hello i am leemur

Lemur ★ all pronouns ★ somewhere between 26-30 years old

[princessmoms]

Rare and Ruff!!! - By OverlordNeon

Finally dipping into making comics by introducing Rarity's business partner, Pek the Gem Hunting Diamond Dog!

She is visually based on a breed of Mexican hairless dogs, the Xoloitzcuintle.

Original Concept Design, for fun:

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[scribbleemur]

There’s a lotta wholesome art out there of these two and I got inspired

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Jax wants hot chocolate, but the world doesn't want him to have it.

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[sm-baby]

Okay now I'm wondering, do you still have the character renders from the TADC Carnival AU? I was tempted to try and find them at first but I do NAWT have the patience to scroll through like a thousand posts be so fr.

🎪CARNIVAL AU✨ - Updated Character Lineup

I aint diggin through allat either dw

[moth-grrrl-mavis]

Happy stims 💜

[moth-grrrl-mavis]

Amity very subtly happy stimming.

It's just.

It's so precious.

[yardsards]

when i first watched eclipse lake i saw this scene

and i originally interpreted her arc in this episode as like. amity struggling with feeling worthless due to being abused/neglected for so long. and feeling the need to make up for her (imagined) inherent lack of worth by excelling at things or by being useful to others. (which is a strong parallel to luz's whole character arc)

i took her speech up there to mean "i used to feel worthless. but forming healthy bonds with people who valued me unconditionally helped me realize my own inherent value"

which, i think that theme *is* there to a degree, but i don't think it's quite the *main* theme of the episode

look at this:

when hunter insinuates that luz is threatening to break up with her if she doesn't come back with results, amity tries to rebut this by saying that *she* is good enough. that *she* is an awesome girlfriend. that *her* value and *her* actions are the reason that luz won't leave her

but what makes her start to doubt her statement is when hunter says

i don't know if it was intentional, but i find it noteworthy that luz is the subject of the sentence here. it's not a statement that only makes amity doubt herself; it's not "are you really?" or "have you proven that?". rather, it's a statement that casts more doubt on luz than on amity

and THAT is what finally sways amity, makes her start doubting luz and her's relationship

and then. we get through the episode, and king shows amity that luz wasn't threatening to break up with her, that she was just complimenting her and worrying about her safety. and amity says

the subject of the statement is luz. amity's worthiness or supposed lack thereof is not mentioned. the focus is on luz being a nice person. you could interpret the statement to mean either "of course, luz thinks i am worthy no matter what" or as "of course, luz is a kind person and would never treat anyone like that". the first one is how i interpreted it on my first watch of the episode. but the second one feels more like the main meaning (tho i think they're both being implied, to a degree) to me now

amity's doubts about the relationship were less about her own worthiness (but i think it was a little about that too) and more about how she expected *luz* to treat her, how she expected to be treated.

amity hadn't had a healthy relationship of any kind since she was a little kid, and those (willow and arguably her father) got yanked away from her. her mother abused her and was willing to punish her at any time. her father had abandoned her in a way (which, you could split hairs about, but at the very least she felt abandoned by him which is what matters here). her friends (boscha especially) were probably fully willing to mock or ditch her if she didn't act the way they wanted her to

not to mention, her being the child of an abusive marriage. being continuously exposed to her father (whom she identified with somewhat) being abused by his romantic partner. that feels extra relevant when you think about how her anxious need to prove herself only came out in this intense form after their friendship became a romantic partnership

eclipse lake is about an abused girl learning to expect treatment from her girlfriend that isn't abuse, learning that she can trust some people not to punish or abandon her (or punish her BY abandoning her), accepting that abuse is not the norm and doesn't have to be *her* norm either.

[hellpuppy-king]

Autistic Amity hcs

special shout-out to @translvz and @theamericanstookmyshoes for listening to me rambling and encourage me to post this

-Amity gets a fidget spinner (Luz brought it from the human realm) and it does wonders for when amity is feeling overwhelmed or anxious.

-Amity fidget a lot! with her hands, with the cape thing of her uniform/ sleeve, it helps her keep ground. She's most likely very self-conscious about it because ppl have told her to stop fidgeting

-Amity carries the books close to her chest as a discrete way to do raptor hands

-Amity rehearse conversation with the abomination, cause sometimes you gotta have the script of what you gonna say

-On that note, the abomination has been taught commands to keep Amity safe and push people away when they're invading her personal space or they are just too close and it makes her uncomfortable

-I want to think there's a spell to cancel noise, so when things are too loud she cast the spell

-Amity rocks herself while she is sitting at class, she does it unconsciously, when class is too boring and she needs to move or she won't focus OR when is a class she enjoys a lot

-I feel she often forget to stim which makes her feel drained/grumpy, so she sets reminders to stim. (Luz joins as well so you'd have them flapping hands or moving their arms excitedly/bouncing their leg/ slapping their knees/ tapping their legs)

-Also she probably pace a lot!! Especially when she's talking to the abomination, and /or trying to organize her thoughts.

-Amity being non-binary and autistic makes a lot of sense because gender is like 10x even more confusing that how it already is

-Also i feel she stims by touching her undercut, cause the short hair feels nice (and maybe luz let her touch their hair as well cause amity likes the texture)

-Probably not often but when overstimulated, Amity goes non-verbal.

-Luz get her an emotion necklace so its easier for Amity to express if she feels like talking or if not.

-Amity probably have a very hard time understanding her emotions, so somewhere she have an emotion wheel that helps understand how she's feeling

-I feel luz is quick on catching when Amity's social battery is draining, so she makes sure Amity takes time to recharge and give her space

-Also after luz showed her human music, i feel amity would have one song she can listen in repeat for days and never get tired of it

-Amity doesn't understand (or have a hard time understanding) memes or slang (wilw show it) but also she uses words she doesn't understand at all, but everyone else say them, so she say stuff like 'lol/ vibe check/ simp' on contexts where those words doesn't fit

-Amity does echolalia!!( Probably only with willow and luz) isn't often though, but when she needs more time to process something or doesn't have a response to agree with what they say, she repeat their words

-She most definitely have forgotten to eat cause she gets too focused on her SpIn

-She's a very sensitive kid, and doesn't like when people mock or make fun of the things she likes, hence why she have a secret spot on the library where she can be herself

-Amity overanalyze social interactions/ conversations cause she fears she said something odd and gets anxious about it

-King works a bit like service dog for her (i feel her parents wouldn't let her have a pet) so king sometimes sneak at school and accompany amity by being carried on the hood of the cape thingy or being on her shoulders. The weight helps her be grounded especially on days where she struggles with sensory overload. But also king let her pet him and is probably good at comfort

-Amity needs clear instructions, vague doesn't work for her if you tell her"see you later" shed thing "later when? In 1hr? 30 mins? Where I'd see you?"

-Amity have sensory issues with certain kind of food, and that's okay bc luz knows and always ask Amity for the food she doesn't want

-Luz gets Amity an Azura stuffie with a lavender scents pad (yk for anxiety ) so Amity can hug her. She probably bring it too school on bad days

-Amity have a chew necklace!! (I like to think is the gem stone thing, but i also like to think luz get her an owl chew necklace)

-sometimes Amity have too many thoughts/ things to do and gets too overwhelmed and do nothing

[dabeywabeys]

she’s stimming b quiet!!

[sexysilverstrider]

the group chat when i ask whos available to hang out next week

[blackluznoceda]

so like autism is a spectrum. and i hc both amity and luz as autistic, though i also think luz has combined type adhd. but i wanna talk about how cool it is that both characters display forms of neurodivergency in different ways. imo amity is a little less outwardly neurodivergent because she is super repressed. i see her as the autistic girl that like taught herself social skills by mimicking and basically doing whatever she could to look nt, which is part of why she initially hung out with bullies alongside her parents basically forcing her to. she looks socially adept from the outside looking in, she's popular and brooding and has the "right" style etc

luz is a little more obviously neurodivergent. she's super sociable in the sense that she craves social interaction and wants friends but she just doesnt know how to make it happen. luz is just generally a more extraverted person and therefore shows her differences a bit more overtly in the sense that she displays "weird" or "intense" interests, doesn't dress typically, doesn't make friends as easily and gravitates towards other people who dont fit in, etc

anyway this could be more cohesive but its 4 in the morning and im just out here special interesting thanks for listening to my ted talk

[hereforthehurts]

This is an ask/prompt from @drabbles-of-writing (check them out !!) and i feel the need to write something about it so here's a ficlet about Amity getting a meltdown at the Noceda Household and is VERY surprised that she's handled with care instead (as she should). So erhmn Odalia should either take notes or give me custody over her children yknow what i mean 😁

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Amity panics over the crash before it even happens.

She could see it from the corner of her eyes, that Luz was unknowingly pushing a glass bowl to the edge of the kitchen counter - a very big and fragile glass bowl - and she should tell her to be careful and stop pushing it but the fear grips on her like a knife driven through her heart and her words wouldn’t come out no matter how hard she tries to speak.

Eda was the one who spoke first. “Luz, be care - “

Amity held on to her whisk and bowl so hard her knuckles turned white. The bowl ends up shattered on the floor with a loud crash sound, and her instincts instantly screams at her to fight or run, fight or run, run -

“She didn’t mean it,” she wants to yell. She wanted to shield herself over Luz so that Luz doesn’t have to get hurt , but her controls were lost, she couldn’t make herself move or speak as if she was being forcefully stripped off her body and locked out of it. All she could do was to watch Luz stare at the broken glass pieces for a couple of seconds before muttering, “oops, sorry.”

Amity braces herself for the yelling, the beating, the cold comment on how clumsy and reckless she was. She can’t believe this - this was supposed to be a good day! They were all baking cookies in Luz’s kitchen and having the time of their lives, before - before -

“ Mija , step away from the shards and let me see you - are you hurt?”

… What?

They never came.

Amity slowly lets herself open her eyes, hands still clutching on the whisk and bowl. Camila carefully inches around the broken glass shards and goes over to examine her daughter, and there’s concern written all over her face instead of annoyance or anger. And Luz? Luz giggled.

“Mom, I’m okay,” the girl says, but lets her mother flip her head around gently anyway. “I’m sorry about the bowl, though.”

“It was my fault,” Eda dismisses, grabbing a mop and a plastic bag. “I shouldn’t have put the bowl so close to the edge, my bad. Let me clean this up real quick.”

“Ah, get over it, you two - it’s just a bowl,” Camila shakes her head and smiles, ushering Luz to get away from the shards. “Now c’mon, those cookies aren’t going to make themselves!”

Amity’s ears were ringing as the rather cheerful conversation continued. She could barely recognize what it is that she’s feeling - confusion? Shock? Fear? It’s all too much. It’s all just too much and it feels like someone was tightening a rope around her chest and -

“Amity?”

The voices sound so far away.

“Amity!”

She couldn’t - she couldn’t breathe, couldn’t speak, couldn’t -

“ Amity!”

Someone places a hand on her shoulder, gently shaking her. “Hey, kid? Cam, give me a hand here, what’s - ?”

The bowl was taken away from her, so is the whisk - shit, did she do something wrong? Did she? Her hands were empty and it felt like there’s fire ants crawling inside her veins and she didn’t know what to do, so she did the next best thing she knew - she hit herself on the head hard, hoping that it’ll help her regain control of her own body.

“Hey, hey hey, don’t - don’t do that, sweetheart, ” the voice that’s speaking to her sounds so soft and caring and it couldn’t be real. It couldn’t be. There’s supposed to be yelling, there’s supposed to be - “Amity? Amity, deep breaths.”

Her chest hurts. Hot tears roll off her eyes without her permission, and she shouldn’t be crying, not in front of - stop! A pair of hands gently restrains her from hitting herself again, and she thinks this is it, this is it, she’s going to -

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” the hands squeezed on her arms, firm but gentle, and she oddly finds some sense of comfort in that. “Come sit down, yeah? Breathe, mija, you’re alright.” They - Camila - leads her to sit down on the couch and squeezes her arms, then her shoulders. “Is it okay if I give you a hug?”

She gave her a slight nod. Why is she hugging her? Isn’t this a bad thing? The arms wrapped around her body and gave her a firm hug and Amity sobs out of the fear and confusion of it all. Camila slowly starts rocking her back and forth while stroking her hair and this - this must be how it feels to be cared for, to be understood - this must be how it feels to be loved.

It feels weird and out of place - she feels like a dirty, filthy thing, undeserved of love, especially not with how terrible she had acted, ruining the afternoon and bothering them with her so-called tantrums. But Camila held her with such care instead of force and Luz and Eda stood on her side with concern on their faces instead of annoyance and she thinks maybe, she deserved to be treated like this after all. Maybe , as the word mi amor - which means my love, Luz had told her - was spoken to her softly over and over, maybe she could start getting used to be loved.

[scribbleemur]

when ur girlfriend is talking about something she’s passionate about and u just sit there thinkin bout how great she is

[scribbleemur]

I love the idea of Amity casting a spell on her diary so that it writes replies to her from a place of inner self-love. :’)

- The sleepover cuddling scene is from a comic I commissioned by @_Tqspence on Twitter!

- I was also inspired by the idea of the Higher Self from Bunny Michael.

[bloodraven55]

I saw a post recently where someone else analysed how Luz's love language is acts of service and Amity's is physical affection, and it got me thinking so in light of today's incredible episode I want to do some serious digging into Luz's feelings for Amity. This is probably gonna get pretty long but hey, these two are more than worth it.

I'm going to go through three key episodes for Luz and Amity's relationship so that I can properly illustrate my points, starting with Lost in Language.

First, I want to talk about how, despite the fact that Amity had been nothing but objectionable to her so far, literally all it takes for Luz to decide she wants to befriend her anyway is reading about Azura befriending Hecate in her book and seeing Amity reading to kids at the library. This clearly establishes that Luz is intrigued by Amity and willing to go out of her way to connect with her, even when Amity hasn't yet given her any particular reason to do so.

Next, let's talk about the manner in which Luz tries to save Amity from Otabin later in the same episode. This is one of the first times we see Luz attempt to be Amity's hero, as she chooses to make an unnecessarily dramatic entrance dressed as her own version of Azura, playing the role of the dashing knight come to rescue the fair maiden albeit not quite as gracefully as is usual in these stories lol. She even takes the time to doodle Amity being impressed by her performance too, introducing the idea that Amity's perception of her means a lot to Luz.

Finally for this episode, we get another example of both these things: Luz putting in a substantial effort to bond with Amity, and Luz wanting to impress Amity or get specific reactions from her. After impulsive plan to get them away from Otabin works, Luz finds the time to be a good even when they're running for their lives and actually manages to make Amity laugh which was an impressive feat at that point tbh, looking extremely pleased when her comment is received positively.

These next two moments provide a neat link to the next episode I want to discuss, Adventures in the Elements, so I'll cover them in one go. We see Luz's first Act of Service for Amity when she offers her the Azura book she's missing to show that she wants to be friends, and then when she meets Amity to get it back we see how important the gesture was for Luz. She's very eager to hear Amity's thoughts, loves it when she finds the fanart Amity drew, and in general it's just obvious that this was another attempt to impress Amity on Luz's part.

This only continues as Luz proudly proclaims that she's going to join Amity's class at Hexside, even winking at her in the process, and solidifies the significance of her giving Amity the book even more by suggesting they start a club to talk about it further. Like, seriously, this entire episode is pretty much just Luz being adorably excited to share classes with Amity and flat out learning a whole new spell just to make sure it happens.

The interesting thing here, though, is that Luz gets really nervous as soon as the twins suggest they all train together, enough to lie to them in a moment of panic, and then gets super embarrassed when she sees that Amity is also practicing at the Knee. This doesn't seem to make much sense since Amity is being pretty nice by this point and not at all mocking or condescending, and Luz has given up on trying to look cool to the twins by now too. But it actually makes a lot of sense when you consider that this is another instance of Luz wanting to impress Amity and worrying about looking inept in front of her.

There's also the way that Luz is just... so clumsy and awkward around Amity in these episodes. The girl knocks a book to the floor and falls off a rock just trying to say hello, for crying out loud, complete with stammering over her words. Yeah, it's safe to say Luz is lowkey crushing on Amity here.

Don't worry, because I saved the best for last. Enchanting Grom Fright is basically the culmination of everything those two previous episodes set up. Not only do we get two Acts of Service from Luz, with her offering to face her own worst fear for Amity with zero hesitation and then happily offering to go to Grom with her so that Amity wouldn't end up alone, but she also brings out some dramatic flair when she declares herself Amity's “fearless champion,” like a knight in shining armour vowing to protect her princess although she still hasn't got the graceful part down lmao.

Plus, there's the fact that in both of their Lingering Eye Contact in Close Proximity with Romantic Tension™ moments in the episode, Luz's expression is the exact same as Amity's, wide-eyed and curious like she's not quite sure what to make of what she's feeling. And that's even before she just full on starts flirting with Amity later on. I'm sorry, but those smirks and fancy show-off moves while dancing are not remotely heterosexual, Luz.

All of this brings us to their current situation: Amity is aware of her crush on Luz but thinks that Luz only sees her as a friend, and Luz is subconsciously flirting with Amity as well as trying to show off for her and be her hero but remains fairly unaware of her crush on her and thinks that Amity likes someone else. So in conclusion, teenagers are useless, but we been knew. Rather, the point I want to end on is that there's a reason why Luz and Amity were so in sync with such amazing chemistry during their dance when they weren't talking, and it's because they both have different ways of communicating their emotions but when they let their actions speak for them they were finally on the same page albeit briefly.

tl;dr - Luz and Amity are both crushing hard on each other, they just need to realise that the other has a different way of expressing their feelings and find the courage to be honest with each other. Amity's crush is more glaringly blatant, what with all the blushing and gay panicking and wanting to ask Luz to the school dance, but Luz's crush on Amity is also pretty evident in the way she tries so hard to impress her and often steps in to help her out with grand gestures, which she never does to anywhere near the same extent with any of her other friends.

[pyroclastic727]

That's my post! That's my post you're talking about! I'm grinning so widely right now, I've literally been dying to make an update on that post and then?? You did it?? And it's so good!

[pyroclastic727]

Love Languages for Lumity

After the events of Understanding Willow, one of the main roadblocks to Lumity Canon is how oblivious Luz and Amity are. One might go so far as to say they’re being Useless Bisexuals/lesbians. 

The evidence seems to support that. Amity has let go of her tsundere act and turned into the Biggest Simp of All Time (which I am so glad they included, since it really represents the Repressed WLW Experience). Luz made it her life mission to “befriend the Amity.” They are clearly interested in each other: in spite of that, they think the other person isn’t interested. Why is this?

It’s not uselessness on their part. Luz and Amity have different love languages, and this disconnect causes them to not realize that their crush is reciprocating.

Let’s start with Amity, since she’s the most obvious about her crush. Her love language is physical touch. You see this in so many ways: she holds Luz’s hand for 24.71 seconds, she blushes when hugged, and when she tries to take Eda’s bell from Luz, she looks like she’s about to tackle Luz.

Furthermore, her jealousy stems from the same thing. When Luz returns from Willow’s brain and immediately hugs Willow, Amity looks like a kicked puppy. She sees physical touch as evidence of a crush, and seeing Luz give that to Willow, she assumes that Luz’s hugs mean she likes you platonically. For the record, she’s right. 

Finally, you can see where she gets the idea from. Her parents don’t ever hug her. Her friends don’t touch her. She built a pedestal for herself, making herself socially untouchable. Since no one likes her (up until Luz came along), and no one gets close enough to touch her, Amity equates touch and love in her mind. That’s part of why she gets so annoyed when her siblings force their touch on her: she doesn’t believe they love her (they publicly shame her all the time!), so for them to touch her feels like a lie.

Luz’s love language is very different. Sure, she likes to hug people and touch people, like Amity does, but for the most part that doesn’t mean anything. She uses a lot of typical affection signs in platonic or familial ways: for example, she tells Eda and King that she loves them, she hugs Willow a lot, and she calls Amity “baby.” Of course, there are still some traditional signs, like how she blushes around the Blight twins. But for the most part, she’s that person who dishes out affection at any opportunity.

Her true feelings are shown through grand gestures and acts of service. Her whole life, Luz has wanted to be a hero. She idolized the way that Azura would fight great monsters in order to save people or whatever. In the Boiling Isles, she always gets involved in wacky adventures, racing into battle and chasing after magic that many considered to be impossible for a human to learn. So it only makes sense that she would redirect that towards the person she loves.

And if we use that perspective, it’s clear that Luz likes Amity. As early as the Witches’ Duel, she showed concern for how Amity felt, by running after Amity when she was upset. In Lost in Language, Luz declared her goal to befriend the Amity, and does a great job: she makes bad jokes, she cosplays as Azura, and she lends her precious Azura book. In Adventures in the Elements, Luz learns a second spell for the sole purpose of being in the same class as Amity. She also goes all the way to the market so she can meet Amity outside of her parents’ scrutiny. Then, in Understanding Willow, Luz can take any responsible person into Willow’s brain, but instead she chooses the one person Willow doesn’t want to see, because Luz wants her. 

To a lesser extent, Luz also shows feelings through words of affirmation. After the Witches’ Duel, she goes so far as to tell Amity that she’s not a real witch. She renounces her life’s goal to make Amity feel better. You see a lot of this in Willow’s brain: she never judges her, and she works hard to convince Amity that they will fix this. Therefore she uses her words to lift Amity up. When they’re recounting Amity and Willow’s memory on the beach, Luz listens to Amity talk and calls her words cute. She probably got this response from being an Azura fan, and later from writing fanfiction. It’s a lesser response than her grand gestures because she probably got into writing later than she became enamored with schemes and plots.

Of course, neither person catches in on the other person’s affections. For Luz, she thinks she has finally gotten Amity out of her shell. All that hugging and hand holding and arm holding and chest touching? Since Luz equates touch with platonic affection, all she thinks of that is that Amity is finally a comfortable enough friend that she’s willing to touch Luz. 

For Amity, she thinks that Luz is naturally flirty with everyone, and only likes her as a friend. Since Luz is always doing zany adventures, Amity sees that as Luz just being herself, rather than Luz’s way of showing affection. And Luz always has something nice to say about everyone, so it doesn’t hit Amity that Luz’ kind words mean something different for her.

Fortunately, there is still hope for them. Both girls are smart (being the top student and the first human to learn magic), and Luz is notoriously good at thinking outside the box. Luz is bound to figure it out at some point, unless Amity hoards the brain cells and figures out how to ask Luz if she likes her.