Fandom Madness

{NNT, MHA, FMA, FT, Genshin and more} - {she/her | 20s | artist | writer | geek | nerd | aka VPencil}

[ohmyjulai]

[pencilofawesomeness]

Made this as a ref sheet for myself but figured it would be fun to share. Anyway to nobody's surprise I have a lot of scar/scale headcanons for yet another favorite dragon character, because Hoyo dangled the concepts of scales and injuries and tails in front of me and I took that personally.

Insert incoherent headcanon blabbing here ↓

I am a sucker for angst and thus a firm proponent of the "Dan Heng had a tail" theory, with all of the fun and terrible implications. Since Dan Heng and Bailu are both the only "newborn" (in Vidyadhara terms lol) dragons that we have an example of, completely not following the standard high elder succession at all, I think it would be cool if Dan Heng and Bailu are actually more alike. (I have more headcanons for this specifically but that's a different post.) Also to make that "where's your tail" scene more impactful, hehe.

Anyway I hc that they were both born with solid horns, solid tail, and scales along their back. (Like how Lingsha has scales on her arms/legs and Dan Feng had scales ~somewhere~ if they were uhhhh removed.) His horns and scales were much lighter when he was born. (Like this, because Hoyo loves teasing us about that tail. I know this series ain't canon but )

And then started to gain a gradient and get dark as he got older, through ontogenetic color change. (Like what milk snakes and some other reptiles do.) Bailu should totally get the same gradient effect when she finally is able to grow, btw. It'll be cool. Anyway, this is definitely a factor in freaking the Preceptors out, because they took a risk in bypassing the proper ritual and hatching a reincarnation and calling him Imbibitor Lunae, so any non-standard traits are bad for their narrative.

Hence ultimately getting to the point where they team up with the Ten Lords have it removed for some bs reason. And they can't remove the horns, but they can fake the look of the horns in a pinch (in front of Jing Yuan, for example). Then before his exile, his horns are broken, to force him to hide them—one is irreparably so. (And yes. The fact that it is the same side that Taoran coincidentally has a single horn on was a design choice. :3)

Since Dan Heng can freely transmute his body, he can hide the evidence, and all the trauma successfully leads to this result. (Which, by the way, I love this idiot casually dropping that he was born with the "shapeshifting." Sir people will kill for unlimited dragon transmutation. They tried, in fact. Also if Dan Feng could just subtly change "his" face on his own he would have had at least 40% less trauma, but I digress.)

As for more fun biology headcanons, I think his tail *can* regenerate like many lizards, albeit slowly. Even more slowly when he's not getting those extra nutrients which I firmly believe he did not until literally joining the Express. His horns I think would be fun to merge the antler aesthetic of the dragon-avatar and also just the extended idle-animation horns he has with the fact that they are called horns, and model them after prong-horns, which means that the bone base is a true horn but it grows a "sheath" that extends like antlers and is periodically shed. Which. Incidentally. Makes them convenient for harvesting... (Because I am also a proponent of the idea that the "dragonhorn pillory" is a literal name.)

That said, when he transforms in the most dramatic and desperate series of biology-hacking in the Luofu quest, in lieu of his OG horn(s) and still half-grown tail, the residual cloudhymn that is said to be from Imbibitor Lunae kicked in and filled in with cloudhymn the classic IL horns, but since they are cloudhymn that's why they are transparent, though still solid and stuff. I have more thoughts about that form in particular but that's also worthy of a different post. I already know I am rambling.

Then as much as I love angst, I swear I like fluff too, so after Amphoreus, when he gets that extra Permanence power from Terravox (and then the heavily implied potential glance from Long afterward, because entering a daze and seeing an Aeon sounds like a very legitimate way an Aeon who might be living in the crack of the universe might show up), he can get a growth spurt and his second horn back, albeit gold because Amphoreus.

Also the scars. Hoyo always goes light on the scars but I don't lol. After that light cone, and the vague implications of the "undestroyed letter" dropped by Dan Shu, I am not convinced that a lot of abuse didn't happen down there (aside from the base abuse of locking a child up in mega jail), and the poor conditions down there will definitely mean they heal bad. And then Blade related injuries. Since he did get injured for sure in Blade's character stories. For evil Shackling Prison reasons most of them are on his arms and back though. (The fact that Dan Heng defends his bed because of back reasons too... And truthfully a good futon will be legit for this in some cases. This is another aside, but I know he starts sleeping in the Archives because of trauma reasons but I do think it's telling that a few times in story he does strongly defend staying in the Archives, despite him now having no intention of leaving. That's his comfy spot lol.)

The bad scar on his arm is through a few years of prototype pillories, often not size-altered soon enough. It is also the reason why the inherited bracer was changed from left-handed (how Dan Feng wore it) to right-handed. And then the scattered small marks are from removed scales that didn't grow back.

Anyway anyway I have too much headcanons but since I reference some of them in To Set a Trail Ablaze I thought I would ramble a bit ahaha. The taste of angst and horror in his backstory makes it very juicy to explore. Also my dragon (and reptile) loving self could not resist lol. I am very predictable.

[ohmyjulai]

[karniviscera]

currency wars build where dan heng eats a lot of SPs is really good

[tooaya]

Xianzhou’s top assassins (?

[pencilofawesomeness]

It haunts me that we don't know what Dan Feng originally looked like, before becoming Imbibitor Lunae, only that the dude is clearly traumatized by it, so I finally put my concept to an image. I hereby deem him a red-head, for the maple tree man.

[pencilofawesomeness]

Very quick redraw of Cubellios as this lovely snek because I was bored and craved Belli art

[suaselaina]

your honor i like my characters suffering and breaking down after not being able to be vulnerable or emotional for long periods of time and being terrified of irrational things because of past trauma

your honor pleas

[kingaelius]

Some of you have already seen this, bit to those who haven't, here it is. Erik is experimenting what exactly he can ingest with his magic. Poor Rogue watching his older sibling lick a frog he was told not to touch. Based in the Papalogia verse, I give you....

"Dragon prince and the Phrog."

This was fun to draw....might do more. Give suggestions on what I should have Erik ingest next.

@the-dragon-hearted

@spelljammer-geek

@pencilofawesomeness

[kingaelius]

what should Erik Eat next?!

Centipede

Bleach

Black Widow

Sukuna's finger

Voting ended onMay 16

[rainintheevening]

Starting a new thread cause that was getting long. Tagged by @novelmonger

Rules: Make a poll with seven of your all-time favorite characters from seven different fandoms, and then tag seven people to do the same. See which character is everyone’s favorite.

seven of my favourite characters

Father Tim Kavanaugh

Legolas

Anne Shirley

Peter Parker (Tom Holland)

Maes Hughes

Jason Whittaker

Frank & Joe Hardy

Voting ended onMay 18

Yes, the Hardy boys are a package deal, don't care if it breaks any rules. Tagging @no-mere-mortals @secretwriter-studentjaune @clawedandcute @thetreasurechest @wispsofwhimsy @sugarandice3 @musewrangler if you haven't done this one already.

[no-mere-mortals]

Ooh this is such a cute idea

My characters

Zuko (Avatar the Last Airbender)

Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)

Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)

Ryland Grace (Project Hail Mary)

Dick Grayson (DC)

Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

Elle Woods (Legally Blonde)

Voting ended onMay 19

@deadinarussianelevator @cinnamowl @caitallolovesyou @freeze-rae @x-i-l-verify @soundlessdragon @redemptiionss

[x-i-l-verify]

Also tagged by @novelmonger and @nebulardrip. I feel so popular. U//v//U

Seven Favorite Characters

Maes Hughes (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill aka "Ax" (Animorphs)

Kissy Missy (Poppy Playtime)

Chuck (Motorcity)

Donatello (all TMNT iterations)

Ragatha (The Amazing Digital Circus)

Four (Linked Universe)

Voting ended onMay 14

No pressure tagging: @mariasparrow, @kuraiarcoiris, @kikker-oma, @th3-b1tch-cam3-back, @insertsomthinawesome, @lebellule

[insertsomthinawesome]

Oh yessssss thank you for the tag!!!

Seven of my Favs!!!

Archer (Fate Stay/Night)

Zhongli (Genshin Impact)

Optimus Prime (Transformers Prime)

Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Reigen Arataka (Mob Psycho 100)

Insider AKA Richele Columbo (Arknights)

Axel / Lea (Kingdom Hearts)

Voting ended onMay 14

Feel free to join in or not!! @forwantofacalling, @breezy-cheezy, @pencilofawesomeness, @therosefrontier

[pencilofawesomeness]

Thanks for the tag Isa! (I also love excuses to use the polls lmao)

Seven of my faves in no particular order

Ieiri Shoko (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Erik / Cobra (Fairy Tail)

Nahida (Genshin Impact)

Dan Heng (Honkai: Star Rail)

Leona Kingscholar (Twisted Wonderland)

Raven (Teen Titans)

Shadow the Hedgehog (StH)

Voting ended onMay 17

no pressure tagging @kiliinstinct @creaticare @genavere @thehylianidiot @jinn-mori @phoenix-before-the-flame @cobrakiin and anyone else who sees this and wants to do it, consider yourself tagged lol

[silverhawk]

ugh this picture of a snake peeking around a doorway is my fave this snake just looks so nice 

[chimaerakitten]

One under-appreciated breed of fic writer are the ones who hyperfocus on logistics to the exclusion of all canon shortcuts, and thus usually strike upon an awesome way to flesh out the worldbuilding or characters.

Like, I’m not necessarily talking realism here since often it’s still pretty far from realistic, but more like, “someone has to be running spies in this fantasy kingdom, and we’ve seen the whole royal court, so which background character is it? How does that change these three major interactions?” Or “real life historical nobility did in fact have some things to do that were like jobs, how does this human disaster cope with running an estate?” Or “there’s no reason for a sci-fi robot detective to know how to whitewater kayak, where’d she learn?” Or “if this guy is serving the emperor directly he has to be way high up in the space empire servant hierarchy, why is he doing this menial task for someone else? What’s his motive? Does he perhaps have the secret space telepathy?”

Anyway I’m always DELIGHTED to find a fic or writer who asks these questions because the fics themselves are universally bangers.

[ocean-again]

person who knows how logistical things works has picked up the cannon, hefted it thoughtfully, and put a single chalk mark precisely on the problem.

[pennerjones]

Yessss

[angstandhappiness]

Neat

[kiriekonamistan]

In my mind @gallusrostromegalus, @shitpostingkats, and @pencilofawesomeness, plus whoever wrote 'Yesterday Upon the Stair' the MHA fic on ao3 are all of this calibre.

Their fics 'The Power of Friendship (And This Gun I Found)' AND 'An Elephant is Warm and Mushy' by Gallus,

the yugioh Group Chat AU series from shitpostingkats,

and the series 'How to Train Your Dragon Slayers' by Pencil all rework some familiar characters either into new roles or give them expansive personal lore, or even just expand on the world in amazing ways that I find FASCINATING!

[pencilofawesomeness]

Reblogging to spread the love and add that "Yesterday Upon the Stair" is by @pitviperofdoom and absolutely deserves the shout-out!

[mewtwo]

Renowned author Dan Brown woke up in his luxurious four-poster bed in his expensive $10 million house – and immediately he felt angry. Most people would have thought that the 48-year-old man had no reason to be angry. After all, the famous writer had a new book coming out. But that was the problem. A new book meant an inevitable attack on the rich novelist by the wealthy wordsmith's fiercest foes. The critics.

Renowned author Dan Brown hated the critics. Ever since he had become one of the world's top renowned authors they had made fun of him. They had mocked bestselling book The Da Vinci Code, successful novel Digital Fortress, popular tome Deception Point, money-spinning volume Angels & Demons and chart-topping work of narrative fiction The Lost Symbol.

The critics said his writing was clumsy, ungrammatical, repetitive and repetitive. They said it was full of unnecessary tautology. They said his prose was swamped in a sea of mixed metaphors. For some reason they found something funny in sentences such as “His eyes went white, like a shark about to attack.” They even say my books are packed with banal and superfluous description, thought the 5ft 9in man. He particularly hated it when they said his imagery was nonsensical. It made his insect eyes flash like a rocket.

Renowned author Dan Brown got out of his luxurious four-poster bed in his expensive $10 million house and paced the bedroom, using the feet located at the ends of his two legs to propel him forwards. He knew he shouldn't care what a few jealous critics thought. His new book Inferno was coming out on Tuesday, and the 480-page hardback published by Doubleday with a recommended US retail price of $29.95 was sure to be a hit. Wasn't it?

I'll call my agent, pondered the prosperous scribe. He reached for the telephone using one of his two hands. “Hello, this is renowned author Dan Brown,” spoke renowned author Dan Brown. “I want to talk to literary agent John Unconvincingname.”

“Mr Unconvincingname, it's renowned author Dan Brown,” told the voice at the other end of the line. Instantly the voice at the other end of the line was replaced by a different voice at the other end of the line. “Hello, it's literary agent John Unconvincingname,” informed the new voice at the other end of the line.

“Hello agent John, it's client Dan,” commented the pecunious scribbler. “I'm worried about new book Inferno. I think critics are going to say it's badly written.”

The voice at the other end of the line gave a sigh, like a mighty oak toppling into a great river, or something else that didn't sound like a sigh if you gave it a moment's thought. “Who cares what the stupid critics say?” advised the literary agent. “They're just snobs. You have millions of fans.”

That's true, mused the accomplished composer of thrillers that combined religion, high culture and conspiracy theories. His books were read by everyone from renowned politician President Obama to renowned musician Britney Spears. It was said that a copy of The Da Vinci Code had even found its way into the hands of renowned monarch the Queen. He was grateful for his good fortune, and gave thanks every night in his prayers to renowned deity God.

“Think of all the money you've made,” recommended the literary agent. That was true too. The thriving ink-slinger's wealth had allowed him to indulge his passion for great art. Among his proudest purchases were a specially commissioned landscape by acclaimed painter Vincent van Gogh and a signed first edition by revered scriptwriter William Shakespeare.

Renowned author Dan Brown smiled, the ends of his mouth curving upwards in a physical expression of pleasure. He felt much better. If your books brought innocent delight to millions of readers, what did it matter whether you knew the difference between a transitive and an intransitive verb?

“Thanks, John,” he thanked. Then he put down the telephone and perambulated on foot to the desk behind which he habitually sat on a chair to write his famous books on an Apple iMac MD093B/A computer. New book Inferno, the latest in his celebrated series about fictional Harvard professor Robert Langdon, was inspired by top Italian poet Dante. It wouldn't be the last in the lucrative sequence, either. He had all the sequels mapped out. The Mozart Acrostic. The Michelangelo Wordsearch. The Newton Sudoku.

The 190lb adult male human being nodded his head to indicate satisfaction and returned to his bedroom by walking there. Still asleep in the luxurious four-poster bed of the expensive $10 million house was beautiful wife Mrs Brown. Renowned author Dan Brown gazed admiringly at the pulchritudinous brunette's blonde tresses, flowing from her head like a stream but made from hair instead of water and without any fish in. She was as majestic as the finest sculpture by Caravaggio or the most coveted portrait by Rodin. I like the attractive woman, thought the successful man.

Perhaps one day, inspired by beautiful wife Mrs Brown, he would move into romantic poetry, like market-leading British rhymester John Keats. That would be good, opined the talented person, and got back into the luxurious four-poster bed. He felt as happy as a man who has something to be happy about and is suitably happy about it.

[pencilofawesomeness]

Never mind that this is a few hours late, it's still evil Mermay (and Fat Tits Friday) in my heart.

Design loosely based off of a lionfish.

[times-chu]

Handy flowchart for when you’re trying to become the new leader of the Decepticons.

[clen-theartist]

Tagged by @writinginthesecrettrees

Thankyou thankyou thank you!! ! Also.. sorry for the two months lateness

Make a poll of your favorite female characters (one per source)

female characters tag games

Marinette DupainCheng (Miraculous)

Pomni (The Amazing Digital Circus)

Joséphine (Joséphine ange gardien)

Claire Novak (Supernatural)

Miho Nosaka (Yu-Gi-Oh! Saison 0)

Lanfan (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Dora (Dora l'exploratrice)

Voting ended onMay 2

Tagging.

@aspens-treehouse @deansalts @emmettspace @punchedbymarkesmith @drowninginredink

@samuelawinchester @enemywasp

(and all the people that want to be tagged! You're tagged now!)

[emmettspace]

oooo thanks for the tag! i voted Pomni :3

favorite female characters

Grelle Sutcliff (Black Butler)

Carly Spencer (General Hospital)

Dola (Castle in the Sky)

Bella Swan (Twilight)

Kim Possible (Kim Possible)

Pearl (Steven Universe)

Toph Beifong (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Korra (The Legend of Korra)

Marcille Donato (Dungeon Meshi)

Pidge Holt (Voltron: Legendary Defender)

Adora (She-Ra and the Princess of Power)

Yui Kusanagi (Kamigami no Asobi)

Voting ended onApr 26

no pressure tag: @winterleadd @firapolemos05 @arvyos @wolfeyedwitch @unsettlingcloseness @tomiyeee @behind-the-v3il @befuddled-calico-whump @oddsconvert @3-2-whump @gendeerdeer @cepheusgalaxy and whoever wants to do it!

[firapolemos05]

OH ANOTHER FUN ONE! (Toph my beloved green gremlin gal)

Pick one of my favorite female characters

Camilla Hect (The Locked Tomb)

Juvia Lockser (Fairy Tail)

Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing (Hellsing)

Garnet (Steven Universe)

Eda Clawthorne (The Owl House)

Susie (Deltarune)

Thaisha Lloy (Critical Role)

Rika (Pokémon)

Nico Robin (One Piece)

Karlach (Balder's Gate 3)

Voting ended onMay 2

No pressure tags: @pencilofawesomeness , @kiliinstinct , @bambamnesiac , @lilyntlrs , @xxthe-hidden-spyxx , @basuralindo , @gritpyre , @aromanticsky , and anyone else who'd like to join.

[pencilofawesomeness]

the hardest part about this is having to choose just one character.....

favorite female character tag game

Ieiri Shoko (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Himeko (Honkai Star Rail)

Nahida (Genshin Impact)

Lisanna Strauss (Fairy Tail)

Lucky Cyan (To Be Hero X)

Maomao (The Apothecary Diaries)

NICOLE (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Shayera Hol / Hawkgirl (Justice League Unlimited)

Lapis Lazuli (Steven Universe)

Lea (CrossCode)

Voting ended onMay 2

no pressure tagging: @phoenix-before-the-flame @genavere @breezy-cheezy @insertsomthinawesome @therosefrontier @thehylianidiot @the-dragon-hearted @spelljammer-geek @spot-of-tea