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A gift for @sealedeyesblog after I learned her Oc Yume’s Lore
Casually slides the start of my Vector x Alcora Fic over to you
It would mean the world to me if you just went over and give it a read :3
She takes shit from no one, when it’s about her hubby
Drawing suggestions for my Oc Alcora, because of Art Block
Thank you,
1. @pan-of-light for as an angel
2. @thesilverlock for with her best friend (Mizael)
3. @sealedeyesblog for hugging a stuffed animal (+sleep wear a bit)
4. @yuugo for 1920s
5. @ivmysterynumbers for formal wear
6. @soogymoogi for a different style (emo)
@sealedeyesblog inspired me to do this little animatic
I used it to kinda show Vector‘s and Alcora‘s relationship throughout the centuries
Past life, first time meeting as Barians, Zexall II and finally post series as humans
For being my first real animatic I’m actually pretty satisfied and proud of it :))
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN 🫶🏻🫶🏻
I CAN‘T PUT INTO WORDS HOW MUCH THIS ACTUALLY MEANS TO ME 🥹🥰💕💕
Oc artwork/interactions i did for some of my mutuals teehee!!
(Guys pls talk to me abt ur ygo ocs i love them sm PLSPLSPLSPSLSPLSSPLSPLSPSLS)
1- @koutone
2- @galaxygirl-katie27
3- @ivmysterynumbers
Now with Vector settled,
This, again, will be open for a week
Vector Redesign
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Notes under the cut!
-Okay so first of all, I had to finally figure out his nationality, so that it would make sense with the story. Which led me to my headcanon of Vector being Turkish-Persian mixed, with his father being Turkish and his mother being Persian. But ultimately he would be the prince, later king, of Persia. I‘d like to make a full post about this topic specifically later, but in short: His father was the second Turkish prince, so in order to be king himself, he married into the persian royal family, who had no male heir, so he could have his own kingdom. So that later, Vector could jut walk through Türkiye with his army to attack Nasch in Greece, because of his blood-relation to their royal family without any problems.
-To the design. I gave him a ponytail, just to try it out, but I just liked it so much, that I had to stick with it.
-He has big eye bags from Insomnia, because of many nightmares almost every night. He has major PTSD from his past, that sill haunts him.
-He has a tooth gap (where he actually lost a tooth) and many scars and bandaids, because this boy is just always hurt (most of it because of the Ray-Way). I once read a headcanon, that all of Ray`s clumsiness wasn’t even acted, Vector is just like that. He still bumps into all kinds of furniture post-series.
-Also he ruined all his pants at one point because of his clumsiness and because the others (Nasch) don’t want to buy him new ones, he just patched them up himself, and yes he did poke himself with the needle multiple times.
-FRECKLES. No elaboration needed.
-Big father issues. Also no elaboration needed.
-This boy never ties his shoes, which also doesn’t help his clumsiness. Also he wears mismatched shoes, but they match enough for him and he just doesn’t think anyone notices. Everyone notices.
-He is one of the people with the most Trauma. If you ask him how he‘s doing he‘d say: „I take antidepressants.“ And he does! He got them perscribed, after an… incident. I wont go into detail, but I think you can guess what happened. And while most of the barians still don’t exactly like him, they don’t want him to die. He also refuses to go to proper therapy. Yuma is his therapy.
-He also has ADHD, which I think he always had, even in his past life. He got it diagnosed post series, when Yuma talked to him about his ADHD (another headcanon of mine) and Vector just heavily related to many things Yuma said and so he proposed that maybe he should get a diagnose. Which tuned out positive.
-Also he‘s a cat owner. I read so many fics, where he just adopts a cat. It’s mostly to spite Rio, when he came across a little kitten box on the side of the road one day. But he got so attached to it, it‘s his family now. It’s a little white female kitten, who is also deaf and her name is Pestilence, Pesty for short. He is also so good at hiding her. The barians only found out about her like 6 months after Vector got her. There was a massive discussion, but in the end Vector got to keep her. She is now his emotional support cat.
-He also reads a bit, but it only consists of the most cliche, sappy, stereotypical romance stories you can find, to make fun of them.
-His past life redesign is like the biggest redesign up until now, since I researched ancient Persian an Turkish royal robes, because even when he‘s the prince/king of Persia, I think his father would still bring some of his Turkish background into the family.
-And since I made him older again (and tanner, because he was more in the sun in Persia than in Japan) I gave him a little goatee
-Also his robes are red to resemble his father, and how he is slowly turning into him (plus the goatee), but he still has blue in his clothes to resemble and respect his mother. I refuse to believe that he stopped loving her after her death. I think he always continued to love her deep inside and actually still misses her post series. He just doesn’t show it.
Some more Vector x Alcora Lore
They had a son in their past lives (I HEADCANON THEM ALL IN THEIR PAST LIVES AS AT LEAST 20 YEARS OLD)
The son‘s name being Ray 🥺
Also this was before Vector got brainwashed, but his dad was already sick.
@mistyweirdo
Rio/Merag Redesign
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More notes about the Redesign under the cut!
-Okay, first of all- BURN SCRAS. Queen was so long in the hospital after her fire accident, completely wrapped in bandages and there is literally nothing showing?? No, girl is a survivor and it shows. If the writers decide to put her in the hospital for like 75% of her screen time, then at least show the consequences that came out of it. She also can’t completely open her left eye anymore. It’s not blind, she just can’t completely open it.
-She also has PTSD from the incident and is afraid of fire ever since. She can stand it with loved ones around, but she‘ll never go alone near a fire again, because it gives her major flashbacks. (Rio isn‘t the only barian with PTSD. Honestly I think all of them have it, some more so than others for different reasons.)
-She is also officially a jock girl. We saw her rock every sport possible at school. I think in my redesign, she wouldn’t be in the drama club, but in a sports club, like football or basketball (probably even being captain). And for those wondering what her shirt says, it says „Heartland Academy“. The 48 actually being related to her star Merak.
-Although she is a confident queen, she still has some demons to deal with and isn’t really comfortable with showing ALL her scars (hence the sport leggings under her shorts). It actually took her a lot of time to go out again after being released from the hospital. But with the help of her family, especially Ryouga and Durbe and her friends, she‘s slowly healing.
-I also headcanon her as a lesbian. I confess to being a Rio x Anna shipper. Especially after seeing prompts and fanart of them bonding over burn and explosion scars. Love me some mechanic and jock lesbians.
-I think the Greek nationality explains itself, since she‘s Ryouga‘s twin. So if you want my reasoning for that, check out my Ryouga/Nasch redesign.
-Of course she has the sibling ring and the friendship bracelet with Ryouga and Durbe.
-Now to Merag. I tried to make her look like her barian form and also using lighter colours for her, since I used darker ones for Nasch. Also gave her the tiara she has in her barian form, because she is ROYALTY.
-I also gave Merag actually short hair and a long veil, to kinda give the illusion of long hair, because back then it was unusual for women to wear short hair. But she wanted it short, because she also practises sword fighting. Durbe was teaching her in private. She‘s actually better than Nasch at it and always kicks his ass in (sword) duels. This could also be a reason, why Rio is so frustrated at losing to Ryouga in card game duels. Because her soul was so used to winning against him.
-SHE‘S AN ORACLE. She was bestowed the gift of foresight by Apollo. She gets visions of the future. It’s mostly why she became head priestess. She also got them way less, when being reborn, because she and her soul had to get used to regularly getting future visions again. They could be big visions, like enemy‘s approaching or just small things. Like in the middle of doing something she suddenly spaces out before saying: „Oh my Abyss, Vector is going to fall down on the parking lot in 10 minutes, I gotta see that-“
Ryouga/Nasch Redesign
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More Notes about it under the cut!
-Firstly I wanted to make his past life a.k.a. Nasch look DIFFERENT than Ryouga himself. Past lives do not work that way. They may look similar, but not directly a copy paste version. I mean, Ryouga Kamishiro isn’t even Nasch reincarnated. It is implied, if not canon, that the Kamishiros are Descendants of Nasch and Merag (however so, because I don’t think they had kids??), so I guess it makes sense, that they look similar. But definitely not the same! I also made Nasch older than Ryouga, because I won‘t have a 14 year old fight in a war and lose every single one of his soldiers (and his sister and adopted daughter). Here he‘s 19.
-Which also brings me to my trans!Ryouga headcanon, where I think that Ryouga was actually born a girl— Important! Ryouga, not Nasch! Nasch was born as a boy. — So Ryouga was originally a girl, but after the accident, when Nasch‘s soul entered her/his body, Ryouga started to feel more like a boy, because her/his soul was now actually a male and not female anymore.
-Also I finally settled down, what nationalities I think all the Barinas are. As you can see I headcanon Nasch and Merag as Greek (maybe Japanese mixed as Ryouga and Rio, but still part Greek, because of the descendants thing). I just blame the locations of their ruins on volcanic locations shift, as someone informed me about it on my map post. You‘ll see what I came up with for the others, I’m especially excited for Vector.
-I also liked the Heterochromia in his Barian form, so I think he had it already as Nasch and only got it back, when regaining his memories and barian powers. Because the left eye of the barians only turns red when dueling, so they can see the monsters and all. You could say they see… Duel Spirits. But that’s the thing. They can only see them in duels or when they „activate“ their red eye. But I think Nasch, as the leader of the barians is so powerful that his red eye is permanent, making him able to see duel spirits all the time. (I mean Vector had to absorb 4 barian emperors to even truly compete with Nasch, meaning Nasch alone is as powerful as 5 barian emperors)
-I changed his necklace to an actual shark tooth, because I was so disappointed, when I found out it wasn’t a real shark tooth. I mean, yeah it‘s cute that it had a family picture of them in it, but I’m not saying he doesn’t have that anymore, just not in a necklace. I think the tooth is something he got it from his father, because I headcanon he was a marine biologist. Ryouga also wants to become a marine biologist and study sharks. Because being emperor isn’t really an option in this time.
-We know Ryouga and Rio share silver rings and he still has his, he now just has a golden extra one with a sapphire, which serves as a promise ring for him and Durbe. Durbe of course also has one, also golden with a ruby.
-He, Rio and Durbe all share friendship bracelets, with their barian aura colours. It was Rio‘s idea, but Durbe made them.
-I also love the idea of him and Rio having shark teeth. Were they born with them? No one knows…
-Now for the Nasch redesign, I gave him a more casual kind of look. Of course he has some armour, but only wears it later in the story, when really going into war.
-I also gave him a crow BECAUSE KING NEEDS A CROWN and made it look similar to his barian crown, but with extra wings on them. He let them be added to the crown, to show his connection to Durbe and the alliance with his king indirectly to the whole kingdom. Also because he misses him. Of course not every one was fine with this, but Nasch was such a beloved ruler, no one dared to oppose him.
-I got the Idea for the sword switch from a fanfic I read about them once, where they actually got their swords together ad named them after each others stars of the big dipper. So here they got their swords, but switched them and named them after the other (Dubhe and Benetnasch) so they could still fight side by side, even when apart.
If you have any other questions about the redesigns, ask away, because as you can tell I really like to yap about them! :)
You know what sucks about wanting to draw the Barians in their national clothing??
NOT KNOWING WHERE THE FUCK NASCH, MERAG AND VECTOR ARE FROM
Remember this??
Those three dots in the middle of nowhere in the ocean are Nasch‘s, Merag‘s and Vector‘s Ruins
WHERE THE FUCK ARE THOSE!??
@zexalmonth Day 22 P-Powers
My favourite power in the Zexal series by far is the Zexal Morph
Which brought up the question for me
Can other “alien” beings also morph? Doesn’t matter if with each other or with humans
So I made this Zexal Barian Morph of Kaito and Mizael (Or as I call him Kaizar)
And also-
Would their monsters also fuse?? Galaxy-Eyes-Tachyon-Photon-Dragon where?
And omg he would have such an Superiority Complex, this man has too much confidence and pride inside him
@zexalmonth Day 21 O-Originality
Who else to draw, but my baby Alcora
This gave me an opportunity to finally design her looks from ALL her lifetimes
In the past, as Queen being married to Vector
As a Barian emperor
And her present human design
The truth is, while she is/was married to Vector, she is still the most human Barian
Which calms the other Barians since she is the only one who can actually tame Vector
But that has to do with the fact that she wasn’t even supposed to be a Barian 🤫
But that’s a story for another time
I‘m currently working on her full lore and will post it when it’s finished
@zexalmonth Day 12 H-Hobby
I headcanon, that Mizael would try to bake something for Kaito, because he has such a sweet tooth.
But this poor alien hasn’t even seen a kitchen before in his life and as you can see it didn’t end well.
But his pride doesn’t allow for this to be the end! He will return as a master baker! (or that’s what he claims)
@zexalmonth Day 9 G-Gate
What better excuse to combine my 2 most favourite fandoms??
I already knew what I had to do
And it would have been an absolute crime to not put Nasch into Octavinelle
Even if he wouldn’t have been sorted into it, he would immediately transfer to it, because Fish Dorm
Also omg, Floyd would totally call him Shark or Sharky and Nasch would just be like
How the hell do you know my name???
@zexalmonth Day 6 D-Duel
(I didn’t draw for today because I could never top this peace of art)
My favourite Duel in the Series by far is Vector vs. Durbe and Merag
Because
1. Vector‘s Expressions and lines are the best as always
2. We get a cool magical girl transformation for Merag
3. We get to see Merag‘s and Nasch‘s Bond with Durbe a bit more! Because this is one of the only time we have seen such raw Emotion on them! When Durbe sacrificed himself we saw the heartbreak in their eyes Like Nasch‘s Reaction is just pure fuel for my Tomoshipping Fire
4. And of course the heartbreaking farewell of the twins
I just love this duel, because we see so much emotion from Nasch and Merag, NOT Ryouga and Rio!
They are fighting for Barian World and are shedding tears, when their longest and most loyal friend Durbe dies, which tells us so much about their bond BEFORE their time as Rio and Ryouga
And that’s exactly what I want!
Give me more Infos about their Relationship with the other Barians!
@zexalmonth Day 2 B-Barian
I can not draw the Barians without drawing Tomoshipping
I love these two soooo much, they’re my favourite Zexal Ship and Characters 🥰🥰
I just kinda wished, that we saw a bit more of Nasch‘s and Merag‘s time as Barian Emperors before Vector tried to kill them.
I want to see how their relationship was with the other Barians and how they interacted with each other
I would 100% watch a show solely about the Barians
Stop I literally have a concept sketch about a fusion of them named Dash 😭🤚
New tomo ship name: Dash
the lost 8th barian………
Okay crazy Idea
What if the Barians could Fuse, like the gems in Steven Universe?
Because, they‘re both Rocks/Gems??
Idk, anyway here‘s a Barian Obsidian, where all the Barian emperors fuse:
With and without writing
I want them to beat the shit out of Don Thousand (They‘d probably be the same size)
(I put my Oc in it, so I could use the ’’Every arm is a Barian“ idea)
@mistyweirdo
Some more Vector x Alkora (my Oc) :D
They are absolutely smitten with each other 🥰
My friend chose the bases on Pinterest, here they are:
Here‘s some Art for Vector with my Oc Alkora
She is my Baby and I love her and Vector sooo much ^^ <3
(Also kinda for @mistyweirdo hope you like it :3)
Working on something
What do y'all think?