#Echomirror AU

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been a while, and that’s Skeptic’s fault (mf gave me so much trouble with his civilian design), but yeah. here’s some more designs for my Echomirror/Magical Girl AU

AU rambles under the cut

- wanted Smitten’s transformed look to be like a cross between Cupid and Robin Hood.

- Echo purposefully wanted to avoid giving Smitten’s reincarnation any magical powers as he’d knew that’d just be disaster, but unfortunately for him, no one can keep Smitty from his magical girl destiny. He just stumbled into a princess sphere and got his powers from the Princess there after helping her with her troubles, which then caused the sphere to disperse without killing anyone (gee, golly, I sure do wonder who that princess might be). He was horrified when he found out the others magical users are tasked with slaying these princesses instead of helping them, even more so when he found that the one giving out those tasks is a voice in a mirror (don’t they know disembodied voices coming from unsentient objects are often a source of evil???). So he’s something of a ‘rogue’ magical girl, as he refuses to slay the princesses and tries to stop others from doing so.

- Because of the way he got his powers, he doesn’t need Echo’s mirror or even a transformation phrase to transform, he can just do it at will.

- He was horrifie

- In his normal life, he’s a modestly successful romance author. Not a bestseller, but people who know his work are always happy to see his name in a book. Unsure about his names in this AU. Thinking of Arrowrose for his transformed name, and maybe something with ‘Eadán’ (can mean both jealousy and passion in irish) for his normal name.

- Skeptic’s reincarnation is also someone Echo tried to avoid giving powers, but he ended up coming across an echomirror anyway and Echo thought ‘OK, fine. He isn’t as bad as the smitten one, so might as well give this guy a shot–’ (he profusely regrets that decision).

- While not as adamant about his ‘no killing’ policy like Smitten, Skeptic also doesn’t have slaying the princesses as his top priority. He wants to study, so that he can better understand these reality-warping spheres and maybe keep them from happening. Often ends up teaming up with Arrowrose to do that, who’s just glad to see someone isn’t jumping the gun on killing these princesses.

- Not sure about his magical girl name, but his civilian name is Sasha Jah, something of an amateur researcher (his main interests are history, biology, and archaeology) who works in an office job just so he can afford his hobbies.

#Echomirror AU #slay the princess #voice of the smitten #voice of the skeptic #stp voices #magical girl au #sal draws #sketches

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some more magical girls au stuff

and also some lore stuff:

– ‘The Echo’ is an immortal entity originated from the first ever echo to be created in that construct that trapped two gods. And now, eons later, this echo is obsessed with keeping a balance between the reincarnating pieces of these gods, and is always seeking out Quiet’s pieces reincarnations so that they always have the power to slay the pieces of the Princess that keep coming back. In this AU, this manifested as him basically making the voices magical girls

– the Echo is attached to a mirror; its shards used to make several hand mirrors he can be on at once and is how he communicates with the voices. Has mild shapeshifting abilities as an inky shadow that usually takes the form of a crow

– the Princesses create dimension bubbles around them ala Madoka Magica that change their surroundings to match their respective themes; they can only be dispersed by either killing the princess or helping them find closure in their stories (Echo conveniently doesn’t tell anyone about the latter option). They’ll always come back when they’re killed tho (often worse), and the cycle can keep going.

– Hero is in community college, studying law (it’s not his passion at all, but his family really wants him to be a lawyer and he can’t disappoint them!!), and often does gigs as a delivery boy for several businesses or other odd jobs. One of the newest magical girls alongside Contrarian – name in this AU is Hiro Capricórnio, and his transformed name is Starling; he has a stars and knight theme, and is able to summon a long, silver, feather that he uses as both a sword and a shield

– my Contra design kinda looks like a vocaloid so I decided he’s an actual superstar in his normal life who goes by the name ‘Contra Jester’ — their shows are always a fun spectacle that mixes in jokes and comedic gags in their musical performance (kinda like an inverse Bo Burnham, but with more lighthearted themes) – his AU name is Carter Thomfoolery (actual birth name) and their transformed name is Lyrical; has a music and clown theme and can summon a lyre that he uses to do all sorts of effects on the people affected

– Oppy is Carter’s agent and a senior magical girl. Doesn’t technically has any credentials to be managing a super star and was caught money laundering before, but hey! as long as he doesn’t try to meddle in their shows, Carter won’t sue them :) — was very concerned when they found out Carter was made a magical girl considering how unpredictable and uncontrollable they already are – AU name is Oscar Wilde and transformed name is Jack of Trades; has a showman/magician theme and can use the cards up his sleeves and his echoing voice to convince others to do what he wants

– Paranoid is a workaholic trying to get into medic school while juggling two part-time jobs and her responsibilities as a magical girl. Is very distrustful of the Echo in her mirror that gives her orders, but is EVEN MORE distrustful of the princesses; one of which is a recurring Nightmare she has only barely managed to defeat a few times. Tries to help/keep an eye on Lyrical and Starling, since she knows how it is to just start this off without much (helpful) guidance – AU name is Pamela Noid, and her transformed name is Little Shrike; has a plague doctor/engineer theme, the suitcase she carries can be opened to all sorts of contraptions that creates toxins and acid-filled bombs or guns, can also produce healing medicine (the pinnacle of “I’m a healer, but–”)

#this AU been spinning in my head at lightning speed y’all #wanna draw more about it BUT BODY TIRED AND FEELIN’ SICK!! #voice of the hero #the narrator #voice of the opportunist #voice of the contrarian #voice of the paranoid #slay the princess #stp voices #Echomirror AU #< how Imma be calling my version of a magical girl au #magical girl au #sal draws #sal rambles #(under the cut) #sketches

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omg, it’s hit celeb and popstar Carter Thomfoolery!

I should prolly be working on more magical girls designs, or even some princesses concepts and the new chapter for my fic, but instead, I focused on my blorbo and made a full drawing of them in their civ form lol

Btw– here’s my magical girl au fic if you wanna check that out :]

#was going for a ‘practice time outfit’ vibe for their fit #those complex dance choreographies take a lot of time to get right and they need to be comfy and ✨fashionable✨ while practicing #Echomirror AU #voice of the contrarian #slay the princess #stp au #slay the princess au #magical girl au #sal draws #finished drawing

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Now in color!!

Starling and Lyrical from my magical girl au! :D

(and also a lil kith)

#currently working through a lil fic about Carter’s first day as a magical girl #no idea how long it’ll be. but I’m alread 1.5k words in. so no going back. I’m seeing this thing through lol #voice of the hero #voice of the contrarian #contrahero #stp voices #Echomirror AU #magical girl au #stp au #slay the princess #sal draws #finished drawing #sketches

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Magical Girl-Superhero AU anyone?

#they’re still guys and guy-adjacent btw #I don’t really do genderbending once I have a clear vision in my head and I see magical girl as more of a vibe #voice of the hero #voice of the contrarian #contrahero #still need a name for transformed!Contrarian. but I’m calling Hero Starling :] #slay the princess #slay the princess au #Echomirror AU #magical girl au #stp au #stp voices #sal draws #sketches

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magical girl AU civ designs and two concepts for Cold’s transformed form (the final design will prolly be more similar to the second one)

thinkin’ of just calling his magical girl form Grimm (feels like smth Cold would settle on), and I’ll keep Cole as their civ name (no one, not even Echo, knows if they have a last name). Has been a magical girl the longest alongside Smitten and Hunted, and no one really knows much about her. The Mysterious One, as to say

#Pamela admires his tenacity and efficacy against princesses. but doesn’t really trust him #especially with how aloof he is to all the collateral damage he causes #still work alongside them every time she can since they’re the reason she was even able to defeat Nightmare a few times and they actually #make a pretty good team #Oscar. meanwhile. is head over heels over this Mysterious Cloaked Figure. and is building all kinds of fantasies about what they’re like irl #(watch out Oscar. you’re an stat idol agent. You Know how these parasocial relationships can go) #voice of the paranoid #voice of the cold #voice of the opportunist #Echomirror AU #slay the princess #stp voices #magical girl au #sal draws #sketches #the temptation to start a fic series for this AU gets Stronger and Stronger

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A Strange, and Magical, Encounter

A long time ago, in a place known as Trench, a mirror shattered into eleven shards.

Not too long ago, in a city called Dema, a blade sprought out of the earth.

And so, the endless dance between stillness and change must continue.

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Carter’s been needing a change of pace for a while now, and a talking mirror saying he needs to slay reality-distorting princesses was just bizarre enough that he took the job without thinking twice.

Chapter 1: Show My Reflection

Hello. My Magical Girl AU has a fic now. Enjoy!

#Echomirror AU #voice of the contrarian #voice of the opportunist #the narrator #voice of the hero #ContraHero #the stranger #< kinda. mainly just hinted at #we’re officially meeting her next chap #slay the princess #magical girl au #stp au #slay the princess au #sal writes

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🦾, 👽, and 🧸 for The Witch and The Contrarian? I am holding both of them in my hands so so gently

Ooooook! Put this one off cuz of how many prompts it involves, but I’m ready to try my hand at this– *cracks knuckles*

🦾 Disability headcanon: You know how cats are lactose intolerant? Witch is too! I also think she’s hypersensitive to both light and sounds.

Contra has ADHD and, uh– does the fact I hc them as not having bones at all and being able to move purely out of cartoon logic powers count? I imagine it makes their skin and some of their organs feel weird sometimes.

👽 Weird quirk headcanon: We all talked about Witch’s cat behaviors, but I also think she has that classic witch cackle. Gets kinda embarrassed by it when it comes out in a more chill setting.

Contra can make squeak toy sounds.

🧸 Childhood headcanon: In an AU where she has a childhood– I think Witch would be a middle child. She has that energy.

And here’s a Magical Girl AU headcanon since Contra actually has a childhood there: they’d write and perform their own puppet shows for their parents neighbors. The performer streak was always present with this one lol.

#slay the princess #the witch #voice of the contrarian #echomirror au #stp headcanons #mailbox

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OMG, CAN’T BELIEVE I DIDN’T SAW THIS AIMSSKXJEMD8X

this looks so nice, thank you so much 😭✨💕

#Echomirror AU #slay the princess #voice of the hero #other people’s art #mailbox

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Do the reborn / reincarnated Voices also have The Long Quiet's lingering Godhood in your Magical Girl AU? If so, how does that manifest?

Yes, they do! And it’s how Echo can track them down, actually, by following the traces of lingering godhood and just kinda teleporting towards it.

It’s a gamble whether or not he’ll actually spawn close to one of them, and whether they’ll even notice the mirror, but he’s managed to find all of them eventually, didn’t it?

And the way it manifests is through their transformations! Echo can touch into that bit of godhood in them and bring into the surface.

The transformation phrase Echo tells them to use, “show my reflection,” can basically be translated to “reflect back to me my shard of godhood.”

#Echomirror AU #slay the princess #mailbox