Lmao I’m watching the Connoreatspants Fortnite Friday stream featuring Zachary Levi and bro is getting absolutely grilled about his opinions on “woke” inclusion in modern media.
Discovering that The Matrix was a trans allegory written by trans women in the year 2024. Crazy. ⚡️
And last but certainly not least is Darla!! 💜⚡️
I might have to give her another outfit because the overalls are cute, but all the other siblings are for sure giving like autumn/winter time cozy kinda outfits.
The overalls are cute but they’re more spring/summer time especially with the Philadelphia weather!! >_< 🩷
I think next I’ll either design Rosa and Victor or I’ll maybe work on some sibling interactions!! ⚡️🍁
(Closeup below)
Kinda a more interesting post for tonight. This is a comic page mock-up that I did for the third act of my Shazam story! ^_^ ⚡️
The idea here is that this is kinda the “inside” of the spell that allows Billy to share his powers with his siblings. In this scene Billy’s has just gotten ahold of The Wizard’s staff, causing it to activate its magic. So, we see a glimpse of Billy and all his siblings starting to magically float off the ground during the final battle against Black Adam. Showing that they are being affected by a spell of some sort.
Then, suddenly Billy is transported into this “mind palace”, that is a kinda like a shared liminal space to represent the connection Billy has formed with his siblings over the course of the story. When Billy is transported here, he finds shadowy figures of his siblings standing in the middle of a black, shadowy, fog.
He quickly approaches them, scared and confused. He’s unsure of what is happening, because he’s just not that familiar with magic yet. He’s trying to talk to Freddy, and ask him for help, but Freddy is not able to respond/interact with Billy. This shadowy figure is kinda like a “placeholder” for Freddy, and the other siblings as well. So, that’s why he’s unresponsive in this scene.
However, while this spell is happening, Tawny is trying to get through to Billy. Shouting at him to say the magic word, “Shazam” and complete the spell. Then, once Billy hears Tawny’s voice echo through this liminal space, he says the magic word, completes the spell, snaps back into reality, and sees that he’s temporarily empowered his foster siblings with the powers of living lighting. Meaning, this is my introduction to the Shazamly! Yay! 🎉
Once the spell is completed these shadowy “placeholders” for his siblings will be replaced with their actual consciousness, and they’ll look like their normal selves. Meaning, that when they all are using the powers of Shazam, they’ll have a shared liminal space where they can sense each other’s connection. However, we don’t see this “setting” again for the rest of the story, because it’s not really relevant once Billy has successfully opened his heart, and shared the powers with his siblings.
It will be relevant again if/when I write more stories in this universe. But for now, I’m just focusing on Billy’s origin story and putting the Shazamly in the third act.
But yeah, I just wanted to share this little snippet from the third act of my story. I have pretty much finished outlining my first story completely. I just don’t want to post it here yet, until I’ve turned my outline into like an actual screenplay or something lol. If you’re wondering what I’ve wrote,so far, it’s basically like if the 2019 Shazam film had more of a focus on fantasy and found family, instead of a focus on horror and wish-fulfillment. Which are all good themes but, I just wanted to tell my version of this story, and double down on my favorite tropes. :^).
So if you like Shazam, fantasy, found family, or just fan made stories in general stay tuned, I should have time to format and post my story, in its entirety, pretty soon!
Enjoy~✨
Work in progress low res screenshot of my version of the Shazamly!! ⚡️
I mostly formatted my WIP like this because I am in between art styles right now and just drawing for the sake of fun atm before I settle on a style >_>
But so far we got Mary,Billy,Freddy, and Darla!
Writing below!! ✍️📝💞💗🌷
Ok so in my version of the story Mary and Billy are both 15. Mary is a few months older. Freddy is 17. And Darla is 13. I mostly just want to focus on these 4 characters since I think having 6 siblings is a lot,,, I think I can build a really good dynamic between these 4 and have them all get a good amount of development and interactions!!
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We got Billy who is the main character obs. He’s gonna have a reserved personality at first and slowly slide more towards a friendly, bold, and impulsive personality. Especially once he gets comfortable with the other siblings. He can be reckless at times, especially when building off ideas with Freddy. However, he does have a strong moral compass that keeps him grounded.
Mary is his complete and total opposite. She’s a very anxious goody two shoes who tries to keep her siblings out of trouble. She gets overwhelmed easy, and relies on her siblings to bring her back to reality and calm her mind when needed.
Freddy is the most social sibling. In this version he’s kinda a grifter. Kinda like now in the nu52 when he was selling forged doctor notes to kids. He does things like that. But, he’s very extroverted and a lot of people know him for his colorful reputation. He loves being the oldest of the group using his influence both for fun and mischief.
And Darla is pretty much who she always is. The youngest, the sweetest, the one who expresses her love for her siblings the most. She’s very kind and she works hard to empathize with others. She’s the first to help misunderstandings and resolve other’s conflicts, especially when her siblings are fighting.
Hopefully I will draw them all together soon!! 💞
Me writing Tawny into my story: 😏📝✍️
Me when I realize I don’t know how to draw a tiger: 😞💔
Excuse the random number written at the top. I did this drawing on a used sticky note, please forgive my hubris.
Also btw in Grimmland (my mind) Tawny communicates with other people with a magical pink gemstone embedded in their head. It gives Tawny the power of telepathy so they can communicate with The Wizard and Billy and stuff.
This is my version of Mary Bromfield. ^_^
Right now I’ve just been experimenting with how I would write my own version of the Shazam origin stories and what modifications I could make to the character dynamics to make it my own. As of right now I deciding to change the sibling lineup a little bit to make Mary and Billy closer in age. I think that this would really emphasize both of their personalities, him being a bold, humorous trouble maker. And then her being a shy, wallflower kinda girl who tries to keep herself out of trouble.
This puts Freddy as the oldest sibling, which I’m not really sure how much I like that idea so far. Maybe he could kinda use his goofy nature to have a good older brother dynamic with the other kids. Idk I’m still working on it.
If you have any ideas or suggestions for this storyline please comment below!! ^_^ ⚡️💗
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The colors on my iPad look janky as hell as I draw this 💀 but I wanted to draw another quick exploration drawing for my Shazam “powers of living lightning” concept thingy. Idk
Maybe I’ll remaster and color/shade it fully but for now it’s just flats with some overlays lol
Anyways,,,, enjoy~✨
(Edit 4/16/2024: fixed the colors :p ⚡️❤️)
Something soft and sweet for the timeline 💗⚡️🌿
For those who don’t know the two characters I have in this drawing are my version of Billy and Samara as older teenagers. And they eventually become a couple! And they are cute, and soft, and pink!
Samara is an old Captain Marvel character that used to be known as Cissy Sommerly but, I changed her up a little bit. I changed her name so that way it fit into the naming scheme of everyone having matching initials, like Billy Batson, Freddy Freeman, Darla Dudley etc. etc. So now she’s Samara Sommerly! Yay! 🎉
She is the daughter of Sterling Silver, and heir to the throne of Whiz Radio, their family business.
Billy loves Samara’s spunky and sweet personality, mixed with her fierce determination towards her goals.
Samara loves Billy’s dry and sarcastic whit that blends with his strong values towards justice and family.
It’s a tale as old as time. But, their connection really starts when Whiz Radio is on the brink of going out of business. Samara is heartbroken because if Whiz Radio goes out of business, that means her and her family will have to move to a different city, and she will lose everything she’s ever known.
And then there’s Billy, a foster kid who grew up being moved house to house his whole life, who never really got the chance to plant his roots in a meaningful way in any community.
He empathizes with her panic about having to move to a new place and lose the comfort that was everything you once knew, and opens up to her about his childhood in the foster system.
Then, in an attempt to save Whiz Radio, Samara sparks a plan to make a radio show on the new hero Captain Marvel/Shazam as a way to get more listeners and save her family from bankruptcy.
Billy wants to help Samara save Whiz Radio and keep Samara in Fawcett City, so he offers to co-host with her on her new radio show and this is the catalyst for their close bond.
Note: She is unaware of Billy’s alternate identity as the hero Shazam however, Billy takes opportunities whenever he can to help her with her radio show as both Captain Marvel/Shazam and Billy cause’ he cares about her and wants her to stay in Fawcett City.
Closeup drawing below because compression kicks my ass lowkey. 😔🤙
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Work in progress for tonight!! Trying to draw more character interactions so I thought I’d start with my version of Billy and Freddy!
(Note: not intended to be freebat art. No hate to anyone who ships it, but I see them as brothers even if they’re both adopted :P )
But yeah! Also a refresher for any new people who might see this post: I’m working on writing my own version of the Shazam story. In my version I only have 4 siblings in the Vasquez house from oldest to youngest the order goes Freddy, Mary, Billy, Darla. 💙💛❤️💜
I wanted to finish this sketch tonight but it’s about 1AM rn and I have work tomorrow, so unfortunately I have to wait.
Okay thanks byeeee~✨
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