#stompp

[zoe-oneesama]

The Kwamis! Some of these came easier than others, but since Angelic Layer has no magic involved, all the kwamis became human~ They won't be very prevalent, they're mostly here to fill in background character roles - shop clerks, MCs Tournament Directors, fans - so they won't have a whole lot of speaking roles (aside from, you know, the MCs who're there to commentate on the fights lol). But I thought I'd give them all a nice nod in the story somewhere.

As expected, Tikki and Plagg are the main MCs. Marinette and Adrien's fights will be going on concurrently so Tikki will be commentating Marinette's fights while Plagg commentates on Adrien's. They'll have the most dialogue of the kwamis, so I do want them to have unique ways of discussing what they're seeing.

Pollen will be working directly for the Bourgeois'. As a VIP with a direct relationship with the international director of Angelic Layer, Chloe has her own private practice layer in her home and Pollen is in charge of it's upkeep and maintenance. She matches Armand the Bulter's levels of competence.

Trixx is a Rena Rouge mega fan. They've been following Alya's blog for as long as they can remember and are mega stoked that Alya moved to their city. When Alya starts to doubt herself, it's Trixx's voice that can be heard cheering her on to not give up.

Nooroo and Duusu are servants in the Agreste Estate. Unknown to Adrien, they are fully aware of his sneaking around to play and the two do what they can to make excuses and deflect Nathalie when Adrien isn't where he's supposed to be. They're rooting him on from the shadows!

Wayzz is the adult son of Marianne and Fu. He brings them to Angelic Layer fights against his will because the two really enjoy them. The two seem to be really invested in Ladybug and Chat Noir's career (and the behind the scenes shenanigans that they secretly spy on).

Longg is Kagami's bodyguard. Like Nooroo and Duusu, they are fully aware of what Kagami is doing behind her mother's back and feigns ignorance when Kagami pulls something..."sneaky" to get to a fight secretly.

Here's where we get into some existing jobs from the show:

Orikko and Kaalki are the "Layer Hot Girls (and boy)". lol I just thought it was funny that Angelic Layer even has them.

Mullo is the sales clerk at the Princess Piffle store (the store where you can buy your Angel and all the accessories). All of them lol. Mullo and her many many sisters who look just like her.

Barkk and Fluff take similar but still different roles (the uniforms are ALMOST the same but there are some tiny differences). So Barkk is the receptionist at the Practice Ring (literally you pay to reserve a mini-layer to practice on) while Fluff is the waitress/cashier at the cafeteria at the Tournament Center.

(and back to making shit up lol)

Daizzi is a nurse where Rose goes to the hospital and she has segmental localized vitiligo. Rose is particularly close to Daizzi since she helps Rose make her donations to the hospital.

Sass is the backstage directory, aka, the guy who makes things run. He has an earpiece that has the same diamond pattern as his pants on it! The anime does show one person who helps backstage, but I wanted to have a little fun with Sass's look and tie in to him being "in charge" of the kwamis.

Ziggy works at Socqueline's family art supply shop, which is frequented by Angelic Layer players who are on a bit of a budget. They love talking with the customers about their angels, though mostly the design part.

Stompp is Ivan's foster mother and Roarr his foster sister (Stompp's bio-daughter). I actually didn't think of what kind of job this outfit would be good for, but I think she'd make a good security guard - usually working at rock concerts, which she bonds with Ivan over, but she's also been hired for Angelic Layer tournaments. Sometimes sore losers get a little...violent.

Roarr falls in love with Juleka's Angel Purple Tigress immediately thanks to her pre-existing love of tigers in general. She's even bold enough to proclaim her love to Juleka herself!

Xuppu is Ondine's sibling and a fan of King Monkey, though they'll go out of their way to make fun of Kim himself. Secretly, they're very invested in Kim's career and get very upset on his behalf when he loses.

[kiru-tigrist]

I CAN GO SLEEP NOW, YAPPIE🥹🎉🎉

[carpetbug]

that moment when you adopt a fuck ton of tiny gods at fourteen and get doomed by the narrative

[etradio]

Kaalki + Stompp designs!

They’re based on the Guards of the Underworld, Horse-Face/Mǎmiàn (马面) and Ox-Head/Niútóu (牛头) who act as bounty-hunters for souls. They have scarves (accurate) and tiny guard hats (not accurate, but I took some creative liberties)

Kaalki is inspired by the Tianma (天馬) a flying heavenly horse that’s sometimes depicted with wings. The mane is meant to resemble feathers. This way, we can keep the Pegasus motif, while staying true to Chinese mythology.

I was fighting for my life to draw a horse that doesn’t look like a mlp character, and failed spectacularly.

From what I read, Niútóumǎmiàn had started with just Ox-Head and originated from Indian Buddhism (I believe the original name was Gośīrșa गोशीर्ष) When the myth reached China they added Horse-Face due to cultural preferences for deities with symmetry and duality. (the strong Ox is balanced with the vigilant Horse)

—So I made Stompp look like it was painted as a reference to the Holi festival in India, where they paint cows and oxen to celebrate their role in agriculture. I also added jasmine petals to the tail and the skull designs.

AU lore: the Ox miraculous originated from an Indian miracle temple, and later was gifted and relocated to China, where it was partnered up with the horse miraculous— up until the Tang dynasty when both were reorganized as part of the Zodiac miraculouses (the myth of the underworld guard(s) predates the Zodiac Race, but it seems to have had solidified around the time when the Zodiac myth came to be)

[mahosstuff]

My favorites

(I still have many, but I didn't have enough space on this page haha)

[torisaursky]

Miraculous Swap #1 - Max with the Ox Miraculous!

I decided to name him Asterius after the Minotaur since his other hero name is Pegasus. More to come soon!

[marivictal]

Decided to make a new animatic and this was one of the frames and i liked it so much i decided to full color it.

Enjoy

[miraculouspegasus]

i had forgotten that ivan's nose ring came with stompp up until he rejected the miraculous and now i'm sad that in all those moment where ivan is alone and might need cheering up stompp isn't there? did he think that him being an ox would remind ivan of el toro??