I HAVE BEEN WAITING WEEKS TO POST THIS
But punko made us promise not to spoil, so I didn't
I present to you...the keys family portrait!!! More content under the cut <3
I know ex libris wouldn't have anything like this but it's kind of fun to imagine if they did. Like look at them
They're sitting on bookmarks
Back: Ambrose, Bronze, Cerulean, Goldie, Nox, Garnet, Sparaxis
Front: Platinum, Ivy, Silver, Violet, Greywen
(from left to right btw)
My story roles are roughly based on Carl Jung's theory of the 12 story archetypes. I know I'm going to have to redraw this at some point when we meet the rest of the keys bc Punko will do it differently but that's a later me problem
Of course we have our faves, Goldie, Bronze and Silver. Who are the Hero, helper and heroine respectively
In the archetypes, Hero is self explanatory, but Helper is equivalent to the 'caregiver' role, and the 'Heroine' is just an aspect of the hero. But I think the 'Heroine' role could replace the 'everyman' role. So there's that.
NOX AND VIOLET EVERYBODY!!!!!
I actually think Nox suits him so well, although I still think of him as Buddy most of the time
The 'villain' and 'villainess' don't really exist in the archetypes, although there is a role called the 'outlaw', which I expect would kind of be an antagonist. But because of what we know of them so far, Nox (Buddy) replaces the 'explorer'. Not that this is very important
Sorry the picture turned out so big!!! This is Cerulean. I invented him for my fic Darcy Forenski and the Summer She Was a Wizard and he's the mentor key, which is the 'sage' role. They're the same thing. It's why he has a beard :D
This is Garnet, the ruler key. We've seen an arm of a red key in the episode 'dreams by day', so I just drew the rest of him lol
This is Sparaxis, the trickster key. In Cinderella boy, there's a 'thief' key that's mentioned, and in the 12 story roles there's a 'jester' key. Because Buddy (Nox) was the black colour I kind of ran out of ideas to make them look more like a thief, so I just made them a trickster with a jester hat.
Also the name sparaxis comes from an orange-coloured flower
This is Greywen, the creator/inventor key. What role does this allow you to access? Mad scientist. Artists. People that set the plot in motion. (she kind of ended up looking a little bit like prunella. Oops)
This is Ivy, the magician key. I did not draw her very well. But we also saw her in 'Dreams by day' in Silver's dream, and I thought the wings fit well with the magic idea.
This is Ambrose, the lover key. I know, I know! Its been said that there is no 'love interest' key, but that doesn't mean there can't be a 'lover' key. I mean, I guess he could be the thief key but that would just make him Hermes
Like, the literal greek god
anyway
Last, but certainly not least, we have Platinum. The innocent/the shadow.
This role is kind of hard to explain because in the 12 roles theory there's a role called the 'innocent', which is like the doomed innocent. The things that are good in the world. But there are a lot of roles that don't quite fit if you put all 12 keys in a story, and also because the keys are people I don't think she would be this perfect little girl all the time, even though she might look it. That's why I called her the shadow. I think this one is the least likely to be part of canon but it's what made the most sense to me
Anyway have some extra drawings of cerulean because he's my boy and I love him
