The Wizarding World Did Not Stop Existing After The Boy Who Lived. The Prologue Of The Books Say As Such.
The Wizarding World did not stop existing after The Boy Who Lived. The prologue of the books say as such. Encouraging and confirming that wizarding life went on after the series. In fact, the world was much bigger than just Harry Potter and went on much longer. Though its world building was full of whimsy, much was left undiscovered or in the margins.
A Wizard’s Hearthstone will be my additions, extrapolations, and edits to the magical world of the Harry Potter universe set in the 21st Century.
Starting first, with the legendary school itself.
🍁Hogwarts🍁
Hogwarts is a wild, magical place of learning. Filled to the brim with adventure and history. The old stomping grounds of many a great wizard and a place of wizarding history both old and new. However, not all were too pleased about the students fighting against the dark wizard terrorist group and their horrifying resurrected leader. Nor the subsequent deaths of numerous of its student body and staff.
It’s safe to say that such a thing would leave many educators and parents in an outrage after the smoke had cleared. For all of Hogwarts defenses, its once prestigious lessons were criticized and its magical armor torn asunder. Big changes were quickly made to respond to the outraged call of the wizarding people en masse.
Magical defenses were reenchanted and purged of any holes it its spell work. Secret passageways discovered and marked. Students and staff are now required to keep an identification pendant keyed to their magical signature to be allowed entrance. Among many other new and developing defenses.
The Forbidden Forest is now monitored by a new group of magizology rangers. Who provide safety, education, and preservation of the magical creatures that stalk the ancient woods. Students are no longer brought there for a fear mongering detention, but to instead lead by the Rangers to keep the forest cleaned up from trash and to understand the incredible importance of an ecosystem working together in tandem.
The Thestrals who pull the carriages are kept in a sturdy barn and wide open pastures. Monitored by a ranger and occasionally the Care of Magical Creatures Professor to ensure both their safety and others.
However, perhaps the biggest change was done to how the education was carried out. With Hogwarts being criticized, so was its tradition. No longer are students organized into their houses based on their 12 year old personality, it is now decided based on learning style and values. Think of them like learning programs where students can thrive and find like-minded individuals. There are other factors that decide your house such as learning style, level of preliminary education, learning pace, ect.
Every student gets the same amount of care, and a lot of the classes look similar due to the professors, but the way things are taught are catered to what program/house they’re in.
Students in need of an even more personalized education program will also have accommodations organized with the head of house to meet their needs. Parents will be informed and can be involved if necessary. (Extremely special situations will also include the Headmaster/Headmistress)
There is also the ability to transfer houses if the need arises. A discussion between the Head of Houses, Student, and Parent is arranged to provide the best understanding and support for the student.
Houses are still decide by The Sorting Hat, but its sentient nature has allowed for an explanation to it of the changed curriculum. It now provides a quick test for the students that allows it to understand where they would best thrive. It does still take into account personality, but it’s less of a priority now than in years past.
…More to come about the individual changes to the houses!
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What Happens After the Speedrun? or EMO BOTW SPEEDRUN
Co-Authored with my good pal @laika-orbit
You know that one post about how in BOTW speedruns, Link wakes up in a blind rage and defeats Ganon without knowing anything? Yeah.
Crack idea, but we made it sad. Link defeats Ganon in his underwear in PTSD blackout mode:
K Tanaka!!! Just my own iteration of their design throughout both seasons. They have so many looks >:00
They’re so intense and are trying so hard to do the right thing. “You’re trying to hold the world, they’re just trying to hold onto you” SOBS
I think they straightened and dyed their hair a whole bunch during their emo phase, but it’s naturally this wavy chestnut brown. Got a side shave going at the end of season one and an undercut in season two.
I finished this Aphmau dtiys over on Instagram a month or so ago, and never posted it (don’t want to mess with that AI scraping nonsense). I’m really proud of it though, so I thought I’d share it here.
Go check @quinnsquid on Instagram to see the original! They have a tumblr too so I thought I’d @ them here too ha ha
Can’t wait for Mystreet’s finale season!! I hope mcd gets some love too, it meant so much to me as a kid <3
My beloved defector 💕
The anger issues this guy can carry is unfathomable
Icarus Eduro
An OC from a shared story called Solace & Horizon with @laika-orbit. She writes him.
Just some guy tbh. He ends up being a defector from the totalitarian, hostile army of his kingdom and gets involved in a revolution tho
Today on: What new fandom will Laika post next? I give you, Midna. One of my all time favorite Legend of Zelda characters ngl
Nothing like some good ol’ Artist lore to inspire you
right, okay so as a celebration or something for the sudden explosion of popularity i find myself in, here's this
and now, i shall go in-depth about each phase i trekked and waded through like a heron in dolphin-infested waters. Phase 1: I had just begun Wings of Fire. I was small, innocent, horrorless (that I knew of at the time anyway but that's a whole other can of worms), and still had some good whimsy left in me in spite of It All. I had a simple style that had the charm of a young creature attempting to draw cool dragons. I also had no idea what digital art was. I was simply a sketcher, a traditional artist with a love for the pencil. I was a real good egg of a wee critter.
Phase 2: Still somewhat in the beginnings, and my art style developing rapidly. I took inspiration from as many artists as I could get my eyes on (specifically XTheDragonRebornX, the goat imo). Though not quite as innocent as I used to be, I was still chill and had now learned about digital art, but I had never once considered doing it myself (not yet anyway).
Phase 3: Gosh, this phase destroyed me. Well, rather, I destroyed myself. I'm not going to slander my younger self; I was in a delicate stage of my life and thus so was my art style as well. I had gotten into youtube channels like Inquisitormaster and whatnot, and I got. way too involved in it, to put it extremely lightly anyway. At this point in my journey I had also garnered the desire to begin digital art and post on DeviantArt (classic, classic). And thus, I began absorbing all the wrong tactics from all the wrong sources and trying to become a person that I was not, and it got me onto a path I don't think I was ever supposed to go down in the first place. Or maybe I was. I dunno, but the whole ordeal was quite ridiculous, quite ridiculous indeed. I dug a grave for the magic I saw and created in life I never should have, I'm afraid. It's hard to perceive by just looking at the style I had back then, but I was, in fact, quite dead inside from that choice.
Phase 4: After staring at the gravestone of my childhood silliness for a good long while, I finally realized the error of my ways and dug up those old bones of whimsy. I was finally learning how to adopt aspects of art styles that I didn't just think other people would like, but that I liked, as well. Though I didn't realize it then, I was taking a huge step into progress, and I commend my older self for that. I took inspiration from artists uhhh that one fish person and whatnot. I took on softer features, finding them to be more relaxing to draw than the sharper edges I had wielded in my previous art.
Phase 5: And here folks is where we can see where Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles infiltrated my life, and my sense of whimsy had returned fully at last. At this point, I decided to take a more cozy approach to how I drew, having the desire to draw like I was illustrating a bedtime story (it was in need of much work, but I improved I promise). I also knew much, much more about Wings of Fire and its faults, and though I was much less knowledgeable about how to go about it and some of the actual good things about it, I was much more level-headed than I was previously. And thus, I had the thought: "okay. I like Wings of Fire (in spite of its many imperfections), and I like ninja turtles (which has peak writing and storytelling and is just spectaculous in general). So, what if, perchance, mayhaps, I combined the two?" And thus, my Rise of the Wings of Fire (or whatever I'm gonna call it, I'm still mondering about the name) began.
Phase 6: After a long, grueling, harrowing journey of self-discovery and stupid decisions and all that jazz, we now see the art style I have now: semi-realistic with more expression than the live action Lion King would ever care to incorporate. Along with incorporating aspects of other styles that I like, I also decided to start including more animalistic traits to my Creatures (ie: blue whale eyes for SeaWings, porcupine/tenrec quills for IceWings, etc etc), which, in my opinion, greatly improved my art style, along with the fact that I began playing around with other digital brushes and filters (random noise my love). I'm still developing and learning, but overall, I'm quite satisfied with where I am.
And there you have it folks. If you've made it this far without getting bored, congrats!! you now know a little bit more about me than you probably ever cared to, which is fine by me. I may have paved this road but my man it was your choice to walk on it.
Monster High Redesigns!
In order: Clawdeen, Frankie, Draculaura, Lagoona, Cleo, Duce, and Ghoulia
I’ve been turning around my own designs and personalities for these guys since G3 was announced. Got my own lore and everything XD
THESE DESIGNS ARE SO GOOOD!! Oh my WORD! Nana??? Lucinda???? HelLO
Pure gold 👏🏾
Simple Brainrot wasn't enough no no, My brain had to convince me to plan seasonal outfits for this subpar series I never actually finished
(Thank you to @catzgam3rz for pushing me to post this and yelling at me whenever I showed you the finished product :p)
Versions with just the outfits (Like the second Aphmau) Under the cut!
Fanart for a splatband called Trench!
(Mito in Pink, Rory in purple, Chi-chi in orange)
Riji really does good work with these guys, and I wanted to make a fake album for them. They don’t have a tumblr I don’t think, but I highly recommend their instagram @ riji_monogatari
[Laika-Orbit] : This is Laika to ground control. Come in ground control.
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Hello, ground control! You may call me Laika 💫
To say a little bit about me I have a great love for stars, and a little dog that had a one way trip to join them. Thus my name sake ⭐️
I am a multi-fandom artist with interests from all over the globe! Legend of Zelda, Splatoon, and Monster High being easier to spot in the sky. Alongside more obscure interests that you’ll need a telescope for, like Aphmau, In Stars and Time, and Misfits & Magic.
All of this and more can be found on my little space station! Feel free to join me on my orbit around earth, I’d love the company ✨
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[Laika-Orbit] : Roger, over.

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“The stars don’t look bigger, but they do look brighter” -Sally Ride ✦Artist | Storyteller | Multi-fandom
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