#w.i.t.c.h. rewrite

[keepofkandrakar]

W.I.T.C.H. Character Headcanons (bc I say so)

So for those of you who don't know, I'm creating a rewrite of W.I.T.C.H. on Wattpad. It will essentially be if it were given a live action adaptation with a standing total of 60 episodes (5 seasons; 12 episodes per season). These headcanons all apply to said rewrite -- I have my Wattpad linked on my blog so go check it out!

Irma is canonically a Latina lesbian, that's zero debate, however I specifically headcanon her as Guatemalan.

Taranee and Peter Cook are canonically blasian! The Cooks are out here representing the blended families! I will be taking no arguments or criticisms!

I read a post a while ago about how every other fantasy world is based on Medieval Europe, Metamoor/Meridian being one of them and I was like "you know what would be cool? if instead Metamoor was based on Ancient Indian culture." so that's what I did and now Elyon and Phobos are ethnically Indian (Elyon's new name is Elyon Bhandari and I can't think of it as anything else now) (plus Metamoor is actually ten times more interesting with the amount of lore I'm creating for it).

sidenote: I need it to be known that Elyon will also be serving as the vice president of the Sheffield Student Government/Student Council to foreshadow her queenliness and she's also a book girly and she has initiative and Phobos is actually clever enough in his manipulation tactics for Elyon to not question everything until the last couple days leading up to her coronation. I wanted the queen to serve.

Everyone imagine real quick (cartoon) Matt Olsen as a black man. I don't know how I started picturing him black but now I cannot stop because it just works! We need a black lead guitar/lead singer of a rock band everyone will be making thirst edits over who is also humble kind sweet loyal loving-- And can I just say he would look sexy hot with the Shagon dreads! You cannot change my mind on this!

Kio Cyr is literally Eric Lyndon! I found an image with him in a NASA t-shirt and I was like "that's him folks!" Though, I do specifically headcanon Eric as Filipino.

Alchemy is now Alchemy Torres and she's a chem/bio nerd with an affinity for puzzles. I'm still figuring her out but she will gain more importance in S2.

I made a crackship out of Nashter (one of the Runics from the 100% WITCH arc) and Taranee and now it's very very serious. Not only does he have a British accent (do not ask) but he and Taranee are basically a detective duo/partners-in-crime turned besties in S3, which corresponds with the Crisis on Both Worlds arc which means angsty Taranee which means incredible banter between a smartass and a flirt.

And when I tell you that Nashter is the only white Runic I mean it: Darmon is lighter skin black, Shalin is Asian of some sort (specific region TBD), Cromo is dark skin black, and Ran-Rah is indigenous af.

Caleb lowkey is giving indigenous energy? I've barely touched him but the farthest I've gotten is that I saw one fanart of Caleb if he were on Phobos' side originally and now he has a whole defection arc in S1 from head of Phobos' guard to rebel leader in addition with angsty C&C so there's that going for us.

[krchar]

I am not very much into stuff after Ludmoore (and some things I counsciously reject as canon), but this damn scene HAPPENED and is a CONFESSION and ultimately lead to MARRIAGE

(p.s. the rewrite of the last panel is like IRONIC, a comment on society's ignorance, cause they are IN LOVE are we clear)

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A list of W.I.T.C.H. fanfictions (non-exhaustive, non-Guardian-centric)

Here’s a list of fanfictions I have read and appreciated over the years, as well as the ones I have written. They will be divided by pairing and/or trope and I'll try to keep it up to date as I keep reading and writing stories. If you find something that inspires you, go show the authors your support!

I’ll tag the authors if I know their Tumblr. If you see yourself in the list, let me know so I can tag you!

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Canon fics and missing moments in canon

These stories are about missing scenes during the time Cedric and Orube spent together in the comics, or in any case canon-compliant stories (no fix-its, Cedric stays dead)

Fics in English 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Scenes from a bookstore by Elizabeth McMarsh 

For Now, an Earthly Revelation by magical_sovereign 

Insomnia by epiphyte 

Unique/Matching by @theneptuneviolin

Here is my humble offer:

The Book of Elements (Arc 5 rewrite)

Heartbroken

Fics in Italian 🇮🇹

Due alieni by Sylphs 

Scacco matto by Marge (explicit) 

Sotto la maschera, attraverso lo specchio by Sylphs 

L'ultima speranza by Elelith 

Un sentimento fin troppo umano by ImperialPair 

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Fix-it and post-canon Fics

These stories are alternative endings and/or epilogues to Arc 5 attempting to fix its ending.

Fics in English 🇬🇧🇺🇸

The Path Ahead by epiphyte

The Librarian by Elizabeth McMarsh

Out of the Book by Zoja

When Hope Prevails by @vampirenaomi

Here are mine: 

Ink and Blood 1

The Twin Suns of Basiliade (Ink and Blood 1.5)

The Twin Suns of Basiliade - Missing moments (explicit)

Ink and Blood 2

Ink and Blood 3

Home

Thorns and Bonds

The Gift of Time (reloaded)

Fics in Italian 🇮🇹

Save me by Rowena

Quello che aveva perduto by ToscaSam

Ritorni by MaxT (based on an incomplete story of mine - which was the original concept of Ink and Blood)

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Pairing: Cedric x Phobos 

(check the fics to see if cartoon- or comic-based)

Fics in English 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Pressed and Faded Roses by @ror-witch

An exotic's cultivation by wastingmypotential

Meridian Traditions by magical_sovereign

bleeding petal by @linoxee

The Price of Forgiveness by @ror-witch (explicit)

Thorns of Deceit by @itarile-1

Here are mine:

Stay 

What Loyalty Means 

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Multiship / No Ship / Other Pairings

Fics in English 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Fics featuring Cedric

Veredictum by wastingmypotential (just Cedric)

The Galahot, the Prince and the Warrior (mine) (contains both Cedric x Phobos and Cedric x Orube)

The Swap collaboration with @atane-is-here (contains Cedric x Orube, Cedric x Phobos and Cedric x Miranda; crack fic with cartoon/comic crossover accompanied by comics)

Any shape by @krchar

Fics featuring the Escanors

The Image of Love by magical_sovereign (Elyon x Caleb)

Drosera by @vampirenaomi (Elyon & Phobos)

Murmurs on the Wind by @theneptuneviolin (Elyon & the Murmurers)

Fear by @ror-witch (Weira & Phobos)

Sick Fruits Biting the Roots by avaloncat555 (Weira & Phobos)

Safe by @krchar (Elyon & Cedric)

The Maiden (mine) (Phobos & Original Female Character; contains Cedric x Phobos and a bit of Cedric x Orube towards the end)

Fics featuring C.H.Y.K.N.

Dear Nerissa by Tabby_Shieldmaiden (Cassidy x Nerissa)

5 seconds ago by Malingale (Cassidy x Nerissa)

Mauvais Jour de Cheveux by EVA_beatrice (Cassidy x Nerissa)

New Hope by DreamyMoonlight (Kadma x Halinor)

Sweet falling apart by Casskim93 (Halinor & Kadma & Yan Lin)

Fics featuring W.I.T.C.H.

When I was down (I was your clown) by Tabby_Shieldmaiden (Cornelia x Irma)

Fics featuring Basiliadean characters

Of Customs and Flaws by @krchar (Himerish x Yarr)

The Scar in His Hand by @krchar (Himerish x Yarr)

Entangled by @krchar (Endarno x Luba)

The Right Choice (mine) (Himerish x Yarr)

Fics in Italian 🇮🇹

Dolore ardente by Casskim93 (a short Italian fic about Luba)

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Visions of Greed Inspirations

My fic isn't finished yet, but I saw a post by @Whatiwishfanfiction where they shared their inspirations for their fanfic: The Great Lorax Movie Rewrite and I also wanted to share some of the things that inspired my own Once-ler fanfic: Visions of Greed (link to fic below).

https://archiveofourown.org/works/49094197/chapters/123860446

Long post just FYI cause I was inspired by a lot of things.

The Teen Titans episode Haunted was without a doubt the most inspirational piece of media related to this fic. As I mentioned in the fic's intro, the story was basically created from a desire for more Once-ler content and also more content similar to that episode.

This influence is most notably seen in Chapters 12 and 13, where Once-ler and Greed-ler fight, but the influence is honestly present in almost every interaction Once-ler and Greed-ler have in the fic. I have a lot of fun coming up with all the different ways the interactions between them can be done and making them catered to my preferences (I am adverse to blood, gore, and horror but I like pretty things and animated action scenes.)

Going back to Teen Titans, aside from Haunted, other influential episodes include The Apprentice parts 1 and 2, Fear Itself , The Beast Within, and pretty much all the episodes that feature the villain character, Slade. The character of Slade himself is also one of the main inspirations for Greed-ler's characterization.

Other sources of inspiration:

Miraculous Ladybug is another show that I derived a lot of inspiration from. Not so much specific episodes in the case (With the exception of that scene in Chapter 7 that was a direct reference to the episode Passion where Natalie pinned Gabriel to the table ) But I was instead inspired by the show's overall themes/ideas such as the concept of Akumatization (most notably in Chapter 19), the manipulation and corruption of people's desires by Hawk Moth, the themes of creation and destruction, the changing of personalities with the changing of costumes, Hawk Moth's butterfly motifs, and the melodrama LOL.

The character of Hawk Moth/Gabriel Agreste was also very influential. Hawk Moth, like Slade served as a basis for Greed-ler's manipulative personality. While Hawk Moth's civilian identity of Gabriel Agreste influenced Isabella's characterization in regards to how she treats her son, Once-ler. Gabriel Agreste also influenced the character(s) of Once-ler/Greed-ler himself. I imagine that they would be an influential fashion mogul like Gabriel after they became famous.

Sailor Moon (both the anime and manga) also provided a lot of inspiration, mainly with The character (s) Hotaru Tomoe/Mistress 9/Sailor Saturn (Once-ler's internal struggle with Greed-ler). But also with other tropes and motifs such as Queen Nehelenia and her mirrors, Rei Hino's prophetic nightmares, magical girl tropes in general, and also how beautifully drawn the manga is. I strive to make the words I write and the scenes I create “pretty” in a similar way. Especially the nightmare and hallucination sequences.

Other magical girl shows/manga/comics including Winx Club, W.I.T.C.H., Angel's Friends, and Tokyo Mew Mew were also influential in too many little ways to mention.

Other media influences include:

The American Dragon: Jake Long episode: The Doppleganger gang. Where the main character creates an evil doppleganger that tries to become the “real” version of him.

The Avatar the Last Airbender episodes with Azula's breakdown and the one where Zuko got conflicted and developed a fever (that episode along with some episodes of Tokyo mew mew were the inspiration for Once-ler's stress fevers.) Some stuff from Sonic X (I used to dabble in the Sonic fandom a bit):

The scenes with Sonic and Shadow fighting, Shadow's ability to warp away, Shadow punching Sonic in the gut in the finale, and those episodes where Sonic and Shadow pass out multiple times (happens to poor Oncie quite a few times in this fic.)

Death the Wolf from the movie Puss in Boots: The Last Wish was also quite influential. (Haven't seen the movie yet but I've seen clips.) The way that Death stalks and haunts Puss is very similar to what Greed-ler does to Once-ler.

Meanwhile the Schlepper Brothers from the obscure movie Rock and Rule were one of the main inspirations for Once-ler's relationship with his brothers. Where the brothers tease the immature and less manly brother but are deeply concerned for him when he gets seriously hurt.

I also made a reference to the Edgar Allen Poe story The Raven (Chapter 17) and another Edgar Allen Poe story called William Wilson will have a influence on the fic's finale.

I also included scenes inspired by the Greek Myths of Narcissus (Chapter 20) and Pandora's box (Chapter 15).

I also looked up Halloween is Grinch Night to see how Dr. Seuss himself implemented a nightmarish sequence.

Music

Music also served as huge a inspiration for this fic. I like to listen to music when I write sometimes and it can really sometimes get the flow going. I really like Electronic/EDM music such as freeform hardcore. (The reason why I write about Once-ler dancing in the club so often.) But I've also been enjoying some awesome rock/alternative songs with very relevant lyrics. Music become so influential of the story that I created a playlist to serve as a soundtrack for the fic of sorts.

The songs with the most influential lyrics however, are featured in my Once-ler's corruption playlist.

A few noteworthy songs that had scenes directly based on them in the fic include/will include the following:

Imposter-Red

Run and Escape-Red

Already Over- Red

Lights Out- Breaking Benjamin

Let Go- Red

Breath- Breaking Benjamin

Voices- Alesti

Artificial-Daughtry

Hollow-Breaking Benjamin

Evil Angel- Breaking Benjamin

Dark Things- Starset

Death of Me- Red

Dance With The Devil- Breaking Benjamin

My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)- Fall Out Boy

Madness in Me- Skillet

I also plan to include scenes directly based on the music videos for the songs Death of Me by Red and My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) by Fall Out Boy.

But if I had to pick just one song to be the theme song (although it is a hard choice) I would pick Fight Inside by Red.

I was also inspired by various elements of nature including things like:

Flowers (specifically, daffodils AKA the Narcissus blossom)

Emerald Gemstones

The Moon (Blood Red Moon)

Snow/Ice

Light/Darkness

Smoke

The classical elements of Fire, Water, Earth, Air,and Energy

Butterflies, a symbol of transformation most notably the Emerald Swallowtail butterfly, specifically the one pictured below.

I took the pic myself when I visited a butterfly house. This little guy was the main inspiration for the Masquerade Metamorphosis in Chapters 18 and 19 and was the direct inspiration the costume Greed-ler wears in those chapters, and in some chapters yet to come ;) That butterfly is also featured/mentioned in Chapter 16.

I also played around a lot with symbolism, including color symbolism (white, green, silver, and gold).

Along with fanfic tropes, such as sickfic, and whump prompts such as the scene where Once-ler falls through the ice in Chapter 22.

Finally I was also inspired by real life including my own experiences with working, dealing with my own greedy relatives, and coping with some of my own personal issues/insecurities

If you read this far I sincerely thank you. I hope you consider checking out the fic. As you can probably tell I put WAY too much effort into it. XD

[ultraericthered]

Reimagine That Villain (Con)

Naraku, Inuyasha Squandered Ultimate Villain -> Feudal Era Kang the Conqueror

Part of what made Naraku falter as the ultimate villain of his series to me was that he was kept around so long, even when there was increasingly little else that could be done with him and we even had other villains on the scene, so he didn't justify his position as the Big Bad to keep around to the very end. There's quite an easy way around that for a reboot of Inuyasha: instead of doing what was done with Naraku's "incarnations" and "spawn" in the old series, have them all be literally different variants of Naraku. Make him like Marvel's Kang the Conqueror, a singular uber villain with different versions of himself across different points in space and time. This way we have a bunch of different major villains who all tie back into the singular overarching Big Bad, as they're all alternate incarnations of him!

No Heart, Care Bears Evil Satanic Sorcerer -> Evil Bigoted Studio Executive

This one's pretty out there. No Heart, the demonic sorcerer villain of The Care Bears Family, would honestly be well-serviced being reinvented into an evil studio executive with an unconcealed loathing of different groups of beings such as the Care Bears. This way, he not only becomes a real threat again, he become an allegorical one: how many studio executives have tampered with the creatives' visions and works in order to churn out something that can be called "soulless" or "lacking heart"? And how many have made decisions that clearly show them to be bigots? Think an Avi Arad or an Ike Perlmutter, or even higher up the chain of command like a David Zaslav! A guy wielding such levels of power and hatred in addition to magic would be truly frightening and formiddable on so many levels. For his aesthetic, he combines features of No Heart, the Wizard Of Wonderland, and the Evil Vizier all into a singular sinister package!

(Credit to the--jacobian on Deviantart for the design edit).

Noah Kaiba, Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters! Bullshit Filler Villain -> AI Of Gozaburo Kaiba's Ideal Heir

This would normally fall under a villain rewrite, but in order to rewrite him, I'd have to reinvent him (and obviously I'd want whatever story he featured in to be set far away from the Battle City arc!). Rather than be a virtual replica of Gozaburo Kaiba's deceased biological son who for some reason bears resemblence to his adopted son Seto, Noah should've been an AI program made to emulate the ideal heir that Gozaburo wanted to turn Seto into, one that'd take on a life of its own in an effort to live up to its purpose and become that heir, which would obviously require destroying and replacing Seto to do so.

Otonokoji Twins, Super Danganronpa Another 2 Serial Killer Abuser And Her Victim -> Pro LARpers Who Are Ultimates In Manipulation And Torture

It's sort of an AU idea based on what the twins were as young adults. In addition to them being a successful music duo, I can see them as gifted at acting and LARPing whatever gimmicky thing they choose to be to work their acts into, and whenever there's any threat to their livelihood detected, Kanade would turn to manipulation and different ways to torment the target - abduction, extoriton, blackmail, mind games, meddling, musical torture, indirect murder, you name it - and would often strongarm Hibiki into being her faithful accomplice.

The Phantom Blot, Disney Comics Black Cloaked Criminal -> Unfinished Character Who Shapeshifts

I legit have no idea why this hasn't become a thing for this character. Make this guy an actual ink blot of what was going to be a cartoon character but who never got finished and whose rough sketch got discarded to decay into the "Phantom Blot" it is now. Give them Clayface powers, including the power to shapeshift into different cartoon characters to pull of their crimes! It seriously writes itself!

Prince Phobos, W.I.T.C.H Tyrannical Usurper -> Charming And Orderly Authoritarian

I know Elyon got a rebooted incarnation recently, but what about her older brother Phobos? I think there's a lot you could do with him if you made him into this more Akio Ohtori-esque character, seemingly the perfect Prince Charming with a handsome, kind face and an outwarldy benevolent reign upon the land he rules, but behind this mask he's a complete sociopath and an authoritarian tyrant who looks to conquer or destroy the other realms of Metamoor so that Meridian alone could stand as the only prosperous, powerful nation. Y'know how in the TV show there was this dumb plot element of Phobos decieving Elyon through illusions that made his Meridian look beautiful and peaceful? Make his Meridian actually like that! Both he and his domain, pretty covers concealing hideous truths.

Mr. Potter, It's A Wonderful Life Sociopathic Wealthy Realtor -> Sociopathic Mega Corporotist

Remaking It's A Wonderful Life is something else that becomes the topic of rumors and discussion every now and again. If it was to be remade in a modern time and Mr. Potter was to be included, there's really no better direction to take him in than to embody the stone cold inhumanity of cutthroat capitalism and corporate avarice. Push him in an even darker direction, with more details spared for just how fucked up and corrupt an enterprise his "Pottersville" would truly be.

(Image used is of actor Brendon Gleeson as Winston Churchill).

The Q Continuum, Star Trek Q Continuum -> Q Anon

Yeah. It's that fucking obvious.

Dr. Regal, Megaman Battle Network/NT Warrior Evil Net Criminal Mad Scientist -> Horror-Themed Cyber Terrorist Mastermind With Military Ties

For both Dr. Regal and Nebula, I touched upon this in this post.

Rosemary Applefied, Nadja Of Tomorrow Wannabe Princess -> Ruthless Young Capitalist

This one's less a total reimagining and more what Rosemary would likely become as she strove to make a fortune and a living for herself in America after the events of the series. Definitely not anywhere near the level of Mr. Potter, but cutthroat in business all the same.

Sailor Galaxia, Sailor Moon Alien Demigoddess Sailor Soldier -> Evil Studio Executive

What Sailor Moon Stars ought to have done with this character! They had Shadow Galactica using the Ginga TV studio as a front for their operations. Information known about this is that there are many civilians also working there who have nothing to do with Shadow Galactica, the Sailor Animamates are employees there, use desks and lunch rooms, and conduct their business incognito, and a supposedly out of service elevator takes you to the secret real top floor, Galaxia’s dominion. These are all solid ideas, but there’s nothing really gluing them together even when such thing was so freaking obvious - Sailor Galaxia with a civillian alter ego as the leader of the proudction company that owns the studio! Give her a fake name and have her wield illegally attained (via maaaagic) corporate influence to advance her master plan, all while the regular people who work there are completely in the dark about what they’re truly working towards, and they could double as the only victims-of-the-day that the story would need. This would’ve made Galaxia seem Freeza levels of scary in how she’d have so much power in her yet would usually not need to lift a finger to accomplish anything since she’s at the head of this corrupt business. The Sailor Senshi taking on an enemy with institutional power that shields their true evildoing wasn’t really done beyond Professor Tomoe being the head of Infinity Academy and Witches 5 doubling as students there, so to do it here was such a golden opportunity that got so tragically wasted.

Slade Wilson, DC Universe Masked Mercenary Mastermind -> Corruptive Teacher

Great Slades and not-so-great Slades have come and gone, but I'd kill (no pun intended) to see a version of Slade Wilson who keeps all else about his character in-tact: army vet, big game hunter, toxic family man, masked mercenary killer, supervillain, etc., but has his day job be that of a school teacher or a principal. An occupation where he has access to young people that he can manipulate, corrupt, prey upon and use as pawns in his secret criminal games. Sort of a Walter White crossed with Gakuho Asano if you will. That would be super interesting and really lean into his darkest facets.

Steele, Balto Jerk Jock Killer Sled Dog -> Police Brutality Dog

There was always kind of a problem with Steele in how he was meant to be a Gaston type character where though his a prideful, boorish jerkass, he's a beloved figure in town....only he was designed, animated, and voiced to be as Maximum EVIL as possible, without even a pretense of subtlety, making it a stretch that no one had a clue about how evil he truly was until he actually goes and does really inexcusably evil stuff. But if we incorperated Steele into an urban setting like Shere Khan in Tale Spin, the remedy to this would be quite simple: make Steele a cop. This way not only does he win over the reverence, respect and goodwill of the public for a different reason, but it suggests he also keeps others in line through fear. He can act as aggressively, blatantly evil as he wants to, what's anyone going to do about it? He has a fucking badge, and it shields him from paying consequences for his corrupt, cruel, and unethical actions. His prejudice against half-breeds like Balto would also take on new meaning, as it's reflective of the very worst of such dirty cops.

Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd Demon Barber -> Demon Stylist And Merchant

Sweeney Todd was technically already reinvented when the musical stage play was first concieved, but his original iteration was so obscure that it hardly seems to matter. If Ben Barker got a second do-over, I think his villainy could be ramped up by making him not only a barber, but an acclaimed stylist and the producer and seller of various hair and skin products. Him expanding into a larger business could make him a man who "cuts throats" in a much different way, also expanding his means of killing people, both overt and subtle. And working with Ms. Lovett to make meat pies out of his victims ensures he maximizes profits in both money and in human life!

Tsumugi Shirogane, Danganronpa V3 Ultimate Cosplayer Twist Villain -> Ultimate Amoral Fangirl

Basically doubling down on the Tsumugi we got to see in Alternate Continuity outside the main V3 story. As I've stated before, I do like antagonist Tsumugi when she’s actually being antagonist Tsumugi and leaning into the idea of an unhinged, amoral fangirl and fanfic writer in total control of her own Danganronpa game experience.

Valmont, Jackie Chan Adventures Criminal Gang Leader -> Political Donor Who Heads Conspiracy

Were Jackie Chan Adventures to be rebooted, imagine if the Dark Hand wasn't a crime syndicate but instead a criminal web in a conspiracy that spans different places and carried out by different public figures and civil servants who are secretly involved, like with HYDRA in Captain America: The Winter Soldier? And Valmont would be at the head of the whole thing as a top political donor who makes donations and contributions to various politicians and factions in exchange for their silence and complicity with his secret movement. After a demeaning Villain Decay, this would be a return to top form!

Venom, Spider-Man Vengeful Addictice And Corruptive Symbiote + Eddie Brock -> Vengeful Addictive And Corruptive Symbiote Cycling Through Hosts, Driven By Wrath, Power Lust, And Irresponsibility

In a way, they're already starting to move in this direction with recent depictions of Venom like in the 2017 Marvel's Spider-Man show, Insomniac Game's Spider-Man 2, the recent comic stories that has the symbiote bonded to a mysterious new host as the All New Venom, and maybe even whatever's coming next for Tom Holland's MCU Spidey. Eddie Brock's had his share of solid reinterpretations, but I'm glad Venom can now move away from him as a fixture.

Vlad Masters/Plasmius, Danny Phantom Generic Arch Nemesis -> Half Ghost, Half Vampire Chef/Caterer With Influence Over Politics And Crime

This reimagining of Vlad I can only describe as being one part Count Dracula, one part Hannibal Lecter, and one part Chef Julian Slowik. Rather than the accident by his old friend Jack causing him to turn half ghost, Vlad would have become a vampire like he was initially planned to be and from there he'd gained his phantom powers from the Ghost Zone on his own. Amassing his vast fortune, he'd become a renonwed chef that makes recipes from Wisconsin dairy products, but uses that position to attain his special secret ingredient of human blood. He'd also have hypnotic powers that he'd use to hold sway over local politics and law, including in the criminal underworld.

Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter Wizard Hitler -> Nonbinary JKR Expy

OK, this one is more than a little petty, but at the same time could make for an interesting character! Rather than be a reflection of the racist, classist, nativist despots that the UK and Europe had to contend with a century ago, Voldemort could reflect the populists, bigots, and authoriatrians of this century, and in a way that gives him a striking ressemblence to his own creator, JK Rowling. This Lord Voldemort would begin as a widely beloved figure for the magical gifts they'd imparted upon the world (much like JKR) only for their own personal vices and emotional immaturity to steer them towards seeking further power and self enrichment for the sake of their ego (again, much like JKR), to the point where they mutilate their own soul and become a shell of the human being they once were (again, much like JKR), and with newfound power and purpose they embark on a crusade to persecute and wipe out a vulnerable group of people they deem as detriments to the world order they wish to see, making it their life's mission to see them all struck from existence (again, much like JKR), and becoming the dreaded dark lord who many dare to even speak the name of. The most twisted part would be despite the insistence of being hailed as "LORD Voldemort", or "HE who must not be named", Voldemort secretly does not identify themself as male or female, hypocritically believing their greatness puts them above things such as gender pronouns and labels while in public they'd blast any such person as an inferior that must be oppressed. And unlike the Tom Riddle of old, this Voldemort doesn't fear death. They fear life that they can exert total dominance and control over.

The Wet Bandits, Home Alone Common House Burglars -> Corrupt IRS Agents

C'mon, this would've been miles better than whatever the fuck Home Sweet Home Alone was doing. If only they'd agree to role reprisal...

Yukio Oikawa, Digimon Adventure 02 Wannabe DigiDestined -> The UnChosen Child

Whereas Ken's change would ride on an alteration of his motivations and villainy as the Digimon Emperor, Oikawa's would hinge upon an alteration of his backstory. Rather than a longtime best friend of Hiroki Hida who could see Digimon and dreamed of going to the Digital World, Oikawa might've been either one of the first ever Chosen Children who got unchosen for some tragic reason, or one with the potential to be a Chosen Child but who got passed over by destiny when he was made to spend less time around his bestie, thus unable to observe anything more related to Digimon and the Digital World. Either way gives Oikawa a hangup that he'd carry with him all the way into adulthood, a Digimon fanatic who refused to grow up until he got to have the Digimon Adventure in the Digital World that he was owed back in his childhood. This also enhances Oikawa's desperation, which could suggest that maybe in this version his corruption and draw to the powers of darkness wasn't mere chance. Rather than the pawn of some dark entity, he's embraced the dark entity and made it part of himself, and he will have his way in the Digital World even if he has to ruin the lives of children and endanger both worlds just to reach it! It's every bit as effective and interesting as the original canonical Oikawa.

Yzma, The Emperor's New Groove Treacherous Advisor Mad Scientist -> High Priestess For Supai

As with Chelsea, Dr. Irie, Lila, King Magnifico, and Vlad, this is more moving a character back towards their conceptual roots as means of reimagining the character they'd become in the final product. In the planned Kingdom Of The Sun, Yzma was the high preistess for the Temple of the Sun who secretly resented the sun, blaming sunlight for her physical aging, so she pledged her servitude to the god of darkness Supai and schemed to cast the empire into eternal night by releasing Supai via a blood sacrifice of the young Emperor Manca and granting him the power to destroy and conquer as he pleased. She's also a necromancer who reanimates mummies to serve her. Definitely a darker, more vile take on Yzma than what we ended up with, even though she's still no less comical and bungling. And this is the Yzma who'd get that awesome villain song Eartha Kitt recorded!

Xehanort, Kingdom Hearts Squandered Darknessholic Villain -> Amoral Scholar Of Dark Arts

Or rather, Anxem Norterrax, a researcher who studies the powers of darkness within the Mirrorverse and those that come from such darkness like the Fractured. A retooling of Terra-Xehanort's character for the Mirrorverse setting and in name, characteristics, and even clothes he combines the best of regular Terranort, Ansem Seeker of Darkness, and Xemnas. Would've been quite fun to have around had only Disney Mirrorverse stuck around and been handled better...

[rivensdefenseattorney]

Stella Playlist

Winx Rewrite Mater Post

Stella Character Profile

Decided to post something different. Here's some songs I listen to while trying to get in the headspace for writing/developing Stella. There's some more songs I'd think would fit, but Tumblr only allows 10 to be linked, so I'll keep it at these. Hopefully you guys like this kind of thing, and I can post more of them in the future.

[mello-t-befan]

The video accompanying the project (turn the english subtitles ON ^^)

One might think that Magical Girls are a typically Japanese genre given how the country assumes the kawaii aesthetic comparing to the Occident. But like all kinds of stories, Magical Girls aren't the property of any culture and one can easily find "Western" examples like "W.I.T.C.H.", "Winx Club", "Star VS The Forces Of Evil" or "Miraculous Laydbug". And among all these examples, this month we will talk about "LoliRock" ! In my rewrite, I gave each girls a specific gemstone, some specialties in their musical career/practice of magic and affinities with some kind of elements.

I take this opportunity to make a quick dedication to the creator of the series, Jean-Louis Vandestoc; and to TeamLoliRock which helped me a lot in this video's writing.

Jean-Louis Vandestoc's Instagram here.

TeamLoliRock's Tumblr here.

Iris, Princess of Ephedia

Age : 15

Role in the band : lead singer, lead songwriter

Title & Kingdom : earthling, lost Princess of Ephedia

Symbol : Heart

Gem : Roselite

Skill(s) : singing; music-writing; dancing; crystal magic; sound magic; agility; leadership

Affinity(ies) : Light, Energy, Sound

If I had to rewrite the series, I'd like to use more of her magical voice presented in the 1st episode and not really used in the rest of the series. I'd also like to make Iris more impacted by the revelation of her magical identity. I imagine her developing an almost unhealthy obsession for Ephedian culture in an identity quest typical of teens with 2 cultural backgrounds. The series would then be an opportunity for her not to base her identity on her dramatic origins and to understand that she is as attached to the Earth as she is to Ephedia.

Talia, Princess of Xeris

Age : 16

Role in the band : keyboarder

Title & Kingdom : Second Princess of Xeris

Symbol : Diamond

Gem : Sapphire

Skill(s) : singing; keyboard; dancing; knowledges about magic and other worlds; crystal magic; agility; strategy

Affinity(ies) : Water, Spirit

Xeris is supposed to be a world with all the knowledge about the magic of this universe or almost. So I guess they'd took the opportunity to improve everyday life with techno-magic as we see here and there in the series. If I could rewrite the character, I'd like to accentuate Talia's trauma of her kingdom's invasion (writers are sadists, don't deny it). To the point of almost never allowing herself to rest and being appallingly demanding of others. During the series, she would eventually agree to get help for her survivor syndrome and not let her past poison her life.

Auriana, Princess of Volta

Age : 14

Role in the band : choreographer, drummer

Title & Kingdom : First Princess of Volta

Symbol : Crescent

Gem : Sunstone

Skill(s) : dancing; singing; tambourine; crystal magic; defensive magic; agility

Affinity(ies) : Fire, Protections

If I could rewrite the character, I'd like to play on the fact that Auriana is the 2nd of a very large family and has the feeling that she must prove herself to exist in their eyes. And what better way to prove her worth than finding the Lost Princess of Ephedia and helping her in her fight against Gramorr ? Eventually, however, Auriana would realize that she was doing all of that for wrong reasons and eventually take her responsibilities to Iris and the other worlds seriously.

[aevyk-ing]

Reading the W.I.T.C.H. reboot, rewrite time!

Overall… there were some interesting things here and there but… no, it’s not good. The pacing is too fast and it looks like a whole arc compressed into 100 pages. These are the changes I’d make:

-Keep all the original designs but add some new details (for the parents, mostly).

-Cornelia is the one that tutors Will.

-I liked it more when each one had a different passion.

-Taranee is like a nerd. We need more nerdy girls. And she retains her personality.

-Maybe she’s just moved too and Corny shows the high school to both of them.

-Elyon dreams about her mother and, one day at the library, meets Cedric.

-He says she’s from the Metamoor and her mother is waiting for her. He gives her something, maybe a magic crystal, so she can see through the Veil.

-Elyon wants to tell Cornelia about it, but Corny is busy tutoring Will and Taranee. They agree to meet after school.

-Kandrakar is looking for the new guardians and the Oracle thinks Will is worthy.

-Cornelia’s sister can stay. She’s the reason she tries too hard to be perfect in everything. But, also, she hates being compared to her.

-Irma can still hate the water and Hay Lin can be working to gain money to… guess what? Her grandmother is living with them. She just wants to go to China to meet her distant relatives and get to learn more about her culture.

-Will hears Matt playing the guitar while she’s cleaning her new bedroom and that’s how they meet.

-Cornelia stays more time with Will and Taranee because the Knickerbocher tells her to not leave them alone. Irma and Hay Lin go to school to help with the school fair or something and see them. Cornelia introduces them and goes to talk to Elyon.

-Elyon tells Cornelia about what she has discovered and Cornelia doesn’t believe it. Elyon says she’s leaving soon.

-Will feels a headache when she sees Elyon. It’s like she has a bad aura or so.

-The five girls connect immediately and make plans to go to the school thing together.

-Instead of finding the floating things, Will just enters Kandrakar as she goes home. The Oracle explains everything to her and gives her the Heart. Will has a crisis because she doesn’t think she’s good enough. The Oracle says she’ll have to give the others their powers.

-Will tries to meet them and explain what happened. The girls think they’re crazy. However, Hay Lin, who thinks there’s something out there, asks her to continue. Cornelia then blurts out about what Elyon told her.

-They receive their powers but they’d have to unlock them.

-Elyon and Cedric are trying to open a portal. The magical energy disrupts the whole city. The WITCH find out how to use their powers by helping with the situation. They can’t transform yet.

-They reunite again to talk about Elyon. Cornelia wants to help her. Will tries to ask the Oracle, who tells her they have to protect a lot of worlds now, and Elyon going back to the Metamoor would be a good thing.

-They find Elyon and Cedric and let them know they’re going to help. Cedric says not only they have to open the portal, but when the Veil is broken, lots of creatures from different worlds can come into theirs, so they have to be ready.

-They use their new-discovered powers to open a portal. Immediately, a lot of monsters appear. Cedric transforms and tells Elyon all the people from the Metamoor can change. Will feels the Heart bursting with energy.

-The girls transform and fight the creatures.

-Elyon says goodbye to them but they’re the Guardians now, they’ll see each other soon. The Oracle appears and thanks them.

-The girls feel a little better about their lives now that they have powers. But a new threat approaches…

[fandomanimatic-tournament]

Are there any more songs submitted so far that look like they're gonna be a guaranteed inclusion?

Here's the full list as of right now

Multiple submissions:

"There! Right there!" (Gay or European) - The legally blonde musical

"Therefore you and me" - Hatsune Miku (Or the E ve version)

"Soldier, poet, king" - The Oh Hellos

"How far we've come" - Matchbox twenty

"The other side" - The greatest showman

"Rät" - Penelope Scott

"Little Miss Perfect" - Written by Joriah Kwamé

"My whole family..." - Bo Burnham

"The Mind Electric" - Miracle Musical

"Ready as I'll ever be" - Tangled the series

Could use more propaganda (one or two submissions, or submissions with close to no propaganda):

If an animatic song you really like is in this category there is no need for you to submit it again if you have no propaganda, it will most likely be in. You can use the form to submit propaganda for them or you can wait until the bracket is revealed to submit propaganda for the specific poll it's in on the ask box (preferable for me ahah).

If the bracket isn't symmetrical on all sides there's a small possibility some of the lesser-known songs of this category could get chopped lol.

"Blue lips" - Regina Spektor

"Honey, I'm home" - Ghost and pals

"Brave as a Noun" - AJJ the band

"This is Home" - Cavetown

"No children" - The mountain goats (This one has multiple submissions but all the propaganda is a variation of 'I'ts no children, come on' or 'you'll probably have too much propaganda by now so I'm not writing any' and I find that extremely funny)

"My ordinary life" - The Living Tombstone

"Ordinary" - Written by Joriah Kwamé

"Villain" - Stella Jang

"I wish you liked girls" - Abbey Glover / "I wish you liked boys" - Cover by Jasper Isaac

"A Crow's Trial" (A [blank]'s trial) - Vane

"Hey brother" - Avicii

"OrderMade" - RADWIMPS

"Rewrite the Stars" - The greatest showman

"Allies or Enemies" - The Crane Wives

"Stronger than you" - Steven Universe

"Anything you can do" - Annie get your Gun

"Love like you" - Steven Universe

"Fish in a birdcage (Rule #4)" - Fish in a birdcage

"Tongues & Teeth" - The Crane Wives

"Open up your eyes" - My little Pony

"Everything stays" - Adventure time

"Curses" - The Crane Wives

"Escapism" - Steven Universe

"Devil's Train" - The Lab Rats

"Lemon Boy" - Cavetown

"How bad can I be?" - The lorax

"Oh No!" - Marina & The Diamonds

"My R" - KurageP / cover by Rachie

"Emperor's New Clothes" - Panic! at the disco

"Father" - The front bottoms

"Little lion man" (Not your fault) - Mumford & Sons

"Under my Skin" - Jukebox the Ghost

"Saint Bernard" - Lincoln

"Evelyn Evelyn" - Evelyn Evelyn

"No matter what" - Steven Universe

"W.I.T.C.H." - Devon Cole

"Cabinet man" - Lemon Demon

"When you're evil" - Voltaire

"Touch Tone Telephone" - Lemon Demon

"Left Brain, Right Brain" - Bo Burnham

"I won't say (I'm in love)" - Hercules

"You're gonna go far, kid" - The Offspring

"Ikanaide" - Mafumafu

"Turn the lights off" - Tally Hall

"Crush" - Tessa Violet

"oo is a receiver" ([blank] is a receiver) - Hatsune Miku

"I do adore" - Mindy Gledhill

"Self-inflicted Achromantic" - Hatsune Miku / Cover by JubyPhonic

"I'm the bad guy" - Wonder Over Yonder / Caleb Hyles cover

"Line without a hook" - Ricky Montgomery

"You'll be back" - Hamilton

"Promiseland" - MIKA

"Runs in the family" - Amanda Palmer

"Boys will be bugs" - Cavetown

"Who are you, really?" - Mikky Ekko

"Feelings are fatal" - mxmtoon

"I Know Those Eyes / This Man is Dead" - Thomas Borchert

"Once Upon a December" - Anastasia

"Achilles Come Down" ([blank] Come Down) - Gang of Youths

"Charlie's Inferno" ([Blank]'s Inferno) - That Handsome Devil

"I cut myself" (Shaving) - Talkshow Boy

"Goodbye" (Look who's inside again) - Bo Burnham

"Kiss me, Son of God" - They Might Be Giants

"Your stupid face" - Kayden Makay

"Nowhere King" - Centaurworld

"Sincerely, Me" - Dear Evan Hansen

"Wine Red" - The Hush Sound

"Everything At Once" - Lenka

"Good for you" - Dear Evan Hansen

"The Bro Duet" - Moment by moment musical (by Alexander Sage Oyen)

"Cupid" - Jack Stauber

"Eight Wonder" - Lemon demon

"It's tough to be a god" - Road to El Dorado

"Are You Satisfied?" - Marina and the Diamonds

"My time" - Bo en

"Pad Thai" - Jack Stauber

"Poison" - Cavetown

"Butch 4 Butch" (My sweetheart's piano) - Rio Romeo

"It Took Me By Surprise" (The anger in his eyes) - Maria Mena

"You, Me and Steve" (You, Me and [Blank] / Your best friend Steve / Your best friend [Blank]) - Garfunkel And Oates

"This guy is in love with you, pare" - Chito Miranda (and my friend is incredibly offended nobody submitted this one)

"Hayloft II" - Mother mother

"I know I'm a Wolf" - Young Heretics

"Hurts Like Hell" - Fleurie

"Poor unfortunate souls" - The little Mermaid

"When He Sees Me" - Waitress the Musical

"Christmas Kids" - Roar

"The dismemberment song" - Blue Kid

"The Moon Will Sing" - The Crane Wives

"Never love an anchor" - The Crane Wives

"Ghosting" - Mother Mother

"Two Birds" - Regina Spektor

"Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" - Set It Off

"A Sadness Runs Through Him" - The Hoosiers

I can't decide" ([Blank] can't decide) - Scissor Sisters

Limbo

I'll hold preliminary polls for them to see if they get in if I need spaces to make the bracket have the same amount of matches on every side. The amount of how many will get in will be decided by how many songs are needed once the submissions close. If too many songs are needed I'll chop some of the least popular songs from the "could use more propaganda" category instead.

You can submit propaganda for why they should get in if you want, but have in mind there's a small possibility it might not be used at all

"Don't you dare forget the sun" - Get Scared

"Lover boy" (Good old fashioned lover boy) - Queen

"Blonde Boyz" - Cyndago

"Seventeen" - Heathers the Musical

"Drop pop Candy" - REOL / English cover by Kuraiinu and JubyPhonic

"Rolling girl" - Hatsune Miku

"The Ballad of Sara Berry" - 35mm: A Musical Exhibition

"Painted smile" - Madame Macabre

"Willow Tree March" - The Paper Kites

"This is war" - Thirty seconds to Mars

"Say my name" - The Beetlejuice musical

"Sugar Song to Bitter Step" - UNISON SQUARE GARDEN (Blood Blockade Battlefront ending)

"Nobody" - Mitski

"Beautiful" - Heathers the Musical

"Again" - Araki

"Baby Hotline" - Jack Stauber

"REVIVED" - Derivakat

"Jubilee Line" - Wilbur Soot

"Pork Soda" - Glass Animals

"Mr. Blue Sky" - ELO

"A thousand years" - Christina Perri

"Mamma Mia" - ABBA

"Best Worst Mistake" - If/then: A New Musical

"Sk8er Boi" - Avril Lavigne

"The Phoenix" - Fall Out Boy

"Why is my song not anywhere?"

Either it was an animation meme/AMV Edit/MAP instead of an actual animatic thing, most animatics are vents / not fandom or OC-related, the song is literally 20 seconds long, or it didn't have enough animatics for me to count it. With this in mind, if you think there's been a mistake or that I accidentally skipped it (or that a song is in the wrong category) feel free to tell me so in the ask box.

The songs in limbo are exceptions because of any of these reasons:

there's a specific animatic/animation with the song that is so iconic for a fandom that it could get in even if it doesn't have the animatic amount required

The song reaches the amount required, and it has never been properly referred to as an animation meme, but a lot of the animatics are the exact same format (like an animation meme)

The song has a lot of animatics, but I could barely find any that were not animatics of the source material

The song is more popular as an animation meme, but also has some animatics

The propaganda provided was just good enough for me to give it a chance, even if they don't have the animatic amount required

I'm including all songs that check the criteria I have not had time to check the lyrics of all the songs I don't know, I've only checked that they have enough animatics; so just in case: I'll check everything when submissions close, don't worry. Feel free to tell me in the ask box, but have in mind that I'm only taking the song itself into account, not the artist, so please don't flood my inbox with the artist's entire crime list.

[iridescentmidnights]

Hey I just saw both your Winx and w.i.t.c.h art and they are fantastic and fabulous

I wanna know everything about your hypothetical Winx reboot

Is Aisha half mermaid ? (since part of her family are mermaids)

How come you decided to make Icy and Stella siblings ?

Will Roxy have her own journey to being a fairy or will she be part of the Winx ?

You ever thought of making Tecna part cyborg at one point ?(since she comes technologically advanced planet ?)

What are the worlds like in your rewrite?

I need this cuteness ☺️😊👍

Aw thank you so much!! 🥰🥰🥰 I'll be glad to answer most questions as long it's not something I consider super spoiler-y. If that's the case I'll let you know. Buckle up this is gonna be a long one!

Aisha is not half mermaid but she is related to them. I plan on giving all the Winx their own final fairy forms and Aisha will gain Sirenix which will give her access to a mermaid tail due to her heritage.

It's actually Stella and Darcy that are siblings!

Though I'm assuming "because ✨drama✨ and I thought it would be funny" isn't the answer you were looking for even though it's true. But the more detailed answer is I have move more expansive backstories for all of the Trix and different world building for the differences in witches and fairies. I even made Queen Luna a witch too! Sorry to be vague but adding to Stella's family felt right to diving deep into my version of her, she loves her family so much flaws and all while Darcy is more openly critical of it. Darcy isn't her only sibling either, there's her OC little brother (which happens a little after the start of the story) and I also made Sky their brother. I'm still on the fence if Sky and Stella should be twins.

Plus in transparent honesty I love Darcy and wanted a much bigger role for her. And yes!! Roxy has her own story, she is a Winx and tied to them but that doesn't change the fact has her own arc plot centered around her. Bloom may be the main character on a technical level but plot wise Roxy, Stella, and Aisha are equally crucial.

I actually did consider making Tecna a cyborg or a full magic AI, it's such a neat idea imo but I felt it would be more interesting (for me personally) to write about them not being the fairy of technology/technomagic. Tecna is a knowledge fairy with expertise/special interest in technology. Tecna actually lives in/is from Solaria.

In fact that leads me nicely into the last bit about the worlds. They're not from a bunch of different separate worlds, it's all Magix which is governed by several courts which are further divided into domains/realms. Each court has a royal family; land (Tir Na Nog though this one might change), sea (Andros), and sky (Solaria) all have a court then their overlap is the "life" court descendants of the Dragon Flame. Actually a majority of the Winx are from Solaria due to being refugees as the courts that would be governed by Bloom is inhospitable and Roxy's is being ruled by Solaria in the beginning of the story.

[princess-of-the-corner]

SO the ask mentioning the W.I.T.C.H. reboot/rewrite thing got me thinking about that and like.

I wanted to rewrite the bit during L is for Loser. Because ya know what fuck Irma having to apologize.

So yeah I'm going to have the setup of like. When he's not flirting with her, Irma thinks Martin is pretty okay. Maybe not 'cool', but he's sweet and a friend. And she does like him enough /as a friend/ that while she shuts down his advances,

And then ofc he continues, especially when they're working together and she expresses gratitude that he purposely misinterprets as flirting and the Grumper Sisters spurring him on because they think it's funny because Irma gets upset every time.

Which eventually results in her snapping at Martin. And like in the episode, Irma thought they were alone and had no idea the Grumpers had flipped all the switches to air them.

At first it also goes like Canon in the school's reaction. A lot of people thinking that Irma was just being a bitch and dunking on the nerd on the air because she could. A few people seem to think there might be more, but the others are louder. Especially as the various bullies 'congratulate' her for doing it. Doubly especially as Martin is being very cold to her.

Eventually, after a chunk of thinking on it, Irma addresses it on the live show. (Kicking everyone else the fuck out so they don't mess with her again).

She first explains the situation, and does apologize for everyone hearing that confrontation, but pointedly says that it was a private conversation aired without either party's consent.

Then while she explains that she may apologize for one or two of the things said, as they were out of line and said out of anger and want to hurt after what he had done, they were not applicable to the situation.

But she says she is refusing to apologize for getting mad and laying out the facts so harshly. Because she can only stand so much of her friend making advances on her and making her feel less like his friend and more like he only gives her attention because if he wears her down she might date him. Because nothing short of yelling at him like that had ever gotten him to listen to her about it.

While she'd love to keep him as a friend, it's not going to be at the cost of being harassed and made to feel like she doesn't truly matter to him.

Ofc the students all have their own speculations on this situation, some calling it a half-assed apology covering her ass, some now flipping and turning Martin into some creepy perv asshole(which he is a little bit but not to the extent.). But honestly it doesn't matter that much.

Mostly because Martin does come by to talk and apologize. Because yeah he- he has a crush on her and was probably seeing things that weren't there and was encouraged by others and just overall didn't realize how much he was hurting her. And he doesn't want to do that because, while he is in love with her, he values her as a person and a friend.

He promises to be better going forward, but he wants to keep this friendship too. And he admits he'll probably make a mistake or two so please just spritz him with water like a cat or politely kick him in the shin. Irma agrees and they leave as friends. The two of them being friendly again helps squash the rumor mill for the most part.

[keepofkandrakar]

so here's my wattpad

because this blog is literally just a place to post the random shenanigans that i share with the folks on wattpad and i'm sure you'll be interested in the stories that i'm trying to tell but it's taking years to actually get off the ground and going so anyway i'll leave this here:

[krchar]

it is a rewrite, but it is very close to the original

issue 22 - A Broken Heart

[tabby-shieldmaiden]

I thought I hadn’t had a hyperfixation in a while, but maybe the way I express interest and obsession just changed. It didn’t click in me until I thought about the chart in lrb and realised I’m literally taking notes of all the things I would change if I were to rewrite W.I.T.C.H. arc 7.

[evelhak]

Old art #21: Four Colours

I love talking about this old project. We drew this exchange impro comic with the childhood friend my last repostober post was about, when we were 12-16. We sent the pages to each other with our letters, and that was our way of continuing to do art together after I moved away from my birth town.

Basically, it's our version of W.i.t.c.h. and Winx club type of magical girl stories. Except... we really didn't give a crap about the magic part of the story. We drew so much about the characters' ordinary life that it's hilarious how every once in a while it's like a side note... "Oh yeah, I guess we should do something about our magical mission, huh. Anyway, I'm really stressed about the math test tomorrow." Lol. I guess in that sense it resembles h2o more than it does those other series? They're mostly just living life. Except they don't really get into funny incidents because of their magical secret. It's really mostly just school, friendships, family, dating, for some reason a singing contest two of the characters win and become famous (LOL exactly what 12-year-olds would come up with), with some resemblance of a plot sometimes.

Yes, the comic's name was really just "Four Colours" and yes, the characters were colour-coded and their colour was in their name. They had colour related powers and with absolutely ridiculously over-dramatic names, like, seriously, I can't even say them, even now that I'm mostly endeared by the stuff I wrote as I kid. (My dear KnB's got nothing on these 12-year-olds. It was that bad.)

The magic plot was basically that there was this random village somewhere(?), where people were dying because of some magical disease and these four girls were chosen to climb a magical mountain and unite their colours at the top of it, and that's how the village would be saved. Sounds completely ridiculous, but when I think about it, I guess it's not completely uncreative from kids that age. (But the chosen ones sure let the village suffer for a long time.)

Obviously, as we grew, we just ditched the most ridiculous stuff, and some parts of the end of the story when we were 15-16 aren't completely horrible.

The story was full of generic and unexplained villains, weird anatomy, for some reason it always started raining and someone pointed it out for no reason, there was a character who was a real dramatic romanticised curse magnet, another whose breakup with a guy she'd only known for a few months haunted her for more than half of the 500-page story, another who was co-dependent on the dramatic curse magnet and made everything about her, and the one who both me and my friend had apparently decided was the least interesting character because she did practically nothing.

But these are the stories that make you grow into a writer, you know? And I still love these characters. I have plans to rewrite their story in a completely different way that brings out those interesting personalities that had to suffer from this horrible story.

And like I said, some of it is not that bad, and is interesting to me. Like, there's this character who sees everything magical that happens to them through a religious lens, and that is neither confirmed nor debunked at any point in the story, and none of the others ever argue about it with her even though they clearly don't see it that way, they never even say anything like "oh well, that's her", because that's just so her, that no one has to even mention it. It's just her way of seeing the world, and she never really pushes it onto others either. I like that. And there are some fairly interesting psychological consequences some characters suffer from because of their powers, which is something I always want to see in stories, and also is pretty clear unintentional exploration of neurodiversity from me when I didn't know anything about it. Some powers are also clear unintentional explorations of trauma.

I also experienced some of the first insane flow states with this story. One time I stayed up all night and drew 40 pages in that one sitting.

Anyway, this is just another story that will never leave me and probably explains part of my taste for writing about the everyday lives of extraordinary people.

[theographos]

Yesterday I did some cartoon characters tier list with my step sister. We did Shugo Chara, Winx Club, Lolirock and a whole bunch of other stuff too. And as we talked about Lolirock, I realized how much I wanted to make rewrites for this show too. Just like Miraculous Ladybug I think it has so much potential. From memory the two big 'problems' Lolirock has in my opinions is not going far enough into the plot and being stuck into the "cartoon for children" cliches.

The problem is not that it's made to appeal children, I mean Winx Club did the same, and while it's not a work of art in terms of plot (I've never seen a timeline so confusing like the one in Winx Club.) it didn't stop them from offering some diversity in the magical genre, nor displaying deep themes and episodes that are plot-driven while still being independant enough from the plot, or filled with enough exposition so that the children won't be confused if they haven't watched the previous episodes.

I can't speak much for the season two of Lolirock since I have very little memory of it, but I know that season one lacked of those qualities.

Diversity in the magical genre ? Well Iris's personality is quite bland and boring, apart from being the main character she doesn't have much going for herself, which makes her really boring in terms of storytelling. At least she manages to fit the main character role. Auriana and Talia, while not having the most original personnalities, are fun to watch and they have a bit of spotlight, so it's easier to get attached to them.

If we compare it to Winx Club, even if Bloom's personality quickly disappears and her character development is really just the plot going forward, we still have a diversity of personnalities like the shy, soft and insecure Flora, the confident, active and stubborn Aisha, the 'boyish', free spirited and creative Musa, so on and so forth to make up for Bloom's main character syndrome.

But since Lolirock do not offer such a wide range of main characters, Auriana and Talia can't do anything to help Iris's boring personality. It could've been avoided if Iris wasn't just a "i'm good because being good is good and i'm good" kind of character.

And this kind of characters are a cliche from cartoons for children, and in my opinion clearly foreshadows if a show is going to be good or basic.

Going far enough into the plot ? Well to me establishing the story mainly on Earth is a handicap in itself. We can compare it to W.I.T.C.H, because it has the same base : a bunch magical girls fighting evil forces from another world. But in this show they actually went to this other world on a regular basis.

Ephedia and Meridian have the same base too : a magical world ruled by a blond tyrant and rebels are fighting to overthrown that said tyrant. And while in W.I.T.C.H the girls are actively part in it, in Lolirock we barely see it until season 2. Of course, having Iris stay on earth makes sense since she kinda is their last hope and is unprepared for a war, but the plot really focuses on the Earth, so much that we barely have some worldbuilding for Ephedia.

That's what I meant by "not going far enough". Each episodes focuses on some random person that is in need of help, and even if they're very lovely sometimes they're not relevant. Because while focusing on this, we barely know all of the different kingdoms in Ephedia, if magic is different from one princess to another, how can Gramorr still have a control on the parts of Ephedia when he can't even get out of his own castle and that any greedy person can infiltrate the army and instigate a revolt against him and take advantage of his situation ? We even barely know things about Queen Manon and King Hyperion, the main character's parents. I'm not talking about learning what happened to them, it's the kind of mystery that needs to stay that way for a bit, but is there really not anything to say about the former rulers except from "they were kind" ? Really ?

And I'm supposed to believe Iris discovers that she is from another world, that said world became a dystopia and kingdoms can be destroyed, she is actively hunted down by two twins who unleash monsters at them and those said monster sometimes being hidden in plain sight throughout the episode. And that instead of learning more about the different kingdoms of Ephedia, learning the magic system and how they can prevent those monsters from surprising them at the last minute, we learn how a human girl wants to win the gardening contest with her giant plant ?

No hate to that character in particular, it's just very underwhelming in the context of the story. The plot is literally "the only solution to help a whole magical world on the verge being destroyed by a crazy man is to firstly help that random human that has nothing to do with the plot and that you will never see again in the show with their existential crisis" and it's so disappointing.

And it's not like this kind of dramatic life-or-death-situation plot is too heavy for a children's show :

W.I.T.C.H had a little girl being manipulated into thinking Meridian was beautiful (but it was just an illusion) and turning her back to her friends, the themes of rebellion and how rebels are dying everyday for their cause oftenly discussed

Winx Club had a main character dying, another going blind, another one stuck in ice and having to watch her parents fall to their death, several shots of an entire city destroyed and the people stuck into webs (and you could clearly see that their last expression was one of pure terror and desperation)

Steven Universe even had a bunch of characters having to fight against an empire that colonized most of the galaxy and the literal Earth about to implode from the inside !

Angst and heavy subjects are not specially needed in order to have a good main plot, but if your main plot tends towards this idea (and the one in Lolirock clearly does, how can a plot about a whole planet being in danger can not be at least a bit dramatic ?) you can't just spend a whole season ignore it to focus on random human character number fifty two.

So yeah, Lolirock is awesome, it has great potential and even great morals, but cartoon writers (even in general) really needs to learn how to dare go further and go for more diversity in the very beginning of their show.