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Daphne's School Life

TW: bad teaching?, bullying, quitting, name calling, angst with a happy ending

Daphne never loved school. She loved learning, just not what the schools had to teach her. She just never understood what the teachers were saying and never cared enough about the subject to try to figure it out. Eventually Daphne gave up trying in school, opting to focus on her social life and influencer career. 

Daphne’s teachers seemed to actively encourage this abandonment of school by never encouraging her to challenge herself and placing her in the easiest classes. They viewed her as ‘too dumb’ to understand the complexities of the subjects they taught and never bothered to try and make her understand. As a result, Daphne’s grades began to slip considerably, with her pulling ‘Ds for Daphne’ frequently, especially in math and science, her worst subjects. Donita and Dabio worried about her and her academics frequently, but neither of them were well equipped to be teaching her, barely understanding it themselves. Zach eventually caught wind of Daphne’s struggles and offered up himself and his daughter, Vera’s assistance, which Donita accepted immediately. 

Daphne began tutoring with them, especially Vera, and waited. Waited for them to announce she was a lost cause and too stupid to understand like all of her other teachers did, but that moment never came. Her grades began to improve and Daphne began to foster a great relationship with Vera; she admired her passion for music and how she was able to ‘do it all’, at least according to Daphne. Daphne’s grades began to rise, with her eventually becoming a solid student, with Zach and Vera’s consistent efforts to make her understand enough to do well on the tests. 

Daphne’s classmates, however, did not appreciate or notice this stark improvement. They continued to speak badly behind her back. They never told her directly because she was still a very popular and influential girl, having dated some of the most popular boys and amassed thousands of followers on social media, but they viewed themselves as better and smarter than her, thinking she was just a pretty face with nothing substantial to offer society. Henry, Daphne’s father, and Allison, her stepmother, did nothing to refute these claims, with Allison actually encouraging them, calling Daphne a ‘airhead’ and claiming there was ‘nothing behind her eyes’. Henry felt bad for Daphne but didn’t believe she was really trying in school, so he thought his wife’s comments may encourage her to start trying harder, and Allison was a distinguished student in high school, so she must know what she’s talking about. Daphne tried to ignore these comments, but they added to her insecurities and she began to see herself as an academic failure. She didn’t even want to bother to apply to any colleges, being convinced she would just be rejected, and would just focus on her influencer career, the only thing she seemed to be good at.

Dabio, someone who experienced similar things in high school and ended up not going to college because of it, becoming Donita’s henchman and model, managed to talk her into applying. He said while he loved Donita, her, and his life, not going to college was one of his biggest regrets, and he didn’t want the same for her. Together, they applied to many colleges for a plethora of majors. Daphne ended up being accepted to one of these majors and began her communications and marketing major. Her professors quickly noticed her fame and ability to amass massive amounts of followers through her social media, encouraged her to keep going, and taught her a lot about the internet and social media. Which later helped her get an invite to a prestigious content creation house, and start a PR business in addition to her global influencer career.

I love it so so so much! The artwork and expressions are brilliant and I love the Zachbot in the beginning 💕💕

IT IS FINALLY DONE!!!

Here is the animatic I've been working on for the past two weeks or so!!! Hopefully you guys enjoy it! <3

This is the first time I've made one of these that is fully colored - there's one from 3 years ago that's only 25 seconds long on my channel but 1 ENTIRE MINUTE is a huge step up for me.

So uh!! Enjoy I guess!! :D

Last song I listened to:

Currently Watching: Santa Clarita Diet

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Spicy 🌶️

Relationship Status: Single/Situationship (although I think that may be over)

Current Obsession: reading 📖, coloring, Wild Kratts

nine people I’d like to get to know better 💘💘💘

thank you for the tag Kitty!! @lianhuajing <3

🎶 Last song I listened to: 万物不如你 by 张杰

📺 Currently watching: The Double (墨雨云间) and the Link Click live action (时光代理人)

🌶️ Sweet/Savory/Spicy?: savory, I'm a weak bitch who can't take spice 😔

❤️ Relationship status: single! not looking for a relationship so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

🤩 Current obsession: too tired to hyperfixate on anything currently oop- my previous hyperfixation was Qingye, though.

Tagging: @evolutionsbedingt @extraordinarilyextreme @joyouslee @marquisguyun @la-muerta @labseraph @astrowaffles @l7k-a (as usual, there's no obligation to do this!)

😍😍😍

THE ZACH COSTUME!!

Donita singing while literally dressing pose-beamed Martin: I'm looking for a man in fashion, conservation, 5'10, blue eyes- fashion, conservation, 5'10, blue eyes- fashion, conservation, 5'10, blue eyes-

Martin: Did... you change the lyrics.... ?

Donita: NO SHUT UP

yet another song about being cool that reminded me of Daphne

All she ever wanted was to be cool, but she has imposter syndrome and doesn’t think she’s good enouhh

lowkey my headcannon too

Donita has to have SOME type of obsession with Martin?

Like..

What do you mean you call your enemy “darling”and “MARTINO?”

Also..

They just HAPPEN to have each other’s numbers..and they call each other casually or what?

Have you ever noticed that Chris Kratt bites his bottom lip for most of the series? Sometimes he does this when he's embarrassed or excited.

(These are the ones I found, but I will find more and add them here)

I love her!!!

Finally made my own wk oc!!! @ranfordgallus inspired me to make it!

She is Nova, the one who helps the Kratt brothers to get them followers by posting and writing about their adventures. Also, she can see the villians location, and the Kratt brothers location too. (Fun fact, she lives in the same city as Zach, and she likes to spy on him)

Disappointment

Violet, Vallen, Vera and Varina all belong to the incredible @jokerislandgirl32

I hope you guys enjoy, under the cut due to length

TW: abandonment feelings

Daphne was excited to finally learn how to play the piano. Her father was an excellent pianist, along with her aunt Violet along with Varina and Vera. Music was literally in her blood, it was how her mother fell in love with her father and how her father paid the bills. Henry Lopez was a world class musician before he transitioned to producing music. Some of Daphne’s earliest memories were seeing concerts, watching Varina and Vera flourish in piano, and watching Henry and Violet play music together, before Henry moved out and never spoke to Violet again. It was expected for Daphne to be another musician, especially by her father. Daphne could feel him pulling away from her, so she couldn’t fail or mess this up. Daphne took a deep breath, steeled her nerves, and walked through the door. 

A couple of months later, Daphne knew she was completely out of her league. She practiced for hours after class every day, but she was still the worst in her class by far. Her fingers couldn’t move quick enough and she always seemed to forget where the notes were, no matter how many times everyone seemed to tell her. She could see her teacher sigh, out of the corner of her eye, as she walked into the classroom. She waved to Vallen, a star student and brother of Vera and Varina, and sat down next to her teacher. When she started playing, she could feel the waves of judgment from her teacher and the pain of all the other students, suffering through her ‘music’. Daphne was red from embarrassment and could feel everyone else’s eyes on her, wondering what she was doing on the piano. 

After Daphne’s lesson was finished, she waited on the curb for her father to pick her up. He didn’t even look at her as she climbed into the front seat and just started driving, pointedly ignoring her. Henry didn’t think Daphne was trying hard enough in piano and viewed it as sheer laziness. “I just wish you would be more like Allison, she was playing in concerts at your age. I’m disappointed in you, Daphne” Henry told her as he drove down the highway. Daphne didn’t respond, she couldn’t convince him that she was trying either way. Daphne could see that Allison was coming up more and more recently. They had never met, but her dad seemed to really be in love. Daphne wanted to be happy for him and she was, but the feeling of abandonment was getting stronger every time Allison came up and the chasm between them only widened. Daphne stared out the window until her father pulled up to the Varmitech Industries building, where Daphne would be spending the night while her mother worked. Henry was supposed to spend the night, just the two of them, but he decided that he instead wanted to go with Allison, causing Donita to frantically text Zach, asking if he would be able to watch Daphne. Daphne was excited to spend time with the Varmitechs, she really was, but she couldn’t help but feel the familiar twinge of disappointment that her father had let her down again, something that seemed to be getting more and more common. Daphne sighed and started walking towards the building, feeling like a burden.

Violet was disappointed in Henry. She could tell that Daphne was upset that he didn’t spend the night, and frankly so was Violet. She was always happy to watch Daphne, viewing her almost as another daughter, but was annoyed by the extremely short notice and complete lack of acknowledgement from Henry. Once upon a time, they were playing music and singing together, but then Henry and Donita got divorced. Violet was upset about the way that Henry chose to handle the news and felt bad for her friend, but was more surprised by Henry never reaching out to them. She sent a few texts to him in the beginning, asking how he was and that she was always there if he wanted to talk, but he never responded. Violet felt disappointed in Henry, yet again, he had thrown away years of friendship and kinship, never speaking to Violet again after the divorce. He even seemed to actively avoid her, never looking her in the eye, something Violet definitely noticed and did not approve of. Henry seemed to be disappointing in every category recently, he was a bad husband, friend, and seemingly father. Violet sighed and opened the door as Daphne walked through the elevator doors, wanting to be the parental figure Daphne deserved.