I saw some cute shanrad art and I found myself ranting in the tags before deciding that OP didn't need my ranting. But the internet does need my ranting, so...
I really wish we knew more about Conrad than:
Shannon was her first kiss
She's a wizard
She really feels like the creative process behind her was, "Huh. people ship Shannon with Mary, so let's make her kiss a Mary clone and hope people accept this instead of being annoyed that we cut out the Zadrita kiss or chose not to give Shannon a gf who was even 5% more plot-important."
And then, because there was some backlash on the lack of plot importance, they used Conrad's model for the HexTech scene. And don't get me wrong, the kiss between Shannon and Conrad was cute! But everything about Conrad feels like a token lesbian being shoved into random places.
IDK, maybe there was supposed to be more about Conrad in the scrapped arcs of Wizards. But given how Zadrita got cut, I really doubt it.
Alright anon, I’ve been sick for like a week, but I was feeling better just in time to pull off a cute little Channon date idea as per your art request!
It’s a lovely evening at the park, and Connie uses her magic to finally give Shannon the eye lasers she’s always dreamed about (even if they’re just pretend)! In exchange, Shannon is going to teach Connie to play the guitar since a lot of her coworkers at Hex Tech, and fellow wizard-friends, are in bands and also play instruments.
So @aroaesflags made a space lesbian flag, which I decided to reuse for making icons featuring various ladies from 3Below whom I have, at one point or another, headcanoned as lesbians (and then, of course, the one queer kiss that has occurred in this show)
Can you do some art of Connie?( that’s Shannon’s gf from toa btw)
You..... you want an art request from ME!? 🤯
Heck yeah! I love Shannon and Connie! Her full name is Conrad and I think that's just the coolest cool move. 😎
After Zoe week, I'll see what I can do!
I did draw the back of Connie's head once in my big collaborative Wizard's Only Hangout Party in the Woods, but I will practice her and Shannon's faces and see what I come up with.
If you have any specifics and don't want to leave me to my own devices, just PM me or something on whatever platform you feel most comfortable with, and let me know. I'm feeling something with Shannon's guitar maybe 🤔 ???
So I recently binge-read the Anarchy Dreamers webcomic, which is about a world where often when kids (and maybe some adults? I can't remember) die, they come back from the dead with supernatural powers and/or physical changes (but their nightmares can wreak havoc on the world). Those who come back from the dead are called both dreamers and dreamwalkers, though occasionally death isn’t neccessary. And now I kind of want to write an AU about it, so...
AU where the Reckless Club+Darci all got Saturday detention with Senor Uhl... however, there was a fire that would later be blamed on faulty electrical. Only Senor Uhl and Shannon made it out alive. The other seven students all made it out undead. Now, five of them are illegally fighting nightmares.
(Warning: below the cut there are mild Wizards spoilers)
Reckless Dreamers
Jim
Physical changes: he basically became troll!Jim but the changes are almost entirely cosmetic.
Powers: He can manifest armor and weapons.
Jim is one of the first of the seven of them to start fighting nightmares.
Claire
Physical changes: her blue streak turned white, and her irises turned purple. When she feels intense anger or fear, her hair turns fully white, her sclera turn black, and her pupils turn pale purple.
Powers: She can control shadows so they take other shapes. In addition, she (and up to two other people; she has to hold their hand) can use shadows to travel from one place to another.
Claire holds off on fighting nightmares for a while because of her mom, but when her own nightmare threatens Enrique she is able to fight back against it - something incredibly rare for dreamwalkers... then again, there could be an outside influence affecting her.
Toby
Physical changes: his teeth are now orange crystals; at least he no longer needs braces!
Powers: Gravity manipulation
Toby finds out that Jim is fighting nightmares, alone, and immediately decides that he needs to help his best friend.
Steve
Physical changes: he has small horns that probably look like either Draal’s or Gunmar’s
Powers: not much beyond enhanced physical strength
Steve started fighting nightmares soon after Jim and Toby started, but it was a while before he and Eli teamed up with Jim, Toby, and Claire.
Eli
Physical changes: if you shine a light at his eyes, his pupils will reflect green light
Powers: mild telekinesis, enhanced reflexes and dexterity
He has theories about the fire and the nature of nightmares, and he’s going to get answers, dammit!
Darci
Physical changes: Pink mole ears
Powers: Unknown
Darci doesn’t fight nightmares because it’s illegal and there’s people with actual training who are doing so, but she also won’t snitch on the others to her dad because she knows they’re trying to do the right thing
Mary
Physical changes: her hair is now more of a really dark red than a true black
Powers: Invisibility
Mary chooses not to fight, but she does casually help the others avoid detection
Other Dreamers
Blinky
Powers: He can make things combust
Physical changes: Four arms, six eyes.
Blinky is the school guidance counselor, and he’s been trying to get the Reckless Dreamers into his office to try and help them cope with their changes. He’s also trying to monitor Shannon to see if she manifests dreamwalker traits. Unfortunately, there are only so many hours of the day. He lives with his husband Arghamount in Trollmarket, a suburb of Arcadia Oaks where a large percentage of the population is dreamers.
Strickler
Powers: knife summoning
Physical changes: wings, horns
Strickler is the only other adult dreamwalker at Arcadia Oaks High (not counting the occasional 18-year-old who is about to graduate). He is secretly a member of the Janus Order, a political group that believes dreamwalkers are better than most humans (but does not advocate for the deaths of normal humans, unlike more extreme dreamwalker supremacist groups)
Aja & Krel
Physical changes: They now have four arms each and cyan blood. Their eyes are now the same as their Akiridion eyes. Aja was shorter than Krel before they died; now she’s taller.
Powers: They both have light manipulation, which allows them to look like their living forms. Aja is able to create hard light weaponry/shoot lasers. Krel can create portals.
The Tarron siblings really are a pair of human twins (Aja will not shut up about being four minutes older) who escaped the violent coup of their home country of Cantaloupia. Varvatos was supposed to get the two of them and their parents to America, where they would live with Fialkov’s eccentric second cousin (Lucy) and her husband (Ricky). All four Tarrons were gunned down as they escaped via a truck. Aja and Krel came back from the dead; Fialkov and Coranda did not.
Merlin
Physical changes: honestly he’s so old and the changes were so subtle that he no longer remembers
Powers: longevity, among other things
Merlin helped to start Camelot LLC with Arthur’s grandfather, Aurelius Pendragon. As the years have gone on, Merlin has been slowly locked out of Camelot LLC. He has a license to fight nightmares internationally.
Morgana
Physical changes: Five tiny gold horns have formed along her brow. Her nails also naturally grow in as gold claws.
Morgana died when she was sixteen, due to a camping accident gone wrong. She also lost her left hand in this accident. No one’s sure, but it’s suspected that Guinevere’s death was caused by Morgana’s nightmare. Morgana is secretly channeling Camelot LLC funds into the Janus Order. She’s going to take interest in Claire’s abilities sooner or later.
Douxie
Physical changes: His bangs are naturally blue. When he feels intense emotions his eyes glow blue.
Powers: part of his soul effectively split off into a talking dragon-cat; though Archie might actually be the result of a nightmare. Douxie might have other powers as well.
Douxie became a dreamwalker as a homeless orphaned five-year-old, and his circumstances didn’t get better until three years later, when Merlin rescued Douxie from his own nightmare, adopted him, and brought him back with him to California. Merlin has encouraged Douxie to fight against nightmares, even though it’s not legal. Now that Douxie is nearly an adult, Merlin often leaves him alone with Archie in their Arcadia Oaks apartment for days at a time. Morgana will often check up on Douxie, if she’s visiting the Janus Order. It’s technically neglect, but Douxie doesn’t see anything wrong with this considering his life before Merlin.
Zoe
Physical changes: gills, fins, and scales as seen in this post where I illustrate them
Powers: lightning control
Zoe drowned in a swimming pool when she was twelve. She’s one of the few dreamers at Arcadia Oaks Academy other than Douxie.
Seamus
Physical changes: he gained swirling tattoos across his upper back. They faintly glow when he uses his powers.
Powers: Density control
Seamus died of a bad case of food poisoning when he was eleven. He joined the Junior Dreamer Guard (it’s like JROTC) in hopes that it’ll help him get a scholarship.
Araceli Conrad
Physical changes: her bones are now crystalline in nature
Powers: magnetism (if she teamed up with Zoe they could use light manipulation)
Conrad was crushed by falling furniture when she was 14. The only people allowed to call her by her first name are her grandmother and her girlfriend, Shannon, but that doesn’t mean that everyone respects this.
Nana
Physical changes: Her eyes are a brighter shade of green than they were prior to becoming a dreamer
Powers: Longevity
Nancy became a dreamer in World War One
The Living
Shannon
Has survivor’s guilt. She’s looking into the fire, to see if there was anything suspicious about it.
Arthur
Known for being the CEO of the company Camelot LLC, and also having anti-dreamer political policies despite his sister and one of the company founders both being dreamers. His politics have become harsher ever since Guinevere died under mysterious circumstances.
Kubritz
Military; she’s been experimenting on ways to fight nightmares while not involving dreamers. She’s also conducting illegal experiments on dreamers.
I am so happy that this girl finally got a name (though I have no idea if Conrad is her first name or last name)... and that she’s a wizard.
Please reblog this post if you’re interested in using these icons; no queerphobia of any sort will be tolerated.
[Image description: Conrad is a teenage girl with light skin, narrow hazel eyes, and light brown hair tied up in a bun by a white hair bow. She wears a blue shirt and dark grey pants. She holds a grey cylinder with purple crystals coming out.
The six images are of Conrad against different pride flags, from left to right and top to bottom they are apersnicketylemon lesbian, Maya Kern lesbian, sapphic, pan, queer, and bi. In the sapphic flag Conrad has been pushed to the side to make way for the sapphic flower, but in the other five icons Conrad is in the center of the image.]
