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rotbtd-edits · 2 months
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ROTBTD - From concepts to films
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ratpyramid · 3 months
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notemaker · 1 year
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You KNOW what day it is. YOU GOTTA WATCH OUT. YOU GOTTA WATCH OUT. YOU GOTTA WATCH OUT (cue to north parkouring in the background)
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stormiestriker · 7 months
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The Guardians!
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corvarrow · 2 months
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A narwhal forrmynður from The White Vault! I am enamored by the idea of Underwater Vaults and the "overly large narwhal tusk" mentions so I really wanted to try drawing a forrmynður, though I've never drawn a whale in my life. I almost fell into the narwhal fact rabbit hole in the process of looking up references.
I envision the forrmynður's active forms as...not skeletal (though they can leave behind skeletons) but just really enlarged beasts with elongated/stretched features, with black "oily" skin somewhere between smooth and rough (I went with kind of textured). Posing this one was initially a little tricky because Narwhals are so friend shaped to begin with that even with the stretching and roughness it still looked pretty friend shaped for a while, LOL. Forrmynður probably do not want to be friends...with most people. 8D
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xxskycrystalxx · 9 months
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Apparently this is a deleted scene where the guardians come visit Peter on Earth? If the Guardians can do it, so can Gamora. I rest my case.
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calmboyl · 4 months
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you must understand.
when i saw @ksclaw new post with pitch.
i genuinely screamed
gpd hes sp cool and i love your idea ksclaw!!
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lungguppies · 3 months
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So despite spending weeks working on these tarot-themed cards for @legendlarkpod, I forgot to take my own pictures before I mailed them! Luckily Errol is a gentleman and scholar who documented them after they arrived, so thank you, Postmaster. Sadly, Tumblr is unhappy with the lovely video footage Errol took to show that many of these cards are shiny, so just take my word for it: I used a lot of metallic and shimmery paints!
Arcana:
Slake: Temperance
Kai: Death
Maeri: The Star
Fran: The Magician
Faelen: The Hanged Man
Corbin: Judgement
Did it take me another 2 months to finally post these on social media? Yes. Working in healthcare in the US is a nightmare and I stopped being a human being for a hot minute!
Anyway, go listen to LegendLark's podcast! Can't recommend it enough!
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rotbtd4life · 23 days
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RotBTD/The guardians/The big four:
One of my favorite fandoms. And I have a lot!
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berylshores · 4 months
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Headcanons - General
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- Sunrise and Moondrop consider themselves to be “guardians” or protectors of the isles, rarely letting safe passage to any newcomers
- Moondrop’s venom can induce unconsciousness 10-15 minutes after injection, but isn’t lethal. Sunrise’s venom creates a jittery hallucinogenic paranoia similar to too much caffeine consumption that can be fatal if overdosed.
- Only very few ships are allowed passage, typically for importing foods and such, which they mark with little shapes on the bottom of the boat. Like dogs to routine mailmen - “give give give give OK GO GO LEAVE NOW NOW NOW IM WATCHING YOU GET THE FUCK OU-“
- Sunrise’s singing voice is much more high pitched and feminine, while Moondrop’s voice is deeper. Sunrise is naturally more talented at luring, and Moondrop is more talented at evoking emotion
- Sunrise is able to mesmerize prey similar to Cuttlefish and the Mesmer from Subnautica, using his glowy facial-fins!
- Moondrop and Sunrise both kill for similar yet different reasons. Moondrop primarily kills for entertainment and as fuel for his flesh addiction, and much prefers stalking and terrorizing prey individually, killing in a violent but typically quick fashion. Sunrise primarily kills to quench the thirst for ‘vengeance’ and when he feels there is danger, and takes much more enjoyment in luring prey to drown themselves and crashing ships in brutal fashion.
- The two enjoy singing human songs they’ve learned over the years
- Moondrop developed a taste for human flesh from an incident in which he was forced to consume a human corpse. Sunrise finds this a little morbid/disturbing, but not overly bad, more of just something to work on
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rotbtd-edits · 6 months
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If Rotbtd was a classic RPG game
I've always wanted to try creating the four as sprites, so I finally did. And then my mind started developing an entire game where each would have their specific roles and abilities 👌 (At first I wanted to try animating these, but then my lazy ass decided this was enough I don't have much experience in sprites anyway.)
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writeranon69 · 1 year
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You ever think about how Yokubo is essentially a part of Lord X, therefore meaning that Lord X is internally a fembo-
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raitou-otcha · 2 days
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The reason why kids belive in the Guardians and such is not because of their naive thinking (even though it does help it a lot) its because of they see paranormal things much easier, a bit like cats.
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imthepunchlord · 8 months
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Hey, I'm sorry. I know you're not part of the miraculous fandom anymore, but I've wanted to ask this question for a really long time. Were there ever moments when designing your own miracle box, kwamis, or powers did you ever feel the urge to just throw out the idea of the miraculous being tied to a specific culture and just having them be generic fantasy? Or just throw out the idea of the guardians and miracle boxes in general and just have the kwamis be free roamers that pick their own holders based on their personalities? (There is also the idea of just throwing out the idea of the kwamis embodying concept and just being beings of magic)
Oh plenty of times.
In hindsight, and in the grand scheme of things, that's honestly how they should've handled the Miraculous, not tie them to any one specific culture or region. Just let them be open to the world. Let them be magical.
It would've opened them up to work with a variety of myths and cultures or pick what they want to work with power wise instead of just tying it to one specific region. It would've allowed them to be flexible with what animals could appear and they didn't have to limit themselves to iconic groups of animals of that region or bring in a huge number like the freak Chinese Zodiac that they clearly couldn't handle or scale evenly.
I can't say for others cause it just may be me, but I definitely wouldn't be raising a brow or be put off at some of the choices made with powers and some of the clear inspirations for the Miraculous and kwamis. Like, Rabbit I would've only be bothered by the time traveling power and not just it also being tied to a European novel when it's supposed to be tied to China (and the Moon Rabbit IS RIGHT THERE but I guess we can't have a 2nd healing Miraculous to help shoulder the burden for LB but we can have multiple that generate items).
I also wouldn't be so bothered about how Tikki and Plagg are portrayed and their very European/Christian inspirations (especially them becoming those over designed biblical angels, if anyone knows for sure please do correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think those have a place in Taoism and to me just screams they should've been Europe based, especially as Thomas still works off the European good and bad luck themes more than creation and destruction (like there was a whole series of tweets from Thomas insisting that Cataclysm doesn't DESTROY but causes bad things to happen), even though this is a power from what should be Destruction... and they're the most iconic animal symbols for good and bad luck in Europe specifically).
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Honestly, the only issue that could've arose if they let them loose in origins is the two that's very European/Christian based being established as "most powerful", and you don't really want that, but if you just remove the idea of tiers and just roll with that some have an edge over others (like Ladybug always has an edge over Butterfly), then that fixes that.
But, in doing so, that does lead down a path of changes and questions to consider: Miraculous wise what should exist, what should be cut, how do Miraculous work off each other, what's the system of control in the face of misuse, should Ladybug and Cat be the ONLY wish granting duo, should there be others, if so how is Ladybug and Cat more desirable than any other wish granting duo, could it be that every pair can grant a unique sort of wish, or could it be that by a specific year a specific duo grants the wish and it's the year of LB and Cat, ect..
I admit that it's all probably over complicating things, but it's questions like those that come to mind when I think of tossing away Miraculous tied to a specific region and culture, and it's just apart of the ongoing issue of trying to think of how to fix the show cause it's just endless possibilities and potential to pick from and consider. Like, take Adrien as an example, his character could have roughly 10 possible paths to take as a character. If they wanted to do something with him, the options are there. Could done him as a starting hero who starts it for freedom and fun and then becomes serious later. Could do him learning friendship lessons. Could do him learning that he can find happiness outside the need for romantic love. If not as a starting hero, could've given the Ladyblog to him to run and he wants to expose his crush and just not consider what that could mean for her and not everyone likes that public attention that he's used to (and for angst, Gabriel is supportive of Adrien doing this), heck, if you wanted sentiAdrien, could do him growing into his own, becoming his own person and breaking free of Gabriel's control.
Another big factor is that you change so much of ML's set up and the little lore that's given, well, it becomes less ML and more your take on the concept, and at that point, maybe it's best just to do your own thing cause it's not ML anymore.
Either way, for Guardians, the Order, and the Miracle Box, I honestly don't mind them existing, but they were mishandled. If Miraculous popped up enough, then there will be a good number of people who will know about them, and there will be people who will think it's a good idea to make an organization designed to work with them, secure they don't fall into wrong hands, and handle any big crisis that arises. And I like the idea that the Miracle Box was designed to house the jewelry, but also offered kwamis their own safe pocket dimension, which could open up to more so they can have their own rooms but also a core space for all to hang out in. The big issue of the Order is that what we get is just incredibly incompetent that they shouldn't have bothered. And the big shame is that they could've been an antagonistic force or the next villains to face post HM, cause hey, it is human nature to be controlling and have a say in how things should be and it could it started with good intentions and turned south, could've done humans could look down on kwamis and their views and think they know better, or it could be that kwamis can't be fully trusted in their views. It just could've been complex and interesting.
And lastly concepts, I go back and forth on that, cause on one hand, that can be limiting in terms of powers, cause animals can be so much more than one theme. Like, time does work well for snakes, but they're also tied to dragons, water, healing, death, duality, cunning/intelligence, ect.. But if you're doing a single power or a few, that can give you some idea on what to work with, especially if you can have a single power that is just right. If Dog was the Miraculous of Recollection, and you expanded upon what Fetch could Fetch, it's a perfect match, you could recollect a lost object or person (can work off search and rescue dogs), you could recollect a recently passed soul and revive someone who recently passed (works off hellhounds and guarding the underworld), it could even be done to bring forth a memory or be used as a means to bring forth the truth when it's denied (which is another term of recollection).
Gosh this became such a long rant, but yeah, I have thought of those things when I was trying to figure out how to rework stuff. I do think in the grand scheme of it all, it'd be better if Miraculous weren't tied to China and just allowed to dabble in a variety of cultures and be very traveled, especially as they clearly didn't want to really represent that culture and just used it because foreign = exotic and magical. Not to say there wouldn't be any issues but there'd be less to raise a brow at, and it would've given them more flexibility in powers and what Miraculous could appear. Now the Order and concepts, that's a give or take depending on how they're handled and what's done, but I'd say with the current show they're not worth the inclusion.
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Title: The Guardians
Author: William Joyce, Laura Geringer
Series or standalone: series
Publication year: 2011
Genres: fiction, fantasy, adventure
Blurb: Nicholas St. North is a daredevil swordsman whose prowess with double scimitars was legendary. Like any swashbuckling young warrior, North seeks treasure and adventure, leading him to the fiercely-guarded village of Santoff Claussen, said to be home to the greatest treasure in all the East, and to an even greater wizard: Ombric Shalazar...but when North arrives, legends of riches have given way to terrors of epic proportions. North must decide whether to seek his fortune, or save the village. When the rebellious hero gets literally sucked into the chaos, the fight becomes very personal. The Nightmare King and his evil Fearlings are ruling the night, owning the shadows, and sending waves of fear through all of Santoff Claussen. For North, this is a battle worth fighting...and he's not alone. There are five other Guardians out there. He only has to find them in time.
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