Heyo just turned my fav EAH couples into playlists, bundled with lots of 2010's nostalgia music to make you feel like you're a little kid again and that the show was never cancelled ❤️💜
Perhaps the most carefully aranged lists I've ever made - got super emotional while listening as if they're romantic Broadway plays 😭😭
Mind if I yap about a couple from a cancelled childhood show for a bit?
The couple in question are Raven Queen and Dexter Charming from EAH
I haven't seen anyone point this out but honestly I've loved these two since middle school namely because they are both misfits in their own contexts ... like ... if you go back to the earliest webisodes, you see how neither of these two kids have ever felt comfortable in their own skin.
On the first day of school the moment Raven enters the doorstep everybody runs and screams in fear all because of her last name - Queen, as in the daughter of the despicable Evil Queen from "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs". She's never hurt a fly in her whole life and yet they all willingly choose to exclude her all because her family lineage has negative history in their world.
The only person who bothers to share a word with her is Dexter - second-born son of The Charming Prince (now known as king Charming) who doesn't quite fit the mold of dashing heroic princes his family is known for. Instead he's an awkward clumsy geek who lives in the shadow of his popular heartthrob jock of a brother Daring. Based on the very first on-screen convo pookies have together, it kinda gives off the impression he's so invisible that even she doesn't know who he is :
"I'd offer you a seat but I'm ..."evil"? To sit here you have to pretty daring."
"What? No, Raven, I'm Dex! Dexter Charming! Daring is my broth- *bright flash from behind* ... er"
Then you fast forward to Legacy Day. Raven makes the bold decision she won't become the hideous monster everybody expects her to be. And if all the students were judgemental of her before, they become even colder and boo at her because how DARE she chooses happiness over getting locked up inside of a cursed mirror for the rest of eternity. Afterwards individuals such as Headmaster Grimm, Apple White and the rest of the royals do everything in their power to convince her that she has to subject herself to a horrible tragic fate or otherwise the apocalypse will ensue (which we all find out is complete BS later on ofc).
But not Dexter. He simply DGAF and the way he treats her doesn't change one bit. He admires her so much he often refers to her with her full name as if she's this cool popular girl that's way out of his league but she isn't. She's that notoruis goth who refused to sign the book.
Can we appreciate him real quick? After my last rewatch i noticed he acts like a gentleman with everyone, not just Raven - he was just taught well. You can almost hear him being supportive of Cerise wanting to join the bookball team before Sparrow interrupts him and when he asks Cupid for love advice, he still values their friendship and doesn't take her help for granted. He even hands her a book on the history of True Hearts Day simply because he knows she'd be interested to read it since romance and matchmaking is her whole thing (he's a dream prince on all fronts and doesn't even know it)
At the beginning the attraction seems one-sided but little by little Raven's facial expressions and gestures around him start to imply that she very obviously likes him back. (bby girl never expected true love to be in the cards for her btw)
When they go on their first date both of them are a crippling mess of nerves. That's usual for Dexter, but Raven is normally totally chill and composed about most things. And yet here she is pacing the floor in her dorm room trying to look her best before he arrives, only to end up accidentally ruining the bouquet he brings with her magic. And later in the movie theater, when she sees all the couples around them getting all gushy and intimate, she lashes out and makes them all freeze in place (same stress impulse she had on Legacy Day). Dexter is obviously startled by this but doesn't bolt and run. Instead he turns to look at her with concern as she timidly comes closer and admits she's extremely nervous.
And then the ice breaks. They're both nervous and that's okay. All their lives the world has tried to enforce standarts on these kids about who they're supposed to be and shame them for failing to achieve it by either getting bullied or completely ignored by the crowd. But now for the first time they suddenly feel so at ease to just be themselves with someone who understands them. BRB gonna smush my face in a pillow and cry 😭
Did i mention these dorks are swifties and love the song "Enchanted"?? This is a real canon thing in the books, go look it up.
Normally i don't do long analysis stuff like this but sweet green-flag boys who take care of their wounded misunderstood girlfriends is my kryptonite - Katniss & Peeta, Ekko & Jinx, Max Mayfield & Lucas Sinclair, the list goes on ...
Forever upset at Mattel for not letting these two sail officially. Their first date went well so can't they just ... take off? Like fr just let them hug, kiss, hold hands, do couple stuff like Huntlynn IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT!!
Their on-screen interactions are so limited but have so much more lovable charm and personality than their cheap Temu knock-offs from Descendants could ever pull off, sorry, i am not sorry.
Also these are official photos of their matched doll set, I mean hOW PRECIOUS ARE THOSE??? 😭😭💜💙💞💕💗✨️🐦⬛👑
P.S.: the sudden urge to write all this kinda came from a very eye-opening session I had with my therapist last week (she's an angel) about how growing up as the "different" kid affects you as an adult. No wonder we're such suckers for the heartfelt trope of "You're not ugly. The world is." ❤️🩹
fandom I didn’t know what headcanons were and now they’re pouring like a river 📜❤️💜
- The Mad Hatter really likes Raven and basically treats her like his second kid (I want her to have at least one normal parent figure okay??)
- Maddie was the first friend Raven ever made who wasn’t afraid to approach her bc of her Evil Queen heritage (back then she only spoke in riddles and was almost impossible to understand)
- Hunter has a habit of calling all his friends by short nicknames including his girlfriend: Ash, Dex, Dare, Rae, Madds, Reese (Cerise) etc.
- another reason Ashlynn decided not to sign the Storybook of Legends besides dating Hunter was that she didn’t want her mother to die and her father to marry the new wicked stepmother (morbid one, I know)
-Cerise and Hunter are bros - if you tell them guys and girls can't be friends they're like "me and twin 😎😎"
- Cerise loved to cook with her mom when she was little and knows a big list of recipes from her (mostly meat based ones ofc)
- Ramona used to be the mean older sibling who’d play rough with Cerise and steal her toys. they sorta get along now but she still likes to tease her baby sister by bringing up old memories like that: “you were one whiny puppy”
- Darling thinks Cerise is the coolest for curing her brother Daring from his sexism and likes to entertain her with embarrassing childhood stories about him “I used to beat him in pretend knights all the time and then he’d go cry and complain to our mom!”
- Rosabella runs her own podcast called “Petals and Thorns” - unlike Blondie’s fairy vlog which is all nosy and gossipy, Rosabella lets her guests tell their real stories and live their truth in spite of the prejudice the world tries to bestow upon them
Dexter Charming section bc I love my polite nerdy prince 💙👑
- teacher’s pet and computer nerd - most likely to graduate as the class spell-edictorian (their version of valedictorian lol)
- knows a little bit of riddlish from hanging out with Maddie
- has mild anxiety issues
- has allergies and gets sick very easily in the winter
- Raven finds her bf to be the easiest person to talk to when something is bothering her - he often senses it himself and starts with a simple “hey, are you okay?” bc she’s usually not brave enough to open up about it herself
Flambae as Z-Team's personal heater ❤️🔥 inspired by prince Zuko from Avatar serving the exact same purpose for the Gaang drawn by Ash (@ and_starlight on Twitter)
When life gives ya lemons, draw ur fav losers being sweet with one another. Now shhhh the kids fought the Red Ring all night, they've beat 😴
fr the superhero genre has become so painfully stale the past decade and this game brings a much needed breath of fresh air. Z-Team are basically the Suicide Squad but fixed. Here's a Rourtney cuz they changed my heart in a big way 💓
Happy holidays, y'all! 🎄☃️🌟 posting my Ocs yet again in festive mode this time
Gave my kids treasured Kpop Demon Hunters merch that I can't have because apparently Mattel's Huntrix dolls exist only as hella expensive collectors edition sets 🥲
Hope's boyfriend Asen is Bulgarian like me so I dressed his mom in traditional clothing and had her serve some banitsa while she embarasses him hehe
Zoesteryyyy 🐶 🐢 💚💜 my fav yapper x listener duo. Anybody else think they're very "APT." coded? I dunno that cute bubbly song often makes me think about them 🎀
