drawing your fave character so much that you don’t use references anymore and enough time passes that they start looking pretty dramatically different than they do officially. i call this the Lover’s Scrunch
I don’t even care if it’s macaroni, ramen or those little bowls you stick in the microwave. Please, I need reassurance that most of the population on tumblr WOULDN’T STARVE TO DEATH if their parents couldn’t fix them food or they couldn’t go out to eat.
I love u angry female characters. I love u deeply misunderstood and problematic female characters. I love u cold hearted and sharp female characters. I love you prideful and reckless female characters. I love u unbeautifly destructive female characters. I love u prickly and snarky female characters. not everyone understands u but I do and I'm listening
Hmm AU where the ninja don't immediately realize Zane is the Ice Emperor, but Lloyd does still notice this guy has the Forbidden Scroll and therefore must only be evil bc he was corrupted by it. And in true Lloyd fashion he decides to try and redeem him/snap him out of it and Vex's control anyway. And due to reasons Zane is never put in a situation where he ends up remembering who he used to be, but eventually Lloyd either convinces him to let go of the staff or knocks it out of his hand. So the loss of the staff grants him new clarity of mind, and he realizes how Vex has been controlling him this whole time - and then promptly wrecks Vex's shit. Lloyd does also manage to obtain confirmation from both the ex-Ice Emperor and his various commanders/prisoners that they've never encountered this 'Zane' person hes looking for, much to his disappointment.
So naturally Lloyd is all like "hey guys I reformed this bad guy can we bring him home with us?" with all the energy of a small child catching a stray animal and asking if they can keep it. And at first the ninja immediately refuse, saying that if anything he's gotta go back to his real family. But the IE is all like "i...don't remember my family...i don't even remember who i was before Vex found me and gave me my scepter..." And, well, the ninja are all a bunch of softies, so naturally they adopt him let him tag along. Also his distress over his amnesia reminds them painfully of Zane and they all miss their buddy, yknow?
Anyway long story short, they make the long trek back to the ice fisher village and the Ice Emperor starts his redemption arc. Maybe they decide to try and give him a new name, maybe they help him recover some very vague snippets of memories without realizing they're the family he's slowly remembering. Cut to a few days/weeks later, the Ice Emperor finally feels comfortable enough to take off his armor around them and they all realize he's been Zane this whole time and just stare at him like