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Thinking abt the unnecessary antagonization of Talia al Ghul 😔 Like wow jeez make the female Arabic character evil and corrupt and part of an extremist organization… Make her evil and manipulative and conniving, villainize her and label her as consciously malicious Now take Dick, a white passing character, and idolize him Even as talon or when villainized, he's calculated and romanticized and excused Dick Grayson gets to be excusably blood thirsty and revenge seeking because if we squint hard enough he's basically a pretty white boy But Talia al Ghul comes from a Line of psychopaths and assassins The wretchedness is in her blood, in her ethnicity She was made to be mean and messy and unlovable /how I feel reading ppls characterizations of her

Like, you can write a poc villan w/o playing into stereotypes and just, unnecessarily adding harmful characterization

This goes for comic writers AND fanfic writers Same deal with people painting Damian (An Arabic Character) as "feral" Specifically him on his lonesome

If you're talking about him being "feral" or unpredictable, childish, and chaotic You can do so without playing into stereotypes, *but* a key aspect of doing so is recognizing these traits in the Characters around him as well Sure make him a feral little monster, but you can't do that and then make Tim and Dick, prodigy children golden boys horrified by this creature of a child

No, if you’re writing feral Damian, it’s not even that it's harmful to write him being gawked at in horror for his behavior It’s that it doesn’t make sense If you’re taking this looser, or sillier interpretation of the character, you can’t cherry pick the characters You need to take the time to acknowledge Tim, Lives alone and spends his spare time memorizing floor plans Drake, and Dick, has Broken more than 7 Vases doing Unnecessary acrobatics in the house, Grayson wouldn’t be gawking in horror they’d be gawking in awe It makes so much more sense to write Tim as curious, fascinated, hell- JEALOUS, that Damian frequently uses the ventilation system as a playground It makes so much more sense to write Dick as excited by Damian’s flexibility and agility He finally has someone to train with, who can match his specialized style of acrobatic combat It’s the blatant antagonization of these characters that has me on the floor gang, it's the

Antagonization for actions and circumstances out of their control

Antagonization for characteristics that are dismissed when it comes to other (especially white passing or popular Hero-coded) characters

I might write more about positive Arab thematics and fun Non-Harmful/Stereotypical ways you can write Arab characters.

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Another Angel and Val Drabble

I am PATHETIC about them again, TW for mentions of Valentino and abuse/manipulation "

Fuck!" Angel swears, reaching for a makeup wipe fix his smudged eyeliner.

Valentino smirks, walking over to Angels and fixing his face into a pout. "Oh, baby look you. You can't even put on some fucking makeup without me."

He reaches for Angel's face, cupping it gently as he goes on, "I created you, I'm the reason you have everything that you do today."

"Do you remember?" He muses, "When you were nothing but a lowly street whore?"

His pout deepens in mock pity, "Poor thing, you were pathetic without me. Until I came and I fell in love with such a pitiful little thing, and I saved you. Angel."

He kisses him on the cheek, before wiping off the smudged eyeliner and beginning to fix it. "You can't even function without me darling, the pathetic little bitch that you are. It's a good thing I love you so much, and I'm willing to give all of this to you. This life of lavish and love."

Val kisses him again, this time on the lips, before getting up to walk away. "See you in 10 baby," he blows him one last kiss before walking out the door. Again, not romanticizing their relationship, this is purely as a character study/writing exercise

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"He misses me so much because he loves me."

Sirius tells himself, peering down at the tear stained letter in his hands, begging him to come home.

"He'll see me again at Christmas and we'll be back to bickering," he thinks, frowning.

Sirius ignores the voice in his head with other ideas and much more to say, shoving the crumpled parchment in his trunk.

He lays in bed, staring at the two constellations he'd charmed into the ceiling of his bed frame, and thinks about nothing. Nothing at all.

He misses me so much because without me there he's suffering through Hell, alone.

Sirius falls asleep stuffy nosed and sticky faced, with a pillowcase to match the letter in his trunk.

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Miles drabble

just a little thought experiment playing around with Miles' mental health esp after loosing his friends and how complicated it can be with minority parents. (I swear this isn't Mr. and Mrs.Morales slander it was just a cool concept 😭)

Minor Tw: for Su!c!dal thoughts and S3lf harm mention

Miles sighs as he twitches uncomfortably in the hard plastic chairs. Staring at white walls and florescent lights decorated to look like a sky spattered with clouds as he waits for nurse to come back and finish his assessment.

A curious wretched part of him wonders, what it would be like to be honest with them. To look them in the eyes and tell them that he fantasizes about falling back into old habits. 

Carving words into his arm instead of lines this time. Tell them how he spends half his time these days begging for death. 

But he can’t.

And he won't.

He knows better than to get himself locked up in this place. What would his parents think. 

No, what would his parents *say*. He's lucky enough that his mother bought him here in the first place. The fact that he's gotten as far as an assessment is miracle enough. He shouldn't push his luck.

Plus, he's Spiderman. Spiderman can't afford to be missing from patrol for a couple days, maybe a week. Spiderman doesn't need mental health help. Spiderman always gets back up, no matter how many times they've been hit.

Except the person he heard that from was Peter. *His* Peter. 

The Peter that didn't get back up again.

Part of him knows that the spider society would cover his missed patrols. That his friends would physically pick him up and drag him here themselves if they knew the truth. 

Part of him wants them to.

Whether that desire is for them to know, or to be forced into something that deep down he knows he wants, is anyone's guess. But Miles wasn't going to play that game.

So he bites his tongue, and he says enough to get himself help, but he's careful and calculated. Always 12 steps ahead.

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ATSV Fruity Four Polycule Hcs

(For the sake of continuity and convenience, everyone mentioned is around 18-19. Miles and Ganke are still roommates, this is set around their senior year.) Hobie: Introduced them all to polyamory after Miles, Pav, and Gwen all came to him confessing that they had multiple crushes and no idea what to do. Doesn't like labels, so keeps his sexuality unlabeled but does openly identify as polyamorous for the sake of his partners. Sees Pav as his main partner <3 Is also dating Gwen, but isn't really dating Miles. Their relationship is closer to a QPR (Queer-Platonic Relationship) for now, because they're not as close. {Hobie's Demi-romantic/Demi-sexual}

Big on dates! Loves taking his partners (including Miles) to big fancy restaurants or extravagant romantic places. Especially just one of them at a time so that there's no fear in flirting, affection, or romantic gestures. Makes a huge effort to chose places and activities that he knows his partners will enjoy. Pavitr: Found out polyamory was a thing and went absolutely feral. Has a hard time differentiating between platonic and romantic feelings so was SUPER excited at the idea of getting to date all of his close friends at once. Doesn't exactly have a main partner, but would probably say Hobie if asked. (They spend the most time together, and are both very public about dating each other, unlike their other partners.) [They're not obnoxious about it or anything, but they're a lot more comfortable being openly romantic, and in some cases openly polyamorous.] Is dating Hobie, Gwen, and Miles <3

Absolutely loves his partners. He's really vocal about it too, tons of gifts and words of affirmation. Loves physical touch too, but respects that Miles and Gwen aren't comfortable with public affection (esp. around other spider-people/ at HQ) yet. Gwen: Is pretty chill about polyamory in privates spaces or behind closed doors, but gets nervous about being open/public about it. Fears the social backlash quite a lot. (Her dad's initial rejection of her for being Spider-Woman has affected her security in her identity quite a bit) She kind of accidentally spread this idea to Miles when she was confessing her fears to her partners, so he shares a similar sentiment but to a lesser degree.

Absolutely DOES NOT let her nervousness stop her from loving her partners whole heartedly. Found it difficult to be vocal about her boundaries at first, but with a lot of encouragement (especially from Hobie) she's gotten better at it and her partners are always respectful of them. Has gotten better about public polyamory, especially seeing peoples' reactions to Pav, Hobie, and sometimes Miles all being openly affectionate, but still isn't comfortable being an active part of it. Is dating Miles, Hobie, and Pav, but sees Miles as her main partner. <3

Makes a lot of handmade gifts for her Partners, will pick flowers and make them special bouquets, sometimes sews for them, etc. Will sometimes go to Pav's and the two of them will have a little disaster crafting session where they help each other make gifts for their partners.

Miles: LOVES polyamory. Is incredibly happy to be able to date all of his crushes even if he's a little nervous about being publicly polyamorous. Hearing Gwen talking about social backlash really got to him since he's had some public image issues already as Spiderman, but just like Gwen he doesn't let that stop him from fully committing to and loving his partners. Like Pav, doesn't have a main partner but would probably say Gwen if asked. <3 Is dating Pav, Gwen, and Ganke, but is in a QPR with Hobie that's recently been developing a bit more romantically. Is slightly more comfortable than Gwen when it comes to PDA with his partners. LOVES giving them all little pecks on the cheek, holding their hands, or just blowing them little kisses across the room.

Finds it easier to communicate his feelings through art, so makes a lot of drawings for his partners. Typically portraits of them, but also does sketches their favorite views for them! Learned landscape sketching for Gwen and Pav, and started working with mixed media for Hobie and Ganke. Ganke: Was immediately down for polyamory, and was just happy he got a chance with his crush! (He was worried that Miles wouldn't even be interested because he always seemed to be chasing girls, or one girl in particular)

Had a HUGE crush on Miles during ATSV, hence why he was so aloof about helping him with Spiderman stuff. Developed a bit of flirty friendship with Miles after ATSV, when he started bringing more of his Spider friends back to their dorm. Eventually confessed after seeing Miles kiss Pav during movie night and then immediately turn around and kiss Gwen too. Was introduced to their polycule and was totally okay with trying it out, hasn't regretted that decision one bit since. <3 Is only dating Miles right now, but does flirt a bit with Pav and Gwen when they're over. (Is too scared of Hobie to flirt with him)

Developed an app for them that allowed for password locked photo folders on their phones, so that they could take all sorts of Spidey pics without worrying about compromising their identity. Helps tutor Miles when he's struggling but Miles sometimes gets frustrated because he actually teaches Miles instead of just giving him the answer.

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Pavitr Prabhakar Headcanons

Pav headcanons bc I finally have a character to project on and he makes me so insane -Goes feral for Diwali sweets Like, the SECOND Puja is over, he is consuming sweets No food, just sweets

-Also prayers/Puja is the only time he eats fruit Absolutely 0 interest in fruit 90% of the time, but the minute it's being offered to the gods? He wants some

-DESIGNATED FLOWER COLLECTOR Bro has 1 job and its to bring flowers home for Auntie Maya during Diwali so she can wash them (they don't trust him to do anything else <///3)

-Is banned from cooking/being in the kitchen bc he forgets he isn't supposed to taste anything They make him set up diyas instead, but he's not allowed to light them either. (He's clumsy :< ) Ok moving on from Diwali or I won't shut up

-Gulab Jamun lover (Fight me, I'm right) Warms it up. It's the only way to eat it and he will fight you on that.

-This is more of a West Indies/West Indian thing but you can pry it from my cold dead hands: Sawine enjoyer BUT only likes the noodles Will literally strain his Sawine so he only gets noodles Also hates when his aunties add raisins and cardamom leaves and stuff that jumpscares him while he's trying to enjoy his noodles Homie is a victim (I looked it up, they make it in North India too, but there it's called Seviyan Kheer!)

-Also, he's TERRIBLE at Cricket like, before he got bitten he couldn't even run to catch the ball, and he'd bowl too slow or his aim would be way off. If you guys like these I'm happy to do a part 2 !

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I have a sort of dark take on the HTTYD2 Song that's been going a bit viral on TIKTOK.

People are gushing over the lines

I have no use for rings of gold I care not for your poetry I only want your hand to hold I only want you near me

and yeah, they're adorable but I feel like in the context of their society, they hold less meaning. See, they live/lived on this tiny island that isn't plagued by greedy and power hungry capitalism. Hence, materialistic objects, rings of gold, or even creative pursuits, poetry, hold less value. They lack the novelty they have in our world. In modern society giving someone 'rings of gold' is reflective of your adoration because it means in a world that runs on money you set aside copious amounts of the most highly sought after resource, all for a singular person. To write someone poetry, is to sacrifice the second most valuable resource, time, in dedication to pursuing a 'useless'/'worthless'/'non valuable' creative art for a singular person. " The "Poetry" 's worth comes from the novelty of it, its worth comes from the idea that in modern society it would be considered a waste of time, and yet you've gone and done it anyways out of love for a singular person. But these two things are rejected by Valka because in their society they hold no value, they lack novelty, because their entire lives are not spent chasing money to maintain their lives in a capitalistic society.

(UHHHHH Slash jay, don't come at me, just food for thought, I wanted to mess around with the idea, pls keep in mind i don't at all believe this is the only 'correct' take on this song, i don't even think it's 'correct' i just though it was an interesting aspect ppl aren't looking at)

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hi, this is a shameless promo for my Hunter fic called Liquid Gold inspired by this midnight thought right here

Here’s the link if anyone’s genuinely curious

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Daredevil is so interesting. Like the amount of symbolism in the show, the way they play around with the color red so much, the irony of color (specifically red) and visual symbols being such a major aspect of a show centered around a blind hero is just, wonderful. Like in the intro alone there's so much to unpack: First of all the way everything is monochrome. Red objects on a red background, a bit of black on the edges if you really wanna be picky but overall just the very heavy emphasis on the color red throughout the entire intro. Secondly, how this blood/red liquid building/creating all the shapes is used as a metaphor for violence and bloodshed being the foundation of everything else in Matt's life. From the moment Matt went blind to now violence has been the only consistent thing in his life. Even before that, his Dad was a boxer. Blood, violence, and injuries have been his normal for as long as he can remember, the only grounding and consistency he's had left in an ever changing, ever tragedy struck, life.

And then we get to talking about the objects themselves Of course Lady Justice stands for Justice is blind and what not, that's pretty self explanatory tying to Matt both because of his visual impairment as well as his role bringing justice both through the legal system (his day life) and of his own accord on the streets. (his night life)

I assume the city is also self explanatory. Growing up, and currently living, in Hell's Kitchen as well as attending school in Columbia (not to mention the orphanage he was sent to was also in New York, New York) New York City is all Matt's ever known, alongside violence, so it makes sense that the city would be another major theme in the intro. It's also a major component the show, not only because the size of the city is one of the reasons he's able to be Daredevil in the firstplace (I'll do a separate post on that) but also because it has a major affect on Matt himself. The onslaught of sensory input provided by a city like that means that Matt has to constantly work hard to filter everything out in order to focus on his everyday life.

The bridge is one of my favorite symbols. Aside from the obvious plethora of bridges scattered about NYC, the bridge is also such a nice symbol for Matt's unique ability to bridge two completely polar methods of justice. It's, of course, far from seamless bridging his double life but he manages pretty well (at times).

Then we get another city pic, as explained earlier the city plays such a big role that it rightfully gets two scenes for emphasis

Then a part I can't really speak on as well bc I know almost nothing about it, but the Church is obviously a symbol for his religious trauma and its ties to both his name and what he's doing/his role as Daredevil. He's dealing justice, borderline 'playing god', in a convoluted and downright illegal way. All while dressed as the Devil. Matt toes the line between Sinner and Saint, sometimes even smudging or erasing it like it's some silly half-hazardly drawn border in the sand.

I think the mask being highlighted alone, before it shows him as a whole is a really important moment of emphasis because it ties back to the whole "masking his identity/concealing his true self + dealing with the burden of that" thing he's got going on. This mask is heavy, and hard to uphold, sometimes it feels like upkeeping the mask, the divide between his two lives, is more difficult than upkeeping either life, individually or simultaneously.

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Amity Blight was a cursed child. At least she felt like a cursed child.

More often than she’s willing to admit, she finds herself staring at books, at movies, at her own friends and wishing… that she had parents. The problem there is that she does have parents; they just don't feel like parents. They feel far more like wardens, inspectors, scrutinizing every aspect of her existence, constantly commenting, correcting. 

It was exhausting, to constantly be reminded that her hair was too frizzy and clothes didn't fit right and her tone was too snarky and her skin was too dry and every other thing that ever happened to be wrong with her. She felt like she could barely keep her head afloat with all of her schoolwork, she didn’t know where she was supposed to find the time to fix everything else about herself.

And so, she wishes. She wishes she had a mother she could sit down and have a conversation with that didn’t end in screaming or tears. She wishes she had a father who had the time for her, who noticed anything about her. She wishes she had parents. Real. Caring. Unconditionally loving. Parents. Who she could talk to about her problems, and be honest with. 

Hiding things from her parents is easy. She likes to pretend that it’s because they trust her, they think she’s a good kid that they don’t have to worry about, but she knows the truth. They’ve conditioned her, warned her, that if she so much as stepped out of line, they could make her life a living hell. Told her, if she ever even considered the idea of sneaking out, she’d be up for adoption before sunrise. Sure the second had been said in jest, but you could never be too careful when it came to her mother. 

Her parents had built a cage around her out of pure fear, which means they never had to bother putting up actual bars.

Shame sears her cheeks and guilt haunts the back of her mind. She knows her parents care, they just want what’s best for her. They love her, they adore her, even if they have an… odd… way of showing it. She knows Luz would do anything to see her mom again, and King would leave his whole life behind for a chance to meet his dad. She knows she should just be happy to have two parents that are together. But she can’t help it. 

They’re barely together anyways; they make no effort to conceal their almost daily fights at dinner, the way her name slips in and out of the conversation is sickening. It’s clear her parents aren’t in love, and sometimes she finds herself wondering if she’s to blame. She made the mistake of asking once… Odeila said yes.

So, Amity Blight stares at Hunter “Golden Guard” Wittebane and his weird relationship with Darius Deamonne, she stares as Agustus Porter and his newscast father, hell she even stares at her girlfriend Luz Noceda and her begrudgingly loving Owl Lady mentor… and she yearns for a relationship like that. 

She begs and pleads to the titan for a sliver of what they have. And she swallows the guilt bubbling in her chest, reminding her that she has two perfectly fine, living, breathing parents just down the hallway. She closes her eyes and she pretends that tomorrow things will be different because she doesn’t know what else to do. 

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Angsty TOH Headcanons: Blight Kids Edition

-They’re constantly on edge about making friends, to the point where they’re almost afraid of making friends, because they know that they’ll be interrogated about their friends by their parents. What’s their name, are they a witch or a demon, what kind of demon, where do they live, what’s their class rank, and a million other things. 

Not to mention the fact that they’ll surely be compared to that friend during lectures or arguments. Sometimes to remind them of things “At least I provide for you, would you rather me be like Boscha’s parents, who leave her to fend for herself?” other times to make them feel bad “Skara’s top of her class, I don’t care if she told you she’s miserable. Miserable or not she’s getting into the Emperor's Coven, are you?” 

-They constantly remind themselves that things could be worse, at this point it’s almost entirely involuntary. Oh they don’t like what’s for dinner and their parents told them to figure something out? Could be worse, at least their parents let them have a choice, instead of forcing them to eat what they’d made. They didn’t listen to some miniscule rule and got a 1 hour lecture that left them crying, in addition to a week long grounding? At least their parents didn’t lay a finger on them. Their mom is constantly venting to them about her relationship? At least she’s not blaming them. They’ve been reminded of how much worse it can be so often that it’s become second nature for them to remind themselves of it. 

-(Edric Specifically) Has little to no memories of being comforted while crying. He has, maybe, 1 hazy memory of him being hugged when he was really little, but other than that he was constantly told that boy’s don’t cry, he shouldn’t be crying, or he’s doing it for attention. Odealia greatly valued public appearance and when he cried in public she’d punish him harshly when they were back at the mansion. He only has memories of locking himself, or being locked in, his room and crying there until he couldn’t anymore.

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Angsty TOH Headcanons

Amity - Actually used to have a really good relationship with her mother. They used to go out on little outings alone together all the time. As she got older and started to deviate from what her mother wanted her to be they grew apart.

Emira - Makes jokes about being "the older sibling by two minutes" but genuinely feels responsibility for both Amity and Edric. Wears herself thin taking care of them and still doesn't feel like she's doing enough. Wants to help them mentally/emotionally but doesn't know how to help them when she's suffering through the same things too.

Edric - Feels, emotionally/mentally/socially, a lot younger than he actually is. Doesn't feel prepared for adult things like joining a coven and finding a job, despite those things being just around the corner. Doesn't know how to fix that/help himself, and his parents just dismiss his problem as laziness/goofing off.

Hunter - Huge gifted kid burnout post-hollow mind. A part of him wishes he could go back, as miserable and awful as it was, to a time when he was easily able to get up at 6 and have weeks worth of full productive days. Where he was useful and at least thought he was making people proud. It was a sick cycle and he wasn't happy with what he was doing, but he was happy with the idea that he was pleasing someone.

Luz - Constantly trying to change herself/repress parts of herself. She knows she's annoying, and she knows she's too much sometimes, and that she's a little too enthusiastic about being in perilous danger but she really can't help it. She's constantly afraid her new friends, even her girlfriend, will get tired of her the way her friends in the human realm did.

Gus - Spent a lot of time feeling invisible. Even in a room full of his friends, they all wave hi when he entered but no one really noticed when he left. No one notices when he's gone silent on conversations, and he often finds himself wondering if they even care.  Even at home. his father just smiles and nods as he rambles. His 'i never learn' feeling spreads to his home life too, because he'll so excitedly show his dad something, just to get no reaction or little to no reaction. His father is rarely, if ever, actively engaged in things he likes. He has stopped rambling mid conversation multiple times and his father has never so much as bat an eye.

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One thing that I think is really interesting though is that we don't see Belos being nice. 

In the context of the show it makes sense that we'd only see that, they want to paint him as a very clear villain. They want to leave no room for sympathy or understanding for Belos. There should be no debate that he is a bad person and in the wrong.

But in all the fics I see Belos is nothing but mean as well, and it doesn't make sense to me. Because even in the show while we only see the bad parts, it's implied (both by the way he talks to Hunter 'I know you can do better' and Hunter's contentment in his place) that Belos has been nice to him. You don't develop that devotion for someone that has been nothing but abusive to you. Hunter is smart, unbelievably smart, if Belos had only ever been degrading and mean to him, he would've realized how abusive and wrong that behavior is, uncle or not. Yet no one ever shows that side of him, which is always a little weird to me. I mean I guess they're just following the same path the show itself does, but it just makes their relationship feel less organic.

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Amity seeing how Luz and her mother interact, on a day to day basis. The way her mother isn't constantly insulting correcting her. Fixing her, telling her that she doesn't like her hair like that, or she doesn’t like the way that shirt fits, or she should eat more fruit. And Amity being so scared for Luz the first time she gets into a fight with her mom. Being utterly baffled when her mom apologizes and asks if she's okay and hugs her. Confused as to why Luz isn't being scolded for crying or arguing back or 'giving her attitude', not understanding why she's getting comforted after an argument. Why Camila looks remorseful when she sees her daughter crying, instead of being angry for her dramatics. Why she spends the night in her mother's arms, at her side, instead of sobbing herself to sleep. So lost.

Hunter feeling the same way. 

Both of them going up to Ms.Noceda the next day to ask her what they did wrong, to not deserve comfort. How they could be better, more like Luz.

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i love the queue feature so much because I'll just spam write in my drafts and then stick them all in the queue and entirely forget about it. And then 2 days later I'll see all this activity on something and be like "Huh, so apparently I posted that… at some point"

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Willow hesitated, but only for a moment. She'd fought, bled, and nearly died with her friends. Amidst that, changing in front of them seemed like the least inmate of the list. 

She crossed her arms as she reached down, gingerly lifting her shirt up and off of her in one fluid motion. As if that wasn't elegant enough, what lied below was entrancing. Willow was built like a boxer. Fat and muscle swirled together padded every inch of her body. She was entirely soft curves and squishy limbs, but as she flexed slightly, placing her shirt in the box, strong defined muscle was clearly visible in her biceps and as took a few steps forward, reaching out for a new shirt, her toned thighs were brought to light as well.

Everything about her body reflected something her friends already knew, she was an absolute unity of strength and radiance.

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(Inspired by that one beautiful comic by @belmeran about Camila giving Willow a gorgeous yellow dress) Slight Tw for Fatphobia (from other people *cough* Odalia *cough*)

Willow developing body image issues, but only after Luz gets here and befriends her. Because all of a sudden she has friends and they’re going out and having sleepovers and Amity and Luz are swapping sweaters like cute gfs, but hell even Guz is trying on one of Luz's dresses that caught his eye during one giggly late night sleepover and Willow is all of a sudden so aware of how different she is from her friends. So aware that she's the one who has to walk with an extra jacket because no one else can lend her one if she gets cold, and  she has to keep extra clothes at the owl house because she just knows Luz's won't fit her…

and then they get stuck in the human realm. in dirty, muddy, bloody outfits. and *everyone else* is borrowing Luz's pajamas and short and shirts, Ms.Noceda even pulled out some old clothes from Luz's donation pile for Gus, cuz he's two years younger, and Hunter cuz he's just so scrawny.  And Willow, poor sweet Willow, has to go over and ask to borrow Mrs.Noceda's clothes, head hung heavy in shame, terrified of the backlash because she's heard the girls at school, their whispers of what their mothers would say if they looked like that, she's heard Amity's mom and her comments on Amity looking a little chubby, warning her about how she wouldn’t want to end up looking like Willow, would she?

And imagine poor sweet Willow seeing Ms.Noceda say "Oh of course mija" spend 15 minutes looking for the perfect outfit for Willow, pulling out this beautiful yellow sundress and apologizing that she only has old lady outfits and promising to take her shopping the next day to find clothes to better suit "such a pretty young witch"

And Willow, for the first time in months, really truly feeling beautiful