#cedrube

so hey people what do you think abou this w.i.t.c.h. ship chart

i think when i just switch a couple of yaoi to yuri it works well

there is a lot of straight canon ships no one cares about, sure, but i think people are most talking about not caring about comics WillMatt, not cartoon WillMatt of course

I saw this shipping challenge pop up in my tags and I had to try it! 😁

Rules: post 14 (or less) of your favourite M/F ships from any fandom and your followers can guess what you like most about these ships!

Here are mine, in no particular order 😊

1. Fiyero x Elphaba from Wicked

2. Jake Muller and Sherry Birkin from Resident Evil

3. Sky Young and Viktor from Arcane

4. Belle and the Beast/Prince from Disney's Beauty and the Beast 1991

5. Morticia and Gomez from The Addams Family

6. Jack Spicer and Kimiko Tohomiko from Xiaolin Showdown

7. Raoul and Christine from The Phantom of the Opera (book and musical)

8. Robert "Bob" Reynolds and Yelena Belova from the MCU

9. Starscream and Windblade from Transformers

10. Winslow Leach and Phoenix from Phantom of the Paradise

11. Loki and Sigyn from many miscellanious fandoms (mostly mythology and Marvel)

12. Zoey and Mystery Saja from Kpop Demon Hunters

13. Abe Sapien and Princess Nuala from Hellboy 2. The Golden Army

14. Cedric and Orube from W.I.T.C.H.

So what do you all think? 😃

This was so fun, I will probably do it with my fave mlm and wlw ships too 😁

Two paintings for the ship sailing event on our w.i.t.c.h. discord server. I just wanted to draw some fluff for valentine's day. Why does everything have to be so utterly complicated ;w;

The point is, that actually, Orube never intended to fix Cedric. She did it by knowing her truth and living it, even if that meant going against the one she fell in love with.

Orube showed a great trust and intuition when she turned to a person with a dark reputation loathed by her friends. That was quite a reckless thing, but intuitive things like that fit her somewhat feral nature. Throughout her character arc she had learnt how to be patient and resilient, had learnt the struggles of being a stranger in a foreign world and of staying true to herself no matter the circumstances. And the results of her growth have shown greatly in the Book arc.

But!!! As soon as Cedric showed the slightest suspicious signs, her mercy was over and she would never let her guard down after that. Orube wasn't trying to force anything towards Cedric, wasn't trying to be kinder and softer to him hoping to melt his rotten heart. As soon as he crossed a certain line, she knew she couldn't trust him anymore, although she had been ready to give him a chance. And this was a marvelous writing. After all, how often do we see a female character prioritizing her own values over a man? How often do we see a girl giving up on "fixing" someone who is clearly not ready for that yet?

And Cedric, as one of the main villains of the ceries, was also done justice here. He didn't have a face-heel turn and didn' really become 'good'. Yes, he couldn't think of hurting Orube and even aknowledged his feelings towards her, but this was a possessive and immature kind of feeling. All he wanted was just to have her by his side, without even taking her feelings and values into conscideration. His suggestion to join him in a fight against the Guardians was the PEAK of emotional blindness, and this basically sums up the nature of his feelings and his own character.

And the final change tbat Cedric has aknowledged at his deathbed didn't happen because of Orube's love and devotion to him. It was her resilience, honor and truthness that moved him. Unlike him, she knew exacly who she was and what she was fighting for, and she taught Cedric by example, not by becoming his allforgiving ally.

Conscidering all said above I don't know how to feel about fan versions about their romance rebound after Cedric miraculously survived. Is he really capable of getting over his power-seeking and villain-serving behavior? Would simple life on earth without superpowers and world-conquering ambitions satisfy him? And most importantly, would Orube, who knows her moral code and follows it religiously be able to forgive him? These are the questions left unanswered. And although I would love to believe in a happily ever after for these two, my outlook on their perspective as a healthy couple is not that positive.

Is this a healthy ship? Nope. Is it a good writing and character development? Absolutely! Is happy ending for these two even possible? This is a question I can't answer. It would be nice to see them as a power couple, but that would mean one of them completely abandon their old ways. Would any of them be able to do that? It's really hard for me to tell.

However, despite all above, these two have the sickest chemistry in the entire series without a single kiss. I've been obsessed with them for 10 years and can't get enough.

Looking back on the plot of W.I.T.C.H. in 2025, I realized the protagonists are essentially NATO soldiers conducting color revolutions. The first major storyline is basically anime North Korea plus Iran plus Gaza plus Yogoslavia plus all the Latin American countries destabilized by US-backed coups. The tyrant Phobos eventually fell, and the soldiers install a royalist exile as the new queen. The border control storyline is now glaringly obvious - the center of the universe, Kandrakar, built a wall to prevent refugees from escaping while pretending to maintain a "non-interference" posture.

Later plots involved the Kandrakar secretly conducting surgeries on soldiers without consent (causing some to quit), and retired veterans suffering PTSD from being betrayed by Kandrakar - all classic military drama narratives disguised as anime magical girl.

There's even an arc where Phobos managed to brainwash Kandrakar itself, which feels particularly ironic when watching Trump and Putin-related news today.

And the Cedric x Orube ship, which I loved, was particularly fascinating: Cedric, once a henchman serving Phobos, was captured by the cosmic ICE and forced into a human male body against his will (he's originally a giant snake with shape-shifting powers). He was constantly suffering from body dysphoria until he developed an interracial romance with Orube. Then he died tragically. Orube, initially an Orientalist-stereotyped Japanese samurai brainwashed into blind loyalty, gradually developed critical thinking but was utterly devastated by Cedric's death, and left the main plotline altogether. The story then returned to standard magical girl narratives.

So, I think it's time to show my artwork on this pairing. There are not many of drawings, because every time I draw these cuties, I'm a little shy and overwhelmed with feelings >///<

The first work is generally the first thing I drew after a very long artblock, so it's a little oblique meh. I've worked on it many times, so I hope it's not particularly noticeable.

They are a very touching couple, and even if there were few of them, they left the brightest mark in my heart. Let them be happy at least here...