#pooka!jack

What if Jack quickly realized that while humans can't see him, animals can? He starts to regularly use a power that all seasonal spirits have (but that they rarely, if ever, use): shapeshifting.

When the other spirits think of the winter spirit known as Jack Frost, they don't think of the mischevious young boy with blue eyes and white, frosted hair--they think of the flighty winter spirit that is constantly shifting and changing between the forms of various animals--all who take on white fur, or scales, or skin, and blue eyes. Most spirits assume he doesn't have an original form.

Additionally: Jack has a handful of favorite animals forms, most of which are naturally white and live in almost constant winter conditions.

Here’s a few brainstorm doodles from an upcoming scene, in various stages of completion.

The ship is attacked and Aster and Cana get into their very first real serious argument as they disagree on how to handle it, Aster being a combat veteran and Cana “for some reason” running off to defend an unimportant area of the cargo hold instead of just jettisoning it and their uninvited boarders, and getting pretty seriously injured in the fight.

Primarily these were more expression doodles (featuring angry Cantabrica from his sketch dump) and trying to get the scene out on the bus without actually writing it. (Because I’m lazy trash)

Bunny attempting to flirt and getting interrupted by a fearling attack also has been in my head since day 1 of this fic and I’m glad to finally share it.

Flower crown sketches of our 3 main characters in the fic Unmade Bed We Lie In, with the flowers that they are named for.

Tatarinow's Aster for Bunnymund, Double Bloodroot for Canadensis, and for Cantabrica I used both Dwarf Morning Glory and Irish Heath because of the duality of his Character which will be much more prevalent in the next two chapters as Bunnymund learns about the First Light and what his real mission is.

The Asters were the most difficult because of their repetitive details, which is why I got lazy with the centers.

After the battle with Pitch, Jack realizes that the Tooth Box he found isn't really his. Naturally he decides to find his real memories. That ends up being the easy part; the hard part is coming to terms with not truly being human at all and trying to preserve whatever he can of his true heritage.