FINALLY FINISHED! WOOOO! Abigailâs look for the #varianandthesevenkingdoms AU (created by Kritterart) is done! (You can see more of Abby on my Instagram, Blueartistdraws.) I really like how this turned out, especially those platform boots, they were a HUGE pain to draw, but at least they make her somewhat taller! Sheâs still 4â11 though. Hasnât grown since she was twelve! Anyway, the only thing that think would be different about her story in this AU would be the time she met everyone. Instead of meeting everyone at 15 years old, she meets them at 18. Anyway, hereâs my own little contribution to how Abby would contribute to the story/what her relationships with the other characters would look like.
As she grew up, Abigail continued studying and experimenting with the world around her, eventually discovering a way to turn the four natural elements into weapons and gadgets, but she still has physical and mental discomfort around magic, especially her own. (See Stardust Story Highlight) She sees her own magic not as a blessing, but rather a curse. Sheâs still cold hearted, sassy, and a very closed off person most of the time. Abigail possesses sharp combat skills, which makes her very intimidating for someone her size. However, she has a horrid temper, which is a huge weakness for her. If you say the wrong thing at the wrong time to her, consider yourself to have just set a bomb off. On the other hand, behind those brick walls sheâs built around her damaged heart, Abigail is a very insecure and fearful person, even though she never ever shows it. She doesnât want to appear weak and vulnerable to those around her, which is also why sheâs never really shows any other emotions besides anger, occasional shock, and disgust. As the story progresses, I imagine Hugo, Nuru, Yong, and Varian would indirectly contribute to bringing Abigail out of her dark, cold world that sheâs learned to accept and live in for so long, leading her to become a much more happy and open person by the end. This brings me to relationships with the characters!
She and Hugo are partners from the beginning. Heâs also the only person she really trusts. No, she doesnât trust Donella, Abigail is only part of her group so Donella can use her magic for her own desires, and in return, Abigail gets shelter and protection. But if she werenât part of the group, she wouldâve never met Hugo. Abigail and Hugo are very similar in their levels of intelligence, mischievous tendencies, and logical thinking, but theyâre very different to one another regarding their personality traits. While Hugo is very talkative and expressive, Abigail is introverted and barely shows any emotions. She basically has a resting bish face. So whenever theyâre carrying out orders, messing with other people, or on âmissionsâ, Abigail lets Hugo to the talking, which seems to feed his ego. He likes to tease her a LOT when theyâre not working, usually about her height and bugs her whenever sheâs working on new gadgets, criticizing her work just to piss her off, but other than that, theyâre a pretty good duo. Whenever Abigail eventually speaks up in front of Varianâs group for the first time, I imagine their reactions (excluding Hugo) would be something along the lines of âshe does talk?!â which might set Abby off.
I think that Nuru would be the first to connect the dots about the magic within Abigail, because the magic in Nuruâs constellations on her dress may trigger some of Abigailâs stardust to active via her freckles glowing white, indicating similar and/or linked magic of some sort. I believe this event would lead to a close friendship between Abigail and Nuru. While Hugo does know about Abigailâs magic, I believe Abigail would be more willing to talk to Nuru about it, on the condition she doesnât tell the rest of the group (even though theyâll eventually find out through the fifth or sixth kingdom quest). Nuru would be the one to persuade Abigail to refrain from judging a book by itâs cover, therefore strengthening her willingness to trust others.
Yong and Abigail would definitely have a lot of conflict. Although Yong doesnât mean to do any harm, I believe heâd often startle Abigail when sheâs working on something and âin the zoneâ or mess with some of her projects and works in progress, which would lead to either a malfunction, explosion, or a rage from the brunette. Either way, sheâll probably end up chasing the twelve year old around in anger. However, throughout the story, Yong definitely grows on her, and she begins to see him as a younger sibling, and realizes there are people that she wants to protect and look out for. From observing the boy, she also becomes more optimistic.
And finally, Varian. They wouldnât click very well at first, since first off, she and Hugo work together, and second, sheâs extremely intimidating. You can probably see the lack of communication at first. However, on the groupâs way to the third kingdom, Abigail ends up saving the alchemist from getting crushed by large debris from underneath a crumbling bridge by tackling him out of the way. This small event leads Varian to believe thereâs more to Abigail than a cold hearted shell of a person. Throughout the story, whenever the group stops to rest or set up camp for the night, I believe Varian would try to make friendly conversation with Abigail, to which sheâd either ignore or harshly turn away, that is, until one night, Varian is unable to sleep, and discovers Abigail outside her tent, in the process of recovering from a nightmare. Sheâs too emotional to keep up her tough girl cover, so she ends up telling Varian about her past, her magic, and why she acts the way she does. Seeing they have a lot more in common than he originally thought, Varian takes the opportunity to comfort and bond with her while the others are asleep. Abigail learns from him that sometimes, itâs okay to not be okay. To be vulnerable. To need a shoulder to cry on and a friend to hold onto. I believe this event would be the first spark of friendship between them, but thatâs another story for another post.
As for Donnella...again, thatâs another story for another post
