#whether or not canon would've actually leaned more in that direction

[laufire]

I've mentioned something on this line but really, the pilot (and I'm predicting it'll be the case for season 1 in general) really makes me feel that if jroth had focused from the word go into where his heart clearly was, aka the blake siblings, and had built the show around that, the 100 might've been good good. alas, I care more about echo or murphy or emori's narratives than about the blake siblings, so I don't mind the trade off.

[thunderon]

This has probably been debated to death but I'm curious what you think.

What if there wasn't an unhinged Lyctor at Canaan House and everyone wasn't murdered: Who would've actually gone through with becoming a Lyctor?

We already know that Harrow had to be forced and that Ianthe didn't hesitate lol

i dunno whether or not other people have hashed this out but i do have feelings on this! (in case you want an Official Author Answer, tamsyn muir answered pretty much this exact question here) but im glad to throw in my thoughts as well! for the purposes of this post, im defining “becoming a Lyctor” as imperfect lyctorhood (aka necro snacks on cav for eternal go-go juice)

house by house let’s do it:

2nd: so let’s start with a direct quote from judith:

…. those are not the words of a necromancer who would be willing to kill their cavalier. additionally the way judith refuses corona’s offer in ayu makes me HIGHLY doubt she’d do this to marta. verdict: would not

3rd: so obvs ianthe wouldnt hesitate for babs (cuz who cares about babs, after all) BUT let’s make this interesting. what if it was her and corona? i could easily imagine a situation mirroring augustine and alfred where her hand is forced by corona. i don’t think ianthe would choose to become a lyctor with corona but i could see her turning out like augustine and mercy where they unwillingly consumed their cavs. ianthe would, however, become a lyctor with babs any day of the week and twice on sundays. verdict: would

4th: I just absolutely cannot see isaac doing that to jeannemary. just. cannot. but if in some twisted way he were about to do it, abigail would show up and put a stop to that nonsense with a firm “absolutely not”. verdict: would not

5th: abigail already skews heretical. in the gtn cohort files she’s labeled as leaning towards and anti-empire in htn she starts questioning god and house beliefs a bit more... combine that with the fact that magnus is too damn lovable i don’t think she’d murder him. verdict: would not

6th: alright pal time!

yeaaaah that’s basically a canon no. verdict: would not

7th: we have significantly less time with pro and dulcinea than our other pairs so it’s a little tougher to point to exact quotes on this one. we’ll call it a gut feeling, and ill say she wouldn’t. just doesn’t have the personality i think. verdict: would not

8th: so after finding out what lyctorhood is, silas brands ianthe a heretic and tries to kill her and he also says this:

i went a little more in depth about it here but ultimately it’s a sin to silas and he explicitly rejected the concept in gtn. verdict: would not

and obviously we know the ninth! anyways those are my personal thoughts on the matter! thanks for asking :)

[afoxysunny]

Robbie as Bullock

This post will probably differ from the others in structure and be a lot longer for one big reason

When choosing Miraculous for the Lazytown characters i really wanted to only use ones that we've already seen in use in Miraculous Ladybug and know how they work from there.

For Robbie i broke that rule. I don't really remember what first made me consider it but it probably had to do with the fact that i think the Ox Miraculous, just aesthetically, would fit Robbie perfectly!

So for this one i had to start from scratch completely, no reference for a canon hero design, no idea what power or weapon he'd get, no clue what the phrase to transform could be.

Of cause i used the most references for him but here are the ten i found most important

Obviously i don't expect any of my speculations to become even remotely canon once we find out what Stompp, the Ox Miraculous, actually does but i hope it at least makes sense for now.

I like how I've drawn all the others standing head on to face the camera and Robbie just leans there. That's because you have to think he doesn't care, the little Tsundere

Concept Overview:

In the Miraculous Ladybug episode we meet all the Kwamis, including Stompp, he is the most actively concerned about Nooroo so now that the Butterfly Kwami is back I'm sure Stompp would want to stay around him. With Sportacus partnering with Nooroo, teaming up Robbie and Stompp made the most sense to them.

Design Notes Incoherent Thoughts I had to justify what I'm Drawing:

Purple and Blue - it amused me no end that with the choices i made blue Sportacus got a purple Kwami and purple Robbie got a blue kwami. I did kinda dislike at first how little blue the costume has in comparison to purple but i decided i don't have to make a decision because apparently the canon show can't make up its mind about Stompp's colour either. The blue and purple can always be swapped if i decide i don't like it

Harness - Ox' are hard working animals, mostly used to pull heavy objects. For that purpose they get strapped into a harness. Obviously i had to include that in this design, the chain hanging from the collar around his neck has a similar purpose (it only occured to me way too late how kinky it looks please ignore that)

Cape? No cape? - because of the imbalance in colours i briefly considered giving him a cape like a Matador would have but only for a second or so. I wanted to keep Robbie's iconic body shape untouched by a bunky cape, also the few times he wore a cape in the show he really struggled with it and also i think it would've clashed with the tail

Tail - speaking of which, an ox' tail has that frizzy end to it but i really liked the chain as his tail so to emulate the thicker part at the end i hung a padlock there. And that really worked. Not only bc that's just how bulls and ox are kept in check with their strength but also because the oblong shape of a combination lock makes for a fitting shape and can be used in universe. You see, Robbie is not that good with just saying what he wants or expressing how he feels. This four letter combination lock is magic and kinda betrays and helps him at the same time. It spells out any given four letter word that fits his mood best at any given moment

Miraculous Nosering - if a Lazytown character would unironically get a nosering, it'd be Robbie. I'm sorry, i don't take criticism on that

Horns - he needed horns. He just did. Look how good he looks with horns! But for real, in Miraculous Ladybug Chat Noir gets actual cat ears so he can get actual horns, also like Chat he the white parts of his eyes turn yellow like Stompp's while keeping his signature grey iris

Hair - ox' are mostly shown with like bangs covering their eyes so i couldn't resist ruffling his usually so perfectly done hair up to make it fall a little like that

Weapon - my first thought of "Miraculous takes cliché traits for animals to base their powers on so i guess bullfighting is the way to go here" made me really sad. This "Sport" is so disgusting i wanted to cry and puke while reading about it. I'll spare you the details but in addition to the Matador in the arena there's other guys too to weaken the bull before the Matador kills it, one of them throws knives. Miraculous Ladybug likes combining weapons with toys so I'm giving him darts. They are fastened to the front of his harness and i think how they can be used is along the lines of, once he zhrows them with his super strength and they pin into something they can only be removed when he allows that, also like the ladybug's jojo they can fly how long and whatever direction he wants, and probably also is able to just manifest them back to himself if ever one gets lost

Miraculous Power - again, just pure speculation here, but the powers we so far know of are all loosely based on an exaggerated cartoon trope of each animal so for the ox that is hard working and persistent and for the bull that'd be aggression and tunnel vision. While typing this i get the urge to add blinders to his mask but i digress. So i made up an exaggerated power that'd fit both but when i told my test group (two people) one said "oh, kinda like Bloodhound from Apex Legends" and the ozher said "so like hunter's mark from DnD" i play neither so i don't know but maybe you do do that's the short version of the explanation xD his power is based on the cartoonish depiction of a bull seeing something that bothers him and then charging at it for as long as he can until he gets it. Once Robbie focuses on an enemy or someone running away or someone he is following for whatever reason he can use his power to keep track of them. No matter how far away they go or where they try to hide. It sounds OP as shit but think of the Snake and Bunny who can both time travel and then say that again. The catch is he needs to use it while that person is still in clear sight for him so i think it balances a little better

Name:

Do you know the difference between a Bull and an Ox? Well, let me mansplain it to you anyway

The reason i kept switching between drawing inspiration from bulls and ox' is because it's the same animal. Those are both names for an adult male cow. The only difference being that an ox is castrated and a bull is not. Stompp is the Ox Miraculous so tough nuts Robbie, literally. But making babies isn't really on his to do list anyway with Sportacus as his partner so who cares.

Anyway, I had the design done and like always i struggled a lot with naming it

But then i learned a Bullock is not only a cool word that seems to be a mix of bull and lock like his design is but it also is the official name of a male cow too young to be castrated yet! Isn't that just perfect? I think it is

Also I'll include in this section the phrases one needs to speak to have Stompp transform them into this Ox themed Superhero and for the power to activate. If you think of something more fitting for either please let me know!

Transformation:

simple version - horns up / horns down

More detailed - time to charge / time to loaf

(charging is when a bull starts running blindly at something; loafing is the professional farmer term for a resting cow)

Power: Target Charge, Locked On, or my personal favorite option Head-On. Again going with the more in depth terminology, that's what the running style of a bull is called when he's chatging at a target

Story:

Robbie lived in Lazytown but when the kids grew louder and older and he got more annoyed wih not having his peace and quiet he just up and left. He spent a lot of time traveling around, living wherever it was comfortable and leaving when it wasn't anymore. Thanks to being an inventor and overall talanted crafty person he got by pretty easily as there was always a company running on "hire a lazy person for an important job, they'll find the easiest solution for the most complicated problems" so he never really had to worry.

Whether by coincidence or fate Robbie and Sportacus run into each other and despite Robbie being a little difficult they both immediately feel strangely drawn to one another. With time going by they meet more often, at first more or less by chance but eventually they plan to meet up regularly. They might have very different ways of doing it but they share a common lifestyle: helping out others to live a comfortable and fulfilling life.

Only after Sportacus was chosen to be the new Guardian of the Miracle Box he finally asks Robbie to join him, full time by his side traveling in his airship around the world wherever they may be needed. Of cause only for moral support and such, obviously. You see, they always enjoyed each others company and sort of over time eased into a relationship like coexistence but neither of them ever really acknowledged that. Only when Sportacus got Nooroo's power to sense other people's feelings that barrier of miscommunication fully fell. Robbie is incredibly bad with conveying his emotions but now Sportacus can sense that he has potentially the most powerful and purest emotions he ever encountered. Not only is each feeling of his powerful but when there is more than one at play they don't mix together and muddy each other but instead boost even more. He knew before that he wanted Robbie to join him but that discovery made it a necessity.

Despite not being able to actually say so Robbie is thrilled to come along. Only over time and with a lot of painfully slow conversations they manage to agree to make their relationship official.

Stompp, the sassy Ox Kwami, regularly bursts out of the Miracle Box to want to check on Nooroo and slowly he and Robbie bond over telling Sportacus and Nooroo to go easier on themselves and let a little responsibility get taken off their shoulders so eventually they team up and Bullock is created.

Thanks to Robbie's hard work to better himself with Sportacus' help, Stompp's magic transformation provides him with a tail that conveys his feelings for him.

When they hear that Lazytown has been wiped clean of grown-ups Sportacus immediately flies them over there so Robbie can check on his hometown. Finding only a few children, now teens, left there Robbie recognizes them and the two form the plan to give them Miraculous' too so they can help to find their lost family, friends and neighbors and fight together to bring them back.

Wow that was so much to read and you did it! I'm so impressed and thankful! You deserve a pat on the back (if you want one) and a cookie and/or sportscandy on your way out

[honeydewmuses]

@canon-fcdder said: ❝ Eh- You're too good for her anyway. ❞ Shinso offers as he hands Kaminari a drink, before sitting himself down beside him. While this was supposed to be a late-night study session, he figures that it's only natural the topic of a failed date come up... Frankly, Shinso would have been surprised if the other teen hadn't mentioned his earlier romantic attempt. Although, Shinso is surprised by the tension he'd felt at the start- releasing only when he was informed that they hadn't meshed well. But he'll unpack 'being happy that his friend's date went shitty' at a later time... Instead he grabs onto one of the assorted Pocky sticks from the table— strawberry, his favorite —and takes a bite, chewing for a moment in thought before he continues, ❝ Nothing against her, but I always figured you'd be with someone more... Just- more. Y'know? ❞ He doesn't know what exactly he's saying, and far be it for him to talk bad about another person... but it's hard not to when it comes to deciding whether or not someone deserves Kaminari. ❝ You're the kind of person who deserves the best there is... Someone who feels lucky to get to talk to you. ❞ Another bite, glancing at his notebook and away from Kaminari's face, flipping a page as he shrugs, ❝ I guess she just doesn't strike me as the type to realize how amazing something like that is. ❞ - (Have a bab who is very much trying to be a 'supportive friend' lol )

Kaminari is vaguely aware that there's something happening in his chest as he watches Shinso set him up with soda and snacks and kind words. He's vaguely aware that it feels good, and weird, and definitely more personal than anything the girl from earlier had made him feel. But he decides not to focus on it, instead opting to tuck his knees into his chest, lean onto Shinso, and take advantage of the fact that his friend seems willing to listen.

"It's not even that it didn't work out, y'know? People decide they don't wanna date me all the time. Like, all the time. I've shot my shot with probably half the people I know, and I'm obviously super single. So, like, I'm used to it.

"What gets me is that I finally get a date with a girl, a really pretty girl, and I dress up all cute for her and get all excited and then about halfway through she leans in and I think she's gonna kiss me and instead she whispers to me that look at that guy over there, that's her crush, she's only here to make him jealous."

Kaminari pouts, shoulders instinctively raising and tightening with frustration. He grabs aimlessly in the general direction of his drink, but when he fails to reach it, he just gives up and keeps talking. His position against Shinso's side is to comfortable to jeopardize.

"And I'm down with that!! If she had asked me to make a guy jealous, I would've done it and had a great time with it! But she didn't tell me until I already had my hopes up and now my heart hurts over nothing."

It's true. Kaminari's heart does hurt. He'd somehow managed to not fully register that until now, and he slumps further into his friend, letting- or maybe making- Shinso support more of his body weight.

Damn it. Tonight wasn't supposed to be a sad night.

"I dunno," he mumbles, "You don't have to listen to my whining. It just sucks."

That almost feels like a natural stopping point, but then he's hit with the need to make one more point. His hands become animated as he gets more energized, but he never moves from Shinso's side. The warmth and gentle comfort of physical contact is what's keeping him from feeling genuinely lonely, even if he doesn't fully process it as such.

"Actually, you're right. It's her loss, really. I'd be a great boyfriend! And girls- not just girls. People who don't see that don't deserve me. I'm cute and funny and kinda dumb in an endearing way and my quirk is super powerful and when I become a pro hero I'm gonna be loaded! And I'd buy you presents and kiss you on your hand and cheek and neck and sit in your lap in public and always hype you up and just be, like, the best boyfriend you could ever have."

As if to demonstrate his point, Kaminari throws his arms around Shinso, smushing his face even closer into his friend's chest. It's just an impulse, something that he initially attributes to an excess of energy and a need to thank Shinso for his support, but then he feels how bright his face is burning.

Shit.

These are new feelings. Or, really, they're well established feelings that he has yet to acknowledge. Not his fault he chooses to ignore stuff that isn't right in his face.

Awkwardly removing his arm from Shinso's front, he clears his throat and keeps his gaze down.

"I mean. Not you, you. The... the general you.

"Or you, specifically, if you want me, but I know Aizawa's probably turned you off all his worst students. Maybe all his students, period. I, uh, I didn't come here to flirt. Sorry."

Kaminari doesn't know if the apology is to Shinso for being too much, to Shinso for not acting on what he suddenly understands as a crush, or to himself for being the dumbass who falls for one of his best friends. What he does know is that things just got very complicated in his brain and he hates it.

"Anyway... I'll be fine. Get over it soon enough. It's whatever."