#fantopian

1. Poppy has heard all the Easter bunny jokes throughout her life as a toon. So unless you got a clever one up your sleeve, you'll get nothing but a sigh or an eye roll from her. However she does still enjoy painting Easter eggs, they're relaxing for her. If you give her an egg with a baby chick inside though (because cartoon formula states that that has to happen in your life at some point), she will go full mama mode 🥰

2. Prism read about the Easter holiday in one of the books about visitors, and she fell in love with it. Who doesn't love painting, a good treasure hunt, and sweets? Since she is so focused on being a guardian of the Night Dimension, this is one of the rare times you'll see her more playful side come out ^^ she'll have paint all over her fingers and face from all the painting she's done, and its up to the visitors, Owl, and NiGHTS to find all the eggs by the end of the cycle. Prism finds clever ways to hide mosaic eggs in NiGHTS' hat, and they still wonder how she does it. She offers nightopian treats to visitors that, when they awake, will leave them feeling jolly the rest of the day. And since her nightmaren friend has told her about Reala and what he's like when Wizeman isn't involved, maybe she'll make him a gift too. (My fanmaren Loki absolutely ends up swallowing the eggs whole and will puke up the eggs on a vistor. For fun.)

@the-crazy-echidna-lady imagine Audaci finding eggs in his hat witn special messages for him painted on, like the heart candies associated with valentines 🤭🥰

The Eatier is considered one of the most powerful and dangerous animals in the night dimension. Specifically among the nightmaren. Because the eatier is the only natural predator of nightmaren, and considered a death wish to attempt to hunt one down. Strong enough to even give the first levels NiGHTS and Reala a fight of their lives and withstand most attacks, yet sentient and kind-hearted, and intuitive; allowing them to know what are true threats to the nightopians and visitors they defend.

As their name implies, the eatiers (pronounced EH-TEE-EARS) devour nightmaren. They were supposed to be way for the Night Dimension to remain balanced, and ensure no nightmaren tried to truly harm a visitor. But ever since Wizeman came into power, eatiers have been on the hunt more and more, catching any harmful nightmaren and offering refuge to any nightopian and visitor they they come across. Wizeman of course, wants these creatures destroyed. But everyone in Nightmare knows that they'd be lucky just to survive an encounter with an eatier, let alone damage it. So these night creatures are thriving.

As one can guess, the Baku was my main inspiration for the eatier. So was the tapir, the animal the Baku was based on. But I was also inspired by the giant anteater with its claws and giant tail, and the moose with its size and absolute level of "do not fu*k with me"

I wish so badly I could draw the eatier for you guys so you can see how I imagine they look! Hopefully you guys can get a decent image of their appearance with the animals I provided.

Some interesting things to know about eatiers...

An eatiers fur will change color based on what kind of nightmaren is most common in their diet. For example, one that eats mostly snips would have a mostly white coat with rainbow gradient.

When NiGHTS first rebelled, they did their best to avoid the eatiers. Though it was soon enough revealed to them that eatiers can sense what is in someone's heart when they flew into one carelessly, but wasn't harmed.

My OC Prism is close with an elder eatier named Mercedes. The two have fought along side each other a few times, and she has even sheltered and transported Prism when her wings have been damaged in battle (which happens a lot).

Some of Reala's scars were from a run-in with Mercedes. He doesn't need to be reminded of how lucky he was.

Hi! I'm really sorry this took me so long. There's been a lot going on on my end. But thank you so much for being patient. I hope these headcannons are to your liking ^^

Since this could be for either an OC or a reader, I'm gonna try to keep it general. But I will refer to the nightopian as a reader insert so I won't confuse people by using they/them for both NiGHTS and the nightopian.

~NiGHTS befriending a first level Nightopian after their rebellion~

For those of you that don't know what 'hitting the griddy' is, don't worry. I don't know either. And neither does Marshmallow so you ain't getting shit out of her.

But really Marshmallow, you sure that's a good idea? Cause of the limited knowledge we do have, it's some dance you do while lifting your legs up high. Prism is flexible, but she's literally 4'7. Her legs ain't long. She will get an automatic F and a see me after class note if she attempted 'hitting the griddy'.

Your OC Audaci on the other hand, his legs are like 75% of his height. He'll get the right form. Though knowing his clumsy ass he'll trip over the curb.

Character: NiGHTS or Reala ?

Pairing: Prudaci or Mirrackle ? ;)

Anything: Icecream or sorbet ?

Oooh you know me too well XD

Adventure Time all the way. I do like what you've shown me of Regular Show, but Adventure Time is more nostalgic for me. (Not to mention I'm biased with Marceline being my first fictional crush)

Marshmallow... You know me... You know I would pick Reala over NiGHTS any day XD

inhales deeply first off, your evil... secondly, I'd pick Prudaci over Mirrackle. It's the ship we share together ^^

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Anon...

I have no clue who you are, or why you took an interest in seeing my OC shipped with a Canon character...

But I have one thing to say...

Thank you so so so much for asking about my OC! And about wanting to see her paired with a canon character! That is honestly a huge compliment, it tells me you think she's interesting enough and legit enough to be with a canon character!

Ok. The only NiGHTS OC that I have that could be shipped with him, is my nightopian OC Prism (her bio should be under the 'my own OC's' tag or 'Prism' tag, please check her out if your interested ^^) but... If I'm honest, I had thought of them together in a relationship before.

I know that there's nothing wrong with OC x Canon ships, but I always get nervous at the thought of posting anything like that, especially if no one asks about my characters (the last thing I want is to embarras myself if someone is like 'nobody asked to see this why are you posting it'... Even though the internet is a free platform and we can post whatever we want and don't have to worry about anybody putting us down.

ANYWAYS! I've rambled too much. Time to give you what you asked for. My thoughts on Prism x Reala (or Realism in this case XD). I'll go for my general thoughts/story for it, but this got pretty long so I won't add headcannons to it (maybe I'll make a separate post for headcannons)

Reala x Prism (Realism)

Peony: Regarded as one of the most popular and culturally significant flowers in many parts of the world, the peony is closely associated with peace, stability and prosperous domestic life

(I hope that's a peony gif. Gif courtesy of Google)

Anyone who knows Prism's story knows that if she was canon, Reala would be her #1 enemy for a multitude of reasons.

For starters, when he and NiGHTS were created, they both made her job as a guardian a whole lot harder. At first she was able to deal with third and second levels just fine, although the second levels she would need a few tries to learn their strategies so she could properly fight back. But NiGHTS and Reala, by far the known strongest creations of Wizeman. They made her eat dirt with their superior magic and strength alone everytime she tried to fight them for the ideya they stole. The most she could do was use herself as a distraction while the visitors and nightopians in the area get to safety.

Then, when NiGHTS rebelled and she and them bonded and befriended each other, Reala gave her another reason to hate him. He was constantly hurting her friend and trying to drag them back to a place that would practically kill them without physically harming them. Anyone who knows Prism knows that she is not the type to stand back and let her loved ones get hurt, she would sacrifice herself in a heartbeat and think about the consequences later. There were many times she had to break NiGHTS out of trouble and square up to Reala to try to protect them. Fortunately NiGHTS was on her side this time, so her fights with the nightnaren weren't so unevenly matched anymore.

But of course, the hatred she felt for him was mutual. Remember, no story is one sided, and we have to see this through Reala's eyes too. Prism has caused him and the other 'maren so much trouble with how she fights them and takes back any ideya they steal, and has made Wizeman very temperamental and progress to stagnate. Not to mention the fact that she is the only thing- alongside the visitors- keeping him from bringing his friend back home and was also the reason why NiGHTS left in the first place (in his eyes at least). So when he sees Prism, all Reala sees is a pest that is far too much trouble and needs to be taken care of so not only he but the rest of Nightnare can achieve their goal without further hinderence.

So the main reason for their rivalry is simple. They both have conflicting goals. Prism wants to protect the night dimension and ensure the visitors and her loved ones are safe. Reala wants to keep Wizeman satisfied so no one else will die and bring back his comrade. And the one thing that even made things this way for them was Wizeman. As long as he exists and forces the nightmaren to bring him ideya, they will continue to clash heads.

So what happens when you remove Wizeman from the picture? When Wizeman is finally gone for good and the nightmaren have no reason to hunt visitors anymore?

Complications.

After NiGHTS rebelled and showed Prism that the nightmaren weren't inherently evil, she wanted to protect the nightmaren too. Being a guardian of the night dimension includes Nightmare too, not to mention all the stories NiGHTS told her about the day to day lives the 'maren lead. She wanted to help them, but when Wizeman was in power she had to keep fighting them to help the visitors. She couldn't just stop protecting the humans, the night dimension exist because of the visitors, so they were the top priority. So even though she sympathized with the 'maren, she couldn't stop what she began.

But now that Wizeman is gone, she tries to make amends. She goes out of her way to try to help Nightmare heal along with Nightopia. Of course, since she caused so much suffering for the 'maren, none of them want to trust her. Especially Reala, the new leader of Nightmare.

NiGHTS would definitely have to be a mediator between them both. Because even though Prism is trying to be trusting and calm and helpful, centuries of agony and the cold truth that he couldn't trust anyone, not even his closest friend, makes Reala lash out. Now that she's just standing there, doing nothing but putting a target on her back, his fury and hurt over the years bubble up and splash onto her.

But at the same time, he caused her suffering too. Every visitor she couldn't save, every paradise and nightopian that was torn apart by the nightmaren and all the beat downs she took in all of the fights she had, Reala was a big part of all that. At least after he was created. They both have hurt each other in different ways, they both had caused the others day to worsen intentionally or not.

And, in a way, that's how they both come to an understanding. Eventually, they both recognize what they've done to the other and that neither of them are intirely innocent. When they both see that, they both can take two steps back and realize they are more alike then they thought. They both want peace in their communities, they both care for their loved ones and want them around, they both carry similar responsibilities and are seen as authority figures or protectors in their homes and they both want the conflict to just stop.

So with time, they both can come to an agreement to help each other. They both can help the night dimension heal and help bring back the unity that Nightmare and Nightopia used to have. It's with this clarity and understanding for the other that allows them to work together. And later, when they both have a chance to actually get to know each other and bond- all thanks to NiGHTS I assure you- They find love with each other.

That's why I love Realism so much. It's not only a enemies to lovers story, but it also has them show each other a side neither of them saw before. Prism gets to see Reala's more caring and softer side, and Reala gets to see her more sympathetic and understanding side. And it's only when they see the other half of each other is when they can unite and become one with each other.

Only if you talk about them too XD

For those who are wondering, Prudaci is the shared ship between me and @marshmallow-biscuit-blog with our OC's Audaci (hers) and Prism (mine). In her Prudaci wedding pic, she states that they have plenty of mepian babies... She wasn't joking XD

Unfortunately we don't have any bio's of the babies so description will have to do.

The eldest is Octavia. she is the most responsible of all the siblings and takes it upon herself to keep the order, though she can lose her temper (especially with her younger sister Lavania). She takes more after Audaci, with his neat and tidyness and more nightmarish apparence (she does inherit her uncle Devi's (who inherited from his mother) pink hair though)

The middle child is Lavania. She is the more wild of the siblings. She not only inherited her mothers energy and curiosity, though she also inherited more of her mother's appearance. She is most definitely a prankster and wants to do things on her own.

The twins Marygold and Elm are both the youngest of the siblings (pretend Marygolds color is yellow). Despite who they're older siblings are, they are actually the more shy of the siblings and the shortest of them all. They get pulled into Lavani's shenanigans XD

I actually have multiple OC's, but I'm going to talk about my most developed OC. My nightopian named Prism (who I was inspired after seeing @squiderdoodle OC Void, shes really great!)

Before I show her picture (drawn by @marshmallow-biscuit-blog, thank you very much!) Shes not a regular nightopian. If anyone remembers my first NiGHTS into Dreans headcannon post, I said that I have a headcannon that nightopians have their own subspecies like the nightmaren, with the humanoids being referred as celestials (I'm still debating on whether or not to call them that, but I'm leaning more towards that name due to the fact I imagine their all solar based).

Ok, without further ado, heres Prism!

(The only thing you cant see in the pic is how long her hair is (down to her ankles) and her white ballet shoes (the kind with the ribbons you tie around your legs)) This is what I imagine her NiD look to be, but I'm still trying to figure out what her JoD look would be.

Now, onto her backstory.

The celestials were once high in number, acting out as guardians of the night dimension. However, after Wizeman died in a coma and his soul still remained in the dimension, he started his goal to take over the very place he was trapped in. Once he started gaining power, the celestials first tried to reason with him, but by then he found a way to consume others' energy, and started killing off the celestial species to gain their power (thats how he gained his godlike powers).

As he created more and more nightmaren to steal more and more ideya, the night dimension itself had started creating a new celestial (I cant remember if I've already mentioned it, but I imagine the night dimension to be alive, more so then our own earth). This new celestial was Prism. However, she was created in a secluded area in a Nightopia, so no one had really been able to find her. It wasn't until an awakener who would later become her friend found her and brought her to Owl, who then raised her and taught her everything she needed to know about her world.

She was relatively happy, she made quick friends with the normal nightopians, she saw Owl as a father figure, and she was safe and happy in her home at the Dreamgate. However, around the time she came of age, she encountered a nightmaren for the first time in her life, while they were terrorizing visitors and stealing ideya. After that day, she had decided to become a guardian of the night dimension, just like her ancestors, and protect Nightopia and visitors.

She was powerful to fight against third levels with no problem and second levels easily after she got used to them. As such, Wizeman decided to create the two first levels NiGHTS and Reala. Now those two, since they were made to be far more powerful then a second level, turned out to be quite difficult for Prism to fight against. The most she could do was provide a distraction for them while any visitors or nightopians in the area could get away.

Due to her experiences, Prism had started believing that nightmaren were a inherently evil species. Even though Owl tried to teach her to not think that way, it was hard for her to see the nightmaren as anything but evil. Until NiGHTS rebelled that is.

Of course, she didnt trust them at first, always keeping a close eye on them. But as they proved that they really had a change of heart, Prism started trusting them more and more. Soon enough, the nightopian had actually befriended the rebellious nightmaren, and finally learned what Owl was trying to teach her. Now, she wishes to try and protect all of the night dimension, not just Nightopia.

Now with her backstory done, here are some random facts about her.

She is 4'7, even though shes an adult (I headcannon all nightopians, from the animals to the pixies to the celestials, to be small in comparison to the nightmaren)

Prism is very naive, not in the 'everyone is good' way, but in the fact that she can take things at face value (like how she saw the nightmaren before NiGHTS rebelled). However, she is always willing to learn, and is more than willing to admit her mistakes and will do her best to make them right. She is also a very kind hearted person and would protect and care for her loved ones (family, friends, etc). As such, she can be seen as innocent at times.

As you can see, her wings dont look like a normal nightopians' wings. I imagine humanoid nightopians have more like dragonfly wings rather then butterfly wings.

She is a very sweet person, but she does have a temper. It can take alot to make her lose her temper (or only a little, depending on what is making her angry) but when she loses it, she proves just how loud tiny people get. She can also be very stubborn when she wants to be.

She is also much more of a 'by the book' sort of person then NiGHTS is. It's why they compliment each other well, she helps them be more serious, and they help her be more playful (that's not to say she doesnt know how to have fun, she often plays with the nightopians when she has free time. But she takes her job very seriously, and can often times come off as a workaholic. So NiGHTS is able to help her relax when she needs it.)

The reason why she was named Prism is because of her light based powers: She can summon light, and can even use this to her advantage when fighting for both offense and defense, but she can not actually bend light itself. Her colors will also change depending on her mood/mental state (her colors will look brighter when happy, they will look drained when depressed, etc). If you look at her appearance, you'll notice that she actually looks like the sky, (sky blue eyes, sun hair, etc).

She has her own invisible instrument! A tambourine! She also she enjoys singing and dancing. Especially when it's a celebration of some sort (I'd compare her voice to Miss Acacia from Jack and the Cukoo Clock Heart, especially in the song 'Flames with Glasses'). She also loves reading, and could spend hours going through her favorite pieces of literature.

She us a very upbeat and positive person, despite picking up on some of Owl's anxious habits (like overthinking things). She has a very high energy and is very sociable, but she always makes sure to focus on her work.

Since the night dimension itself created her, she feels at home when shes outdoors, especially in woodlands or fields, almost as if she feels a connection with the world (she cant communicate with the dimension though, she just loves the outdoors)

The awakener that found her is really small, small enough to hide in her shoulder. His name is Peonie, and he is really shy and a bit of a scaredy cat, but he is protective of Prism and will often accompany her on her patrols or outings when he's not doing his own duties, despite the risk of running into a nightmaren.