Sun/Sunny☀️
Welcome to my meticulosuly-crafted daydream world.
Warning: under construct. A place for my Smurfs-hyperfixation, and my Sunflowers - my fics on AO3. You can find me there under the name "Sundannsair".
My works are based mainly on the 1980’s cartoon’s universe, with some elements taken from the comics. Thus the naming (my Greedy Smurf = Chef + Greedy).
Smurfs are creatures of the Moon (who they worship as Mother Moon), so their magic is a special form of Moon-magic. Every member of the current generation bears some kind of unique magic, except for Handy. He was given the ability to have prophetic dreams instead. It is referred to as “Cassandra’s legacy”. The smurfs are not quite aware of the presence of their magic, yet. (Except for a few, but only on the level of suspicion.)
Moon-magic is inherently silver, but given that Smurfs bear a special kind of it, their default magic is mainly blue.
Something terrible happened in the past, which almost wiped out their whole race, leaving Papa Smurf as the sole survivor. With the help of Mother Moon the new generation was born, and that event led to the fact that they were delivered in a hurry, in a span of a single year.
The phase “baby smurf” lasts for the first ten years of their lives. “Smurfling” is the name of a smurf, who’s between 10 and 100 years old. (Though during the last decades they are quite rebellious, and don’t like to be addressed like that.) Smurfhood starts at 100. (This doesn’t mean their brains are fully developed by then. They still need a lot of time to mature.)
The fics, in which the smurfs are considered grown-ups, take place between their 100-110 years of age. (If not, it’s pointed out.) At the age of 110, the members of the current generation start growing hair.
Baby Smurf is delivered when the current generation is 100 years old.
Thoughts on Gargamel’s mother? (I don’t really like her in my opinion, this is one of those times I feel bad for Gargamel)
I enjoy her character. She's that type of evil witch, which is entertaining to watch, with a personality that can make even Satan himself shrivel in fear. Her being Gargamel's mother explains a lot, though. Seeing him constantly seeking her approval is kinda sad to watch, not gonna lie.
I'm really proud of this! Every bit of lore is original here, my own creation.
Long ago, when the world was still young, the gods and deities were allowed to descend from above and gather the ingredients needed in order to create their children. Mother Moon acquired the rare blue clay this way (can be found in one cave and nowhere else), but she didn’t use it for long. At first, she created her other children instead. Mother Moon had way less children compared to most of her peers; she had fun creating them and giving them rare abilities or traits. The world was still young and filled with magic, when she came up with the smurfs.
The smurfs were her youngest children, her little “love project”, among the youngest magical creations of this world. She put all of her love and heart into making them; after witnessing the darkness spreading, she made sure their hearts cannot be corrupted.
The gods are not allowed to descend once again after their turn was over, but smurfs cannot reproduce like most of the folks below. Mother Moon is responsible for making the members of the new generation. In order to get the clay for her work, she asks the spirits of the shooting stars to bring them some when they return. It has been working so far, but unbeknownst to her, something horrible happened.
When she banished the dark fae for the betrayal they committed (details later on), one of their sorcerers put a curse on and poisoned the blue clay, so that smurfkind would be doomed to perish sooner or later. She hasn’t found out about this for some time, because she always had a little clay stashed away for later use.
When the smurfs were being hunted to the verge extinction, (eventually leaving the young Papa Smurf, back then known as Sorcerer, as the last living one) Mother Moon pleaded with the supreme deities to allow her descent once again, in order to intervene and rescue smurfkind.
But she was told no. She had already violated their laws once, when she’d made the dark fae disappear from this timeline; she was ordered to stay put and accept the course of nature, as tragic as it was. The gods are not allowed to intervene in the events of this world in such a drastic manner. If this is how the smurfs will disappear, then be it. No more trips down for clay, no more smurfkind, sometimes extinctions happen.
But as a mother, she couldn’t just stand by. She waited for the New Moon, and, despite the ban, put on a disguise and sneaked back down to get as much clay as she could just acquire. (It was too late to save them…) It was then and there when she realised the clay had been poisoned, making it no longer fit for creation.
During the New Moon, Mother Moon is the weakest. Down below her powers are just a fraction of her true glory. Yet, in a last desperate act, she used all her powers to purge the clay. It was successful only to a small extent, she could clean only a small fraction of the clay. She took it and fled back to the skies, and started creating right then in haste. She knew the others discovered her betrayal by the use of her powers.
When the other deities arrived, she used almost all the clay she rescued, 99 new little smurfs were waiting to be delivered. Mother Moon accepted whatever punishment they thought fit for her disobedience, but pleaded for her children’s lives. After a short dispute, the gods took mercy on the babes and let them be delivered safely in the course of a year. But Mother Moon was punished, she is now bound to the skies, her powers strictly controlled.
What the other gods don’t know is when her act was discovered, she lied about using all of the clay she acquired. She hid the last, tiny bit in her clenched fist, and later on used it to create the three Smurflings and Baby Smurf.
Thoughts on Nosey Smurf? (In the 1980s/OG/Classic series, he appears in the episode, The Lost City of Yore)
To be competely honest with you, even though I rewatched that episode approx a year ago, I cannot remember that guy. I can picture a smurf existing with this trait though, roaming in the Village, much to the others' annoyance.
Well, I always found his introduction unnecessary. They already had a Scaredy and a Timid, I feel like having a Weepy also was a bit too much. In my Au Timid and Scaredy are the youngest of the bunch and Weepy doesn't exist.
I find him an interesting character all in all. His interactions and banters with Gargamel and Azrael were entertaining. He had so much more potential than just be a mistreated punchbag. I think, unlike Gargamel, he had the potential to become a more powerful wizard, if under the right master, who could entertain, challenge, guide and stimulate him well enough. He deserved a redemption arc, some kind of character development, but, sadly, he got none.
Such a shame Ntob didn't feature him instead of those two irritating children.
Even though you love the 1980s Smurfs cartoon, what are some elements/aspects/characters that you hated/disliked/didn’t like/didn’t care for and you refuse to acknowledge in your Smurfs universe?
Oh, it's an interesting question, I love it!😍
Gonna be a looong rant, so:
So, I know I am heavily biased towards the og series, (partly because of nostalgia) but boy, does it have flaws!
First of all, I never liked those episodes that were too moderny. I fell in love with the "European medieval fantasy world" setting early on, and those forced modernish things such as featuring a modern-day-like circus or air balloons, celebrating Christmas like an American child would, well...those felt like they are sticking out painfully. "Old" things have variety and their own charm, please, feature them more, especially if they fit the main theme.
I feel like the show lost quality after the first 4 seasons. Those episodes just weren't as good as the earlier ones (Not all, there were some quality ones later on too, but not as many.) Fortunately the last season was not translated into Hungarian, so I was spared of the horrors. I haven't seen any episodes from the 9th season till this day, and I prefer it this way.
I find the Smurflings really irritating in a lot of episodes. Never liked when the writers introduced forced younger characters to make the show appealing to younger audiences too.
It is obvious which writers saw the smurfs as flawed but overall lovely little guys (like the late teens/young adults they were by their age), and which writers pictured them as little jerks. I don't like those episodes when they are bullies or simply mean to each other just because they can be. When the character dynamics and relationships are fucked up in a bad way. When Brainy is portrayed as a power-hungry jerk or Hefty as a brainless bully. It's okay to make mistakes or dislike each other, but it's important to show that despite their differences they do care about each other or mistakes were made but the intentions behind them were good.
I hate those episodes when the smurfs (even Papa, yikes) are creeps in their sexual intentions towards Smurfette. (Eg. Handy's magical glasses episode....) Yuck.
Johan and Peewit. Saw some episodes starring them when I was a child (didn't like them back then either) but skipped all when I started rewatching the series. I find Johan and his adventures as interesting as a bowl of gruel, and I always hated characters whose only trait is being fucking annoying. Peewit doesn't have a single trait, which I would find interesting or redeeming enough to make me watch him, so I won't.
Lastly, and it's a country-thing: The Smurfs has two Hungarian dubs. The original one, the one I was lucky enough to hear while growing up, is fantastic. The people who gave their voices to the smurfs were/are renowned actors/actresses. These voices gave the characters life, a soul, they were not overly cartoonish or distorted. I find them so much better than the work the English voice actors did. Sadly, not all episodes were dubbed back then, so when I started rewatching the series 2 years ago, I encountered this problem. Which leads us to the second dub. Boy. Oh boy! It's horrible. They murdered the show with it. That's why I had to watch some episodes in English, it was still better than the monstrosity of the second dub. Eg: my favourite Brumsy episode, the "Smurfiest of friends" was only dubbed in the second round. They butchered poor Brainy with that voice acting. There are no words for the quality, especially when compared to his og voice, which I could still hear in a heartbeat even after 20 years, even before I started rewatching the series again. But it's not the series' fault at all, just thought I'd mention it.
So, I think that's all I can come up with right now. Which I don't like in the show I rewrite, leave out or it simply doesn't exist in my works.
I really enjoy your questions, thank you so much for taking them!❤️❤️❤️
Have you read this Brainy Smurf story on AO3 called Brain Injury?
It’s from Snakes_and_Adders (Formerly known as Bats_in_Nappies (salted_eyeballs)).
I have, and I actually teared up while reading it.
I've seen that story, but I'm not interested in reading it. It's too long, operates with characters I don't care about (sans Brainy) and sounds too angsty for me.
Do you hate the way Brainy Smurf is treated? (I do, a lot)
Hate is a strong word. Personally, I don't like the way some of the comics/episodes are written. It is clear what some writers thought about the smurfs in general (whether they are flawed but loveable little guys or complete jerks to each other). I fancy those comics/episodes when they might mistreat each other but they are not bullies without a reason. It is the same about Brainy too. When the others just tease him or their anger or frustration towards him is justified (but he's not a jerk either just an overeager little nerd) it's cool for me, it gives me ideas about a loving but dysfunctional dynamic regarding their upbringing, but when they are just mean without a reason it's a hard no.
Thoughts on Wild Smurf, Grandpa Smurf, and Nanny Smurf?
Wild I find such an interesting character! I weaved his found-squirrel-family storyline a bit further in my fics. He'll meet his own kind eventually, and play a part in some stories as well, but so far, he's staying with his family in the Forest.
Regarding Grandpa and Nanny, I'm neutral towards them. I remember watching some episodes with Grandpa in them when I was a child, but I was never fond of the stories from season 5 and on. I knew Nanny as a character exists, but I can't remember anything else about her. They don't exist in my stories.
In your Smurfs universe, how many Smurfs are there in Smurf Village (Papa Smurf and his 98 sons, plus the additional Smurfs (ex. Smurfette and Baby Smurf)?
There's Papa, his 98 "little smurfs", Hundredth, Smurfette, Baby, and the Smurflings, so 106 in total currently.
Your words under my drawings gave me such motivation and caused me such happiness - thank you so much for giving a little light back in my soul, and giving me a reason to keep creating 💜
This is so beautifully worded, I'm so happy my comments could make you feel this way!🥹
Your art is gorgeous and deserves all the praises!💜
So, when I was way younger, I misheard the expression "pride month" as "pride moth". I was like: "Huh, weird, but maybe it's an expression I don't know yet", so that was it till a couple of years back, when it dawned on me: "Ah, moNth."
Anyway, here's a little something that was inspired by this incident:
(I'm not an artist. Spent approx. one and a half hour on this. Also, this is the first thing I've drawn this year.)
