#sylvi

Introducing mY BABIES-

Zac, Ova, and Sylvi!

Finally resurrected from the dead! (They already created in 2018 and only existed in closed servers, but were in desperate need of a makeover first)

They are the next gen kids that I envision for Pac and Cyli, and I had so much fun coming up with their new designs! I might show and compare how their old (2018) designs looked like at a later date. Back then I had a different approach to designing fankids. With these new ones, I decided to really lean into the genetics side of things and make Pac and Cyli's three children actually look like their children, each with a good blend of both parents while still being unique enough to be their own individuals. I MIGHT return and do some tweaks to their designs (looking at Sylvi), but overall I'm very happy with how these three came out!

Now for the proper introductions and bios:

Zachary

Named after his grandfather, Zac is the firstborn and only son of Pac and Cyli. He is a Yellow One like his dad, but takes after his mom in being smart and witty - definitely to the point of being a smartass, as his sisters would tell you. His main hobby is playing pac-pong, soccer, and annoying his sisters, but he also enjoys reading a good book and going on trips with his family. He is a bit of a history nerd, a trait that has been cultivated by both Pac and Cyli since Zac was young, by reading lots of history books and learning of past wars and battles through his parents' eyes. While Zac does enjoy poking fun at his sisters, he actually sees them as his best friends and would give his life to protect them. While not a full-blooded Yellow One like his dad, Zac is still capable of using the same mainline power berries that Pac can use (Fire, Ice, Chameleon, Titanium, etc), but not for long periods of time or to the fullest extend that full-blood Yellow Ones can. Zac's appetite also rivals his father's, a Yellow One trait that comes in strong. He goes by Zac most of the time, but sometimes Cyli calls him Zaccy as a fond nickname, paying homage to when Pac was called Paccy as a child.

Appearance: Inherited Pac's yellow skin, eyebrows, nose, and smile, while he got Cyli's pink eyes and black hair, with the unique addition of Cyli's highlights gene, just in yellow.

Personality in a nutshell: A goofball and a walking encyclopedia in one package. Witty and adventurous, with a bit of a competitive streak.

Ovaline

Ovaline is Pac and Cyli's eldest daughter, who goes by Ova. Unlike her father and brother, and very atypical of Yellow Ones in general, Ova has never really had a big appetite (at least not as big as Pac or Zac's). Since Ova is also only half-Yellow, her Yellow One abilities are halved, where she can use some of the mainline power berries but has been unable to use the Titanium and Ice berries - they simply do not work, or they give her an entirely different set of powers. This does not deter her, and since the power berries have not really been needed since the end of the ghost wars, Ova is happy to live without those powers and is confident in her own skin. She loves animals and dreams of becoming a vet one day. She often buds heads with Zac and gets into fights with him, but they always have each other's backs. Ova is a lot like her mother, with a tomboyish flair and a clever mind, and she's even managed to beat Cyli in a few rounds of chess. Ova also looks up to her great-aunt, Spheria, and gets much of her spunk and sass from her. Despite this, Ova is a total daddy's girl. One perfectly sweet smile is enough to wrap Pac completely around her finger.

Appearance: Inherited Pac's yellow skin and the gene for red hair (passed down from her grandmother, Sunny), and inherited several features from Cyil: pink eyes, pink highlights in her hair, and the same facial features as Cyli.

Personality in a nutshell: Stubborn and sassy, but fiercely loyal and valiant. She is a team player through and through.

Sylvanial

Nicknamed Sylvi, she is the youngest sister and the only one out of her siblings who is pink - in fact, she is the spitting image of her mother, with the sweetest blue eyes. Soft-spoken and introverted, Sylvi is often shy around new people, but turns into a warm and optimistic force once you spend time with her. She's a bit of a goody-two-shoes, not because she's a stickler for the rules, but because she simply wants to do good by people and doesn't want to get into trouble (the latter of which gets tested when her brother and sister try roping their innocent little sister into their mischievous schemes.) She often takes the role of peacekeeper between her brother and sister when their fighting turns serious (but don't be fooled; she's been pulled into their shenanigans on more than one occasion, either tricked against her will or when she genuinely found the fun in it). Her favourite thing in the world is to cook and bake alongside her mother in the kitchen, made even better when the rest of the family joins in. While Sylvi looks so much like Cyli, she is a lot like Pac when it comes to her character: kind-hearted, gentle, optimistic, always sees the good in people, and has a child-like wonder for the world around her. Plus, she is the biggest cuddle bug her family has ever had the pleasure of knowing.

Appearance: Inherited Cyli's pink skin, black hair, hair-highlights gene, and her smile, while inheriting Pac's blue eyes. While she does have highlights in her hair, her highlights have a very faint, peach-yellow gradient rather than full pink, and it's the only visible drop of yellow that she got from Pac. Both her eyebrows and nose are triangular but rounded, a blend of Pac and Cyli's noses and eyebrows.

Personality in a nutshell: Though she may be shy and quiet, she is incredibly humble, affectionate, and has an aptitude for cooking. She's a cinnamon roll with a big heart and a gentle spirit.

Bonus Facts:

Hotd is a cinematic marvel...that much cannot be denied. However, I can't help but wonder had they just directed scenes better, if we could've gotten MORE from the characters as a result?

To me, what is off about season 2 compared to season 1 is this feeling that we're shoved outside as the audience. We're not in the characters' heads and experiencing what they're experiencing in the moment, therefore we wound up feeling like their actions in season 2 are ooc.

Think of Aemond in s1 vs s2. In season 1 we had time alone with him as a kid, when he went hunting for a dragon TWICE. The camera lingered on his face during tense moments to convey his feelings like when his eye was slashed out and he was boiling with anger and vengeance at Viserys' dismissal of his pain. Additionally, we had a lot of screen time with Aemond in s1, whereas in s2 he barely has any.

It's hard enough having a season slashed down to 8 episodes from 10, now we have more new characters thrown into the mix that need focusing on. So the writers had to be smart and the directors super efficient.

A scene of Aemond walking through the Streets of Silk, despondent about the B&C incident before he stops to go inside the brothel to be with Sylvi and vent out his frustrations and hurt would've done WONDERS for Aemond. Just that one scene would put us in his headspace and take us through this new development he has taken up over the 10 days since Alicent pushed him away, his shame, his guilt and resentments. With this one Aemond centered scene we would have perfect set up and context for why Aemond does what he does in RR to Aegon, why he clips Alicent's wings at the small council and tries to force Helaena out of her comfort zone.

Instead, the brothel scene started off with the pleasure house and we followed whores around before being thrust with the shocking scene of Aemond there without any explanation or justification.

Helaena also suffered a bit from poor visual direction. Instead of following her around the Keep before the B&C attack, we're forced to hang around with the criminals and at some point attempts are made to make them seem FUNNY and relatable (Cheese and his dog).

In all that confusion, we are somehow thrust into Jaehaerys' bedchamber where Cheese is holding Helaena captive. So random. Why did we not see HOW that happened?

Would it not have been better to cut from Blood and Cheese approaching to HELAENA preparing to retire to bed and suddenly seeing Cheese in the doorway??? Would it not have been better to be in the room with Helaena as she spends her final moments with her peacefully sleeping children before horror strikes?

Wouldn't it have been better for Helaena to remain in the chamber with her dead child in her arms as his head is carried away, unable to scream...instead of distracting us with her walking into Alicent having sex?

This moment was supposed to be about Helaena and her mental trauma, her grief, her pain. If anything her stumbling into Aegon as she tries to escape would've made more creative sense. And we end with Aegon screaming.

I feel like so much story potential and character potential was wasted in efforts to forcefully remind us that House of the Dragon is Alicent and Rhaenyra's show. In fact if you carefully observe the season, you can notice easily how focus is put on pointless and repetitive scenes featuring them while other characters remain underutilized and unexplored, even just by visual direction.

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