yes I'm a Christian writer. Yes I'm a Christian artist. Yes I'm a Christian whatever--I'm so tired of people being like "I'm not a Christian ___, I'm actually a ______ who is Christian" what?!? No! Say the "Christian" part of my identification louder, it's the only part that matters.
I have been crucified with Christ, therefore it is no longer I who live! No longer I who put pen to paper! No longer I who type! No longer I who thinks and plans and practices and works and communicates--it's Christ who lives in me! He must increase! I must decrease!
If you're a Christian, knock that bogus worldly self-centered crap about "no I'm not part of the 'Christian genre' so I'm not a 'Christian whatever,' because I want to be taken seriously," off. Knock it off, shut up, get out of here with that.
Who cares if you're taken seriously? Who are you doing this for? For others? For Christ? Or just for you and your own credit and your own status? Get away from me with that. Ugh.
Anything you do in your life is supposed to be for Christ. You died. You said He was in charge of you from now on--You said He was the sum total of your identity, from now on. Did you mean it? Or did you mean, "everything except my special interests and career?" Of course not.
Anything you do in your life is supposed to be for Christ. That includes your art, your music, your hobby, your writing, your job. You should be so fortunate, so favored, to be called a "Christian" anything. You're not identifying with the "Christian genre," you're identifying with Christ. The word Christian doesn't mean "little Skillet" or "little Frank Peretti" or "little Dallas Jenkins." The word Christian means "little Christ."
You should be so fortunate to be called "Christian" anything, like the disciples were beside themselves with joy to be called "Christian" prisoners and "Christian" slaves. Because they got to be associated with Christ.
Get out of here. Honestly.
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Decided to post on my analysis on these characters, so here it is:
I noticed that the 3 main antagonists in Running Man Animation fit into a specific villain category. If we remove Ulcus to focus on these three, we can see how they fulfill their roles. Pardon any misinformation, since I rely on the wiki and any bits of information I can get. I also had not watched the official English dubs.
Akong, the main villain of Season 2 Part 1, would be the “Pure evil” villain. He was a royal priest in Old City but after practicing forbidden magic he became power-hungry and strived to conquer worlds. He became so powerful that he needed to be defeated by the likes of people like Charming Gold, Manus, and The Guardians. (There was an unnamed Pullulu ancestor but that’s not important.) The moment he was released from his (around) 1,000-year-old prison, he immediately took control of Old City and placed it under tyranny.
He has little to no sympathetic qualities or backstories, so the audience can not humanize him to a great degree.
Manus, the main villain of Season 2 Part 2, would be the only “Redeemed” villain. He is the King of the lavish Leo Tribe, who ruled over all the other tribes but was overthrown for his tyranny.
He strived for revenge and power and was shown to be a formidable foe to the Running Men, to the point they almost sacrificed themselves to save the world. At the end of the season, he decided to change for the better, having a new outlook on life when he realizes he was unworthy of yielding the Ultimate power. He now strives to rebuild his tribe, as they were sealed away for around 1,000 years erased from history.
He’s slightly better than Akong, because while Manus almost destroyed the world, he had a change of heart. Unlike Akong, who stayed power-hungry until his death.
Charming Gold, the memorable villain of Season 1, would be the “Sympathetic/Tragic” villain. I had trouble categorizing him, as he has traits of both a sympathetic and tragic villain, but ultimately decided to categorize him as both. Unlike Manus and Akong, we were shown a detailed and personal backstory that was very pitiable. Born as the only son of the queen and king of the Pikok tribe; a tribe known for their beauty, which he rather lacks. When Charming Gold was young he was constantly ostracized for his looks, something he had no control over.
When he had enough of it, for some unknown reason, he had an energy absorption ability that was never elaborated and ended up turning a bully of his into a mummified husk while Charming Gold now had newfound beauty. All eyes were on him, but the bullying stopped. He continued to do this, turning his victims into dust. He is the only living member of the Pikok tribe because it is heavily implied he killed the majority of them. (Side note: That’s a plot hole I’ve been bothered by since Season 1. How come nobody notices that a whole tribe is gone except for this one suspicious guy is something the writers probably didn’t think through.) Charming Gold still appears in the majority of Season 2 because Akong resurrected him. (He probably resurrected him by using forbidden magic, but how did Akong found the body?)
Even then, he was a still formidable foe in Part 1 while hiding under the identity of the Iron Beast, and even when he was exposed, Charming Gold was still strong. He had a brief truce with the Running Men to defeat Akong, but it was actually a ruse to gain something from Akong which was power, beauty, and immortality…then it heavily backfired on him.
In Part 2, he was a Pullulu and would be categorized as a “Joke” villain. I speculate that it is because he was absorbed by Akong, and possibly by the purification method that was cast on Akong. While Running Man Animation has some comedic moments with its characters, Pullulu Charming Gold was treated as almost a joke. He serves no real threat, other than being annoying. The majority of Running Men didn’t even recognized him, other than Pala and some others. It is likely that he would appear in the Revengers movie as he consistently made appearances throughout the show, but that is speculation. (Update: As far as I know, he did not.)
I don’t really have much to say about Akong and Manus since I don’t know much about them, but I have a lot to say about Charming Gold since he was the original villain and my favorite out of the three. I wanted Charming Gold to have a redemption arc so I got pretty bummed out that Manus was the redeemed villain, but it's good. Charming Gold refused to change, even if he was given multiple chances to take, unlike Manus. I just find it interesting that the same sad backstory that he has that could work for a redemption arc is the same reason why he is stubborn in his ways and continues to try to achieve his selfish goals. I think that in the last episodes, before he turned back into a Pullulu again he was supposed to say that he would achieve power, immortality, and beauty again but got cut off. I just find that funny.
That’s all I have to say for now. For the art itself, I practiced drawing in fluid motions. I also tried to train myself to accurately see and use the colors as I don’t like using the eyedropper tool on references; so the colors are a little bit off. Except for Manus, I dropped the ball on his mane. He looks like an old man. But the digital painting was where I definitely messed up. It was harder than I expected it to be.
Also, while Charming Gold was fun he was so pathetically hard to draw I don’t think this character design is made for digital 2D animation. Don’t quote me on that.
Thank you for reading again! If you want to see more of my art, you could check my Instagram account: beautiful_02.08.18
Reference:
Running Man Animation was created by LINE Friends Corporation and SBS
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