Something I find really sweet is how Yugo now carries the dofus of his little brothers in him like the Goddess Eliatrope carries their people 😭😭
Like it’s not the exact same but the parallels of power and having to protect what is essentially your family and future is CRAZYYY
Eliatrope with her children that the necromes seek to consume for power and Yugo with the dofus (holding his little brothers and sisters) that the council wish to take to gain/rid him of power
I hope we get some more tender moments in the manga of him reflecting with the dofus and the little brothers and sisters who sleep inside them. A nightmare where they are taken for him to wake up and hold his heart to see if they are still there.
He lost much of the family he just gained in s4, and now he holds them metaphorically and quite literally in/as his heart. He can’t search for his family anymore, he has to make it himself. And he has to protect his loved ones in order to do so. (As he is now the only one to represent his people and stand in as the true leader/king)
I could do an essay on the paralells between these two (aswell as Nora and Qilby) but these two especially make me insane. They are driven by their love for their family, blood or not. The pure hearted naivety and genuine love to make the world a better place. And the difference and similarities because of their trauma. (It’s not said enough but if Oropo hadn’t been there for Yugo in episode 9-10 he really might have ended up becoming just as traumatized as Eliatrope is.)
And they way he is literally her heart, her feelings of love. As his people are to him. (Reminds me of Toross’s “I like to keep the things I love close, it’s not practical but it works for me” line)
I will sing the praises of the Eliatrope-Yugo parallels for the rest of my life they are literally my everything. (I hope we get a scene in the manga of Yugo going to space with the dofus to look for her in a moment of weakness….)
I'm obsessed with the fact that Amalia and Yugo have individual thrones while Armand and Aurora had to share (I don't have a screenshot for it, but if anyone could add one, I'd really appreciate it).
That's right, babies! You show 'em how to be a literal power couple!
Dofus: The Production - what is left of the old movie
Originally, the movie was supposed to tie in with the game and the Welsh & Shedar series, and be a trilogy.
As we had already explored on this blog, this did not happen for a variety of reasons.
Welsh and Shedar got cannibalized by other projects due to its cancellation, and the script of the movie "Dofus Book 1: Joris Jurgen" had to be completely rewritten from its old plot;
In that movie, Joris was likely supposed to be a street urchin, who survived together with Lilotte, who was a rogue, and the trailer we have for the older version of the movie reflects that:
As we can also see from the trailer, and the poster featured earlier, proto-Kerubim is also a part of the movie, and Khan was not yet meant to be a boufbowler.
(And considering the posters, the cat that inspired Kerubim's design was also a part of the movie. I wonder if it's related to Welsh's cat from Welsh and Shedar? But maybe I'm just crazy.)
Subsequently, the movie came out at a much later date than planned originally.
(two images included because, bizarrely, there are two versions - one with Joris's tail censored, and the other with his tail uncensored. This proves that already at this point they had a draconic backstory in mind for him, though we do know that at the time of Wakfu season 1 (and, likely, the cancelled DS game, as was noted in my post about it) it was not the case.)
Also, interestingly, it is the only art of this time to include the tail. A possible error on Xa's part, or something that was considered very briefly?
In the end, Kerubim (as well as Simone) swallowed up not just the design of Welsh's cat, clothes, and Ecaflip friend;
He also got the role Julith was supposed to have, both metaphorically, and also literally.
Or not entirely — considering the fact that Joris was supposed to spend time with him anyway, since we have art of Joris on his mount from that old draft.
It's quite interesting, to think of all that could have been different in the 2009-2012 version of the movie!
But even during the making of the second draft of the movie, a lot of things have changed. From the first idea of Joris winning Kerubim back at a pachinko machine, to the concept art of Joris's non-possessed appearance.
The movie was being actively rewritten at the time of the making of Aux Tresors, so some of the early drafts were already tied in with its canon — taking place in Astrub, to be specific — but not with its ending, because the show was still ongoing.
At one point there was supposed to be a whole cast of Huppermage characters, and judging from the fact one of them is mentioned in the following text, they did play some sort of role in the plot:
It is likely that from this early draft it was decided that Joris would be a boufbowl fan, which was then worked in as a plot point in Aux Tresors.
(Stélina may be a proto-version of Bakara.)
It also seems that at this stage, it would be likely that Lilotte was reworked to be the Princess of Bonta, before eventually becoming the Ouginak we know and love.
After this Ankama once again returned to the concept of Lilotte as an orphan, though — even when the movie was still set in Astrub!
And it seems that the draft involved travel between Astrub and Bonta, judging from the usage of a Zaap to attack Luis.
And even at this point they have come up with the tragically cut "Joris and Khan go to adult industry workers and Joris (10yo boy) engages in depressed underaged drinking" scene.
(I'll never forgive Ankama for cutting this. I still argue that it's in character for Khan, our detested/beloved turbovirgin, to do this — as long as he doesn't get together with any of the women due to thinking himself "too good" for them.)
Also, at some point the gods were supposed to play a role. And personally, I am glad it was cut — it feels a bit too grand for the first movie in what was supposed to be a series.
I don't have any grand statement, or conclusion, but it is interesting to see all the ways the movie has changed.
I don't read cries, this is a fanart that occurred to me in a very sad moment and just by chance I thought of the great dragon.
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I always wondered, what happened to him, did he die? Still alive? Is he also locked in a dimension? Is he looking for his goddess? Much is not known, we only saw it for a few seconds, with the music of twins shadow. I would like to know more about what happened to him, I would like to see him again or have him participate in the series or the Webtoon. If Tot ever makes a 5th season, I want to see it, please 😔😵😫
Middle one is my fav, I love the idea that Brakmar or some twlevian leaders think of them as this evil power couple coming for them all with the dofus but they are just. In love and silly 😭😭
im so happy with how he turned out! thank goodness i did a trial run, i definitely made the portal in the back too transparent. i’ll fix it once i finish the other characters and make another order. but YES HES SO SILLY and the perfect size! im so excited to finish these!