I meant to post this a while back but my dumbass brain forgot about it. Anyway, this is a little insight into the Saladin family, as well as Saladin himself and Helia. Be wary of taking some of these designs as canon, because some are stand-ins and I just couldn't be bothered to properly redesign characters when it's only for 1 or two panels. Helia and Saladin are probably gonna remain that way tho. And don't mind the fact that the dragon thing gets longer, I'm inconsistent.
Anyway, Saladin figured Helia might have different passions in life, but Helia doesn't really talk to people about things and Saladin just kind of assumed that he would be willing to take on the role anyway, much like Saladin himself had to do when he was young. Helia was not about to face that shit, however, and figured that for once he would actually have to talk to someone about personal things.
also, I'm just realising my handwriting might be super hard to read so if someone needs a transcript lemme know
I know a popular fanon concept is Bloom and Helia bonding over art but also what if they hate each other over it because Helia's a hard annoying traditionalist and Bloom is far more fandom-focused and doesn't care all that much for the Origins™
Any Sky vs Riven HCs? It's always abt Riven's issues and thoughts on Sky but what about Sky's perspective on Riven?
The show made their rivalry completely one-sided and that's so unsexy of them. Mutual hatred and rivalries are so much more fun and hotter. Guaranteed
Sky and Riven's opinions eachother:
Season One;
Sky -
Remember in s2 when Sky was so mad about Avalon (before he knew Avalon was evil) he ended up in the trees with a set of binoculars. Sky has a control problem me thinks, Riven has a problem being controlled, you can see why they don't like eachother
Riven works much better when he's allowed to innovative and not stick to a script and Sky is the exact opposite, the difference is that Sky tries to make everyone line up with what he thinks is correct
Thinks Riven is both an asshole and a complete delinquent and has a BAD habit of micromanaging Riven's actions. I usually don't consider s4 canon, but with his tree business, Sky leaning over Timmy's shoulder the whole time the girls were in the game is so like him
Doesn't hate Riven but is endlessly annoyed with him. Sky puts a lot more credit to the rare moments when they have a normal conversation together. If Sky became more agreeable to Riven I think Riven would be still very wary of him, but if the reverse happened Sky would happily accept him
When Riven is manipulated into thinking Bloom attacked him, the genuine hurt on his face when he and Brandon (correctly) don't believe him is something that genuinely takes Sky a back
Is very horrified at post CT jump Riven's conviction that Sky genuinely wants him dead, because??? No??? They we're never friends but he always wanted the best for him
Riven -
Oh my god if this fucking rich boy doesn't stop pointing out his every little flaw he's going to strangle him. Correction, he's already trying to strangle him
Thinks Sky is purposely lording his superior education and natural talent over him, looking down on him, and Riven hates it, he fucking hates it so much
Riven constantly picks fights with him to prove he's good enough to not be nitpicked, be in a group with the best, and his deep seeded insecurities and inferiority complex grows with every defeat
Riven always assumes the worst in people and Sky has a bad tendency to make really bad implications without noticing, Riven is half convinced Sky is doing it on purpose. The other half of him thinks Sky wouldn't do that
Tho he respects the fact that Sky never snitches on Riven for constantly trying to fight him and other little stuff that the other nobility LOVE to get on his ass about constantly. Respect where it's due, Sky is an annoying rich boy, but he's not as awful as he could be
This is just enough for Riven to tolorate Sky in doses without wanting to murder him
Deeply deeply dislikes Sky, but doesn't actually hate him until the Trix convince him that Bloom tried to kill him and Sky and Brandon didn't believe him. That hurt. It hurt way more than Riven thought betrayal from them would hurt
This is what causes Riven to actually hate Sky. Riven has always been paranoid that Sky secretly hated him and wanted him gone, and Darcy played into his conformation bias hard
After his little hop off a tower, his tendancy to think the worst of people mixes with his depression and rock bottom self esteem, and he convinces himself that Sky hates him enough that his continued existence is annoying to him
Season Two;
Sky -
"Hey, have you eaten and gotten a full nights sleep today? The nurse said that will help your condition—"
He's channeled all of his control freak energy into care taking. His not friend jumped off a fucking tower, forgive him for being worried
Sky is a mother hen, glad to inform you of this. No one really understood this except for Bloom and Brandon (and Flora bc she's so emotionally intelligent) but now all of the guys are subjective to Sky's usually tendencies but focused around care taking
Tries to stop mentioning anything about Riven's form or technique to just give him a break
Sky is about to cover Riven in bubble wrap, please stop getting hurt, your scaring the local prince
Riven -
"Why is the rich boy pestering me?"
Thinks Sky only cares for the sake of his image and PR or only out of a misplaced sense of guilt. Cannot and will not be convinced that it's because Sky actually cares. Trust me Aisha has been trying for hours at this point
Doesn't have the energy to put up a fight against Sky's mother henning, depression gang gang, but it makes Riven spiral a bit. Tends to ping pong between being angry that he's being pitied and not understanding Sky's motivation in the slightest
Too busy being depressed and rethinking every life choice he's ever made to think about Sky too much
Season Three;
Sky -
Considers Riven a friend, they're not close by any standard, but they're buddies. They willing hang out with only one other person around. Big process from when they couldn't go three seconds without trying to fight eachother in s1
Then he gets mindcontrolled into being in love with someone, and there is soo much fucked about that I can't even get into it. So many feelings of violation
Intentionally clinged to Riven in the aftermath because Riven has gone through being in a relationship under false pretenses with some mind and emotion control mixed in (though in a very different why and under very different circumstances) and just need any help and support and thought Riven was his best bet for actionable advice and empathy
Riven -
Was very happy when Riven quickly reciprocated this and begun telling Sky all about his healing process and what Sky should expect, advice he got from professionals, and things that have never gone away
Using Riven as support untill he feels safe in his own head again
They're still not close close, but after this they can hangout one on one without it getting deathly awkward and uncomfortable. They're full fledged friends baby
Has been!! Finally!! Convinced!! That Sky doesn't hate him!! Godbless you little dumbass
Sky seems to genuinely care about him and Riven's finally willing to accept it
Sky still slips up and says things that have terrible implications, and Riven still has a bad habit of taking things in the worst possible way, but Riven makes a conscious effort to give Sky the benefit of the doubt
*pointing at Sky getting mindcontrolled by Valtor's mark* "No!! My friends people aren't supposed to go though the horrors!!!"
No one really understands the exact brand of terror not being able to trust your own actions, feelings, thoughts, and perceptions like Riven does so makes an active effort to be there for Sky during the aftermath
Like doing everything that made him feel better, telling Sky things his therapist told him before Sky was ready to do his own therapy, stuff like that. Riven knows what this was like and really doesn't want Sky to be alone though this
Bonding over trauma at three am is a very normal friend activity
Finally is able to take Sky at his word without taking him in the worst way possible, or getting defensive. There's finally a sense of trust there
gets a time machine and travels back to the 1970s picks up some gay dude with really high waisted jeans and brings him back to the modern day overall he is disappointed with the state of the world today but he still believes in the power of love and homosexuality i give him a computer and hes fine with all that but thinks that social media is quite orwellian he does make a tumblr blog tho and uses it to reblog pictures of shirtless men and digital fanart of media that he has not yet heard of but he finds the styles entrancing. he makes a post about his interpretation of the exorcist as a gay film which really blows up and makes people think but ultimately he is canceled for using outdated slurs
I love how theres like two majorly different takes on Helia.
The first: Soft boy, sensitive, shy, quiet, refuses to fight because it’s violent, sad and lonely at first, best friends with Timmy because he’s also awkward and quiet
The second: Smart ass, quiet because he’s a Saladin and has been media trained since birth but is silently judging everyone, refuses to fight because he thinks its fucking stupid, best friends with Timmy because he’s the only other member in their squad who is actually mature. Constantly co-parenting Brandon Sky and Riven while the three fight over their single shared braincell.
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