No Doubt in Her Mind by @kidkourage (KidK Mirai)

^-^ Today (4/16) is my daughter Lyra's birthday! She's...well, it's kind of odd. ^.^; She's been with me for two years now, so she's two years old, but...she's also in her older form turning 16 today...and was also in her Vamp RP form just born a little while ago. 9.9; Doncha love headvoice time? But however old she is, I want to wish my girl a bright happy day and a year to match. Happy Birthday, Lyra-ly!

...this is a LOT different from last year's pic. XD;; She's changed since then, mostly as a result of her older form not having a Castle-related RP-role for a really long time (last year at this time she was still into that whole olderCastleadventure thing as the identity she identified with most). This...this is the result of her hanging out in my head with so many people in modern, casual clothes all day long. 9.9 And it's also the result of...well...she has gone through some stuff and as a result has developed a bit more of an edgy, sassy personality than she used to have. She's a lot more like her daddy now. ^.^; And here, you can really tell that by her '>] I hold all your souls in my mighty fist of doom' smile. The shirt's what really captures her new personal character though. She's still a sweet, loving girl who's open to everyone and cares about all her family and friends...but she's got a bit of devil in her too. And she won't have it any different, ever again. u.u

Meanwhile, I love this background SO MUCH. hugs it ;.; I mucked about for hours with Photoshop tutorials... I made a planet...but then I thought that space would require a black background and that would swallow her antennae and shirt up, so I overlaid that with this other effect involving the 'plastic wrap' thing...and it ended up looking like a close-up of the planet's surface, so that was just a random awesome thing that happened. And then I overlaid that again with FIRE...combining the motion blurring technique Bast taught me and something I spontaneously tried myself--putting the 'plastic wrap' filter on it. That's where the white ghostly streaks are from. X] And then finally I put the words in. Lyra picked them out herself. =B Basically, it's a little speech made up of as many No Doubt song titles as she could make fit in. Why No Doubt? Because 'Just a Girl' is her and Piper's theme song, because 'New' is her personal theme song of the moment, because she loves the band's music to bits, and because when she sings she sounds a LOT like Gwen Stefani. XD; Especially the earlier, more warbly Gwen Stefani. She's got what I call 'static' in her voice, like her daddeh. =] Anyway, here's the words in case you can't read 'em all (not that it's majorly important that you can, since the words are just there for effect, to help make the actual figure in the pic stand out against the background...):

‘Hey Baby,’ I’m not ‘Just a Girl.’ I don’t wanna be stuck in the ‘Waiting Room’ looking for a ‘Simple Kind of Life.’ I’m loud, I’m crazy, all my soul keeps saying is ‘”You Can Do It,” let’s be “Happy Now.”’ No ‘Platinum Blonde Life’ for me, I won’t live in a colorless ‘Tragic Kingdom.’ Yeah, I know that ‘Underneath it All’ I’ve still got some ‘Spiderwebs,’ but right now I’m feelin’ ‘Hella Good’ and I’m ready for ‘The Climb.’ So ‘Don’t Speak’ of old ‘Bathwater’—I’m starting ‘New’ and I don’t wanna dwell on what’s ‘In My Head.’ Sure we’re all ‘Different People’ but it’s not ‘Too Late’ to ‘Move On’ and start a ‘Brand New Day.’ So ‘Excuse Me Mr.’, wanna ‘Start the Fire’? Let’s ‘Open the Gate’ and just keep ‘Running’ and make this ‘World Go ‘Round.’ Maybe ‘That’s Just Me’, but I think we’ll soon be ‘Making Out’ just fine. I’ll ‘End It On This’: I’m not gonna be’ Rock Steady’ and I ain’t gonna be anybody’s ‘Doormat.’ ‘Cause I’m ‘Sixteen’ and ready to rule the world someday. ‘Hey Baby,’ ‘It’s My Life.’ I’m not ‘Just a Girl’—and I won’t be ‘Trapped in a Box.’

And that's (finally e.e) all I hafta say about that! =D LOVE YOU LYRAAAAA~! EVEN THOUGH YOU MAKE YOUR DADDY VERY WORRIED SOMETIMES!!

Edit: No it's not an error that she has five-fingered hands. She's half-human, remember (half me, half Zim), and while mostly her Irken traits dominate, it's those hands, and her (albeit small) chest that mark her as a hybrid. ^.^; Just thought I'd make sure that was clear.