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@traumas-mermay-2025 Day 22: Shells and pearls

Miranda x Roland mermaid AU!

Playing pretend together.

Roland II and Lorelei during their wedding in the palace garden.

Do you have any stf hcs that you've thought of but haven't had the chance to use/talk about?

I don't know if I have mentioned this one before (bad memory) but you know how Aunt Tilly takes Queen Miranda inside to explain her what being a Protector is about? Well I hc that Queen Miranda straight up lost it during that conversation and gave her a whole mouthful for putting Sofia into so much danger and not seeing anything wrong with making a literal child a Storykeeper/Protector. And of course I also hc that their relationship was quite strained after that conversation.

Sketches of young and old Roland II and Tilly I made. Their child designs are really cute, and also I think it's funny how tall he becomes compared to her. Are these two separate artworks, or is this some kind of time travel/future/past vision scenario? You decide!

This was originally meant to be a 100% goofy funny comic, but somehow it turned into angst halfway through. I still think it's funny that Minimus canonically learns the truth before Amber and James though.

(And thanks to @ograndebatata for helping me rewrite the script to be more fitting).

Comic Script: Roland: … So, now you know the truth about my first wish on the well. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before. If any of you has anything to say, please do. Roland: Okay… one at a time please. James: Does this mean I'm half-wishing well? If someone put a coin in my mouth could I grant their wishes? Roland: WHAT?! NO! Absolutely not! Sofia: I'm sorry dad. Minimus and I already knew, and I think he has told every horse in the kingdom by now. Roland: That's not… how did you…? Amber: Daddy… does that mean I could have killed Sofia when I turned her into a cat? Would she be dead because of me? Roland: No Amber. That wouldn't have happened. Don't worry, no one got hurt. Amber: But Sofia almost was! Roland: But she wasn't. She's alright. All of you are. I'm sorry I only told you now. but please remember we both love you all very much. And we'll all get through this together.

So, here's my first Sofia the First fanfiction! It features Roland II and Miranda having a conversation about something that they definitely needed to talk about eventually, and what better place to do it then there? (Trying not to give spoilers but I did put tag warnings on it just in case, because there are some heavy topics discussed).

King Roland II/Queen Miranda sketches because they are so cute together! Also, they never kissed on the lips in the show, so I needed to correct that.

More Queen Lorelei sketches!

Adding more to my headcanons about her: She and Roland met when they were both going to Royal Prep. She was a Princess of a Kingdom but not the first born so ultimately her older sister became Queen, but Lorelei still wanted to learn about ruling and had an interest in economics. She and Roland became friends and would often do assignments together and both went to EverRealm Academy, eventually falling in love and getting married. When ruling together they could cover for each others’ weaknesses, she had a good sense of numbers and was able to cover financial problems and policies best, while Roland was better at diplomacy.

To the public she came across as more regal and serious in comparison to Roland's joviality, but she still had plenty of quirks. Ever since she was young, Lorelei always kept pet giant silk moths around, she raises them from worms to adults making sure to feed them enough mulberry leaves every day or schedule the servants to feed them if she is unavailable. She finds it quite humorous whenever someone mistakes a moth for a more usual pet only to be shocked when it's a giant bug, but if you actually insult them she will not be happy. Fun Fact: the scientific name for the domestic silk moth is Bombyx mori.

Queen Lorelei, Roland II’s first wife and the biological mother of Amber and James. She only gets a few seconds of screen time in the final episode of the series, but I think about her a whole lot.

I wanted to give her a few different outfits and hairstyles for these sketches because I imagine she would have been very fashionable. We know absolutely nothing about her personality, but I like to headcanon that she really enjoyed paperwork, numbers and lists, and often created new financial policies and trade deals for the Kingdom. Also, it's interesting with her design because while Amber does look like her, I would say with the size and spacing of her eyes and the shape of her face James resembles her just as much as Amber does. And her hair bangs are really neat because she has little hair curls like Amber does but they are also perfectly symmetrical like James’ are.

I continue to draw characters from children's cartoons. This time Roland and Baileywick, and also a small sketch with Cedric. I like how his face turned out