I love it!!! So so much
been cooking something up
Mr. Varmitech
Sending you the warmest birthday wishes today Chris! Thank you for all you have done to bring a love for the creature world and creature adventuring into the lives of so many people! Through your shows alongside Martin, you have created awareness and knowledge about animals and their habitats that will continue to be fostered in future generations for many years to come.
Your shows have been a refuge for so many people in times of hardship, and they have helped people, like myself, to overcome and even escape from such situations. Your work in the creature world is unsurpassed, please continue to do what you are doing, it is so needed and appreciated, just like you are.
TW:self doubt, negative self talk
(This is going to be a multipart series of Daphne learning her relationship with the internet)
(I know the timeframes could be off but bear with me for the sake of the plot)
Daphne wasn’t good at anything. She wasn’t strong like Jason or smart like Stephanie or fast like Jessica or creative like Fiona or anything. She was just average at best, forgettable at worst. The only positive thing anyone ever seemed to have to say about her was how pretty she was and her parents were so incredible. She knew, even in seventh grade, that she was destined to be another forgettable wannabe who died alone. There was nothing she could do about it except to wait for the inevitable to happen.
Then something unexpected happened. People started talking about these new ways to connect, through social media and short form content. Daphne always knew social media existed, but never really put any weight behind it. Her parents didn’t really use social media to promote themselves, and neither did most of the truly rich and famous people she knew. Then she researched how much money and fame people could get on a 30 second video. If somebody was determined, they could become a millionaire. The one thing Daphne had in spades was determination, so she figured it would be harmless and made a video, low quality and effort with 0 thought put into it, and went to bed. It was a travel video, something Daphne would become known for and was very simplistic.
When she woke up, the video had 18 views. 18 people had seen her video. She was instantly obsessed with the idea and began to create more and more content, eventually going viral after 3 months, with 7 million people viewing her video. She neglected everything else in her life, locking her mind on her social media and what people thought about her, changing who she was. She poured hours everyday into studying trends and changing herself and her content to fix these trends. Eventually, her account exploded with her having nearly three thousand followers by the end of her seventh grade year. She may not be strong or smart or fast or creative but she could be what she always wanted to be. Famous. Nothing else mattered. Her problems would disappear if she was famous and her stepmother and father would finally accept her for who she was, not who they wanted her to be. Fame is all that matters. Fame is the only thing that truly makes Daphne happy. Daphne is a failure without fame. Being famous would fix everything and finally make her lovable. Her family tried to reason with her but they couldn’t understand the need Daphne had to finally be somebody independent of her family for once. She had to be different or else she wasn’t special and maybe she really was worthless. Daphne placed her entire self worth into what strangers thought of her on the internet, what could go wrong?
I made this a long time ago but wanted to share it now.
I look at it and it makes me want to make a fanfic or some drawings 😂
mmm angst! I love it so so much! This has been one of my favorite songs recently and I love that it's in this animatic now! <3
This thing was made because I got inspired (and went delulu) by the wild Kratts apocalypse au, made by @martincrushcameback, who is very talented.
Probably changed some things but my brain can't even function right now so I don't know.
ANYWAY ENJOY
I got inspired by @jokerislandgirl32 and decided to try it with Donita
First off…
When you click on Donita’s page, it instantly sends you to her page with this being the title. (Guess you have some competition Violet 🤭🤭)
status:✨still here✨ also we have 5 random children which is fun (only one is mentioned on Zach’s page btw)
✨Danita✨ also Zach is misspelled. Zach can’t see through all those distractions? But don’t worry they get married at some point?
The Danita aforementioned
i meant color palette character wise. hair color? skin color? etc. do you have a specific color in mind for those things?
it’s fun she has a yellow motif though!! i just want a designated color palette design wise :)
I see her skin and hair tones as being very close to these colors, and her eyes are dark amber color. The one thing though is that Daphne has tried so many hair styles, and used to regularly bleach her hair. She doesn’t do that as much anymore but depending on the time, her hair can be pretty much anything. Hope this is a little better explanation haha.
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TW: divorce, self doubt, abandonment, blame
Since childhood, Daphne has been in the shadow of her fashion designer mom and her musician dad. While she was proud to be the daughter of two icons in their respective fields, she always wanted to be more than ‘Donita’s daughter’ or “Henry’s kid’. She didn’t get any of her father’s musical talent or her mother’s eye for fashion trends, leading her to believe she could never be successful. When she saw the internet become more popular, she capitalized on her chance to be a star, independent of her parents joining social media at a young age and becoming a large influencer with her good looks and sassy charisma. Daphne modeled all of her mother’s clothing except for her designs featuring live animals, instead encouraging her to use animal-inspired designs, which she did later at her daughter’s insistence. She tried to convince her father to allow her to use him in videos, but he always refused, so she eventually stopped asking and made travel content from her being with her mother constantly. Daphne loves to travel and is fluent in Greek, Spanish, and French in addition to English, something she has been able to use to her advantage in her travels.
As Daphne grew older and more mature, her relationship with her mother blossomed while her relationship with her father struggled. She always viewed her Dad as her protector and #1 fan, even when he was off on tour in a faraway land. Henry always took her side when arguing with her mother, and insisted that everything he did was for her. Their relationship completely changed when her parents divorced and he married Allison. Daphne saw the whole ordeal as a total blindside and was upset with her mother, wanting to live with her dad full-time. Allison was another fashion designer, although much less established and respected than Donita, and often compared their work, insisting her’s was better. Allison hated the idea of Daphne and how she was a link to Henry’s more successful ex-wife and took it out on Daphne, saying she would leave Henry if Daphne lived with them. Daphne tried to convince Henry that she didn’t like her and was mean, but Henry refused to listen to her and asked her why her mother was filling her head up with lies, choosing Allison over Daphne, a recent pattern. They began to see each other less and less, particularly after her half-siblings came into the mix. The only reason Daphne comes over anymore is to play and interact with her little siblings, who are obsessed with her and want to be just like her, much to their mother’s disappointment. Henry was too busy with his new family for Daphne, and that shattered her heart. She began to question if love like the fairytales was even real if it was all made up or worse, not made for her. All the relationships she had, felt like the boy was using her for fame or money, making her question her own sense of self, independent from her job and family. She felt like she didn’t have hobbies of her own separate from her work, and her friendships felt one sided, with her putting in more work than she was getting. Who is Daphne Donata? Why couldn’t she answer such a simple question?
Henry felt bad about his relationship with his oldest daughter but truly believed that Daphne was lying about Allison and was jealous of her half-siblings. He instead began to focus on teaching his other children his talents, trying not to think about Daphne too much, even going as far as to delete his social media to not see her on his feed anymore, at Allison’s request. He also feels a lot of pent-up anger towards Donita for putting him in an impossible position, pushing his daughter away from him because of her issues with him. He resented her for never compromising in their marriage and for putting her work ahead of her family and marriage. The divorce wasn’t entirely his fault and he needed her to stop acting like it was and to get over her superiority complex over everyone, especially him. One day he wants to reunite his two families together and have everyone get along, but in the meantime, he is focused on being a better husband and father to his new family.
😂😂😂 oml Zach, sometimes those thoughts should be kept inside 😂
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Español
Zach: me gustaría darle una nalgada a Chris
Donita: en serio?
Zach: que te puedo decir, tiene un muy buen trasero
El equipo kratt que los estaba esperando: ....*todos mirando a Chris*
Chris: ....*rojo como tomate*
Martin: te toca y lo mato...*serio*
Inglés
Zach: I would like to spank Chris.
Donita: really?
Zach: What can I tell you, he has a very nice butt.
The kratt team that was waiting for them: ....*all looking at Chris*
Chris: ....*red as a tomato*
Martin: it's your turn and I'll kill him...*serious*
The Famous one! The one who got me into this fandom lol