite your ex-husband some more. His expression right now is reeeally the best.”

She couldn’t help but let out a small laugh as she actually saw him: if there was something Lucio despised, other than not being at the centre of attention, it was someone stealing that from him directly. 

And of course, with the fact that someone was dancing with the Countess herself and did a damn good job at stealing everyone’s stares away, he couldn’t help but boil in silent frustration.

When the song ended,Nadia found herself pulled back from her dancing partner by a very annoyed and pouting Count. His eyes were locked on Badr, an angry and jealous glint in them.

“Well well well, you seem to be having fun. Shouldn’t you invite your Lord, too?”

Typical of him, he wasn’t bothered by the fact that a stranger was dancing closely with his wife. He simply didn’t want to be left out - he had been for too long, three and more years, after all.

So, if attention is what he wanted, attention would he get.

“How unfair of me, focusing on Lady Nadia and not you.” Badr began, voice so exceedingly sweet that even he was thrown off a bit. “Please, let me show you my deepest appreciation for you.”

Lucio didn’t have the time to respond as a gloved fist met his face, pain erupting from its center and irradiating like the Plague in his head. He fell backwards, landing on his backside, grunting in pain as a collective gasp filled the air.

He looked up, surprised gray irises meeting fiery green ones. The mask had fell off. He recognized the face staring down at him.

“You—!”

“Yes, me.” The magician growled, bending at the waist before him. A hand closed on the front of his cape, pulling him towards their face, barely a breath away. “Don’t get too cozy in that body, Dearest Lord. I will take it back, bite after bite should I have to.”

A low, cracking sound followed the seething declaration. 

Only then, both Lucio and Nadia noticed the pieces of dark soil falling on the floor, from the arm that Badr used to hit the Count with. A few seconds and the white clad figure of the magician turned completely into soil and crumpled, dirtying the pristine clothes of the ruler.

Astonished silence followed for a moment before he stood back up, barking at the spectators and stomping off to clean himself off. All the while the Countess tried not to smile too much at the sight: even if banished from the living realm, Badr could have such a strong fighting spirit - one that even Lucio, nor the Devil himself, could control.

A storm in human flesh, able to erase the obstacles in her way.

Unpredictable, or an “accident” on Lucio’s account.

She definitely would be back and teach her stupid husband a lesson he’d never forget.

original sketches

DELTORA FASHION CONCEPT ART V2

hello i have finally coloured some rough sketches of some deltoran fashions, a redraw of some really old sketches from ages ago.

im a pretty amateur concept artists and i hate designing clothes so truly was a challenge for me hahah BUT it has given me plenty of time to think of headcanons. im not sure what i've already posted about or not so im just gonna go ahead and rant

these characters were originally just models for me to draw the clothes on, so i didn't need to draw a new person every time; although in some of my earliest sketches of different people groups i did a bunch of people. but naturally these characters have developed a little and some of them are my beloved adin-era OCs <3

[about 4,500 words]

⬜ JALIS

since the jalis are reknowned for their warrior prowess and their signature gold armour, i thought it'd be neat that even if when they're not wearing the full set, they are always wearing their arm guards. it's a sense of pride and identity, they probably receive them as a rite of passage into adulthood. not every jalis is a knight, but they value a heart of courage and great feats and they all have them, and would wear them always (or at least special occasions if one prefers not).

i headcanon that jasmine was gifted her own set of arm guards as an expression of their respect and admiration of her. her relationship with glock grew so much and was cut off, but she earned her "heart of a jalis" and we didnt get to see much of jasmine and gers together, but theres plenty of time post-DQ3. i think my jasmine and the jalis thoughts should be a separate post though, otherwise this post will never end 😂

i dont imagine that the jalis had special party clothes, i think they just turn up in their usual clothes and get drunk and dance their hearts out maybe start a brawl thats none of my business

i cant remember why i've been giving them this geometric sort of pattern tbh. i think i drew someone at some point and wanted it to look different to mcbride's design but im not sure if i like it or not. the plus is that i can make diamond motifs though!!

i also cant really remember how my brown skin gold hair came to be 🤔🤔 wait backtracking i think what happened is that i decided to draw del people as black latinx inspired, so it wasn't that big a step to make jalis also dark skinned since they're both in the south (deltora geography is weird tho so like it's not that deep) and then i think i made them blonde as i "why not??" situation but tHEN i thought maybe it's connected to their jalis gold?

my headcanon is that their armour is made of a unique metal that can only be found in diamond territory, it's super hard, tough, and light etc. so maybe whatever is In The Ground is also in them and their blood and shows in their hair????

🥳 fun fact 🥳 wasn't until i had to draw steven and glock side by side that i had realised what i'd done?? i.e. steven canonically has brown skin gold hair too¹. which now forces me to think about whether it should be a coincidence (like it is) or shall i headcanon that steven and nevets' father was jalis² 🤔 ¹ pretty sure it's about the dichotomy, to show contrast but connection between the brothers. i have many steven and nevets thoughts but that should also be another post ² i am.

🟩 DREAD GNOMES

these characters are adin-era, so unfortunately this would be when the gnomes still hunt the kin. whats weird is that i realised that i was picturing the caramelly brown fabric that this gnome is wearing was the kin pelt and not the big furry parts?? i usually picture the kin as more like velvetty. idk what the thicker fur parts would be though?? literally any other animal i guess 😅 i dont know it doesn't make sense and it's only occurring to me right now i shall have to think about it lmao

anyway made them green because why not. maybe they come in different colours idk. this gnome is pre-gellick so does go out in the sun, gellick-era gnomes would be waaaaay more paler they probably looked white. this could be similar to the jalis and like theres something in the grounddd

gla-thon claims that the dread gnomes knew that lesser gems had weaker but the same powers of the great talisman gems (sots), but im not sure if they knew it before adin. would be interesting if they did 🤔 and how they figured it out?? (side note but now im wondering about how withick knew what to write about the gems??) would imply that if they got the great emerald than they could deduce there are others surely. unless they thought it was a freak accident/miracle. anyway we know they love gems and gold etc etc so they obviously decorate themselves with heaps of jewellery

triangle motifs in homage to their mountain 💚

i gave them a sort of war paint ritual. i'm not sure if they all do the same markings, but this one was specifically to symbolise a bow and arrow (arrow going up the nose). you can see it a bit better here lol. i also decided that sometimes they wear it for purely cosmetic purposes. im not sure what the substance is exactly though. i think in my head i was imagining something similar to kohl, but maybe not.

🥳 fun fact 🥳 bre-tak and az-zure are lesbians (i make the rules)

🟦 MERE

oooooh baby this is my guy my babygirl my everything

okay so i think this headcanon developed recently when i last drew sky of rithmere and i thought that mere superstition encouraged them to wear their charms in random spots to avoid them cancelling each other out. it could be construed to be they were inspired by the night sky and the pattern of the stars perhaps. this led them to prefer asymmetrical fashions, mostly prominent in the armour i put badr in

🥳 fun fact 🥳 badr means "full moon" 👀

i think i originally decided the mere had leather armour just to give them something different iirc but the mere characters we see are usually the lithe, speedy, crafty type, so maybe light, mobile armour does work for them lol. anyway the main reason is that i had the image of studded leather, and i was like ohohoho STARS

i generally think of them with muted colours but sometimes they have a bold blue for their prized garmants. like zillah and co, the leaders of rithmere in adin's time were described with bright blue and starry cloaks. (i checked the wiki just to check zillah's name lol and apparently it's actually canon they have leather armour?? so not sure why i thought otherwise) anyway i do currently have minecraft brain but i did vaguely remember that people made ultramarine pigment from grinding lapis lazuli into a powder and im not sure if thats something the mere would do or if there's some strong blue dyes they can get from plants or something native to their territory 🤔

actually im liking that idea now? it would be incredibly time-consuming and labour-intensive but that would add to its value?? real world lapis lazuli has a horrible yield rate of 1kg lapis to 30g of pigment apparently, but it's a strong pigment (unless i misunderstand). alternative name for ultramarine is "permanent blue" apparently so. anyway ultramarine irl is more of a paint pigment, but in roddaverse maybe the mere make a lucky blue dye to use on cloaks and scarfs and shawls etc for good fortune?? me frantically checking that i put badr and luisa's wedding garb in bold blue lmAO oh i did but it's a little muted. they mix in oils and stuff to make the paint, so it doesnt seem like a stretch that they can mix different ingredients or ratio to make a cloth dye (to my very amateur understanding).

so im imagining now that they have a special (probably secret within the mere) process to create bright blue thread speckled with white (also gold to me. im pro deltora lapis with gold) and weave it into their beautiful starry night fabric. the amount of labour and the use of their prized lapis lazuli makes it very special, and maybe some people think it's the lapis that makes the fabric lucky or maybe some people think it's the work of love and time that makes it lucky, maybe both.

🥳 fun fact 🥳 i forgot that "bless your lucky stars" is like a real saying until recently lol

a starry cloak is probably something only the really rich could afford, but i think that they are more like heirlooms and states of office? im not sure if these pieces are things that one would purchase or something they would receive. bit hard to imagine people doing it for free but maybe it's one of those staple things that they revere and everyone else works to support them as well etc like the cooks in noradz are prized. idk. but yeah like a poorer family couldn't get a new one, but they would have one that has been in their family for generations you know? and i think that there would be something about like. idk youre meeting up with your doctor or something and youre nervous and you put on your family's best clothes (the most lucky ones) and maybe youre cynical about the whole good fortune stuff but there's something comforting about wearing the cloak your mother wore and your grandmother and your great grandmother wore, who also had to do such things. something something gives you the confidence to make your own luck because youre no longer pessimistic and allowing avoidable mistakes to happen

this means that the mere giving adin a cloak was a REALLY big deal because they definitely dont just go throwing those around and they would probably only give it to an outsider in trade for a steeeeeeeeeeeep price. which of course means that there would be knock offs with bad quality dye. lmao thats perfect actually. like 10000% there would be merchants in rithmere trying to sell cheaper versions to people that are expensive but still affordable to the average person. some would be different shades of blue, but the more crafty might have dyes that are strong but not lasting.

oh also i headcanon that palace fashion was a conglomerate of aspects from all the tribes but this should be it's own post i think. but i just remembered that i put gold thread in badr's braids in the formal wear sketch. i did that to tie in with the veins/flecks of gold (technically pyrite) in irl lapis lazuli. as such, people at del palace were inspired to weave gold into their hair too.

also gives me another thing to ship badr and luisa lmao. badr can wear some gold and luisa can wear some blue as a treat for me <3 moon and stars ocs beloved

🟨 DEL

alright. okay so del is definitely very white western patriarchal coded (most just a bias of living in that type of society i reckon) but it sucks and i'm passionate about making del NOT that. i think i've said this a million times now but this should be it's own post too, but most succinctly del is a very vibrant, curious, and daring sort of culture (e.g. their recklessness, exploration, trading). they were already marrying non-deltorans before adin (i imagine that some might have dared to marry outside of del, but it would have been way more politically complex so it was rarer and often kept quiet and rural). people of del were moving to other countries (like dorne) and people were probably moving to del, so del is definitely a big mix of different people and languages and superstitions and stuff.

but anyway i wanted to set a sort of base for before that. i've had art on the wip pile for YEARS about this and i'd flesh this out properly when it's done lol (hopefully we see that day) but since the topaz has the power to summon spirits, i really wanted to develop an aspect of del culture around that? i was inspired by Día De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and i still want to do some more in depth research and explore it more properly, but i like the idea that del will celebrate their lost loved ones life, coming together to remember, if they were lucky the got to see and even talk to their spirits. maybe pre-talisman they did know about topaz properties and they had a big deposit of gems that they would wheel out for the festival and the huge pile under the full moon would be enough to allow the spirits and people to interact? anyway this is a longwinded explanation of why my sketches of del fashion could be latinx inspired.

circle motifs in homage to the moon. the trim decoration on luisa's scabbards are based on moon phases :D

i also arbitrarily decided that del people love swishy clothes. they're all about the drama of cloaks and twirling in sundresses etc it's fun. not sure if i will actually follow through with that lol or maybe that can just be luisa.

🥳 fun fact 🥳 i think hearing luisa laugh would heal me

there's no particular reason for why i've been drawing a lot of del people as black, other than maybe spite lol. i think i drew jasmine and that got the ball rolling. del is a blank enough slate that they can be anything. im tired of white people being the front runners asldkjfhalsdf. bUT again del is multicultural, so there isn't a particular look for anyone in del. being del is more a state of mind and being part of community i think. you move to del and you participate in their society in one way or another and boom youre del now they adopted you.

🌈 PLAINS

hiran attire inspired by french aristocratic fashion. i cant remember who posted about it but pretty sure this was something that circulated around the fandom at least a little bit at some point.

added some subtle rainbow to harlow's outfits because he's the strong silent type. but i suppose there are so much more gaudier and extravagant outfits.

i was going to say this was just hira fashion and not like, rural plains fashion but i guess this is the same for all of them. it's just like a general direction for what someone might wear.

the swirly patterns?? i dont know. i drew them when i did adin's pre-battle speech as the last supper but i dont think there's a particular reason. i remember that i was trying to do something unique because lief recognises the cup in the city of rats as the same/similar to the one in noradz, so there had to be something to be recognisable lol but i probably just did it this way because it's relatively easy to doodle, just takes a bit of time.

🥳 fun fact 🥳 harlow was a cook before the shadow invasion. out of desperation, he and many others had to train to defend hira. he's big with natural balance and reflexes so he excelled and is a pretty adept warrior, but he will always think of himself as a cook first, warrior second.

now the armour!! freshest headcanon piping hot. yesterday when i was colouring i was sitting there like wow you look like a tin can man and you are so boring. we went from pretty colours to blank. im almost certain the hiran soldiers were described as silver with white plumes, so i was planning on doing that but they had intricate details on their armour because they are Extra, so it has the swirly patterns you can see on harlow's coat.

but then suddenly i was like. what if. pearlescent.

and honestly i loved it so much i didnt care i was setting myself up for some difficult work ahead lmao. but my general idea was that they're armour looked like it was silver, but if the light catches it at the right angle it exposes the rainbow in it. most of these headcanons i've had baking for at least a year, but this is very new so i dont any hard details yet. kira mentioned enamel or ceramic and lowkey interested in having a look into that so that theres another armour material. maybe it's gonna be like special jalis gold and special plains silver. maybe something else. i also just remembered bismuth exists (same boat as gold as very heavy and soft) but i think maybe it's too loud, i think im liking the more subtle pearlescent thing aLTHOUGH it's a good metallic rainbow reference 👀 maybe there is an esteemed plains warrior with a rainbow sword

ANYWAY pearlescent armour really hit my heart because oh my god once upon a time the plains had a shore and they could visit the sea,,,, lowkey ocean vibes without an ocean [screaming crying cat spinning in a void.gif]

🥳 fun fact 🥳 i have NO idea what food harlow has made. i think i had ratatouille on the brain at the time????

🟥 RALADS

⚠ PROPAGANDA ALERT ⚠

ruby territory best territory. ruby symbol of happiness. warns of danger AND antidote to poison. double helpful. ralads are so sweet and so smart. architectural and engineering marvels. living in harmony with the land and beasts. D'OR!!! manus and nanion friendship underrated and so special to me. horse girls. AND. broome. god theres so much i could say about broome that i cant say anything. anyway you guys know im normal about broome yes of course. separate post etc etc

i think technically this is a headcanon but it's not that big a stretch surely but as above i always picture ralads as in harmony with nature. never take more than they need, know how to work with not against, theyre not the main attraction but an equal part of the bigger picture.. this isn't even about how smart they are with engineering and their perfectly round houses with bricks that are cut perfectly. im thinking about their knowledge of their world is so strong and wide and diverse. they have the most vibrant and potent dyes and pigments around, they have the most colourful fabrics and clothes around. the plains has many colours but it can't compete, and they have different styles. i think that the hirans would trade for the dyes though (maybe undercutting pre-adin, maybe more equal post-unification). i think that they would also have a pretty decent blue dye but it is still inferior to mere lapis lazuli blue. it is probably a dye that could be used for a mid range mere garment?

maybe it's the anime fault but i do usually imagine ralads as barefoot but i also drew iris with construction tools and just the idea of ralads walking around a construction site barefoot was not fun to me. but it could be a hobbit tough soles situation. anyway i drew some shoes so i had a vague reference if i wanted to draw ralad shoes.

obviously had a problem drawing warrior attire for a non-war race. but i thought what if i leaned into the stories the hirans tell about how the scouts and soldiers they send into the ralad wilds never returned and were often found dead with broken bones or whatnot. definitely big watching but never seen vibes imo. so i decked iris out in some camouflage lol

🥳 fun fact 🥳 im sure the ralads can whistle and whatnot to make birdcall signals, but i thought it was fun for iris to be able to make birdcalls with her flute

HEY ALSO headcanon about ralad hair. i was making some dragon art from a doran pov that i was going to save for that but i cant wait now. but we know from Tales that the ralads had a good relationship with the ruby dragons, could even summon them (unless im misremembering and it was more like a premeditated calling) but i was thinking about how they nest with .. human? hair. and i was thinking what if they grow out their hair? and then they offer it to a dragon when they are ready? i dont know if there's a nesting season for dragons but it could be something like that? ralad-dragon ceremony and party time. this isn't a rite of passage type of thing, just something that they like to do. not everyone does it probably, but most do it once, some people do it several or many times in their lifetime. it's an honour, but not really a sacrifice to them. it's part of the world balance and theyre willing to serve the dragons as the dragons serve them as they water the plants and the plants feed them and they feed beasts and beasts feed them.

also dont remember why i did the hair so bright and orangey??? genuinely perplexed lmao. probably was leaning into irl ginger but like THEYRE BLUE so i could probably make them actual red. not sure if this is also like a "theres something in the ground" situation also that makes their hair red but maybe 😂😂

side note but it's lowkey so wild to me that rodda was like yeah these guys are blue-grey with red hair, and then everyone else is like an average person, BUT the mountain people are short. like they're all just some guy basically???

it does make return to del so so funny because fallow is like AYO look at these MONSTERS they are UGLY and WEIRD

but i guess thats part of the motivation to give the deltora tribes some basic unique traits.

🟪 TORANS

okay so toran robes as inspired by japanese fashion is definitely something that's floated around the fandom for ages. i can't remember if it was before or after seeing posts about it that i started my first concept sketches but i think it probably had a hand in helping me visualise what rodda was talking about when she described their robes as butterfly wings when they speed-travelled. like yeah big deep sleeves and floor trailing hems WOULD probably look like colourful butterfly wings in the wind,,

🥳 fun fact 🥳 azami be always hungry. if only she knew someone who liked to cook 🤔

i don't have much to say design-wise, kinda just did various doodling. they would probably be second in extravagance to the plains, but it's a different sort of detail? they are probably a bit more refined and elegant than the hirans who are probably more bold in their designs. torans grow to be vain and selfish (it's already started by adin's time) so they probably have a high value on the beauty of their belongings, and it probably began with imagery of beasts and plants and dragons in amethyst territory, "true" pictures. but as time went on it probably distorted a bit and became idealised and/or fantastical etc.

OKAY SO my brain bluescreened just now for a moment trying to figure out how a people who use magic to make life easier, were also the ones known for their weaving, a manual hands-on task (lief's cloak is praised as being worthy of toran looms, implying high grade; pretty sure this was supposed to be a hint that his mother is not who he thinks she is also). some conclusions are 1) they weave with magic (sad, horrible), 2) they weave as a past-time, for fun etc (okay) but i took it to a third option

for a long time ive been thinking about toran magic as like, a balance and an energy thing (because i like that stuff lol) they cannot create something from nothing, only change things. they couldnt summon a fire, but they could change a piece of wood to fire and start a campfire, or those more advanced could even change the air into fire. but honestly it's left me a bit unsatisfied. like how does that explain the tora-del highway? hELL tora itself? what happened to the marble that got carved away? also how can that mountain have been so perfect there was no cracks or seams?? or did they carve those bits out lol. questions for another day.

anyway i was thinking about how hobbies are good for you, you dont have to be good at something but it's good to do stuff for fun and when you do crafts you get a cool thing at the end of it that you made. but it's also like skills you can develop? and i wondered what if weaving is a starter skill that they learn, some of them at least. maybe there are different activities, and they do the one that speaks to them the most. there were other types of artisans in tora, just not as talked about (i guess they're robes are pretty iconic so it's easy for people to go wow robes wow weavers who made fabric for the robes so soft) like i distinctly remember barda remarking about how tora was untouched and why bandits wouldn't have stolen the carved box that ended up holding the auto-reply letters from the palace.

so what im thinking is that maybe this builds a foundation to help torans visualise and perform their magic?

it actually solves a problem ive had in my headcanons i feel like ive got seven eyes open rn 😂😂 but in relation to del culture and traditions, i've been thinking about there being a physical and spiritual realm of course, and maybe it's the comfort of threes but it felt like something was missing.

i dont know what to call it yet, but im thinking the third thing is like the glue, it connects all things, it's in everything. it's like a third realm but also more of like a medium maybe? kind of sappy but we can just call this the magical realm for now. i actually used to think of toran magic as being like a subset of the greater deltora magic, but now im thinking it's more like torans are more receptive to the magic realm, as del are to the spiritual, and the ralads to the physical; theyre the experts in these things, which is why unified deltora is important 😂; likewise dread gnomes specialise in gems, jalis in combat, mere in cunning, plains in hope perhaps? literally never thought about it quite like this so maybe i will process it different later and designate different specialties.

so when the torans are young, they learn a craft and these skills help them sort of "tap into" the magical realm. so in the case i first thought of, when a toran weaver starts to see and interact with the magical realm, the easiest way for them to engage with it would be to think of it as weaving. they might see the magical realm as threads that connect everything, and weave things together to get what they want. a potter might see it as a malleable mass and sculpt what they want. a carpenter might see it as something to carve, something to break and put together.

the magical realm is not a concrete thing at all, up to interpretation, perhaps a unique experience to anyone who could glimpse in; don't strictly have to be toran, but they are perhaps naturally receptive to it or it could even be entirely a knowledge thing and that they are taught about it more; someone like verity who had her eyes opened to this realm, and learned to interact with it on instinct. does open questions to what the hell is up with the plains lmao but i think thats another post.

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sorry about all the "i'll tell you in another post" i was attempting to stay on track 😂😂 also there's a 90% chance im gonna forget to come back and write about them so if anyone is dying to know feel free to send me an ask or something???

also if you want to know more about these OCs let me know 👀 i can find an ask game or something maybe. it's a case of i know a lot but will forget it all if asked to speak freely, i need specific questions. i have also developed the first four a bit more, but the last three are not without character so they can still be included. maybe it will be a group effort and they will have Background.

How I feel coming back to my own AU after my sudden flux of good news :'D

SO

WHO WANTS SOME OFF THE REELS AU RAMBLINGS ?

Tiptapricot

See Tiptapricot’s existing works here and here.

Preferred contact methods: Tumblr: Tiptapricot Email: [email protected] Instagram: tiptapricot_vibes

Preferred organizations: - Autistic Self Advocacy Network - Native American Rights Fund - RIP Medical Debt - The Bail Project - Transgender Law Center (See the list of approved organizations here)

Will create works that contain: Sfw: Fluff, angst, horror, inhuman exploration, domesticity, falling in love, nonsexual intimacy, role swap, missing scenes, time loop/time travel AUs, sci fi, mixed canons from media, trans exploration, aspec exploration. Nsfw: explicit content with any of the above, transmasc porn, t-dick smut, frottage, grinding, monster sex, tentacles, aphrodisiacs, cock warming, weird sex, voyeurism/exhibitionism, more if asked.

Will not create works that contain: Yandere, dark!AUs, intentional OOC, scat play, piss play, non-monster blood play, heavy BDSM, bestiality, underage sex (whether between minors or between an adult and a minor), incestuous content, childbirth, period sex, cannibalism (aspects of monster-related eating may be discussed), race play, age play, medical abuse, suicide/self harm (references and content may be discussed), heavy non-con/dub-con (aspects involved in kinks may be discussed), heavy gore/heavy sexual gore (can be discussed in certain contexts), explicit and visceral murder, religious alteration/other religion AUs for Jewish characters, plural erasure/separate body/no system AUs for plural characters, magical genderswap/other gender AUs (fantastical trans explorations may be discussed), Bemis's run, Pepose’s City of the Dead characterization (though plot elements from CotD are welcome to be utilized), OCs, reader inserts

  -- Fic or Other Writing --

Auction ID: 1125

Will create works for the following relationships: Steven Grant/Jake Lockley/Marc Spector - 616, MCU Layla El-Faouly/Steven Grant/Marc Spector - 616, MCU Logan/Charles Xavier - X-Men: Evolution Miguel O'Hara-centric - Spider-Verse (animated films) Miguel O'Hara/Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson - Spider-Verse (animated films) Jean-Paul Duchamp/Steven Grant/Jake Lockley/Marc Spector - 616, MCU Layla El-Faouly/Steven Grant/Jake Lockley/Greer Grant Nelson/Marc Spector - 616, MCU Jean-Paul Duchamp & Layla El-Faouly & Steven Grant & Jake Lockley & Marc Spector - 616, MCU Astronaut Marc/Jean-Paul Duchamp - 616, MCU Yehya Badr & Steven Grant & Jake Lockley & Marc Spector & the Midnight Mission crew - 616, MCU

Work Description: (This is my SFW listing, if you are interested in explicit/sexual work, please look for my other auction.) This listing is for a generally safe for work fic piece starting at ~1,000 words. Each $5 bid will increase the piece’s word count by ~500 words, up to ~5,000 words maximum. If desired by the winner, the resulting word count may be split among multiple smaller fics. It may also inhabit a lower word count than the maximum if it is hit in bidding (IE: even if this auction hits a $55 bid, if you would like only a 2k word fic, I can do that). Word count is not exact and I may go slightly over or under depending on what fits the story best, but I will try to stick as close as I can. Due to current projects and plans, I will not be able to begin active prose work on this piece until early 2024 (likely early January, if not a bit later. I will communicate my availability with the winner). Discussions, planning, and an outline are welcome to be discussed and hammered out before then. This piece as well as my other listing will be taking the place of two regular commission slots for my January opening, and it is unlikely I will open more slots at that time. Winning a listing from me here is the best way to guarantee a slot from me in the near future. Clarifications for listed relationships: For any group platonic relationships or polyamorous romantic relationships, I am open to the whole group listed, as well as any combination of characters listed within that group (IE: I am open to writing polyamorous Marc/Steven/Jake, as well as only Marc/Jake or only Marc/Steven. This applies to platonic groups like the Midnight Mission Crew as well, as in I am open to writing stories only featuring Badr, Reese, and Soldier being friends, or only Steven and The House of Shadows). If a relationship you are interested in is not listed here but seems to fit with what I’m open to (IE: Greer & Frenchie, House of Shadows-centric, or even Miguel & The Moon Knight System), you are welcome to bid and reach out to discuss it with me. I may not be open to all pair ups or explorations, however, so please make sure you are at least interested in a story with what I already have listed currently. The "Astronaut Marc" listing refers to Captain Spector/Commander/MK-1 AKA the spaceman alter featured in the Lemire run, and his inner world version of Frenchie who fights alongside him. I am open to headcanoned characterizations/stories for these two, as well as larger AUs should the winner want to do something extra fun with them. Further content clarifications: I am open to melding aspects of different universes together in whatever way the winner would like (IE: MCU Moon Knight System interacting with Lemire Run events). Additionally, characters regularly a part of the chosen cast but not listed above are welcome (IE: Gena, Crawley, Lyla, Mayday), and additional side characters or Marvel cameos are welcome as long as I am given ample communication on versions and where to find information on them if I’m not familiar with them. While 616 is listed for all Moon Knight characters, I am not comfortable writing for runs I am not familiar with or am uncomfortable with (see DNWs above for some runs). I am most familiar with the Lemire 2016 run and the MacKay 2021 run versions of the characters. Headcanoned versions of additional Moon Knight system headmates are allowed to a certain extent (IE: Mr. Knight as a separate headmate or Dr. Harrow as a separate headmate would be fine, an original child alter would not). Examples of my work can be found in my portfolio links! What I have posted covers a range of content and word count, depending on the length and story type you are looking for. When contacting me after winning, please have a general idea of the story you would like to see. Further discussion on things like specific beats, headcanons, point of view, and tense may be discussed after.

Ratings: Gen, Teen, Mature

Can pods bid on this auction? Yes - Podbids welcome!

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-- Fic or Other Writing --

Auction ID: 2061

Will create works for the following relationships: Steven Grant/Jake Lockley/Marc Spector - 616, MCU Layla El-Faouly/Steven Grant/Marc Spector - 616, MCU Miguel O'Hara/Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson - Spider-Verse (animated films) Miguel O'Hara-centric - Spider-Verse (animated films) Khonshu-centric - 616, MCU Jean-Paul Duchamp/Steven Grant/Jake Lockley/Marc Spector - 616, MCU Jean-Paul Duchamp/Steven Grant - 616 Layla El-Faouly/Steven Grant/Jake Lockley/Greer Grant Nelson/Marc Spector - 616, MCU Astronaut Marc/Jean-Paul Duchamp - 616, MCU The House of Shadows-centric - 616

Work Description: (This is my NSFW listing, if you are interested in non-sexual work, please look for my other auction.) This listing is for a sexually explicit fic piece starting at ~1,000 words. Each $2 bid will increase the piece’s word count by ~200 words, up to ~4,000 words maximum. If desired by the winner, the resulting word count may be split among multiple smaller fics. It may also inhabit a lower word count than the maximum if it is hit in bidding (IE: even if this auction hits a $40 bid, if you would like only a 2k word fic, I can do that). Word count is not exact and I may go slightly over or under depending on what fits the story best, but I will try to stick as close as I can. Due to current projects and plans, I will not be able to begin active prose work on this piece until early 2024 (likely early January, if not a bit later. I will communicate my availability with the winner). Discussions, planning, and an outline are welcome to be discussed and hammered out before then. This piece as well as my other listing will be taking the place of two regular commission slots for my January opening, and it is unlikely I will open more slots at that time. Winning a listing from me here is the best way to guarantee a slot from me in the near future. Clarifications for listed relationships/characters: For any polyamorous relationships, I am open to the whole group listed, as well as any combination of characters listed within that group (IE: I am open to writing polyamorous Marc/Steven/Jake/Jean-Paul, as well as any combination within such as Marc/Jake, Jean-Paul/Jake/Steven, etc.). If a relationship you are interested in is not listed here but seems to fit with what I’m open to (IE: Layla and Jean-Paul both being with the Moon Knight System at the same time, someone engaging sexually with the House of Shadows, Miguel x MK System) you are welcome to bid and reach out to discuss it with me. I may not be open to all pair ups or explorations, however, so please make sure you are at least interested in a story with what I already have listed. The "Astronaut Marc" listing refers to Captain Spector/Commander/MK-1 AKA the spaceman alter featured in the Lemire run, and his inner world version of Frenchie who fights alongside him. I am open to headcanoned characterizations/stories for these two, as well as larger AUs should the winner want to do something extra fun with them. Both the House of Shadows and Khonshu are listed as I greatly enjoy inanimate/nonhuman/godly sex, and if anyone out there would like some good old eldritch building or god fucking, I am very very open to that. I am very specific about how I pair Khonshu with other characters, however, so work with him would be less flexible on what I’m open for outside of a solo scenario. Although comics Steven/Jean-Paul is covered by my polyamorous relationship pair up rule, I am especially interested in the MacKay versions of Steven and Jean-Paul as a ship, and would love to create for them. Further content clarifications: I would like the focus of this story to be on sexual intimacy, porn, etc. as I’m interested in creating a short and smutty piece we can both be excited about and have fun with, so as long as it fits with my content boundaries, weird and wild ideas are welcome! Plot build up outside of the main sexual content will be kept to a minimum unless further discussed. I am open to melding aspects of different universes together in whatever way the winner would like (IE: MCU Moon Knight System interacting with Lemire Run events). Additionally, characters regularly a part of the chosen cast but not listed above are welcome to feature (IE: Gena, Crawley, Lyla, Mayday), and additional side characters or Marvel cameos are welcome but only in brief mentions or appearances. Trans headcanons are more than welcome for any character! And further headcanons such as kink preference, body features (bottom growth, top surgery/bottom surgery or not, etc.) may be discussed as well. While 616 is listed for all Moon Knight characters, I am not comfortable writing for runs I am not familiar with or am uncomfortable with (see DNWs above for some runs). I am most familiar with the Lemire 2016 run and the MacKay 2021 run versions of the characters. Headcanoned versions of additional Moon Knight system headmates are allowed to a certain extent (IE: Mr. Knight as a separate headmate or Dr. Harrow as a separate headmate would be fine, an original child alter would not). Examples of my explicit work can be found in my portfolio links! If you would like further examples of my explicit content, a few short original pieces may be found here and here. When contacting me after winning, please have a general idea of the story you would like to see. Further discussion on things like specific beats, headcanons, point of view, and tense may be discussed after.

Ratings: Explicit

Can pods bid on this auction? Yes - Podbids welcome!

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trad doodle requests I did several weeks ago

excuse the brightness uhm

sean salvador belongs to @theliberators

sofian belongs to @klai-16xoxo

badr and guest r my ocs

Hey, You can call me Mub. My artblog is @mubthemoff .

I'm aro/acespec, I take any pronouns. Undiagnosed autism+inattentive type adhd.

While I am 19 and this isn't an 18+ blog, I do make suggestive jokes, talk about menstruation n stuff.

Also I have cat, his name is King Jellybean.

Psychological fiction kin, cool with doubles.

Dni if you're a racist fuckwad, zionist, neo-nazi, proshipper, antishipper, terf, homophobe.

Don't bully young artists for making designs you don't like. Get hyper greened, idiot.

If you wanna talk art and robots feel free to check out my discord server, Doodlebots (16+).

Casual interests:

Cooking, stuffed animals, gardening, borderlands franchise, Amanda the Adventurer, Kirby games and anime, furry art and fursuiting, insects, character design, tea, traditional medicine, scene, gothic rock, hyperpop, Object Shows, birds, sanrio.

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Hyper fixations/Special interests:

• Active

Tadc, transformers franchise, toy restoration, vintage toys, art, roleplay.

• Overlapping interests

Transformers, Botbots, vintage toys, toy restoration, roleplay, art.

Tadc: Roleplay, vintage toys, art.

MLP: Changelings, vintage toys, art.

Animal care: Marine life, insects, reptiles, pigeons.

• Dormant

MLP, Pokemon, Sonic the Hedgehog, speculative biology, cephalopods, marine life, animal care.

• Specific characters

Transformers: Shockwave, Dirge, Starscream, Soundwave.

Tadc: Kinger, the Queenie I write.

Sonic: Metal Sonic, Bokkun, Rouge

Kirby: Magolor, Meta Knight.

Object Shows: Black hole.

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Fiction kinlist:

Tfa Shockwave and Longarm. Longarm is merely a persona connected to Shockwave. (Have had dreams as him though the body was different from canon.)

Voltage [oc] (do have memories and strong emotions, have had dreams as them.)

Kinger (C'link, do have memories and strong emotions, have had dreams as him.)

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Things my mutuals forced into my brain:

Batim/badr, Banban, Mass effect, Halflife, Murder Drones, Warrior Cats.

two ocs of mine, idir and badr

even tho I know no one's listening to my oc ramblings and reblogs, I'm gonna clarify my ocs so they don't get mixed together

Mick, Roxana, Jess, Joaquin, Lindsey, and Eshaal are from one story

Junit, Divya, Anapa, and Badr are from another story

Markus, Raven, Hatim, Chrys, Bushra, and James are all from another story (the only one I've actually named; Protect The Mothers)

✧ What is this?

The Ward of Lavale is a fictional oc book/webcomic universe that lives rent free in my brain!

•✧┈┈⛧┈♛ ♛┈⛧┈┈✧•

In an alternate world where magic lives in magical fields tied to the land, witches and their covens are able to passively use it, but wizards struggle a little more with their active magic use depleting the resources. Thus: migratory schools, literal chunks of land (though usually artificially made in the modern day) taken out of the ground, with the ability to move. How they do it depends on the school. Though originally built for orders of older wizard scholars, nowadays, there’s a large amount for students aged 14 and above. One such migratory school is our Lavale Migratory School of Thought. Unfortunately, many magicians tend to forget about those who aren’t born with the ability to manipulate those magical fields at all: a proof, impervious, woebegone, wythoute, or whatever word people use these days.

It’s even harder in Peregrine, our MC’s case— he’s a proof, doesn’t have a family, who lives in a school for magicians! While he’d never complain about the free traveling and board, he’d sort of like to have friends. Or magic. Or truly being a part of something. He literally lives in a hut somewhere on school grounds. But maybe not even his identity as a proof is concrete, either! Is it a spectrum? Does scaring off animals really count as a brilliant magical ability? He doesn’t know! But enough about his troubles— especially when he’d prefer to focus on the positives, like his hero: DeLores, the Archmage so powerful that the earth shook with her every stomp, the winds obeyed her words, and the animals of the sea thrashed away in reverence and respect! The living legend disappeared off the face of the planet fourteen years ago, and left a hole in his then zero-year old heart. It’s a story all children know by heart, despite its lack of detail, and Peregrine most of all.

What’s this about obscuring details and “accidentally” “”forgetting”” important plot points? Peregrine would never do that. He’s a normal, surprisingly well-adjusted boy. He likes sweets and cute clothes that make him less frightening looking. Please let him have this.

✧ Main Cast:

Peregrine

Rayn Amihan

Meriwether “Meri” Vesta

Andraste Skyros

✧ Other Students:

Farsai

Ixchel

Shyama

Yaling

Whetū

Despoina

✧ School Staff:

Headmasters Grenville & Primula Bonneire

Lady du Lac

HOLY SHIT IT’S DELORES !!!!!

Mr. Severino “Seve” Ariza

Professor Priah, Mr. Prescent, and Ms. Clio Morrow

Ms. Heng Yuwen

Ms. Thaleia Caro

Ms. Aurora Skeates

Dr. Ueda

Nurse Clemency Crestfall

Mr. Warren and Mrs. Xun

Mr. Assink

✧ Other:

Badr Karim

The Marvelous Morcant

i couldnt think of a good underboob outfit so enjoy some badr for some of this shirt cut meme, including me reusing a lineless drawing of their lace dress I had laying around. He has the range.

[Badr al-Din Lavellan uses He/They pronouns]

Inspiration: The Willow Maid (Erutan), Hijo de la Luna (Mecano)

another old piece I wrote some time ago, possibly with a lot of poetic license. since I’m quite satisfied with how it turned out, though, there we go!

(still under the cut, since it’s long-ish)

It happened  a late afternoon.

Asra had spent a good deal of time speaking with Nadia, about both the investigation itself and to grant his fellow magician a deserved break. He had nothing against the Countess, but he knew she could be rather… demanding, sometimes, when she assigned a job. Badr didn’t fail to mention the “damned test” Nadia put her through, using one of their Arcana to see if she could follow magic traces with moving targets.

Still, Nadia was a nice host, really. Once she warmed up to a person, she wouldn’t hold back with gifts or shows of appreciation. An aspect that finally brought to the magician’s current predicament.

Taking a stroll around the castle with the ruler, talking about lighter topics. More or less.

“Asra, I must ask a… delicate question.” the Countess began at a point, an unexpected sigh leaving her lips. “Do you think Badr is bothered by my actions? It’s true that we didn’t exactly started with the right foot, but… I suppose I still haven’t redeemed myself?”

The magician looked at her curiously, a little taken aback from the confession. Then, he smiled amiably. “It’s not like that, Nadi. Badr is just horrible at expressing feelings.” he admitted, fondness as well as bluntness in his voice.

“You say that, but I fear I have… ah, offended her, with my last gift.”

The dress. 

Badr showed him the garment the evening before. It was a beautiful piece made with a soft, almost feather-like fabric that Badr herself defined “like a cloud”. Nadia had given it to her some days prior, if he recalled correctly, while Badr was just having a “bad” moment.

Shaking his head, he placed a hand on the Countess shoulder. Her gaze fixed in his almost immediately and he smiled once again, a honest and reassuring smile. “I know where the problem lies, Nadi, and believe me if I say it’s not as you think. She’s not always comfortable in dresses and, as you may guess, prefers slacks over skirts in general.”

As he finished his explanation, the pair passed by one of the large windows that granted them a clear image of the garden. Before he could continue, however, his eyes caught glimpse of something—or rather, someone.

“I’m well aware of her preferences, but her figure is—Asra?”

Nadia stopped herself mid-sentence, as the magician brought his right index to his lips, a secretive smile telling her to keep quiet. She followed him when he gestured her to, getting silently on the balcony that oversaw the garden.

There, oblivious of the audience she got, Badr was crouching on the ground, bare-foot, fixing her handmade anklets before standing up. She was wearing the dress Nadia gave her, much to the Countess’ surprise.

Before the two could say or do anything, the dark haired magician started to move, her eyes closed as she danced on inaudible notes. The dress’ ends fluttered around, each step and movement was executed fluidly, with an elegance so unexpected that Nadia could only observe the show with delight.

She knew there was more than the usual frown and sharp words, but now Badr’s reminded her of the willow tree in the maze, flexible and gracious, swaying at the wind.

“See? I think she likes it. She just wasn’t ready to wear it.” Asra’s voice was only a murmur and got a simple nod as answer.

*

Each step she took felt like growing closer and closer with the elements themselves. Even if the contact lasted only a few moments, she could feel grass and soil under her feet, a spark of life reverberating around her.

Earth was her mother and her home, her first prayer in the morning and last at night. If she focused enough, she could feel the light thrumming coming from the ground - life at its most natural, purest form - and that alone had always the power to make her relax, even after a stressing day in the city.

As much as Asra tried to teach her his element, water couldn’t just become as important to her as earth was since her birth.

It didn’t take long for her to notice the lingering stares from the balcony - her magic sensed the familiar presence of her mentor, together with one which she still wasn’t totally accustomed to. Her friendship with Nadia was still something she could work on, but nonetheless the endless kindness of the noble host was something Badr wanted to treasure. Not because of the gifts she received, but simply because she felt the woman’s honest and good intentions. 

People like her were hard to come by, in all times. Badr wanted to treasure their relationship.

Gulping down the embarrassment of being stared at in such a moment, she held out her hands to the two of them, an open invite to join her, much to Asra’s surprise. 

The three of them danced and danced and danced, with no real music guiding them other than the pace set from one and each of them. 

Badr couldn’t recall how much time had passed since they started, but soon enough Nadia excused herself to go back to her duties. Her mentor, Asra, followed like a few more minutes, after telling her to try and not exhaust herself too much--which was funny: after all that moving, Badr just felt even more energized than before.

Still barefoot, the Apprentice walked around and in the little maze surrounding the familiar fountain she used some time before to get in touch with Asra. She didn’t feel like going back inside ye. The energy she felt from the dance before, the vivid aura she could feel around her even in that moment, made leaving very difficult, after all. It still wasn’t like taking a walk in the woods outside Vesuvia where her dearest familiar lived, but it was something.

Luckily, even the obnoxious selfishness and the poor style the later Count had couldn’t completely erase the nature from the castle. That, or it was all Nadia’s merit. Unsurprisingly, Badr tended to the latter.

A chuckle left her lips - she felt no guilt in talking, or thinking, bad of Lucio. 

From what she heard and saw, he was not a nice person, nor one she could get along with. She’d rather punch him in the face probably, but that would have to wait anyways. 

For the moment, the Apprentice was rather satisfied with simply resting in her favorite element.

*

A few hours later, Asra went back to find her before it became too dark outside, only to find her leaning back on the willow tree near the fountain. Her aura, as he could see, still was saturated with natural energy: it thrummed pleasingly around her in such a way that he could see the surroundings echoing with it, albeit more silently.

He sometimes wondered if  Badr knew how strong her magic could become if she kept linking herself to the elements like she did that day. That is, if she knew what she was doing. It wouldn’t be the first time she pulled something like that, following the way her instinct and magic itself laid out for her, so it was a fair doubt he had.

Honestly, his dearest was either incredibly intuitive or unbelievably lucky sometimes.

That was his last thought before he walked up to her sleeping form, ready to wake her up.

30 - Unity

'Let the seven gifts of the land be joined — at the last.' [Zara's father said.] Adin took the great gem and pressed it to the last, empty space in the belt. It slipped into place with a tiny click. And at that moment, our world changed. TALES OF DELTORA The Deltora Annals The Battle for Deltora

just wanted to draw my moon and stars ocs since i love them and they are Adin-era so i guess it fits the first deltora unification but then i ended up drawing them in wedding garb so i guess it's double unity or something alsdkfjh

anyway this is Badr of Rithmere and Luisa of Del, theyre warriors who spedrun enemies to lovers because of the shadow invasion. they often had princess bride esque encounters of "you seem a decent fellow i hate to kill you" "you seem a decent fellow i hate to die lol" type of border skirmishing / patrolling etc. found themselves fighting side by side at hira and developed a nicer respect rather than the grudging kind and they began to enjoy each other's company more as they could hang out in peace under Adin's rule

i think it's too presumptuous to say that they were the first intercultural marriage, i would imagine that there were some at least they were just quieter and lived in the country or something to avoid conflict. but badr and luisa's wedding(s) wouldve been a big deal post-adin's coronation because now everyone is start to trade and intermingle and chat with each other in friendly terms, and they would be well known for their courage and skills so their respective cities were definitely Too Involved lmao

anyway del people are curious and love travelling so i think generally they wouldve been like "oh cool" but also "please have a del wedding with us" because they want to partayyy 🎉 etc but the mere were probably waaaaaaaaaay more reserved. maybe average reserved. like not the most suspicious but also not the most enthusiastic lol. they'd be like woah a stranger here. but luisa is so bubbly and loveable they take to her eventually 😌💙

i drew a rough version of the mere wedding attired because i've sort of done del wedding attire for jaslief so i thought why not try something else

also it's a coincidence but ive latched onto it so much but im obsessed with giving del moon imagery because of how the topaz and the moon are so interlinked and i think it's important to their culture, but guess what's also in the night sky. stars. you know who's famous for star motifs?? the mere. [always sunny in philadelphia red string.gif]

here's some drawings i haven't posted yet because i've been trying to do the warrior getup for all the tribes and i haven't done that yet lol

they're my favs my lil guys :)

and all because i drew a mere person swindling a del person once upon a time lmao

non canon curse swap for fun

I made ref sheets for the siblings!

Along with some redesigns and upgrades!

i cant believe im on baby names website looking up arabic names im ashamed of myself... in mu defense none of the names i thought fit my oc and i dont like using the names of ppl i know irl

My OCs’ Etymology

This list will break down the etymology and origin of the names of my twst ocs. This may be updated with new ocs so this will be tagged “names” for you to find.

Frederich Brunnen (Snow White’s Prince):

Some documents in the Disney archives call the prince “Frederick”, although it’s usually accepted that the prince’s name is Florian.

“Brunnen” is German for fountain, referencing the wishing well where Snow White and the prince first meet.

Charmant Fête (Prince Charming):

“Charmant” is French for Charming.

“Fête” is French for party or festival, referencing the ball where Cinderella and the prince meet.

Verre/Ash Trein (Cinderella):

“Verre” is French for glass.

In the original story, Cinderella is given her name because she sleeps by the fireplace and gets cinders and ashes on her face.

Faith Fairwife (Fairy Godmother):

The Fairy Godmother says to Cinderella, “If you'd lost all your hope, I couldn't be here.” This suggests that the Fairy Godmother is the physical manifestation of Cinderella’s hope.

Jour Rosamund (Aurora):

In the original Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, Sleeping Beauty has two children with the prince, who are named Aurora (Dawn) and Jour (Day).

In some translations of Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, the princess is named Rosamund.

Florimund Désiré (Prince Phillip):

In the Sleeping Beauty ballet by Tchaikovsky, where the Disney version takes all its music from, the prince is named Désiré, but is also sometimes named Florimund.

Edward Colins (Prince Eric):

It is theorized by historians that Hans Christian Andersen, the author of The Little Mermaid, based the story on his unrequited love for a man named Edvard Collin.

Rielle Sidon (Ariel):

Sidon is short for Poseidon, Greek god of the sea.

Horatio Crustacea (Sebastian):

In the Octavinelle chapter, there is mention of a commemoration picture of a court musician named Horatio in the Museum.

Crabs belong to the aquatic group Crustacea.

Breaker Guppy (Flounder):

Originally, Ariel was supposed to have a pet dolphin named Breaker, who was eventually replaced by Flounder.

Ariel mockingly calls Flounder a “guppy”.

Bête Villeneuve (Beast):

Bête is French for beast.

Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve was the original author of Beauty and the Beast.

Beau Belmont (Belle):

Both “Belle” and “Beau” are French words for beauty.

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont is the author of the second and more famous version of Beauty and the Beast, although I changed Beaumont to Belmont because Beau Beaumont sounds repetitive and Belmont has “Belle” in it.

Jean Candélabre (Lumiere):

Jean Cocteau was the director of the 1946 film Beauty and the Beast, which was one of the inspirations for the Disney version.

Candélabre is French for Candelabra.

Domo Cocteau (Cogsworth):

Cogsworth is the majordomo of the Beast’s castle.

Jean Cocteau was the director of the 1946 film Beauty and the Beast, which was one of the inspirations for the Disney version.

Badr Al-Asim (Jasmine):

Badroulbadour is the original name of the princess from Aladdin.

Mustaph Shahrzad (Aladdin):

In the original story, Aladdin’s father is a tailor named Mustapha.

Aladdin is part of the collection 1001 Nights, which is narrated by the queen Scheherazade, sometimes spelled Shahrzad.

Jinn Djinn “JinJin” (Genie):

The Arabic word for genie is “Jinn”, sometimes romanized as Djinn.

Chase Emeralda (Tiana):

Tiana was inspired by the famous chef Leah Chase.

The Princess and the Frog is partially inspired by the book The Frog Princess, where the princess is named Emeralda.

Heinrich Eisen (Naveen):

The story of the Frog Prince is also sometimes called “Iron Henry”.

Eisen is German for iron.

Maddy Pouffe (Lottie):

Maddy doesn’t actually mean anything, Lottie just kinda looks like a “Maddy”

Pouffe is derived from “poof” and “La Bouff”, Lottie’s surname.

Mei (RSA MC):

Mei alludes to the word “me” just like Yuu alludes to the word “you”.

Perralt (RSA Grim)

Grim alludes to the fairytale authors The Brothers Grimm, and Perralt alludes to another fairytale author called Charles Perrault.

Rampion Bellflower (Rapunzel):

Rapunzel is actually the name of a plant, whose other name is rampion bellflower.

Hua Ming (Mulan):

In the original story, Mulan’s surname is “Hua”.

Ming starts with an M and rhymes with Ping, Mulan’s male disguise.

Po Waialiki (Moana):

In old drafts of Moana, Te Ka’s name was “Te Po”.

In old drafts, Moana’s last name was Waialiki.

Magnus O’Whisp (Merida):

Magnus alludes to Merida’s horse, Angus, and starts with an M.

O’Whisp alludes to the Will O’ the Wisps from Brave.

Kai Snow (Elsa):

Elsa is based on the character Kai from The Snow Queen, who is taken away by the Snow Queen and whom Gerda has to save.

Gerda Snow (Anna):

Gerda is the protagonist of The Snow Queen and goes on a journey to save her best friend Kai from the clutches of the Snow Queen.

Robber Reyne (Kristoff):

Kristoff is based of the Robber Girl from The Snow Queen.

“Reyne” alludes to “rein”.

Roi Heart (King of Hearts):

Roi is French for king.

Kore Despoina (Persephone):

Sometimes Persephone is named “Kore” meaning “maiden”.

Another alternate name of Persephone is “Despoina” meaning “the mistress”. Also, in an ancient Arcadian cult dedicated to Demeter and Persephone, they were collectively referred to as the Despoinai, the mistresses.

Ceres Despoina (Demeter):

Persephone’s mother was Demeter, whose Roman name was Ceres.

In an ancient Arcadian cult dedicated to Demeter and Persephone, they were collectively referred to as the Desponai, the mistresses.

Saturn Shroud (Kronos):

In Greek mythology, Hades’ father was Kronos, king of the titans, whose Roman name was Saturn.

Opal Shroud (Rhea):

In Greek mythology, Hades’ mother was Rhea, queen of the titans, whose Roman name was Ops.

Carabosse Draconia (Malleus’ grandmother):

In Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, the evil fairy is named Carabosse.

Snowdrop Rosehearts (White Queen/Riddle’s dad):

Alice has a cat named Snowdrop.