Pic -- AtlA/GW AU >_>;;
I BLAME phoenix_melody. BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME.
This is an illustration for a potential story with the cast of Gundam Wing in the world of Avatar (I'd be using the world of AtlA, but not the characters, so no Wufei meets Zuko.)
Basically Aang came back to help at the temple, so some Airbenders managed to escape, but he died in the attempt.
Relena is one of the surviving airbenders. (So is Milliardo, but he's not a bender.)
Heero is a Southern waterbender who's living pretty much half-feral after his village was destroyed. (his bending style is therefore cobbled together from what Odin (defecting Fire Nation soldier) taught him (infantrymen are taught non-bending martial arts, but they're still rooted in the same discipline so a lot of it goes against the grain for waterbending) and what he observed could work, hence ugly and full of holes, but what does work is brutally efficient. He mostly uses ice; he's not good at being flowy so water is harder.)
Quatre is a Northern waterbender (his father is the chieftain and was cursed to have only daughters until he begged the spirits for help, hence Quatre's hair color... Quatre then proceeded to demand to be taught healing, goddamnit, whaddya mean a woman's art, it's stupid for a warrior not to know how to do first aid!)
Wufei is a firebender, in the army. I need moar plot for him. I think he's bethroted to Meiran and she's still alive, but i dunno. Might change that if I get an idea.
Trowa and Duo are non-benders. Trowa is from Earth and in the Resistance, Duo's an air/fire war-child living in the Earth Kingdom. (they both manage to be badass just fine without bending, thanks.)
... The current Avatar is Princess Mariemeya, from the Fire Nation. =D
Dilemmas/decisions I made: I liked Relena with blue eyes, but airbenders have gray eyes, so. Same for Wufei, though really that's mostly me going yay! another 'verse where I can give Wufei golden eyes! (the other ones being Garou where he gets tiger-colored eyes when transforming and the FF7 crossover where he gets the yellow materia overlay for his SOLDIER eyeshine.) What can I say, he's hot like that. XD
Waterbenders are dark-skinned, so Heero and Quatre get to be dark-skinned. (all the characters get a bit darker, actually, apart from Relena because airbenders are pale and Wufei because he's already Fire-Nation-looking enough. I'm not sure it shows much on Duo and Trowa in this picture. ~__~)
I don't think I managed to Avatarize Duo's clothes enough. The top's okay but the pants are sooo generic. Hnnn. :/ Oh, whatever.
The sides of Relena's head are shaved, but not the top, because they're trying to balance between holding onto some traditions and hiding themselves so that they can survive. She does have arrows under there, it's just hidden apart from the point on her forehead, which when she goes into town is even hidden under a hat or a headband. And of course the ones on her body. >__> I should have darkened her hair more, but then she didn't look like herself at all anymore. Hrrn.
This is an illustration for a potential story with the cast of Gundam Wing in the world of Avatar (I'd be using the world of AtlA, but not the characters, so no Wufei meets Zuko.)
Basically Aang came back to help at the temple, so some Airbenders managed to escape, but he died in the attempt.
Relena is one of the surviving airbenders. (So is Milliardo, but he's not a bender.)
Heero is a Southern waterbender who's living pretty much half-feral after his village was destroyed. (his bending style is therefore cobbled together from what Odin (defecting Fire Nation soldier) taught him (infantrymen are taught non-bending martial arts, but they're still rooted in the same discipline so a lot of it goes against the grain for waterbending) and what he observed could work, hence ugly and full of holes, but what does work is brutally efficient. He mostly uses ice; he's not good at being flowy so water is harder.)
Quatre is a Northern waterbender (his father is the chieftain and was cursed to have only daughters until he begged the spirits for help, hence Quatre's hair color... Quatre then proceeded to demand to be taught healing, goddamnit, whaddya mean a woman's art, it's stupid for a warrior not to know how to do first aid!)
Wufei is a firebender, in the army. I need moar plot for him. I think he's bethroted to Meiran and she's still alive, but i dunno. Might change that if I get an idea.
Trowa and Duo are non-benders. Trowa is from Earth and in the Resistance, Duo's an air/fire war-child living in the Earth Kingdom. (they both manage to be badass just fine without bending, thanks.)
... The current Avatar is Princess Mariemeya, from the Fire Nation. =D
Dilemmas/decisions I made: I liked Relena with blue eyes, but airbenders have gray eyes, so. Same for Wufei, though really that's mostly me going yay! another 'verse where I can give Wufei golden eyes! (the other ones being Garou where he gets tiger-colored eyes when transforming and the FF7 crossover where he gets the yellow materia overlay for his SOLDIER eyeshine.) What can I say, he's hot like that. XD
Waterbenders are dark-skinned, so Heero and Quatre get to be dark-skinned. (all the characters get a bit darker, actually, apart from Relena because airbenders are pale and Wufei because he's already Fire-Nation-looking enough. I'm not sure it shows much on Duo and Trowa in this picture. ~__~)
I don't think I managed to Avatarize Duo's clothes enough. The top's okay but the pants are sooo generic. Hnnn. :/ Oh, whatever.
The sides of Relena's head are shaved, but not the top, because they're trying to balance between holding onto some traditions and hiding themselves so that they can survive. She does have arrows under there, it's just hidden apart from the point on her forehead, which when she goes into town is even hidden under a hat or a headband. And of course the ones on her body. >__> I should have darkened her hair more, but then she didn't look like herself at all anymore. Hrrn.