Donella Vat7k - Blog Posts

This took so long and for what ಥ‿ಥ

School sketches 😩💅

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So I'm not sure if we've all agreed on this or not, but I think it's generally accepted in the Vat7k fandom that Ulla was around 16-20 when she started the trials (collage/high school years). Also, we know that she met Quirin in the Dark Kingdom and then had a kid with him.

She was definitely over the age of consent, which means that she was probably 20-22 when she had Varian, making her around 20 years older than him (38-40 in Vat7k).

Donella was probably a year or two older, making her 21-23 years older than Hugo, around 39-41 (most likely 39 or 40).

So these badasses aren't even old. Hell, they're probably younger than your mother ToT

I personally think that Ulla was/is 38 and Donella's 39.

YIPPEEEEE (i've been thinking about this since Saturday lol; tell me what you think!)

Edit: I just mean this as a 'what if' kind of headcanon. I'm not saying I think it's canon, or that it would've been, but I just think it's cool that there's a possibility. Also, someone pointed out that she has grey hair. Uhmmm Ulla and Momella were at the Eternal Library, so there's a chance it had some sort of aging spell in it (Varian also got possesed by his mother who looks 18, so she might not have aged much either 🥲)

but again; it's just a theory

A FILM THEORY- ok i'll stop now

Gimmie your Donella headcanons pretty pls

well… only because you said pretty pls

evil lesbian time

-she has used her braid to strangle a man before. this was in front of hugo, but he was ten years old, so he was practically an adult. it’s fine.

-she used to be very protective about her lab journals, but ulla started doodling around her notes and donella gradually warmed up to it. (then they started to drift apart, and ulla began her own journal that she never let donella see, and donella was left to trace the loops of ulla’s handwriting even before ulla was gone.)

-she usually made it a policy not to hire child soldiers, but hugo was the best thief she’d ever seen. she tested him & his instincts for a while before deciding to raise him herself.

-on that note, she does love hugo in a way, but donella’s mind is very priority-organized, and hugo ranks low on that list.

-she prefers mechanical weapons to chemical ones. her dagger is her go-to in a 1v1 fight, though.

-slightly civil to quirin. slightly. a long time ago.

-very defensive, even with those she half-trusts. they have to be out to get her, otherwise, why would they be saying this?

-constant, well-hidden paranoia. she’s climbed so far but her position is so precarious.

-she was raised in a very unstable home that she left as soon as she could. either she was an orphan or she was brought up by someone who parented her like she parents hugo.

-she only got truly, unconditionally attached to someone once, and that woman disappeared for almost two decades. ulla was always going to disappear, and donella was always going to be left.

Random idea that's been living in my head rent free and I needed to yap about it even a little: Hugo doesn't have wanted posters. Like at all. Donella made sure to get rid of all of them because dealing with her employee/son being wanted in like a million towns and kingdoms and whatever would just be a hassle. Donella did keep at least one of them, maybe Hugo's very first since he started working for her. So if in one of the trials (maybe the iron trial) Varian finds Hugo's wanted poster in Donella's base... I really wanna figure out what would happen

Obviously Donella and Cyrus are the two main people Hugo worked with, basically being his family, but I feel like some other soldiers would be pretty good friends with Hugo and they alongside sometimes Cyrus (though he's got a bit more of an important job than regular soldiers) would teach Hugo things Donella couldn't if she was to busy, like how to cook or sew

Not saying Donella wouldn't do this, but I can imagine her being at least a little neglectful of Hugo, and some soldiers might take pity on him

What if Donella wasn't just cursed to never enter the library, but she was cursed to never be able to use/work with magic again? Whenever one of her soldiers retrieved an enchanted item for her, it always worked for them but never for Donella. That's part of why she needed Hugo to be the one to go on the trials. Of course it's because he's smart, but it's also because he's an artificer, and enchantments and whatnot are kinda his whole thing. She could send her entire army into the library on her behalf, but none of them would know where to go from there. Hugo would.

Also, I like to think that Hugo often helped Donella when combining said magic objects into her weapons. Donella and some of her workers would make the weapon, but Hugo would add the item and make sure it's in perfect condition for their clients. Mainly I just need some mother/child bonding. Like Donella eventually letting Hugo work almost alongside her, and Donella teaching young Hugo more advanced things about engineering (though Hugo would just use this knowledge to upgrade Olivia, but don't tell Don that!)

Quick question: How did Donella even find Cyrus in the first place? Like I see a lot of people (myself included) talking about how Don found Hugo but never Cyrus. I think he deserves some spotlight idk

Donella and Cyrus as wlw and mlm solidarity

Thank you.

Tried to draw Donella in my style cuz my mommy issues told me to do so

Donella and Ulla in their younger years!

…before the eternal library

A bunch of VAT7K characters (+extras) in the tangled credit style!

Inspired by @kidalchemist

This might be the only time I used the airbrush so much.