#auroria

[raine-art-blog]

Mild vent art… I’ve wanted to draw a piece like this for a while actually but the Jorge Gutierrez fiasco yesterday motivated me to finally get it done. 😑

So here’s Jade’s stance on gen ai. (In case anyone didn’t catch it, the extra fingers on the hand are a common error in ai slop)

[goromimii]

“whether I condemn this world or not, I choose you.”

My part of the trade for @weaveandwood

Auroria, Gale and Tara ! ofc

[raine-of-auroria]

Saw these awesome pride hyena + equine bases by @siggimagenta.bsky.social on Bluesky, so I colored them into Raine and Jade!

Here's the Ko-Fi link where you can download the PSD files for free

[humaudrey]

Things my Rewrite Will Fix About Descendants - Kingdom Names

I'VE DONE IT!!

Anyway, one thing (there are multiple though, let's be honest) that particularly irked me about the Descendants franchise would be the names of the kingdoms. While "Auradon" has a nice ring to it, some of the names of the other smaller kingdoms/locations leave something to be desired.

So for my rewrite series, Barriers (and for my second rewrite WIP that has yet to be named), I decided to rename the ones I didn't like.

Charmington -> Edenwald, Snow White and Florian's Kingdom

First of all, if any of the kingdoms were going to be named "Charmington", why wouldn't it be the kingdom from Cinderella? Originally, I wanted to swap Charmington for Cinderellasburg, so naturally, the old Charmington would need a new name. I wanted the name of the kingdom to reference the Enchanted Forest in Snow White, so Eden was the first name to come to mind (meaning paradise, but also referencing the Garden of Eden in the story of Adam and Eve from the Bible, which also parallels well to Snow White being the first Disney Princess). But "Eden" felt somewhat incomplete. Eventually, adding the "wald" (meaning forest in German, which is where the story of Snow White originates) at the end gave it a much more fitting name imo.

Cinderellasburg -> Charmont, Kit/Charles/Henry/Christopher and Cinderella's Kingdom

Don't get me wrong, I love Cinderella (somehow even more now than I did before), but why would they name a region after some commoner? Yes, her story's inspiring, but not inspiring enough to rename a kingdom in her honor. Having the kingdom named "Charmington", where the Charmings rule felt fitting at first. But, the more I looked at "Charmington", the more "Charmington" felt like a clothing store or a medieval amusement park. I wanted to incorporate "Charm" as a prefix , and took the suffix from "argent" (meaning silver in French, which is the color of Cinderella's dress) and changed the e to an o.

Auroria -> Aetheria, Aurora and Phillip's Kingdom

I almost left "Auroria" alone because it sounds so pretty and ethereal and whimsical. I could believe that either Aurora was named after "Auroria" or "Auroria" was named after Aurora and I was willing to let that be that. All I did was add ia to aether, and that sounded prettier to me lmao.

Auradon -> Beaumier, Adam and Belle's Kingdom

This one is specifically for my second rewrite. In this fic verse, all of the united kingdoms are still called "The United Kingdoms of Auradon". However, Adam and Belle are not the monarchs ruling over all the other kingdoms, therefore their specific kingdom needs a name. I wanted the name to be French inspired, and the name "Beau" felt fitting given it means "beautiful" or "handsome" like "Belle". "Beau" is also a nice little callback to the writer of the original fairytale in 1756, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont AND to one of the villages the setting is based on, Ribeauvillé. All I did after that was research names of places that had "Beau" in the name, and I came across Beaumier Hotels.

And nothing for Seaside, because A.) All of the other names I came up with sound too corny (and I don't like Tirulia) and B.) Seaside's growing on me.

[marmuruah]

[auro-ria]

Very late secret Santa gift for @p3achsalt !! Thank you for the bronseele prompt 💕💕

[poyobox]

Here with a question for Lydia!

So you serve as a messenger for the Spirit of the Fountain of Dreams? How do you feel about her? Would you consider yourself friends, or just boss and worker? What's the most interesting message you've ever had to deliver?

"The Spirit of the Fountain considers me a close friend, though I prefer to think of our relationship as a very positive professional relationship. Although, I don't mind her considering me a friend...and I do have an immense amount of trust in her...yet again why wouldn't you trust her? She can be a bit offbeat sometimes, but she always steps up to support me and the Star Warriors when needed."

"As for your other question, I don't usually read the messages the Spirit gives me. It feels rude to read letters meant for Star Warriors. Although, sometimes I do read the messages when the Star Warrior is too preoccupied with something urgent to read the letter themselves (like fighting an NME Monster), when the message itself is urgent, or when the Star Warrior is blind. To the Spirit's credit, she writes messages very professionally...most of the time..."

@kirbyoctournament

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

Sleeping Beauty Aesthetics

The House of Beauty

Judith Maxie as Queen Leah

Jillian Hervey as Aurora

Sarah Jeffery as Audrey

Ruth Righi as Briar Beauty