me, spread luxuriously over the chaise longe, pinot noir in hand, thinking v hard abt fowl senior’s undoubtedly criminally horrendous and evil exploits in the 1980s-90s…………
Oh I have so many questions. Did he kill anyone? How much did his criminal career earn him? How many enemies did he accumulate in that time, and are any of them still alive? What did he steal? How did he actually inherit the empire (like, did his own father die, or retire, or what?)
Okay, I’m just going to say this now because I’ve been ruminating on it for forever-
There’s a very, very high chance he was involved in some very criminal stuff.
For one, Artemis II expresses a frightening level of knowledge regarding kidnapping, scare tactics, hostage negotiation, etc. in Book 1 and TTP, which he very possibly learned from his father. Yes, that can be argued that it’s just Artemis II being criminal, but I find it incredibly suspicious.
For another, he was confirmed to have ‘criminal lieutenants’ and a ‘criminal empire’, which doesn’t exactly imply non-violent crime, at least not to me.
Artemis II has been kidnapped at least once (I think twice?) before the events of book 1, which suggests that their enemies were A. Very Powerful and B. Very Ruthless. Which again, imo, suggests Fowl Senior was too.
could someone introduce me to the AU Artemises? i don’t know where to start-
Okay so-
From what I remember, the Fowldom has lately gone through ‘phases’ (I can’t think of a better word) of different AUs of Artemis. Typically it started by someone reblogging/illustrating it, and then it spread.
Long-Haired Artemis was one- the earliest post I could find was here.
young me HATED holly/artemis idk if it was the age gap and like how obviously uncomfortable holly was (n like as a person who was also obsessed with eragon i thot it was good that the protag shouldnt b shoehorned into a rel with the much older main female chara, but anyway) but also HATED artemis/minerva bc she was out of his league and also i think i subconsciously projected her being hhh lesbean i also was in love with juliet bc strong woman
They do. Like, I know their Iconic for Artemis by this point, but have you ever actually looked at a loafer? They’re the ugliest shoes known to man!
Look at this! Look at it! They’re ridiculous. This is a cry for help in shoe form. There’s no elegance to them, they’re impractical. They look like old lady slippers!
Look at them! They’ve got tassels!
Now Brogues. That is a shoe I can get behind.
The elegance. The craftsmanship. That’s the shoe of a criminal mastermind. It speaks of authority and care. And most importantly, it doesn’t look like a SLIPPER!
In conclusion, someone needs to talk to Artemis about his choice in footwear and make him see the error of his ways.
I’ve really been enjoying all of your otome designs as well. Heaven knows there are a lot of AU/headcanon Artemises out there, yet to be put into a dating sim game.
okay you know what? you know what? I’m going to say it. the artemis fowl au versions thing that’s happening right now? it’s the onceler thing. it’s the onceler thing but contained within the small bubble of the tumblr fowldom.
“Have you seen that cryptid hunter kid around? People said he was looking for me- weird, right?”
I saw @iesnoth ‘s beautiful illustrations and thought I’d give it a shot? I remember seeing Mothman! Artemis mentioned once, and the idea was too good to pass up.
I don’t have any other art to post right now, so here’s a little Villain!Arty comic I finished a while back.
Some context: In my version of the Villain! Artemis AU, he is eventually forced to flee the Manor after his fight with Holly (explained a bit better here). However, he doesn’t immediately leave the grounds- instead, he goes to the only place he still views as ‘safe’ to say farewell to Butler. He knows very well that his descent into villainy was the exact opposite of what Butler wanted for him, which makes the goodbye even more difficult. Afterwards, he leaves, severing his ties with his family for good.
