HIII I really LOVE your art aaaaand I want to thank you because your artwork helps me create better designs!! for exampleeee your headcanon of Malleus is literally the best headcanon I've ever seen 😋😋 I LOVE YOUR ART PLS FEED US
omg thank you!! i was honestly not expecting my redesigns to be helpful, but like (im really happy idk how to write this) THANK YOU?? i love doing my headcanons on redesigns, and im so happy others love it!!
anyways speaking of redesigns, i think its finally time to drop nrc staff redesigns!!
for these redesigns i mainly refered to what the original villains look like,
such as cruellas curly hair in her movie, and her birthmark on her cheek
aswell as more green eyes for lady tremaine (does anyone recognize where ive drawn these exact eyes?)
vargas just has blue eyes like gaston, (i actually love how vargas in his design has lower eyelashes)
sam has the least change, just having a tooth gap like dr. facillier
now for crowleys design, i was talking to my friend on discord (HI!!! if youre reading this!!!) , and they were talking about how theyve adopted my headcanons to the point where they forgot that wasnt canon, and they shared the vilitigo crowley headcanon, and i loved that so much, so heres my interpretation ♡
i was originally going to have him have a blue tint, matching my other fae redesigns, but i also like how a lot of people dont realize crowleys a fae, only telling so when they see his ears, i honestly like that discreteness!
anyways i was posting my progress to another server and apparently i should draw the staff more (according to THE sam fan and crewel yume)
The moment I'm out of the mirror and on NRC's main grounds I dash towards the main building with Grim in my arms. I don't know how long Savannahclaw and Diasomnia will be fighting so I have to act fast. I make my way through the halls, dodging students out of fear they'll grab me for their own dorm.
"We gotta tell Crowley! He has to know!" I say in my head as I run.
As I duck down halls and around students I finally reach the door of an all to familiar office. I start pounding on the door, praying that he answers. The first few times got unanswered, so I start to panic that Crowley isn't here and since the teachers probably have class I'm fucked! As my fists hits the door one more time the door opens and I stop, seeing a welcoming fur coat.
"Puppy? Where have you been?" Professor Crewel says.
I push past him, telling him to close the door. He does and me and Grim start panting, trying to catch our breath. I look around and it's not just Professor Crewel, I see Sam, Professor Trein, with Lucius in his lap, Coach Vargas, Sam, and Crowley. They all look at me, their faces twisted into various stages of worry.
"My dear nestling, where have you been? It's been weeks and we were starting to get worried." Crowley says, being rightfully dramatic.
I try to steady my breathing. Coach Vargas helps me up into a chair while Professor Trein says that he'll make some tea for me, the same type he always makes. Professor Crewel sits behind me, gently grasping my hand while Sam sits on my other side while Crowley sits directly across from me. Once my breathing has finally evened out and I have my cup of tea I start from the beginning.
I tell them everything, from Heartslabyul's kidnapping, to all the drugging, magic, infantilization, isolation, all of it. Grim fills in spots I miss and adds his own information. Once we finish I see their faces twisted into shock, horror, and worry, even the every stoic Trein. No one says or does anything. The clock in the office and sound of footsteps in the hallway outside are the only sounds in the office. Then, Coach Vargas lets out a breath and looks at me.
"Geez, kiddo. Sounds like you two have been through hell and back." he says, running his hand through his hair.
I just nod, drinking my tea. I feel Professor Crewel squeeze my hand and see Crowley walk over to me. He crouches down and gently places his hands on my cheeks and looking at me in worry. He doesn't say anything, just using his thumbs to gently wipe my nonexistent tears away. I take another sip of my tea, a welcome warmth spreading through my body. I don't remember the last time I feel this relaxed, or tired. After everything that's happened me and Grim just want to reast. Professor Trein takes my saucer and now empty teacup.
"Rest, nestling. We'll handle it," Crowley says.
"Promise?" I ask.
"I promise," he says.
I smile as the long awaited pull of relaxing sleep overtakes me as my eyelids get heavier and heavier until I fall asleep in the chair.
***
Crowley's POV
The moment the eyes of MC and Grim close I turn to Trein and Crewel. Trein puts the saucer and teacup down and walks over to Grim, kneeling down. We all watch as magical film strips leaves through his ears. With each strip we see the events he experinced. Once Trein has removed multiple weeks worth of memories we watch him pull out a magical device that looks like an old film canister.
"I still think my idea would've worked better," Sam says.
"Oh please, your way would've made them both forget their own names!" Crewel yelled.
"Gentlemen, please. I need focus. If I damage these memories it could affect his mind in irreparable ways," Trein says.
The two stop arguing, resorting to glaring at each other. Once Trein finishes with Grim's memories he turns to my nestling and performs the same spell and process as he did with Grim. This time he works slower, being more delicate with these memories.
"They're going to be mad at us if they ever find out. Don't you feel like this is wrong?" Vargas says.
"If, Vargas. But we'll make sure they won't find out and this is for the best. If we leave those memories then they might try to run and leave us. We can't let that happen," I explain.
"True, but this seems, much. Why not just feed them a potion?" He asks.
"Because that's not how mind erasure potions work," Crewel said sharply.
Vargas argues back and the two start going back and forth while Sam chuckles at the scene. I just watch, chuckling a bit myself. Once Trein finishes he scolds Crewel and Vargas. Once they stop we now have to handle an unconscious MC and Grim.
"Now what?" Sam asks.
"We take them back to their dorm, making it seem like it was a normal day. Now, which one of you wants to take them back to their dorm?" Trein asks.
"Too old to do it yourself?" Sam teases.
Trein says that he has to process the removed memories so he can't move them. They all turn to me, asking if I'll do it. I explain that I have to discuss this with the dormleaders so I can't leave my office. That leaves Crewel, Vargas, and Sam. The three start arguing, with Sam even suggesting a game of rock, paper scissors to decide. However, it never gets to that point and a compromise is met, Vargas will carry MC and Sam will carry Grim. Trein opens the door and walks out of my office, followed by his cat and Crewel.
Vargas bundles MC into his arms and Sam picks up Grim. I open the door for them, only closing once both have left. I then call in all the dorm leaders sot hat they can explain the behavior of them and their dorm.
As they each file in I look at them. Idia's tablet floats nearby, Mallues and Leona are glaring at each other, Azul is wearing his normal smug smile, Riddle has a serious expression, and Kalim is wearing a happy smile.
"Headmage, before you say anything I assure you Heartslabyul did our best-" Ruddle starts.
"Oh please, you chased them away with all your rules," Azul interrupts.
Then it turns into a seven person yelling that would draw attention in any public setting. I let it go on for a bit, letting the boys get it out of their system before I stop them all. Once they're silent and looking at me I start asking questions about what they'd been up to in the pass few weeks. They each share their stories and I can't help by sigh.
"When I gave you boys permission for this I expected you and your dorms to act with some modicum of decorum, not torture tactics!" I yell, scolding them.
I scold them for hours, laying into them about the actual torture they had committed. When I finish I ask the boys if they under and promise to do much better. They say yes to both, all looking down at the floor with some variation of remorse in their face. Once I finish I dismiss them and they all leave. The moment that door closes I let out a breath and look out the window.
"It's for the best, nestling," I mumble.
**Morning**
MC's POV
I wake up with Grim attempting to suffocate me with his fur. I look over at the alarm clock I dug out of the trash. It's about 8:00 in the morning and I feel the like I stayed up all night instead of sleeping. I look at Grim, who's softly snoring. School starts in about 45 minutes and I can't afford to be late. I put on the oversized Night Raven uniform and shoes before brushing my hair. Grim stretches in the downward cat position before asking for tuna. Digging through the ancient cabinets I find tuna, it's even the expensive kind.
"Guess what, Grim?" I tell him.
"What?" He asks.
"Looks like you get the fancy stuff this week." I tell him, opening the can and putting it on a small plate.
Grim smiles with unfiltered joy as I place that plate down. I open my fridge and see it full of food, all fresh. I guess I splurged on enough stuff to last me and Grim two weeks. I pull make myself a ham and cheese breakfast sandwich with some fresh fruit and a glass of milk. I sit on the creaky chair and eat my breakfast while counting how many Madols I have left for the week.
The coffee can I use as my money storage bin sits next to me. I count, flipping through paper bills. 100,000 Mandols and a few miscellaneous Sorcents. I'm giddy with excitement as I realize how much stuff I can get. Though I have to be smart, things here are still expensive as all hell. I finish my breakfast and put the dishes in the sink when I hear knocking on my door.
"I'm coming! I'm coming!" I yell as Grim leaps onto my shoulders.
I open the door and am met with familiar heads of blue and orange hair. I ask them what they did this time and Ace gasps in mock offense.
"We just wanted to walk you to class, is that suddenly bad?" He jokingly asks.
I laugh along and go back inside to grab the second hand school bag Ruggie gave me and make sure I have every pencil and piece of homework I'll need for the day. As we walk Ace keeps cracking eye roll worthy jokes that you can't help but laugh at.
"You guys are the best, you know that?" I tell them.
"We know," Ace says.
I laugh and smile, so happy to have such kind friends.
In Crowley's office, with the entire staff present
Crowley: From today I will be your legal guardian.
Yuu: …
Crowley: …
Yuu: Can I change my guardian?
Crowley: What?? *indignant* and who could be better to take care of you than me?!
Yuu: He *pointing to Trein* I want him as a guardian.
Crowley: And why would Professor Trein be better than me???
Yuu: Because he looks like he will set healthy boundaries and rules and schedules that will help me develop as a human, plus he won't send me tasks that will put me in danger.
A couple months ago, a couple of buddies and I got together to give ourselves a bit of a challenge. We decided to give ourselves a little self-study, and challenge ourselves to create fan art pieces inspired by and in the technique/style of classical art eras. Each of us had an individual era to learn from, and we opted to all draw from Twisted Wonderland to keep it in theme. To be completely honest, I couldn't be more proud of all of us and what we all accomplished. And we hope you enjoy it too!
Each painting will have a link to a personal post, where the artist can talk about what they learned, what they enjoyed, and about the process they had in making their piece.
RENAISSANCE
"Inversion of Genesis" by @chryseas
NEOCLASSICAL
"Knight's Blessing" by @ramshacklerumble
ROMANTIC
"Oasis" by @tixdixl
"Meet in a Dream" by @tixdixl
IMPRESSIONISTIC
"Reluctant Dancers at the Barre" by @twstinginthewind
“I wanna go home!” Grim complained, being in the wagon which was almost empty with just a few items in the red bag. “Five more stops, and then we get to go home I promise.” Grim groaned but didn't complain more.
Their first stop was the Laboratory, where Crewel was packing up a few things, he turned to the pair when he heard them. “Ah hell-” Crewel stopped seeing Yuu in a Santa outfit. “While that is a lovely outfit Yuu, I don't think it’s wise to wear it around these hungry dogs.” Crewel said, "I wanted to dress up before the break.” Yuu explained. “There is nothing wrong with wearing it, I'm more worried about how the other boys will react.” Yuu chose to leave the fact that she saw everyone but the teachers today.
“We brought you something.” Grim said, which made crewel become serious, "I don't accept bribes to raise your grade, Grim.” Grim pouted, “Uh I wasn't even thinking about that…much. What about Yuu!” Crewel smiles looking at Yuu, “She actually does the work correctly, not to mention she does it while also looking after you as well.” Yuu has never felt more validated since she came here.
“Thank you Professor.” Yuu said, while Grim just pouted. “Anyway!” Grim said loudly, holding out a small long box. “Here you go.” Grim he’d the box out to the professor in fur. “Well thank you both.” Crewel takes the box, and lifts the top part off. Inside the box was a nice pair of black gloves, but the thumb and a thin line to the cuff of the glove were white. With small black spots on the tip of the white thumb. “Well this is a nice surprise.” Crewel removed his gloves, and placed them on the new ones.
When he placed them on, he felt how they felt well, but what caught him off guard was when he moved his fingers around. He saw that between the fingers, they were white on the edges, but were hidden when his hand closed. “Well where did you pups find these?” Crewel asked the two, “We were at the store, and when I saw them.” Grim said proudly. Crewel looked at Yuu and she rolled her eyes playfully. “Ah well you have a good eye Grim.” Crewel sent Yuu a wink, making her smile. “You are both a good pair of pups.” Crewel patted both their heads, making them both smile at the feeling.
Before they left, Crewel slipped Yuu some cash. “In case you run out of something.” Yuu hugged him, making him chuckle.
Grim and Yuu walked down the hallway, which was empty, but stopped when they heard a distant meow. “Lucius?” Yuu called out, and around the corner came a tuxedo cat. “Huh what are you doing here?” Grim asked. The cat meowed at them, but only Grim understood him. “Ah I see, well we just came to give something to Trein.” Lucius meowed again, before walking away. “Alright, we are right behind you.” Yuu was lost, but figured Lucius was leading them to Trein.
And she was correct, Trein was talking to a few of the ghost staff in the hallway. Lucius let out a cry, making Trein turn his head, “Ah Lucius, and Grim, Yuu.” The ghost moved away, saying their goodbyes. “Are you two alright?” Yuu nods, “Yes professor, we just wanted to give you a present.” Trein looks at her confused. “I hope this is not a form of bribe.” Trein gave a stern look. “No of course not, around this time in my world there is a holiday and one of the traditions some people do is give gifts to close figures.” Grim rolls his eyes, mumbling, “Geeze we try to be nice and this is what we get.”
Trein smiles at Yuu, “Ah I see, well then I would be honored to take part in this tradition from your world. However…” Trein looks at Yuu, “Why are you not in uniform?” Trein asked Yuu. “Ah, I wanted to dress up while delivering presents.” Trien can't help but see his own daughters in this young girl. “Very well, since break is upon us, it shall slide.” Yuu smiled at the older man.
Trein held his hand out, “Here you are.” Grim said, holding up a small box over his head, blocking his view of Trein. “Ah thank you Grim.” Trein took the box from him, Yuu then helped him stand straight after he got stuck leaning down. “Thank you Yuu.” Yuu just nodded.
Trein looked down at the box, going to untie it, but Lucius jumped up and grabbed the ribbon that was holding the lid down, undoing it. “Thank you Lucius.” Trein said, watching the cat drop the ribbon on the ground. Lucius purred, and watched Trein with interest.
Trein lifted the lid, looked in the box. In it laid, a few tea packets, a small clump of cloth, and a small vial filled with something. “I see tea, but what is this?” Trein picks up the cloth, and sees that it's a tiny sweater, but not made for any human. “It’s a sweater for Lucius.” Grim said proudly. “I picked it out, figured Lucius would want his own fashion.” But Lucius did not seem to agree. He let out a growl at Grim, who jumped back, “What! You could at least be thankful.” Grim growled back.
The two continued, Yuu looked at Trein confused. He explained what was being said, “Lucius isn’t a fan of sweaters.” “Ah, I see, sorry. I had a feeling this might be a missed gift, so I placed some herbs for him.” Yuu said, picking up the vile. “I read that cats can have catnip tea in small doses.” Trein smiled, and Lucius' ears picked up. He let out a small meow, making Yuu look down at him, Lucius looked like he was getting ready to jump.
Yuu held out her arms, ready to catch him. When Lucius jumped, and Yuu had caught him, he attempted to smell the vial. “Hey why don't you make any of that tea for me?!” Grim complained. Yuu looked down at him, "You're the only one always saying you're not a cat.” Grim made a noise, having been called out. He crossed his arms, and pouted.
Yuu and Trein talked about the different teas, and Lucius would put his own input in, Trein would translate for Lucius. Yuu and Trein even discussed having some tea together after break.
They headed to the field, looking around, and saw Vargas lifting a lot of boxes. “Wow.” Grim said, looking up at the big stack of boxes. “Ah ha! You two come to get a little work out before break?” Yuu and grim cringed, Vargas has a very different view of little work out. “No, we just came here to give you something coach.” Yuu said, Vargas grinned. “Ah what a wonderful surprise, I'm sure you were taken aback by my intense muscles.” Yuu kept herself from rolling her eyes at the very vain teacher. “Its not that.” Grim said, but Vargas didn't seem to pay attention to him. “Anyway we here you are, merry christmas!” Yuu said, trying to move this along.
“Ah what could you have brought me?” Vargas looked into the small pouch he was handed, he then pulled out a wooden whistle, in the shape of a deer head. “I noticed you kept staring at your whistle” “And then heard you mumble about getting a new one.” Grim finished Yuu's sentence. Vargas inspected the whistle, before blowing into it, malign Yuu and Grim jump and covered their ears. “Ah this works well! Now let's see if I can fit around my fit neck.” Vargas placed it around his neck, and it did fit. “Ah a fine fit!” Vargas said proudly, but Yuu and Grim were too busy trying to calm their ears. “What?!” Grim yelled, rubbing his ears. Yuu just held onto them, waiting for them to stop ringing. “Thank you for the wonderful gift!” Vargas said, smacking them both on the back, sending them to the ground, as he laughed to himself.
Yuu and Grim lay there, not able to move, their coach had just knocked them to the ground, after making them temporarily deaf. “Ah huh where'd you guys go?” Vargas asked, looking around, not looking at the ground.
The door to the Mr. S mystery shop rang as Yuu and Grim walked in, there wasn’t anyone in the shop given that it was closing up for the break. Yuu spotted Sam who seemed to be whispering to himself. Yuu and Grim shared a look, both not wanting to be the one to speak up first. They did a silent rock, paper, scissors. Yuu won. Grim grumbled, but spoke up. “Hey Sam!” Grim called out, Sam perked up and looked over at them. “Ah little imps! How can I help you?”
“We actually have something for you, Sam.” Sam perked up at that. Grim pulled out a small box that looked like a jewelry package. “What do my little imps have in stock?” Sam winks, Yuu chuckles but grim groans at the joke.
Sam took the box, opening it to see a pair of earrings. They were skull shaped ears. “Well color me surprised.” Sam smiled, admiring the earrings. “I noticed that you are a fan of jewelry.” Grim said proudly, puffing out his chest. Sam smiled, patting grim on the head. “What an observant imp you are.” Yuu looked over and saw a large box sitting on the counter. “You stocking up Sam?” Sam looked at what Yuu was pointing at.
“Ah actually no my little imp, this is for you both!” Sam and Grim were shocked by this, “What?” Sam guided them to come look at the box. They both went up to it, but Grim couldn't see what was inside since he's smaller than the desk.
Yuu looked in the box, seeing some canned food, some veggies, and a few meats. Yuu's eyes lit up, seeing the items inside. “Is this really for us?” Yuu asked, looking at Sam who nodded. “Of course. I know the Headmage most likely forgot about your food situation for the two weeks.” Sam poked Yuu's head, “So old Sam here got you some stock!” Yuu giggled, before hugging Sam. Sam pats her head, “Ah what a sweet imp you are.” Grim continued to attempt to look in the box, but couldn't get on the desk.
Yuu and Grim were walking back to their dorm, Grim was looking in the box same had given them as he rode the now empty sleigh. “Ah we are finally done!” Grim cheered, playing with the can of tuna Sam had given him.
They had entered their yard, when someone appeared in front of them. “Ah there you both are!” Crowley said, smiling at them. Yuu and Grim tensed, “Ah why! What do you want, Crowley!?” Grim complained. Crowley looked offended by Grim tone. “Ah well that's no proper way to treat someone on this special holiday!” Crowley scolded.
Yuu and Grim looked at him confused, “Huh?” Crowley opened his arms wide. “Well, aren't you going to share your holiday with me?” Yuu's face went deadpan. “Are you going to fix our roof?” Crowley flinched at that, the responsibility finding him once again. “Uh of course, I'll be right on that!” He spoke, not convincing the two. “Mmhm.” They both said, clearly not believing him. “Anyways, back to what I came here for. I heard you were sharing a holiday tradition back in your world, one that involves gifts.” Yuu and Grim shared a look, not knowing how to say this. “Well.” Yuu dragged on, “Since I am playing Santa, and Santa only gives his gifts to people on the nice list, and I checked the list and…” “You weren't there.” Grim finished more rudely than Yuu.
Crowley took a dramatic gasp, “After how generous I’ve been!” Yuu and Grim shot him a look. “Yeah, then what was your plan when everyone leaves tomorrow?” Crowley stiffens, “Uh right, yes you two are staying here, and I did have something planned…” Yuu and Grim rolled their eyes, zoning out the babble he was spitting.
Yuu's eyes shifted to a window in the dorm, seeing the ghost wave to her. She did a small wave back, but then stopped when she got an idea. She made sure the Headmage wasn’t focusing on her, when she singled to the ghost, making a hat tipping motion. The ghost looked at her confused, but then it seemed to click.
“And that is the reason why I am very deserving of a gift.” Crowley finished his rant, Grim was poking at the ground, drawing random doodles with a stick. Yuu looked at Crowley with a fake smile, “Your right Headmage.” Grim looked up at her confused. Crowley was also taken aback by the sudden change in demeanor, he cleared his throat before speaking. “Of course I am.”
Yuu looked behind Crowley for a moment, seeing that the ghost came through the door with a top hat they had found the other day. “Here you go Crowley.” Yuu said, as the ghost replaced the hat he was wearing with the one from Ramshackles closets. “What?” Crowley let out in surprise. “Merry Christmas Crowley, enjoy the new hat!” Yuu said, taking Grim and the sleigh inside. Leaving a stunned Crowley.
