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Himiko Toga - Blog Posts
Yippee I can post the art I made for the incredible mermaid Himiko design from @miowess (thanks for it again!!), it was soooo fun to draw I loved it sm 🥺🥺🥺
Sittin chillin thinkin (sleepin)
aka russian winters for my girlies
I can't keep myself from thinking that at some point Himiko practiced acting like her loved ones cuz we somewhat forgot about "loving is becoming who you love" thingy
Look at the prev versions and cringe with me cuz I'm dying here they're so wonky
Stuff for rus!AU tgck cuz I promised someone- (mewa sorry I took so long)
They're so cute I'd eat them both tbh
The whole lore is below the cut (loads of text yay)
Setting: a small Russian town in the middle of the early 2000s haunted by remnants of the criminal 1990s
Himiko: is from quite a wealthy family who could afford to send the girl to learn rhythmic gymnastics (which was so easy to pay for considering the equipment and all). Her upbringing was all about constant demands - better, stronger, training, diets.
Still, no matter how hard she tried, it was never enough. The only thing that Himiko got from the sport were underdeveloped body (she hasn't gained much height and remained as thin as a stick) and quite some damage to her joints that still bothers her.
Naturally, her escape from the abusive environment was a less than perfect company and some teenage rebellion. She shaved half her hair, got piercings, began smoking - all that just to get as far from the "perfect girl" image as possible. Somehow, a group of weathered criminals became more of a family to her than the people left at her old home.
These days, Himiko stayed where she could (not that she could peruse the kindness of her old friends too much), hoping to scrape by busking and selling not-so-legal stuff to schoolers. At least it was like that until she met HER.....
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Ochako: is from a poor yet extremely supportive household. While her parents are slaving at work, she takes care of both the house and her disabled grandmom. Dreams of working as a police and studies hard to enroll into the police academy.
She is ruthlessly bullied at school - not that Ochako, with her ton of responsibilities, ever had time to make friends. More than that, the "teacher's pet" is never the favorite student of the class. The fact that sealed her fate was simple - Ochako is... chubby, just like any other woman in her family. It was never an issue before socializing came into view, so being harassed came across as a total shock.
Not that Ochako couldn't fight back - she's always so busy and focused on things that are actually important that the surroundings barely register to her as it is. Besides, her easygoing nature and kindness just let the things pass by, even if she honestly wouldn't mind getting rid of a few pounds...
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Ochako has chosen the dark alleyways on her way back home again. It's easier, if not safer, than listening to the nasty boys calling after her as she passes.
"Fat cow" this, "fat cow" that... What's bad in cows, anyway? Cows are cute and didn't deserve to have an actual insult named after them..... Not that her classmates need a huge reason to harass anyone. Ochako just was unlucky enough to have the wrong genes.
Himiko has been observing the dark alleyway ahead for a while now. She's hoping to prey on someone weak to steal some cash for a dinner, but this far it was of no success.
The girl has been changing places for her "hunt" often enough, but this neighborhood has seen better times for sure. Still, it's early to lower her guard, and Himiko tightens her grip on the butterfly knife in her pocket as she hears someone approaching. To her surprise, it's just a schoolgirl.
Himiko checks the potential prey with a trained eye - clothes old, but certainly taken care of and worn neatly. Such a type holds little interest - parents probably don't even give her pocket money.
It is, for sure, a "good girl" - the type she can easily recognize, as she had been one herself. Now, though, this kind of girls only makes Himiko grimace with open disdain. This is the last thing she can do before the girl turns around.
Their eyes meet - cat-like gold against warm browns, and Himiko can't look away. The petite stranger is so... cute.
Every teenage girl has a phase when she imagines herself and her crush as transcendent incomprehensible space deities
So why Ochako wouldn't if she actually can
@dailytogachako I couldn't resist
She cute
She bite
She poison you (while biting)
I finally got my hands on continuing my Toga Tarot series yayyy
Really wanted to go with more of a childlike drawing style with this one soooo
Ten of pentacles is about family, home and security, having people who accept you and enjoying comfort and stability
This card kept me thinking: What if someone reached before it was too late? What if someone could give Himiko the life she deserved?
"For the greater good? No, for my own good. For my own, and for ones I love as my family."
part 4/x
Other cards:
Three of cups
Four of cups
Eight of swords
You guys have been awfully cute lately so some tgck for you! :>
Took inspiration in this post
The first himiko + snake drawing of the year yay!
Vampire dark magic Himiko cuz I wanted to render this for 10 hours
Marama has fallen ill so low effort steampunk au designs for you guys (I liked designing alternative gear yup)
@lily-claw I fooled you here's the surprise cuz our random chats give me the best ideas
I love her expression so much I can't find the strength to finish this drawing cuz I'm probably gonna ruin it- 🤧🤧🤧
When you're evil and also an aquapet
Just listen to me I'm not crazy-
Hanahaki AU Himiko would be ecstatic to have hanahaki
It's practically the embodiment of how she sees love – blood and flowers are so. fucking. cute.
Just imagine her over a dirty sink in an abandoned house which league currently occupies, lead here by a persistent itch in her throat, doubling over in a violent coughing fit. But then she opens her eyes – before her a single pink camellia in precious splatters of red, sharply contrasting the the pristine white of the tiles.
She lifts her head to look at her muddy reflection in the cracked mirror. She smiles. No, it's the crazed, manic, awed grin.
Himiko Toga, no doubt, is happy.
Okay okay you know why I disappeared? I played Reverse 1999 round the clock and the style there looks so effortless yet so cool and paintey AAAA
All in all I needed to try and design Himiko and trying out new techniques was fun as hell
hc that toga has natural cat claw nails bcs of her quirk and she used to be forced to file/cut them all the way down as a kid
Like these types of nails