[bigbeanbear]

I haven’t seen anyone else post recordings of Stephanie’s solo panel at Twin Cities Con (I don’t use Twitter a lot now so I don’t know about there), and I did record most parts of her solo panel on my phone, so I will try to post all these clips when I can.

For easier browsing, I have been tagging all the recordings “tcc stephanie beatriz panel”. Just FYI.

If there’s a full panel video out there somewhere, please let me know! I’d love to rewatch the moments I didn’t get on tape.

[someowlhouseaccount]

Evolution of everyone's magic: Amity edition

(ok, I was going to do multiple characters, like Gus, but this one took LONG ENOUGH so I doubt that now :D )

[S1E03] Top of her class for creating abominations: hers looks very solid, can move and talk, but has been pre-created from a cauldron containing all of the ingredients, so it can't exist on its own

Can also summon one from thin air, but it's VERY loose and fragile: can be instantly killed and turned to goo again by a single Luz punch

[S1E05] Can summon a proper solid one now, but it's small

[S1E12] Can create fire without having to use a training wand (she used it to melt the bindings off her siblings and Eda)

[S1E13] Can make large abominations, that stay alive for presumably a long time (long enough to carry her books or do a performance involving holding her up)

[S1E16] Can make a VERY large abomination

[S1E17] Can make huge abomination limbs rise from the ground. Used it to hold off a giant axe blade

[S2E02] Can take hold of other people's abominations, stopping them from moving. Can explode their limbs and make them boil from the heat of her magic. Can also make other people's abominations move how she wants them to.

[S2E09] In Eclipse Lake, we see she's moved on from just creating and controlling abominations. This is signified by her tiny servant abomination at the start of the episode: so far she had been making bigger and bigger abominations, but this one goes backwards in that progression, because she doesn't need them as much as she used to. They're not essential to her anymore, but they still serve her.

She uses the fire spell from episode 12, as a potential weapon this time

She uses a liquidy form of abomination goo in this episode, which is strong enough to capture and bind someone despite being so watery

Can absorb blasts with this same type of goo

Can use it as a shield (she does this multiple times in the fight with Hunter)

Can form a spike-studded glove around her hand

Summons a liquidy abomination with the help of her staff...

...Which morphs into a ball to contain her opponent

Uses abomination goo as a slide - it's very thin but can support her weight

Uses it as a sword, from her hand

[S2E11] Makes a skateboard with turnable wheels even though it's made entirely of goo

Uses fire magic again: a much larger amount than last time (this combines with Luz's ice to make a mist, helping them to run away)

Uses the glove again (combined with Luz's ice glyphs), which can shoot off her hand multiple times like large bullets

[S2E14] Can combine her abomination with someone else's to make an absolutely massive abomination. Also, this abomination's limbs extend and look quite liquidy - I think this is her same magic we saw from Eclipse Lake, but combined with an abomination this time

[S2E20] Can boil off someone else's abomination goo that was binding her

Can create a huge flood of goo (which she used to make Kikimora lose her balance)

[S2E21] Her shield isn't just a shield shape anymore, it's also a hand. This seems to imply that she would be able to use the same goo formation as both a shield and a fist at the same time

So, Amity's magic started off being limited to creating abominations. She learnt how to make them more solid and larger. After Grom, she could summon just abomination limbs when that's all she needed. In Escaping Expulsion, we saw her control an abomination other than her own for the first time. In Eclipse Lake, she had begun using a much more liquidy form of her magic in various ways, in both offence and defence. She has learnt how to make her magic stronger by combining it with Luz's and Alador's. I think the biggest thing we've seen her do on her own is creating the flood in Clouds on the Horizon. The latest episode shows her using her shield from Eclipse Lake slightly differently as it is now hand-shaped, so that could be a hint to how she will use her magic next.

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If what appears to be an Abomination-pattern on Amity’s dress is deliberate here, then I’m fascinated;

We know in Reaching Out that Amity has either begun to read/consider Darius’ ideas, or has already been implementing them for a while; Possibly since Eclipse Lake! And that’s clearly a sore subject for Alador...

Thematically, Amity’s Abomination technique seems to be inching closer to how Darius would do it, instead of her father; Something Reaching Out will likely explore. Amity started off as externalizing Abominations as mindless drones, but as of now, they’re more fluid constructs attuned to herself; Basically an extension of Amity, and not unlike how Darius’ magic manifests.

If Amity is wearing some sort of Abomination dress, then that means she’s taken it even further; Her magic is now adhered to her body, practically a part of it at this point! So even if Amity does well in these fighting rings, her success coming from Darius’ techniques and not Alador’s is likely going to result in the latter’s disapproval regardless. You can’t do it THIS way, it has to be MY way!

And I find it fitting; Alador is less overt about it as Odalia, but he still wants control. His magic manifesting in Abomatons, separate drones that he commands, reflects this; Whereas Darius, he seems to prioritize self-care and personal agency, as we see with his pampered attitude but also encouraging Hunter’s independence. His control is not outwards on others, but towards himself; Darius is very self-oriented and wants power over himself, not others, because the coven already has more than enough recruits as-is. This is reflected in how he keeps up his appearance while Alador doesn’t, being a grimy little man.

So it’s appropriate that Amity is styling her magic after Darius then; She’s less about controlling others now, but instead about exercising her own personal agency and direction. Amity is directed inwards in having autonomy over herself instead of others, just as Darius believes in and encourages self-care and independence; And like Darius, Amity has invested into her personal appearance. Likewise, Darius and Amity’s magic is flexible, adaptive; Which reflects how they’re willing to change their minds on others, like Hunter and Luz respectively.

Methinks this won’t be the case for Alador this episode; At most he adapts his plans, but one could argue he was just sticking (ba-dum tsss) to his original goals anyhow, by convincing Odalia to make Amity into the Abomination Head. Plus, Amity and Darius at least do things themselves, instead of setting up proxies to vicariously perform those tasks for them; Unlike Alador, who makes Abomatons and turns his kids into puppets for Odalia, singling out Amity to become Abomination Head for him. One could argue that Alador has also resigned himself to doing work for his wife (not that he can’t override her whenever he chooses of course), which of course adds to the interplay between personal agency and drones. He’s not doing it himself and not even entirely for himself, either!

So all of this just makes Amity stray further from Alador’s ideals, as someone who doesn’t bother to self-reflect nor consider; Simply making mindless robots out of his creations, which are made to obey any buyer. One could even apply this to how Alador’s most personal ‘creations’, his very children, have been leased out to Odalia; He lets Odalia take the reins in indoctrinating and customizing their kids as she sees fit, basically making them for her. And this is not unlike how Belos lobotomizes Hunter so he does exactly as he’s told, so Darius observes.

And/or, I have to wonder... @smokestarrules suggested that Amity’s abomination dress can also turn into a suit of armor, not unlike the Abomatons that Alador makes. So in a way, Amity is incorporating the best of both worlds in her father and Darius’ magic styles; Externalizing the abomination as a fluid and organic technique, AND making it a part of herself as a sturdy and powerful suit of armor! Galaxy-brain Amity has it both ways, IN BOTH WAYS!

We even kind of see this in the last episode; Amity is mostly about that personal type of Abomination, but she’s still flexible and capable of adapting as need be, summoning a separate Abomination when chasing Tinella Nosa! Amity can go back and forth between both worlds at will, combining the best of both techniques; And unlike Alador, I feel snooty Darius is going to adapt his own beliefs to admit Amity has a point, and encourage her; Just as he has with Hunter! Because unlike Alador, Darius ultimately cares and that’s why he’s willing to be proven wrong, for the sake of betterment.

[smokestarrules]

And it would be so like Amity to figure out the best of both ways, too; that there can exist some combination of Darius’ smooth style and Alador’s steel-y one and use that to her advantage. Perhaps she’ll even impress her father in that regard, though whether she learns that that’s unnecessary or he disregards her altogether are also somewhat-likely options. 

She may have gone into Abominations originally because she was told to, but Amity has made the magic her own. 

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Fittingly, the kids settle the conflict of a previous generation and move beyond it... And YES to Amity personalizing the magic, combining different ideas to experiment; Just as Luz combines different magic! Abominations are still her own thing for Amity and not just copying Darius’ advice (what Hunter did last episode), but taking inspiration and making her own choices for herself, reflecting Amity’s background but also growth; And that’s something I feel Darius would approve of! Amity finally has that personal agency; It no longer manifests as her controlling others as she is controlled, but having autonomy of self now, self-actualization! Very artistic and expressive.

[vm-voidmaster]

Their new hair is so cute :3

[yezicoco]

[yezicoco]

A hug💜🧡

Cute idea: The hug-shaped pendant looks like a heart, and the spell inside it is the first magic Luz showed Amity (I think that's right)：）

[heyitstwids]

HAPPY (LATE) PRIDE MONTH!!!!!

i meant to make something earlier but life had other plans 😭😭 wtv ily lumity <333

[eucalyptus-sea]

Drawing queer characters for 🏳️‍🌈 month pt 2

LUMITYYY

lumity were my first sapphic fan art ever.

They’re so precious 🥹

[nyi-ku]

Happy pride Month guys 🪼

"I think they watching us"

[megadan94]

“Oh my god, I can’t believe Amity burnt Willow’s memory just to hide it from Boscha, she’s so selfish.”

No, you don’t understand, she wasn’t just trying to hide it from Boscha, if that were the case, she would’ve just hidden it like Willow did. She burnt it because she thought Willow would be better off if she just forgot about their friendship, she was so ashamed of how she hurt her that she wanted to erase herself from Willow’s mind. That’s why she specifically burns her own face in the memory.

Her arc throughout the rest of the episode is about her realising that their friendship did have value, and that it’s worth remembering.

“I can’t believe I nearly destroyed all of this”

“I think Willow should keep her memories of you, the good and the bad” “Me too”

[sepublic]

Dang… I’ve already poured over this episode several times, but I never really thought of it that way, and I’m glad you brought this up!

Because… perhaps part of the reason why Amity doesn’t tell Willow the truth at first, is because she undervalues herself; She assumes that Willow doesn’t care. That Willow doesn’t care about Amity THAT much, that Willow was never as invested in their relationship… To Amity, this was everything, but obviously to someone as cool as Willow, she’s just going to get over it! And it’s this kind of self-loathing and hatred, that underestimation and dismissal of one’s importance to others- It shows just how toxic that can be to the ones who DO care! Because then Willow herself gets the impression that Amity doesn’t care, except…

Keep reading

[libertaslib]

[nestlingarc]

lumity...! toh is my favourite cartoon...

cant draw so only commission

artist@王喜禾 in bilibili

[vm-voidmaster]

pretty girlfriends doodles

[simimi-art]

Made these back in 2023, I miss them…

[callisto-art]

Lifted by love! <3

(...And probably magic)

When I started drawing this, I had no plan at all, and it just turned into this lol! Feel free to leave your theories about the story of it, haha!

Gosh, I love drawing lighting. ✨

[celebritysanctum]

[luminarymagic]

I've been making this for a month don't k1ll me

My favorites sapphics i love them so much, i want a girlfriend so effin bad it's not even funny anymore. Anyway belated congratulations to Dana Terrace for this story continuation and I'm so excited to read it after it comes out <3<3<3