“Quiero envolverme en tus brazos Que no quede entre tú y yo un espacio Ser el sabor de tu boca Y llenarme toda con tu aroma Ser confidente Y saber por dentro quien eres tú Como un tatuaje vivo Impregnarme en tu ser, No borrarme de ti Yo no te pido la luna Tan sólo quiero amarte Quiero se esa locura que vibra muy dentro de ti Yo no te pido la luna Sólo te pido el momento De rescatar esta piel y robarme esa estrella Que vemos tú y yo al hacer el amor. Correr en contra del viento Conocer todos tus sentimientos Dos cuerpos entrelazados, Esperemos todos los inviernos Bésame, en mis labios hallaras calor Siénteme, frágil y de papel, como tiemblo por ti Yo no te pido la luna Tan sólo quiero amarte Quiero se esa locura que vibra muy dentro de ti Yo no te pido la luna Sólo te pido el momento De rescatar esta piel y robarme esa estrella Que vemos tú y yo al hacer el amor. Yo no te pido la luna-na Sólo quiero tenerte muy cerca de mi Yo no te pido la luna-na Sólo pido entregarme para siempre a ti Yo no te pido la luna Tan sólo quiero amarte Quiero se esa locura que vibra muy dentro de ti Yo no te pido la luna Sólo te pido el momento De rescatar esta piel y robarme esa estrella Que vemos tú y yo al hacer el amor.” – Yo No Te Pido La Luna, Daniela Romo, Luigi Albertelli, Enzo Malepasso, and Zucchero Fornaciari, 1984, original Italian version, “Non voglio mica la luna” English translation: “I want to wrap myself in your arms So that no space will exist between us I want to be the taste that lingers in your mouth And to have your fragrance all over me I want to be your confidant And to get to know who are you on the inside I want to be like a living tattoo to embed myself into your being Not to be removed from you I’m not asking you for the moon All I want is to love you I want to be that madness That vibrates deep inside you I’m not asking you for the moon I am just asking to have the moment To save this skin To steal that star That you and I see When we make love Running against the wind I want to know all of your feelings To have our bodies entwined And let’s wait for all the winters that will come Kiss me and you will find warmth in my lips Feel how I am fragile and almost like paper And how I shiver because of you I’m not asking you for the moon All I want is to have you really close to me I’m not asking you for the moon All I want is to surrender myself to you forever I’m not asking you for the moon All I want is to love you I want to be that madness That vibrates deep inside you I’m not asking you for the moon I am just asking to have the moment To save this skin To steal that star That you and I see When we make love” This piece of Prinack fanart, as part of BrickercupMasterX3’s Prinack month, is dedicated to a fellow DeviantArtist who celebrated her birthday two days ago, Samanta aka JACKSPICERCHASE. So, Sam, I hope you had a marvelous, magnificent, and fabulous birthday and I wish you a lot of beauty and blessings in your life as an artist. Wie wir auf deutsch sagen, ich hoffe, dass du einen herrlichen, grandiosen und fantastischen Geburtstag hattest, und ich wünsche dir viel Schönheit und Segen in deinem Leben als Künstler. Como decimos en español, espero que hayas tenido un cumpleaños maravilloso, magnífico y fabuloso y te deseo mucha belleza y bendiciones en tu vida como artista. It’s time for Jack and Princess to do some disco-dancing to this Mexican tune and it looks like they are really enjoying themselves, as they love to bust a move. Plus, don’t they look absolutely fabulous in their disco attire? The answer should be pretty obvious. As for the song choice, I found myself loving the absolute heck out of Daniela Romo’s Yo No te Pido La Luna and I hope you all enjoy listening to it, as much as you enjoy imagining them grooving to this song. Thanks so much for taking the time to enjoy this post in its entirety. I also apologize for the delay, but let’s just say that real life has its priorities. Thanks for your understanding. Jack Spicer from Xiaolin Showdown belongs to Christy Hui and Kids’ WB. Princess Morbucks from The Powerpuff Girls belongs to Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network.
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This piece of Boomubbles fanart is dedicated to a fellow DeviantArtist by the name of H.D. aka AitchhDee who celebrated her birthday a couple of days ago. So, I hope you had a most pleasant and most exhilarating birthday and I wish you a lot of love, abundance, and happiness in your life as an artist. I would also love to dedicate this to all of my dearest fellow Boomubbles shippers. I hope you all enjoy this piece of work I had to accomplish. Before you are a happy and healthy family cultivated by a long-lasting relationship between Team Xtreme’s blue-clad, blond-haired, athletic pacifists, Boomer Green and his wife Bubbles Utonium-Green. The apple does not fall too far from the tree, as their children are just as wonderfully sympathetic and vivacious as their parents. On Boomer’s side, one can see the eldest identical twin sons, Bailey on the left and Barley on the right, who are six years old, are using him as a human jungle gym, and are donning his hand-me-downs. On Bubbles’ side, one can see their middle daughter Brittany on the left, who is five years old, and their youngest daughter Birdie on the right, who is three years old. Moreover, much like their cousins, they are already gifted with flight, super strength, super speed, and many other superhuman abilities. Let us find out how these children came to be. Through their long-lasting relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend, which showed a lot of perseverance despite all odds, it was obvious something was about to happen. In their second year of college, it was announced that Bubbles ended up being pregnant with Boomer’s child, thus making him both astonished and joyous at the news. With this revelation, Boomer and Bubbles received their respective parents’ blessings, as they were married, even though Boomer was only all but twenty years old and Bubbles was eighteen years old. During Bubbles’ pregnancy, she always shocks going on in her womb, when it was revealed in the ultrasound that she was going to give birth to twin boys and the spasms she felt came from the fetus emitting shocks made out of raw energy, thus astonishing Boomer considering that that was one of his special powers and he was pretty to have heirs who inherited his power. Then on August 4, 2012, Bubbles gave birth to twins Bailey Philipp Green and Barley Raphael Green. Bailey and Barley are the split images of their father especially evidenced from how he first looked when he was a six-year-old child. It also helped that his hand-me-downs made them look like complete mini-Boomers. Something extraordinary happened one evening when Bailey and Barley were in their cribs and out of nowhere little stars were formed using raw energy from their fingertips and they were spread all across their bedroom walls. Boomer and Bubbles could not believe their eyes when they entered their bedroom. It was from that moment that Boomer and Bubbles knew their sons would end up developing their abilities to create objects made from raw energy. Luckily for Bailey and Barley, Boomer is always there to teach them how to make different objects using raw energy from baseball bats to weights to different types of toys, which is an amazing experience from both father and sons. Equally as impeccable was their ability to read different books in various languages from their native English to Spanish to French to German to Japanese to Tagalog to Chinese to Portuguese, thus inheriting their parents’ ability to speak and translate in different languages. One special power they ended up bearing was the ability to make shockwave screams. Whenever they scream intensely, shocks of electricity would pour out of their mouths giving their foes a shock and a moment of deafness they will never escape from nor forget. Because both Boomer and Bubbles were still attending college, they would usually send the twins to their grandparents in order for them to spend some time with them. Moreover, they even bore their parents’ ability to sprint at top speed. Personality-wise both Bailey and Barley are jolly, lovable, and innocent souls. Bailey is the more hardcore one and he shows it when he is in his protective big brother mode, while Barley is the softer and more sensitive twin though he can be fired up whenever someone hurts his siblings and/or his family. Three weeks before Christmas on December 4, 2013, Bubbles gave birth to a girl who was christened as Brittany Alexandra Green. Brittany is the split image of her mother to the point where she is a mini-Bubbles from the way her hair is done all the way up to her hand-me-downs, there is no doubt that she is her mother’s daughter. Speaking of being her mother’s daughter, it was said that when she emerged a supersonic cry was emitted nearly rendering the midwife as deaf. Luckily for Brittany, a pacifier was created by none other Professor Utonium in order to neutralize the huge volume in her voice whenever she starts screaming supersonically and it worked like a charm. Moreover, when Brittany was a year old, she could already read books in different languages, thus not only making her fluent in her native English but also Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Sanskrit, Persian, Malay, Welsh, German, Latin, Farsi, and Hebrew. It is not just sound-related powers Brittany bears but also the ability to create objects out of shockwaves as well as flying and running at such an impeccably speedy rate. Personality-wise she can be a bit on the loud side but when all is said and done, she is gentle, kind, caring, and an overall euphoric soul. Come June 2, 2015, and Bubbles gave birth to another baby girl. This time she had heterochromia similar to Blaze and Belle, where her left eye is cobalt blue and her right eye is baby blue. The youngest daughter was christened as Berenice Dorinda Green who was also…
“Siento una pena muy honda dentro del alma y quiero ahogarla con vino y caricias de amor mi vida no tiene remedio perdido ya estoy en este medio maldito de amargura y dolor. Amor de cabaret que no es sincero amor de cabaret que se paga con dinero amor de cabaret que poco a poco me mata sin embargo yo quiero amor de cabaret. Amor de cabaret que no es sincero amor de cabaret que se paga con dinero amor de cabaret que poco a poco me mata sin embargo yo quiero amor de cabaret.” – Amor de Cabaret, La Sonora Santanera English Translation: “I feel a deep pain in my soul and I want to drown it with wine and caresses of love my life does not have a remedy and I am lost in this accursed medium of bitterness and pain. Cabaret love which is not sincere cabaret love which one pays with money cabaret love which slowly kills me, however, I want cabaret love. Cabaret love which is not sincere cabaret love which one pays with money cabaret love which slowly kills me, however, I want cabaret love.” This marks my second Prinack submission, as heralded by my dear friend and fellow DeviantArtist, BrickercupMasterX3, as part of her annual Prinack month. Moreover, I dedicate this piece of Jack Spicer/Princess Morbucks fan art to a fellow DeviantArtist whose birthday was celebrated two days ago, RobotCatArt. So, I hope you had an amazing birthday. I wish you a lot of love, joy, and happiness in your life as an artist and as a person. I also dedicate this to all of the wonderful Prinack shippers out there. With that said, sit back, relax, and enjoy. Como se dice en español, siéntese, relájase y disfrute. Muchísimas gracias. It’s time for Jack Spicer and his lovely, feisty wife Princess Morbucks-Spicer to get swanky, get their moves and groove on to some tango music, and look fabulous doing so. As one can tell, they are definitely enjoying themselves. As for the song choice, I am an official fan of Amor de Cabaret composed and sung by the fine people of La Sonora Santanera. I first heard the Edith González version when she sang it in the telenovela Salomé and I was hooked. So, I also hope you enjoy the original version, as you imagine Jack and Princess doing their dance. Well, I hope you all enjoyed this and as we say in Spanish, hasta la próxima, os deseo un verano maravilloso y Dios los bendiga a todos ustedes. Jack Spicer from Xiaolin Showdown belongs to Christy Hui and Kids’ WB. Princess Morbucks from The Powerpuff Girls belongs to Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network.
This piece of Prinack art, which is part of my dearest friend BrickercupMasterX3’s Prinack month, is dedicated to a fellow reviewer on YouTube and fellow DeviantArtist, Rachel LS Charman aka EyeOfSol, who celebrated her birthday yesterday. She makes amazing animated series and movie reviews, so, please do yourselves a favor and check out her channel. She has great content to offer and she has been one of my biggest inspirations thus far. So, Rachel, I hope you had a most blessed, prosperous, wonderful, and grand birthday and here’s to many more awesome years of being the great reviewer and artist that you are. I would also love to dedicate this to all of the wonderful shippers of Prinack. I hope you all enjoy this. I came across Jack Spicer and Princess Morbucks as a couple thanks to all of the fanart done especially by the talented and absolutely phenomenal Miss PrincessCallyie. I will admit that the in-universe side of me thought that either Bud Smith/Princess Morbucks, Mitch Mitchelson/Princess Morbucks, or even Jack Spicer/Dyris were far more plausible couples. However, after doing some reflecting and some rethinking, I can safely come to the conclusion that since an über-wealthy young lady like Princess Morbucks has extremely high standards for her choice of boys, so Mitch and Bud are totally out of the question and Jack Spicer has terrible luck with women given his experiences with Kimiko, Katnappé, and Dyris. When all is said and done, these two extravagant tycoons might as well find love through each other. As you can tell from this picture, are almost like the Townsville version of Tekken’s Lee Chaolan and Anna Williams given their attire and given how much they would use their money to get themselves out of any sticky situation, in spite of the fact that they are also fighters themselves. For Jack’s outfit, I managed to maintain his signature goggles and, of course, his trademark style of wearing black. However, I also added in a few touches like giving his greyish-black shirt a silver skull to make a little bit more imposing, even though he is far from it, and silver boots with gold spikes. Princess Morbucks’s outfit was rather enjoyable to do, especially given my experience on watching my most favorite episode starring her, Stuck Up, Up and Away, which I loved when I was a seven-year-old and I still love it to this very day. I often compared Blossom’s and Princess’s epic battle to the heated sibling rivalry between Nina and Anna. Blossom almost reminded me of Nina Williams given her cool, calm, collected attitude in said battle, while Princess was almost like the split image of who Anna Williams was in terms of her fiery disposition. For that, I was rather inspired by Anna’s outfit to the point where I kept Princess’s signature colors of yellow, purple, and black. Speaking of colors, purple is considered to be a royal color and silver and gold are basically color representing wealth. So, I thought that these would go hand-in-hand with everything Jack and Princess represent both individually and as a couple. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s find out how the now 31-year-old Jack Spicer and the now 25-year-old Princess Morbucks came to be as an item and as wealthy owners of Townsville’s grandest fighting tournament organization. One can say it was fate that brought Jack and Princess together. One can say it was God, the Universe, or some higher power who beckoned these two worldly souls and told them that it was time to get their butts out of their mansions and go out into the world and find someone to make love to. Trials and tribulations were omnipresent, but despite all of the obstacles, they found each other. Jack Spicer was the type gentleman who inherited a lot of things that would make the common folk jealous ranging from abundant wealth to the ability to create and design robots for his robot army to his undying ambition to rule the world. In spite of all of these goals, dreams, ambitions and what have you, there was one thing he was a failure at and that was attracting the opposite sex all due to his cowardice, inability to be a strong fighter, and just an overall case of bad luck. Katnappé was just too spicy for him in terms of her overly mischievous attitude and he could not stand her being such a magnificent nuisance. Kimiko did not want anything to do with him, given how peeved she would be every time she saw him. Moreover, there was that one time Jack had a go with Dyris. Sure, their first encounter was akin to a fairy-tale, as if Jack were the prince and Dyris his princess and they hit it off well. However, Dyris had one dark goal and that was to take away Jack from land and have him all to herself. She did so by attempting to drown him. Luckily for Jack, Wuya and Chase Young ended up saving him, but also called him out for being stupid enough to fall for such a manipulative creature like Dyris. Eventually, Wuya made sure that Dyris either stayed as a mermaid or a human by giving her a potion that will eliminate the monstrous side of her and can only use her mermaid powers. The monster inside Dyris was eliminated and she then decided to settle for Clay Bailey, who was really forgiving after everything she did. Princess Morbucks was the girl who had everything so long as her father gives it to her. However, there was one thing that even money could not even buy and that was being a Powerpuff Girl like the Utonium sisters, Blossom, Buttercup, Bubbles, and Bunny. Her jealousy of the Utonium sisters heightened when the reformed Rowdyruff Boys ended up joining forces with the Powerpuff Girls becoming the superhero team, Team Xtreme. Every time,…
This piece of RRB/PPG fanart is dedicated to a fellow DeviantArtist by the name of Blonde Girl aka Blossom200 :iconBlossom200: who is celebrating her birthday today. She has also been rather supportive of my work and I am very thankful to have her in my life as an artist. So, I wish you all the best on your very special day, keep on being the loving and awesome soul that you are, and may you have abundant joy and blessings in your overall life. I would also love to dedicate this to all of my wonderful fellow Brickercup, Blossutch, and Boomubbles shippers. I hope you all enjoy this piece of Brickercup, Blossutch, Boomubbles fanart. Brickercup, Blossutch, and Boomubbles have struck again. And why not, they’re not only my favorite OTPs but also Townsville’s finest and most awesome power couple under one Team Xtreme roof. Besides there is nothing more fulfilling than having three dashing champions of courage, strength, and endurance be the great husbands to three sexy goddesses of toughness, wisdom, and beauty. It is a pleasure to see Brick being the strong, muscular, handsome rebel Team Dad that he is alongside his fierce, spitfire wife Buttercup, Butch being that tall, strapping muscle pillar that he is with his goddess and Team Mom of a wife Blossom, and Boomer being the lovable, sympathetic dumb muscle that he is alongside his darling sweet wife Bubbles. My love for Townsville’s finest super couples knows no bounds and I’m gonna stay an über staunch Brickercup, Blossutch, and Boomubbles shipper until the end of time. Well, Blossom200, I hope you enjoyed your birthday gift. And to all of you awesome shippers of Brickercup, Blossutch, and Boomubbles, I hope you enjoyed this piece of work as much as I enjoyed making it happen. Take care and see you all on the flipside. Brick, Buttercup, Butch, Blossom, Boomer, and Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls belong to Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network.
This piece of RRB/PPG fanart is dedicated to a fellow DeviantArtist by the name of Zofia aka AmberPone, who celebrated her birthday two days ago. So, Zofia, I hope you had a magnificent, prosperous, awesome, and beautiful birthday and I wish you abundant joy in your artistic endeavors. I also wanna dedicate this picture to all of my dearest comrades-in-arms and fellow shippers of Brickercup, Blossutch, and Boomubbles. You all know exactly who you are and I hope you all enjoy this. Ah, Townsville’s very own Team Xtreme. The superhero team where superstrong, dashing, ripped, hunky gentlemen like Brick, Butch, and Boomer have the muscles to do any heavy-duty work as well as give any thug, felon or mugger a huge beating and where gorgeous, agile, graceful, powerful ladies like Buttercup, Blossom, and Bubbles have the moves to pinpoint their opponents’ weaknesses and strengths as well as attack bad guys with style and elegance. Seriously, having dynamics in which raw power and strength can mesh with agility and grace is a force to be reckoned with and all of these fine ladies and gentlemen of Team Xtreme have it in spades. Think about it. Brick, Butch, and Boomer have the muscles to grapple, wrestle, and/or knock out an opponent in either a camel clutch, a suplex, a bearhug, a backbreaker, a body slam or a neck-breaker, while Blossom, Buttercup, and Bubbles have the moves and are just as powerful to subdue their opponents with their uppercuts, jabs, hooks, roundhouse kicks, clinches, knee kicks, flying dragon kicks, and judo flips, thus making all six of these superhumans absolutely indestructible as one impeccable team. In Brickercup’s case, one can never go wrong with Brick applying his Olympic-level athleticism by having the strength of ten lions, the speed of a cheetah, and the reflexes of a leopard and Buttercup applying her own brand of combining super strength, agility, and marathoner-like endurance to make one amazing combo. When all is said and done, Brick and Buttercup definitely meet Olympian standards with their brand of unwavering endurance and unrelenting durability. Blossutch’s case is extremely fascinating, as it is a holy matrimony made in Heaven between animalistic, raw, wild power and lethal precision. With Butch’s muscles and raw strength, he can make warriors fall down to their knees and surrender what little fight they have left in their system, thus making him the brawn. Blossom’s cognizance and strategy over her foes’ strengths and weaknesses make her the brains of this action duo. Together, every combo they make will give foes one good reason never to cross their paths. Boomubbles’ case may be a little bit more subdued than the other two power couples’, but Boomer and Bubbles are just as powerful and durable as their siblings. When one thinks about it, Boomer is not just super strong but also really fast, indubitably nimble, and has such abundant endurance to make him all the more astounding as a complete athlete. Bubbles is just as strong, agile, speedy, and tough as her dearest husband in the whole wide world to the point where they complement each other in every, single thing they do. These two can make any marathoner, any athlete in a triathlon, any sprinter and even Looney Tunes’s very own Road Runner himself extremely green with envy, all thanks to these blue-clad lovers running beyond the speed of light. Moreover, any Olympian would love to have Boomer and Bubbles as his sources of inspiration or even “spirit animals”. And there you have it. When you have really strong men pair up with really tough women, then you have matches made in Mount Olympus, baby. Especially if those gentlemen are Brick, Butch, and Boomer and if those ladies are Buttercup, Blossom, and Bubbles. Thank you all for tuning into this piece of fanart and I will see you all on the flipside. Brick, Butch, Boomer, Buttercup, Blossom, and Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls belong to Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network.
This piece of Brickercup fanart is dedicated to a fellow DeviantArtist by the name of Sylina aka AmusedDoodler, who celebrated her birthday two days ago. So, Sylina, I hope you had a most blessed, prosperous, and fabulous birthday, may your life as an artist and as a person be full of abundance, and may you live with grace and beauty as an artist. I would also love to dedicate this to all of my soul sisters, soul brothers, and comrades-in-arms in terms of being hardcore Brickercup shippers. I hope you all take the time to enjoy this pic and the post in its entirety. They say that the apple does not fall too far from the tree. Well, if you ask Townsville’s very own Hot and Spicy Couple from Team Xtreme, Brick Green and his awesome wife Buttercup Utonium-Green, you will realize that their offspring is just as rambunctious as their parents when they were young. So, we have Brick’s and Buttercup’s tykes flying around being the cheeky, mischievous cherubs they are. Donning Buttercup’s old clothing is two-year-old Brooke and donning Brick’s old clothing are eldest son Blaze who is four years old and is giving the rock on sign and middle son Brendan who is three years old and is giving the peace sign along with the dragon’s kick. Let’s get to know how these tykes came to be. It was an early August of 2013 when Buttercup found out she was pregnant with Brick’s child. When Brick heard the news he was initially shocked, but then he decided that he and Buttercup were always meant to be together, as they ended up getting married with only one more year of college to go. When Buttercup was pregnant with her first son, she started to crave spicy foods like Tom Yum soup, Kung Pao chicken and/or shrimp, habanero peppers, ghost chili, and basically any food that nearly broke the Scoville scale. The pangs in her stomach, as well as the burning sensations she would constantly feel, gave her the drive to name her son Blaze, after finding out from the ultrasound that it was going to be a boy. Brick knew that he had a pyrokinesis heir in the making. Buttercup jokingly stated that she was probably to give birth to a dragon. This all came to a head on June 3, 2014, when Blaze Christopher Green entered the world. When Blaze emerged from his mother’s womb, it was discovered that he had heterochromia with the left eye being fire engine red and the right eye being lime green. In spite of this, it was said that he was a jolly bundle of joy and he was going to bring love and light to his parents’ lives. Moreover, when he was brought back to Team Xtreme Headquarters with his parents, a spark of flame flickered from his mouth when he was about to blow something. This surprised both Brick and Buttercup, considering that Brick did not realize he was a pyrokinesis user until Mr. Green came to his and his brothers’ lives as their father and Buttercup mostly used friction by vigorously rubbing her hands to produce fire before Brick tapped into her natural talent for pyrokinesis. Blaze also inherited his parents’ usual powers like laser eye beams, super strength, flight, impeccable endurance in combat, and unparalleled athleticism. In turn, these traits would end up being passed down to his younger siblings to the point where all of them mastered the Ballistic Barrage at such an incredibly young age, thus astonishing and astounding Brick and Buttercup. Blaze is very much the split image of his father in terms of inheriting his first hairstyle, not counting the heterochromia and his mother’s hair color, and bearing his impulsiveness, hot-blooded temper, street smarts, book smarts, cunning nature, strong fighting spirit, the tendency to lead with an iron fist, and the constant need to exude confidence everywhere he goes. He even bears his mother’s perseverance and free-spirited thinking, thus making him an independent yet stubborn little boy who does have a lot of growing up to do, but he is getting there. He even learned how to read before he reached the age of two, thus making his speech develop at such an impeccable rate. As Blaze grew, his fire powers matured to the point where he has a fire version of the eye beams burning anything that comes in close contact and can show that he can either manipulate fire at will or use friction to create said element. A year later on August 1, 2015, Buttercup then gave birth to another son by the name of Brent Timothy Green. It was said that he was a loud baby when he emerged, probably a lot louder than his older brother, Blaze. When Brent was still a year old, he was able to move pebbles, small stones, and building blocks just by concentrating and using his hands to move them around. Moreover, he even had a go at using pyrokinesis to ignite any pebble. Brick and Buttercup knew that aside from being a pyrokinesis user, Brent was growing to be a geomancer as well, thus combining the best of both of his parents’ unique powers and abilities. Even more shocking was the time when Brent came to his parents’ room asking for a bedtime story by going under their queen-size bed and lifting it much to their astonishment and eventual delight to see how far their son has gone with his Herculean strength. Much like his older brother, he even learned how to read, write, and speak before he reached the age of two, thus showing an impeccable development in his motor and speech skills. Personality-wise Brent is truly his mother’s son but he also bears some of his father’s traits. He is just as impulsive, prone to temper tantrums, anger-prone, and rebellious as his mother but just as cunning and large-and-in-charge as his father. Buttercup even gave Brent…
“Ah si, ben mio, coll’essere io tuo, tu mia consorte, avrò più L’alma intrepida, il braccio avrò più forte. Ma pure, se nella pagina de‘ miei destini è scritto ch’io resti fra le vittime, dal ferro ostil trafitto, fra quegli estremi aneliti a te il pensier verrà, verrà, e solo in ciel precederti la morte ea me parrà!” – Manrico from Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore (The Troubadour), Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, first performance on January 19, 1853 at Rome’s Teatro Apollo, based on the play of the same name but in Spanish, El Trovador, by Antonio García Gutiérrez English Translation: “Ah, yes, my love, when we belong each to the other, my courage will be the greater, my arm will be the stronger. But if within the book of destiny it is written that I should fall tomorrow, struck down by an enemy blade, in those dying moments my thoughts to you will fly, and I will know that I but go before you into heaven!” This is my Pride Month art trade with my very dear friend, fellow DeviantArtist, and Brickercup-shipping soul sister and comrade-in-arms, the ever fabulous, ever awesome, and ever fun Paula aka BrickercupMasterX3. I once requested her to draw my Soul Calibur OTP Siegfried/Kilik. In return, she requested me to draw her OCs, Nicole the auburn-haired young lady with dark violet eyes in a blue and white prince’s outfit with the saber by her side and silver boots and Aalyiah the girl with long brown hair and green eyes, a golden necklace, a black and violet dress, and golden slippers. Plus, I even added a little something in the form of ruby rings, as in this picture Nicole and Aalyiah are engaged. Fulfilling my end of this art trade was easier said than done, as I had other obligations to fulfill and OTP and BroTP ships to draw, nudge nudge wink wink Brickercup, Blossutch, Bunnitch, and Boomubbles being my OTPs and Brickubbles being my main BroTP for life, as it was Brickubbles month. Moreover, I was figuratively banging my head, as to how I can make these two girls not only attractive in a lovey-dovey way but what setting I can place them in as well as what theme can I give to them and the overall feel if you know what I mean. Finally, I came to this wonderful idea. We have Nicole being akin to a fairy-tale prince and Aalyiah being the fairy-tale princess that she is, as they are having a romantic moment together on a cliff overlooking the sea on a nice, fair day with blue skies. Growing up on fairy-tales and still loving them to this very day as well as loving the fantasy romance yuri shoujo anime Revolutionary Girl Utena has inspired me to make something like this. As for the song choice, or more appropriately opera aria choice, I decided to pick Manrico’s Romanza “Ah Si, Ben Mio” from Verdi’s Il Trovatore, as it has a beautiful, sweeping, and at times haunting melody which makes it ideal for anything romantic. Now, what happens after this Romanza is Manrico, the titular troubadour, and Leonora, a noble lady and the object of his and the Count of Luna’s love, are about to get married until his vassal, Ruiz, alarms Manrico that his supposed mother, Azucena the gypsy woman, is about to be executed, as she is captured by his rival, the Count of Luna. This causes Manrico to break out in the cabaletta “Di Quella Pira” (Of that pyre), which is very famous for the tenor hitting the High C, even though that is interpolated but has become a tradition for many a tenor to attempt this. There is no need to worry in terms of Nicole and Aalyiah’s moment, as there will be only peace and calm between these two ladies. In order to accompany this picture, I personally think that Jussi Björling’s rendition of this particular Romanza is my cup of tea, as his voice was and will always be seamless, gorgeous, and well-focused as well as emotionally poignant. As someone who also sings, I totally look up to Herr Björling as a role model. So, without further ado, here is his rendition of Manrico’s Ah Si Ben Mio with conductor Renato Cellini along with the RCA Victor Orchestra and this was recorded back in 1952. Happy listening. Well, Paula, I hope you enjoyed this picture of Nicole and Aalyiah as much as you also enjoyed listening to the aforementioned opera aria. Take care and see you on the flipside. Nicole and Aalyiah belong to BrickercupMasterX3.
“Try to be best ‘Cause you’re only a man And a man’s gotta learn to take it Try to believe Though the going gets rough That you gotta hang tough to make it History repeats itself Try and you’ll succeed Never doubt that you’re the one And you can have your dreams! You’re the best! Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down You’re the Best! Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down You’re the Best! Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down Fight ‘til the end Cause your life will depend On the strength that you have inside you Ah you gotta be proud Starin’ out in the cloud When the odds in the game defy you Try your best to win them all And one day, time will tell When you’re the one that’s standing there You’ll reach the final bell! You’re the best! Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down You’re the Best! Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down You’re the Best! Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down You’re the best! Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down You’re the Best! Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down You’re the Best! Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down Fight ‘til you drop Never stop Can’t give up Til you reach the top (FIGHT!) You’re the best in town (FIGHT!) Listen to that sound A little bit of all you got Can never bring you down You’re the best! Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down You’re the Best! Around!” – You’re the Best, Joe Esposito, Bill Conti, and Aimee Willis, June 23, 1984 This marks my final Brickubbles month submission for this year as heralded by my very good friend and fellow DeviantArtist the ever-phenomenal and ever-awesome Paula aka BrickercupMasterX3. Moreover, this Brickubbles month submission is dedicated to a fellow DeviantArtist by the name of Ilenia aka DynamisGD who is celebrating her birthday today. So, Ilenia, I hope you have a pleasant birthday and I hope you enjoy this piece of Brickubbles fan art. Tanti auguri a te e tutta la gioia e la felicitá per te. I know I was supposed to have turned this in days ago, but I had other plans and let’s just say that real life got the best of me. I am really sorry for the delay I hope you could forgive me for this really, really long wait. I wanted to make this Brickubbles month go out with a bang and I think this might as well be the submission to do it. Here we have our fabulous big brother-in-law little sister-in-law duo Brick and Bubbles, who are engaged in a sparring match and looking like they’re about to give each other their all, what with Brick being the sensei/senpai and Bubbles being the student/kohai. One cannot help but feel immersed by the dynamics these two have with Brick being like a mighty dragon and Bubbles being an elegant and graceful crane, as these animals represent them in terms of their personalities and it’s a nice mesh and clash between fire and water. Plus, one can easily imagine Brick and Bubbles to be the closest of sparring partners on a ritualistic level, where Bubbles respects Brick as if though he were her older brother from another mother and Brick can acknowledge how teachable, adaptable, and skilled Bubbles truly is as a fighter and as a person. As to be expected, the dragon was an obvious choice for Brick, as it represents might, strength, valor, and ferocity. These are the traits he bears as well as being a skilled user of pyrokinesis. He is someone who demands respect and loves to be heard, but when he does not get it, boy, does he get pissed, so beware. The crane was an easy choice for Bubbles, as it is very well-known for its grace and placidity. It is also a bird which usually finds itself on shallow waters. Ergo, animals and the element of water are very much those features which resemble Bubbles in terms of her affiliation with these two, as she can also speak the animal language and is flexible, graceful, and fluid like a calm lake. When Brick and Bubbles are combined together they definitely form a team-up few duos can ever rival. With Brick’s strength, fierceness, and commanding presence and Bubbles’ agility, grace, and fluidity of movement, they can definitely give any opponent a reason to run for the hills. So, Brick, Bubbles, do you have anything to say to our celebrant? Brick and Bubbles: Sure, we do. Brick: We hope you have a kickass birthday, Ilenia. Bubbles: On behalf of Team Xtreme, we wish you a lot of love and joy in the years to come. Thanks, you guys. Well, that’s it for this submission. During the time I made this I was listening to You’re the Best Around, as I was thinking of a nice song to complement this final Brickubbles month submission. Eye of the Tiger was a bit too overused, so that was out of the question. Then came Joe Esposito’s You’re the Best, which I thought fit Brick and Bubbles as karate fighters very well. So, I hope you also enjoy listening to this song, as it was my drive to pull everything together for this final Brickubbles month submission. You’re the Best by Joe Esposito as part of the Regular Show soundtrack. Take care, everybody. Brick and Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls belong to Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network.
This piece of RRB/PPG fanart is dedicated to a fellow DeviantArtist, Samuel Aken’Ova aka tmntsam, who celebrated his birthday two days ago. So, Sam, I hope you had a magnificent celebration, please continue to be as awesome of an artist that you are and I wish you a lot of love, joy, prosperity, and happiness for the days and months to come. I would also love to dedicate this to all of my fellow hardcore shippers of Brickercup, Blossutch, and Boomubbles. I hope you all enjoy this piece of work. A guy like me can’t have enough of my most beloved OTPs of Townsville Brickercup, Blossutch, and Boomubbles. So, let’s not waste any time and find out what makes these three sets of superhuman couples so fascinating and awesome. And to help us get in the mood here’s our good friend The Narrator to tell us, dear viewers, what makes these power couples super. Narrator: Gladly. (clears throat) The City of Townsville! Home to the courageous, powerful, and daring six-person superhero team, Team Xtreme. Team Xtreme Headquarters! The resident of our superheroes. Oh look, the gentlemen Brick, Butch, and Boomer have just finished their round of Muay Thai sparring. Even their wives, Buttercup, Blossom, and Bubbles, who almost look like Tekken’s Christie Monteiro, have just finished their capoeira routine. Together these three couples band together to be The Superhuman OTPs of Townsville! We begin with the first one in the form of this kick-butt, fiery action duo Brick and Buttercup. Brick: That’s our names. Buttercup: Don’t wear it out. Brick and Buttercup aka Brickercup aka The Hot and Spicy Couple aka The Fire and Spice Couple Narrator: Kicking off this power OTP roster is the couple who can kick butt and take names, not take crap from anyone, can be a bit on the rebellious side and can send a shiver down one’s spine if not cautious. This hot and spicy couple is branded by fans as Brickercup. Donning red shorts with thick black stripes and Muay Thai wrappings as well as having the fiercest red eyes and being the hunky redheaded Alpha Male that he is is none other than Brick “The Bludgeoner” Green, the 26-year-old eldest son of Mr. Green and Mrs. Bellum-Green. Brick (raises his arms to greet the crowd in a proud manner and flexes his biceps): Yeah, that’s right! Brick the Bludgeoner is in the house! And so is my awesome wife, BC. Narrator: Speaking of BC, donning a gorgeous red top, pants containing a warm-colored fire, green smoke, and green firewood, green gauntlets, and lime-green armbands as well as being the lime-green eyed, raven-haired warrior girl that she is is Buttercup “The Toughest Fighter” Utonium-Green, the 25-year-old middle daughter of Professor Utonium and Mrs. Keane-Utonium. Buttercup: Brickster! Your toughest fighter is also in the house! (Brick and Buttercup kiss each other euphorically. After that, they face the camera with fierce grins on their faces.) Narrator: Just by knowing what one can expect from both Brick the Bludgeoner and Buttercup the Toughest Fighter, one can expect these two to give any opponent a run for his money when one dares to come face to face with these two. Their combat prowess, fiercely independent spirits, never-give-up, rough attitudes, and overall toughness make them a force to be reckoned with. Individually, they work just fine, but together any criminal or monster won’t have a prayer to say before the beating commences. (Brick and Buttercup beat up muggers who attempt to rob an old lady, a giant monster, and a corrupt politician.) Brick and Buttercup: And stay down, suckas! Narrator: What did I tell you? Attitude and toughness. Moreover, their powers truly do complement each other, what with Brick being an expert pyrokinesis user and Buttercup also being pyrokinesis user as well as being a geomancer. Man, talk about fire and earth becoming one. Brick: That’s right. And do you wanna know why you should never make us angry?!! Buttercup: You really wanna know why you shouldn’t piss us off?!!! (Brick’s hands ignite and fire spews from his mouth, as he lets out an earth-shattering scream.) Brick: It’s because I can roast you alive! So, you better be prepared for me to heat things up! (Buttercup then telekinetically lifts up a huge rock from the ground and it ignites it. She struggles at first but then she also lets out a powerful scream.) Buttercup: And I can crush you while seeing you burn! (Brick’s flames die down and Buttercup gently drops the rock to the ground.) Brick: You’d have to be really stupid to face us. Buttercup: Unless you’re really craving for a knuckle sandwich then we have it in spades. Narrator: Well, that was igniting, to say the least. So, anyway, when this couple is not completely engaged in combat, they are engaged in steamy intimacy. Seriously, the belligerent sexual tension is just so spicy but so invigorating, as they feed off of each others’ impulses and can also be tender towards each other when they’re not pummeling their enemies. (Brick and Buttercup are making out when the door creaks open.) Brick: Hey, bozo, move it or lose it. Buttercup: Before we knock you out cold. Narrator: Well, there you have it. Team Xtreme’s Hot and Spicy Couple. Let’s move on to the next pair, shall we? And the next one is our brawn-and-brain action duo in the form of Butch and Blossom. Butch: ‘Sup. I hope you’re ready to feel the wrath of the Baron of Berserk. (Butch flexes his muscles.) Blossom (chuckles): Oh, Butch. I think they are. But you need to save it for the criminals. Butch: Oh, sorry, Bloss. Butch and Blossom aka Blossutch aka The Beastly Brawn and The Brainy Beauty Couple aka The Watermelon Couple Narrator: Our…