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@traumas-mermay-2025 Day 22: Shells and pearls
Miranda x Roland mermaid AU!
I saw @duckker 's fanart and @caellekae 's fanart of Miranda in her beach dress and decided to make this into a trilogy.
(Also put my pencil sketch under the cut)
Playing pretend together.
Roland II and Lorelei during their wedding in the palace garden.
Miranda and Birk during their wedding on the beach.
My entry for Draw the Princess! I could not choose which Princess to draw, then I remembered that I didn't have to!
She may be a good fairy now, sure, but around her celebrity crush? Not a chance.
(Extra Context: in this comic, and this picture).
Queen Miranda, Mistress of Evil
The story behind this is that when Halloween rolls around, on the third year of her being queen, Miranda decides that she really wants to dress up this year for Halloween, because she hasn't yet since coming to the palace. Back in the village she always used to dress up as a villain, but she was not sure if that was still acceptable now that she had become queen. Of course, as soon as she mentions this idea to her family, they told her that they thought it was a fantastic idea, and she should go for it! In fact, maybe she should even “take over the Kingdom” for Halloween (A.K.A. themed Halloween party where she's in charge)! So she made her own costume and the rest is history.
Wormwood can't talk yet at this point in time, but everyone could tell that he wanted to be her evil sidekick for Halloween, so he's acting as Diablo to her Maleficent. (Even though he knew this whole thing was fake, Wormwood still very much enjoyed this because Maleficent is his favorite villain of all time and Miranda is surprisingly good at acting in character).
We never get to see what most of the characters were doing for Halloween in season 3 of Sofia the First, so this may as well have happened! (She has no idea how ironic this will be by the time of season 4). You can see Miranda in costume here.
Sketches of young and old Roland II and Tilly I made. Their child designs are really cute, and also I think it's funny how tall he becomes compared to her. Are these two separate artworks, or is this some kind of time travel/future/past vision scenario? You decide!
This was originally meant to be a 100% goofy funny comic, but somehow it turned into angst halfway through. I still think it's funny that Minimus canonically learns the truth before Amber and James though.
(And thanks to @ograndebatata for helping me rewrite the script to be more fitting).
Comic Script: Roland: … So, now you know the truth about my first wish on the well. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before. If any of you has anything to say, please do. Roland: Okay… one at a time please. James: Does this mean I'm half-wishing well? If someone put a coin in my mouth could I grant their wishes? Roland: WHAT?! NO! Absolutely not! Sofia: I'm sorry dad. Minimus and I already knew, and I think he has told every horse in the kingdom by now. Roland: That's not… how did you…? Amber: Daddy… does that mean I could have killed Sofia when I turned her into a cat? Would she be dead because of me? Roland: No Amber. That wouldn't have happened. Don't worry, no one got hurt. Amber: But Sofia almost was! Roland: But she wasn't. She's alright. All of you are. I'm sorry I only told you now. but please remember we both love you all very much. And we'll all get through this together.
King Roland II/Queen Miranda sketches because they are so cute together! Also, they never kissed on the lips in the show, so I needed to correct that.
More Queen Lorelei sketches!
Adding more to my headcanons about her: She and Roland met when they were both going to Royal Prep. She was a Princess of a Kingdom but not the first born so ultimately her older sister became Queen, but Lorelei still wanted to learn about ruling and had an interest in economics. She and Roland became friends and would often do assignments together and both went to EverRealm Academy, eventually falling in love and getting married. When ruling together they could cover for each others’ weaknesses, she had a good sense of numbers and was able to cover financial problems and policies best, while Roland was better at diplomacy.
To the public she came across as more regal and serious in comparison to Roland's joviality, but she still had plenty of quirks. Ever since she was young, Lorelei always kept pet giant silk moths around, she raises them from worms to adults making sure to feed them enough mulberry leaves every day or schedule the servants to feed them if she is unavailable. She finds it quite humorous whenever someone mistakes a moth for a more usual pet only to be shocked when it's a giant bug, but if you actually insult them she will not be happy. Fun Fact: the scientific name for the domestic silk moth is Bombyx mori.
Queen Lorelei, Roland II’s first wife and the biological mother of Amber and James. She only gets a few seconds of screen time in the final episode of the series, but I think about her a whole lot.
I wanted to give her a few different outfits and hairstyles for these sketches because I imagine she would have been very fashionable. We know absolutely nothing about her personality, but I like to headcanon that she really enjoyed paperwork, numbers and lists, and often created new financial policies and trade deals for the Kingdom. Also, it's interesting with her design because while Amber does look like her, I would say with the size and spacing of her eyes and the shape of her face James resembles her just as much as Amber does. And her hair bangs are really neat because she has little hair curls like Amber does but they are also perfectly symmetrical like James’ are.
Since we never see him in the show, except for his hat, I have decided to make my own design for Birk Balthazar, Miranda’s first husband!Using what little we know about him from sources outside the show and combining them with my own headcanons, I am really happy with how this all came together.
Since he is Sofia's biological dad, I think she must have inherited her hair colour and texture from him, so I wanted to show that. Since he is from Freezenberg and is a sailor I thought he should have a big beard and mustache. He is wearing a long coat that he ripped the sleeves off so his sailor tattoos could be seen. On his right arm he has tattoos of an anchor (because he sailed across the ocean to the western kingdoms many times before), a polar bear (his favorite animal, and one of the main animals of his homeland), and one he keeps covered with a scarf Miranda gave him. On his left arm he has a carnation (the flower of Miranda's homeland), and an orca (given to him after he saved a ship from a sea monster as a token of his bravery).
Had to make some screenshot re-draw sketches of Queen Miranda because she is gorgeous. I also wanted to see what she would look like with short hair.
Just finished the game and I agree with Muu, Rhok'zan x Stardust forever. They're going to make the greatest songs of all time, for all time.
This comic is brought to you by: me rereading the Brothers Grimm and remembering how horrifying “The Juniper Tree” is. (Also “Hansel and Gretel” is pretty messed up too, but still).
Comic script: Amber (to Miranda): So you're definitely not going to be an evil stepmother like the ones in fairytales? Miranda: Yes, I'll be good. James: So, if we ran out of food, you wouldn't convince our dad to abandon us in the woods with no way home? M: No, I would not. And if we were low on food, you could have mine. A: Speaking of food, you would never cook us in a stew and feed it to our loved ones, right? M: No! Absolutely not! What kind of fairytales have you been reading?! J: The Grimm ones. A: Final question worst possible scenario, would you ever dress us in servant clothes and force us to do chores? M: No, and are you sure that's the worst scenario of the three? A: Absolutely. Without a doubt.
(Original pencil sketch version of the comic under the cut)
La Reina de Rosas
(Original pencil sketch under the cut)
I really like Wish and I think it's neat that the movie went for a watercolor style because I love watercolors! One of my favorite parts of Wish is Asha and Dahlia’s relationship, so I had to paint it. (Original pencil sketch under the cut)
Día de los Muertos will always be a very emotional time for them.
Sofia the First and Undertale: a style swap. This is a very necessary and valid crossover that I had to bring to fruition. As you can see Papyrus and Amber worked very hard on creating their outfits, meanwhile Sans and Sofia just got the merch versions of each other’s outfits.
Manifesting this ending, I just want them to live happily ever after together.
Here they are, The Wizards of Avalor!
*How to Train Your Dragon referances intensify *
This pun needed to be made at some point.
[Comic script: Panel 1: Vesperia: And that's when I realised I like girls. Chat Noir: Wow I guess that makes you… Panel 2: Chat Noir: A LesBEEan!]
I think that one moment in "Now's Our Chance" where their foreheads touch is really sweet.
Surprise! It's Luna, Migs and Skylar as humans! (Because if a humans can take a potion to be a jaquin why not the other way around?)
Luna and Skylar both found ways to style their hair to make it look like jaquin ears, but Migs’s hair is too short, so instead they give him a cat ear headband which he is mildly annoyed about (but also isn't going to stop wearing because his kids like it). Migs is also wearing a guardian-style guard uniform because he always wants to look professional. Skylar dyed the tips of his hair blue because he likes the gradient. Luna was gifted some jewelry from Elena that looks like her spots and has been wearing it ever since. (Lineart under the cut)
Happy Amphibiuary!
[ID: A watercolour painting of a happy green frog surrounded by yellow, orange, red, and purple flower petals. /ID]