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fantroll-purgatory · 6 years

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Ellara Aphros

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Yeah, I know for now she looks a tad like a certain canon character we know. Though she’s a trollsona and somewhat based off me anyway. I’m open to changes in design you might want to put forward though! (Note: the one on the far left was created by a friend for me!)

Hmmm… I might want to play with this idea of her looking like Vriska a little bit, actually. It’s very uncommon for trolls to share signs, which means they’re very closely related if they DO share a common sign. So I think… Usually I don’t jump the gun on talking about themes and ideas like this all the way at the beginning, but I think I want her ancestor to be at least related to Mindfang. Maybe her ancestor was one of Mindfang’s Hypothetical on-planet descendants…

I want to do this connection link if only because of her interest in the zodiac, interest in history, interest in destiny, stuff like that.

Planet: Alternia

Name: Ellara Aphros ‘Ellara’ is close to ‘Helena/Helen’ which means ‘bright shining light’ or Torch. It may have connections to ‘Helios’ the Greek sun God in lexicographical meaning. ‘Aphros’ comes from ‘Aphrodite’ Venus’s Roman counterpart. It also links to both ‘Phosphorous’ (A Chemical element which is highly reactive and glows with a bright white light, ‘phosphorescent’ meaning to glow, particularly in the Dark which could also relate to her god-tier Sylph of Light which means ‘Creator of Light’. And the word ‘Amp’ a unit of electric current.

Eilidh might be a better option than Ellara, because it is the Gaelic version of the name Helen.

Aphros might be good, though the amp thing doesn’t feel particularly related to her name or her theme… And she’s not particularly focused on beauty, so referencing Aphrodite might not be the best option? Maybe Vernal instead. Vernal references the Vernal Equinox, which is the solar position from which the Zodiac was determined.

Eilidh Vernal.

Trolltag: ghostlyCensurer, predeterminedSpectre [GC, PS]

‘ghostlyCensurer’ refers to her being the ‘watcher’ from far afield. Unspotted and unnoticed by most everyone. As well as her silent analysis on the suburb which she lives above of. ‘preterminedSpectre’ is pretty similar. ‘Predetermined’ In her need to know the future and

extrasolarObserver instead, maybe? Extrasolar implies a far distance away but also references her light theme, and Observer links back to the watcher thing but just… sounds better with extrasolar than Censurer does. Oooooh or extrasolarAugur to reference her interest in things like tarot…

Typing Quirk: Replaces ‘E’ with ‘3’ (Reference to her lusus, who is a Cerberus so three heads) Uses the ‘V●ᴥ●V’ Dog Puns wherever possible Punctuation in packs of three (!!!, ???, …) (Especially when excited about a certain topic)

I think the 3 could still work with the Papillon mom because 3 looks like a butterfly’s wing.

Blood Colour: Cerulean

Symbol: True Scorpio (Originally ‘Venus’) (Venus can also mean ‘Morning Star’ (connected to the meaning of Lucifer, which again connects to the light theme (light bearer) and well as her Cerberus lusus))

Lusus: Corgiberus (The Pack-Mind) Slightly air-headed but rather friendly. Can be intimidating due to her massive size and loud barking noises. The closer trolls come to approaching the hive the louder it starts barking. It can reach levels that deafen the odd rust or brown blood.

Alternate (this one might keep with the Cerulean colour more) Butterbark A giant ‘Papillion’ or butterfly dog. It has it’s ears set as it’s wings and three giant compound eyes, two in the standard place at the side and one acting as a ‘third eye’ in the centre. It’s very friendly despite its oddly terrifying features. (Butterflies are thought to be spirits of the dead watching over you in many cultures and circles. This links back to her ‘ghostly’ and ‘spectre’ trolltags)

I like the Papillon idea a lot better! Butterbark… Barkflymom… I like the idea of this cute papillon dog with earwings that is also a little bit armored. Friendly, cute, a pal. Butterflies are also often references to the Impact of the past and also the potentiality of the future, so I think this adds some additional layers to her theme.

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Strife Specibus: Stationarykind (Using several types of stationary, pens, pencils, rulers etc. Although she is generally less skilled at using each one of them, it’s also what she uses in order to note down a lot of her findings and obviously more practical than tossing a book.)

I actually like the idea of her using Tarotkind. She pulls a combination of cards and has to utilize the attack that is produced by that combination. Example: Say she pulls a two of swords, a two of wands, and the magician: she’d have access to a 2x1 sword, both sides of which can function as a magical focus. But if she pulled the hermit, the fool, and a three of cups, she might summon three old banged up juggling cups.

Fetch Modus: Zodiackind Yep all 48 signs. She builds up association between objects and what she uses to read people/the future and they go into 1 of 48 different ‘sections’. Although, she has to work out which section the object has actually gone into herself.

You should have this visually look a bit like a constellation map and each of the items is a “star” in a constellation. She has to map out the entire constellation and then pick out the appropriate star corresponding to the item she wants to retrieve.

Powers: None (As typical for most highbloods)

She gets Blueblood Psychic Resistance, at least.

Title: Sylph of Light

(Explanation for this will be lower down and referenced in her personality/interests)

I actually have to protest that she’s a Seer of Light. A passive observer, someone who utilizes mediums through which to obtain and analyze information. Someone who searches for information, cares deeply about collecting and understanding it… But it would also push her to learn how to engage with other people, because passive classes are all about the good of the group.

Land: Land of Blockades and Gleam (LOBAG)

Land of Meteor and Twinkle. I wanted to give her a LOMAT acronym to reference Vriska as well. It could be a landscape covered in observatories, with the meteors circling the planet also metaphorically referencing her distance from others. AND meteors give off light. Fun.

Denizen: Paris (Paris kidnapped Helen of Troy, which is where the route of her name comes from, it makes sense that they would be a challenge for her.)

Here might be where you use the name Aphrodite instead. An image-focused deity who is somewhat motherly… It was Aphrodite’s fault that Paris kidnapped Helen of Troy, so it feels more appropriate to use a deity.

Dream Moon: Prospit

Hive Location: A hill overlooking a suburb, her hive being mostly apart from any others. It has a large window which has a view of the town in almost it’s entirety. She’s looking upon the lives of others without interacting with them. It’s fit with a telescope which can be used to look at the stars and planets above. Or sometimes ca be used to look across various sections of the planet (but not too far.) She finds herself analyzing (or over analyzing) these things.

Hive: Generally, a large mess; mostly consisting of various half written essays and complaints, half read books and other materials strewn across floors and desks. Many plush animals also lay around the hive, a lot of them rather pristine (she uses them as kind of a comfort, rather than to demonstrate anything). Doesn’t stop her from losing her a lot of her supplies, she’s really good at loosing things.

Personality/Backstory/Interests: Ellara has spent most of her time observing people and observing the lives of others through her own eyes rather than interfering with them or making them better in any way. She’s a hermit with an interest in people but with no actual friends. She generally considers herself a critic and sometimes finds herself critiquing several types of literature across troll history. She’s fond of finding metaphors within them, even if they make little sense or are just kind of esoteric. She has a hard time completing everything she intends to or sets out to do, however, either due to her fear of failure, lack of commitment or general sense of laziness.

Although her main issue perhaps that she is too pushy and critical and this leads her to come off as unwelcoming, defensive and antagonistic. Since she’s not all that good at getting on with people, mostly due to her isolation and common state of introspection (even if it leads to her frequently doubting herself). She finds it hard to tell when her criticism is welcome or needed and gets herself worked up when she dosen’t really need to. She’s really quick to think of the worst possible outcome to a situation and isn’t afraid to remind people of it. She states she would rather be ‘right or pleasantly surprised’ which gives her an air of arrogance. She’ll rather plan out her steps into the unknown and gather the knowledge she needs before attempting anything, she’s very wrapped up in analysing the possibilities of the future and the past. Whether this be through scientifically trying to analyse trends or through using tarot cards and analysing star placements. Although she has been known to make the occasional impulsive decision, normally leading to bad consequences.

I do like the idea of this character being an outside watcher. I want to push that a little bit by having her fascinated with people. Enjoying researching their histories and who might be related to them and all that. Gathering useful data that she can then interpret through the lens of her zodiac signs or tarot cards. Create a kind of fascination with ancestors in general. Knowing their histories and how people are likely to mirror those lives…

And I think you should have her be just a little interested in pirates. Maybe not interested in sailing or combating herself, but maybe have her be interested in the history of them, the strategies they employed, and the superstitions they believed in.

In fact, having her be superstitious in general may be a good idea?

If you want her to be a prospit player, you can’t have her decisions be Too analytical or rational. I think you should make her have just a sort of bet-on-it feeling with regards to fate and destiny and the future-seeing objects and predictors she uses. She can be ultimately worried about the decisions she’s making, but have her fall back on these interests and habits instead of Thorough Thought.

And now for design!:

Oof my tablet started throwing a fit halfway through this so it’s not my best work, but here we go!

Horns: We never see horns that are different heights and it was a little too obvious that her horn was just Vriska’s horn with a bit erased. So I gave her some horns that look like butterfly wings and antennae.

Hair: Just a few more fun flips for effect.

Glasses/eyes: I edited them so that there was a jeweler’s magnifying glass over her one eye, along with a light attachment. I thought it was a good way to reference her wanting to analyze things closer. I also edited her makeup to be a bit less thick, got rid of the eyebrows, and edited her left pupil to be shaped a bit like a butterfly. I wanted to create 3 pupils to keep with the three concept.

Mouth: I thicked the lips a little and added some fangs.

Scarf: I wanted to create some visual difference between her jacket and Vriska, so the best way to do that for me was… make a scarf. Like the kind fortune tellers wear in movies, with the tassels.

Pants/Shoes: I redid them entirely, mostly because everything looked a bit clunky and proportionally off? I wanted to keep the kind of platform shoes, though, so I did that. I also added some butterfly wings to her shoes in white.

Thanks for sharing her!

-CD

#ghostlyshoes #ellara aphros #eilidh vernal #ceruleanblood #cobaltblood #ellara #aphros #eilidh #vernal #review #redesign #cd review #submission

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armorabs · 7 years

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ghostlyshoes replied to your post “me when i think about how plankton treats karen like garbage in so...”

they both treat each other like garbage at different times imo.

not to discourse but being bitter and sarcastic towards your husband, or disapproving or disinterested in megalomaniacal entitled schemes like his... is not even remotely within the same ballpark of how he treats her though

shes still generally more faithful and loyal than he is, and tends to be a more considerate person altogether anyways so ... im going to repeat what i said: shes never done anything to deserve being treated that way

#ghostlyshoes

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feynavaley · 7 years

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Hetalia Analysis – Canada’s Personality and Lack of Self-Esteem

Some time ago I was talking in a chat about Canada, and I was asked my thoughts on his personality. Instead of writing random snippets that can get easily lost, I decided to do an entire post about it. (Sorry it took me so long!)

Note: This is my interpretation. Clearly, it comes from an analysis of canon material, but other people could have reached different conclusions, and I’m by no means claiming that my interpretation is the only right one.

This said, let’s start with the basic facts. Canada is America’s (most likely younger) brother, who suffers under the curse of being constantly overlooked in favour of his louder and more visible sibling.

Source: Fly, Mr. Canada, fly! (hetarchive.net)

This strip is actually quite old (this is Canada’s first appearance, if I’m not mistaken) and things have gotten less drastic since then, people don’t completely ignore Canada. He still gets overlooked a bit, but those who notice him immediately take a liking to him.

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 179

Does Canada realize this, however? It doesn’t really seem so. Every clue points towards the fact that Canada doesn’t have a good self-esteem, and while he longs for recognition he also believes that the fact he gets mistaken for America is his own fault.

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 178

I think that this also opens the door for another interesting implication regarding the divide between a personification and his/her country. We know that Canada is proud of his country, and wants it to be recognized. He’s also extremely patriotic, as his room was completely covered in maple-themed items.

Source: Fly, Mr. Canada, fly! (hetarchive.net)

Even here, when Canada points out a positive aspect that should stand out more, he’s talking about his nation – while if you look again at the previous panel, you might notice that he isn’t criticizing his country, he’s criticizing himself. Everything Canada has problems with is about him as person, not his country. This is also why in this analysis I will touch only Canada’s characterization in terms of his personality, without delving into history (which is correlated in some points, I think, but I’m not a historian).

This aspect comes out also in other moments of the manga. Let’s have a look at the time Seychelles remembers about him, for example:

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 176

The first thing one may notice is Canada’s exaggerate reaction to being recognized. He truly doesn’t expect her to, as Himaruya pointed out in other panels, Canada isn’t used to being noticed. He has been forgotten or mistaken for other people numerous times before.

Source: Fly, Mr. Canada, fly! (hetarchive.net)

Canada’s first reaction in these situations is anger – however, it lasts only for a moment, the next one, Canada is already realizing that there are reasons for England mistaking him for America. While he would love to be more recognized and at the centre of attention, he doesn’t blame others for that. True to his lack of self-esteem, he immediately shifts the blame to himself, and instead of carrying on resentment for the times other Nations don’t remember him, he decides to treasure the times they do. He doesn’t behave like it’s something that’s owed to him, and his interaction with Seychelles shows this perfectly, he even feels like he has to repay her for the kindness. And how does he do that?

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 176

In an unnecessary, completely over-the-top showy way that is not like him at all. Basically, Canada feels like he has to change his personality even for a simple ‘thank-you’, he doesn’t believe that his personality is worthy of being recognized by anybody. And if you believe that I’m exaggerating, have a look at the way Canada tried to cheer up England after the Revolutionary War, after India told him that he needed to ‘heal his soul’:

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 196

The first thing that comes to Canada’s mind is to pretend to be America. He doesn’t believe that he can cheer up England on his own, he’s convinced that England would be much better if he saw America instead of him. One may argue that this is because America leaving was what made England sick in the first place, but I don’t think that this is all there is to Canada’s reasoning, especially not after seeing how Canada has been behaving since his childhood.

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 192

When Canada first meets England, the very first thing he does is trying to be helpful. He doesn’t even introduce himself, or tries to get to know England – he just points out to the things England could exploit about his land. If this isn’t the behaviour of a person without any self-esteem at all, I don’t know what it is. This impression is furtherly cemented the following panels.

Canada is painfully surprised by the fact that England was paying attention to him. His words imply that he’s not used to it, and from his following reaction it can be evinced that he doesn’t think it’s something he deserves – he thinks that he has to work hard to deserve somebody taking care of him and considering him his family. (I actually have a theory on where this behaviour may come from, but this post is already getting too long, so it will be for another time.)

Things don’t change much as Canada grows up.

Source: Today’s Hetalia Preparation Course [5/27]

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 180

Every time, Canada puts other people’s needs before his own and is very careful not to disturb them. It’s almost like he doesn’t think his needs are as important as other people’s – and this is typical of somebody with a low self-esteem.

In spite of this, Canada doesn’t wallow in his self-deprecating attitude, nor does he have a negative outlook. He’s a hard worker and generally approaches everything with a positive attitude, promising himself to do his best and trying to put remedy to his flaws.

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 204

He’s also generally quite patient with people, as it is shown in the way he deals with both Cuba and Australia, easily forgiving their behaviour and never getting angry.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that Canada is perfect. He’s still a bit of a doormat (which can be easily linked to his lack of self-esteem) and his passive-aggressive attitude brings him to snapping instead of solving issues in a healthy way, like he does with America at least twice. This is also something typical of a person with a low self-esteem: they don’t want to cause trouble and always try to excuse people, but there’s only so much one can stand, which leads to snapping at one point.

I also find interesting that the only person Canada is ever shown getting truly angry at is America, his brother: the person he can feel more comfortable with, so the only one he can show his less-than-perfect personality to.

Another interesting note from that panel is that Canada manages to reduce America to tears: he can read him so well that he knows all his weakest points – as Himaruya said, he’s clearly observant and a good tactician, but he doesn’t seem to employ these skills unless he truly needs to.

In spite of this, Canada cares a lot for his family.

He takes care of England when he’s at his weakest…

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 195 (and look, another proof of his lack of self-esteem!)

…doesn’t want to choose between America and England…

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 181

…and in spite of his quarrels with America, he’s overjoyed when America starts warming up again to England, no matter the fact that this means he’s going to get less attention.

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 204

In modern days, Canada goes out his way to keep up-to-date with America’s interests and be able to have a conversation with him.

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 179

This is also a behaviour typical of somebody with a low self-esteem. It’s almost like Canada thinks that America paying any attention to him is linked to Canada talking about the right things, not that America might be interested in Canada himself.

Or maybe I’m just over-reaching and Canada is just trying to be nice. However, everything about Canada points to him severely lacking of self-esteem, and his generally positive disposition can definitely be linked with this: people with low self-esteem rarely try to draw attention to their issues, because they don’t feel worthy of bothering others over them. Canada complains with Kumajiro, but when he’s with other Nations he tries his hardest to accommodate to their needs and in general is overly nice.

Of course, Canada isn’t only that. His self-deprecating attitude isn’t his only personality trait – his kindness is probably genuine, and he’s also a dork who knows how to have fun.

Source: Bamboo Thicket Nov 2, 2013

Source: Hetalia World ☆ Stars – Chapter 267

We shouldn’t also forget that, in spite of his dislike for conflicts, Canada has been stated to be a strong fighter.

In the end, I don’t think that Canada is only a weak person who can’t take care of himself, and he definitely doesn’t spend all his time crying over himself. However, I still feel like his lack of self-esteem plays an important role in his interactions with other Nations, holding him back from both being noticed and asserting himself when he would need to in addition to leading him to be a bit socially awkward because he over-thinks too much how to behave to make the best impression.

#hetalia #aph canada #aph america #aph england #analysis #character analysis #feyna speaks #feyna's headcanon #feyna talks about hetalia #there are other points I would have liked to touch #I hope I was clear #ghostlyshoes this was for you #I hope it's useful?

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fanfictionlive · 4 years

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Someone finished my niche OC long fic and left it a nice review!

So about a month ago I finished off a long fic (41k with 14 chapters) of a very niche fandom (9 fics in FFN, 12 on Ao3, the work itself not being unpopular but it's not the sort of thing that most people write a fanfic on). On top of that, the characters were all OCs, and it was a gen fic - the features that readers tend not to gravitate towards. When I threw it out onto the internet, I didn't expect anybody to read it, especially not till the end. However, today I got a review; I am both shocked and very happy.

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#fan fiction #writing #fanfiction #tv show #series #movie #fan #write

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gendertrickster · 2 years

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27, 28 and 61 for the Homestuck ask thingy?

27: LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR PM BABEYYY

28: white king. what did he even do for his people besides die

61: i'm kind of split between humans and trolls! as characters i think all the humans are really good. i really like the intricacies of trolls but most of them aren't as well thought-out as characters

#mail #ghostlyshoes #ask game

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effervescentmagpie · 6 months

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love u @ghostlyshoes

#maggie react

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feynavaley · 7 years

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I was tagged by @verymemeingfulart (thanks!) for both these, and I’ll put them together because I aways tag the same people anyway:

Rules: tag 10 people you want to know better

Name: Not saying

Gender: Female

Sign: Capricorn

Height: 170 cm (about 5′ 7″)

Sexuality: Straight

Why I made a Tumblr: Originally, to have some place to post my Hetalia headcanons and meta posts about my fics ordinately.

Hogwarts house: Ravenclaw

Average hours of sleep: 5-6 during the week, 6-7 at the weekend (but I would need a lot more lol)

Dog or cat person: Neither (I’m afraid of dogs and severely allergic to cats)

Rules: Answer 30 questions and tag 20 people you’d like to know better

1. Nicknames: Short form of my real name.

(2, 3 and 4 are answered above)

5. Current Time: 11:36 AM

6. Birthday: *redacted*

7. Favorite bands: I don’t really have a favourite band, just listen to random songs I like.

8. Favorite solo artists: Same as above.

9. Song Stuck In My Head: In the Name of Love

10. Last Movie I Watched: Dunkirk, I think. It was back in... July?

11. Last TV show I watched: Joker’s Game up to episode 5, but I wasn’t enjoying it so much so I dropped it.

12. When did I create my blog: April of this year

13. What Do I Post: Hetalia (28% of my total posts), some other fandoms but not so predominantly, posts related to writing and reading, and non-fandom related stuff I find funny or interesting.

14. Last Thing I Googled: Zurich weather forecast

15. Other Blogs: No

16. Do You Get Asks: Sometimes

17. Why Did You Choose Your URL: I wanted something simple. Feyna is the name I generally use online, ‘V’ the start of the fictional surname since ‘feyna’ was already taken.

18. Last Thing I ate: A slice of bread with honey.

19. How Many Pillows: 1. And quite flat, too.

20. Favorite Colors: Basically any shade of light blue, lilac, and dark red.

21. Favorite Tag: I don’t know... I guess either #hetalia or #aph canada

22. Lucky Number: I don’t have one.

23. Instruments: I can’t play any instrument. No sense of rythm whatsoever does this to you.

24. What Am I Wearing: Skinny jeans, a black tank top and a green sweater that leaves my shoulders uncovered.

25. Last Thing I Wrote: I worked on the third chapter of Arthur Kirkland’s Guide To Being a Big Brother. *internal screaming*

26. Dream Job: Like, dream-dream is being a writer, but I’m not good enough and my life choices kind of cut that path off for me (I don’t have time to focus so much on writing). So, R&D in a pharmaceutical company.

27. Dream Trip: On a camper (not the one driving though) around Europe or Canada. Alternatively, Japan during the cherry blossom season.

28. Favorite Food: Pizza.

29. Nationality: Italian

30. Favorite Song Right Now: Waving Through a Window (you know when you find a song that encapsulates perfectly your life and the way you’re feeling... yes, it’s that one)

I know I almost always tag the same people, but every time there are a couple of new questions?! Anyway, feel free to ignore this, or do only one of the two I don’t know. Message me if I’m bothering you with this.

@ghostlyshoes, @sandwich130, @tyto11, @ono-its-ryane, @stuffyjinx, @signore-delle-cime, @headphonemaiden, @gwen-chan, @katie-kayta, @franzandsmith

If somebody else wants to do this please do and tag me at the beginning!

#about feyna #tag chain

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