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pabro-picasso · 2 years

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i finally finished this, after a good 3 weeks to a month of working on it

of course when the AC update hit i went stupid hard on it and bulldozed the island and tried to complete every little thing so i neglected everything else, especially drawing

but i was so hooked to the point where i made sticky note doodles of arthur and alfred as villagers at work and then i thought about how the other main 8 plus matthew would look and thats where we are now

theyre grouped by relative geography, and i made the heights of the different villagers consistent across all three drawings B) every piece of clothing is something you can also find in game

ok some explanations under the cut cuz im assuming not everyone wants to read this

ok lets start with the top:

yao is based off of a red-crowned crane, a crane found all over east asia, and i believe the national bird of china? idk, if i got that wrong my bad cuz i was all over the place in researching stuff. i had the hardest time trying to figure out what he should be, and i chose his villager model last. he was gonna be a regular tweety bird villager, but someone mentioned using feathers as a pony tail and the ostrich villager model was the only bird type that does that

ivan of course is a big old bear. i took some creative liberties with the scarf, but i figured that theyll give extra bits to villagers on occasion (like raymonds glasses or audies sunglasses) i struggled a bit w the shirt, but i ended up w a yodel sweater because at the time it looked the best out of all the sweater options. i think if i were to do this again id give him a different one but drawing the knit pattern took too damn long to start over w something else

kiku was also a bit of a challenge. not because picking a villager species was hard, but because of the color scheme. idk, when i think of japanese color schemes my mind automatically went to red black and white and i already had made yao, and it just was feeling too stereotypical at this point. i went with the earthen greens and browns as a reflection of a lot of the vintage japanese furniture in the game. he’s a deer because i instantly thought of the nara deer park and i thought that’d be cute. his antlers and fawn dots also reflect that.

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francis!!! i originally was going back and forth between a skunk (because of pepe le pew lol) and then a rooster, because roosters are like the animal of france right? but i couldnt get a decent design with either of them. i was scratching and racking my brains when i realized that the literal in canon joke is him being a frog 🤦‍♀️ then the design was almost too easy. i went with pastel colors because i thought of the french courts in the 1700s. while he’s the only one i went anachronistic with, i feel like it still suits him with how cute it is.

ludwig’s a german shepard. p straight forward w this one. i struggled with finding an outfit for him because while there is the bavarian lil leiderhosen suit, it just didnt seem to fit. i went with the collarless coat because it seemed very modern german fashion.

feliciano’s villager species was picked second to last, just before yao. idk, i really struggled with him too because while the entire show’s about him, not much really sticks out to me when it comes to picking stuff for him. there’s not really any classic “italian” animals other than like.... a greyhound? idk im kind of an ignorant boob about the mediterranean countries 😬but, i ended up with a duck because i pictured a matching, angry romano and it seemed hilarious. it didn’t show well, but i based his color schemes off olives. his belly is red like an olive pit. the sweater shirt also seemed very italian to me.

bottom crew (pun intended):

alfred!!!!! we had to go with the obvious classics. not much else to explain about this one. he’s a bald eagle with his flight jacket. i tried to make his design different enough from apollo’s to where it wasnt a one-for-one copy but 🤷‍♀️ not much you can do with a bald eagle

arthur’s a little english rabbit. i thought it would be cute to see him be very little and very angry. i’m not a huge fan of the color scheme i ended up with but tbh i really didnt know what to do with him that would still look good. i tried navy, but it looked awful. i feel like he needed dark, moody colors and the other two boys already had browns and i didnt want to make them all look the same.

and finally, matthew 🥰 while i did say that feli and romano would be matching ducks earlier, you know i had to make this fool a moose. he’s technically a bull character model, but hey this shit aint real i can bend the rules. i tried giving him a maple syrupy color palette, while not being as all out food based like feliciano was, but this might be a bit too subtle. either way tho, coloring him made me hungry. he has a flannel shirt because of course he does hahaha

i had a sticky note with style preferences, personality types and all that but i dont feel like digging for it, this post is long enough anyways, and also its late and i just want to get this shit out already. i’ve been stressing about finishing it for too damn long

#shit i drew #hetalia #hws china #hws russia #hws japan #hws france #hws germany #hws italy #hws america #hws england #hws canada #too many damn tags and too little brain cells #AC crossover #hope it looks decent enough because towards the end i just stopped caring haha

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fuck-it-tim-shepard-time · 3 years

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How I imagined the cast of The Outsiders (before watching the movie)

Ponyboy: Small, the scrawniest of the bunch. Wild wavy hair that he does NOT know how to keep healthy, but he does know how to make it look tuff. Thoughtful, stormy grey eyes, and a scar on his hand from the cigarette contest with Curly. His voice sounded like crankgameplays (no clue why, it's just how I imagined him sounding)

Sodapop: dark golden, wavy hair that he never puts up, clear blue eyes that look almost childish, perfect teeth. Hes tan and fit,, I imagine him looking a lot like how Rick Riordan pictured Apollo. ONLY wears crop tops he made himself. He sounded like klaus hargreaves (once again, don't know why)

Darry: I imagined him looking a LOT like young Tom Waits ,, (pictured below),, but he sounded more like Jim Gordon from Gotham??

Dally: unwashed, straight platinum blonde hair that went below his shoulders, a scruffy beard and a cruel smile, he had his textbook blue eyes, but I imagined them looking sort of hazy all the time, unless he was really pissed off or upset, then they focussed with a piercing fire,, sounded like christian slater/ JD from the heathers movie

Johnny: I have nothing to add, the movie casted him exactly how I imagined him,,, I also think he has a scar on his lip from his dad whaling on him,, and his hands were always just a little shaky until he killed Bob

Steve: I imagined him as a mixed BIPOC, with a lazy smile and playful eyes that lit up when he talked about something he was passionate about. He's the most muscular of the bunch, besides Darry (that almost autocorrected into Daddy, thanks android), and ripped the sleeves off of all his shirts. He sounded a lot like diego hargreaves. (I had an alternate design for him that was literally just season 1 diego,,, but shhh)

Two Bit : Hispanic, dark ginger hair that would curl when it wasn't greased, he has freckles and wears graphic design shirts that he let Steve cut the sleeves off of. Shorter and stockier, the third shortest behind Pony and Johnny. Wears a tan jacket made of a jean-like material that his dad left. It says something about electricians unions on the back, but Two mainly likes it because of the pockets, and the reminder of his dad.

Tim: all the Shepards are hispanic and native american. He's got long, dark, curly hair that's cut into a sort of undercut, but grows faster than he can keep up to cut it, so he mostly just leaves it alone. I imagined his scar going through his lips. The Shepard's all have similar eyes, but each has their own unique vibe. Tims eyes look like what happens when you look up from deep below the ocean during a storm, just as lightening strikes. They're angry and swirling, the storm and the calm all at once.

Curly: Similar to Tim, he's got dark curly hair, but his hair is rarely cut, so it falls in messy ringlets over his face. He's got sharp teeth and a tongue piercing that he thinks Tim doesn't know about. He has a scar that matches Ponyboy's. His eyes are fox-like, like the way the night sky looks during a party that's gotten too wild for even the cops to try and touch.

(Bonus Angela: The only motherfucker in this list that knows how to properly care for her hair. Her hair is CONSTANTLY making even socs turn in envy. She wears vibrant red lipstick, and eyeliner sharper than both her brother's wits. Her eyes are comforting, like the smell of spice and hot chocolate after being out in the cold. A sadness swirls in them, like an anxious beta fish in a tank too small for it to thrive.)

#the outsiders #greasers #ponyboy curtis #the outsiders sodapop #sodapop curtis #dally winston #the outsiders steve #two bit mathews #tim shepard #curly shepard #darry curtis #angela shepard #johnny cade

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lionmom-svenomverse · 3 years

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Concept art for my ShiningDance family! More info/HCs on each below the cut!

💙 Captain/Queen Consort Shining Armor - Husband of Queen Mi Amore Cadenza “Cadance”. Ruler of the Crystal Empire. Captain of the Royal Guard. Older brother of Princess Twilight Sparkle and King Consort Spike Sparkle. Trans Bi Polyamorous Stallion (He/him). Unicorn (more specifically, a lunacorn). Descendant of Clover the Clever and Starswirl the Bearded.

💙 Queen Mi Amore Cadenza “Cadance” - Wife of Captain/Queen Consort Shining Armor. Ruler of the Crystal Empire. Princess of Love. Trans Pan Polyamorous Mare (She/her). Royal Alicorn. Descendant of Princess Amore and (possibly) G3 Star Catcher.

💙 Princess Flurry Heart - Eldest child of Shining Armor and Cadance. Crown Princess of the Crystal Empire. Genderfluid Pan Mare (Any pronouns). Royal Alicorn (with lunacorn attributes). Likes hanging out with her cousins and being a good older sister. Has winter-aligned magic, can conjure blizzards at will. A member of the Royal Guard. Special talent probably has something to do with her winter magic idk just yet. Playful but serious when she needs to be.

💙 Prince Sweet Brier Rose Quartz - 2nd child. Agender Aro/Ace Stallion (Any pronouns). 31 y/o. Pegasus. Likes flowers, calligraphy, playing the violin and nature documentaries. Special talent is fencing. Named after a type of rose, as well as the iconic gemstone. Based the green in their hair on Clover the Clever. Looks very intimidating but is a sweetheart and a gentle giant. Wanted to make him Aro/Ace because I think having one of Cadance’s kids be Aro/Ace is a cute concept, and also because MiyaTheGoldenFlower making Flurry Aro/Ace in her verse gave me the idea :]

💙 Prince Concord Beaunoir - 3rd child. Trans Aro/Pan Stallion (He/him). 29 y/o. Unicorn (with lunacorn attributes). Likes alcohol, attention, playing the guitar, wooing anyone he comes across and needle felting. Special talent is wine making. Named after a type of grape as well as a type of wine. Likes attention but doesn’t desire a romantic partner. A cocky bastard but genuinely kind at heart.

💙 Princex Apollo L’Amour Sparkle - 4th child. Nonbinary Demi/Poly Pony (They/them). 26 y/o. Pegasus (with lunacorn attributes). Likes comic books, tabletop roleplaying, coffee, shounen anime and sci-fi literature. Special talent not yet decided. Named after the Greek god of the sun as well as 2 different cultivars of strawberries. Also named after their resemblance to their aunt, Princess Twilight Sparkle. Fairly shy and knowledgeable just like Twi, yet nowhere near as anxious. They’re just chillin!

💙 Princess Ruby Raspberry Chocolate - 5th child, twin sister of Eros. Trans Lesbian Mare (She/her). 22 y/o. Earth pony (with lunacorn attributes). Likes sweets, botany, stained glass art, cartoons and chick flicks. Special talent not yet decided (maybe something along the lines of food?). Partially named after the newest type of chocolate, and shares part of her name with Ruby Roman Rainier, son of Mica (Marble) Pie and Cherry Jubilee. Very excitable; loves everyone and everything. Surprisingly not as self-conscious about being the only Earth Pony in the family as you might think. Has a lot of love in her heart. The brains to Eros’ brawn.

💙 Prince Eros Eversweet Pomegranate - 5th child, twin brother of Ruby. Cis Gay Stallion (He/him). 22 y/o. Common Alicorn (with lunacorn attributes). Likes helping others find love, fairy tales, pie, crocheting and birdwatching. Special talent is matchmaking. Named after the Greek god of love/a cultivar of strawberry and a cultivar of pomegranate. Very calm and relaxed, but quick to anger if you hurt his loved ones. Regardless, he’s a sweet guy and is friends with pretty much everyone. I had a lot of fun designing everyone!! I took a lot of inspiration from other MLP/MLP NG artists but also came up with some ideas myself. I first saw the heart-shaped horn concept from @/fastserve, the Royal Alicorn HC from @/lieutenantcactus, and the concept of lunacorns (or moonicorns) from @/Lopoddity. Ngl I was a bit intimidated when it came to designing the other 5 ShiningDance kids because I wanted to make them look good, but I'm really happy with how they came out! I personally don’t mind straying into more common NG design tropes because at the end of the day we’re all just making kids for candy-colored horses, so it’s supposed to be a lil self-indulgent, but I did try to make something different. Can’t say I’ve seen a lot of ShiningDance kids with green hair! But yeah. Just a reminder that their designs could change whenever I get to making their actual refs (and I’m still only on S4, so I still have 5 seasons worth of lore/character stuff to eventually take into account), but for now I’m having fun doing these headshots. The next design choice to tackle will be their cutiemarks, which I know I’m gonna struggle with, but we'll get there when we get there

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thegoodgayshit · 3 years

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Luz’s mother really doesn’t want to send Luz to camp. She knows once she leaves, there is no going back. But Luz has a knack for getting into trouble, and one day she stumbles into the same type of people her mother would have preferred she avoided. After helping Luz dissolve her high school bully into dust, Eda and Lilith know right away that this kid is just like them - a child of the gods. So Luz hops on a Pegasus and heads to Camp Half-blood, where she embarks on a dangerous quest that makes her both friends and enemies... and she might even save Olympus along the way.

Chapter 2: I Meet the Camp's Talking Hellhound

The introduction to the camp was pretty brief. Eda more or less just waved nonchalantly with her hand to the gathering crowd.

“Luz, these are the other campers. Other campers, Luz.”

A chorus of hellos rang throughout the clearing, and Luz slowly began to relax. A lot of the campers looked like kids like her: the youngest being six or seven and the oldest being around college age. There was a huge diversity of campers, kids of all different races and ethnicities, and most of them sporting an orange shirt that Luz could now read: “Camp Half-Blood, Long Island Sound”.

“Alright, with introductions out of the way, all of you should be heading back to your activities for the day.” Eda drawled, and the crowd began to disperse. There was a handful of campers who stuck around though.

There was a girl who looked about her age with black curly hair and green eyes, and Luz thought that she looked like the friendliest person she’d ever seen. She carried a bronze Spartan kopis on her belt, and in her left hand, she was holding a pot that was growing a golden plant unlike any Luz had ever seen before.

Next to her was a skinny boy with dark brown skin and dark eyes, who was both shorter and younger than Luz herself. His hair was styled into a fashionable fade, and if Luz had to guess he was maybe twelve. He was wearing a bronze chest plate that was clearly a size too big, but despite how uncomfortable it must have been he was smiling brightly.

“Eda, I helped the naiad in the forest like you asked.” The girl said, her voice mellow and soft. “It turns out she was still upset about the visiting party ponies”.

“A centaur from the Florida chapter trampled under her tree,” the boy added. “Willow fixed up the roots super-fast!”

Eda nodded at the pair, “thanks, kids. I swear to Zeus, Fennel has some knack for holding grudges… the party ponies left three weeks ago.”

“Eda?” The noise came from a second camper, who had been standing awkwardly off to the side. She was also around Luz’s age but maybe half an inch taller. She had dyed green hair pulled half back that exposed brown roots at the top of her head, and Luz found herself looking curiously at her eyes. At first, she thought they were brown, but then she realized they were, in fact, gold like Eda’s. The girl had her arms crossed, and she was standing a noticeable distance from the other two campers. The pair shared a look with one another that Luz understood immediately, and she felt that feeling of discomfort beginning to prick at her belly, the one she often felt on the first day of a new school. Luz immediately pegged this girl as the bully type.

Eda hummed, looking up at the girl like she had just noticed she was standing there. Luz felt a small grin starting to poke at the corners of her mouth as the girl’s face began to tint red, clearly embarrassed. The girl caught Luz’s expression and her face darkened, giving Luz a glare. Luz cut the smile right away. Despite the fact that she didn’t seem to be carrying a weapon, Luz thought this girl would have no hesitation gutting her with her bare hands. If looks could kill…

“Where’s Lilith? She told me she’d train me tonight when you got back.” The girl said, turning back to Eda with an airy and impartial look.

“She’s still at Olympus,” Eda said with a shrug. “We found Luz here in Manhattan so Lily and I decided I should take her to camp. She should be meeting with the council right now.”

“Oh…” The girl said, clearly not expecting that answer.

“Anyways, since I’m back I might as well head to my cooking class,” Eda shrugged, gesturing to the three other campers. “Show Luz around camp, will you? When you’re done introduce her to Cabin Eleven.”

Eda didn’t wait for them to respond. She just turned tail and walked away, leaving Luz and the other three campers standing there a little awkwardly. Luz smiled nervously at the three of them, and the girl scoffed turning on her heel.

“She doesn’t need three tour guides. You can show her around. I have better things to do.”

As the girl walked away, Luz felt like she had been slapped. “So much for a warm welcome…”

“Ignore her,” the girl said with a shrug, shifting the pot in her hand. “Amity is just like that.”

The boy smiled and extended his hand, and Luz took it with a nervous smile. “I’m Gus from Cabin Six.”

The girl smiled brightly at her, waving with the free hand that wasn’t around the pot. “I’m Willow, from Cabin Four. Eda said your name was Luz, right?”

“Yeah, Luz Noceda,” she said, blinking at the way they introduced themselves. “From Cabin… I don’t really know what happening”.

Thank God (or… I guess… gods?) the pair laughed. Luz felt herself relax a little. She already found herself liking Willow and Gus, and she wondered if Eda had been right when she said that everybody here was a little weird.

“Don’t worry, it can be overwhelming at first, but you’ll get the hang of it,” Willow encouraged with a smile.

“Come on, we’ll show you around!” Gus said excitedly, and Luz grinning, following after them as they turned around and started to walk.

They showed Luz the archery range, and the rock climbing wall, (Luz winced thinking about how her Mami would kill her if she ever tried that, she watched another camper scrape past the lava with the hairs singed off her arms) the canoe lake, and the pavilion where Willow said everybody met for dinner. Then they guided Luz through all the cabins if they could even be called that.

“Why do they all look so different?” Luz gasped, taking in the arrangement of colors and designs that varied from cabin to cabin. Cabin Four, which Luz remembered Willow was in, was covered in flowers and tomato plants growing up the walls. It had a roof made of real grass. As they passed, Willow waved to a girl with blonde hair standing on the porch watering wildflowers.

“Each cabin represents a patron god,” Willow explained. “You get sorted based on who your godly parent is.”

Luz hummed thoughtfully, “ok I get it. So Cabin Four…”

“My mom is Demeter,” Willow said. “Goddess of the harvest”.

“Well… technically-” Gus was about to speak, but when he caught Willow’s look, he swallowed his words and quickly changed the subject.

“And I’m Cabin Six!” He said quickly, gesturing to a different Cabin that was grey with white curtains. There was an owl design hanging over the door. “My mom is Athena, the goddess of wisdom.”

Luz noticed the awkward tension between Willow and Gus, but she was so impressed by what she just heard she let it slide.

“Wow, so you must be pretty smart then,” Luz said, and Gus’ cheeks pinked.

“I mean, not really…”

“He’s being modest,” Willow deadpanned, rolling her eyes affectionately at the younger boy. “He skipped three grades.”

“Oh wow! Good for you, Gus,” Luz said, and she meant every word. Considering Luz had barely managed to pass most of her classes, and considered a C a job well done? That really impressed her.

“So, what about you Luz?” Gus asked, now so embarrassed he had to change the subject again. “Is your godly parent your mom or dad?”

“My dad,” Luz said, humming as she looked around at all the different cabins. “I wonder which god he is?”

“Well, let’s see what kind of skills you might have!” Gus said excitedly, and the trio began to compare the different cabins to try and narrow down the results.

She saw some campers by the basketball court shooting baskets, and some of them were crazy shots too. Willow had said they were from Cabin Seven, Apollo. From what Luz remembered he was the god of music and poetry. Luz didn’t have a musical bone in her body, so she could cross that one off the list. She wondered if maybe Zeus was her dad, like Eda and Lilith, but then Willow gently explained to her that their cabin was pretty exclusive. She was a terrible swimmer and hated the water, so she was definitely not a Poseidon kid. She got pretty angry a lot, but she didn’t think that was because she was a child of Ares. Luz was pretty sure she was just frustrated with her situation at school. Maybe she belonged in the wing of the minor gods. She could see her mom falling for one of those guys… someone more lowkey. But her mom had always told her that her father was a very successful businessman… that didn’t sound lowkey.

Luz was going to raise this concern to her new friends when she noticed something she had ignored earlier. Around both Gus and Willow’s neck was a brown leather necklace, with beads strung around it. “Cool necklaces,” Luz comments, pointing to them. “Did you buy them together?”

Willow chuckled, reaching under her orange shirt to give Luz a closer look. “Nope, everybody at camp gets one when they’ve stayed for at least one summer. A different cabin every year designs the beads based on an event or memory the camp has and gives them to each camper at the end of August. I have four beads for four summers.”

Gus reaches down to show Luz his own necklace. “And I have three beads for three summers!”

Luz awed over the different designs, the art on them was so intricate and beautiful Luz couldn’t help but ask about the shared designs, especially since one of them had what looked like a hot air balloon on fire.

“Oh, that was a crazy summer,” Gus said with a grin, launching into the story.

The trio talked for so long, that soon the warning bell rang for dinner. Willow jumped up like she’d been burned.

“Oh shoot! We were supposed to introduce you to Cabin Eleven. We can go there now quickly.”

“Cabin Eleven?” Luz said with a raised brow, but she couldn’t say much else as Willow grabbed her arm and practically dragged her across the U shaped wing of cabins. Eventually, they parked her right outside one of the cabin doors, and there was a girl standing outside the porch. She had tied back brown hair and a single fishhook earring. She looked a little older than Luz, maybe sixteen. Luz immediately liked her, she looked pretty laid back and cool.

“Hi, Viney!” Gus grinned, and the girl shot him a friendly smile.

“Hey, guys! Eda told me there was a new camper, so I decided to wait around here until she showed up.”

“Sorry we’re so late, I know you need to get your cabin to dinner,” Willow said apologetically, and Viney just shrugged her shoulders.

“We’re always late. It’s no problem.” She turned to Luz, who for the first time all day didn’t feel anxious around someone new. “You must be Luz. Welcome to Cabin Eleven! I’m Viney. Hopefully, you’ll be comfortable here. All new campers stay with us until they get claimed.”

Luz had a couple of follow up questions to that, but she didn’t really have time to ask them, because Willow and Gus were now waving goodbye.

“We’ll see you later, Luz. Let us know if you need anything!” Willow said, and Luz nodded to them before they headed out, likely back to their cabins.

“If you’re looking to make friends, they’re a good start,” Viney said to Luz with a smile. “Almost everybody at camp likes Willow and Gus.”

“Not everybody though,” Luz said with a frown, remembering that other girl, Amity.

Viney shrugged, “you win some and lose some. Now come on, let me introduce you to the rest of the cabin.”

The cabin itself looked pretty unassuming from the outside. It was a light brown, it looked like it had recently been repainted, and there was a caduceus over the door. Inside, there were about a dozen bunk beds, each with a simple brown chest at the end of it. Some of the bunks were decorated with posters or pictures, but a lot of them kept a simple kind of design. Luz already liked it in here, it was homey, but not busy enough for her ADHD brain to hyper-focus on any one thing. Luz counted about eighteen campers in total, which meant there was a good number of empty beds. The campers all turned to look as Viney and Luz walked in.

“Alright Cabin Eleven,” she called to them. “This is Luz, our new undetermined camper. Play nice. We’re leaving for dinner in five minutes, so be ready.”

Luz waved awkwardly, but thankfully most of the cabin seemed just as friendly as Gus and Willow.

“Hey Luz, you can have this bed right here,” one of the boys said, gesturing to the bunk above the one he was sitting on. The boy had brown hair and a pointed nose, and he fidgeted with his hands. It didn’t bother Luz. She could relate to that.

She grinned at the nice gesture, hoping it revealed just how relieved she was. “Thanks.”

Luz walks over to the bunk and takes off her backpack, and is about to throw it on the bed when the boy shakes his head quickly.

“Don’t leave that there, it’s a rookie mistake,” he says, and Luz eyes him uncertainly.

The boy sighs and then gives her a crooked smile. “Our dad, Hermes, is the god of merchants and travelers… but also thieves. If you have anything valuable, leave it in the chest. We can share it.”

Luz understands immediately. Opening her backpack, she pulls out her sketchbook and a pack of drawing pencils, her phone charger, and her earbuds. Her phone and wallet with her MetroCard and the remaining change she has are also there, so she leaves those things in the chest and slings her backpack over the edge of the top bunk. The boy shuts it when she’s done, and tells Luz the code.

“Thanks for the warning,” Luz whispers softly, and the boy shrugs.

“Don’t mention it. We were all new once. I’m Jerbo, by the way.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Luz.”

Viney stands from the front entrance of the cabin and holds up her hand to get everyone’s attention. “Cabin Eleven! Fall in!”

The cabin falls into rank by order of seniority, so of course, Luz is last, but she doesn’t mind. Together the Hermes Cabin walks towards the pavilion, where all the other cabins have gathered for dinner. Luz spots Willow and Gus with their siblings, and then Amity sitting over at the table right next to Luz. She makes eye contact with Luz, and then scoffs, turning away. Next to her, a pair of green-haired campers that are no doubt twins say something to her, and her face goes red. She elbows the boy hard, and the girl laughs loudly.

At the head table, Eda is sitting there with Lilith, who must have gotten back while Willow and Gus were showing her around. There’s also a boy with red hair and glasses, chatting amicably with what Luz can only describe as a talking black mastiff. It has a red collar, and Luz’s mouth can’t help but drop open at the sight. But she guesses she’s seen weirder things today.

“That’s King, the camp's loyal hellhound,” Viney says from across Luz, noticing her staring. “Hellhounds are usually ten times that size, but King’s always been special.”

“He can talk.” Luz just says, and Jerbo laughs.

“Oh yeah. Thinks himself real special for being able to as well. He follows Eda around everywhere.”

"Who's the boy next to him?" Luz asks curiously.

"That's Barcus, the camp's oracle. He's human and lives here at camp during the summer. When campers go on quests they get a prophecy from him."

That is way too weird for Luz to process, and she opens her mouth to ask a hundred follow-up questions but doesn't get the chance. Eda and Lilith get to their feet, and the camp quiets. Lilith is the first to speak.

“Good evening campers. Today we welcome a new half-blood to our ranks. Everybody, please welcome Luz Noceda.”

There is a series of whispers as people turn to look at her, and some of the campers say hello and wave in her direction. Luz rubs her neck in embarrassment when Gus whoops from next to his brothers and sisters. Viney pats her back encouragingly.

“As you all know on Friday we will be having our weekly game of Capture the Flag.” Eda continues once the murmurings settle. “The captains have been randomly selected, and this time the teams will be the Hermes cabin against the Aphrodite cabin.”

Luz’s table erupts into cheers, and Viney grins from ear to ear. Luz notices the table Amity is sitting at also explodes with noise, and she looks quite pleased with herself. Luz wonders if she misheard.

“Amity’s mom is Aphrodite?” Luz says in surprise, and Viney nods her head.

“Yeah. Why are you asking?”

“It’s just…” Luz isn’t sure what to think about that. “Isn’t she the goddess of love?”

“And beauty,” Viney says as she shoots her a sly smile. “But also passion. Be careful of what you’re assuming. Sure you get the prissy campers every once in a while, but the Aphrodite cabin can be a force to be reckoned with. The Blight siblings make sure of that.” She gestures to Amity and the two green-haired campers who had been talking to her earlier, and Luz hums as she processes this new information. Eda’s voice snaps her back to reality.

“Yes, yes, in any case, captains will have to have their teams ready by tomorrow night.” Eda continues, and she tries to speak seriously, but her smile gives away just how excited she is. “Now, it’s time we eat.”

As if Eda just spoke some kind of spell, food begins to spill out from around the entrance to the pavilion. There are these weird chicken ladies (Viney calls them Harpies) that pass around a variety of barbecued meats, fruits, vegetables, and all kinds of food that makes Luz’s mouth water. She loads her plate and then gets handed an empty goblet, and looks at it uncertainly.

“Say whatever you want, and it’ll appear,” Jerbo says helpfully, and Luz breaks into a grin.

“Lime soda!”

The goblet fills with bubbly light green liquid. Luz takes a sip and her eyes widen in awe. It’s identical to the ones her Mami buys.

Mami! She’s probably wondering where she is right now. She left her phone in the Cabin, but she makes a mental note to call her after dinner.

Before she can dig in, she sees her cabin begin to get up and make their way over to the fire. They take something off their plate and chuck it in, muttering what seems to be a prayer as they do.

“It’s an offering to the gods,” Jerbo explains quickly, before doing the same thing.

Luz approaches and doesn’t quite know what to do. But she takes a cluster of delicious-looking grapes and tosses it in the fire anyway.

Dad, if you’re listening… thank you for letting me come here. I really like it so far.

The fire roars, and Luz is taken aback by the smell. It’s like parchment and a dewy morning before school. It’s comforting.

Eda and Lilith once again get the attention of the crowd. They raise their goblets, and all the campers follow.

“For the gods!” They say.

“For the gods!” The campers repeat.

Luz eats until she can’t eat anymore. Once you’re done dinner, the rule is campers are allowed to visit other tables. Willow and Gus join Luz at the Hermes table, and they all begin to have a steady conversation.

“So how did Eda stumble across you in Manhattan?” Viney asks, and Luz timidly launches into the story. When she’s done, Gus whistles lowly.

“You helped them kill an empousai?” He mumbles in awe. “Servants of Hecate are no easy win.”

“Gus is a fan of Hecate’s illusions,” Willow explains with a smile. “While some campers might use it for pranks, Gus uses it for showmanship.”

“We’ll let me tell you, she was scary,” Luz says with a shiver. “I don’t know what I would have done if Eda and Lilith weren’t there to save me.”

“Don’t sell yourself short,” Viney says, reaching over to nudge her arm. “You leaped on the back of a monster with no weapon. That’s pretty brave.”

“Or pretty stupid,” Jerbo comments teasingly.

“Don’t worry, Luz,” Willow says with a smile when her face begins to heat up in embarrassment. “Gus and I can take you tomorrow to find you some kind of weapon.”

“That sounds great,” Luz said, relieved.

Soon, the harpies began to clear the plates, and her new friends got up to head down to the campfire to sing songs and roast marshmallows. Luz was eager to join them, but she remembered the mental note she’d made earlier. Making a promise that’d she be there soon, she was about to leave the pavilion to go get her phone when she was stopped with a firm hand on her shoulder.

“Where are you running off to, kid?”

Luz turned to see Eda, standing behind her petting Owlbert who was resting on her shoulder. Luz broke into a smile.

“Oh, hi Eda. I was just heading to Cabin Eleven to pick up my-”

“I just wanted to tell you that I spoke to your mother this afternoon,” Eda said, and Luz effectively shut her mouth and raised her eyebrows. “She was pretty angry that you ran off from school, but when I told her where you were she seemed to cool down.”

“Is she ok? She’s not worried about me right?” Luz said anxiously, and Eda smiled softly.

“No, lucky for you she seemed to have realized she couldn’t keep you from camp for much longer. She just wanted me to tell you that she loves you and hopes you're being safe and that you made it through the school year. You’ll be welcomed back to the same high school in the fall.”

Luz felt relief hit her like a pound of bricks. She really didn’t want to worry about her Mami needing to find her another school. She worked full time at the hospital, she worried enough.

“I told her that we don’t allow cellphones at camp since they send out a lot of signals to monsters and that if you wanted to contact her you’d have to see me.” Eda finished, and Luz tightened her lips. She wasn’t exactly sure why cellphones weren’t allowed, but she was glad she hadn’t admitted to Eda she had one. “So I was going to ask you if you wanted to call her, but now that I see you’re running off… I’m wondering if somebody might have something they’re not supposed to have.”

Luz began to panic, but thankfully Eda just chuckled. “Well, that look says it all. Just be careful kid. I’m a fan of troublemakers myself, but my sister sure isn’t. Keep it on the down-low.”

Luz nodded quickly, and Eda chucks her one more sly smile. “Your mom sent us over some pocket money for you to get whatever you need while you’re here. It’s at the camp store, so whenever you want to go buy some clothes or whatever just give them a visit.”

The talking hellhound Luz had seen earlier made their way over to Eda and Luz, and sat down at Eda’s feet, casting a suspicious look at Luz.

“Who are you? Who dares disturb the King of Demons?”

“You’re not the King of demons, you’re King the demon,” Eda muttered to the hellhound, rolling her eyes. “There's a difference. And you came over to us."

King just looks up and her and Eda facepalms, waving her hand toward Luz in defeat. "This is Luz, our new camper.”

Now that Luz was face to face with King, she found him a lot less freaky. In fact, he was kind of adorable.

“Awww, look at this little guy!” She said cooing, reaching down to meet King at eye level. “You’re so cute!”

“I am not cute!” The hellhound barked back in annoyance, and Luz reached over and pat him on the head. Despite looking angry, the hellhound leaned into the touch.

“What a sucker,” Eda mumbled under her breath, and King made a noise of annoyance. “Anyway Luz, if you need anything don’t think twice about coming to find me. I hope you’ve noticed, but everybody here is kind of one big family. We help each other out.”

Luz felt that warm feeling again, and without even realizing she was doing it, she leaned over and hugged Eda tightly, trying to express how grateful she really was. Eda huffed in surprise, before hesitantly hugging her back.

“Thank you, Eda,” Luz whispered into her shoulder.

Eda laughed awkwardly, patting her shoulder. “Anytime, kid.”

#the owl house #percy jackson au #luz noceda #amity blight #lumity #shelby speaks

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timcurlyshepard · 5 years

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The Shepards as greek gods if you have the time or just want something to do...?

okay wait how did you know I’m a greek mythology nerd sksjsjsj okay I’m only gonna focus on some more well known gods/goddesses here because I don’t wanna get weirdly obscure lol

Also I decided to do everyone not just the Shepards because I got into this lmao

Pony Curtis

Apollo. He’s the god of like a whole bunch of stuff, most notably of medicine, music, art, poetry, and literature. I think that his focus on the arts and the fact that he’s always portrayed in a softer, less overtly masculine light makes him great for Pony.

Soda Curtis

I was torn for him between Aphrodite and Hephaestus (which is funny because they’re technically married), but ultimately landed on Aphrodite. Aphrodite is the goddess of beauty, which obviously suits Soda. She’s also the goddess of love, but a less serious form of love than Hera (goddess of marriage) which I think fits Soda because really, he’s young a likes a lot of pretty girls, but shouldn’t be in anything too serious yet (look what happened when he did get serious 🤦🏼‍♀️)

Darry Curtis

Hera. Again, I went back and forth on Darry, initially wanting to give him Zeus, but my gut saying that was wrong. I selected Hera because she has the leadership and power that comes with Zeus (being his wife, and sister but ignore that, queen of the gods). But whereas Zeus is often portrayed as overly cruel (Hera is as well, but to a lesser degree and really no more than any of the other Gods) Hera is often seen as less tempermental. She is the goddess of marriage and family, and she only really shows her dark side when those things have been threatened and she is seen defending her family and marriage.

Steve Randle

Athena. She’s the goddess of wisdom, but more than that she’s the goddess of battle strategy. I think Steve has a great deal of intelligence, especially when it comes to planning and knowing how to work his opponent. Athena also has a bit of a mean streak when challenged or if someone has presumed to be better than her at something. She’s also very much One Of The Boys, which fits my idea of Steve’s personality.

Dallas Winston

Ares. God of war and rage and a big time homewrecker. Need I really say anymore? I’m gonna anyway. This works for Dallas because there’s an anger in Ares that I think clearly exists in Dallas, but there’s also a fierce protection. A story of Ares gives us our first account of a murder trial (the original Law and Order if you will). He murdered a man, a son of Poseidon specifically, who raped his daughter, and was put on trial for it. I think this sort of anger, damn the consequences attitude is very Dallas.

Johnny Cade

Persephone. Goddess of springtime and the reason the seasons change. There’s a ton of different versions of the myth of Persephone and Hades, my favorite is the original that is less popular now, but for this purpose we will use the more modern one. In this version, her and Hades runaway together, ruling the underworld side by side. She flees her controlling asshole dad, Zeus, and finds true love and power. This speaks to Johnny because to some extent, this is what he has been doing his whole life, fleeing his dickhead parents and looking for something better. Did Johnny find his Hades, I don’t know, but I’d like to think he found something in the end.

Two Bit Mathews

Dionysus. God of wine, parties, and madness. He is well known for the big drunken theatre productions Athenians would put on in his honor, showing off various really funny comedies and satire. He, like Apollo, is often not depicted particularly masculine, being made softer and a bit kinder.

Tim Shepard

Hades. God of the underworld. This might seem a lil on the nose, but I absolutely love Hades. He has a bad rep because he’s like god of death (although he actually isn’t, that’s a dude named Thanatos, he’s more like death’s landlord) but he was essentially tricked into being that when his brothers basically shouted dibs on controlling the sky and sea and the underworld was all that was left. Circumstances beyond his control ringing a Tim Shepard bell for anyone? He’s also like not a dick, like the other gods. He loves his wife, Persephone, and unlike his douchey brothers doesn’t have affair after affair. He just seems really scary, but under that there’s kindness and a devotion to family, much like Tim.

Curly Shepard

Hermes. No, this isn’t the fashion designer. Hermes is the god of thieves and travelers. Literally the first thing he does after being born is steal his brother Apollo’s cattle like a little shit. I mean this is like Curly rembodied lmao

Angela Shepard

Artemis. Artemis is a bad ass eternally young goddess who protects maidens with her Hunters (basically a sick ass girl gang). In Ancient Greece, women would often run off into the woods hoping that Artemis would take them away to join the hunters and remain young forever. This just screams Angela, right?

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acannthuss · 5 years

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Yep. Another re-design for next gen ponies. Let’s begin,

Midnight Radiance

Age: 17 years

Parents: Tempest Shadow, Twilight Sparkle

Special Talent: Battle Tactics and Offensive Magic

Although short, angst, and pessimistic, Radiance is smart, and very talented in magic. She very much takes after her mothers in skill, but not quite in friendship. Radiance lacks social skills, and tends to snap at new ponies she meets. Due to this, Twilight placed her daughter in Royal Guard training in order to work on her temper. This kinda backfired as she became even more pessimistic and rarely opens up, because of the other guard-trainees thinking of her gaining extra attention because of being a daughter of both a general and princess.

Umbran Noctis

Age: 21

Parents: Tempest Shadow, Twilight Sparkle

Special Talent: Potion Mastery and Experimenting

You would probably notice that Umbran has a similar name to Sombra (though I don’t hear it) he was named after Tempest’s great, great, great, many greats, uncle who indeed was named Sombra and was the same who invaded the Crystal Empire. Tempest figured if she, a villain, could be redeemed, her son could be redeemed in turn for her great uncle’s past. While Twilight wasn’t of this (thus adding the “Noctis” part in) she respected her wife’s wishes. Umbran frankly doesn’t care, and very much focuses in his studies and flirting with local musician’s daughters. Umbran does, more often than not, teases his younger sister with good intent, yet still defends her till the end. Also he broke his horn because one day he got into an arguement with his sister how since he was alicorn he should act like one, and in turn broke it to both honor Tempest and prove he could be just like every pony else.

Flurry Heart

Age: 32

Parents: Shining Armor, Mi Amor Cadence

Special Talent: Ice Magic, Matchmaking

The oldest of her generation, Flurry very much does indeed flaunt at the fact she’s the eldest especially over her twin brothers. While her magic is very shield oriented she also is capable of ice magic, matchmaking and protection. Yes, very varietied. Flurry often comes off as arrogant and snooty, although she means well, kinda. She does have a tendency to show-off her abilities and through around her title.

Tanzanite Sheild

Age: 12

Parents: Shining Armor, Mi Amor Cadence

Special Talent: Potion Magic, Herbal Cures

Shining was very, very excited to have a son to teach battle tactics to, and very much was disappointed to find he had no interest in learning to fight. Shining kept pushing this till one day... when Tazz was sparing with Adonis he permanently broke his back left leg, which left him hospitalized for months. During that time, Shining Armor became distant and tried his best to make it up but could never bring himself to visit Tazz when he was bed ridden. Meanwhile, when Shining was sulking, Tazz began learning of herbal cures and their very varied uses, which these cures he hoped to be able to prevent somepony else from getting injured as bad as he was. Which eventually lead to him learning of his special talent.

Adonis Le Protecteur

Age: 12

Parents: Shining Armor, Mi Amour Cadence

Special Talent: Locksmith, Matchmaking, Key Maker

Adonis was named in order to follow his mother’s name which to him was kinda annoying because now every time he entered a building somepony would come up to him and be like “Prince Adonis Le Protecteur!” Which would piss him off ‘royally’. Shining was eager to teach him battle tactics much like Tazz but he very vocally showed him he didn’t want or care to learn and blew off practice more than once. Even if he skipped these practices he still gained knowledge of fighting which was always useful. During these free times, he’d hide in the black smithing shop which would spark his interest in welding keys and other small trinkets.

Apollo

Age: 18

Parents: Celestia, Discord

Special Talent: Documenting, Advising, Reading

Apollo, Sun Prince and the soon to be heir of Celestia, looks no different than an average unicorn you’d see everyday. This poor, self conscious child is always reserved, never stepping an inch out of his comfort zone. He has a tendancy to keep everything in and then letting it boil as he suppresses his jealous and angry thoughts. He especially is envious of his younger sister who very much is the embodiment chaos, royalty, the sun and badass-ness. While he shares his frustrations with his parents the only pony he seems to be able to confide in is his fellow royal, Princess Radiance.

Hestia

Age: 13

Parents: Celestia, Discord

Special Talent: Chaos Magic, Blue fire

Princess of Chaos and heir to her father’s throne, she prides herself in her very unique looks. Hestia has a tendancy to disappear from her royal duties and even vanish on sight, during her vanishing she goes off to make trouble and chaos. Her brother often scolds her for her unruly behavior but who is she to care? Celestia does scold her every now and then but she does have a weakness for her ‘adorable foal of chaos’ and her father doesn’t see any problem with these vanishings since there isn’t any royal duties tied to be the embodiment of chaos.

Asteria

Age: 17

Parents: Rarity, Luna

Special Talent: Jewlry making

This small filly was a bit of a wonder in canterlot as her small size made her constantly a bit of an oddity within the castle as she’d at first glance seen with ‘adoring eyes’ then quickly you’d correct yourself as she look at you with a hard gaze that would make anyone freeze on sight. When Luna and Rarity first noticed how small their daughter was compared to other ponies her age they freaked out and rushed her to a doctor demanding answers. But the doctor swiftly told them that she was just small and it was natural for some ponies to be just short without much answer, either way Asteria was healthy and didn’t seem all that different for her age so the two parents kept watch over their daughter the best they could. Asteria very much doesn’t mind being short, it dooesn’t interfere with her jewelry making hobby and duties as the heir to the moon. So she tends to just stay quiet, reserved and only speak when spoken to.

#mlp #mlp next gen #next gen remake #midnight radiance #flurry heart #umbran noctis #apollo #hestia #adonis le protecteur #tanzanite sheild #asteria #celestia x discord #rarity x luna #tempest x twilight #shining x cadence #next generation #next gen mlp #THERE ARE TOO MANY HASHTAGS

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angelrinisadork · 6 years

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The Great Dual Substitute Turnabout-more designs

So as you guys know I just barely started an Ace Attorney fanfic, which I have as of this post now, the first chapter up (which you can read here) (or you can read here)

I made a post showing off some references to character designs for that fic (as I haven’t sketched stuff yet baring two characters so I’m just giving my readers a frame of reference until I do finally have all my sketches up.) (which here is the post in question I’m referring too)

Here are some more character design references for the fic.

Edit: Another character design was added 4/6/18-original post had all characters that you currently see below save for Angel Starr, I decided to add some references to her...also some small changes made to Pearl’s design.

If you are reading this post before you read my fanfic then here is a basic synopsis of my fanfic. There are two universes that are connected, alternate universes of each other.

One universe based on the canon one: Phoenix Wright is a defense attorney and the boss of the Wright Anything Agency and the universe he comes from takes place shortly after Dual Destines but stuff from Spirit of Justice hasn’t been tackled as of yet (and quite frankly I’m debating if I will tie elements into Spirit of Justice with this fic or just having it deviate into a becoming an alternate universe of it’s own from canon) but for the most part basically from everything Dual Destines and before is all canon in this Ace Attorney universe, the Attorney universe if you will.

The other universe is a very AU universe. A universe where Phoenix instead became a prosecutor. There are very many many MANY differences between this universe and the main attorney one as you will read through the course of the story but I don’t want to spoil anything to big about that universe so I’ll just keep this quick and simple.

Basically our Defense Attorney Phoenix Wright wakes up in the body of the Prosecutor Phoenix and now has to try and live out his life while trying to figure out his mysterious of his universe and try to find a way back home to his universe. Prosecutor Phoenix wakes up in a similar situation except he’s in the main Attorney universe, waking up in good ol’ Attorney Phoenix’s body and has to solve mysteries there and figure out how to live as a defense attorney, be a dad now, all the while trying to find his way back home.

Now here are some more character design references for characters we’ll be seeing in the alternate Prosecutor universe.

First up I have Pearl Fey.

Basically she’ll wear the same outfit she wears in Dual Destinies/Spirit of Justice, except when going through some concept designs for Pearl for the newer games I came across this hairstyle which I adored on Pear, the difference is her little hair loopies will be braided hair that is looped in the style below. So...braided hair loopies if you will. Also Pearl’s sash will be colored purple while the jacket she wears will be pink. The hairclips you see in the image below holding up her hair loopies will also be colored pink.

Next we have Iris Fey.

I won’t go too much into Iris and Pearl’s backstory here as that will all be covered in my fic, but just know that unlike in the canon universe, Pearl grew up being surrounded by the love of her cousins--Mia and Maya, her loving Aunt Misty, and most importantly, she grew up with a very loving and caring older sister Iris. Iris and Pearl are extremely close in this universe, that’s all I have to say on that anyways...Iris will have an outfit identical to Maya’s old outfit to match her little sister, Pearl, only the dress will be longer (all the way to her ankles) and her jacket will be a magenta color while the bow/sash tied around her waist will be purple.

But yes her necklace will be the same as the one she has in trial and tribulations as she’s not as spiritually as gifted as her cousin Maya or her little sister Pearl, so she still doesn’t have as many beads as them. Also I’m giving Iris a new hairstyle. Iris’s hair is longer and styled just like Princess Leia’s celebration style from the end of Star Wars: A New Hope

Next up we have, Klavier Gavin.

He’s basically the same character. Still part time rock star and part time prosecutor. He’ll look just as you see in the image below, the image is of some concept art I found, I rather liked the design and decided to use it.

Next we have Simon Blackquill.

He too is still a prosecutor, and is still a samurai obsessed weeb fanatic. His design is based on this concept art below (basically combine the two, no bowtie, it will be based on the design on the right but he’ll also wear that scarf, which the scarf will match with Taka’s funny enough lol).

However no, he won’t have that hair in the image here. He’ll still have the same hairstyle we’re used to, except he didn’t grow it out in the prosecutor universe. He has it short like he did when Metis Cykes was still alive in Dual Destinies. But yes, he’ll still have the skunk stripe even though his hair isn’t in a pony tail like in the main universe.

Next we have Lana Skye.

Lana appears in this fic, and in this fic she and Ema never dealt with an incident like SL-9, so she’s still a detective here. She wears the same outfit as she does in this picture here, the only difference is she wears her hair in a high pony tail.

Which naturally brings me to our next one, Ema Skye.

Ema got to fulfill her dream and she became the awesome forensic science investigator gal like she did in Spirit of Justice, in the prosecutor universe. Her design is based on some concept art of her for Apollo Justice. So while similar to her canon design, it still has it’s differences (also that top is just so cute).

Next, we have Kay Faraday.

Since Phoenix is a prosecutor in the alternate universe, he actually meets and started working with Kay Faraday like Edgeworth did in the main series. How her and Phoenix met is not going to be the same as her and Edgeworth in Investigations...but there are some similarities. Kay’s outfit is going to be based on this concept art of her below, the main difference is of course she’ll still have her same dark hair and the scarf is the exact same as her scarf she wears in investigations. Also her jacket top is colored maroon instead while the skirt is a navy blue to match with her scarf.

Lastly we have Angel Starr.

You’ll remember her from the Rise from the Ashes case from the first game. Here we’ll have Angel Star dressed differently as she isn’t a lunch lady in this universe but still working for the police, but this is Angel and she loves to dress a certain way so to keep true to her character I’ll have her as a foxy cop.

In the image above you’ll see a white business looking blouse that is unbottoned to show some cleavage, I image Angel would be wearing something like this. She’d also have on a choker necklace that has a little single silver star charm hanging from it around her neck. She’d wear form-fitting black pants and while not high heeled, she’d still be wearing designer boots because she’s a fashionable lady. Also she still has her bangs long and swept over one eye, but I’d like to image her hair is a shorter cut, like the 1920s bob cut, with a black beret on her head. Kinda like this image below. (The only difference is she has longer bangs and the hair isn’t so curly). I just saw this image and I loved the look.

That’s all for now. I’ll have some more character design references I’ll be posting later for other characters that will appear in the alternate prosecutor universe, so tune in soon to see some of that.

#Erin's dumb posts #Ace Attorney AU #The Great Dual Substitute Turnabout #Ace Attorney

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juno0v · 6 years

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tagged by skip the fucking loser!!

1. Why did you start drawing or writing, Or if you dont would you like to start why or why not?

i think i drew ever since i was like. 3 years old? and i drew alvin and the chipmunks and cats and my little ponies and i developed my own style in 2011 after tracing from banithekitty’s videos

2. Favourite Class in school?

design tech bc it makes me feel super cool like i already am on my computer a lot so i get things done faster and im a rly fast typer so im >:)

3. Top 3 fandoms youre in?

stranger things (this is my MAIN FANDOM has been for a year)..... it (kind of i dont really love it anymore), maybe bates motel?? or ezra miller?? idk.

4. How many ocs do you have?

uhhhhh a lot i cant remember but i barely use them

5. Do you wish you had a normal sleep schedule? (lets face it none of us do xD)

on weekdays i wake up at 6:30 and sleep around 11-12pm?? on weekends its usually 7-9am waking up and 10-2am is when i sleep

6. Favourite season?

my favorite season is summer for reasons of freedom from school and more availability to do fun activities like swimming and biking but winter is my second favorite because festive and snow and christmas!

7. Favourite Game?

bioshock infinite!!

8. Favourite Youtuber?

coryxkenshin!!!!! hes a good youtuber and i like him and he doesnt swear in his videos..! also people like night mind and creepsmcpasta

9. Would you want to leave your life behind and start over?

depends on what im leaving it for.....?

10. If you could live anywhere in the world where would you live?

hmmm i dunno!! im happy where i am i guess but i would move to california bc its Cool there.

11. How stressed are you on a scale of 1-10?

huhhhhhh well like.. 4?

My Questions! theyre gonna be dorky boyS

1) What’s your Harry Potter house?

hufflepuff....

2) Who’s your Greek godly parent?

i took a quiz. it said apollo

3) Marvel or DC?

none.........?

4) Zodiac sign?

leo

5) Favorite soda?

COKE!!!!!! or pepsi. they taste the same but coke is CRISPY

6) Most painful experience?

uhhh i fell off my scooter at high speeds and scraped both my elbows and both my knees n it was super bloody

7) Favorite color mashup?

baby blue and light pink (generic idc) and royal blue and yellow

8) Favorite song?

tear you apart by she wants revenge!!

9) Milkshakes or smoothies?

smoothies

10) Opinions on hedgehogs

they are very cute but also dangerous!

11) What character do you associate me with (gotta self indulge a LITTLE)

um...... ur like percy jackson skip xddddxdsdjhskdjhsdhjsd

not tagging anyone cuz im not mean

#carrier pigeon #long post

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jflashandclash · 7 years

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Attrition of Peace

Fifteen: Annabeth

How to Predict Unicorn Collisions. You Don’t.

Annabeth hated when things didn’t go according to plan, and being side-rammed by a unicorn hadn’t been part of the plan. As she pushed off the black pavement of the Brooklyn street, she thought about how she should recalculate this.

She’d been furious that her call with Frank had been interrupted. No matter how many drachmas she and Percy tried to throw at Iris, they kept getting the message, Your rainbow has been disconnected. Please hang up, and try your rainbow again.

The two most important parts of the message had been left out: Leo is alive and these demigods were probably terrified.

And now Frank and Hazel were here. Something must have gone wrong for them to ride all the way to the East coast on Arion.

Finding the right flight over had been child’s play. She knew which airlines the Romans had frequent flyer miles with because of some deals they’d worked out with the Amazon. She knew their preferred airports and the approximated time the flight would have left. They only ever did direct route flights, since layovers were bad news for ADHD, monster hunted demigods.

She had hoped Piper could talk to them first, using that line she never got to use on the Romans when they first got to Camp Jupiter, “Lower your weapons. We just want to talk.” Or Will, since he and the shy daughter of Apollo, Kally, seemed to get along well. Or Nico, her friend. Or Jason, who connected really well with Axel over Capture the Flag.

Something about this felt like a set up: the way the video of Euna Song turning people into trees had zoomed carefully onto hers, Kally’s, and Pax’s faces without any context as to why they were fighting against those people, the way the dialogue had been muted from the video of Axel attacking Leo, the way her phone, and the phone with the videos, malfunctioned so she couldn’t watch it again for a closer analysis, and the way the two ex-Kronos soldiers had ended up in a town whose policy was to execute ex-Kronos soldiers.

This group of half-bloods was suspicious, and very dangerous, but she also suspected something else was happening here, possibly something out of their control. From what she’d seen of Calex Rupin McKenzie and Merry Blythe at Camp Half-Blood and from Piper’s solid impression of them, neither seemed the type to associate with murders without reason.

But she also knew that desperation could crack a person. She wanted to know what was going on. They needed more data. Like where Axel had found Leo Valdez.

Percy gently touched her arm. “Are you alright?” he shouted over the sound of the getaway taxi-van zooming away and horns blaring from oncoming traffic.

Scraps and bruises. Minimal damage. They needed to focus on their target. She nodded, checking him over first. He looked the same—just dazed from being thrown off Blackjack.

Had he been hurt, she’d have to murder a unicorn.

They staggered to their feet in enough time to see the unicorn blur in retreat, Arion, riderless, was in quick pursuit. Annabeth wondered if that unicorn knew mythology was not on its side in a race against that horse.

“Is Blackjack okay?” she asked, assessing the situation. Percy’s pegasus stumbled to his hooves. Hazel was on foot, Frank had disappeared, and an SUV pulled up beside them. She didn’t get to see what had attacked Hazel and Frank to knock them off Arion.

Percy nodded, quoting in his best equestrian mimic, “Good as new, boss. I think I’m going to take it easy for a bit. I get a carrot for that, right?” He reached to pet Blackjack’s face. “Thanks for the ride, bud. Get to safety. You’ll get a whole bushel when we get back to camp.”

Blackjack huffed and flew off into the air. Percy turned to Annabeth. “I hope Arion teaches that unicorn to play nice with other ponies.”

Someone threw open the door to the SUV beside them, and Annabeth was glad to see Jason Grace motioning them inside. Piper gave them a happy wave from the back and a, “Hey guys! Tell me about NRU after we’re done doing some demigod hunting.”

Hazel hopped in from the other side, glancing towards the front in concern.

“Sorry I’m running late,” Jason apologized. “I couldn’t summon Tempest. I was scared my powers might throw off weather patterns around the airport.”

Something felt uncomfortable inside the SUV, and it took Annabeth a moment to realize it wasn’t because the driver was a French zombie. There was an argument happening.

“What’s the one thing I told you not to do?” Will demanded, his hands on his hips, despite being seated in the middle. If he hadn’t been such a firm believer in seatbelts, she was pretty sure he’d be leaning over Nico’s passenger seat.

Nico sighed and leaned his head against the headrest to stare at the ceiling. “Raise the dead.”

“And what did you do?”

“Raise the dead—but look Will, it’s been a month since my last incident, and it’s just summoning the dead—not rocket science or shadow travel—”[1]

Annabeth winced as they rearranged the seating. Everyone had promised to enforce Will’s no excess power usage for six months on Nico, but none of them predicted Apollo showing up to shake Nico like a ragdoll. It put Nico’s recovery back by a lot and terrified Will and pretty much everyone at camp.

Jason jumped into the back. Percy pulled Annabeth into his lap so they could conserve on seating. From the uncomfortable glance that Jason and Piper shared, Will and Nico had been arguing since the airport. Maybe a chat about rogue half-bloods or college entrance exams would be relaxing.

“Nico, I’m not saying this because I don’t have faith in you. I’m mad because we made an agreement and because I care about you and it would crush me if anything happened to you.”

Nico went bright red in the face and sank into his seat. “Will,” he grumbled, “Not in front of everyone.”

Hazel cleared her throat. She looked concerned for her brother, but her expression also had serious problem written all over it. Something had gone wrong in Rome. Annabeth’s mind raced with ideas.

“It’s great to see you guys, but Frank scouted ahead. We should—”

A hummingbird darted through the door before Annabeth could shut it. When Frank turned back into a human, the SUV became uncomfortably cramped, and Annabeth started to really miss the expansiveness of the Argo II. Annabeth’s brain filed through excuses to push them past any cops that might pull them over for having too many people in a vehicle.

Normally, Frank would have been embarrassed to squish in the tiny bit of space between Will and she and Percy. Instead, he leaned forward to talk to the driver, jumped to find it an undead person, and turned in confusion to Nico. “Uh—hey Nico—they’re five blocks ahead, can you uh tell—”

“Monsieur Jules-Albert.”

“Yes, Monsieur Jules-Albert to follow—”

The zombie driver stepped on it. Their SUV lurched forward, knocking Frank back. Though they quickly jerked back to a stop in Brooklyn’s absurd traffic. Annabeth’s mind whirled to calculate if it would be faster to walk.

“Seatbelt,” Will said to Frank, folding his arms and frowning at the passenger seat in the best charades of, we’ll finish this later, that Annabeth had ever seen.

“Augh, dude, what happened to your ear?” Percy asked.

Annabeth was about to ask the same question. Frank had a hasty patch job of gauze on his ear with medical tape wrapped around his head to keep it in place. From the old blood dried on the gauze, she had a feeling there wasn’t much of an ear left under there.

“I can probably reattach it if you have the ear,” Will offered, sensing the same.

“I don’t,” Frank said grimly, like he’d forgotten a number two pencil on test day. “Axel bit it off after he set Reyna’s house on fire.

“He what?!” Nico demanded, sitting up in his seat and forgetting his prior embarrassment. “Is Reyna okay?”

“Physically, yea,” Frank said. He gave them a brief update on what happened as Jules drove.

“Wait—why were they in Reyna’s house? I thought she pretty much lived, ate, slept, and plotted punishments for bad legionnaires in the principia,” Percy asked.

Annabeth swatted him. She’d seen Reyna and Axel interact once, when Axel first parked outside Camp Half-Blood’s boundaries and refused to come inside. From what she’d seen then, and from a few comments Piper had made about the type of guy Reyna might like, Annabeth had a guess why Axel was in her house.

“They were on a breakfast date, sort of,” Hazel confirmed from the back of the SUV. “It was… hard to convince her not to come on this quest, but she’s making sure Camp Half-Blood is safe, since she knows you guys are out.”

Annabeth hoped that wouldn’t make everyone lose focus. She kept reminding herself that they needed all the facts first, that something wasn’t adding up here, but Nico voiced the opinion of the group perfectly.

“I’m going to drag Axel to Tartarus and craft him a personal punishment for the rest of eternity. How dare he hurt Reyna,” Nico growled. As the SUV rolled to a stop, he glanced back. “Or Frank. Sorry about your ear, Frank.”

“It’s okay; it’s just gone for good.”

“Nico, we talked about this,” Will scolded.

Nico rolled his eyes and threw his door open. “Fine. In a few months, I’ll drag him to Tartarus and craft him a personal punishment.”

“There’s my responsible son of Hades.”

They got out of the SUV and took off down a wide alley between two brick buildings designed with the classic flare of late nineteenth century architecture. This was an old part of Brooklyn, one the gentrification hadn’t yet touched, but the neon blue and purple lights around two ionic columns were new. They stood on either side of a club entrance that Annabeth could see Euna, Calex, and Merry darted through.

They needed a plan.

The bouncer was a huge guy in a biker jacket—what you’d expect to find at a club in New York. Unlike what you’d expect, he stood off to the side of the door, leaning against the wall and grinning stupidly at their approach. He held a hand out to prevent the small line of guests from entering. The guests in line whispered, looking far less agitated than Annabeth would expect with a bouncer not letting anyone in.

From what Annabeth had read and seen, clubs weren’t usually active this early at night. She hoped this wouldn’t be a rerun of Club Lotus.

“Stop,” Annabeth said before they reached the entrance.

Everyone skittered to a stop, like she’d pulled a gear out of a watch. Jason, Percy, Piper, Hazel, Frank, and Nico all paused to glance at her expectantly. She forgot how well their team worked together. The only person who stumbled was Will.

“We need a plan.” Jason read off her face.

Annabeth’s mind spun. That was her territory. But she was missing some integral data to make a full plan. Her instinct told her not to go in with swords drawn. “We should try to parley. When they ran from the airport, and when they were in the cab, they didn’t attack any of us. The Pax brothers may have only done that in New Rome because they were cornered.”

They’d have to worry about Frank’s quest from Ares later. Right now, she wanted to know what was going on.

“Seeing Roman colors is going to probably scare them, so Hazel, use the Mist to hide what you and Frank look like. Stay to the entrance to make sure they don’t double back to escape. Everyone else, keep with your partner—” She didn’t need to say who was partnering with whom. “—keep alert. They are dangerous, but try to talk them down first. If you see them—”

“Find or walkie-talkie Jason and I,” Piper finished. “And I can make sure things don’t get out of hand.”

Annabeth was pleased to see Will open up his jacket to show off a charging station for walkie talkies beside his medical kit and a package of latex gloves. He handed one off to Percy and one to Hazel.

Because Iris Messaging had been so inconsistent, and the presence of a half-blood tended to make technology go haywire, she’d been experimenting with ways to keep in contact. Older walkie talkies proved somewhat reliable.

The other problem was getting into the club. If Axel Misted a group of underaged kids in, Hazel could probably do the same. Annabeth just hoped everyone either had a driver’s permit or a library card for Hazel to Mist.

The bouncer put a huge arm out across the door. “The guitarist says you’re with him. And he said you’re allowed to keep your weapons. And we aren’t supposed to kill you.”

Annabeth wanted to swear. She should have assumed the others had connections here, else they wouldn’t have ran straight to this club. Her brain pierced through the Mist to reregister the bouncer’s single eye, and how tall he was. Despite all the time she’d spent with Tyson, the seven year old in her always cowered at the sight of Cyclopes. But she was almost a legal adult now, a hero of Olympus and a daughter of Athena. Annabeth maintained steady eye contact. This guy wasn’t mimicking any of them, and didn’t even look interested in chowing down on one of their heads.

The people in line hazed into various monsters and ghosts.

“This is a club for monsters,” Frank said. The way he said it made her wonder when Frank would bring the entire legion here for a warm up drill.

Everyone else must have seen it too. They touched their weapons.

This Cyclops kept grinning, not seeming to realize which demigods he was stalling. “The guitarist says you can come in, but,” he said, “the tiny Pax said you can only come in if that one gives me a hug.” The Cyclops pointed at Jason Grace.

Jason Grace pointed at himself in confusion. “Me?”

The Cyclops nodded. “He said you love hugging Cyclopes. And the tiny Pax knows I love hugs.” The Cyclops folded his arms and stood up tall, like he had declared how much he liked breaking people’s necks.

Percy stifled a laugh. “Hey, Cyclopes give the best bear hugs, probably only second to Frank.”

“You’re not going to hurt him,” Piper asked her question as a statement, one enlaced with charm speak.

The Cyclops didn’t change his posture or expression at all. Maybe he really did like hugs. “Nope!” he affirmed.

Jason frowned as Hazel giggled and Nico and Will choked on laughs.

Percy patted Jason’s back. “He seems like a good Cyclops. Go get ‘em, tiger.”

Thanks for reading guys! I had a great time writing this one :D XD

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[1] I need to thank both Gravity Falls and BruneGonda for this. I’ve been trying to find a way to slip her hilarious fanart in for three books.

#Traitors of Olympus #Heroes of Olympus #Percy Jackson and the Olympians #Annabeth #PIper #percy jackson #solangelo #Nico #Will #Jason #Frank #Hazel #Blackjack #Clops the Cyclops #fanfiction

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Rockfalls Estate - Richmond, Va, January 2015:

Part 1:

So, this is to date one of the most interesting and serious urban exploring adventures that I’ve been on. This is the story of Rockfalls Estate: a functional, highly modern house in Richmond, Va on the south side of the river. This area has plenty of well known crazy houses, from the abominable snowman house on Cherokee Road to the old Ululating Mummies house, not too far away near Forrest Hill Avenue. The story of Rockfalls Estate has as much to do with one man as it does with one house. That man, Haigh Jamgochian, is one of the most well known architects from 20th century Richmond, as well as a highly interesting individual. The son of Armenian immigrants who moved to Richmond during the Armenian genocide, he grew up in Jackson Ward, developing an interest in architecture and building things at a young age.

The story of Mr. Jamgochian kind of goes all over the place, and includes both great accomplishments and great controversy. After attending Dartmouth, Virginia Tech, and Princeton, his career as an architect spanned many decades. He trained for a bit with Frank Lloyd Wright, and the overlaps and influences in their designs are quite apparent. At the time that Jamgochian worked in Richmond as an architect, he accrued quite a reputation as a rebel - someone who was completely outside of the architectural norms of an old city in the south, or really anywhere. Some of his most famous designs include the incredible “Saucer” building (now occupied by Markel) near Willow Lawn, and infamous Richmond used car salesman Mad Man Dapper Dan’s famous “Moon House” off of Cherokee Road, near Rockfalls Estate. He loved using unconventional materials like wrinkled aluminum and styrofoam in his buildings, and the space-age styling showed up in all sorts of ways. I remember driving past the Dapper Dan house when I was a kid (my dad would always point it out), but unfortunately it was demolished about 10 years ago to make room for a McMansion. Many of Jamgochian’s most famous works were never actually built - at least not in Richmond. His famous “Tree House” design, which was proposed to be built on Franklin St. was quickly deemed far too radical for 1960’s Richmond, and other designs (like a building that had rotating floors, like a kinetic sculpture) didn’t make it off of the drawing board.

This leads to Rockfalls Estate. In the late 1960’s, Jamgochian purchased a large plot of land near Pony Pasture on the south side of the James, and starting on a continuous project that would last for decades. The art deco-ish house sits at the top of a large hill, surrounded by all kinds of rock walls, structures, a pond, a waterfall, and other half-finished landscaping and architectural features. The house itself is just as crazy, built by Jamgochian over many years (and like I said, never really finished entirely), it has vines growing up the front of the building, Venetian blinds, a Falling Water-esque garage, and numerous other crazy attempts at building things onto the house. My favorite was the crazy chicken (or cat) walk thing that goes from the inside of the house to the outside, and around the corner, suspended in the air. Jamgochian lived in the house with his family for several years, and they ran a school out of it in the 1970’s. Some of the controversy surrounding Haigh that I referred to had to do with his wife and son, Haigh Jr, from whom he is now estranged. I don’t know enough about the situation to say much about it, and I certainly don’t want to speculate about something that I don’t know about (that’s not the point of this Tumblr). Anyway, there is a crazy story of how Jamgochian almost burned the house down in 1983 (see Style article), where he apparently refused to call the fire department, and instead tried to fight the fire with his own fire extinguishers. Jamgochian and his second wife lived for many years in the house and in a Civil War era cabin that’s also on the property (after the damage from the fire). Mr. Jamgochian lived there up until quite recently, which brings me to our trip.

Our trip to Rockfalls Estate: So, I had first seen Rockfalls Estate in the winter (the only time of year that you can see it from the road) about 3 years before we actually explored it. I was driving around Pony Pasture and saw this big rock wall with a tunnel through it, and the house way up at the top of this hill. I first thought it was a pumping station or something, but after somehow figuring out what it was years later, I knew we had to check it out. As my good childhood friend and I (who was back in town for a bit) were planning our adventure, we mentioned it to his mom, who said she grew up down the street from “old man Jamgochian”, and that she and her friends would see him out there all the time moving rocks around to build the rock wall that surrounds the house. Haigh Jamgochian moved into a nearby retirement home (where I believe he still lives) not long before we visited the house, and the house was sold to someone soon after we went. We entered the property through one of the rock tunnels, and immediately realized that this place was absolutely nuts. We traversed through this labyrinth of rock tunnels, passageways, arena looking things, old engines - it was like some sort of Indiana Jones video game. After about 20 minutes of weaving our way through this stuff, we made it to the top of the ridge, where the house sits. It had all of these incredible added on features, like the chicken/cat walk thing that I described earlier, an incredible round patio made out of rebar, and some other stuff that we honestly didn’t really understand what they were.

We did manage to find a very careful way into the house without breaking in (see below) and honestly didn’t expect to see what we did. We knew that nobody lived there anymore when we explored it, but what we didn’t expect to see were so much of his work and things still inside. Immediately we found pictures of him (right there on the table), odd widgets and inventions that he had created, and one of the craziest things was the original drawings that he had made showing the entire plot of land that Rockfalls Estate is located on, from 1969. It all made sense, the crazy arena things, the giant metal star thing; we were able to piece together the maze of structures into one amazing utopian landscape based on the drawing. We also found books on Frank Lloyd Wright, a custom dumb-waiter system that he had made, and a Richmond Times Dispatch newspaper from the day that the Apollo 11 mission started to return from the moon to earth, that I swear was just sitting there without any of us touching it. It was like a man’s entire life displayed right there in front of us, frozen in time.

Here’s the thing: I’ve waited for years to post this exploration, for many reasons. I did not at all expect that we would see this much of someone’s life and personal achievements just laid out in front of us when we went inside of that house. It was like a museum, whereas I had expected it to be totally empty. Most of all though, I kind of felt like we were encroaching on somebody’s privacy, even though we weren’t meaning to, and he no longer lived there when we went. In fact, the house may have actually been sold before we went, I just remember hearing about it afterwards. However, now I feel that in the spirit of this Tumblr page, it’s very important to preserve the history of a place, and the things and the people who’ve lived there. I say this with regards to Rockfalls Estate because after recently walking by the house, I have seen that the new owners have started to do a significant amount of work and alterations to the house and property. I remember seeing in the paper a few years back that they had planned to demolish the house and build like 8 or 10 new houses on the property (heartbreaking), but it looks as though they are actually attempting to restore the house as of now. I think that this adds extra importance to the urban exploration that we do: at any time, the place and things that you’re exploring can be gone. It’s very important to have some sort of preservation of these so that the memories can live on. That’s why we do this. I also want to stress that we ONLY took photographs from Rockfalls Estate, not anything else from the house. In fact, we hardly even let ourselves touch anything in the house as we were so surprised by what was inside. I feel that these pictures need to be shared as a way to preserve a place and the remarkable people and things that were there, in order to tell the story of them.

#Urbex #Urban Exploring #Haigh Jamgochian #Richmond #Richmond Virginia #Richmond Architecture #Rockfalls Estate

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Brooks Aurora BL – $200 Running Shoes Review and Wear Test

In recent years, high-tech running shoes have focused on one goal in particular: to create the fastest possible road racing experience. Serious runners haven’t been able to hit the sidewalk for a competition without discovering the latest and greatest in carbon sheet creations, as almost every well-known running brand has been involved in creating the fastest shoe on the market.

However, as almost any runner can tell you, you can’t go through every training session like your last race and increase the pace to run as fast as possible. An intelligent (and above all, healthy) runner mixes workouts at different speeds, with short, fast speed sessions, long, leisurely #sexypace runs, and everything in between. Super-fast shoes don’t go with every workout – but what about those runners who want a very special experience for this type of workout?

Running specialist Brooks has a solution for this type of balanced training: the Aurora-BL, a shoe that was developed in the brand’s project-oriented BlueLine Lab. The shoe is an ultra-padded space age style runner designed to run the miles as smoothly as riding a luxury star cruiser. Speed is not the goal here. Instead, comfort and efficiency are the rule.

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I’ve done a variety of runs with the Aurora-BL and found that the experience was a bit like what I imagined running in space. The gravity of the earth didn’t seem to be pulling me onto the sidewalk as much as it usually does, especially as I stretched my runs for longer distances.

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The Aurora-BL is supposed to be different

The Aurora-BL offers a different experience than most other running shoes from the moment you put it on your foot. Instead of a separate tongue like traditional sneakers or a slim one-piece upper like so many modern running shoes, the Aurora-BL has an inner, stretchable sleeve made of quilted material that holds the foot in place. This segment provides a strong splash of color (orange for the men’s color) in the otherwise transparent upper material, which consists of a soft, translucent “mono-mesh” material that looks like laminated plastic at first glance, but feels supportive and comfortable as soon as it is Your foot is in the shoe. Just make sure you have a nice looking pair of socks because you will be able to see them. A molded, silver heel counter adds to the astronaut aesthetic (and visibility in low light).

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But the real highlight is the midsole. The Aurora-BL uses a unique two-piece design that decouples the heel and forefoot area to allow greater freedom of movement. This is not obvious the first time I put the shoe on, but when I started running I felt it was easier to get through every kick than in other shoes. This is also supported by the “glide roll” shape from the heel to the forefoot, which has been specially developed for an easy transition through the step. Instead of jumping forward into the next step, which is often the case with carbon plate shoes designed to get you forward, I felt more like I was rolling through my runs.

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The midsole foam is also noteworthy. Brooks used a new version of their softest foam, DNA LOFT v3, which injected nitrogen into the material to make it lighter, softer and more responsive. I could try to explain further, but I’m not a chemistry expert – basically, Jain is saying the nitrogen cell bladders can be packed more tightly into the EVA foam to bring about this change. Brooks has introduced another nitrogen-injected foam, DNA Flash, in their speed shoes, the Hyperion Elite Racer and the superb Hyperion Tempo Trainer, but Jain tells me the difference is in the size of the nitrogen cells: the firmer, faster Flash – Foam has small nitrogen bladder cells, while the softer, cushioned LOFT v3 foam has nitrogen bladder cells that are large enough that you can see some of them with the naked eye. When you put the Aurora-BL on, you can feel the pillow giving just a little and giving a lot of energy back.

All the foam stuff isn’t just for the show. In a world of short-lived, seemingly jet-powered super shoes that only last 100 to 250 miles before they fizzle out and fall apart, the Aurora-BL’s long range stands out. “From a shelf life perspective, these nitrogen-enriched foams maintain their integrity over time,” said Nikhil Jain, senior manager of the Brooks BlueLine Lab. “We find in some cases that runners don’t notice a difference between my mile one and mile 250 or mile 350.” Jain says he would estimate the Aurora-BL’s lifespan to be 350 to 500 miles.

The Aurora-BL is inspired by space and not long for this world

Aside from performance, the shoes look like nothing else on the market. This design was partially inspired by the Apollo 11 moon mission, according to Jain – but the aesthetic should definitely be more science fiction than retro. The aim was to break the norm. “We wanted it to be strange. We wanted it to be unexpected,” he says.

The products that come out of the BlueLine Lab, like the Hyperion Elite Racer with carbon plate, are said to be limited edition innovations that serve as testing grounds for the future of Brooks’ General Release shoes. Only 25,000 pairs of the Aurora-BL are produced, making it a limited edition item (Jain says Brooks typically produces 2 million pairs or more for standard models). But you will likely see aspects of the space shoe – specifically the DNA LOFT v3 foam – in future Brooks models.

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The Aurora-BL is heavily padded and has a wide toe box (one of my favorite design features and the reason I think the “Space Cruiser” label is so accurate) so it will likely appeal to a wide range of runners, but Jain quickly realized that it is not intended for people looking for support shoes. The midsole foam is durable, but also not intended for the trail.

In particular, this could be the perfect fit for serious runners looking for a souped-up cross-country or recreational shoe. “This is a concept vehicle for us,” says Jain. Think of it in terms of moving up to the premium car model. “When someone says, oh, you know, I love my Honda Accord,” he continues. “But I want something that zips a little more, a little more luxurious.”

This luxury will cost you. The Aurora-BL isn’t cheap at $ 200, which is even more expensive than some specialty racers. And with only 25,000 units available worldwide, the shoes could also be hard to come by. But when you’re ready to pony up and go through the hassle of getting yourself a pair, you have the chance to take a strange, highly-cushioned ride that is unlike anything else on the road.

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The Great Dual Substitute Turnabout-even more designs

So as you guys know I just barely started an Ace Attorney fanfic, which I have as of this post now, the first chapter up (which you can read here) (or you can read here)

I made two post showing off some references to character designs for that fic (as I haven’t sketched stuff yet baring two characters so I’m just giving my readers a frame of reference until I do finally have all my sketches up.) (Which you can see both posts from the links I will give here and here.)

Here are some more character design references for the fic.

If you are reading this post before you read my fanfic then here is a basic synopsis of my fanfic. There are two universes that are connected, alternate universes of each other.

Now here are some more character design references for characters we’ll be seeing in the alternate Prosecutor universe.

First up we have is Misty Fey.

I don’t want to delve too much into the version of her in the Prosecutor universe but just now that Misty is still alive and well. Misty will be seen wearing the same outfit she wore in Trials and Tribulations but I wanted to give her this hairstyle as in this concept art from Trials and Tribulations.

Next we have Larry Butz.

Larry is pretty much the same in the Prosecutor universe. My design for him will be based on this concept art from Spirit of Justice below. Only there won’t be the hat, the silly mustache, or sunglasses. Also the jacket will have no stripes.

Next up we got Damon Gant.

I won’t go too much into the differences between Gant in the Prosecutor universe and the Attorney one. Anways Gant will look just like the concept image below as I love the look, the only real difference is the dress shirt under his jacket will be orange while the cross shaped tie will be a dark gray.

Then we have Kristoph Gavin.

He’ll still be a defense attorney in the Prosecutor universe. Kristoph will still have the same bang style as he does in Apollo Justice, but I wanted to give him a shorter hair look like in the concept art image below.

Also his suit will be based on this concept art of him, with it being his usual color of light purple and I think red for the tie would look good.

Then we have Trucy Enigmar.

I won’t go too much into Trucy here, as I don’t want to spoil stuff but she’s Trucy Enigmar still because Prosecutor Phoenix never met her in his universe. But Trucy while still having the same hair style as in the canon game, her hair will be longer and braided like in the concept art below and her outfit will also be based on the concept art below. The color of the outfit will be predominantly purple with some pink here and there.

Next I have Rhoda Teneiro.

She will still be a flight attendant in this universe. Her outfit will be based on the flight attendant disguise Usagi wears once in Sailor moon, but the colors of the outfit however will be the same as her official outfit in Investigations. Also she’ll still wear the same hat she does in Investigations.

Lastly for the Prosecutor universe designs we have Dahlia Hawthorne.

I actually have a loooot of ideas for Dahlia’s character design here so bare with me.

Dahlia will have her hair styled a bit similarly to the concept art image below except instead of a sort of half side pony tail replace it with a single braid tied off at the side of her hair.

I also love the idea of her having a giant fancy hat but I wanted to give her a hat instead just like the one in this concept art below. The hat will be a light pink color with the feather and ribbon on the top being white.

The dress Dahlia will wear will be based on this sundress I found online (except replace the polka dots with butterflies only more simple, I would kill myself if I attempted to sketch this many butterflies on one dress).

The ribbon, the bow specifically, however tied around her waist will be far larger. Sort of looking almost like a large butterfly in a way. It will be fun to sketch. The dress will be white, the ribbon will be a light pink as well as the butterfly patterns on the dress. She’ll wear the same butterfly sandals she wore in Trials and Tribulations to continue the butterfly theme. (Dahlia will be a lot of fun to sketch haha I can’t wait).

Now I have 2 more designs but these are for 2 characters in the main canon Attorney universe. (as this fic does take place a couple months after the events of Dual Destines)

First we have once again good old Larry Butz.

He will look based on this concept art here again for Spirit of Justice. Except still no silly mustache, no silly sunglasses, and the shirt won’t have polka dots on it. But other than that pretty much exactly what you see below.

Finally we’ll have good old Lotta Hart.

Now Lotta will still have her same crazy afro hair with only a headband on top, but I actually am basing her outfit on these two pokemon npcs from xy/oras.

Lotta will have a shirt just like the one you see below, which will also be black, and she will be wearing a vest except green instead of red.