#da hudson

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Today’s character of the day is: Dorothy Ann "D.A." Hudson from The Magic School Bus

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Update: holy shit I actually had the time and motivation to draw today, it was difficult bcs I don’t really do it that much anymore but at least it got done lol

This au is really gettin me all creative n shit lol, this is more stuff for my magic school bus university au. I really love D.A. in this au, she wasn’t my favorite as a kid (I was a Phoebe fan) but I think she is now lol. She spends the majority of her freshman year biting off more than she can chew and desperately trying to not lose her shit (spoilers she’s not super successful). I’ve been thinking about it and I kind of want her to be going for a degree in aerospace engineering, which might not be a good idea since I know nothing about that myself but I feel like it makes sense for her. Obviously she’s a huge perfectionist and overachiever when it comes to her grades, but I can also see that seeping into other aspects of her life as she struggles to stay in control. If her makeup and outfits are always perfect, there’s no way someone will see through the facade and realize what a stressed-out disaster she is, right???

(Wrong)

I would describe her style as “pastel academia.” I want to kind of keep the kids in the color palettes that they had in the original show (I might actually color this one day, pretend her skirt is teal and purple lol), and the stuff I’ve done so far has posed a really fun challenge in incorporating those colors while not making them look stupid. D.A.’s the only one of the girls who I see as a skirt person, although that might just be my personal dislike of wearing skirts. I wanted to have her hairstyle echo the original but be it’s own thing, so she’s got the braids now (a good hairstyle to sleep in and not have to waste precious time redoing!) and of course she still has bangs. I’m hoping that at some point I’ll make this digital which will allow me to color it and also make a couple different outfit variations, but I guess we’ll see how it pans out. Hopefully I’ll have the inspiration to do more for this au bcs I really love it, but who knows.

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Magic School Bus Fans: Who Would You Ship Dorothy Ann Hudson? by kTd1993

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So I will definitely not be making more of these any time soon bcs school is kicking my ass, but I dug up this drawing from months ago that I kinda felt like sharing??? You get a gold star if you guess who they are without clicking for more lol

Contrary to what the stuff I reblog might lead you to believe, I really don’t inherently hate the concept of reboots, they just have to be *done right*. This is probably not an example of that lol, but I have a little au sitting in the back of my mind about the Magic School Bus characters aged up and attending college, and this is my first attempt at getting an idea of what the girls would look like (we’re going back to the og cast with my girl Phoebe obviously, Jyoti can have a cameo or something). I haven’t actually drawn the guys and I probably won’t any time soon bcs like I said, school’s kicking my ass, but I have Thoughts about them as well. I kind of want to save my full detailed thoughts for if I ever get around to making individual character sheets with outfits and stuff, but who am I kidding that’ll probably never happen so here’s a brief rundown:

Phoebe’s always been big on animal rights and whatnot, so I took that and ran with it. She’s this chill bi vegan chick who lives in an rv and has like five pets that she rescued. I’m not super sure what anyone’s studying just yet (except Keesha) but I’m thinking Phoebe’s somewhere on the environmental science side of things.

Speaking of Keesha, I kind of want them together 👀 Keesha’s getting her BFA in dance with an emphasis on ballet. One of the episodes has her mention a dance class and as a dancer myself that’s all I needed lol (just realized how hard I’m projecting here, since Phoebe was my favorite character growing up).

D.A.’s probably the most thought out of this group. She’s great at pretending she’s put together but she’s actually a huge mess. She’s a perfectionist about every aspect of her life, to the point where is starts taking a serious toll on her mental and physical health. Maybe she needs a certain former classmate to help her realize she doesn’t always have to take everything so seriously 👀 I don’t know what she’s studying yet but it’s some obscenely difficult thing lol, she’s probably trying to get her PhD in like five years or something

Wanda I’m thinking doesn’t have a major decided on just yet, not because I don’t know but because she doesn’t know (I could be convinced otherwise). I feel like she’d grow into a bit of an adrenaline junkie and get a motorcycle and shit. She’s pan(?) with a heavy preference towards women. I’m most sold on her hair but least sold on her face shape, so I guess we’ll see. I have her personal life worked out pretty well but that’s kind of spoilery and not just about her, so I’m probably not going to share unless I post more for this. Maybe knowing that I still have things to tell will keep me invested and creating for this lol.

That’s the girls!!! Maybe over spring break I’ll do the rest of the class? Maybe not. It’s a mystery to everyone.