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Nu Ji-Ahn/Dr. OrLa (design through commissions)

Artists in order of appearance:

1. @tmtnova on Tumblr

2. TesArtCreations on Etsy

3. TheTrueJack on Etsy

4. peachmarch on Etsy

5. @shanicetjn on Tumblr

6. @maysrinns-kpd-blog on Tumblr

7. @catnippackets on Tumblr

8. Cynthesia07 on Instagram

This isn’t all of them, just the ones saved to my phone. I’ll make another posts with those later.

Her personality hasn’t really changed, but her character and role certainly has. From a simple background conflict to far more center stage role. Her voice to embrace her demon heritage and have her patterns showing was worth it for the story potential it offers.

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(Warning: AU dives into serious and often disturbing topics - Rape, human trafficking, dubious consent, gaslighting, etc… Reader Discretion is advised)

Slight rewrite of my Saja Brothers AU. Now with more world building for the Demon Realm and moral quandaries for the Saja Boys (I really enjoyed lapis_lazuli28 characterizations of the Saja Boys in their fic and want to do something similar).

Also, here’s an updated design of Ji-Ahn (made using Picrew):

(Outdoor and indoor look)

The new story (so far):

In 1883, just a month after the Shudfelt Treaty, an American trading ship docks in a Joseon port city. Not soon after this ship is the victim of a vicious demon raid. Led by the Jeoseung Saja Lords or just Saja Lords for short. The ones we would come to know as the Saja Boys. Jinu, Garam (Mystery), Baemsoek (Abby), Jae-Hyun (Romance), and Baek-Ho (Baby). The five highest ranking and most powerful demons. Second only to Gwi-Ma.

Only one woman escapes the onslaught. Ji-Ahn’s birth mother. Ragged, broken, and heavily pregnant. The poor woman was forcibly taken from her home and sent off on the ship to be sold overseas. Ji-Ahn is sadly the result of nonconsensual sex between her mother and her kidnappers.

Mystery is the one who finds the woman, suffering contractions as she has entered labor. Instead of taking her soul, he decides to try and help her give birth. But something goes wrong and the woman starts to bleed out. Mystery is left with two options:

1. Take both mother and child’s souls. Ending both of their suffering.

2. Do a c-section that would save the baby. But leave the mother to die.

“Por favor…”

Mystery looks down at the poor woman. Her hands, previously trembling, are now steadfastly gripping his own. A look of tiredness yet determination paints the woman’s features.

“Por favor salve a mi bebé…”

The decision was made.

Mystery cut open the poor woman and was able to cut Ji-Ahn free. But her mother was dying from blood loss. Mystery tries to give Ji-Ahn to the poor to at least hold. But she refuses. With a sad and melancholic smile, the woman passes away.

And that’s the largest change I’ve made to this AU from my previous. Some other facts:

1. Her full name is Nu Ji-Ahn. Nu was Abby’s last name. Since he and Baby were the only ones with last names (everyone else was cheonmin and so couldn’t/didn’t have a last name) and since he is Ji-Ahn’s self-proclaimed appa/dad they went with his. Much to Baby’s chagrin (he wanted to argue, but Jinu pointed out they were on a time crunch, so the matter was dropped).

2. She’s barely 4’9”. Just tall enough to drive, but probably shouldn’t. Doesn’t stop her though.😈

3. Of Mexican American descent. Her birth mother was Mexican American while Ji-Ahn was born in Joseon. The Saja Boys had to go through the paperwork of getting both her and their hanok recognized as theirs (the hanok they stole from the previous owners and she straight up didn’t exist anywhere legally).

4. Is still turned into a demon by the Saja Boys as is aware of it this time! Still by accident, neither the Saja Boys nor her know the exact deals made that led to this outcome. By the time of the movie’s plot, she’s lived 137 years as a demon.

5. At the time of the movie’s plot:

A. She’s been no-contact with the Saja Boys for 80 years

B. Just recently moved back to Korea; bought back her old home and turned it into a BnB/Cafe (The Tiger and Magpie), and has recently returned to using her given name Nu Ji-Ahn.

6. After a horrific falling out with her family, she rejected the Korean culture and heritage she had grown up with and fully embraced her Mexican roots. Even went by a different name, Mariposa Orozco. Only her husband and closest friends and family knew the truth.

7. Permanently stuck looking as if she’s in her late teens-early twenties. While glamour spells do help her LOOK older, she’s just stuck at this age range now.

Time Lapse of the Land Taken From Native Americans

Article linked in the source reddit post :)

Also in turn links to the individual maps used.

…I want to just draw a fashion zine of just Miss Piggy, oh my god. she is so underrated and underutilized, where is my succession-like muppets satire thing LOL I want it so bad. let me do it disney call me pls

EDIT FOR JAN 2025: I’M MAKING A ZINE OF MISS PIGGY FASHIONS. It is happening, I have heard your comments. Please stay tuned to my instagram for updates!! Here’s a preview:

This is where I must admit that I am not a math major. I try my best to keep things within the realm of actual science (mostly because I want to), but somethings are just more difficult than others. This was one of them.

A cat is a small creature in the middle of the food chain that is fully aware that you are a very large thing that could stomp its head in at any moment and yet it chooses to rest its tiny little head on your leg for a nap and spreads out on the floor near you exposing its belly and its most sensitive organs. It brings dead mice and bugs to you to share food.

Don’t you get it? This tiny thing trusts you. It wants to help you too. It licks your leg thinking that it’s helping. It kneads on you to find comfort. It shares its body warmth with you in the cold and gives you your space in the heat. It hisses at other mammals it sees outside including other cats in an effort to protect its family.

Coordinated Group Hunting across many species of crocodilian- AKA, hunting like a pack of wolves.

Advanced Parental Care- we knew for a long time that American alligators and Gharials built nests and mothers kept their young close, but GPS tracking has shown that the father(s) also typically stuck around and brought mom kills, but the young stay inside the territory of their parents for 3-5 years, until they reach sexual maturity.

Nile crocodiles dig enormous and surprisingly complex burrows up to 40 feet deep that they share with other crocodiles- parents and children, but also adult siblings and Unrelated "Friends"- crocs that are frequently seen close together outside as well, but do not appear to be mates. many of these burrows are decades, if not centuries old, are actively maintained, and passed down through generations.

Amazon Caiman (a type of alligator) recognize individual humans (possibly by voice), and alter their behavior around them based on past interactions. Some of them become quite playful with humans they've had positive interactions with in the past, and others hold "grudges" against specific humans for decades.

All Crocodilians engage in all major types of play behavior- Locomotor play (engaging in a behavior because it brings positive stimulation), playing with toys (Sticks, leaves, carcass, and in one paper, a floating squeaky toy that had gotten into the Bayou) and social play (Playing with other individuals). Several species, but notable Caiman and Alligators also Play with animals outside their species- young caiman have been observed playing with Amazon Giant River Otters, and Alligators playing with sharks and dolphings off the US Gulf coast. Play behavior is associated with a high degree of intelligence in animals.

Male Saltwater crocodiles in Australia employ a variety of complex mating strategies, including offering courtship gifts (tailored to the preferences of individual females), sucking up to larger males to get better introductions to females (A Long-Term strategy that pays dividends- while the beta males don't typically mate the first two or three years they try it, the ones that stick with the strategy mate with more females as they age), and doing "Off years" where they pass on the fighting and displaying and just nap and get fat instead- another strategy that pays off long-term: Big Males that engage in Off-Years mated more in On years, and lived longer overall, for a larger lifetime genetic impact.

Many zoos have had success in training captive crocodilians to do "tricks"- mostly pose behaviors that let keepers examine, vaccinate or medically treat the animal with minimal stress on all sides. But they're also apparently good at "Sit up" and "Roll over".

And as far as "Trying to eat anything that caught their eye"- pretty much all carnivores, but especially crocodilians, make pretty complex calculations on whether or not to pursue something as prey based on, but not limited to: How hungry they are, what the future prospects for food are based on the weather/season/behavior of their prey/how many other carnivores are competing with them, the likelihood of injury (either in the process of hunting, or from the prey itself), and whether the effort expended is going to be worth the reward (based on projected strategies, how full eating something like that made them last time, and if they're going to suffer weird consequences for it).

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