#tezca is there mostly as ref to mocte's color palette consisting on mostly yellow and black

[darabeatha]

anyways, mocte clothes references I can pick up from his design

References In order;

1. Antonio Rodríguez’ portrait of Moctezuma II (late 17th century)

2. Durán Codex’ ; Piece of a depiction of Moctezuma II’s coronation

3. Stone that likely atributes the date of coronation of Moctezuma II

4. Mendoza Codex ; Moctezuma II’s palace

5. Mendoza Codex ; Moctezuma II himself

6. Boriga Codex ; Tezcatlipoca

7. Jaguar jaw

8. Mendoza Codex ; aztec warriors likely tlacochcalcatl

#;m.octezuma II #i put his eye's look as in reference to his name's meaning 'he is the one who frowns like a lord' #maybe its all coincidence and im looking toomuch into it god knows #tezca is there mostly as ref to mocte's color palette consisting on mostly yellow and black #and if he is truly meant to be tezca's representation of earth in f.go's plot #there's also this lil fact; mocte had a room that was all pitch black meant for his times of meditation #i kinda doubt his color palette is a reference to the importance of this room to him and the serenity this color gives him but o k #a lot of the portraits and drawings that have been collected of him feature him wearing clothes that have this typeof knot #me thinks that the cloth tied around his waist is tied in a similar manner #the patterns on the edge are similar in an reverted way to the one of his cloak in ref 2 #then the collar area reminds me of the collars of aztec warriors #jaguar bc the ties with tezca and the importance of jaguars in general #did u know he had a zoo built when his reign was arround? they held mostly birds but there were a lot of other animals associated with #figures of gods #they were well fed and taken care of however this zoo latergot destroyed once he died #anyways its late BUT YEAH #;about #about #i kinda wanna do this with my ithert s.ervant muses 😳👉👈