Is it cold outside?

So...it's been a while since I've been here. But I decided, ah the heck with it. Why not? I'm back to try this place again.

I used to be known as AllAboardTheVespa. Essentially my big things were FreshTV, Disventure Camp, Wild Kratts and Sonic the Hedgehog. I used to post a lot...but then after I was enormously let down by Disventure Camp All-Stars, I decided I REALLY needed to take time away....and that turned into a permanent hiatus oopsie. But I'm back after taking some time to re-live my life a bit and I'm here with new interests.

If you're curious, the thing that I'm most interested in right now is My Singing Monsters. I started playing back in September and have been unable to put it down since. I'm particularly obsessed with Maggpi, she's so soft and adorable and sweet and aaaaaaaagh.

So I'm back in action. And let me make a few things clear:

I do NOT engage with DMs. It's not my area. It makes me very anxious and I don't like dealing with that.

I won't post NSFW content at any point and will try to avoid users that post such content. Not my bag.

Any t*rfs, p*dos/m*ps, pr*shippers, r*cists, h*mophobes or any other prejudiced morons are NOT welcome on my blog. My blog is a safe space, and terrible awful people can get out of here.

I've been drawing a little more...mainly Maggpi. Though my art is terrible lol. I still do little edits, too. And I'll probably return to fanfic writing at some point.

Anywho, I think that's pretty much it for now. Guess I'll see you around

I've talked about this a bunch in the past but I see the CL kids as budding film fans. I've already talked about how I think they all like Studio Ghibli but I also wanna hear from the rest of y'all. After all I haven't been in the fandom as long as a lot of you and I wanna hear from the experts!

Not dead yet! I have nothing better to post and I have a headache so I decided to screw around with some CL HCs while my brain gets back in order.

most of these are about Aelita oops

The kids are all budding film fans, having a great enjoyment of the power of film as an art form. They like to head out to their local cinema once a week when not preoccupied.

I've played with this idea previously but I think all five of the kids are big fans of Studio Ghibli. Yumi grew up with their movies and the boys learned of their existence through critical acclaim and started watching their works frequently. Aelita, as I mentioned, was introduced to their films through Yumi and found herself loving them just as much.

Everyone in the friend group likes springtime a lot - except for Odd, who has some terrible hay fever problems.

Shortly after Aelita's materialization, during a free night with no XANA madness, Odd took the gang out for pizza. This was Aelita's first time eating pizza and she was in love - it quickly became her favorite food.

In terms of pizza toppings, while all five of them enjoy pepperoni, Jeremie, Aelita and Yumi enjoy pineapple pizza while Ulrich and Odd despise it. This has led to a great many instances of bickering - Yumi calls these incidents "the great Pizza Wars".

As time went by, Odd found himself developing an interest in children's writing. He's always enjoyed making people laugh, and he soon found himself wanting to share laughter with people around the world. With his friends' help, he's started to write numerous wacky and silly stories with an emphasis on comedy, and telling those stories to some of the youngsters around the group.

I've talked about this before because of my AU, but the kids are skilled singers and musicians. Jeremie in particular is talented at singing, piano and guitar, though he doesn't like to make a show of it. Sometimes he and Aelita will spend private time having intimate little jam sessions together.

The kids all love amusement parks - though Odd is somewhat prone to motion sickness (though he still loves the thrill of a good rollercoaster despite what it does to his stomach) and Jeremie dislikes most of the faster rides. Oftentimes, on amusement park outings, Jeremie takes Aelita on some of the calmer, gentler rides so the two can share romantic peaceful moments while the others blast through the more exciting and stomach-turning rides.

Having grown very used to flying after being given wings on Lyoko, Aelita wants to try hang gliding someday.

I stated this before but I feel like over time, Jeremie would grow more comfortable with being openly affectionate towards Aelita, and thus the two can often get adorably (and a bit disgustingly) sappy and romantic in the post-XANA era. Much to the aggravation of their friends lol

Taking my AU out of the equation, I feel like Odd is the most likely to be a My Singing Monsters player

Post-series, William has difficulty fitting in with the group, but Aelita is openly friendly to him and Jeremie doesn't mind him. William finds friendship in Aelita and even Jeremie to an extent, and Aelita is helping the other three grow better used to him.

Once Sissi became better friends with the group post-series, she decided to try her best to treat Aelita better, and occasionally invites her and Yumi for girl hang-outs. Sissi likes painting Aelita's nails!

Aelita found herself getting addicted to Google Street View after Odd introduced it to her. (She's just like me fr) She loved wandering the world and seeing the sights. Whenever she sees something especially funny or neat, she excitedly tells her friends about it.

Street View also sparked a desire to travel the world in Aelita. Jeremie hopes to get a good job so the two can make money to travel together when they grow up.

Odd definitely picks up some of his sense of humor from the internet's dumbest jokes as time goes on, to the frustration of the boys + Yumi and the confusion of Aelita who has no idea where half these jokes came from or why they're funny

I've just had no ideas for posts lately. My brain is kinda fried. Nothing bad is happening (though I was sick the other day), but I'm just...kinda shot.

Usually I find TV shows easier to digest than full movies these days (as you've seen with my Code Lyoko rambles), but...

That new DreamWorks movie looks real damn good. Like, really, really good.

Concept? Peak. Cast? Peak. Animation? Peak. Use of "Don't You Forget About Me"? Peak. And oh man the emotional hook of this movie looks like it'll be POWERFUL. And it's directed by Joel Crawford aka the Puss in Boots 2 guy??? Ummm YES???

Just getting the good word out there because man I really want to see this movie, and I hope I'm not alone on that.

Because GOD. I love the message of 'appreciating the mundane'. Aelita is a character who finds beauty in everything we take for granted due to the eternity she spent within Lyoko. And this needs to be discussed more! Plus a lot of Jerelita cuz Yes™

One day, Aelita sees two people dancing together, and she thinks it looks like fun. So Jeremie teaches her about dancing, and the two share a slow dance together in their boarding school dorm. (cue the Define Dancing score from WALL-E)

Imagine this. It's raining, and at first Aelita's like "Is the sky sad? Why is it crying?" Jeremie finds this innocence adorable, then explains what rain is. She's so enchanted by it that she runs out to experience its beauty, dancing in the cold downpour and just LOVING the feeling. (Bonus: she ends up with a cold as a result, but doesn't really mind because the feeling of dancing in the rain was so magical) (Bonus bonus: Jeremie risks getting sick himself to cuddle with her so she feels better)

Because she's lived so long without the feeling of human touch, imagine her becoming INCREDIBLY affectionate with her friends. She just loves hugging - it gives her feelings of warmth and happiness like not much else can. And her friends can't help but appreciate that, and always love getting her hugs.

but obviously Jeremie is like her FAVORITE person to hug, cause not only does she adore him but she also loves seeing his adorable flustered reactions to her hugs and kisses. And post-XANA's Kiss I can see him slowly starting to return the affection and occasionally getting her by surprised with hugs and kisses and by the end of the series they're just the cutest pair of lovebirds ever, becoming more comfortable with being outwardly, publicly affectionate even with the groans of 'get a room!' they might get

Remember when Jeremie gave her a flower in False Start? Imagine her keeping hold of that flower ever since that night as a reminder of that magical night she spent with her prince. And then one day, Jeremie takes her on a date to a flower shop, where she's dazzled and uplifted by all the sights and smells. She's so enchanted, it's a sensory paradise for her, and as a result, the two spend all day there. All the while, Jeremie watches her having fun, falling deeper and deeper in love with her.

On a similar note, imagine her LITERALLY stopping to smell the flowers every day, simply because it's something that makes her happy. Like imagine her and the others heading out to some place, but they get held up by her stopping every few moments to play with some lavender bushes or smell some pretty blooming roses. Odd's like "HURRY IT UP" but Jeremie just finds it so adorable and sweet (and he ends up picking a few flowers for her along the way)

Imagine her discovering food for the first time! She'd probably find something she'd absolutely adore. Imagine if she finds herself loving Brussels sprouts just as much as Jeremie, and imagine Ulrich's reaction lmao

Imagine her getting to meet Kiwi for the first time. Not only is she delighted to meet Odd's adorable dog, but she's amazed by how soft his fur feels. LET HER PET THAT DOG!

On a similar note, imagine Jeremie and Odd bringing her to a pet store so she can meet even more cute and fluffy critters, and it's just such a delightful moment to her. She gets to meet all sorts of adorable creatures and just has the best time.

Here's an idea that sticks with me, the kids have a movie night. Aelita gets all curious about the idea of movies, and how forms of art like that can effect people. Yumi shows her Studio Ghibli's filmography, and one film that absolutely enchants Aelita is The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. It dazzles her with its beauty and of course it brings her to tears, but in a good way. She's amazed by what it makes her feel, and it becomes her favorite movie. She still comes back to it time and time again, even as the series goes on. (Let's just pretend the events of CL happened during the 2010s or later for this one lol)

One of the photos from the iconic photobooth moment involved Jeremie tickling Aelita. I can see Aelita thinking about this moment for a while, how something like that made her laugh so much and gave her such a good feeling. So she asks Jeremie to tickle her again so she can feel the same feelings she did in this moment (and of course Jeremie is totally in love with her adorable laughter)

Imagine this. The kids have a picnic one day during the springtime during a break they get from school and XANA craziness. While Ulrich and Yumi try and keep Odd from eating all the food they brought, Aelita just absorbs the gentle sensations of spring, from the warmth of the sun to the feeling of grass under her body to the scent of blooming flowers in the fresh air to the sound of the birds' gentle harmonies. It's a small moment for anyone else, but for Aelita, this moment means everything. She's waited to feel these things for so long, and they feel more wonderful than anyone else. And seeing the love of his life appreciate these little moments helps Jeremie appreciate these sensations too. Before meeting Aelita he took it all for granted, but now he has such a strong appreciation for the world he lives in. Earth is a beautiful place, and he's happy to be living here - and even happier seeing someone he cares for so much find happiness within the world's beauty.

And even as the series goes on and Aelita experiences so much struggles, every so often she remembers how lucky she is to be able to experience this life and this world. Jeremie makes sure to remind her often about the wonders the life has. Every so often he brings her out on private dates to both remind her of the beauty she's experienced, AND the beauty that still waits to be discovered. And because of Jeremie's guidance, Aelita finds comfort in life's wonders and the majesty this world has. And she'll always remember how wonderful it is to be alive.

That got emotional at the end lol. But man. Appreciating life and its small wonders has been my philosophy for years - and I've always seen that philosophy in these two!

YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH IT'S EGGS-TRAVAGANZA

IT'S MY FAVORITE AND I FINALLY GOT THIS ADORABLE COSTUME WHOOOOOOOOOO

so iwantrelics dropped the new Cavvoth character hub page and showed off a cool Cavvoth-themed collage on there. and that kinda inspired me to make my own collage-y thing for my own Werdo design!

Literally adore this little loser

It's not as comprehensive as I'd like but I didn't want it to end up too messy. I do think it reflects what this AU basically is, though. Just the tale of a girl from another world experiencing the musical madness of the Monster World - and the love she shares with a certain other Lyoko warrior.

Sprite edits are back! And finally some Maggsona crumbs. Been listenin' to this song a lot after being reminded of it by some Jerelita art and I thought I'd apply the song to the yuri monsters.

(Warning, I'm very much a Jeremie x Aelita shipper so I apologize to any Oddlita shippers who find this post...I'm soft for nerd x sweetie ships)

I really wanna talk about this scene right now because it's quickly become one of my favorite scenes in any cartoon. I've been unable to stop thinking about this moment for the past week or so cuz of how much it resonates with me. I promise I'll make more MSM content at some point, both for my AU and for other stuff. But for now, I wanna gush about a moment that sticks with me a lot.

False Start in general shows us that Aelita comes to really enjoy living in the human world, where she can feel all of Earth's natural sensations. In this moment she's recovered from a fainting episode attributed to a virus XANA put in her, but she doesn't let it bother her for a moment. In this moment she's just happy to enjoy being alive, being with Jeremie, and simply just...being. Simple sensations such as the shiver-y feeling we get from being cold mean the world to her, because having a sensation like this is a reminder that after living forever in a soulless virtual world, being able to experience the full liveliness of Earth in all its beauty means everything to her.

And it's a moment that means a lot to me, too. My favorite movie of all time is Pixar's Soul - a movie with the message that we need to appreciate all of life's smallest moments. We only have the one life, so it's good to make every moment count - and embrace the littlest things that most people take for granted. And I think in this moment, Aelita is expressing deep appreciation for the world's tiniest wonders - from the sweet smell of flowers to the gentle stillness of the night. It's a wonderfully wholesome moment - even knowing of the virus XANA has put in her, she's still happier than she's ever been just knowing she can experience life's little beauties. As she says herself, "It's wonderful to be alive!"

That's just a small part of it, though. In this moment, not only is Aelita experiencing the beauty of being alive, but Jeremie gets to see the love of his life in a state of pure joy. And that brings him unbelievable happiness. LOOK at the smile on that boy's face. He knows she deserves this, and he knows that in spite of everything XANA put him through, all the struggles were worth it to see Aelita this happy. It's intensely gratifying to see the two of them get what he's worked so hard for even throughout all of XANA's unhinged BS.

(Aelita is canonically ticklish, why haven't we gotten some adorable fluff about this fact?)

In many ways, this is the moment the whole season's been building up to. The season has made it increasingly apparent that these two have longed to be together for so long. They've been through a lot together, and the events of the season shows how they feel about each other more and more with episodes like "Cruel Dilemma", "Killer Music" and especially "Frontier" making it obvious that what these two nerds have is more than a mere friendship. It's honestly a beautifully-done romantic arc for the time CL came out, and this is the scene that makes all the waiting and the hinting worth it. They finally got to spend the time together they wanted for so long and it's just perfect.

This is just the moment that represents the human beauty and warmth that lies at the core of Code Lyoko. Beyond the fun action setpieces and the crazy lore, it's a very tender cartoon that represents the true power of the human spirit and the connections between people who care about each other. The humanity and love that comes from Code Lyoko and its cast is the heart of the show and it's the biggest reason why I adore it. And it's all best exemplified in Aelita and Jeremie's relationship, and just how much they care about one another.

Everything about this scene I love. The gentle night-time vibes. The beautiful, soothing music. The absolute happiness just emanating from both characters as they share this wonderful moment together. All the Jerelita OTP adorableness. And just how much it reminds us what a beautiful world we live in. It's a genuinely perfect scene in my eyes, certainly my favorite in all of Code Lyoko, and one of my favorite scenes in fiction period.

Tried to redraw a canonical Aelita shot but with Werdo!Aelita

Sometimes I feel bad about myself, then I look back on how much I've improved on drawing Arielita, and I feel better instantly

She looked so bad at first lmao, but now I can safely say I'm proud of what I've done with her!