#desmond dez stanger

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I guess im just into slugterra again or something

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some slugterra related sketches with @ariaterramoon's Saverina

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I Promise I'll Love You Again

Slugterra OC Introductions

Welcome to my introductory post for my Slugterra OCs. I only have 3; the rest I had I either moved into my own original universe or just chose to leave behind (apologies, dearest Jensen).

For more context, for my timeline, present day is after the events of Ascension take place. I'm boring like that.

Madame Noire (Elizabeth Noire)

Age: 29 (might be changed)

Introduction As mentioned previously, I had several Slugterra OCs, some of which needed to interact with Dr. Blakk. This was pre-Ascension, so I had to figure out a reason why Dr. Blakk would be present. Ultimately, I decided that I should just make a character to replace him in the company.

This character was made many moons ago, and her character has stayed mostly the same. Of course, now that Ascension has been released, her existence is not really warranted, but I really enjoyed having a version of Dr. Blakk that was pleasant to be around, so I kept her.

Background

Young Elizabeth Noire was never fond of her father, and her father was somehow even less fond of her. When given the opportunity to leave her life behind by the same man who did her a favor and lied to her father on her whereabouts, she took it. That man was no other than a young Thaddius Blakk. She'd been with Thaddius from the very beginning, back when Blakk Industries was a mere concept. As such, the two have been through a lot together. Dr. Thaddius Blakk may never admit it, but dear Elizabeth might be the closest the man would get to a daughter. She, alongside her most beloved researcher, Desmond, mostly worked at the Blakksite; a secret facility unknown to most of the 99 Caverns' inhabitants. The two would visit the Citadel for status reports and research findings, but they were rarely seen outside of that. At least, not often enough for people outside of Blakk Industries to really know of her existence.

Present

After Dr. Blakk's disappearance, Elizabeth had been working away at mending the pieces he left behind. Alas, she'd finally rebuilt Blakk Industries to the great company it once was, and many believed that Blakk Industries may be better in the young woman's hands. Little do they know, despite being the new leader, she is still chasing after Dr. Blakk goals of taking over Slugterra, especially after his sudden reappearance into her life.

Desmond "Dez" Stanger

Age: 30

Introduction Now, let's start with the fact that Dez is not really a Slugterra OC at all. He started out in Slugterra, but I did eventually choose to move him out to my original universe, Momentum (and he has a vacation home in My Time at Portia). However, I'd decided I wanted to revisit my Eastern Caverns OC, and knew I needed him for her character to work, so he's back.

His background has not really changed since his inception, just added onto. His personality has changed a bit though: from an overworked and tired researcher, to one who very much likes working a lot, but chooses to prioritize his sleep and general well-being. Essentially, he's a well put-together adult now, and a lot more nice and polite.

You are a lot more likely to see Dez than the other 2, due to a combination of him playing a part in multiple stories, and just the fact he's my favorite (and currently the prime victim of my obsessive behavior).

Background

One would not have guessed it from his gentle demeanor, but Desmond Stanger hailed from a family of ruthless mercenaries and bounty hunters. They were known for their prowess in slugslinging, but so were they known for their lack of mercy and inclination to play dirty. Desmond wanted no part in it. He decided he wouldn't follow in his family's footsteps and instead pursued where his heart lied: the sciences. To this day, he rarely mentions his family and would prefer to not disclose his home cavern. As he left behind his fate as a slugslinger, he found himself studying and, eventually, working at the Slugterra Institute of Technology in Futuria Cavern. However, it wasn't long until the researcher grew an interest in Dark Water, and what better place could he get his hands on the substance besides Blakk Industries?

Present

Desmond currently works as a researcher and engineer at Blakk Industries, and has been doing so for some time now. Working mostly under Madame Noire, they were usually situated at the Blakksite, but have moved operations to the Citadel after Madame Noire's takeover of Blakk Industries. His main goal is to study Dark Water and find any beneficial uses it may have, but it seems the work of designing and creating weapons has taken up much of his time since he was hired. He is less than thrilled about it; even less so knowing what exactly will come from his work.

Veera Trivedi

Age: 16

Introduction I'm not sure why I decided to do it, but I made an OC from the Eastern Caverns. My friends from the time I made her might know that I could never figure out what I wanted for this character.

Revisions were constant. This character came from me wanting a character from the Eastern Caverns; not because I had any real love for her. Though, I'm happy to tell you that after a long visit to the hospital, I do finally have something for her. It only took a couple years of neglect.

It will be obvious that she's just the "badass fighter who doesn't talk a lot and is angry all the time," character type, which I admit, I am not the biggest fan of. In all honesty, I find her interactions with Desmond the most endearing part of her character and it's pretty much the sole thing I care about.

Background

Youngest daughter of the Trivedi family of the Eastern Caverns. Her family's sacred duty was to act as a bridge between the inhabitants of the East and the Shadow Clan. When the Shadow Clan had come to them to deliver a message that their newborn daughter would be the one to defeat a great evil, the Trivedis wasted no time to make sure the young Trivedi would be more than prepared to best this great evil. She trained all day and night. She was expected to not only be a slugslinging master, but too a slug-fu master. She was neither. She fought hard to be what was needed of her, but then the dreaded day came: The Champion had returned, alongside a group called the Shane Gang. They brought down the Emperor, and her entire life. Being part of the Trivedi family meant the young girl had access to ancient Shadow Clan technology most people could only wish to get their hands on. Stealing one of the Shadow Walkers her family kept hidden away, she left behind her life in the Eastern Caverns, and doesn't intend on ever looking back.

Present

Veera now resides in the 99 Caverns. She works as a regular goon at Blakk Industries and acts as Desmond's apprentice during her off-time. She harbors an immense amount of shame and resentment that she is able to channel during work. Though she struggles with things many might find second nature, she's been blessed with Slugterra's most patient teacher.

Conclusion

I do realize all their backstories are incredibly similar. I'll spoil the magic: not intentional. I came up with their backstories separately and they all somehow ended up the same.

Now, I would love to continue spamming this post with useless facts of my characters, but I will save that for a, "Dumb Stuff about my Characters," post.

Though, I will say that I have mentioned several times on my Instagram that Veera sees Desmond as a father figure and Noire sees him as her best friend. However, he would never call Noire his best friend (despite caring about her as much she does him). Not for any nefarious reason, I just believe it might it a bit out of his comfort zone to say things like that. He seems a little too reserved.

Veera and Noire do have a relationship, it's just not on the same level of the one with Desmond. Noire is quite warm with Veera; it's just not the kind of warmth Veera can appreciate quite yet.

Special Thanks

...to you for reading this post. I hope you the best of days. Hopefully I will continue writing posts like these since, there's not much point in letting these ideas rot in my brain. Question box always open if you have any questions, and DMs always open as well if you need to contact me.

Regards.

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Desmond, before working at Blakk Industries, was a researcher at the Slugterra Institute of Technology. I thought a friendship between him and Quintin would be cool. They'd meet again when Dr. Blakk hired Quintin after his attempt to take over the SIT.

I wish I had actual interactions drawn, but I do not. This was me trying to figure out what the uniform looked like. There aren't any clear photos so I had to go through the episode myself. Turns out Katherine and Tobias, despite looking like they're wearing the same uniform, are not actually wearing the same uniform.

Check it out.

My interpretation of the uniform is mostly based on Katherine's, with the main difference being the back, where I added more details to replicate Tobias's uniform (though, it is still different).

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The Surgeon & The Engineer

Sketches of @ariaterramoon's Dr. Saverina and a different-looking Desmond. A change in hair is meant to imply at what point in time the art is supposed to be. In this case, during the events of Slugterra/before my fanfic would take place.

I wanted to draw them together since they look awful similar on paper (though, purposefully made to look different when I drew them). The green eyes, the hair gradient, and the fact they have similar haircuts (in the Dez's main version). I draw his hair softer and wavier and hers straighter and spikier though. Scary lady and nice man. it works, ok

I think it would be funny to draw her with his actual main design though. He'd be looking a little less baby

Thank you for letting me steal your OC, Moon. I will steal her again

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Donuts For Me, but for you too

I made a poll on my Instagram about which one of Desmond's current 4 designs was the best and his Slugterra version won. I said I'd draw the version that won getting a donut. Here's him getting a donut. <3

Veera is here too.

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Desmond and Veeeeeeeera

My caption from instagram:

Twist catching strays for no reason

I did previously state (I think) that Desmond, as per company policy, has an arsenal of ghouls (that he doesn't use). Though, I do think his favorite slug would be the Fandango, bc energy slug. but I can see him liking floppers because no one uses them in combat and I imagine, not really ghouled either. He likes them because they're worthless If Madame Noire's favorite wants to keep a flopper slug in his arsenal, then what can she really do about it. (He's her favorite employee. She likes him a lot. Dr. Blakk however, not so much. Though Blakk is not the boss anymore, Noire is. And she says the scientist gets ONE flopper slug)

Veera doesn't have a favorite. She has a slight resentment towards slugs. At best she likes Infurnus slugs because they're associated with the protector of the caverns

Elizabeth Noire likes Hoverbugs/blades. she likes that they fly

side note. I didn't realize Slugterra actually uses the word "shoot". They never use gun, so I assumed shoot was also a word they didn't use Shoot gun = bad Shoot blaster = ok!!!

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stole holly and bailey from @dj-alykat. they are mine now :3 I just like stealing her OCs. Can't stop, won't stop Desmond and Ronnie are actually mine though!

Additional art

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Portia's New Scientists- Stanger and Kelser (art dump)

Art Commission Info

Just some sketches of my scientist OC, Desmond, and @dj-alykat's scientist OC, Bailey. It's probably a little disingenuous to call them Portia's scientists since I doubt either of them have been there for very long. lol

Despite having all this art of them, I don't have much to say about this couple. A picture is worth is 1,000 words, or something like that. This post has to be at least worth 10,000 words.

I draw them a lot

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Undercover Shane meets the Dark Water Specialist

Going back to my niche of comic-sketchpages. This one of Sarai and Desmond (with a cameo from Dr. Saverina). I've been meaning to draw this interaction for a long while; pretty much since I got back into Slugterra. Not sure why it took me so long. Sarai and Saverina belong to @ariaterramoon

Got more info underneath cut. btw i do commissions bc im really cool

She found it a little off-putting how chipper he seemed. When you're undercover in the Bad Guy Faction and you meet a guy who feels a little too friendly, you're going to think he's got some screws loose. (I'm not sure if she'd be aware of him being the Dark Water guy here, but that'd only be more evidence something's just not quite right. )

Well, everything is screwed on just fine. He's trying to be nice, albeit, maybe a little too much. I imagine he's only this way with younger recruits, since I don't think his older coworkers would appreciate him treating them like this. lol

Also, I'm heavily into the idea he keeps trying to convince the younger recruits to go into a different career path besides being a slugslinger. Obviously he'd be biased and recommend a career in the sciences, but I think he'd be happy with anything that wouldn't lead them becoming a mercenary or bounty hunter. If there's anything Slugterra is in short supply of, it's not slugslingers.

No successes for the time being. Maybe one day.

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i love desmond stanger <3

The guy has multiple versions as I've stated multiple times, and I wanted to draw them all out. I did a poll to see which one was his best design. Slugterra won. Link to his prize.

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some art of Dez and Elizabeth, lol.

she's not quite Dr. Blakk's daughter, but she's pretty close! I believe they met before Blakk even defeated Viggo Dare. They've been dealing with each other awhile. I've referred to her as his deputy a couple times

Dez and Elizabeth have also been dealing with each other awhile! She'd happily call him her best friend, but he would hesitate to call her the same (he cares for her nonetheless)