My swap au on httyd.
Okay, here's another redraw. I tried to make Sunny's tail like in the movie, but I failed. Yeah. But I really like Hitch.
Astrid is in the dark? in the void? Idk. Decide for yourself.
I've been struggling with the redesign for a long time, not really knowing what to add to Charlie, 'cause there are so many options! But I still realized to some extent what I wanted.
In my redesign, I wanted Charlotte to look as cute and friendly as possible, so I added pastel colors and soft silhouette shapes to her. And also my, like, headcanon, that Charlie is trying to look friendly and nice to sinners. But because she's a hell-born creature, she doesn't really understand what humans consider cute, which makes her look a little scary and uncanny.
But Valkyrie (aka Vaggie) helps her with learning how to look cute and friendly.
Sketches of Asha's and Starboy's redesigns for my au (well, or the rewrite, I don't know). I wanted Asha and Starboy to contrast with each other. Asha symbolizes the starry night sky, and Star, well, the star (it sounded more beautiful in my head). And speaking of the Starboy. I want to make him more feminine.
I'll probably get eaten for this, but I want to say something.....
I don't like the design of the updated g3 Draculaura!
And before you throw tomatoes at me, I think I'll explain my position. Let's start with the basic g3 Ulla. Although I think that it is the best of the base line (and in other lines, most often she is the best), I don't really like the abundance of pink. I wanted something more dark and daring, like on the prototype. And now the photos with the updated Draculaura and Clawdeen came out (I'm not sure if the Frankie doll shown belongs to the updated base line), and Ulla didn't come to me at all. First: a shade of pink. I don't know about you, but I don't like this pink. And it's banal (as for me) such a shade of pink does not suit Draculaura, she is more suited to the darker and red shades of pink (as on past dolls) . Secondly: hairstyle. I don't like the division into two tails, and also her chic triangular tail (I don't know the exact name), was replaced with some kind of nondescript short bangs. Her face looks strange with such a hairstyle. Third: clothes. It is strangely constructed, it feels like the clothes of g1 Ulla were put on a new one. And I also wonder what kind of cat is with her? Where is Count Fabulous? Well, that's all I wanted to say. Thanks for attention.
As for me, out of the whole three, Cozy could get redemption. Like, she's a damn child! Okay, if she was the same age as mane six, then it would be okay. But no! What did our all-understanding and forgiving heroes do when a child stole all the magic because she misunderstood the meaning of friendship? Would they have found the reason for her behavior? Put her on the right track? Was she even sent to a correctional center or some other similar place? No, what kind of nonsense is this? Let's send the kid to Tartarus, where one of the most dangerous enemies of Equestria is located! And it's very strange. As for me, Cozy committed less evil in season 8 than the same Starlight, who enslaved an entire village, brainwashed them all, and then tried to destroy the current timeline, which could translate to total horror. Just, can someone explain to me the reason why a child who still has a place to grow up was imprisoned in a stone, and an adult dictator was given a chance to improve? It's just weird. It's a weird prioritization of who can improve and who can't.
Why, you may ask? I just personally didn't like the whole plot twist in the show with Vaggie being an angel and Charlie not knowing it. Since the pilot era, the whole theory that Vaggie is a former exorcist seemed far-fetched to me ('cause the evidence was mostly based on the fact that Vi has an angelic spear, even though anyone can buy a weapon from Carmilla, and that she has an X on her blindfold). And like, why was Valkyrie afraid to tell her all-forgiving and understanding girlfriend about this secret? Why didn't Charlie figure out that Vi was an angel (like, Charlie had never seen her girlfriend's blood, or what?)?
In short, my idea is as follows: Charlotte pitchs her idea of redeeming sinners in her hotel, instead of a mass g*nocide every year, to the upper classes of heaven, and they listen. The higher angels give Charlie a test year so that she can find out and prove that a sinner can redeem themself. And if Charlotte succeeds, then the extermination will stop, and if not, well, everything will remain the same. And to make sure that everything is going well, and Lucifer's daughter is not making evil plans, one of the exorcists is assigned to Charlie — Valkyrie (it's a fake name, btw). Valkyrie doesn't really believe in the idea of redeeming sinners, but since she's been assigned to do something by the old angels, she'll get to work. She and Charlie agree that maybe the sinners won't like having an exorcist in the same room with them, so they decided that Valkyrie would pretend to be a sinner (a moth demon, to be more specific). And according to the hypothetical development of the plot, Valkyrie will begin to understand that maybe sinners are not as bad as they were taught in paradise, maybe not everyone is here deservedly. Would she side with Charlie?... But this is just a hypothetical scenario.
In the meantime, Valkyrie is a cold and non-empathic person. She feels disgust and contempt for all the hellish inhabitants. She firmly believes that heaven's policy is correct, and everything that has been drilled into her head since birth is true.
Well, that's it for now. Bye.
For a long time, I was confused by the fact that Stolas, knowing how abusive his wife is, quite calmly lets Octavia see her.
And then, when he found out that Stella had hired a hitman to kill him, he didn't discuss it with his daughter (and didn't make this fact public at all, although it was very necessary. Like, seriously, who stopped him from saying at the trial that Stella tried to kill him?).
Like, you stupid owl, don't you realize that by not telling your daughter about how dangerous her mother is, you're putting her (Octavia) in danger? After all, if Octavia doesn't know that Stella can harm her, that makes her (Octavia) a very easy target.
And again, an example of what a «good» father Stolass is.
I like that they admit that the furious five have pretty silly names.