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[starlitecryolite]

While waiting for me to finally finish the next chapter..

DESIGN ANALYSIS FOR MY VIGILANTE AU >:D

As always, let's start in rainbow order! But first things first; all CG members have matching eyes, in one way or another! Red has yellow eyes, Orange has green eyes, Yellow has orange eyes, Green has blue eyes, and Blue has red eyes!! I might change things depending on how it looks, though.

Anyway, Red!!

I'll admit, I'm definitely giving him a design upgrade, but let's talk about this one.

Ah, the classic yellow bandanna. How could I leave it out? It's iconic!

His hair is definitely the wildest out of everyone's. A lot of black and grey in his design, too, which makes the yellow bits and the light-up shoes REALLY stand out.

The yellow matches his eyes and bandanna, and is reminiscent of that media trope with seeing yellow eyes peek from the darkness. The mask is, of course, to hide his face. Red didn't really seem like the guy to wear a visor like Green, or cover his entire face like Blue, so he gets that mask! Might change that, who knows.

His outfit looks thrown together with not that amount of effort. Very casual, as Green pointed out. Before Orange, he was the latest addition to the team, which can mean he can be a bit inexperienced. Wanted to convey that somehow!

Light-up shoes, oh, light-up shoes... who doesn't love them? Green certainly doesn't, but Red disagrees!

Next one!

Orange/Sketch

Now, I didn't draw their vigilante outfit yet, but I added the description of it to give an idea!

I wanted her hair to give a very anime-protagonist feel, if that made sense? Not sure if I got that right but it works for me! And hey! Freckles!

Working clothes: His pants are covered in paint to give an artist-like feel. (I should know. I paint a lot and some of my clothes did NOT survive the process.) As for the top and apron, I wanted it to feel like an actual café worker's uniform without it being a basic starbucks rip-off.

Vigilante outfit: VERY reminiscent of outfits animated characters would wear in scenes where they're doing some graffiti on the streets. That was my main inspiration behind the design.

Also in dark colors. They have to blend into the darkness and stuff!

The pouch mentioned was for practical sake; as is something I like to do when thinking of designs. And it helps with the artistic urge to draw at any time, regardless of what the situation is.

Not much to say about Orange's design, besides the fact that I wanted to give it a very protagonist-y vibe.

Yellow/Y

The second design is more or less his actual vigilante outfit, buuuut yeah!

Curly hair -despite my inability to draw it- and Yellow has been a favorite hc of mine!

His outfit is somewhat inspired by steampunk? Not exactly, but I DID have steampunk in mind while making it! The pilot's jacket was the best change yet.

Someone on a03 has told me that he looks like Alan, somehow! I'm not sure if I see it, so does anyone else see it? It would be a funny coincidence if so!

Green/Songbird

His hair is my favorite part of my Green design so I HAD to keep it! The classic headphones are there with a gamer-ish colour scheme.

VERY hip-hop and streetdance inspired! His visor is a reference to the sunglasses Orange gave him in the "More Faces" short, rather than his sunglasses in the Influencer Arc.

His clothes are a reference to the clothes I see my sister wear for her own dance training, and I love streetwear in general, so its a perfect fit! The necklace is just for show, though. Nothing practical about that, but it does look cool! Plus, it's a notion to his powers! His outfit is practical, but still shows off somehow, just like Green!

My vigilante!Green is the most experienced in the group, so I wanted him to look that way, somehow? And he definitely looks the most professional! I think!

Blue/The Witch

The second member to join the vigilante team!

I HAD to give her a hat. The witch's hat is a must. Practical? Not exactly. Cool? Yes, indeed.

The mask is my favorite part. A direct reference to the "Faces" short, AND a good way for Blue to, ahem, mask her identity (hehe a pun)

The sweater and coat combination seems strange, but it looks a little like a modern witch outfit? Trenchcoats definitely give a vigilante vibe in a way, and Yellow already had one, so Blue gets a belt and a sweater to go with it!

Blue definitely needed a bag for her potions. She can't just make them on the spot!- well, she can, but it would still be a hassle! She'd be the most practical when it comes to her clothing for vigilantism, after Yellow.

Purple/Aeolus!

Obviously, the cloak is a reference to elytra. The green hairtie, the bag and the cloak buckle is a reference to their mother, Orchid. You can see the vines on the bag strap, the flowers on the bag and buckle, and the leaf-shape on the hairtie.

There's also a lot of green on them, wink wink ;3

To hide their identity, they cover a majority of their face with the cloak hood!

It was hard to balance the colors, but I'm happy with the results! This one is simple compared to the others, but its still cool nonetheless!

Purple was meant to have ripped jeans but my drawing ability to low, so... sorry, Purple.

AAAAND THAT'S ALL! Sorry if this seemed boring or disappointing, or whatnot. I tried my best!

[starlitecryolite]

Hello!! Was reading your fic recently and I'm wondering, what was the inspiration the aliases the colour gang has?

Ah, a wonderful question! :D

Red's name was actually from the comment section of the first chapter. I needed help coming up with a name, and from what I was given, I chose the Greek Name "Proteus"! I'm a sucker for greek mythology <3

Orange’s was a similar case, but this time I had people choose between Sketch and Canvas. Sketch won! Which fit better since they sort of have to sketch out quick drawings to get it done faster while in action.

Yellow- I had no idea. For now he's being called "Y", which is honestly cool, but I'm considering "Hephaestus", but maybe not considering it's lengthy.

Green's was almost going to be Siren, but it felt waaay too similar to other fics I've read from other fandoms. But Songbird seemed fitting, at least! I wanted it to really reference how he's associated with singing.

Blue's was by far the easiest. Witch, because- she's a witch. But witches are also very tricky to deal with! And Blue, even if she's powerless, is also very tricky to deal with.

And I'm not sure if Purple counts as the CG (most definitely not but they are quite important) but I'll share it anyway!

Purple’s alias was always meant to be Aeolus from the start. Another reference to greek mythology, since they seemed like the type to like that stuff! ^^

Thanks for the question! I appreciate it a lot, you have no idea.

[starlitecryolite]

Red and Green in my vigilante au are so sibling-coded REALLLL

[starlitecryolite]

I forgot to add the part about where I got the vigilante au idea from! Sorry about that.

I came up with it right before finishing my Green hurt/comfort fic, "Rhapsody In Green." I've been in a bunch of other fandoms before, with one of them being rich in vigilante, heroes and villains aus! I loved this specific one about a guy with healing powers getting sucked into the world of villainy.

Theeeen I went "are there any vigilante aus in the ava/m fandom? No? THIS IS A CRIMEEEE" and whabam, Orange's Guide to Dealing with Vigilantes was born! :D

There's probably more to it than I currently remember but that's the basic summary of it! <3

hii i saw your post about being able to ask you stuff about your aus & i was wondering if anything specific/what gave you the idea for the vigilante au and/or what inspired you for each of their powers ? :0

also i love your aus so much !!! ive been meaning to draw fanart for the vigilante au but i havent had time to currently but hopefully i can draw fanart for it someday !! :D

Ah, that's a great question! Answering this in rainbow order hehe. I won't include KM and Purple cause I assumed you meant just the CG ^^

Red is pretty easy, he shapeshifts cause of his love for animals, but there can be a way deeper meaning to that! He is absolutely wild in the fighting game, so I wanted to reflect that somehow.

I wanted Orange to have powers that really feel protagonist-y, but not TOO OP, hehe! I thought that most people would give them the same powers they have in AvA with the lasers and such, but I thought the drawing ones would open up a lot more possibilities with how creative she can be! Plus, it's not everyday you see the concept of drawings coming to life in a hero setting. (I was also inspired by a Netflix movie called We Can Be Heroes ^^)

I did consider giving Yellow powers, but I didn't so the CG didn't seem too OP and for a more diverse feeling, if that makes sense? Not everyone can have powers but Yellow is able to make up for that with the things he creates! (The conversation he had with Orange about what powers he think he'd have was a reference to the powers he would've had if I gave him any)

Green is a reaaally good one!! I thought singing-related powers was perfect for him and remembered the note tornado from AvM, so singing-powers it was! The "charm" part was inspired by sirens in greek mythology :D

Blue had the same case as Yellow. I wanted to give her powers too but the witch lore I gave her opened up more possibilities for what she could do, so potions it was! This let her have a wide range of abilities but still gives her weaknesses that I can deal with for action scenes. (I don't remember what powers I wanted to give her when first making the AU. I think fire or plant powers crossed my mind? Ice powers sounded cool -haha pun- but the au was made before Flaming Red and Freezing Blue was a thing.)

I hope that answered your question! Thanks for liking the au hehe <3