#what the hell is going With Elyon??

[elyonholic]

I’m trying to keep an open mind about the whole w.i.t.c.h reboot and the new designs for the girls, i might even grow to like the new clothes for transformation, the wings are kinda nice, but..

is that really Elyon?? why her design is so different? i though she might be the new oracle 😵‍

does this mean her role will be different in the reboot? that’s why they changed her design completely 😭

[mahou-furbies]

I thought I'd wait until the designs for the whole team are revealed but since we got a proper view of Will's look let's have a few words on the reboot already.

Overall: I think the new art style is fine, haters gonna hate. Will having orange hair instead of red isn't really an issue for me either.

I'm always interested in the henshin look and so far I'm not really into this yet, hopefully it'll grow on me or at least look more interesting in a group of (hopefully) similarly themed but still unique designs. My biggest issue is that it doesn't look very magical, without the twirly patterns the pieces would be normal enough to be worn as a casual outfit at least individually. The symbol on the chest also feels a little unfinished and basic and more like a pin you could get at a comic convention.

As for the wings, I think they're alright but make me think of fairies rather than witches, but to be fair the old ones aren't really witchy either. The old ones are more iconic/memorable though but also a pain to draw.

Also this time around it appears they left out the "the transformed version looks older", which I suppose is fine, the original did actually use it as a plot element and give some character to the girls, but not that much and I really wouldn't care for the discourse.

Regardless Even if I prefer her old look, I think the worst thing they could have done would have been use the same design again, which I don't care for since I've already seen it. And the new look isn't awful so overall feeling positive about this.

Will's love for frogs seems to have survived. She also has freckles which is great.

As for the other girls, I think they look alright too. I prefer Taranee's new hair, Cornelia and Irma haven't changed much (though Cornelia has some moles which is also a nice detail) and as for my fave Hay Lin... I miss the ponytails but as a friend of multicoloured hair I like this too. Dunno about the "Asian girl with a dyed hair streak" trope though but at least if any of the girls were to dye their hair like that I would say Hay Lin would be the most likely one personality wise.

Also since we're changing things around, I wonder if they'll do anything about Hay Lin's name? I hear it's not very Chinese.

Finally Elyon with her "what the hell is going on" design. I really like the old look and the new one is fine as well, it's just strange that she's the only one to get such a huge overhaul, there's nothing left of her old design.

[gaiuskamilah]

It just occurred to me that I don't even know your Blades MC's name. This is unacceptable. Care to share the name and lore? 🌹

hi caro!! i actually have... six mcs. one for each LI, because i like them all so much HAHGJFHDJSGHFDJG

i have a post for here for marya moonglory (nia-romancing), probably my favorite blades mc because i'm most invested in her. i also have one here for eva, but it's super outdated and i've switched her from tyril to valax.

the one i've posted about lately is lawod nagoni (he/him), my new(er) tyril-mancing mc! same backstory as with canon orc mc, except that he's a butcher. he likes to make crude jokes ("come to my shop and watch me BEAT MY MEAT!!" kind of stuff) and it makes kade want to die, but he loves lawod anyway lol. generally very outgoing, loves to tease tyril. he's really interested about his heritage and orc culture so finding imtura and knowing which clan he's from meant a lot!

he got his tattoos done at flotilla just before the battle with the ash empress, as a symbol of his achievements and experience (:

next is elyon (she/her), my imtura-mancing mc. i'm not a big fan of the parnassus backstory for the human!mc so in my mind she's just another person from riverbend. i don't have much for her yet but one thing is that she is extremely talented with magic, just right below nia in terms of strength. also enjoys sailing a lot more than she expected to, which makes her imtura's perfect companion lol.

there's also lakan nagoni (he/they), romancing mal. mostly kept the canon background for them with the exception that they're a performer, kind of like whatever equivalent of a drag artist is in morella lol. i like the canon idea that while orcs are less likely to have magical affinity, those who do are way more powerful than humans and elves, so lakan is also a proficient magic user. he's principled and has a bit of a temper sometimes.

they're also more feminine!! second pic is an abandoned wip - he's wearing the fem version of the port parnassus outfit. he's besties with nia and they do each other's hair and makeup a lot. imtura doesn't really understand it.

finally i have varda rainbearer (she/her) - romancing aerin, but in a version where aerin's a woman because i like the idea of aerin being a girl LOL. still working on her story but the gist is that she's the last surviving member of house rainbearer, a house that was exiled from undermount (post-elven empire) because of an interest in learning what the hell is going on with shadow magic and the whole light-shadow divide. following canon mc backstory, she ended up in riverbend.

she prefers to utilize magic the way orcs do - in communion with the elements and focused on weather manipulation. tends to use her magic to keep her hair in place and tyril's like :/

...and that was long af. HAHJFGDHSGJFDHGJ

[starlightshadowsworld]

I wish they taught WITCH how to fight.

The first season there was an active war going on.

And while magic is definitely an advantage, along with wings.

It would've been a good thing to know.

Especially because the girls are civilians, they're secondary school students who've never fought a day in their lives.

It would make a lot of sense for them to know how to physically fight.

Also while their powers can be used outside of transforming, in order to really do any damage or be useful in a fight they need to transform.

Which, if they aren't near Will because she's the only one who can transform them.

Hell, Will in season 1's only power was being the keeper of the heart of kandrakar.

If any of them are gonna learn to fight, it should be here.

Give that girl a sword.

I'd have killed for a moment of one of the girls losing their transformation, the enemy laughing that ha ha you're nothing now.

And just decking em across the room.

Irma just bring like oh what's that Prince Phobos? You've got something on your face launches him into his throne It was pain.

And than afterwards Elyon gets in on the action and gets to throw hands with Nerissa.

Because oh you may be an evil chicken witch hun, but I can still plant my fist into your face.

Also all the dumb one liners they'd use, because of course they would.

[cursedvaultss]

HPHL OC Profile: Cordelia Duncan

“Autumn is an interesting season, even in the metaphor of life, is a time of decline, of loss, but also intense and haunting beauty. Some places, like some people, never are or have been, as beautiful in their fall."

Name: Cordelia Annalise Duncan

Nicknames: Cordy

Birthdate: April 22nd, 1875 (or depending on the timeline)

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Blood Status: Unknown, possibly Muggleborn

Nationality: British

Sexuality: Bisexual

I haven't actually played Hogwarts Legacy and I'm not exactly planning to, but I'm not above stealing the cool aspects of the story and using them for my own purposes, so that's what Cordelia is here for!

Physical Appearance

Hair: Dark brown/black

Eyes: Brown

Height: 175.3 cm (5ft 9)

Weight: 55kg 

Faceclaim: Sofia Wylie

Background

Home: An orphanage in London and Hogwarts

Family

Cordelia is an orphan and she doesn't know who her parents are. As she grows up, she wants to find out the identities of her mother and father and whether or not they're alive or if she has any other relatives left alive.

Hogwarts

House: Slytherin

Career

11-17: Hogwarts Student 

17->: tbd

Personality & Attitude

Cordelia can be a little complicated. On one hand, she wants to be a good friend and kind, but on the other, she often puts her own goals ahead of those around her. She knows many people around the school and can be sociable and fun, but she doesn't let people really close to her easily. She has developed a hard exterior during her life living in the orphanage and having to fend for herself. She probably gets along best with people who can understand or even relate to her circumstances. Priorities: Making her goals a reality, success, helping her friends

Strengths: Ambitious, cunning, sociable, adaptable, wants to do good and be good

Weaknesses: Single-minded, self-centered, guards her true emotions closely

Stressed: When she feels stuck, either with her goals or physically

Calm/Comforted: While studying, while with her friends

Favorites

Colours: gold, green

Weather: Clear skies, sun

Hobbies:

Fashion: Cordelia doesn't have a lot of money so she starts out wearing whatever she has been given at the orphanage but during her time at Hogwarts she acquires a few more extravagant pieces which she values and takes good care of.

Relationships

Significant Other/Love Interest: OPEN

Friends:

Sebastian Sallow

Anne Sallow

Ominis Gaunt

Cecilia Balinor by @endlessly-cursed

Zelda Cairncross, Lillian Brokenshire, Sidonie Lewis, Benji Gerhardt, and Galen Stagg by @cursebreakerfarrier

Lettie Heyes, Milo Foy, and Ambrose Penvellyn by @cursedlegacies

Atticus Doherty, Fred Graham, Anastasia and Florence Osada by @hphmmatthewluther

Danny Gibson by @catohphm

Logan Rosseto, Haldir Eilphyra, Johnny Tazar Jr., Ayas Perphyra, Elyon Vamaer, and Elisen Chaeyra by @nicos-oc-hell

Brianna O’Rourke by @unfortunate-arrow

OPEN FOR INTERACTION!

Rivals:

Sebastian Sallow

Trivia

Cordelia enjoys fashion, although she hardly had money to spend on clothes. She knows how to make her own clothes either by hand and later with the help of magic.

When she grows up, she wants to do something to help other children who come to the Wizrding world with no money and no clue what's going on.

She cares about people deeply, although she doesn't often show it.

[jesusis1inmylife]

A Prayer for the Salvation of Family Members | THE LIGHT OF HIS PRESENCE

Abba, Father,

I worship You, Immanuel, God with us. You—Elohim, El Elyon, I AM, Adonai, Jehovah—became flesh and made Your dwelling among us.

I confess that I have failed to intercede for the souls of loved ones, not praying for them or warning them that they are destined for hell if they don’t put their faith in Jesus. I have allowed my fear of offending them to override my love for the gospel.

I confess that I have not demonstrated love when I have applauded their financial success, public fame, or career position as though that is more important than their spiritual condition and development.

I confess that at times I have behaved as if keeping the peace were more important than speaking the truth. Or as if being accepted by family were more important than adhering to Your principles and reflecting Your holiness. I’m sorry.

Now, with my heart bowed before the cross, I intercede for my family.

Abba, Father, I ask You to bring every member of my extended family to a saving knowledge of Jesus before judgment comes, either at Your return or at their deaths. I will refrain from giving You suggestions on how to do this, but I ask You to save my loved ones. Snatch them from the fire. Drag them out of their sin. O God of mercy, I cannot bear the thought of going to Heaven without them. I give You permission to do whatever it takes to get them there.

In the meantime, would You please use me to point someone else’s family to salvation? Give me sensitivity to Your Spirit so that I follow His lead, going where He directs, speaking to whomever He brings across my path, saying what He brings to my mind. Give me the joy of being the answer to someone else’s prayer by leading that person’s loved ones to trust in Jesus.

Gracious Father, I pray this in the name of Your Son and my Savior, whose sacrifice on the cross has brought me into Your family—Jesus.

Amen.

[princess-of-the-corner]

Something I didn't immediately notice about W.I.T.C.H.: in the comic the Guardians (and Elyon) seem as close to queer as it would be feasible in a Disney comic first published in Italy during the 2000s and the 2010s. All of them have what in hindsight is a clear indication they aren't hetero - and for Irma is rather blatant.

Will: after certain events in the New Power arc her relationship with Matt almost collapses, and while it's salvaged due an elderly couple literally shouting at Matt to just go and tell her how much he loves her by the last issue one may get the impression Will is using him as a beard but is in denial.

Irma: goes from boy to boy during the entire series - and in the last issue she says something that is VERY close to a love declaration to Cornelia. To me looks like she was a lesbian and in denial until the last issue.

Taranee: after a certain thing in the third arc collapses her relationship with Nigel she seems to have a thing with a friend at the Jensen Dance Academy... That never goes anywhere. She's instead seen more often with Will (her closest friend).

Cornelia: her relationship with Caleb in the comid was a disaster waiting to happen (long story short, they dreamed of each other and fell in love without really knowing each other. When they finally managed to spend a few hours together they realized just that, and had at least enough sense to end things before they did something stupid. There was even a special about what would have happened if they had persevered, and it wasn't pretty). Things with Peter went much better, but by the late comic he had conspicuously disappeared - and in the last issue she looked more happy than surprised at Irma's declaration. Make that what you will.

Hay Lin: her relationship with Eric went well until he moved out of Heatherfield, at which point he slowly disappeared (last time he's even mentioned is in a story after the New Power arc where Irma implies they broke up, with the story in question being a romantic mess about Hay Lin's new crush). And then, in a later story, she flat-out states she has never fallen in love before.

Elyon: the comic gives the exact same vibe as if she was in love with Cornelia but in denial as the show. They didn't go and say she likes boys that look like Cornelia, but she took Cornelia's apparent betrayal (Cedric lied to her) REALLY hard, grew attached to the shapeshifter who normally goes around looking like male!Cornelia, was quick to reconcile with her the moment she had the chance (that was when she still believed Phobos was a good guy), and the guy she ends up dating is Caleb, Cornelia's ex.

Now I realize what they were almost certainly doing, but back then I was a naive Italian teenaged boy who liked magical girl series and completely missed the subtext.

Gay as hell tbh

[queensconquest]

@anomieheld​​ said: ❛  what are you doing here?  ❜ Elyon to Byakko 

( ANGSTY QUESTIONS )

   “  I  won’t  let  them  hurt  Shinya.  I  don’t  care  who  gets  in  my  way.  “  

   It  wasn’t  quite  the  answer  to  the  question  she  asked  ,  but  it  was  an  answer  nonetheless.  One  could  surmise  his  presence  here  was  related  to  the  answer  he  had  given.  He  was  here  for  Shinya  in  some  way  ,  shape ,  or  form.  But  for  a  demon  usually  so  calm  and  relaxed  ,  playful  even  ,  there  was  a  terrifying  chill  to  the  ruthless  vacancy  in  his  eyes.  At  least  for  now  however  his  wrath  was  not  directed  towards  her.  Blue  eyes  stare  at  her  for  a  moment  before  lifting  to  look  ahead.

“  They  locked  Shinya  up.  And  they’re  currently  trying  to  keep  me  suppressed.  I’ll  kill  them  if  they  leave  any  wounds  on  him.  You  can  tell  them  that  if  you  want.  “  Byakkomaru  adds  after  a  few  seconds  passed  ,  his  ears  flattening  against  his  head  in  anger.  Though  his  wrath  was  not  directed  at  her ,  it  was  a  position  that  undoubtedly  no  one  would  wish  to  be  in.  It  was  enough  of  a  motive he  was  clearly  pushing  through  boundaries  he  SHOULDN’T  be  able  to.  Only  one  vault  was  secure  enough  to  truly  keep  him  pinned  down  ;  but  for  some  reason  they  hadn’t  put  him  there  yet.  It  was  confusing.  Nothing  made  sense.  

   “  .   .  .  What  are  you  doing  here  ?  Especially  at  this  hour  ?  “  The  halls  were  empty  other  than  them.  Now  that  someone  was  interacting  with  him  ,  his  blinded  rage  had  tampered  down  a  bit  more  to  curiosity.  “  You  don’t  know  anything  in  regards  to  Shinya  ,  do  you  ?  If  not  -  stay  away  from  Guren.  “  He  DOUBTED  that  she  had  any  knowledge  of  the  situation  ,  but  Byakkomaru  would  take  anything  he  could  get.  Just  what  the  hell  was  going  on  lately  ?

[nightingale-bloom]

what if i just stole the entirety of the land of elyon and replaced the obvious religious indoctrination, 'elyon loves and has a plan for all of us' bs with alexa winging it, not doing what elyon told her to, and making it out the other side anyway. (gets super ranty under the cut)

like, she's not really a strong protag because she's just doing what's asked of her, making basically no choices for herself. not to mention the only women in the series barely exist? like the most interesting non-mc girl was onion skin doll girl imo. and alexa just blindly listens to the men? everything is set up by a male figure, and the whole thing with it being implied she starts crushing on marco by the end of stargazer. fucking mid. let her be strong on her own without the implication she'll eventually find marginally better happiness in a nuclear family unit. hell, make her gay. but it's a pretty religious book series that started off as an religious bedtime story serial for the author's kids, soooo...

still so mad that i live in the same state as patrick carman, bro wrote some of the most mid kids' book i just had to get obsessed with every few months like a fucking 2 week minecraft bender but worse (princess ponies benders never make me this mad)

every once in a while i'll look back and go "damn, pervis kotcher was an unfortunate name." still my favorite character tho, dc that he was a dick to the mc in book 1, we should've gotten more of him. sometimes i'll read these again just to re-affix his characterization in my mind lol

[winxwiki]

What are your thoughts on W.I.T.C.H. tv series? I know Italians and fans of the comic generally hate it cuz the Mouse tried to americanize the hell out of it and the 1st season was more of a miss than hit, but the 2nd season is considerably better plot and character wise thanks to the Gargoyles creator being brought in as it's show runner. And he made Nerissa, who didn't have much characterisation in the comic(If I remember correctly), into one of the most complex animated villains in history.

My honest thoughts? I watched a few episodes as a kid when it aired on Italia 1 back in the day and I thought it was lame as hell. I hated the transformation sequences and costumes and I didn't like Will. I remember not liking the villains much except for Cedric and I couldn't stand Elyon.

Nobody in my school liked it. The stuff that was all the rage was anime and winx club. The general opinion was that their outfits were really ugly. I definitely did not watch season 2.

Now, I didn't read the comic as a kid. I only read Witch's first arc (12 portals) at 18 and didn't go further since I read how they treated Barbucci and Canepa, and by the time I was done reading it I could notice the quality going down the moment they switched artists and writers. I'm thankful for it being the first italian magical girl franchise and spawning Winx Club indirectly, but I'm really not a fan. Considering how much the mouse has fucked over the series, it's for the better that I never got invested, I'm already distressed enough about Winx, but at least we got 3 good whole seasons from the original artists and writers

[incarnateirony]

still stuck on the fact that even after I reblogged something like 60 pages of "heaven" meta (keeping in mind, it's designed to de-brand it from the image of heaven people see as Chuck's or put in christian heads, and focuses on the Axis Mundi in its various states of viewing mental, astral, and state of mind), and this dumb motherfucker got his gears stuck thinking I said purgatory because he obsessively picked some random heller to blame for his drunk friend's fuckup

o h m y g o d

dude. dudududududude. How did you spend so goddamn long shrieking about my meta and then never looked what that meta is. I have literally been tagging shit castiel's uterus and arcadia and garden. What the blue blaze fuck does the rotten ass gray matter in your head compute that into meaning for you? What the fuck do you think castiel's uterus and heaven and arcadia tags are doing on my Akrida posts. Why do you think I'm reblogging "That heaven meta you wanted" once a week. Holy fuck me running mother, what is wrong with your computational skills.

What pit of incest-rotten hell in your head did you draw these titanic leaps of assumption from? Like they're clearly not actually attached to anything I've ever said on my blog. genuinely, motherfucker. Where did you pull that from.

I'm out here posting shit about Da'as Elyon and Da'as Tachton so people can understand the principle of the aspect of "heaven" dean is on the axis mundi in and this thick ass dipshit's going "HURHURRRR IT'S IN HEAVEN", yeah, motherfucker, we know. You just figured that out? Literally you were so shitheadedly behind I thought you were gonna nitpick if they had changed it to some other planar sublabel like a shithead, but no, apparently they're keeping it simple for your nimrods like the old arenas. It's just gonna be Dean unclogging his shit and crossing into heaven without over-explaining the void of knowledge. Can't blame them, I guess, since there's motherfuckers that can't read basic words communicated on a screen and just outright hallucinate other shit.

[nicos-oc-hell]

For @cursebreakerfarrier first day of their back to school challenge

𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑: 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑱𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑵𝑬𝒀 — is this your OCs first time at Hogwarts? Or their last? Or maybe it’s just the beginning of another eventful year. Create something that tells the story of your OC’s magical trip to Hogwarts!

Ayas, a fourth year, stared down at the three first years and the second year in front of him before he went over the same speech he gave Johnny last year slightly altered to fit them instead. “Listen to me. Don’t wander off Haldir, don’t show off Logan, no Elisen if you find a lizard you can’t keep it.”

Haldir looked up from his wand which he was twirling in his hands “What if we get hungry? I’m hungry now actually.” Ayas pulled three bags out of his pockets and handed one to each of the first years. They all looked at the bags with a confused look then also gave Ayas a confused look

“There’s going to be a trolley coming around with some candy, here’s some money to buy yourself something’s. I would prefer if you sit together so I don’t have to go look around the train for the three of you” Ayas said stacking the trunks into the train compartment and turned around back to them to push them along the train to find an empty carriage for them to ride in.

Logan was twirling his wand listening to Haldir and Elisen’s conversation about what their classes will be like, Logan only actually shown interest in Herbology and sat up in his seat from where he was laying down “Wait there’s a class just about plants? That sounds easy as hell”

Elisen nodded her head looking up from the herbology book she was looking at and gave it to logan who immediately started flipping through the book while Haldir and Elisen started discussing what houses they think they would get put into.

They both thought that Logan would be a Slytherin since he’s always scheming to do something completely unnecessary when it’s a peaceful day, Elisen would be a Hufflepuff since she’s so compassionate and loyal, and Haldir would be a Gryffindor since he’s always jumping into action without the “slightest” bit of fear.

They sat/laid there talking about school, the subjects, doormates when a girl with strawberry blonde hair knocked on the door to the carriage and opened it. The three of them waved, the girl did a half wave and asked if she could sit with them as her friends were annoying her. Elisen immediately said yes and told Logan to sit up so the girl could sit down.

“Omg there’s finally another girl! I’ve been stuck with these two for the past hour! What’s your name? What house do you think you’ll be in? These two think that I’ll be in Hufflepuff” Elisen looked like she was about to say something else when Logan told her to stop asking a million and one questions, and to let the girl answer.

The girl shook her head with a smile “No no, it’s ok! I’m Elyon Vamaer and I think I might be a Slytherin cause almost everyone in my family is a Slytherin!” Elyon said excitedly with a huge smile on her face. They continued to talk until the trolley came around in which they grabbed some snacks for themselves, Elyon grabbing some every flavored jelly beans for the three of them to try.

[cobalt-thorns]

What was the lie that Cedric and Phobos told Elyon as to why Phobos was giving up the throne to Elyon in the first place? I know they tell her it's because she's the rightful heir, but she's also 12, which is old enough to be suspicious that no strings were attached, or at the very least old enough to pester the hell out of them as to what they were going to do after.

[evelhak]

“Ancient” wlw ships

This is such a self-indulgent post but I need to get my thoughts out. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about all the girls I shipped in fiction when I was a kid and didn’t realize I was shipping them.

I mean, they pretty much all had boyfriends or ended up marrying a man, and I was pretty much on board, in my eyes it was just some part of the story that needed to happen, because it always did. I think the common thing with these characters was that the female best friend was, at least more often than not, narratively more important than the guy, or just seemed to have a much greater emotional impact in the story.

Thinking about this has been so fun and eye-opening that I just feel like sharing a list of my biggest ancient wlw pairs that I only now, years later, realize were totally in love in my mind, I just didn’t have a concept for it yet. I’m sure that’s relatable for some people, but maybe there’s someone out there who was shipping these same characters??

This will include mild spoilers. And it’ll be long.

1. Cornelia & Elyon from W.i.t.c.h.

I COMPLETELY lived in these comics when I was 8-12 years old, and nothing in it was as compelling to me as Cornelia and Elyon. Guess I was already a sucker for best-friends-to-enemies-to-friends-again, even though I didn’t realize I also wanted them to become lovers. Best friends was all there was to me back then, that was the name I assigned to the highest form of love in my head. Which I still don’t see as invalid? I just didn’t realize I would’ve related to the romance aspect between best friends a hell of a lot more than I did to any of the relationships the W.i.t.c.h. girls had with their boyfriends. Cornelia and Caled was almost as bad as Buffy and Angel! Cornelia and Peter was just boring af. All the other W.i.t.c.h. girls’ boyfriends were all equally boring to me except for Will and Matt, but that was because their struggle to admit their feelings for each other was written in a funny way, not because their relationship had any actual depth.

But Elyon and Cornelia would’ve been perfect! I mean if your best friend has the ability to understand you so well, that with her magical intuition, she can draw you a picture of a guy you’re going to fall for, a guy she has never met... why would you even want to be with that guy anymore? Why wouldn’t you just be with her instead?? What Cornelia and Caleb had was limerence (I actually applaud the comics for eventually treating it as such and showing how it was harmful to both of the characters!) but what Cornelia and Elyon had was true love that transcends dimensions. Cornelia never gave up on Elyon, not even for a moment, after she became the W.i.t.c.h. girls’ enemy, and when she was in trouble, Cornelia had a hunch from another dimension, and she didn’t hesitate to come to her rescue. (The fact that during the same mission she also manages to fall for the dude Elyon drew for her in the past seems more like an accident, to be honest. The real deal was patching things up with Elyon, it was both more emotionally impactful AND more plot-relevant!)

It was also really sad to read the comics sometimes, because Elyon was absolutely my favourite character, and she wasn’t around much after the first arc, being a queen in another dimension. But every time there was a flashback to when Elyon was still living on Earth and being cute with Cornelia I was like MOOOOORE.

2. Sora and Layla from Kaleido Star

If you haven’t watched this anime you’ve missed. SO. MUCH. This is probably my favourite anime ever. And it features another type of ship I LOVE. Which is partners in some sort of activity, usually sports. When it’s written well it’s just so impactful and intense. These girls are routinely risking their lives in their passion for acrobatics, so they need to have absolute trust in each other. And oh boy is the relationship between them written well. I love it when two characters initially don’t get the way the other thinks or sees the world, but as they grow closer, it’s the other’s way of thinking that really unlocks something huge for them.

Also what’s so compelling about Sora and Layla is that there really isn’t anything like them in any other anime, that I’ve come across, at least. These partnerships are always between two guys in a sports anime, the partnership is at the heart of the story and the emotional stakes are so high it’s no wonder most people don’t want to ship these guys with their intended female love interests. Kaleido Star takes this even further because the guy who is in love with Sora is literally a joke, or the fact that he’s in love with Sora is a running gag, and nothing more. All the focus is on Sora and Layla as partners, and how they change each other's lives for the better.

Also the way Sora pines for Layla when she’s away or not paying enough attention to her is SO... I mean you don’t even have to think it’s romantic for it to absolutely melt you. Although it feels pretty heavily romantically coded, and it doesn’t even feel like queer baiting, because it’s just SO real and honest. And how Layla can’t stop thinking about how Sora is changing her as a person. There’s no question about the fact that the relationship between these women is the true meat of the show.

3. Anne and Diana from Anne of Green Gables

I read these books over and over again as a kid, and the Netflix show renewed my love for these two. They are kind of ridiculous, but SO cute. Looking back, it seems obvious that they had a crush on each other, they were just SO giddy all the time they were alone. Sure, you can excuse all their romantic gestures (like changing locks of hair, and vowing to never leave each other with joined hands and grand words) with saying Anne just romanticizes everything, but it never really felt like just that to me.

I’ll never forget how devastated Anne was about Diana getting married, and I don’t remember the wording but initially she wished she could keep Diana to herself for their whole lives. And every time they talked about marriage it was something they were both gonna do not as individuals, but rather the emphasis seemed to be on the shared experience, and how their children would be best friends and all that. It was all about them together. Like their romantic fantasies were nothing without the other somehow in the picture.

I don’t hate Anne and Gilbert but I don’t love them either. Gilbert has always been just sort of “meh”. He’s okay, but also the kind of love interest that can never compel me much.

4. Chocolat and Vanilla from Sugar Sugar Rune

Seriously, this would have been SO GOOD if it was canon.

Think about it, best friends, chosen to compete against each other for the throne. These witches go to the human world to attract male attention and collect feelings from the men, turning the feelings into heart shaped crystals and whoever collects more will be the queen. I mean... the story was good as it is but if they had ended up together and been queens TOGETHER?? That would have been the best story. It could have had SUCH a compelling best-friends-to-competitors-to-enemies-to-friends-to-lovers storyline! There would have been room for so much character development.

And if my memory doesn’t betray me the story would not change much at all if they didn’t end up with the guys they do end up with! Especially Vanilla’s guy is like an afterthought and Chocolat’s guy is... well, a sum of my least favourite tropes, including the one that will remind everyone about Mortal Instruments a LITTLE too much, so he can get lost for all I care.

I cried many times while reading this, and it always had something to do with these two girls.

5. Yoko and Liao from Yoko Tsuno

Okay, these two might have a problematic age gap, I’m not sure, but I didn’t know of that possibility as a kid, they just looked the same age to me. I was a huge Yoko Tsuno fan as a pre-teen, and there were so many interesting female adventurers in this series but for some reason the dynamic between Yoko and Liao was my favourite, even though Liao only appeared in one album. I just really felt like I needed to see more of these characters interacting and where their relationship would develop.

There was something about them that seemed rather original to me then, and a nice change. The reader had already gotten used to Yoko as the hero, she was always saving the day everywhere, she was like The Doctor in a way and not only because she time-travelled. She is simply badass. In Liao’s story there’s a prophecy about a girl who speaks to a dragon and saves everyone, and Yoko thinks that girl is her because she’s from the future and knows the dragon is a machine, but it turns out to be Liao, and that was somehow really satisfying. Yoko treats Liao obnoxiously in the beginning, doesn’t give her much credit, but is deeply humbled after Liao needs to save her ass multiple times because she’s just too sure of herself. It was cool to see how Yoko really needed to grow in this story and realize her limitations, and how wrong she was to treat Liao the way she did and look down on her just because Liao was physically weak, had a temper, and came from a much earlier time period than Yoko.

By the end they are clearly very attached to each other (Liao weeping in Yoko’s arms and Yoko confessing how full of herself she was when they met) and respect each other, and I just really would’ve liked to see where they would go from there. I thought about them meeting again A LOT when I was a kid.

That’s my big five! :D I could go on but this is already long, I need to sleep, and these are the characters that I’ve been thinking about the most lately. If you read this far for some reason it would be cool to hear if you have any similar (or different) experiences.

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I'm a sucker for Masquerade scenarios so, Masquerade for PhoWill if that's okay!

You got it @annelaurant, a PhoWill 33-Masquerade coming right up!

Masks. 

Odd yet simply beautiful objects used to cover someone up from others.  Faces, Emotions, Pain, Thoughts, Memories, Life, Wounds, Tears, History,    Beauty, Ugliness,   Masks cover them all. . .

    Phobos had long since gotten used to every masks over the many years. His fair skin, hair, and eyes forever covered in darkness like a mysterious angel hidden within Hell’s very own shadows. A flower in the deepest, most secret part of a garden. A single star in the night sky.

That was him.

He knew he was going to be alone for many many years, he was alright with that.  It still hurts when one wants something warm in the dead of a cold night... It still makes his heart ache when he walks within the fresh air of the castle’s gardens with no one to admire the world around him... It is still cold when there’s no one to talk to during dinner...

Masks are the only things he can truly depend on.

His masks are far more convincing then one would give credit for.  Red wine so dark one could assume it’s the entire darkness in a pretty cup, Robes and silks of many dark colors of blacks and red and violets that suits the fairness of his eyes skin and hair so well, Jewels all adored on his body like the steamy waters in which he bathes constantly in and wrapped like thorns on fearsome beautiful roses, Once ruling a entire kingdom and nearly a universe with a iron grip with such masks before those masks shattered all started by one single person who threw him over like all that hard work was nothing...

Her hair red like the finest of blood gems, Her skin smooth and gentle like the fine silk he wraps himself into like a butterfly waiting to become, Her eyes large and round like two soft chocolates he so craves, Her heart, different to the Heart in which she protects, is strong and fierce much like every Queen of his world. Since the very first time he saw her trapped within a few feet from his throne all wrapped in his thornless roses something shifted inside him... A single small crack against his mask. Now the wine he drinks tasted bitter in his mouth, His robes and silks felt like burns against his skin, His jewels no longer giving him the pleasure of beauty when he adorn them. His kingdom, his universe, his life, his masks were all snatched away from his iron grip and broken apart before his eyes no matter how much he would beg and plea.  All because of that Guardian...!

However nothing he wanted, desired, craved for most when he was tossed in that cell was walking across his garden’s beauty beside someone dear... Someone to chat and eat a meal at the grand dining hall... Someone to hug close to his body during the latest of cold nights... Someone to see through all his masks even the broken ones so he doesn’t have to pretend anymore...

After years of sitting there in the cell and earning himself the time to wander about the gardens’ air and eat a warm meal within a room and wear the robes and silks he used to adore with his jewels he was slowly getting used to his life as his sister’s personal professor. Teaching her her skills, showing her all of Meridian history and culture, even telling stories of his youth and their parents and family she never gotten a chance to ever meet... Through these times of her caring heart and bright angelic nature he shaped a new mask. One of which he wears only when he can’t bring himself to fully dive into her pond of forgiveness and light. He can’t dare bring himself to answer the question he knows she’s been wondering: “Why do you hate me brother?”  How can one answer such a heartbreaking question? He knew his answer, he knew it would bring her pain and misery, and for the first time he didn’t want to do such a thing to her...

Snow covered up Meridian like a cold beautiful blanket of pure whites while every guest warms up and dines and dances in the castle’s strong walls, all dressed in fine gowns and smiles on their mask covered faces as the dance and feast and laugh and enjoy the time of Yule within the place that was once a place of evil now a place of happiness and freedom.  Prince Phobos watched some from the side lines as music fills his ears and the taste of the ball’s feast dancing across his tongue.  He had grown used to no one speaking to him since his invite back to the castle by the Queen everyone loved so much.  Much like his past he adorn the outfits of black and deep violets with some flares of red all done in smooth movement of his masquerade costume, his elegant violet and black mask stopping just above his nostrils as it covers the beak of his nose, his fair eyes watching as everyone move about on celebrating this night of the year. 

At long last his eyes found themselves fixed upon a certain guest.  He watches silently as the Guardian Will accepts a dance with a castle guard, her deep violet purple ball gown so slim it shows her figure perfectly without any means to do so alone swishing back and forth across the glimmering marble floors, her short red hair shining like millions on millions of ruby threads sewed into his pretty head as a flower crown rests softly on top of her dome, her brown eyes now shining with happiness and excitement like crystals within a dark cave, her lips soft to stare upon adoring a smile only she could wear with her lovely light pink and purple mask that just hangs over her eyes. . .  Indeed, she was a fine gem to admire from afar. 

With a soft shrug of his shoulders he began to make his way out of the party with no one noticing or caring in the slightest of the prince’s whereabouts. The winter sky always brought a strange feeling of light inside his bone cage for his bird like heart, has been since he was a small child watching within the castle gardens during the nights of his parents’ Yule Ball much like tonight’s. There’s just something about the sky slowly turning blacker then the very silks he wore so much with the soft shines and sparkles of the stars mixing so well with the small snow fall that seemingly just appears without a cloud or two to make it and watch as your breath soon becomes visible and more warm against your face and fills your nose that makes all his masks lay across the snow like actors on a play... A calming feeling always entered his soul at the memories of all the times when he was outside for a long time his clothes made him bring the winter with him which forced him to remove each piece and taking a warm bath before wrapping up in a soft and comforting blanket while sitting by a isolated fire. 

“Do you always run away from conversation or is it just tonight?” 

Phobos felt his skin slowly tug upward as he smiles softly at the voice behind him, knowing very well who it is long before hearing her sweet voice of her tease like tone.  He turned his body and head around to face the one and only Will Vandom standing there just like she was before in the enclosed warm castle halls but now added her outer lair over her gown. 

“Do you always arrive at events human and in sneakers or is it just tonight little Guardian?” He asked with a smug smile, his smile growing more when her’s drop slightly. 

The two, for obvious reasons, hasn’t have the time or pleasure to speak or be around each other since the events of his welcome back into the castle. Though their eyes always lock and smiles are at times exchanged between hall walks and events much like this one, the prince would never admit it but he would be very happy for a moment much like tonight to happen between the two for a long time since he arrived back. 

Slowly, he stepped forward and pass the Guardian as his voice only echoed to her, “Well, little Guardian, I shall hope to speak to her again soon enough. But for now, I much stand beside my dear sister?” He let his voice drop some at the wording when speaking of Elyon much to the habit of his new mask does often nowadays. 

“Why do you hate Elyon Phobos?” Phobos stopped at his tracks when he hears that question he dreaded leave the red haired Guardian’s lips.  “She is your sister after all. She did nothing wrong to you, she even gave you another chance! So why, Phobos? Just tell me why right now, why do you hate your own sister?” Slowly... he could feel the cracks reappearing and slowly began to grow... “I don’t hate my dear sister... I envy her. I despise her.” He slowly mumbled, his cracks growing deeper and long with each tremble of his hands... “What blesses her with ever so much love and joy long before her very birth? Why was I - someone with the same blood flooding my veins as her and share the very same name - be hated and mocked from my own birth all because of what I am?! I never asked to be born! I never wanted to be who I am! It was you who ruined my world! My life! The one thing people can be proud upon me...!” 

Will just stood there with her brown eyes now widen and full of sadness and pain as he screamed his words out at her, almost like the hard and sharp broken pieces of his masks stab and hit her like bullets against and within her very flesh.  Never once has she seen this side of the man she fought countless times nor has he ever seen such a pitiful expression on her face... Both hearts ached and plushed at these emotions overflowing their bodies but yet neither can dare speak even after the screaming has long ceased... What would one say after all?

The prince breathed in the cold hair and out his warmed up breaths as he stared back at the Guardian for anything at all from her... A scream. A hit. A apology. A cry. ANYTHING would be better then this torture for the poor boy of silence after revealing himself to his once enemy and favorite jewel to watch from afar...

“...Phobos...I-” Will began, her voice leaving off a small crack of emotion as she tried to gather her words for him, but the man dare not want to hear her words anymore as his long since kept emotions flood over him like a ocean against the rocks of a shore as he swoops down and cups her face, forcing their eyes to meet yet again. He grasps onto her mask’s edge and carefully removed it, admiring so closely now the beauty in which she possesses completely once it was removed and discarded to the snow covered ground beneath them, his head slowly moving forward on it’s own just until his lips were barely a inch against her’s. 

He could smell her scent of peppermint she most likely wore for this party, He could feel her skin growing colder and her hair slowly going slightly damp from the melted pieces of snow in her red tread strains, Her breath now tickling him softly... The desire was there but how long was it going to take to-

“You know, this isn’t fair.” She said before she grabbed and threw his mask onto the floor like her’s was, once it was done, she then quickly grabbed his costume’s fabric and closed their tiny space with their lips colliding eagerly and warmly for the two. 

Her lips taste like warm melted chocolate and strawberry from her treat while his tasted like warm soft fire spice and grape from his wine as their skins endure the warms and the colds of their kiss and touches as the snow fall around them as if the universe was granting them a gift. Prince Phobos’ chest slowly grew warmer and warmer between the soft touches and kisses like a fire creating and spreading inside him... It burns and it hurts but he never wanted to cease the feeling ever. Never again He thought to himself as he feels all his pain and misery slowly melt with the broken rumble of his masks now gone for good... 

All he needs as of now is the very maiden within his arms...

       Phobos felt the warm sunlight touch his eyes as he turn his body inside his soft comfortably warm bed, those said fair eyes slowly fluttering open and staring at the deep red hair that shines in the morning sunlight.  He smiled softly as he scoots closer some towards his pretty Guardian, his eyes slowly drifting to the soft shines of something within his finger and her hand and clings to the blankets and his night shirt... Pretty matching silver rings hugging nicely around their fingers. The man let out a soft gasp as he stared at the rings and at the sleeping Will in his bed before his eyes glances slowly at the remembrance of new warmth between the two in the form of a small sleeping child with long red hair like the Guardian that brought him light yet the child’s resting face matches one of which is his soft snarl. 

Tears soon peeked in Phobos’ eyes as he stared at everything he woke up to as memories pass that night rush back to him... The many events of their relationship, the wedding, the birth of his daughter, and the announcement as of last night of their upcoming second child...  He honestly couldn’t help but let out a soft weep as a smile appear upon his lips as his arms wrap carefully and warmly around his family as his teary fair eyes watch the morning snow against his bedroom window, just wondering to himself how he ever said such a thing back then. He doesn’t hate his sister in the slightest nor does wishes he was never born, for if it wasn’t for either he’d never have ever even met his wonderful wife and have such a beautiful daughter and soon another.

He has been blessed with someone to hold close during the coldest nights.

He now has people to admire the garden’s beauty.

He never has to dread a meal for now it’s warm with love and compassion he was given thanks to the pretty red haired Guardian he was more then happy he met no matter how he wishes it was different... 

I hope you like it! Sorry if it’s kind of crummy, I’m running on no sleep and caffeine but seriously I’m happy with this request and hope you and everyone else enjoy!

[subserviiient]

AnzuEly ?? XD

If they had a kid meme: accepting

Name: Shinsou Kobayashi-Kurae

Gender: Male

General Appearance: Blonde hair, blue eyes and much taller than both of his parents- Shinsou would look like a model, if it wasn’t for the eyebags, messy hair and resting bitch face. He also dresses like he raided the closet of all the emos and punks in the world, and thus he comes across as intimidating, but he’s not really that bad- he’s just very tired. He also paints his nails, usually black, light blue, purple or silver- so, he has to defend his honor and tell everyone he’s not an eboy! He’s a skaterboy, eboys get girls, he gets bullied at school-

Personality: The opposite of his mothers- Shinsou is listless to a fault, he’s going to sleep whenever the urge hits, and it’s almost always hitting him, thus he’ll sleep just about anywhere and anytime, that leads people to assume he’s narcoleptic, but he assures them he’s not- Anzu and Ely had him tested for it because they were worried, he’s just tired as hell. He’s snarky, but not unkind, he finds a good middle ground where he’ll sass everyone and do so with a straight face, but doesn’t come across as unlikeable. He also GUZZLES that respect women juice and will kill a man if he’s perving on a girl, he’s so protective of them in fact, that he’s seen as a big brother figure by most of the girls he knows and has a lot of girl friends, who got him hooked on starbucks and ask him for fashion advice as though isn’t a skater boy- he’s also able to look at things logically and wins mostly every argument he gets in. He’s a bi disaster though, because as soon as he’s attracted to someone, he has a breakdown and responds by throwing boba at them out of being flustered- so maybe, he is a little bit more similar to his mom’s than he thought. He’s also tsundere like them.

Special Talents: He’s really good at passing tests despite never studying- he skips class, sleeps all the time and goes out when he doesn’t nap, and yet he always passes!! Elyon and Anzu want to tell him to try but like, he’s already passing- what can they say?

Who they like better: Elyon. He admires how honest she is. He likes to think he’s got a bit of her in him, even if he sleeps too much for either of them to know for sure.

Who they take after more: Ely? Maybe?

Personal Head canon: He always has a lollipop in his mouth, which makes his sleeping habit quite dangerous as he almost inhales it everytime he breathes.

Face Claim: Miyuki Shirogane.