#;; the matriarch

[aeolumen]

[neuralsnare]

Little request for someone on discord, a mockup of the isle logo with the matriarch instead

[hyzenthlayroseart]

I just got the idea to draw Mrs. Jumbo and the other circus elephants as babies. It was easy to figure out how they would've looked, just like Dumbo but with small ears (they're all Asian elephants and Dumbo himself resembles one as well except for his ears, and as I've mentioned before, I headcanon that Dumbo's father is a fictional version of the real Jumbo, who was an African elephant, and that's why Dumbo has big ears, he's a hybrid).

While drawing this I started to wonder about their parents, and I came up with a headcanon that they all grew up in a different circus with their parents and were sold to their current circus once they became old enough (don't worry, even when he grows up Dumbo will never be sold from his mama, the circus would never sell their biggest star).

Also when I went on the Disney Wiki to look for reference photos, I saw a bit of trivia on Mrs. Jumbo's page that said "Joe Grant and Dick Huemer changed Dumbo's mother's name from "Mother Ella" to "Mrs. Jumbo" as a reference to the famed Barnum & Bailey circus pachyderm", so I decided that Mrs. Jumbo's real name is Ella, but once she grew up she formally gets referred to by her "married" name. That also lead to me thinking up a name for the Matriarch, and I settled on Whitney.

I like to think that when Ella was a child she was a sweet, quiet girl who preferred to hang out alone, with her parents or with the other baby circus animals since she couldn't really relate to the other baby elephants. They were never really mean to her, but even back then they were still a gossipy group so their personalities weren't a match with Ella. However, since Giddy's always seemed like the nicest of the group, I can imagine her occasionally asking "Why don't we invite Ella?" before the group hangs out. Ella would politely decline, of course.

And yes I did draw baby Mrs. Jumbo first then traced over her for Catty, Prissy and Giddy, sue me lol. The matriarch wasn't traced over her because I wanted her to have her head held high up (also since she's clearly the oldest one, hence her being the matriarch, I made her a bit taller than the others).

[candyredmusings]

[dramaticwithoutgender]

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The Matriarch

She reminds me of if the Lukas family was Hunt aligned instead of Lonely aligned.

[spnning-out]

this is the Matriarch to me. just so you know. electric blue eyes and gunmetal-grey hair and all

[bluenoisen]

Category Analysis 3

AKA putting my data-keeping to good(?) use

i'll start with the obvious: the new episode, Well Run (episode 15) is under category 1-B, the category dealing with Externals (as far as i have gleaned).

The Matriarch is the External in this case, which we can also be sure of since earlier it was said that Gwen was to meet with another External, and now here she is meeting with Gwen. no big surprises there. my 1-B theory holds.

what i am more CURIOUS about is what is going on with the case scores lately.

in the past, there has been inconsistency with case scores, though it has been minor and something I was willing to brush off and not mention. when describing the category, the pattern is 'NUMBER'R'LETTER,' which ends up looking like 1RB or 2RC. episodes 3 and 4, however, have no 'R' in the category and are simply 2C and 3C, respectively.

the discrepancies have gotten a lot more noticeable in these last two episodes, though, and this is the part where i feel like i'm gonna get real boring talking about numbers and formatting, but whatever, maybe you're still reading

episode 14, Pet Project, has no [medium] in the score. normally, each score describes the format of the case, with these being a few examples:

episode 9 - Dice (bone) -/- fate [Magnus Statement]

episode 13 - Gambling (application) -/- self-destruction [voicemail]

THEN:

episode 14 - Transformation (snake) -/- horde

in this episode, we KNOW the medium, it was a treatment report from Alyssa Beck, employee of Elima Pest Ltd. Sam was scoring this case, though notably Gwen came in and gave pointers on how to score it. so why no medium in the score all of a sudden?

the real EGREGIOUS changes happen in episode 15, a case Celia presumably scores since it is her who hears it at her computer. when showing this full score, i will compare it to the score for episode 7, a very expected score format.

episode 7 - Agglomeration (miscellany) -/- congregation [email] - CAT2RC3338-03022016-12022024

episode 15 - Hunt (aristocratic) -/- compulsion - CAT1RB-6461-22062023-22032024

not only is there no [medium] (even though we KNOW! that this is a voicemail left to The Sentinel tip-off hotline!) but there is a DASH!!!!! between the category and the DPHW!!!!!!! i feel insane

it just feels to me like someone is changing the format, or like the norm is shifting. having recorded this information as every episode came out, i feel like the score format is my best friend and my friend is now changing.. i am suspicious!!!! leave my friend alone!!

this could very well be natural differences that show us, the listeners, that case scores aren't set in stone and can change depending on whoever writes the score, but the fact that it's only now changing a lot is what has set me off.

anyways tmagp ily see you next week <3

[chinesedramaoutfit]

Wedding outfit of Zeng Baoqin

[rubys-forest]

Posting this design here bc I do love it

Not a Canon redesign but instead a future design for Queen in a roleplay I'm in

Matriarch ily

[brosif40]

Finally making all of my Caligo oc's playlists, just The Council rn though (already made The Matriarch's and Brutus's)

most of them are wips so some of them don't have alot of songs- anywaaayyyss

Links below cut

[neuralsnare]

Ahhh le matriarch from the isle in concept

[candyredmusings]

[offical-mousetrap]

Praise The Matriarch!

Notes: In all universes where The Mice are present, a Jadeblood is destined to overthrow the previous Empress. In most cases, this event is executed by a descendant of the “Cinela” bloodline. There are many nicknames of said event; however, the historical title is dubbed “The Snap”.

[bullgirldick]

I very rarely make devotional acts, but today was rough, and I sense the coming days won't be much easier. And wouldn't you know, just a few hours after praying to the Great Bull and eating in honor of the Matriarch, asking them for resilience and courage, I see sildeglimt - silent lightning - out the window. I haven't seen that since I was a teenager :)

Sometimes the weather is just the weather. Sometimes it's a sign. The great spirits and gods are out there.

[speculative-world]

the drekol representative in the ◗ta empires empirical court and political leader of lotred, the matriarch, is a desertborn drekol, and wishes to be favoured by the empress, almost idealizing her, she will stop at no length to be on the empresses good side

[chinesedramaoutfit]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ— I've read the Four Books for Women. It says that if a woman loses her virtue, she'd be better off being dead. But I can't understand why. Why do they say this? Why can't they just let her go? Why can't they let her live? Why force her to death? Isn't life more important than death?

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ— This is the rule and norm. If a woman loses her virtue, she goes against this rule and can't be tolerated.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ— You can take this coffin away. I won't need it. I will live. And live a good life! I'll find out who murdered Ren Xuetang! I won't die! I'll stay alive! And I'll see those who made me lose my reputation ruin and disgrace themselves!