#kymerian cuirass

[whygaia]

Princess, Knight, Lesbian icon - Kit Tanthalos from Willow (2022)

made on procreate // do not use without permission // do not repost without credit if you steal i’ll curse you

prints will be available here soon

#i spent a ridiculous amount of time on that armour now y’all have to witness it #someone tell ruby cruz that i love her #art #willow #willow 2022 #kit tanthalos #tanthamore #ruby cruz #kymerian cuirass #fanart #willow art #lgbtqia #lesbian #lgbtq artist #disney #wlw art #knight #disney princess #digital art #sapphic art #1k

[unicorn-shieldmaiden]

Alrighty, this might be a long shot, but I'm hoping the Willow (2022) fandom can help me out!

I dabble in armorsmithing and I'm currently elbow deep in the concept/patterning stages of a functional (leather, plate, chain and scalemaille) reproduction of the Kymerian Cuirass, but having some trouble getting my grubby hands on enough good-quality reference photos (THANK YOU DISNEY...). If anyone has any detail shots of the Cuirass, I would appreciate anything I can get in terms of references!

Aside from the changes I have needed to make to get it to actually function, like adding straps and more rivets and such, I'd like to keep the design as faithful to the original as possible, because the show means so much to so many of us.

In addition, if anyone has any other suggestions, I'd love to hear them! I'm not a cosplayer by trade, and this is my first foray into reproducing an existing character rather than designing my own kit.

Attached below is an example of the sort of work I usually do. If anyone is willing to help me out, please feel free shoot me a message!

#willow 2022 #costumes #kit tanthalos #leather armor #jade claymore #tanthamore #crafts #elora danan #kymerian cuirass #ruby cruz

[zammis22]

Just thinking about the Kymerian Cuirass:

We know you have to be a certain kind of person to wear the cuirass, and I think it goes one step further than Allagash and Boorman being "unworthy of its power."

Both of them wanted the cuirass for selfish reasons and, therefore, ended up alone trying to get it to work, which clearly fails.

However, we see in the flashback to when the cuirass was created for King Thuul, that it is actually his mother who activates it for him.

So I think the key to the cuirass is this:

Even if you don't find yourself worthy, even if you're a scrawny, weak kid trapped within a walled city....if you are brave enough to go out and fight for your people, you wouldn't be alone.

You'd have the friends you were fighting for behind you and the family who loved you enough to wrap you in whatever protection they could. You would have someone there to activate it for you.

Guys, the cuirass doesn't work because you are powerful or strong or "worthy"....it works because you are brave.

And loved.

#willow #kit tanthalos #willow 2022 #willow spoilers #kymerian cuirass #willow series #Kit Tantholos what an arc #what an absolute masterpiece of writing #jade claymore #elora danan #thraxus boorman #tanthamore

[acre-of-wheat]

Did everyone know that the Kymerian Cuirass is a mood ring?

(or something like that, anyway...)

Check this out

Here’s the Cuirass “booting up” and we can see that the inserted Lux Arcana is green. I’m going to call this it’s start up/standby color

Now once Kit gets in the game, here’s what it looks like

That’s a pretty intense blue!

Here’s another look at it during the battle with Airk.

Now something interesting happens once Kit takes Airk down. The Lux goes out.

And this isn’t some continuity error-- watch as Kit loses hope/confidence/drive and the Lux just extinguishes.

Elora gives a pep talk on the power of love, Willow breaks his staff, and look at the Lux! Blue again!

And then when the immediate danger is over, and Kit is just hanging out in the armor, it goes back into standby mode.

I love a lot of things about this, but perhaps the thing I love most is how this opens us up to such angst potential with the Cuirass. When Kit despairs it powers down, just becomes an inert hunk of metal holding her down, a weight as heavy as her heart.

Can’t wait for that misery to happen!

#kit tanthalos #willow 2022 #willow #jade claymore #elora danan #kymerian cuirass #i just love angst #and i like that the cuirass has loading colors

[jlmichigan]

OUT OF THE CUIRASS

Warning: My first fanfic attempt, please be gentle. Soft smut read at your own risk, episode 8 ending left me with a question I had to answer...

~set just after Willow episode 1x08~

The city gates behind them, they paused for a moment, looking to the horizon. Only way out was back to the water, back the way they came. They would have to figure the rest out from there.

Hearing a soft metal clanking beside her, Jade glanced over to see Kit self consciously smoothing her new chain/plate armor down her trim waist. She let her eyes travel down past Kit's hands, to where the armor hugged her deliciously curved bottom in a way Kit's leather trousers never had. "Mmmh". The sound escaped her lips before she could stop it.

"What?" Kit glanced back at her. Jade could only smile helplessly. A warm tingle lit in her belly at the way the Cuirass outlined every curve and valley of Kit's athletic frame. As many times as she had admired her friend's body, mostly in stolen glances while Kit rambled on about the next adventure she wanted to take, Kit had never looked like THIS. The tight fitting armor left little to the imagination. Her eyes started to slip back down across the suit...

"I'm gonna take it off," Kit asserted, looking back towards the horizon again. Jade's smile widened, a sudden thought of the soft skin underneath causing her cheeks to flush. "When?"

"As soon as I figure out how," Kit tugged a finger at the collar of the mail shirt.

Kit really had no idea how beautiful she was. She was fidgeting wth the armor the same way she always tugged at her gowns, as though she felt exposed in anything other than the loose manly shirts and leathers she normally chose to wear.

As the group started walking across the sand, Jade leaned in to murmur in Kit's ear, "I'm sure we can figure something out."

"Yeah? Well we better, because this thing is giving me a wedgie like you wouldn't believe". Kit hopped slightly, trying to shake the chain mail more loosely around her legs.

A sudden laugh bubbled out of Jade's mouth. She felt almost lightheaded, the loss of adrenaline leaving her shaky. How long since they'd had a good rest? Gods, and a bath. She still felt crusty from all the "camouflage" and rock dust.

"What's the plan?" she called up to where Boorman and Willow were leading the group, followed by Airc and Elora, who were talking earnestly.

"You're lucky a sorcerer plans ahead" Willow called back. "Everyone was so quick to run off the edge of the world, no one thought to bring supplies."

"Just so happens, I tied our things together with some inflated pig bladders, and sent them off the edge ahead of me. They should still be tucked safely by that big rock where I climbed up out of the water. We can rest there while we plan how to get back"

True to his word, Willow had managed to salvage most of their meager belongings. A worn tarp they could use to get some relief from the unsetting sun. The bits of fishing tackle and catch nets they had used to procure food on the long trek across the Shattered Sea. Two cracked leather bladders for carrying water. Flint and stone, a battered tin pot. And a pouch of tough as leather eel jerky. Ugh. If they ever got back home, Jade would happily forswear any food that came from the sea, especially eel.

"Ladies, who's up for a skinny dip?" Boorman boomed, already stripping his shirt off.

"Ugh," Kit exclaimed, while Elora flushed furiously. "Uh, I don't think so."

"No one? Your loss!" Boorman shed the rest of his clothing unashamedly, then climbed the rock to dive headfirst into the swirling waters.

"Ladies, if you want to clean up, I think there are some tidal pools around that hillock" Willow stated. "Prince Airc, if you'll come with me. I want to see what you remember of the Crone. Maybe we can gain insight to plan our next encounter with the Order of the Wyrm."

True to Willow's word, there were several shallow rock pools on the other side of the ridge. They could almost not hear Boorman's whooping and splashing.

Elora stripped down to her shift and entered the closest of the pools, sighing with satisfaction as the water pulled the sand and ash from her skin.

Jade took Kit's elbow and walked them a bit further, settling on a deeper blue pool with a flat outcropping on one side. "This look alright, princess?"

"Gods yes." Kit dunked her face and hands into the water, then shook her hair out like a dog drying off.

Jade sat on the outcropping and pulled her boots off, setting them carefully aside, then reached up to start unbuckling her leather tunic.

"Here, let me." Kit plopped down next to Jade and reached for the buckles of Jade's shoulder pauldrons. As she deftly pulled the straps from their buckles, her wet hair tickled against Jade's neck. Jade shivered. They had helped each other into and out of their fighting gear countless times, but there had always been an understood distance between them. The knight-to-be and the princess. Now she wasn't sure what they were. Kit's hands gently pulled the leathers off and set them aside, leaving Jade in just a thin shirt and breeches. One of Kit's hands softly brushed the base of Jade's throat.

"What about the Cuirass, your highness?" Jade croaked, then cleared her throat.

"Um, yeah. This should be easy to figure out." Kit started patting her armor down, looking for straps and edges to pull it apart. "Hunh. Where's the... I can't find the edge of this."

Jade twisted and started running her hands over the armor as well, looking for loose pieces. Despite the combination of plate and chain mail, there seemed to be no beginning or end to the garment, it all seemed made of one piece. Jade blushed as she realized where her hands had come to rest, on the rounded front of the breast plate. Uh, literally. She pulled her hands back as if burned. Self consciously, she looked back down the coast, and saw that Elora had her back to them and was singing to herself.

"No, hey..." Kit grabbed her hands. Looking directly into Jade's eyes, she put her hands back where they ached to be, on the swell of Kit's breasts. Jade's breath caught. "That's nice." Kit's breath sounded a bit ragged too.

"Your highness..."

"Don't. I'm not anymore. Or, I won't be after we bring Elora home. She'll be the royal and I'll just be the knight protecting her. Don't you get it, you and I, we don't have to play those parts anymore. We can just be... us."

Jade stared wonderingly into Kit's eyes, starting to see the possibilities. Could that even be true? Her hands trembled.

Something moved under her right hand as a finger twitched. Suddenly, with a series of metallic clicks, the Cuirass started folding in upon itself, returning to the smaller form it had been before it was activated.

Kit's eyes got wide. "You found it!"

"Unnhh," Kit's eyes suddenly rolled back in their sockets and the life went out of her.

"KIT!!!" Jade screamed.

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"What's wrong with her?" Jade was frantic, patting at Kit's cheeks as she crouched on her knees beside her.

"Back up, I can't see." Willow lifted Kit's wrist in one hand, flattening his other across her forehead. Elora peered over as well, her red locks dripping onto Jade's shoulder and Kit's neck as she pressed in tightly against Jade. In the blur of moments after Kit fell over, Elora had fetched the sorcerer and alerted the party to Kit's distress. Jade sensed the others around them, but she only had eyes for Kit.

"You say this happened right after you deactivated the Cuirass?"

"Yeah. We didn't know how to get it off. I found the switch by accident, it's the Lux that does it."

"Elora, I don't know if you can see anything I cannot, but there doesn't seem to be any evil magic about her. I think she's just unconscious."

"I'm not sure how I would..." Elora sucked in a breath and blew it out slowly, closing her eyes and stretching both hands towards her friend and protector. "Ohhhh, there's this... Green glow thingie. It's like it's pulling some kind of energy out of Kit and drawing it into that, the flox capacitor..."

"Lux arcana" Jade supplied.

"Right. That."

"You mean it's draining her? We've got to get it off of her right now!" Jade fumbled at the straps on Kit's shoulders. The others lifted Kit's torso so Jade could slide the Cuirass off. She tossed the cursed thing to the side and gently lowered Kit back down, but the princess did not stir.

"I don't think that helped," Elora stated. "It still seems connected to her."

"I think I know what's happening," Willow interjected. "In magic, there is always a cost. Mystic artifacts, even and especially ones of great power, demand a price. In our world there must always be a balance. When that balance is upset, nature corrects."

"So you're saying she took out a power loan, and now the Cuirass has come to collect with interest?" Boorman puzzled. "Bummer."

"Eh. Something like that," Willow answered. "What powers did the Cuirass give her? From what you've all said, she had blinding fast speed, super strength, invulnerability... All while resisting the forces of darkness. That energy has to come from somewhere."

"Is she going to be all right?" Jade was desperate to know how to help her friend.

"I think so. Suffice to say, she won't be using that armor again anytime soon. A point we should consider when we plan our next encounter with the forces of darkness. I think she just needs rest, and some restorative nutrition. Elora, let's see what we can find for dinner."

"I can fish," Airk spoke up. "I'm the best at hunting and fishing. If there's something out there to catch I can find it. Here. Let's get sis back to camp, we already set up the shelter."

Jade grabbed one arm while Airk got the other, and they supported Kit's limp form between them, one arm over each of their shoulders.

"Here, I'll get your..." Elora quickly collected Jade's boots and leathers, while Boorman snagged the Cuirass with one hand and trailed behind them.

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Jade twitched as a finger started tracing her eyebrow. Her eyes cracked open to see Kit's brilliant hazel eyes mere inches from her own green ones.

She had settled Kit's unconscious form against hers with Kit's head on her shoulder as they reclined on a cloak, Jade's own head cushioned by her boots, providing what little comfort she could to her friend in this harsh terrain. The flapping tarp over their heads provided the only shade from the ever present sun. The others didn't seem to be nearby, though she could hear the crackle of a fire somewhere outside.

"How you feeling?"

"Good. I think. Thirsty."

"Hang on." Jade's free hand patted behind her until it found the bladder of water she had left there. "Here."

"Mmm." Kit half rose to a sitting position and accepted the drink, wetting her lips and then drinking deeper.

Jade let her eyes rest on the movements in Kit's neck. Thought about how it would feel to place a kiss right there, at the base of Kit's throat.

"So what happened?" Kit's voice still had a slight rasp to it.

"That damn Cuirass. Pardon my speech, your highness. Apparently it gives you all this power while you're wearing it, then sucks it all right back out of you when you turn it off."

"Hunh. Well. It was too tight anyway."

"It looked just right on you."

"Is that so?" Kit settled back against Jade, one arm draped across her chest, her eyes catching Jade's again. A roguish grin pulled at the side of her mouth. "You think I'm sexy," she teased, her eyes sparkling. One of her legs tangled in between Jade's.

"I..." Jade started to protest.

"Don't think I didn't catch you staring, madame knight. You looked like you wanted to undress me."

"Uh!" Jade tried to look indignant, then sighed and gave it up, her head knocking back against her boots, her eyes helplessly roaming across Kit's oh-so-beautiful face, the pulse at the side of her neck.

"Gods, Kit. What'm I going to do with you?"

"Well I dunno," Kit laughed, her head dipping down until her nose brushed against Jade's and her sweet warm breath puffed against Jade's lips. She half rolled onto Jade, her knee pressing up between Jade's thighs. A groan escaped her, which only made Kit laugh harder.

Her mouth lowered to brush Jade's as she whispered. "I hope... everything."

#first attempt at fanfic #someone teach me ao3 #fanfiction #fanfic #tanthamore #kit thantalos #jade claymore #kit x jade #jade x kit #soft romance #wlw love #willow disney+ #disney's willow #willow #willow series #willow 1x08 #kymerian cuirass #cuirass #first time

[greencheekconure27]

Thoughts upon rewatching episode 7:

This is a post apocalyptic world. Not in a single unique apocalypse kind of way but in a "regularly repeated events" way. Elora Danan and the Wyrm are both parts of a repeating cycle of destruction and rebirth.

The Crone is not a single person it's a Role that's passed down, much like that of the Harbinger.

Lilli is not just playacting during her interactions with Airk. She is, simultaneously, drawing on her own experience as the previous victim and the strategies the previous Crone used on her; the Lilli persona is real- it IS her, just her from the past, and she has lived outside of time for so very long. I think the old knight at the edge of the Shattered Sea not being able to remember what quest he was on is not just her covering up a slip up; I think Lilli-the-princess-of-Cashmere might have gradually lost her identity amongst those of the many Crones and Harbingers that came before her (with whom she may or may not have some kind of shared conscience), to the point that all their backstories are fragmentary and bleeding into each other. ( idk if it makes sense; it does in my brain but I'm bad at turning it into words).

Old Kymeria isn't simply old it's since-before-the-beginning-of-times ancient. The Immemorial City IS Old Kymeria, and the Cuirass and The Worm and the Elora Danan(s) are all connected somehow

#willow 2022 #willow thoughts #worldbuilding #headcanons #probably not making any damn sense but here we go #willow series #willow tv show #elora danan #the crone #wyrm #kymerian cuirass #airk tanthalos #willow rewatch #save willow #bring back willow

[emperorteddybear]

the sibling energy.

they do be siblinging.

also just damn the cuirass looks good

#willow #willow show #kit tanthalos #kit #airk #airk tanthalos #kit and airk #kymerian cuirass #ruby cruz #dempsey bryk #I would say twinergy but i dont have a twin so cant confirm #do have a sister tho

[mindlessfandomindulgence]

So the Cuirass worked because it was activated by someone who believed Kit to be worthy right?

Like there's for sure an element of actual 'worthiness' and morality being judged by the magic of it but the trick is that someone who trusts her unconditionally activated it. Right?!?

#willow series #kit thantalos #jade claymore #willow 1x08 #kymerian cuirass #People whonare worthy never believe they are #so she never would've tried to activate it on herself #and in the clip of the og story his mom does it #im right about this

[thebookofm]

Find Someone, Willow Edition

Find someone who looks at you the way Jade looks at Kit wearing the Kymerian Cuirass.

#Willow #tanthamore #wlw #find someone #Kymerian Cuirass #Jade Claymore #Kit Tanthalos

[rottenapplefae]

making out?? in my kymerian cuirass???

#tanthamore #willow 2022 #save willow #kit tanthalos #jade claymore #i accidentally made kit taller YEAH I KNOW I KNOW #lets just pretend the kymerian cuirass does that #also i'm having the worst art block and cant seem to finish anything so take this WIP as me saying hey... thanks for sticking around ;) #i promise i'm working on things I just also have a job that takes up like all my time and energy and life force #rotten apple art

[munamania]

siblings :-)

#gonna be so normal for a second. tehehehehehehehehehehehee ruby in the kymerian cuirass <333333333333 #dempsey’s out here looking busted and i’m like ummmmmmmm can u say hi to your fake twin 4 me xoxo #anyway. they slay #ruby cruz #dempsey bryk #willow cast

[technicallywrite]

What a rollercoaster of a day. First we get the crushing news that Willow has been canceled after just one season, then the triumphant news that Kate Stewart is getting her own spin-off, and my heart doesn’t know what to feel anymore.

#kate stewart #unit #doctor who #willow 2022 #one happy one sad #sword lesbians #science lesbians #can we have osgood developing a kymerian cuirasse #wlw yearning

[knight-princess]

Do you ever think about how the Kymerian Cuirass was forged by a mother for her son so he could go beat up her other son because he was being a prick

#willow 2022 #royal family shenanigans man

[bberry005]

ALRIGHT EVERYONE guess what insane thing I did? I made a really rough concept for if the universe of Willow got the full Star Wars-esque saga treatment. I will say it's a lot more focused on characters and general plots than themes, but for anyone who wants to see it, here it is.

The Willow Saga (chronological order)

Kymeria, movies: movie series (maybe a trilogy?) about the fall of the Kymerian Empire and the creation of the Kymerian Cuirass. Could contain all kinds of narrative parallels to the Willow (2022) show.

Elora Danan Origin Story (Movie): A movie about the origins of the myth of Elora Danan and the past Elora Danans and all that fun stuff.

Paladins of Cashmere (series): TV series about the Princess of Cashmere and how she went missing, followed by the Paladins of Cashmere trying to find her. Provides a lot of cool worldbuilding about the other kingdoms in the realm.

Lands End (movie or 3 season series, depending on importance/vibes/plot): a tv show/movie about the war leading up to the fall of Bavmorda. About Madmartigan’s time as a knight of Galladoorn. Emphasis on the Battle of Land’s End because that’s mentioned multiple times.

The Princess (movie, working title): The story of Sorsha Tanthalos, from child to queen.

Willow (1988), movie: Nelwyn farmer Willow Ufgood finds a baby in a river and embarks on a quest to protect her after learning she is Elora Danan. He teams up with rogue swordsman Madmartigan and eventually together they defeat the evil queen Bavmorda and save the realm.

Tales from the Wildwood, TV series: Follows the story of teenage Venoma Scorpia and Thraxus Boorman as the Bone Reavers establish themselves in the Wildwood and the pair seek to find the rest of General Kael’s thirteen children.

The Cuirass, movie: Madmartigan, Allagash, and Boorman on their quest to find the Kymerian Cuirass in order to prevent Elora Danan from having to save the realm alone. Also shows some of life in Tir Asleen immediately after the war. Opportunities for tiny Kit and Airk. Willow (2022), 3 season TV series: Set approximately 20 years after the original movie, Willow (2022) follows Elora Danan as she undertakes her quest to stop the Withered Crone. She is joined by washed up sorcerer Willow Ufgood, a timid prince Graydon Hastur, valiant knight Jade Claymore, criminal and rogue Thraxus Boorman, and a cocky princess Kit Tanthalos.

#willow 2022 #willow 1988 #willow series #willow ufgood #elora danan #kit tanthalos #jade claymore #graydon hastur #thraxus boorman #venoma scorpia #madmartigan #sorsha tanthalos #in an ideal world this is what willow got to be #but at least give me my three season willow (2022) dammit

[chaoticvi]

It's yours. You're the one.

Kit wears a legendary kymerian cuirass in episode 8 of Willow

#willowedit #willow spoilers #willow disney+ #kit tanthalos #Im so proud of her!! #it looks great on kit #flashing tw #flashing gif #mine: gifs