Spark
La Vahaadi and El Spark
DON’T ASK ME WHY GENDERBENDS AMUSE ME SO, THEY JUST DO, OK???!
Anyway, another swing and genderbend Vahaadi and Spark. Although I think it’s safe to say if Vahaadi were female her life wouldn’t have turned out at all like it did and I don’t think she would have ended up in this kind of servitude. I don’t know if Spark’s world would be all that different since she’s already a tomboy. I dunno! It’s just funny.
I suppose their dynamic would be really different too. I think FemmeVahaadi would be a lot more aggressively sultry than male Vahaadi, thinking a teenage boy would be easy to corrupt. But once she realized Spark is no ordinary girl-crazy teenager she’d stop, and she’d like him for it. She’d probably be a lot like Eris. I imagine HommeSpark might be like Beast Boy. XD
“My Friend”
So I imagine this happening pretty soon after Krissy wishes to become Spark. Not so early that she doesn’t know what she’s doing as a superhero, but early enough for her and Vahaadi not to be on the best of terms yet. I imagine this being the first of many pep-talks to come and the first time she refers to him as “My Friend.” Forgive my inability to draw panels and the words might be blurry, I’m so sorry D:
Secrets: Save the Day
WHEN PEOPLE STOP WRITING SUCH GOSH DARN PERFECT SONGS FOR THIS SCENARIO I PROMISE I WILL STOP DRAWING THIS SCENE but I just discovered a song Charmaine wrote that is necessary and ugh, yeah.
“I saw you walking down the street
Crying on your own
Thinking ‘how will I make it through the night’?
I know you think you’re just forgotten you say you’re too far gone
And you’ve been hiding for so long
Just Breathe I’m here
And it’ll be alright
Let me be the one to fight it all
I’ll stand between you and your fears
I’ll be the One to take your place
Let me take all the scars
I wanna save the day”
“I saw you fighting in your weakness
You did it all again
Then you ran away feeling so ashamed
You thought you threw away your chances of ever coming home
But once again you thought wrong
I know you, I still love you
So let me be the Saviour of it all
The days, the hours, the minutes
Every moment of your life
The days, the hours, the minutes
Let me take all the scars, Bruises and all
I wanna save yes I wanna save
Your day.”
Lyrics to “Save the Day” by Charmaine
Am I Crazy or Falling in Love?
CallyAnn said:
“And speaking of Spark, who is indeed a menace, I found myself wondering lately…what would she do if Vahaadi seriously fell in love with her? I mean, it’s weird to think about because he’s so much older, but we were saying that Vahaadi needs a girl reincarnation of Tryvnah and my brain just canNOT see that happening…I dunno, maybe something could happen with them. Then again, maybe not, maybe that’s too much, just a thought. I think what I’m most curious about is how she would handle realizing that she was the object of someone’s “ooey gooey romancey” affection. Would it delight her? Scare her? Annoy her? Exasperate her? All of the above?”
Something happened for the first time
Deep inside
It was a rush
What a rush
‘Cause the possibility
That you would ever feel the same way
About me
It’s just too much
Just too much
Why do I keep running from the truth?
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotized
So mesmerized
And I’ve just got to know
Do you ever think
When you’re all alone
All that we could be?
Where this thing could go?
Am I crazy or falling in love?
Is it real or just another crush?
Do you catch a breath
When I look at you?
Are you holding back
Like the way I do?
‘Cause I’m trying, trying to walk away
But I know this crush ain’t going
Away
Going away
Has it ever crossed your mind
When we’re hanging,
Spending time, girl, are we just friends?
Is there more?
Is there more? (Is there more)
See it’s a chance we’ve gotta take
‘Cause I believe that we can make this
Into something that’ll last
Last forever
Forever
lyrics to “Crush” by David Archuleta
“I love you.”
“Thanks, Vahaadi. I love you too!”
“No, Spark. I’m in love with you.”
“What! Stop kidding around, Vahaadi. Do you even know what that means? That’s like when people want to get married. Like Flint and Opal. We don’t love each other like THAT.”
“But I do.”
“Um. What?”
“No, no, no. You love Lanthriel, remember? I kinda wish you didn’t love him like that, but there’s no way you could love me instead!”
“Isn’t there?”
“NO! No, there’s not! I mean, that’s just crazy! You and I have always been best friends! But… you know. JUST best friends.”
“Spark.”
“Yes?”
“Come here.”
“Okay.”
“You’re serious! WHAT, VAHAADI!? Just… NO! I usually adore surprises, and I… I adore YOU, but this is just– NO! You’re supposed to be my best friend!”
“I mean, how could you think that you and I, that we…”
“I will always be your best friend. But can’t best friends be even better friends?”
“I. Guess. I don’t know! I mean, this is just CRAZY!”
“Not that I haven’t, you know, thought about it. Vahaadi, sometimes I secretly wished that you WOULD fall in love with me, even though I don’t really know what that means. Sometimes I would get so scared of losing you and I would miss you so much that I would even be willing to change our friendship into something more just so you and I can be together. But the thing is, even if you love me like that, I don’t know how to love you! I see the way you’ve wanted Tryvnah and Lanthriel to love you and I… I can’t do that for you.”
“Why’d you have to go and fall in love AGAIN? Why did you have to pick me?”
“But, Spark, please. I love you.”
How many times had Vahaadi been rejected? How many times had Spark seen his eyes follow Lanthriel everywhere, only to finally be acknowledged by the man with harsh disapproval? How many times had Vahaadi pined for Tryvnah, only to be ignored? How many times had other lovers let him down or cast him aside? If Spark told him no, would he run away like he had from the others and would she lose him forever? Was it even possible for things to stay the way they were? Or would Vahaadi’s eyes watch her with the same wounded, hungry look that he had when he saw Lanthriel? The thought of that was worse than the thought of being in love. It was worse than every horrible thing she had pictured when she thought about Vahaadi leaving her because he was bored or had found love in someone else.
“UGH! Vahaadi, don’t look at me like that! This is a MESS!”
…
“Or it could be our greatest adventure yet.”
“What?”
“Spark, think about it. What greater adventure could we have than falling in love? It would be an exciting journey, and we could go on it forever! Wouldn’t you like that?”
“Oh my gosh. Vahaadi. You’re RIGHT! You’re totally and completely right! And TRUST ME, the only person with whom I’d ever go on an adventure like this is you. This is fantastic! But you’ll have to teach me how to do all that romancy stuff. I’m not going to have a clue what to do. Just, Vahaadi? Promise me one thing.”
“Anything, my pet.”
“Promise me you’ll make it fun.”
It doesn’t matter ’cause anywhere’s perfect with you
http://youtu.be/_LG0vE9hsmo
If home is where the heart is
Then my heart is lost at sea
And I, I have built my palace
Where the sand and waters meet
I’ve been living on this island
I saw you pass me by
Calling out to me
Hope within your eyes
Love is an adventure
I’ll take my chance on you, on you
Meet in France
Meet me in Mexico
Chinatown
Then off to Tokyo
It doesn’t matter ’cause anywhere’s perfect with you
City lights, colors of indigo
Sun or snow, don’t matter where we go
It’ll be perfect ’cause it’s all amazing with you
Singing oh oh oh oh ohhhhh, oh oh oh oh ohhhh
Home is where the heart is
And my heart is in your hand
And you, you can build your kingdom
In the center of this life
And I, I’m stepping off this island
Never looking back
You’re my only home
Meet in France
Meet me in Mexico
Chinatown
Then off to Tokyo
It doesn’t matter ’cause anywhere’s perfect with you
City lights, colors of indigo
Sun or snow, don’t matter where I go
It’ll be perfect ’cause it’s all amazing with you
Singing oh oh oh oh ohhhhh, oh oh oh oh ohhhh
Oh oh oh oh ohhhhh, oh oh oh oh ohhhh
Santa Fe, Chile, Romania
Africa, then to Australia
It doesn’t matter ’cause anywhere’s perfect with you
Open skies,
Freedom is beautiful
Rain or shine
Don’t matter where we go
It’ll be perfect ’cause it’s so incredibly true
Woahhhh
It’ll be perfect ’cause it’s so amazing with you
First Wish
A rough storyboard of how I envision Spark and Vahaadi’s first encounter going, and Spark’s transformation sequence. It definitely has a Magical Girl vibe to it, but this is the one and only time her transformation sequence will be this detailed. It’s pretty quick and will have more of a “shonen” transformation feel than a girly shoujo feel.
From henceforth, her transformations are a lot more abrupt, so the story won’t be interrupted by recycled transformation sequences. I might try doing an animatic to show you how I think her on-the-fly transformation could look.
You Can Be Amazing
Inspired by Sara Bareilles’ “Brave.” <3 Every line of this song is just perfect.
You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do
When they settle ‘neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just want to see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
Everybody’s been there,
Everybody’s been stared down by the enemy
Fallen for the fear
And done some disappearing,
Bow down to the mighty
Don’t run, just stop holding your tongue
Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
And since your history of silence
Won’t do you any good,
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don’t you tell them the truth?
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
See you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
Spark and Korra
I drew this once, sorry for the bad quality. I don’t even know where the original drawing is. I was going to color it digitally but then Book II happened and I lost the will power.
Scraps: When Can I See You Again?
When Owl City wrote the song “When Can I see You Again?” for Wreck it Ralph I felt like it described Meta-Spark/Meta-Vahaadi’s RP relationship so perfectly. I had intended to do a couple of illustrations, the question asked in each of them being “When can I see you again?” These have been sitting on my desktop since the movie came out, which was nearly a year ago, so I doubt I will ever finish them. Correction, I know I will never finish them. Thus I figured it was better to throw them up here than not at all. Yay sketchiness
