Fanfic Cover Art Commission done for @voltsparrow I loved getting a chance to do a Cyclonis/Piper cover so, once again, Thank You SO much!
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Storm hawks:Fall of the Witch, Rise of the Phoenix by Melodramatic_Jester
Summary:
The Storm Hawks have just followed Master Cyclonis into the doorway leading to the Far-side to hunt her down and bring her to justice. Master Cyclonis goes through much growth after her massive defeat and tries to outwit the Storm Hawks long enough to return to full strength and return to Atmos. Piper comes into her full potential as a crystal mage and decides to explore just why she and her enemy are so similar. In the end they will both go through many changes and come out the Far-Side much different than when they entered.
the parade of schizoid crossovers never even thought of ending, on my blog even more so.
in the center of attention is "OFF" - a classic linear game about a master of persuasion with a very strong bat to more lucidly explain to the basic purpose of a sacred mission. this action is seasoned with surrealistic-symbolic plot, tarantino's dialogues and abstract (in a good sense) soundtrack.
stork tried on the role of zacharie, an enigmatic but very friendly merchant who is in total a human toad (i think this partly influenced my choice to combine them).
finn got the role of batter - actually, the main character, who will have to clean the whole world from the evil surrounding him in the face of alien brain parasites. well, i think he will need luck in this case, and let's hope that he won't do anything wrong.
huuuuge burn out but i found out i don't have cancer so thats pretty goooood i would say! ofc i choose now of all times to draw my one (1) annual storm hawks picture. and obviously its stork bc it's always gonna b stork duhhh. anyway regular work will commence like. soon.
It’s kinda funny how My Hero Academia is pretty much told through the lens of Midoriya’s perspective to the point where all other professions that have a fan following: athletes, actors, singers, etc. just go completely by the wayside. Just once, it would have been great to have Kirishima or someone mention a household name and Midoriya’s all, “…..?”
“Y’know, [insert name here?] Legendary boxing champion?”
My point is, other professions outside of hero still exist and are probably just as popular as they’ve always been, so here’s the ‘Young Rei used to snowboard competitively’ headcanon. This started as a piece I did for Inktober with a, ‘Rei’s a refridgerated character. Don’t love that,’ attitude. Because aside from finally making an attempt to fight for her family (a little late, sure, but I’m not here to do a character analysis right now,) Rei doesn’t have much characterization beyond being the victimized mother in Shouto’s story.
So two things to consider:
1.) Snowboarding is a high-intensity activity. High intensity activities are known to reduce stress, anxiety and depression. So Rei having this career before marriage (and possibly a little after) would have had a very positive impact on her mental health. But after having four children, something this intense would be difficult to restart and being in her late twenties when Natsuo and Shouto were born, her professional career would have been effectively over. Being cut off from snowboarding and its mental health benefits would have definitely contributed to her downward spiral in a more significant way than if she had never done it. In its own way, this is also a reflection of Touya having all his energy and ambition and nowhere to put it, contributing to his own mental break.
2.) In both my Inktober post and this piece, Rei won gold and she’s wearing a different jacket, showing these were separate competitions. Winning gold wasn’t a one-off moment; she was relatively successful and that may have served as some unspoken tension/resentment between her and Endeavor if she was one of the top competitors in her profession while her husband never made it past second place until over two decades into his.
I like the idea of this background for her. I want to explore it further possibly as a one-shot, but I have a lot of ongoing projects right now (plus I’d need to do a little more research on how professional snowboarding competitions work,) so it’s a little up in the air whether or not an actual fic will happen. For now, I hope you enjoy the artwork.
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I also referenced Touya’s freaky smile for these, albeit not quite as intense. He got that from someone, and my money is on Mom. Mostly because I am entertained by the idea of a much younger Rei rocketing down a mountainside and terrifying other snowboarders with the same ecstatic, unhinged smile her son has. And that footage probably exists online somewhere, someone in Class 1A is going to find it, and be all, “Uh, Todoroki, I think I found a video of your mom.”
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And just in case anyone asks: Yes, that is Korra in the back. I like to sneak crossover cameos into both my fanart and fanfics, and when thinking of characters, I remembered a behind the scenes LOK fact that Korra’s character design was partially inspired by female snowboarders.
The third snowboarder is also a cameo from a more obscure, nostalgia cartoon: Suzy Lu from Storm Hawks.
It’s a very goofy little cartoon about goofy kids on flying motorcycles, fighting an evil empire, and occasionally fighting with lightsabers. It’s very earnest and imo unselfconscious. It was fun��� and at the time it was incredibly unusual to see a female lead not completely gaga over her male lead. She (Piper) was more interested in his female mentor than him, though near the end the male/female lead do grow much closer, and it’s not NOT romantic.
HOWEVER
I think the first two episodes still hold up really REALLY well, and you should watch those! It’s all on youtube.
No just hawks pulling you in close, having such an intimate moment with you as he glared at your lips and then your eyes, obsessed with how gorgeous you look laying down next to him as your eyes meet his. Just him getting so into the moment he forgets to kiss you and you’re just like “so.. are you gonna keep starring at me or are you finally gonna kiss me?” He finally comes out his trance and realizes he’s been just starting at you for the past few minutes 😭