letoasai

[letoasai]

Strifehart Week 2025

August 10th - 16th

It's a little early, but this gives everyone enough time to create. ^__^ Please feel free to participate and remember to use the tag strifehartweek2025.

Feel free to message if you have any questions.

[letoasai]

[letoasai]

Danny and Valerie Should’ve Happened.

Here’s Why It Matters.

Danny x Valerie wasn’t just a potential romance it was a missed opportunity to deepen both characters and the show.

Valerie had everything Danny wanted and lost it.

Danny wanted popularity, recognition, visibility.

Valerie had those things…until her life fell apart.

They were mirrors of each other at different points in the arc:

-Valerie had the status, then lost it.

-Danny felt invisible, then gained powers.

And yet, both were haunted by their losses.

Both were trying to find themselves after their lives were shattered by ghost powers.

They were on the same emotional level.

Valerie had to grow up fast. She worked. She struggled. She kept secrets.

Danny was still figuring things out, but he could grow if the writing let him.

Together, they could’ve challenged each other.

Balanced each other.

And found connection in the one thing no one else understood: the weight of a double life.

Their potential romance wasn’t just about love. It was about healing.

Valerie didn’t know Danny was Phantom.

Danny didn’t know how to tell her.

That tension? That secrecy? It wasn’t just drama. It was a setup for growth.

When Valerie meets Dani (Danny’s clone), she shows kindness, protectiveness, acceptance.

That’s how we know she would’ve accepted Danny if she had all the facts.

She didn’t hate him she hated being lied to.

Imagine if they had worked through that.

Imagine a slow-burn friendship into love.

Imagine trust, betrayal, truth, forgiveness.

That would’ve been a story.

Pairing them up would’ve also freed Sam and Tucker to grow beyond Danny.

The Sam x Danny romance flattened both characters.

Tucker became comic relief. Sam became the default love interest.

But if Danny and Valerie had been explored more…

-Sam and Tucker could’ve had their own B-plots, growth arcs, maybe even each other.

-Valerie wouldn’t have existed in isolation.

-Danny would’ve matured through tension, not fanservice.

Danny and Valerie weren’t doomed.

They were interrupted.

By poor writing.

By a rushed end.

By a fear of complexity.

Their story was never about “opposites attract.”

It was about two people dealing with trauma in opposite directions, realizing they’re not alone.

They could’ve been the show's emotional anchor.

But instead, they became a “what if.”

And honestly? That’s a loss.

[letoasai]

Strifehart Week 2025

August 10th - 16th

It's a little early, but this gives everyone enough time to create. ^__^ Please feel free to participate and remember to use the tag strifehartweek2025.

Feel free to message if you have any questions.

[letoasai]

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈

[letoasai]

STRIFEHEART for @letoasai from a little while ago. They're almost holding hands because they're somewhat repressed here. Two versions this time (did four last time because two without the background, to show our boys off better) so you can see behind the buster sword. Fun fact: I had a very easy time finding models of Cloud and very hard time finding models of Squall, who was also harder to draw. Stop being so difficult Squall

[letoasai]

this is, honest to god, one of the funniest ads ive seen in a long time.

[letoasai]

girls night girls night

[letoasai]

we're talking about it in my discord if anyone is interested. Just ask for an invite ^^

Strifehart week August 10th-16th

Does anyone wanna discuss prompts for Strifehart week 2025 ??

It's not until August but i don't wanna cram it in in the last minute.

[letoasai]

Does anyone wanna discuss prompts for Strifehart week 2025 ??

It's not until August but i don't wanna cram it in in the last minute.

[letoasai]

A bee I animated when ibis paint first allowed animations, from 2023

[letoasai]

MerMay 2025 - Soriku - Scavenging Pearls

Sora / Riku

Kingdom Hearts

Summary-

Riku swam from home when he decided he would not allow his family to arrange a mate for him. Sora coming with him was an unexpected joy. At least together they'd be a little less terrified to face the rest of the ocean in search of a new home.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66017929

[letoasai]

[letoasai]

Kingdom Hearts - Daybreak Town

Reference used.