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✩Sketches of the day !✩

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My OC Wizz, her and Yakko, and Dot !

I think this is one of the rare times I don't draw Dot being grumpy or straight up wanting to kill someone

Fun fact at the beginning, Wizz and Yakko could not stand each other beforr they eventually grew inseperable

Rivals to twins lol

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Manhunt

Summary: Elliot just can’t stop until Peter Douglass is caught, but when does it become too much?

“Elliot, go home.” 

Olivia was the only other detective left in the station besides her partner. It was getting close to one in the morning and Captain had already gone home which was a clear sign that it was getting pretty late. Elliot was at his desk, flipping through the same photos, hoping for something new to come to light the more he looked. 

When was the last time Elliot had seen his own bed and not the ones in the crib at the precinct? Olivia kept track; 3 days.

“Liv, that guy is still out on the street someone doing God knows what, maybe even planning another kidnapping and you expect me to just go home and sleep while this guy’s not rotting behind bars?”

Elliot was never one to let things go down unfinished, especially when that meant staying and doing his work as a cop until the suspect was charged and sent to trial. No matter how many years they’ve been partners, Olivia knows how hard headed Elliot really is. There’s no getting to him, not even with a family at home.

Olivia grabbed her jacket, patting Elliot on the back, “Lets go get some food, that’s the least you can let me do for you.”

~~

“That guy was right in front of me, why didn’t I run? All I had to do was grab him. A few steps and I would have grabbed him.”

“Elliot it was chaos, there was nothing you could have done to get him. You saved Harper and that’s all that matters right now-”

“Please don’t try to help me out right now. Why would he risk getting ID'd? We know what he looks like for Christ’s sake, yet we can’t do a damn thing to find him because he’s left to fingerprints, no paper trail, and no DNA!”

The 9-1-1 call was assigned to the two detectives only because Captain Cragen knew that they would be on it until it was closed.

Harper, an 11 year old girl from downtown Manhattan was reported missing after missing the bus after school. The investigation had multiple witnesses to a man who stood outside of Harper’s daycare and apartment building as well as seen carrying around a disposable camera every time he had been sighted.

The case itself took a month or so to be considered closed; when Harper was actually found. The bastard was smart to not keep her in his own apartment building, or house. So far no leads gave the department access to where he lived let alone his whereabouts. 

“His name is Peter Douglass. A thirty four year old man who lived in the Manhattan area. About 5’7, average build, red rimmed glasses-”

“Elliot, for God’s sake will you just eat.”

Olivia had almost finished her coffee and eggs before Elliot had even touched his plate. All she had ordered for him was eggs and toast with strawberry jam, what he would normally get any other time they ate breakfast before stepping into the chaos they call the NYPD.  Beside Elliot was the manila folder that held just about anything and everything that was Peter Douglass. A slim folder, really. If you just glanced over it you’d think there was nothing in it until you’d go to pick it up and black and white photos of him and paperwork would fall out.

When Elliot says he’s milked everything he’s got from those photos, he means it. All down to what he was wearing and what direction he’s looking. Yet he still thinks there is something that he’s missing from all of it. Don was on the same page as Olivia regarding Elliot’s new obsession with Douglass, which is why he ordered him to work on it in his own time. There were going to be far more important cases openly being investigated that he needed the crew’s attention on than a “official” closed case.

“Elliot, I want to catch this guy just as much as you do, you can hold me to that. But with the DA officially closing it with Harper found, you know I can’t let the Department look into it anymore.”

“Captain-”

“That’s enough.” Don wasn’t going to take no for an answer, even though he knew how

invested Elliot was in this case, but it was either risk the jobs of the entire SVU unit, or close it. 

“Look, you still have all of your vacation days. Why you haven’t used them to spend time

with your family for the past seven years  is beyond me, but you can either use them and figure this out yourself, or leave it be. There’s nothing else to it. It’s your choice, detective.”

That’s the choice that left Elliot staying in a hotel, using his neglected vacation days. Of course he loved his family, but he wasn’t going to go home and be invested in this case. If he did that, it’d be like he wasn’t even home. Being locked in his study and being on the job was the same thing in his mind.

“Elliot?” Olivia was finished with her plate. It was getting close to two am and Elliot hadn’t had a drop to drink or an ounce of sleep. She could see it on his face. His blue eyes seemed empty but concentrated. His brows furrowed, surely stuck in that position if you didn’t know any better. Being this engulfed in a case never looked good on Elliot.

“I think I’m gonna go back to the motel. Goodnight Liv.”

And with that, Elliot left the diner.

~~

While Olivia, as well as the rest of the department was asleep in their own homes, in their own bed and under their own blankets, Elliot could only look up at the ceiling of the dainty little motel room he had rented for the week. His hands folded across his chest, shoes still on, his mind raced. 

A hotel. Small, cliche, perfect for tucking someone away. No, his name would have come up in the system of the places he’s checked. Hotels? Inns? Apartment. Most likely. Abandoned: possible. 

His legs now hung off the side of the bed as his hand reached for the manila folder. But he paused

(Is this really what I’ve become?)

but only for a split second before he grabbed it. The indents of his fingers riddles across the tab and top of the folder. Any Medical Examiner would be able to get at least fifty good pairs of his prints if they dusted it.

The muscles in his arms and hands routinely spayed out the photos across the bedspread. His eyes adjusting to the yellow light from the table lamp beside him. His brain immediately remembers every little note he’s made about each picture. His eyes scanning each and every picture just like he did the numerous times he’s done in the station. Elliot would look at these pictures for hours until his neck would cry out for a different position. Until his back aches for a soft bed. Until his fingers begged for a time out.

But this time, his eyes halted at one picture. 

Peter, standing at the corner where Harper gets off the bus. The time stamp puts him right at the bus stop only three minutes before Harper is let off, along with several other kids.  Although he isn’t looking at the bus station itself, but at the trashcan next to him. His hand placed slightly above his pocket as if he was putting it back in. The picture before showed Peter with a disposable camera, the one after showed him with no camera, hand out of pocket.

Before he could even finish laying out the plot in his head Elliot was out the door with his jacket and in his car. There would be no time to stop by and pick up Olivia, so he’d have to call her for now.

“Elliot? Is everything alright?” It was 5:26 and Olivia wasn’t planning on waking up for another 2 hours. Her voice was gravely and tired.

“I’ve got a lead, I’ll be at the intersection where Harper’s bus stop was right outside her house. If they haven’t dumped the trash yet one of his cameras might still be in there.”

Click.

“Elliot? Elliot!” He had already hung up.

Olivia bounced her head back onto her pillow, letting out a long sigh. Why couldn’t he just leave this alone.

(The trash gets collected in about thirty minutes)

“Elliot you better get there fast.”

Olivia went back to sleep.

Elliot could see the orange paper label of the camera beneath the cigarette butts, food wrappers and what was hopefully coffee. The breaking and beeper of the garbage truck about a block away wasn’t making the situation any better, but with a rolled up sleeve and closed eyes, he plunged his hand into the trash and grabbed the camera, yanking his hand out and letting out a deep breath. That was definitely not coffee.

Elliot had the camera developed, that's how he found the two pictures of Harper on them. The station's Technical Assistance Responder, Ruben, was the first to take a look at the camera roll before anyone else.

“Why would he throw it away? It’s got Harper on it, why not use that?”

“Well, by looking at the tape,” Ruben had opened the camera and layed the parts out on the table before him and Elliot, “the capture button, here, wasn’t wired right to the film, here. See this little wire? It’s supposed to go here so that the camera can snap the photo and transfer it to the film, which produces your picture. That’s why these few that he did take come out a bit on the under-developed side.”

Ruben led Elliot over to a seperate table, with two intact cameras.

“Take this camera. It’s wired correctly, so when you move the dial and click,” the camera wizzed and clicked, “you can hear the click and the dial move back to its original place, and now it’s ready to take another. Now, if you look at this camera, one that I’ve personally rewired like the perp’s, I move the dial… and click..” 

But the camera made two small clink sounds, like the dial was struggling to turn back.

“That’s the camera making a flash, but taking no picture.” “If I heard it, then the perp heard it too,” Elliot rubbed cheek, sorting it out in his mind.

“Exactly, and what do you do with something that doesn’t work?” “You throw it out.”

“The perp most likely didn’t even know the film was even able to make out anything. You’re lucky you found this before the color even faded completely. Maybe give it to Warner and see if she can dust for prints.”

(“Well, while the sides of the camera were covered it… well trash, I wasn’t able to get a good print from there, but the push button at the top did have a solid index print on it. Along with the receipt you have me, I can match that with what was found on the camera. The thumb on the back was a major plus. This was Peter Douglass’s camera.”)

“Already covered. Thank you.” Elliot took the film and headed down to the corner store where the camera was purchased. Thankfully for Warner, the second set of thumb prints on the opposite end of the receipt belonged to a Walter Brightman, the owner of Brightman’s Liquor. That made his job much easier.

“Idiot threw away the receipt with it. I have the film with Harper on it and where he got it. Brightman ID’d Peter and gave me his address, apparently he’s a regular and enjoys Grey Goose. I have this much Casey, just get me a warrant.”

Elliot was begging and bugging Casey for about fifteen minutes with evidence in hopes of getting a search warrant for his apartment. While there was a lot of evidence, she wasn’t sure just how well it would add up to the judge she’d get the warrant from.

“Stabler, even you know any judge will deny a warrant with this. The evidence is there-” “Then that's enough for a warrant of his apartment, car-”

“Elliot, that isn’t what I’m talking about. The case is closed, just about any judge I request from will deny it. There isn’t anything that they can legally do.”

There was silence on both ends. At this rate, Casey was prepared for more prying, but almost wanted to check to see if he was still there that's how quiet he was being.

“Listen, the judge that handled the Harper case might be a good bet to settle with. She seemed invested in the case as well as catching Douglass, but I’m not making any promises, Stabler. It’ll have to wait though, I’m not trying to hassle Donnelly out of bed this early in the morning for this. I’ll have your answer no later than nine pm, alright?”

“Fine.”

~~

Elliot knew that bugging Casey with confirmation calls wasn’t going to make it any better, but it was 9:06; Six minutes too long for Casey to not call him back. 

A voice followed a knock on his car window just about made him spill his coffee all over the dashboard. At least he was awake now.

“God damnit Casey,” Elliot huffed, rolling down his window and setting his coffee in the holder where it wouldn’t go flying out of his hand.

“Sorry I’m late, figured I’d deliver this personally,” the sly smile on her face gave her spiel away completely. Or the fact that she flopped the little blue pamphlet down onto his windowsill as she bent down, but either way, Elliot got what he had needed.

“So that’s why you’re late.”

“Listen, it took a lot of time to get this out of Donnelly. Thankfully for you, she owes me a bit of a favor. But anyways, in that warrant-”

“I know how a warrant works Casey.”

“Elliot, zip it. What I was going to say, in that warrant, it only covers the apartment. That was the best I could get out of her, so don’t try anything funny.” “Did you mention anything about-”

“-How this isn’t an official case assigned to you personally by Williams and put both of our asses on the line? Of course not. Now get out of here before I change my mind and tell her.”

He could only shake his head and crack a small smile. Donnelly really would have both of their jobs on the line if she knew this wasn’t a case for the entire department. He also knew Don would be on him too if they figured out that he gave his okay for Elliot to not only go through with his own personal investigation, but that he would have to face the city on his own time and explain. Then the entire department would be on the line,

(what have you gotten yourself into, Elliot?)

as well as anyone who helped him. Warner, Ruben, Casey… People that didn’t need to lose their job just because Elliot was too hot headed to just let Douglass get away with what he did. Too focused on getting sweet little Harper Andrews the justice she deserved, even if she wasn’t quite old enough to really understand just what that meant. Her father and older sister would know how it feels, but-

“I wish you the best of luck, Elliot. I really do.”

His seatbelt was left to his side as Elliot zipped out and onto the main road and downtown to Peters apartment. Hands gripped to the steering wheel like it was going to fly right out of the window, knuckles as white as a ghost. 

Peter Douglass had no idea what kind of storm was going to break down his front door.

~~

It was almost shameful how close Peter’s apartment was to the station. By foot it would take, give or take, ten minutes at max. By car, no more than four with regular traffic. Elliot, however, made it there in two. Any tickets he’d handle later.

If you were to take a look into Elliot’s mind, it would be filled to the brim with different scenarios. How he would kick down his door, how he’d tell the Andrews that they don’t have to worry about going outside anymore, how he’d look presenting to the press that Douglass is off of the streets. How he’d finally be able to sleep in his own bed once this was all over…

As he scaled past the front desk, he did a one-eighty as he flashed his badge as well as the warrant to the desk clerk, asking for Peter Douglass.

“Uhm, 319, on the 3rd floor but-”

But Elliot was off in a heartbeat. Up the staircase as fast as his legs could take him and down the corridor in a flash,

315… 316… 317… 318… turn the corner-

319.

Barricaded and protected by caution tape. Suits and ME’s swarming in and out like angry bees.

“Sir, this is a restricted area-”

“Yeah yeah, uhm, Stabler,” a flash of the badge once again, “with the SVU. What’s going on here, where’s Peter?”

“Oh, Elliot,” it was the head of the FBI, Jackson Marson. Someone who Elliot had known for a long time now, you could even say made it a bit further with his career that Smith himself, “I was sure Williams told you that he surrendered this case to Federal crimes. This has nothing to do with the SV Unit anymore.”

Eyebrows furrowed, mouth gaped, and eyes searching for answers, Elliot was completely halted.

“You know I can’t give you any details, Elliot, but this just isn’t your case anymore. He’s in Federal hands now.”

~~

The steering wheel was the best option to take out the frustration out on. Passersby were welcomed to give him looks, but Elliot was beyond outraged. Knuckled white and on the verge of bloody. Busted open, but not quite yet bleeding, give it a few seconds.

(You were too late, Elliot.)

(You shouldn’t have taken that nap.)

(Why in the hell didn’t you figure it out sooner?)

~~

Going back to the precinct wasn’t an option for Elliot, but he needed to return the files. After scooping up his failed attempts to provide justice for little Harper, he bitterly returned back to the station. It took him a few deep breaths and moments to suppress the rage within him to get out of the car

(There go your vacation days.)

and make it up to the doors and to his desk.

“Elliot? My office, now,” Don called, standing in his doorway with his hands in his pockets. His jacket was off, which was a good sign that Elliot wasn’t in trouble, hopefully. 

“Captain-”

“Elliot, I’m not here to berate you and yell, but it was only just now that I got the news of the Federal Government taking Douglass’s case. You know damn well that I would have been the first to call you and tell you. The Chief had just left my office and we both would have been in some deep trouble if I called to tell you to back off of a case that you weren’t supposed to be on in the first place,”

“Captain..” He wasn’t on the verge of tears, but he could have just sat, defeated.

 “You did good Elliot,” Don nodded, “You beat yourself up over this case, we both know that, but there really isn’t anything you could have done with the Feds on this case. I know you would have gotten him if they didn’t stand in your way. You’re a good man, detective.”

“Harper doesn’t get any closure. Her family doesn’t get any closure.”

“Douglass is off of the streets. They should be more than accepting that he’s not going to be able to have the chance to snatch a child anymore, Elliot.”

He rubbed his face with both hands. He could really use a coffee, and a shave, come to think about it.  As he started to the door, Don called out once more,

“Elliot. Call your wife. Talk to the kids. Go home and get some rest. You’ve got off for the next 2 days, don’t even think of coming in until I call you, got it?”

Elliot nodded. 

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Research - wizard of oz

The Wizard of Oz is a musical about a young girl who dreams of an escape from her everyday life. She is transported to a "magical land" (Warner Bros. Picture, n.d.) where she meets new friends and goes on an adventure as she tries to find her way home. The 1939 movie is based on a novel by L. Frank Baum called "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Warner Bros. Entertainment. (2020) The Wizard Of Oz | Full Movie Preview | Warner Bros. Entertainment. Youtube. [Online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Loa1N-kLKtk

WiZz Kiki. (2013) Judy Garland - Follow the yellow brick road. Youtube. [Online]. Available from:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmqRx3ypWwU

I think the change from dull to bright colours is a successful way to change the emotions linked to the images. I think this method may be useful to show the way I feel as I enter the Talbot Heath Nature Reserve. The first time I entered I felt a sense of peace and contentment when before entering I felt stressed and frustrated.

I will discuss with Molly and Toby how we may use this to create a book and if they have any ideas that may work better.

Warner Bros. Pictures. (n.d.) The Wizard of Oz. [Online]. Available from: https://www.warnerbros.co.uk/movies/wizard-oz#about

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Episode 326 - Wizz Buzz Wazz

Join Carlos, Nev, Armando and Matt for this week's episode of the UK's number one Aviation News Podcast.

In this week's show a 787 is damaged as an engine collides with a Jet Bridge, Wizz Air announce they are taking legal action against Ryanair over the Buzz brand and there's a new radio station launched especially for cabin crew.

In the military Boris Johnson's newly painted aircraft is employed in an operational role and an Afghan Air Force A-29 is confirmed to have crashed in the Northeast part of the country.

In this week's Plane Truths Matt talks to Captain Al about how aircraft are powered on the ground and in the air aside from its engines.

You have between now and Episode 330 to send us in something that we can play out on the show and the theme is "Aviation in My Life". Any feedback written, audio, audio visual will do! You'll be entered in the draw to win £150 voucher for the Plane Reclaimers Website kindly donated by Andrew Keegan.

Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :

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OOPS: TUI BOEING 787 DAMAGED AS ENGINE COLLIDES WITH JET BRIDGE https://simpleflying.com/tui-boeing-787-engine-jet-bridge-collision/

WIZZ AIR TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST RYANAIR OVER BUZZ BRAND https://airlinegeeks.com/2020/07/08/wizz-air-takes-legal-action-against-ryanair-over-buzz-brand/

BOEING IS REPORTEDLY ENDING PRODUCTION OF ITS 747 JUMBO JET https://www.engadget.com/boeing-to-end-747-production-012324738.html

QANTAS ANNOUNCES FAREWELL FLIGHT SALE AHEAD OF BOEING 747 RETIREMENT https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/flights/qantas-announces-farewell-flight-sale-ahead-of-boeing-747-retirement/news-story/97adb43430e4e440eb58020bc79e4779

WARNER, FIRST WOMAN CAPTAIN FOR A SCHEDULED US AIRLINE, PASSED AWAY JULY 3 https://www.flyingmag.com/story/news/emily-howell-warner-flies-west/

THE WELSH SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE WHO RUNS HIS OWN AIRPORT https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/pembrey-airport-wales-carmarthenshire-owner-18505676

RADIO STATION LAUNCHED AIMED AT AIRLINE CABIN CREW https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/07/radio-station-launched-aimed-at-airline-cabin-crew/

"I CAN’T EVEN WITH THIS …" SINGAPORE AIRLINES COMPLAINT https://onemileatatime.com/singapore-airlines-complaint/

SUSPECTED DRUG PLANE FOUND IN FLAMES ON MEXICAN HIGHWAY https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/drug-plane-fire-mexico-road-cocaine-a9603896.html

SELF-DRIVING WHEELCHAIRS AT HANEDA AIRPORT https://www.aerotime.aero/yaoju.yu/25326-jal-introduced-autonomous-mobility-service-at-haneda-airport

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MILITARY

JAPAN'S NEW X-2 FIGHTER MAKES FIRST FLIGHT https://www.defenceaviation.com/2016/04/japanese-5th-generation-fighter-mitsubishi-x-2-shinshin-makes-first-flight.html

HUGE AIRBUS A400M ATLAS PLANE MAKES SPECTACULAR BEACH LANDING https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/huge-airbus-a400m-atlas-plane-4294401.amp

AMERICAN PILOT EJECTS FROM AFGHAN AIR FORCE A-29 LIGHT ATTACK PLANE https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34694/american-pilot-reportedly-ejects-from-afghan-air-force-a-29-light-attack-plane

BORIS JOHNSON’S NEWLY PAINTED PLANE IS SCRAMBLED TO SUPPORT RAF FIGHTER JETS RUSHING TO INTERCEPT RUSSIAN WARPLANE https://www.forces.net/news/union-flag-vip-voyager-supports-raf-scramble 

Our latest episode is now ready for your listening pleasure -->

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✩Sketches of the day !✩

Featuring : my OC Wizz

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My girl agaaaaaiiiin

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✿︎OC insertion !✿︎

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Hi people !

Tumblr is hiding my post and it's getting annoying

In the meantime, since I am a beginner at digital art, let me show you my first OC insertion in an actual screenshot ever !

My girl is so cuuuuute

✨️✨️💅🏻

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✩Sketches of the day !✩

Featuring : my OC Wizz

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The senses song witv Wizz ! Even though she is only discovered on the first episode of the reboot

Desperate Dot

Just Wizz in a lil dress and Yakko because I don't need an excuse to draw Yakko

That's all :) ✨️

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✩Sketches of the day !✩

Featuring : my OC Wizz

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Wizz spending time with her little siblings :)

Who doesn't crave some big sister attention sometimes ?

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✿︎OC introduction✿︎

Feat : my mom the co-creator

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Meet...

Wizz Warner : My first Animaniacs OC ever

NAME : Wizz Warner

AGE : 13

GENDER : Female

SEXUALITY : Omnisexual

PRONOUNS : She/her, they/them, ze/zir

BIRTHDAY : February 29th (since they were all draw on the same day, their birthday are just random days each chose to celebrate)

DISORDERS : Autism and AHDH

PHOBIAS : Fear of silence, dark, lemons (she knows it's ridiculous and gets teased for it), claustrophobia

HOBBIES : Singing, roller-skating, baking, divination, meditation, spiritism, painting, gardering, karate, sewing and fashion designing

PERSONALITY : Sweet, joyful, talkative, hard-working, dreamy, competitive, sensitive, loyal, passionate, old-fashionned, clumsy, affectionate

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FUN FACTS :

- Since she is just learning how to do humour, she is spared from the pun-gun and her siblings always laugh even when her puns don't make sense

- They have real bad memory

- Ze has the ability to make objects alive like in 30s cartoons

- She uses 30s phrases, expressions and sayings

- They are the lamest at using technology

- Ze often talks about zir ghost friends in the tower and it creeps zir siblings out

- She claims to talk to bugs

- They have really weird beliefs and their siblings will glare at anyone who tells Wizz it's stupid or not real

- Ze has two accessories : glasses similar to Luna Lovegood's glasses from Harry Potter that she puts on when ze ain't messing around anymore, and a rainbow pinwheel (her only source of amusement when she was locked up)

- She is very physically affectionate and clingy

- She blushes when she lies very easily

- She is the best at finding nicknames

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STORY :

Wizz was a fourth Warner siblings who's draft got lost before she got finished and could jump out of the paper with her three siblings. Her drawing got lost in the chaos the siblings caused when they came to life, and Wizz was accidently locked up in the vault with every one of the Warners' cartoons. Wizz came to life minutes after the vault wad closed. Since she was never finished, she was just a bunch of messy lines sketch. Her only source of amusement was her accessory that came with her character, a rainbow pinwheel.

It was only during the reboot time that the Warners decided to go look for their old cartoons, accidzbtly discovering their lost sister they never knew they had. Due to being locked up alone in the complete dark and silence from 1929 to 2020 without being able to use her toon powers to entertain herself since she was just a draft, Wizz is not completely sane (like any of the Warners tbh) and sometimes just randomly spins on herself really fast with her pinwheel, making a whiz sound, hence why Yakko Wakko and Dot gave zir that name.

They took Wizz to the animators and asked them to properly finish her design, each one of the siblings adding their little touch to it. They also asked the team for Wizz to be included in Animaniacs like she should've been. And it worked...so much that the fans grew so fond of her character that they gor bored of the other three. Jealous, the Warners tried to get her out of the show...before they found our Wizz was just trying to copy them, because ze admired them so much and took them for zir role model for how to be a toon. Since then, the four Warners still run the show together as a complete family.

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BONDING :

Yakko : Wizz and Yakko have a rival relationship, although they still are a duo of leaders and are mainly the one taking the lead for the episodes. Wizz has a weird way of expressing herself and people don't always understand her, so Yakko gives her lessons to express herself more clearly. She is bad at humour so he teaches her jokes and puns, to which she will always laugh at, even when she doesn't get it. She joins him for educational songs and even wrote an updated Nations of the World song with him. The two will cook for Wakko and Dot exept she will let Yakko cook the meak and she will take care of the baking and desserts. They have late night talks / debates over anything and everything. They often have a "who's taller" competition due to her being almost the same size as him, which is why Yakko hates when she wears highs shoes that makes her taller. In the meantime Wizz hates when Yakko treats her as a younger sibling instead of a twin, even though she is younger by one year, and hates when he reminds her he is the oldest no matter what. The two are the lamest at technology and feel embarrassed their younger siblings understand it better than them.

Wakko : Being the middle siblings, Wizz and Wakko ubderstand each other a lot. Wakko teaches her how to use technology and the two often play videogames together. They even have a Minecraft world togethet, Wakko's the miner while Wizz is the builder. They also do silly faces contest together, that seem to never end. They get into physical playful fighrs together, and Wizz sometimes flicks his cap fowards to tease him. Wizz even teaches him some karate move. Wakko randomly falls asleep on her sometimes, and he and Dot will mostly go to her for hugs and such.

Dot : Dot was overjoyed to find out she was supposed to have a sister all this time. The two relate to each other a lot and are extremeky close. They make fun of their brothers and boys in general together. Dot loves to give her make-overs and hairstyles and sometimes get carried away with it, but Wizz absolutely loves it. Meanwhile, Wizz will design and sew new dresses for her, and picks out new flowers for Dot to put in her hair. They will go on shopping trips together and have "girls talks". Strangely enough, Dot is even more overprotective of Wizz than Wizz is of her despite her being youngest. But Wizz is still very protective of her and Wakko.

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BONUS : The nicknames they gave Wizz and the ones she gave to them

Yakko :

- the ones he gives her : Loony, miss scarlett, shorty

- the ones she gives him : Yak, Yakster, jokester, dork, comedy central, chatterbox

Wakko :

- the ones he gives her : Wizzy, sis

- the ones she gives him : Wak, champ, Wakkiver, hazard to society, gut-head

Dot :

- the ones Dot gives her : big sis, honey, girl, girly, beautiful, queen

- the ones Wizz gives her : Dottie, grimlin, beautiful, princess, little sis

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✩Sketches of the day !✩

Featuring : my OC Wizz

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✿︎Yax! OC introduction✿︎

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It is time to introduce my most recent and second Animaniacs OC.

Juno Warner-Goof : Max and Yakko's child

NAME : Juno Warner-Goof

AGE : Variable, but mostly 6

GENDER : Just Juno :)

SEXUALITY : Doesn't know, doesn't care, romance is gross (their words)

PRONOUNS : They/them

RELATIVES : Max (father), Yakko (father), Wizz (my OC, aunt), Dot (aunt), Wakko (uncle), Goofy (grandpa)

PERSONALITY : Adventurous, dreamy, stubborn, sassy, honest (maybe too honest), naive, a bit of temper, artist, sporty, sensitive, mischievous, kind, grumpy, reckless, overly confident, troublemaker, stealth, sneaky

BIRTHDAY : They were drawn on June 1st

DISORDERS : Autism and ADHD

PHOBIAS : Fear of silence, dark, storms, highs, staying still/quiet for too long can be distressing

HOBBIES : Wrecking havoc, exploring, dancing, singing, building/crafting things, swimming, roller skating, doing gymnastic, reading comics

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PHYSICAL TRAITS :

Juno has Yakko's skin tone, eyes, feet and nose. He has Max's ears, teeth, tail and hair when it's not in those three little pigtails. They were a purple T-shirt and lavender/greyish sweatpants, as well as a bracelets with pearls of different colors. Their hairties are blue, pink and yellow. Growing up, they have Yakko's skinny figure and height (they wish they'd have taken more from Max regarding this lol).

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FUN FACTS :

- They love the ocean. They are obsessed, and watches tons of sea documentaties.

- They love science fiction

- They have a lisp due tu their front teeth

- At one point, they were super ashamed if their teeth. Max managed to get them out of this mindset and now, Juno finds them pretty cool.

- Making their dads proud invomves them absolutely turning the place upside down and they get praised for it

- They often brag about their dads being "superstars"

- They hate romance

- They love jewelry

- They have their hair tied almost all of the time, but unties them when they're about to go feral

- Their favorite color is purple

- Their favorite animal is the sea lion

- They want to learn to play instruments but their fingers on any instruments result in a disaster

- They are the popular kid

- They cause all the problems (not on purpose when it hurts other) but always finds a solution

- They love all the weird animals and bugs that are not liked much (like bats, sharks, spiders)

- They are almost always in competition

- They are extremely agile and flexible

- They have 60% of a Warner Bros. side and 40% of a Disney side

- They are learning Spanish

- How they were born is simple, Max and Yakko (adults) asked both the Warner Bros. and Disney animators to draw them a child based of them both

- Yakko and Max often sends them to roast those they don't like

- They aren't afraid at all of things like ghosts and aliens, they'd find them supercool

- The three of them have a full blown concert with their playlist in the car

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BONDING :

Yakko : Juno and Yakko have an unbreakable bond. Yakko is always the one reading/singing to them before bedtime. He's kind of a doting and overprotective dad, but he is the most down on earth dad and is usually the one being strict when he needs to be, on last resort. He is also the one establishing the rules and making sure the routine stays organised. He is very serious about respectong bedtime, showertime and so on. He and Juno can have never ending unsignificant convos that start at 7pm and by 11pm the convo somehow evolved into a talk about outerpace and its misteries. Yakko loves Juno's childlish innocence and every single second when he's reminded they're growing up makes him nostalgic and panicky. On the rare occasions where Juno would show a bit of anxiety, Yakko would enter a spiral about how he passed his anxiety to the kid and how it's his fault. He loves to teach his kid about everything he's passionate about, and did try to teach him piano.

Max : While Yakko is the dad who establishes the rules and the teacher dad, Max is more of the fun/chill dad that does stupid things with his child and then both get scolded by Yakko (only when it involves them unvoluntarily getting hurt in the process. Otherwise Yakko also cheers for the trouble making). Max is the one giving the nicest cuddles at any moment of the day, but also the one who will randomly yeet Juno in the pool. Like Yakko does with Juno, Max and them have an unbreakable bond. However on the rare occasions where Juno shows insecurity about their teeth, Max gets sad. One becaucause it is his own feature as well, and two because he gets scared that Juno would grow up to be like him as a teen and growing distant from his dad. Max is the one hyping Juno up for ANYTHING. He's the cool dad that allows the rules to be broken once in a while. He did try to get Juno into his sports like basket ball, skateboarding and such, but eventually accepted that Juno was skilled in none of them, and skilled in much different sports instead. But he is always here at any dance/gym competition, cheering the loudest with a sign.

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BONUS : the nicknames

- Max calls Juno pumpkin, little bean, peanut, little dude, little man, little menace

- Yakko calls Juno honey, lovebug, sweetie pie, cutie pie, baby, THE CHEESIEST NICKNAMES EVER