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Obsessed with the idea of Shane randomly encountering Bad Bunny at a bar just like he encountered Rose. (Because he has the BEST luck.)
But he doesn't know who Bad Bunny is, and Bad Bunny doesn't know who Shane is... So they're both just making small talk with this hot guy they met at the bar while they wait for their drinks. They're enjoying talking to someone who doesn't know their celebrity status. And Shane is getting a little flustered despite being married, because damn if this guy isn't his type, and Bad Bunny is lowkey flirting with him.
And then Ilya shows up and has a heart attack. Alternating between fanboying over Bad Bunny and wanting to fight him. Just standing there frozen with this bonkers expression on his face.
And Shane is completely oblivious. "Hey, you're back! I ordered you a beer. Oh, and this is Benito. Benito, this is my husband Ilya........... Baby, are you okay? Why do you look like that?"
Also thanks for more ChLuka art! I can't get enough of the crumbs. (I don't care if it makes me a terrible person. Chloe has to wake up to her own awfulness at some point... I don't want her to be a tool for evil.)
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chloe’s outfit in the show might be the worst out of every character. the girl is the daughter of the mayor of Paris and a fashion icon, why is she wearing a belt i could find in hot topic. i hate her outfit. much like adrien, i decided she needed more designer brands represented. she got mostly chanel with some louis vuitton.
the real question here is does she want to be wearing these clothes. in my version, her mothers influence on her is a lot more apparent. she tries to live up to the expectation that audrey has placed on her. in doing so she forgoes her own tastes to look more like the people in her mothers magazine. as queen bee, she’s allowed a bit more of the self-expression she’d otherwise like to have; a more fun ponytail with less styled bangs, a fluffy sweater, “fingerless gloves”, no heels.
i don’t dislike her original queen bee look, she actually has one of the few designs i didn’t dislike. i just thought she could use a sweater and then worked the rest from there. i pretty much kept her hair as is outside of giving her more streaks of black. her hair design was perfect.
pollen got a little upgrade. i really like the idea that chloe saw pollens general being and decided to match her queen bee outfit to it which is why there are a few similarities.
the miraculous itself was a bit harder to design, they always will be for me. in her civilian form, it’s meant to be passed off as more of an heirloom accessory. in its activated form, i like to think it doubles as a communication device, the antennae can curl down to be a microphone and ear bud. when she transforms the antennae also uncurl from the metal.
this will probably be it until art fight is over, as i’ve started to prep for it, so the next one (luka) will more than likely come out in august or september. i have an idea of what i’m doing for him outfit wise so it depends on what posing will be like. my current plan is to finish luka and kagami and then work on other fandom stuff. if there’s any series, movies, book characters, etc that you’d like to see me redesign let me know. i love reconceptualizing.
as always more character au stuff below the cut.
her character as a whole is a bit… one dimensional. she’s your classic rich mean girl, the foil to our mc.
but really this girl is a walking tragedy. i really want to focus on not only her being a foil to marinette but also being a parallel to adrien. the two have similar situations, the only difference is that adrien experiences parental love from both of his parents during the formative years of his youth. yes, his mom died and yes, his dad is neglectful, but they did love him and gabriel’s motivations are at least partially because of his love for his son. chloe’s doesn’t get this. her mother is absent at best, arguably abusive. she’s instilled this eat or be eaten mentality in chloé. that love is something you have to earn, that it is secondary to what people think of you. people who give love easily are weak or stupid or both. the only way to win people’s respect is to prove you are worth more. and who’s worth more than audrey’s daughter?
because chloé is an extension of her mother she has to be perfect all the time. she has made herself into her mothers carbon copy and given who her mother is, it’s not a good thing. now you might be thinking “but what about her dad? he clearly loves her”. and maybe he does but his unwillingness to fight against his wife’s abuse shows chloe she’s worth less than her mother. and his constant placating manner shows chloe love can be bought if the price tag is high enough. finding true, real love, even in a platonic space, has been hard for her because the examples she’s been given are atrocious. even her friendship with sabrina echos her parents relationship. it is toxic. sabrina cares about her in the same way her dad cares about her which is that they want her to be happy so they give her everything she asks for.
this is why she likes adrien so much. he is her friend but not because he has to be. he gets what it’s like to have a parent in the fashion industry, one with eyes on you and not wanting to disappoint them. he pushes back when she goes too far and she respects him for it. i think a lot of her crush comes from the fact that there is no other person who cares about her like he does. he was her first friend and that holds a lot of weight.
now does still have to work for her redemption. she’s got a lot to unlearn. because of how this au works, marinette doesn’t know who any of the miraculous holders are. in fact, in this au, no one knows that queen bee is chloé bourgeois. she gets a little taste of that freedom, of being respected and loved for her work as a superhero. and she revels in it, almost selfishly. she has to learn to not be the center of attention when fighting, which she does. she talks with the others like they’re all equals, she gets to escape her mother’s expectations and have a bit of fun. that is until her identity is discovered.
see… there is still another bee miraculous holder i need to draw. and honestly, chloé doesn’t make the best superhero. she’s in the game because she likes the attention, not necessarily because she likes helping people. but when hawkmoth has everyone cornered and ladybug is about to have her miraculous stolen, queen bee makes the most heroic decision of her career. she lets herself get caught instead and she gets unmasked instead. the fight ends with hawkmoth being defeated and the bee miraculous returned to the good guys but it’s too late. he knows who she is and how to get under her skin. queen bee is no longer able to fight and chloé has lost her outlet and most of her friends.
she goes through the five stages of grief, descending into the worst version of herself. at first she acts like she doesn’t care that it wasn’t even that big of loss, but she misses pollen. then she gets spiteful and resentful. why did it have to be her to lose everything? and when she finds out her half sister took up the mantle? she loses it. she teams up with lila and wreaks havoc. eventually she realizes how much harm she’s done, how many people she accidentally caused to be akumatized, and, her final breaking point, loses adrien as a friend. she leaves lila and she just stops caring, about everything. marinette’s the one who brings her back from the edge and through her friendship begins to turn her life around.
her redemption is so important to me. some people suck, like lila, because some people are inherently bad. but some people have the capacity to change, to be better. they just were raised wrong. chloé can be good, she was a superhero. her mom just sucks and instilled in her the wrong lesson. her friendship with adrien is also so important to me. her realizing she didn’t actually like adrien romantically really changes her whole perspective and she becomes a major part in his life. she always has his back and understands him in a way that his other friends might not be able to.
i’ve gone on too long, i’ve just thought about her character arc too much.
Yesterday (5/8) my sweet kitty, Wiggles, had a sudden medical emergency, and I had to make the devastating decision to put her down. I am beyond heartbroken and shocked and now burdened with a large veterinary bill in the wake of this tragedy.
I know everyone is going through tough times right now, so I hate to do this, but I would find great relief in some of my financial stress being alleviated. For the sake of transparency, these funds would cover the expense of the check-up, blood panel, and cremation.
Thank you so much for your gift. If you cannot give financially at this time, I completely understand and would simply ask that you hug your own pets tighter tonight and think of Wiggles.
I’m continuing the head-canon that Marinette should always be messy. When her room is too messy and she hasn’t finished her project she moves downstairs to work and makes it messy there too 🤷🏽♀️. I can totally see her after an all nighter being told off by her mom to clean up her crap and go to sleep.
I’ve been putting this drawing off since august so it’s nice to finally finish it
this is gonna sound like a stretch but do you happen to know where i find the fanart where (if my memory isn't botched):
aang and azula are on a sofa, getting high together. azula is lying on the right-hand side, aang is reclining to the left. he's looking at azula. he has a finger gun pointing upwards, with a small flame. azula looks back at him, a long smoking pipe in her hand. the sofa is full of red cushions and the whole scene overlooks a sunrise/set.
i believe it was based off a vintage painting depicting much of the same.
i know this sounds very random but i've suddenly remembered it. i tried looking for it in my archive so far i haven't (i had an infernal no-tagging phase). atp i don't even know i had reblogged it. or if it even exists.
I believe it was @katydoodles who made that fan art, and it was referencing a painting by Jack Vettriano called After Midnight. You should find it on her homepage. Try searching for her Azulaang fan art posts. They'll be tagged Azulaang and digital art. Hope this helps.
you've made me intersted in Azulaang! until you post your own fic do you have any recs?
I do! I'm currently making my way through my 'read later' list and these are some of my favorites. I'll make a longer list eventually, but if you're interested in Azulaang, then you can't go wrong starting with one of these four!
a thousand little faces, by @irresistible-revolution (rating M / complete)
beautiful prose, a different sort of Azula but her core is still intact. all wordbuilding feels in line with canon. Aang shines here - very charming and casually the most powerful man alive.
Anything Reasonable, by scintillio_coll (rating: G / complete)
my personal favorite Azula redemption fic. the Azulaang is more implied than anything else so even if you aren't a fan of the ship, but you are a fan of Azula, I still highly recommend reading it.
it's in her kiss, black as sea, by LittleQueenTrashMouth (rating: M / complete)
fun one-shot! Aang can't stop thinking about the girl who shot him with lightning. a lot of really banger lines. packs a punch for being so short!
sad girl, by @firenaition (rating: E / updating)
a real roller-coaster of a ride. expertly paced, features 'dark Aang' which the world needs more of, and Azula is achingly human. mind the tags, but if they don't bother you, then I can't recommend it enough.
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