#the captured king..... 2!!!!

[claitea]

to add to that thing about n being uncomfortable when volo asks if he can speak to deities. n, who can be the hero of truth, lies. he says he isn't sure if he can when he has spoken directly to giratina and dialga already. he's a pretty blunt person esp in bw1, so how spooked was he that he actually decided to lie?

#clai speaks #pokemon masters ex spoilers #pokemon masters spoilers #n can be vague if he wants to. he can omit info till later like how he withheld the fact he was team plasma's king until nimbasa #but this was straight up a lie. he knows he can. i've seen some people wonder if giratina doesnt count as a deity but like. then what is it? #all this to say i am Terrified of what they might be planning for n in volo's story #the captured king..... 2!!!!

[starry-bi-sky]

Clone^2 - graveyard shift

The dinging of the door alerts Sarah of someone walking in, and she barely glances up from her phone to see who it is. It's past midnight and somehow her coworker John managed to convince her to take over his graveyard shift at their convenience store. He owes her one, because she's been standing here for an hour and nobody's come in.

Not a surprise to her - nobody likes to stay out past sundown in Amity Park, even after nearly three years of ghosts appearing all over the place.

But still, it happens sometimes. So she doesn't look up. The dinging bell just lets her know that it's not a ghost, and that's really all she can ask for. The last time she worked late and a ghost came in, she was cleaning the shelves from some weird goo for an hour.

However, the lack of footsteps in the store after a few seconds worries her enough that she forces her head to lift. And a frown weaves its way onto her face when she sees no one at the door, nor anyone in the closet aisles.

...Shit, was there really a ghost here? Can they ring door when they come in? Normally she sees them just phase right through. And normally they glow, bright and jarring that leaves a migraine building behind Sarah's eyes.

Her eyes quickly scan the shelves again, looking for anything out of place -- anyone with too many heads, or too many teeth, or snakes for hair. She's pretty sure a coworker saw that once when they were working graveyard.

But she still sees no one. Apprehension raises the hair on the back of her neck, and she straightens up from her lean against the counter. Fuuuck. Was this one of those... marshmallow ghosts? An animal ghost?

Sarah really does not want to have to fight off a three-eyed raccoon looking-thing with eagle feet. She's heard the horror stories. And there was no way to contact the Phantom or the Red Huntress to come pick it up -- and she wasn't gonna try her luck with the Drs. Fentons.

Her fingers itch for the broom hanging on the wall behind her. It probably won't do much against a mutant raccoon-ghost-monster, but it'll make her feel better.

There's a rustle and crinkle in the candy aisle, and Sarah's hands are curled around the broom before she could blink. Her heart beating in her chest. She walks out from the counter, the bristled end raised like a bat in the air as she creeps apprehensively towards the noise.

There's nothing there when she peers around the side, and the aisle shelves are tall enough that she can't see over them.

She raises the broom higher. Sarah was in softball. She could take out a raccoon-eagle-hybrid.. thing.... easily. She just... needs to pretend its a golf ball. Except golf isn't softball so that's a terrible comparison.

Oh god she was gonna get her face ripped off, wasn't she.

John so owes her one. So much.

Creeping down the aisle, she keeps her ears perked for any new sounds. But all she can really hear is the soft pop music playing on the store speakers -- chosen by yours truly from her own personal playlist -- and the hum of the freezers. Ugh. This was not good for her paranoia. Like, at all.

Sarah's down at the end of the aisle when she feels a quick set of taps on her shoulder. Her nerves are already shot, so she shrieks and whirls around on her foot, swinging the broom blindly.

Only to be met with sudden and blunt resistance. Blinking rapidly, Sarah stares up and sees a black gloved hand gripping the broom handle tightly, small white bandages peeking over the side around five fingers. Following the hand down connects it with an arm, and then a chest, and suddenly she's staring at a black hoodie and black jacket.

When she tilts her head up, Sarah comes face to face with the bone-white mask and the terrifying, unearthly green eyes of their local vigilante, the Phantom.

...Holy fuck. It was the Phantom.

He was taller than she initially thought. Was her jaw on the ground? Probably. It was flapping like a fish out of water. "I- uh, you-- buh--"

Slowly, the Phantom raised his free hand and wrapped it around the handle of the broom. Sarah watches, wide eyed still and stammering as he firmly plucked the broom out of her hands and turned to lean it against the shelves.

Something about him doing that must've kicked her brain back into gear, because the first thing that comes out of her mouth is; "Your eyes are really green."

And she was going to lock herself in the freezer in the back for that one. She feels her face grow hot with embarrassment, and the Phantom only looks at her blankly. Her eyes shift nervously. "Well, it's true."

It was! The green eyes of the Phantom was his most defining feature other than that unsettling mask he wore. Especially considering they were the same color as some of the ghosts. It was one of the many, many creepy things about the guy.

Looking at it gave her the same, faint headache as when she stared at a ghost for too long. So Sarah drops her gaze a little to avoid it.

The Phantom remains silent, but he raises his hands and signs something to her that she doesn't understand. Fuck, that's right. He didn't speak - and Sarah doesn't know any ASL.

Sarah cringes. "Sorry, I don't know ASL."

She can feel his burning green eyes boring into her, and he remains as silent as the grave as he reaches into his back pocket and pulls out a phone in a plain black case. She watches him turn it on -- or at least she assumes he does, there's a privacy protector covering the screen -- and type something into.

He holds it up to her face when he's done, and she squints at the screen. In the notes app, a small text reads; 'We're ready to pay.'

..Oh. This wasn't Sarah's night. Embarrassment flashes hot through her and she forces out a laugh in order to try and quell it, Phantom shoves the phone back into his pocket. "Oh! Oh, right! I'm sorry, I'll uh- get up to the front--" She stops in her tracks.

Wait. Did that message say 'we?'

She smiles nervously, tilting her head up at the Phantom as her brows thread together. "Um," she swallows dryly, "we?" Didn't... didn't the Phantom work alone?

As if startled, the Phantom jerks. And for the first time since he showed up, he blinks and turns around. Which personally, doesn't bode that well as the Phantom swivels his head from side to side like he's looking for someone.

Sarah thinks, after the Phantom stalks up to the end of the aisle and looks around, she hears him sigh. And when he walks back, he snatches the broom with an elegant twist and knocks it against the shelves.

Thud, thud, thud!

There's very, very quiet shuffling that Sarah would have missed if she hadn't been looking for it, and then silence for a few seconds, before suddenly there's a small child pushing past her side and over to the Phantom.

And in the process, scaring the shit out of Sarah.

She squeaks and jumps, nearly tripping over her own feet as the child makes a spot next to the Phantom's side. "Where did you come from?!" She says, her heart pounding against her ribcage.

The child says nothing, just stares at her through a creepy bone-white mask reminiscent of the Phantom's. Although unlike the Phantom, he was wearing some... kind of... dark red ninja outfit?

Sarah really wasn't quite sure. It was partially covered by a jacket that clearly belonged to the Phantom and with the sleeves rolled up multiple times to his elbows. The jacket alone nearly obscured the sword attached to his hip.

...Why the hell did the child have a sword.

She looks between Phantom and the child, at a loss for words. Why-- why did the Phantom have a kid with him, why was the kid wearing a mask like his.

"You have a child with you." Sarah says bluntly, her voice flat. It betrays how shocked she feels. The Phantom doesn't say anything, as she should have expected, but he does nod shortly.

The child bristles slightly, but says nothing. Part of his mouth was uncovered, and she watched it twist downward into a scowl at her. Unlike the Phantom, his eyes were not green. She couldn't see his eyes at all, actually. They were shadowed by the mask.

There's the sound of paper thwipping, and like a magician pulling out a card, the Phantom holds out a note card to her. He stares, expectantly, and Sarah reluctantly takes it.

Written in neat writing and bold sharpie are the words; "This is Wraith."

...And that's it. Sarah glances up at Phantom. Then at the supposed 'Wraith'. Then back at Phantom. "You're bringing a child with you to ghost hunt?" She asks, and okay, maybe she's not able to hide all of the judgement leaking into her voice. "And you gave him a sword?"

The Phantom stares at her blankly, or well, probably blankly. All of his expressions are unreadable with the mask he wears. But the kid, Wraith, bristles again like a stray cat. His scowl deepens, he puffs up, and he opens his mouth like he's about to say something.

...Only for the Phantom to immediately snap his hand out and cover his mouth. Wraith makes an angry sound, and Phantom drags the boy into his side, seemingly nonplussed as he twists his wrist and pulls another note card out of nowhere.

"He is perfectly capable of handling himself." The card reads, and then continues; "I would not have been able to stop him anyways. Wraith would have followed me regardless."

Did he have these prepared?

Best not to question it, Sarah decides. The Phantom has always been strange. So she just nods mutely and stuffs the two notecards into her back pocket. "Okay," she says, and moves around the Phantom. "I'll check you out up front."

#dpxdc #dp x dc #dpxdc crossover #dpdc #clone^2 #danny fenton is not the ghost king #dp x dc crossover #dpdc crossover #danny covering damian's mouth as the phantom and the wraith will never *not* be funny to me #anyways i was thinking about this for the last two days and finally decided to write it #red huntress was also originally supposed to be here but i couldn't get a good flow going #had the idea of damian wearing danny's jacket as the wraith at first and needed to write it down #is it impractical? yeah. but its only until danny can get him a jacket that fits #amity park be cold at night okay?? damian is Littol he needs the extra layers #danny being bruce’s wayne clone -> bruce wayne being tall -> DANNY is tall #tried to kinda capture how lowkey unsettling the phantom can be from an outside perspective #was kinda successful? not much for him to do current that’s creepy tho other than stare

[gerbiloftriumph]

Floating Castle Liveblog (third read)

In 2020, I read the first king's quest adaptation novel. Again. Because 2020 was awful.

August 22, 2020 –

page 0

I'm not going to read this aga--oh wait no who am I kidding I'm trapped at work for another four hours and it's *not* a good day and I just want my tea drinking wizard tree and frog prince and mcguffin king and headless ghosts and the soft delights of smarmy sassy villains. (also the kq series is the only series i have easy access to rn so shhh)

page 3

"Castles do not fly." The title of the book says otherwise, sir.

page 10

Gotta admit, Telgrin's perpetual single thundercloud over his castle still gives me ridiculous amounts of joy. I'm sitting here grinning honestly for the first time all day. I love my melodramatic sassmaster.

page 14

I comment on it every single time I read this (yes this IS the third time I've read this in three years, leave me alone), but I seriously love watching Graham being an actual king. I love adventures, and I love royals, and I love adventuring royals, but I also really like the sturdy basis of kindness and clarity Graham just has as a leader. It's really pleasant.

page 20

IT HIM. Heeeeeeere's Telgrin! Do you think Telgrin spent hours shuffling around trying to perfect that gliding walk? Stars, I hope he did. I mean in any other villain it would just be natural but with my emo goth drama king who tries too hard, everything is carefully plotted for maximum visual aesthetic.

page 22

Totally seriously, though, the contrast between Graham's tightly contained fury and balance of how he's been treating the assembly and Telgin's wide swept theatrics and overblown personality is SO good. This sort of subtle contrast really does raise this book from generic game adaptation to surprisingly pleasant fantasy. It's still genre light, but it has confidence and solid bone work.

page 23

"The news reached me that you were gathering all your knights here today, Graham, so it seemed a convenient time." Because Telgrin won't do anything without an audience to oooh and ahhh over his antics.

page 30

"Everything seemed muted, vague, unreal." Oh, did you mean my life right now? No? Close enough.

page 33

"and a small pear." Yes, a crucial thing to make sure you pack on your voyage. Good call.

page 38

TREE WIZARD oh stars my whole heart is happyyyyy. What a mood improvement.

page 40

"So, that castle belongs to this guy named Telgrin." "Oh yeah, Telgrin. He's evil. Don't mess with him." "You know him?" "I know his reputation." Stars, Telgrin would be SO PLEASED to know his reputation precedes him now. I hope he started some of those rumors himself.

page 40

I still can't handle the density of this conversation. "Telgrin is a stealer of souls." "A stealer of souls? What's that?" Alexander. Alexander, pleaaaase think about what you just said. Please. I love you, but seriously.

page 45

Even when you are a tree wizard, that is, a wizard slowly and literally turning into a tree, it's still important that you get your morning cup of tea. Morowyn knows it. So should you.

page 47

In other words, Alexander, you're just a glorified babysitter. You could have asked Big Knight Brian Blessed to be your partner in crime on this heist and gotten a better result. (i'm kidding of course I love Cyril to absolute pieces, look at this farmboy wizard lad he's so squishy and blond and round and I love him.)

page 54

heist heist heist heIST let's plan a HEIST.

page 58

The moat monsters also have a taste for the finer things in life. Like feather-capped adventurers. Castle Daventry is literally the most perfect fantasy castle there is. It even has a hoard of moat monsters. Like, you can't get more Fantasy Castle than this place. Telgrin only wishes his castle was that cool. He just has to make do with personal thunderclouds.

page 63

A small thing, but I super love Mills's emphasis on color. From the rain slanting golden in the yellow torchlight, to the hills here slowly changing from an angry maroon to a deep indigo with a band of yellow slowly disappearing as the sun sets...it's heavily visual, like he's literally painting a screen from the games, and I find it rather peaceful, somehow.

page 64

Literally just the ringwraith scene from Fellowship of the Ring, but with King's Quest protagonists instead of Frodo and friends. The audacity of this book. I love it.

page 69

Mills was absolutely just rereading Fellowship of the Ring when he was asked to write this book. It's not even subtle at this point. .........and I super love every single reference with all my silly fantasy heart.

page 89

I can't think of a single other fantasy in which the protagonist lassos a kelpie and attempts to ride it. I can't imagine why not. It's a flawless plan.

page 96

I feel like that's just magic homemade whiskey. Getting the prince drunk might not be in everyone's best interest.

page 97

Alexander, you gotta stop calling people "ho." You're gonna offend someone. (I'm kidding, of course. "Ho there" is as traditionally delightful as "Who goes there," and highly welcome to behold.)

page 99

platform boots

page 100

I'm sorry, I know I commented on this when I read this last year, but...again. Telgrin has One Single Lone Stupid Thundercloud, which "hovered over a high central tower. From time to time, this cloud would light with an internal fire, and a low, menacing rumble would break across the land." It's like the Winnie the Pooh raincloud, with ambient sound effects. The audacious aesthetic of this guy is a DELIGHT to behold.

page 107

Aaah yes the Road to El Dorado sequence. Truly, this book is nothing but the best hits of adventure tropes crammed into a book 300 pages long.

page 108

Does this mean that Telgrin has also been to Narnia? Oh dear.

page 112

Again. "The cloud." Not many clouds. Just the one. A single, lone, silly, thundercloud.

August 24, 2020 –

page 114

Wait, what came first, this book or the Muppet Christmas Carol movie? Because all I can picture is Scrooge's Statler-shaped Muppet door knocker, but with extra teeth, shrieking.

page 117

Is Alexander is the only person in the series to ever have a proper sword fight? I mean, not counting....uhhhh is it Owen in KQ8? (Super didn't play KQ8, everyone said it wasn't worth the effort.)

page 123

Like, I gotta say: binding souls to armor, cool. Great scheme, very evil. Making it so that just knocking the helmet off releases the soul into the night forever? ...nooooot the most ideal.

page 126

You know in Princess Bride, when Westley tries to wrestle Fezzik, and just kinda runs at him and squeezes him and absolutely nothing happens? Alexander, right here, vs the black knight.

page 131

A barikar is not a real fantasy monster--the only google result that comes up is that, yes, Telgrin owns one. But it's a huge rabbit with a rat nose, dog fangs, fish scales instead of fur, and human like hands with claws. It sees about as well as a human, but it can hear well, thanks to the rabbit ears. It's absolutely ridiculous. I love it. I wonder if I can convince my dm to make it a fight in our campaign.

page 133

My sweet babiiiiies. Alexander making Cyril stand behind him to protect him and Cyril absolutely refusing and taking the front anyway. I love these kids. I say, fully recognizing that they're semi-close to my age and know how to handle swords and magic.

page 133

Oh, no, excuse me, the Bariker doesn't have rabbit ears--it has bat ears. Which just kind of further emphasizes how much I want this thing in a campaign. It's so ridiculous.

page 139

Where was he? Yes. Who was this beside him? Yes. How long had he been asleep? No way of knowing. Alexander, those are not answers to questions, except maybe the last one. You've answered nothing. Alexander, please.

page 141

headless ghost headless ghost headless ghoooost i can't stop smiling he's holding it like a football it's amazing

August 25, 2020 –

page 142

Lydia's mom caught Anime Mom Protagonist Disease. It's a tragic illness. No hope of recovery.

page 142

"Owen took a brief pause, while Alexander reflected on the fact that he was getting used to carrying on a conversation with a beheaded man. It was starting to seem almost normal. Almost." How is this a real book. I love this book.

page 143

tragic telgrin backsto--oh wait it's not tragic at all he's just always been a brat.

page 144

"Somehow a beheaded man on his feet was infinitely more alarming than a beheaded man quietly seated." o rly?

page 145

Look, it is a *little* creepy that he would install magic mirrors of spying in his daughter's bedroom without her knowledge, but considering Owen admitted to teaching Telgrin everything he knows, including presumably soul torturing magic, we can kind of assume Owen isn't actually that good a guy after all.

page 149

Glowing moss in fantasy must be the most useful plant ever cultivated.

page 155

Obviously, there's nothing wrong with describing Alexander's haunches, but it's also just a little weird. It's not...a word I hear often, especially in reference to humans.

page 156

I like a good wizard who knows that a cup of tea soothes most ills. A man after my own heart.

page 156

"After allowing himself to wallow in depression for a short while, he pushed his mood aside with a firm effort, squared, his shoulders, and said, 'Well, the sooner we get going, the sooner you'll get your bath and your tea.'" Ah, yes, of course, just push aside your wallowing. Why didn't I realize it was that easy?

page 158

"A few wary, rather mincing steps, brought him to the vestibule." Alexander, your author is making fun of you. Just a bit.

page 161

The book is very, very clear that it's just Graham's face floating in the soul-capture orb. The book is very, very wrong. It's a tiny Graham floating around in there. Like, full body, but like two inches high. This is fact, and better than a disembodied Wizard of Oz-style face. I'm just letting you all know that the book is misprinted. Every copy. It's a full body'd Graham. Just smol.

page 162

YEAH BOI PUNCH AN UNDEAD KNIGHT...oh no, your arm, why did you just literally punch a suit of armor, you donut, you know better than that

August 26, 2020 –

page 167

To be fair, the door is now open. As is the floor, and the wall, and...well, the room, to the sky. Definitely very open.

August 27, 2020 –

page 169

It's turned into Dragon's Lair instead of King's Quest, for this scene. Super into it. Wouldn't want to play it as a video game, though--the amounts of game overs....

August 31, 2020 –

page 169

"But this insignificant event raised within him an unexpected fury. He cursed the poor root to withering, black perdition, cursed it deeply and sincerely, cursed it with all his soul." Gods, Alexander, I get it. Man, do I ever get it. I'm so tired.

page 177

"This was it, the nadir. It could not get any worse than this." You sure about that, kid? I think we've got one more scrape at the bottom of the barrel we can squeeze into."

page 181

Alexander is thiiiiiiiis close to snapping. Kid, I understand you. Critically and crucially, I understand.

page 183

FROG PRINCE. I told you there was one more level we could reach. The royal family gets transformed into animals rather frequently. At least this time he's not a snail, poor kid.

page 183

"With a sense of profound shock, he realized that he had been transformed into a frog--a rather large and handsome frog, it's true, but still a frog." You can't make this stuff up. This book is perfect. The ideal. The author is calling Alexander a handsome frog. He's a frog, but a good looking one. I can't handle this.

page 185

"Did you speak, Sir Frog?" "That's Prince Frog, to you." Alexander, be nice. Don't pull rank. I don't think you have rank to pull anymore. Smelly swamp rank, at best.

page 186

I like to think that was just Alexander swearing, but it was masked as a ribbit.

page 187

To be fully fair, Alex, you do kind of need him to reattach Graham's soul, so maybe it's for the best that he doesn't go far.

page 189

If I were a soul-armor, and this frog decided to enter the castle, to be honest, I think I would probably just let it. Because it's a frog.

page 194

There's fanart of this scene too because it's hilarious. She kisses a frog, he becomes a man hanging half over the rim of a fountain, and all she can say is "Goodness! But...you're beautiful." Ridiculous.

page 194

HA and then she tries to recover saying, "I haven't seen that many men in my life. Hardly any, actually. I'm sure that you're really very ordinary." Kid. Please, stop insulting him, you're going to make him sad(der than he already is)

page 198

It's at this point that Alexander just sort of gives in to the sass and the snark and starts leaning into the nonsense. "Creature?" "She's not entirely human." "Uh, in what way is she not human?" "To begin with, she has two heads, no hair, only three fingers on each hand, and is fully seven feet tall." "You're right. That doesn't sound entirely human." Pleeaaaaase this book is a deliiight.

page 200

That twilight area between wakefulness and sleep, with thoughts centered on nothing at all? my brain, today. fully. I've got nothing left to offer anyone, except not-very-funny remarks on this book.

page 202

Nothing Telgrin does is ever common. Overblown and ludicrous, maybe, but never ever common.

September 1, 2020 –

page 209

When the two headed guard calls to the intruding man like a person tempting a kitty cat. "Come here, man, pspspsps. Man, man, maaaan." Instead of catnip, she can bring tacos.

page 211

Again, I just gotta let you all know that the books have been misprinted. It's not a disembodied head floating in the orb, even if it's probably supposed to be an Owen's decapitated head parallel, because that's dumb. It's a tiny two-inch tall Graham floating in the orb, not just his face. I don't know how all the copies got misprinted like that, but they did. It's really a tiny Graham. Cute. Okay? Okay. Onward.

page 212

I love One Stubborn King.

page 216

I can't actually make snide jokes about the text when I'm actually just outright enjoying it. The sheer blissy silly triumph of Telgrin, the stubbornness and sharp agony of my dear sweet Graham, Alexander standing there ruminating on what loyalty means--this is exactly my flavor of fantasy jam.

September 17, 2020 –

page 225

I still kind of sort of love that Telgrin apparently decided that the best way to use the magic staff was to make it respond to wishes. "I wish for a giant fireball." And thus, one appears. It just...speaks to some strange childishness that I find totally hilarious in this big bad villain.

page 230

Again, the book is misprinted. I'm not about these weird Wizard of Oz style floating faces. They're weird. It's a fully bodied apparition of Telgrin yelling at Alexander, hands on hips, just as it's a tiny full bodied shape of Graham in the orb. My version is better.

page 231

"I could kill you now, if I wanted." "I don't think so," Alexander said defiantly. "Is *everyone* in Daventry this obstinate?" Sir. My dude. My man. Palberto. You messed with the wrong royal family, and they come from knight stock, not actually blue blood at all. They're going to *wreck* you.

page 232

"I'll live, I think." Alexander, your ability to comfort others leaves a little bit to be desired.

page 234

I'm not actually kidding. If Mills hadn't read Fellowship of the Ring at least a week or two before writing this, I will eat my whole entire adventuring cap. That's the Watcher in the Water, as there was literally lembas bread earlier and a ringwraith before that. Fantasy tropes or not, this is just sneaking Tolkien references in because Mills is a fanboy (I mean, obviously: he's writing company-approved fanfic).

page 237

Again, Alexander, realize this: Telgrin learned everything he knows from Owen. One might assume, especially knowing how dark those mirrors felt, that Owen himself is *not actually a very good guy.*

page 241

It's kind of like cheerfully presenting Sweeney Todd with his shaving tools. "At last, I am complete again!" Not.....super great, I feel.

page 242

I love that it's not actually magic keeping the castle moored, but a big ol' safety pin. That's not even actually much of an exaggeration. "At the bottom of that well you will find a large golden pin embedded in the paving stone. You are to remove this pin. It may not be easy, but you must do it. It will set the castle free from the moorings of the earth."

page 248

The fact that Telgrin now has to wear an eyepatch is great enough. The fact that he took the time to make sure it perched on "his bald head at a jaunty angle" is almost too much to bear. I hope he stood in front of his cracked and smoking mirror adjusting it just so before coming down for this final confrontation.

page 248

"I'll probably never see out of this eye again, I hope you're happy with yourself." "I mean...you *were* trying to kill me." "Irrelevant." Boys, please, there are serious issues at hand.

page 250

"All I've ever asked in return is that you marry me, and that you not burden me with your opinions." Telgrin, the ultimate flirt. Magnificent.

page 251

Telgrin's snarky sassy meltdown is the greatest. "She's now willing to marry me, merely to save your worthless life! Willingly! Well, I won't have it, I tell you. She shall marry me unwillingly, or not at all!" Telgrin, you are absolutely bonkers and you're my favorite villain in any piece of media ever, full stop. The sheer ridiculousness of *you* with your wish-magic and bloviating and grandiose posturing....divine.

page 253

Telgrin's pasty complexion is enough to "make a marble statue appear dark by comparison." If this were a modern AU, Telgrin would be that emo kid hunched over twitter mansplaining at everyone, while listening to the rainy mood app constantly. He's an absolute delight from start to finish, especially because he *is* a threat and he *could* win if he wasn't so obsessed with the *aesthetic* and the need to show off.

page 255

Ahh one of my favorite lines in the whole book: "It's blame-everything-on-Telgrin time, is it?" What villain talks like this?? Who does this?!! No one but Telgrin, author Craig Mills, and this goofy novelisation of the very sassy, very cliche, very delightful, King's Quest series. Fantasy tropes, sass, snark, and everything. This book is nothing but pure sugared joy for me.

page 266

No more than two feet of earth held the entire castle in place, and now they're floating away again like the house in Up. Delightful.

page 270

Telgrin, you can't behead someone who has already been beheaded. Be sensible.

page 273

"Can you think of any way for us to get down from [this steadily rising floating castle]?" "I could attempt to fly you down!" All in all, Alexander thought he would rather just jump. Boys, please.

page 288

A Valanice story, I think, would have been very welcome. I'm glad for the trilogy we got, but I really would have enjoyed an official novel from her perspective. This lonely image of her standing alone before the throne, with her husband dying in the next room and her son gone for at least a week to face an unknown villain alone, while her kingdom is ravaged by evil knights....it feels worth exploring.

page 291

I absolutely one thousand million percent love this strobing effect of two Grahams floating together, his transparent and delicate soul settling down into his body again. It's delightful.

page 292

Pleaaase Graham, say "A heart is a heavy burden." I know this book came out like a decade before the Howl's Moving Castle (the movie at least, I don't know the book's publication date), but pleaaaase. I know you won't, but I want you to.

page 293

SHRIEKING. I don't ever ship things, but this is my otp for liiiiiife look at these two precious beans together I'm just THRILLED the smile on my face is enormous ahhhh Valanice and Graham have hardly anything going for them in the original games since they hardly ever interact on screen but this book and this scene is just DELIGHTFUL.

September 17, 2020 – Finished Reading

Again, five stars out of five stars

#king's quest novels #king's quest #kings quest #cyril (king's quest) #alexander (king's quest) #theoretically i'm reading it for a 4th time this year but i haven't actually gone past page six so that's it for liveblogs of book one #for now anyway #maybe i'll add book 2 and book 3 too #i haven't read them nearly as many times they've never captured my attention like this one did #but they are still fun and it might be good to have everything contained here anyway

[the-promise-has-been-made]

I watched Rebel Moon and I don't know exactly but it feels like there was a kernel of a really great movie trapped in a lot of chaotic writing and poor character development and A LOT of slow motion shots?

#Rebel Moon #Rebel Moon critical #I guess? #would have been better as a limited series TV show? #like eight episodes or something #episode 1: establish Kora and Gunnar and the threat to Veldt and the decision to find aid #episode 2: Providence and meeting Kai #episode 3: tarrack backstory and Tarrack joining up #episode 4: Nemeisis backstory and her joining up #episode 5: Titus backstory and just A LOT more Titus content! #seriously you have Djimon Hounsou and he speaks a sum total of 7 lines or something??? #episode 6: Bloodaxe siblings backstory and negotiating with them #episode 7: Oh No Kai was a traitor all along!! the epire kills King Levitica and captures the gang #episode 8: epic space battle of the dreadnought against the gang and face-off between Kora and Noble #voila #rebel moon season one right there

[ria-starstruck]

like father, like child...

so @foileadeux​‘s lavender town and toba the tura hollow knight animatics have been living rent free in my head lately and their gijinka designs r so pretty!! I really wanted to draw them!!!

#they r not exact. drew them before animatic designs were posted hsdfljksssfjlkdfsjdk #hope that is ok tho!!! #also idk why i drew pk and younger hollow knight at the bottom. the vibes...they called to me ig #anyway #check out their animatics if u like hollow knight!!!! they're so cool!!!!!!!!!!! #really wanted to capture the hair n fabric...those are the top 2 of the top 2-10 things i notice abt the animatics Every Time #but the shots n ideas...like radiance showing hollow knight more like daydreams or stuff they wish for images of their father etc... #radiance cyberbullying pale king...hsfdljksfdkj that was so funny #anyway ty for making the animatics!!! i'm glad i got to see them :D #hollow knight #hollow knight fanart

[abbysthighs]

The first time I faced the Rat King I just about shit my pants. Now I can do it without breaking a sweat.

#tlou2 spoilers #tlou2 spoiler #tlou2 rat king #rat king #tlou2 #tlou2 photomode #the last of us part 2 #virtual photography #abby anderson #abby tlou #abby vs. rat king #tlou infected #gaming #game capture #naughty dog #the last of us part ii #the last of us 2 #tlou 2 #tlou2 grounded #tlou2 platinum

[raayllum]

one thing i'm curious about in regards to how Ezran will, inevitably, be pulled into the main "whatever tf happens at the starscraper / possible plot repercussions" might tie back into his bond with Zym, and thus bring them (and Aanya??) into the story together. Zym is quite literally in the stars in the S4/S4 intros cloud wise, he's the titular character and Aaravos previously wanted him for power consumption and he's presumably not any less powerful or useful now even if that isn't Aaravos' main goal so like... sky dragons rarely have kids and he's the heir to the draconic royal throne, if Zym is required for one of Aaravos' plans it might end up being a "Claudia went to the castle to get the prison and the dragon" but since the prison there is a fake... Zym consolation prize?

But I don't think the show would repeat the s3 / arc 1 conflict of "we just gotta Protect/recover the dragon prince" either so...?

#brotp: the once and future kings #azymondias #ezran #s6 speculation #arc 2 #arc 2 zym is also significantly more difficult to capture than arc 1 zym #not impossible (hi drake riders) but more difficult if you weren't going in with a Plan and dragon catching equipment #like either shit is gonna hit the fan at the starscraper and one or both halves of rayllum is gonna #hightail it back to katolis to get ezran's help or like #he gets brought in later but i am deeply intrigued #s6 #mine

[moongothic]

I just

Where the fuck is the Cross Guild plotline going

Like Crocodile and Mihawk allowed Buggy to do his thing until now because getting rid of him wasn't nececary, but we've gotten to the point where Buggy has straight up riled up his men who are all behind him, not Crocodile and Mihawk, to go get One Piece, and while the two could easily wipe the floor with them, it just seems like it'd be a waste of everyone's time

I just can not imagine the two being at all willing to go along with Buggy on the quest for One Piece, not in a million years, since the other two's interests are literally the opposite, but with the way the men are riled up it's not like they'd be able to unconvince them to follow Crocodile instead

But also Buggy does have that ship ready

And didn't they imply the three remaining Seraphim have been sent to Empteebluffs???

What if the Seraphim do show up and it's up to the only two capable fighters in Cross Guild to deal with them and Buggy just flees with whatever crew he can muster while no one is looking because god knows it's his last chance???

But even if Crocodile and Mihawk abusing Buggy until he grew a spine was a required event to get Buggy to join the race for One Piece, it'd still be strange for Oda to make Cross Guild A Thing if it only gets disbanded soon after without anything else coming from it?? (Like if they get disbanded immidiately then why did they need to be established to begin with, if Crocodile and Mihawk have somewhere else to be/end up in some other situation then surely Oda could've skipped the Cross Guild-part)

So are Croco and Mihawk just going to go along with Buggy's plans because they can't be bothered to put up a fight (and if they're stuck on the ship with him and Buggy's crew it will be like two (three if you include Daz) against hundreds- again, the two could easily kill them all, but is it worth the effort???)

I just. Where the fuck is this plot thread going man

#Moon posting #OP Spoilers #Maybe I'm just saying this because I don't WANT Croco and Mihawk to join the race for One Piece??? #Like??? Between Shanks Luffy and Blackbeard I think that's enough people??? Buggy too if he skedaddles?? #I'd also suggest Law and Kid but they both got just nuked so IDK if they're even in the race anymore #I just want Croco and Mihawk to do their own different thing???????????????? #But also like. Like there's so much emotional weight between Luffy reuniting with Shanks and eventually encountering Blackbeard #Buggy reuniting with Shanks too would make for a great moment regardless of how it'd go down #And while Mihawk and Zoro seeing each other again would be great IDK if it's The Time for it #And I just. There is no reason for Crocodile to be there #Like I love my blorbo but he is a washed up loser and I don't want him to become someone Luffy needs to defeat AGAIN #Like sure becoming Pirate King was Croc's dream and him having a middle aged moment giving it one last chance could be cute #But we know he won't make it #So there's no reason on an emotional level for him to be there #Unless Crocodad Real but there's an 0.01% of that happening at this fucking point #IDK I'd just love it probably if Buggy skedaddles and if Moria is still alive and escaped Fullalead then he'd join Croc and Mihawk #Cute reunion with Perona and Mihawk and the Former Shichibukai Club would get another member #Alternatively the Seraphim kick Croc and Mihawk's asses and the two flee only to end up captured by Blackbeard or something #I do want to know if Crocodile DOES have some beef with the Revolutionary Army so that's another option too #(Since he knew Iva-chan) (And god knows if Crocodile has beef with Dragon then that could make for a good 2-for-1 flashback) #(Since we still know like fuck all about Dragon too) #I dunno man I don't want to get my hopes up lest Crocodile does want to join the race for OP #But it really is the one storydirection I don't want to see happen #But I feel like I'm jinxing it by just writing this #God the next chapter can't come fast enough #I am loving the Kuma backstory mind you #Tho at this point considdering the whole ''Xebec got betrayed by his crew'' thing I wouldn't be surprised if Crocodile was like Xebec's son #(Since he would've been like 8 at the time of the God Valley Incident) (Like if he was there on Xebec's ship he'd know what happened etc) #(Also would add to his grudge against Whitebeard) (Also Xebec wanted to be King of the World so. Like father like son) #And if Xebec is alive like some people are speculating (and is the one with the final Poneglyph) that would actually tie Croc into this mes

[soldier-poet-king]

Ik the cover page illustrations aren't canon but he's wearing friendship bracelets with shikamaru and gaara so it's canon IN MY HEART

#fran reads #ANYWAY pt 2. starts off so strong #return of the KINGS. gaara. rock lee #literally weeping at gaaras growth #hes so sad and so hurt and he chooses to change his path anyway #he has suffered so and yet to do nothing would be to suffer more #and he sees naruto as his mirror. and naruto lives and loves because his friends are precious to him #so gaara voww to make the sad village precious to him. and him as their leader precious to them #not as a creature made to be a weapon. but as their leader and protector #he finally has a reason to why hes alive. why he was made. why he survives #it is love. just as his tattoo. but not a violent self love of killing to prove he exists #but self sacrificing love even if he is still feared and shunned in return #he was captured bc he chose to use the last of his chakra to save the village #im fuckin BAWLING #i am a grown adult sobbing about the silly ninja manga #also finally sakura gets to be competent and do shit THANK U #i want to be good. i want to have a purpose. i want to have and br smthn precious.

[satans-helper]

Danny girls, I hope you enjoy 2 minutes 19 seconds of his solo during the Cleveland show 🙏

#our king was on fire last night #hear my pathetic woo about 2 mins in #i dont like filming for too long but i was like. #i have to capture some of this #danny wagner #greta van fleet #gvf #gvf cleveland #cleveland show

[forffax]

newww ocs <3

#my art #my ocs #got inspired by a uquiz i took abt ur fate as a villain. and then got brain blasted with these 2 at like 3 am the other day. #their names r bira and heero they are the villain and hero respectively of ur typical 'ahh the dark lord is trying 2 overthrow the kingdom #w/their army of evil monsters and their dark magic!' except the king sucks shit and life in the kingdom sucks unless you're rich #and bira is in the right actually. but anyways. heero and bira have respect 4 each other in a way they dont want to examine further #until one day when they fight and heero's sword slips. and they kill bira. #they panic and without even thinking use dark magic to bring them back... bc they can't imagine living in a world without them... #they lose their eyesight as price for it and bira (shocked confused thrown off the dance they were doing around each other) #gives them one of their eyes as 'repayment'... #later bira is captured and heero is tasked with executing them but they cant do it. they combine powers with bira and barely escape together #i have More of an outline but 👍 this is so much already svdbsgs. #both use they/them btw!

[lecter-lioncourt]

The ONLY thing Izzy did wrong in episode 2 was pull Fang's beard, and imo that was to distract Fang from questioning Ed's mental state 🥴💁‍♂️

#re-watching OFMD but only episodes Izzy's in. for character analysis #anyway in ep2 we see izzy #1. be good at his job. rightfully question how someone can capture soldiers AND run his ship aground #2. converse w the weirdo crew who did that instead of harming them #3. be implied to be on good terms w the local indigenous population #4. support local indigenous businesses by purchasing the British soliders. again avoiding violence #5. give Stede a warning via cutting open his shirt instead of attacking or killing him outright #literally the only ''bad'' thing he did this episode was pull fang's beard #ALSO he made fun of the British soldier AND the king. my based working class king 😌❤️ #anyway I'll continue this another night I need to go to bed #mine #ofmd #izzy hands

[starry-bi-sky]

realizing i have. a lot of untapped trauma potential for clone^2 danny because i just Fully Processed Four Months Late the fact that his parents were capturing and torturing ghosts in the basement before he became Phantom. and the fact that he was on house rest for 2 weeks. during that time period. and he wasn't really leaving the house. he could hear their screaming through the floorboards

*points at clone danny* i can give you suuuuuuch a bad time babe ahaha. i've got two untouched years before you meet damian what fucks you up before then

#dpxdc #dp x dc #danny fenton is not the ghost king #dp x dc crossover #dpxdc crossover #dpdc #clone^2 #danny fenton is a clone #like i dont even need to traumatize you worse the pure explorative options from this aLONE is enough to feed me for a week. #like. tucks hair behind ear let me shatter you into glass pieces then glue you back together babe. i can put you back together so good. #i'm missing a few shards because some parts of you broke into such small pieces i couldn't pick them back up again so you'll be missing a #few chunks of yourself that you'll never get back but that's okay. you'll still be a resemblance of your old self :] #don't let anakin (me) listen to late night sad songs he makes angst. #hhh imagine being stuck in a house for two weeks where you can hear your parents torturing ghosts in the basement and not only that but #you're the only person who can undERSTAND the ghosts. how many times did he see his parents drag in a ghost with whatever capturing device #they made recently? iirc the thermos was like. brand new in episode one right? but gOD the trauma this alone would cause #nobody touch me im cooking rn i need to think about how this would impact danny. like obvs it would fuel into a developing obsession to #keep his parents away from ghosts and to help the dead but what *else.* i need to refine my becoming phantom ficlet i wrote back in winter #raaa #and like even after two weeks they were *still capturing ghosts* danny just wasn't in the house 24/7 at the time. #*but those two fucking weeks man* #i need to sleep on this first before i make any major moves bc i know im tired but i am having thOUGHTs

[yournowheregirl]

alice! i'd love to hear more about "i wanna make you swoon" 👀 GIMMEEE

okay so this summer the deleted song 'get it right' from frozen 2 went semi-viral on the clock app and it got stuck in my head for WEEKS. naturally, i went and made it about steddie and more specifically a 3 + 1 failed proposal fic. i haven't written much yet, but here are the 3 + 1 ideas:

one. Steve has the perfect proposal plan. It's the middle of summer and there are supposed to be dozens of shooting stars tonight, so he's filling the Beemer with all the necessary equipment for a midnight picnic at Lover's Lake (which he thought was pretty fitting for the occasion). He's got the blankets, he's got the wine and snacks and most importantly, he's got the ring that's been tucked away in a part of their shared wardrobe where Eddie'd never find it (behind his polo shirts), everything is set. The night itself goes smoothly, Eddie doesn't seem to think that tonight is any different from their usual date nights, even with the way Steve's hands are trembling and he's sweet talking Eddie more than usual. But just when they're walking alongside the shore of the lake and Steve's about to go down on one knee, they hear a very familiar voice behind them. From the bushes appears none other than Dustin Henderson, who also came here to stargaze but for nerd reasons that Steve doesn't really care about. He tries to shoo Dustin away but Eddie, being the good guy that he is, invites Dustin over and just like that, the moment's gone.

two. Eddie has the perfect proposal plan. Corroded Coffin is playing sold-out shows for three nights in a row and at their final show, he's planning to propose to Steve halfway through the song he wrote specifically for him. His bandmates and the crew are well aware of his plan and Steve, while confused, agreed to watch from backstage. Eddie's giddy all night, buzzing out of skin a little more than usual, and the whole night is perfect. As planned, they stop playing halfway through the song and Eddie holds this little speech about how he wrote this song about the love of his life, secretly patting his pockets to find the ring he bought for Steve months ago, only to come up empty. Shit. Well, Eddie can still give him the ring later, it's the gesture that counts. He's just about to call Steve on stage when he sees something in the crowd - some bulky guy harassing a girl who clearly isn't interested. Well, this clearly can't do, so Eddie yells at the guy, throwing all kinds of insults at him and the crowd goes wild. Security steps in before things get too heated but just like that, the moment's gone.

three. Tonight has to be the night. Steve doesn't care that he feels like complete and utter shit, that his bones feel twice as heavy and that he feels cold all over even though it's still warm for this time of year, he has to do it tonight. Because tonight, some kind of planet is visible for just a couple of hours and it will take decades before that happens again. Eddie had been talking about it for weeks and Steve's tried everything to make sure that this time it's perfect. He called Dustin to stay home (and to tell the rest of the Party not to bother them for the rest of the night), he got the ring, and all is fine. Well, except for the fact that feels a headache coming up and he's trembling in his sneakers and Eddie is literally begging him to go home and get some rest. But he's not going to do that, he has a plan, you see, and he's so lucky to have Eddie in his life and if he doesn't get it right now, Eddie's just gonna leave him and- and - He's suddenly rambling with tears in his eyes, his body aching all over, and Eddie has to manhandle him back into the car, driving them back home without even seeing that dumb planet and Steve's pouting the entire way back, before he dozes off in their bed, mumbling something about a ring.

plus one. Eddie has lived through many a disaster in his life, but he feels like this is going to be the one that finally breaks him. After his failed proposal back at his show, he's determined to get this one right. They're at home, no crowd to distract him and he checked in with Steve's health earlier that day (because he was pretty sure that Steve was about to one-up him the other night and while he doesn't like seeing Steve sick, he's kinda glad that he can propose instead). Everything's supposed to be fine, except that Eddie got distracted by setting the table that the pasta water boiled over. And the pasta sauce got burned in the meantime. And he spilled a glass of red wine over the crispy white button down he wore even though he feels ridiculous in it. And Mike won't stop calling. And the neighbors are drilling a hole in the wall at 8 fucking PM. And Eddie just breaks. He's tried so hard to make things perfect for Steve, because that's what he deserves, and he still ruined anyway. Steve finds him panicked and frazzled in the living room, with the smell of burnt food wafting through their apartment, and he listens to Eddie explain that he really tried this time, that he wanted to make tonight special for Steve, but that they should just postpone this whole thing to some other night. Eddie slumps back to their bedroom, defeated and determined to sleep it off, until Steve stops him by yelling out the one sentence he had been waiting months to ask. Eddie slowly turns around, his expression a mix between confusion, happiness and still a little anxiety, until he tackles Steve to the floor with kisses and a loud yes. (Later, he'll be pretty pissed at Steve for hijacking his proposal, but the shiny ring on his finger helps soothe that pain)

#strawberryspence #legitcookie #wip ask game #and yes no. 2 is inspired by my beloved bi king billy joe armstrong #who literally tried to fight a guy at a concert once bc he saw he was bullying a girl #we stan an icon #also pls watch that video or listen to the song #i feel it really captures both of these anxious love sick idiots #thanks for asking 💛💛

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Jehoahaz Succeeds Josiah

1 ¶ Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.

2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem and condemned the land in one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz, his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

6 And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against him and bound him with fetters of brass; he carried him to Babylon.

7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon.

8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and his abominations which he did and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin, his son, reigned in his stead.

9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

10 And when the year was expired, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and caused him to be brought to Babylon with the precious vessels of the house of the LORD and made Zedekiah, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11 ¶ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah, the prophet, who spoke unto him from the mouth of the LORD.

13 He rebelled, likewise, against King Nebuchadnezzar, unto whom he had sworn by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

14 Moreover, all the princes of the priests and the people increased the rebellion, rebelling according to all the abominations of the Gentiles and polluting the house of the LORD which he had sanctified in Jerusalem.

15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by the hand of his messengers, rising up early, and sending because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.

16 But they mocked the messengers of God and despised his words and misused his prophets until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, and there was no remedy.

17 Therefore, he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age; he gave them all into his hands.

18 Likewise, all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

19 And they burnt the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem and burnt all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its desirable vessels.

20 And those that escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; where they were slaves to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia,

21 to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah until the land had fulfilled her sabbaths; for all the time of her desolation she rested until the seventy years were fulfilled.

22 ¶ But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and put it also in writing, saying,

23 Thus saith Cyrus, king of Persia, The LORD God of the heavens has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? Let the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. — 2 Chronicles 36 | Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) Jubilee Bible 2000 Copyright © 2013, 2020 by Ransom Press International. Cross References: Leviticus 25:4; Deuteronomy 28:36; Deuteronomy 29:25; Deuteronomy 32:25; 2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Kings 9:8; 2 Kings 23:34; 2 Kings 23:36; 2 Kings 24:1; 2 Kings 24:5-6; 2 Kings 24:8; 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Chronicles 24:9; 2 Chronicles 33:23-24; Ezra 1:1; Ezra 2:1; Psalm 136:26; Jeremiah 1:3; Jeremiah 27:20; Matthew 5:12; Matthew 23:34; Acts 7:52

#Jehoahaz succeeds Josiah #Jehoiakim reigns in Judah #King Nebuchadnezzar captures Jerusalem #Jehoiachin reigns in Judah #Zedekiah reigns in Judah #Jerusalem falls #The Proclamation of Cyrus #2 Chronicles 36 #Book of Second Chronicles #Old Testament #JUB #Jubilee Bible 2000 #Ransom Press International

[random-dragon-exe]

Okay everyone, I just thought of something.

Both Cuphead and Mugman don't know that King Dice works for the Devil.

Think about it.

During "Roll the Dice", Cuphead was oblivious to King Dice's true intentions.

Even when the game was revealed to be rigged, they didn't find out why it's rigged in the first place.

To add on, Mugman was frozen in terror a good chunk time when Cuphead was playing the game.

I'm just thinking that there's a lot of possibilities where a legitimate interaction between the cupbros and Dice can happen in the next batch of episodes after Cuphead rescues Mugman.

Possibility 1: Dice's loyalty to the Devil will still be kept a secret and the Devil will use and have King Dice in various gambling/game plots to trick Cuphead and to steal his soul. The cupbros don't know until Dice accidentally gives away his true intentions and they learn to avoid him at all costs like devil.

Possibility 2: King Dice goes out on his own to claim Cuphead's soul to be promoted to his "Number 1" status and tries to use games to trick Cuphead and take his soul. But the cups don't know about it until Dice accidentally let's it slip and they know they have to avoid him too.

Think of a dynamic similar to the movie "Enchanted" where the henchman of the villain kept appearing and offering free stuff to get Giselle to eat/consume the poison apple.

Like that but for Cuphead and his soul.

Now I know they're pretty similar, but the overall gist is that they'll eventually learn, be aware of him, and Dice will become a legit threat to them and an equal one too.

Oh and it'd be nice for King Dice to somehow let it slip that he was after cuphead's soul during "roll the dice", which would lead Mugman to realize how stupid he was for not realizing it.

Then it could lead to mugsy becoming more cautious and protective over Cuphead in a sweet, brotherly way that would also drive the plot along.

#all this assuming that mugman doesn't encountered king dice when he's captured by the devil #but these are just my predictions for the next episode after cuphead rescues his brother #either way I think something similar to these scenarios will play out #fandom speculation #fandom spoilers #the cuphead show spoilers #the cuphead show season 2 spoilers #king dice #cuphead #mugman #grasping at straws