#Cités d'or

[vanillazuli]

This one is gonna flop so hard on tumblr but idc les mystérieuses cités d'or supremacy 😼😼😼

(Btw is this cartoon exclusively known by french people or is it known worldwide ?? Also for those unaware, the character Esteban here is considered the son of the Sun, that's why I drew him :)) )

[lidensword]

Ever since I was a child, I've loved these 2 episodes in which the Amazon warriors appear. I particularly like Paola.

[love-me-some-mcog]

Mysterious Cities of Gold S02E17

Recharge complete, please disconnect

[lionacuty]

when the childhood cartoon fixation is so big you gotta draw the main characters

(btw this will probably become a fully rendered drawing in the near future)

[lescitesdorytb]

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[serialadoptersbracket]

Round 2, Match 55: Mendoza vs. Soundwave

Submitted kids:

Mendoza: Esteban, Zia and Tao

Soundwave: Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak, Ravage, Ratbat, Garboil, Enemy, Wingthing, Beastbox, Squalktalk, Glit, Howlback, Slugfest, Overkill, Sundor, and Autoscout but there's bound to be more I'm forgetting.

Propaganda under the cut!

Mendoza:

1. “Mendoza did not exactly *begin* as father material, what with him being a character with a very grey morality at first and both a help to the children and someone they couldn't trust fully, but his entire arc in the first season is him becoming a better person. None of the kids are biologically his but he just went and unofficially adopted all three of them. Their story is inextricably bound up with the show's story.

He first met Esteban when Esteban was a baby and was handed to him in the middle of a storm at sea (then Esteban's father seemingly died in said storm), but because Mendoza was young and interested in gold he let a local (?) church raise the child. He then met Esteban again twelve years later, on the same day he would be kidnapping Zia (for money, because Zia knows how to read quipus that the Spanish hope will tell the way to the Inca's gold) (the show takes place in the early 16th century). So he begins by kidnapping a child and manipulating another to hide in a ship and cross an ocean. They all meet Tao later, and this one is wary of him too at first, but he ends up winning their trust while bettering himself.

He's the only parental figure these kids have: Esteban's father was lost at sea after his mother was killed, Zia spends most of the first season looking for her father only for him to get killed an episode or two after their reunion, and Tao lost both his parents years ago. In the beginning of the show he's completely using them to find a legendary city of gold, and even admits it, but as the story goes he's caring more and more for them and puts himself in mortal danger just to help them, when just running away would have been much more beneficial to him. In later seasons this pattern keeps up and he's not even a grey character anymore, he's just their dad who's scheming and plotting sometimes. With the cities of gold having been revealed to be monetarily worthless he wouldn't have any reason to still accompany them, but he loves them so he stays with them. He's much more of a dad than Esteban's birth father (who miraculously reappears but keeps getting pushed out of the way by the plot), he's teaching them stuff and protecting them and cheering them on and worrying about them and helping them every step of the way. He makes dad jokes. When random people ask if Zia is his daughter he says yes, and he would say the same for Tao (and for Esteban too but he's hung up about Esteban's "real" father being alive and a nice guy).”

2. “He took Esteban on his journey because he needed his medallion, Zia because his commander requested it, and Tao because he was useful. But then he fought so much at their side that he pretty much betrayed the Spanish army and everything else to protect those kids. They didn't like him much at first, but eventually grew to love him in return, especially in later seasons.”

3. “Sly Spaniard looking for some gold in the New World accidentally adopts the three children he more or less uses to find the Mysterious Cities of Gold, but he also cares about them and accidentally starts caring about them so much that by the end of the first season he realises how much he would miss them if they weren't there.”

Soundwave:

1. “This is a dude who stores smaller dudes in his boob and he usually launches them out at high speeds to commit crimes. Fandom loves to headcanon them as a dad and his horde of kids and pets.”

2. “Forgot buzzsaw (yellow bird) lol

Bro really do be adopting”

3. “#he literally is a single mother of like 18 and they all live inside of his chest #and the only time he gets close to showing emotion is when something happens to one of them”

[condor-solaris]

I have long had the idea to draw Gaspard with chicks or with Pichu because episode 10

I could have been done earlier doesn't look so great, but that's okay, it'll do

[crazydreamercycle]

Pretty happy with the cape

[theyre-gay-because-i-say-so]

Today's LGBT+ Headcanon is;

Zia, Esteban, and Tao from The Mysterious Cities of Gold- Panromantic Transgender Girl, Biromantic Transgender Boy, and Unlabeled Nonbinary respectively

Requested by @walk1nghe3rt

Status: Alive, Polycule

[indianaclems]

Sanctuary of Asklepios, Delphes, Greece

(the explanations will arrive)

It's my 1st aquarel

[fictional-library-tournament]

Prelims round 1, poll 8:

Propaganda

The Library, The Medoran Chronicles by Lynette Noni:

Sentient building! Is literally a place of learning, both through read knowledge and real life experiences; has various doors to different locations and worlds, as well as specific areas inside the library for physical learning. The Library can manipulate space-time within itself, and paintings can easily become doorways to pocket dimensions.

Badalom, The Mysterious Cities of Gold:

Badalom is the second City of Gold of the series. It has an archive of blueprints of different machines made by the ancient Kingdom of Mu/Hiva. It also has a factory that builds flying golden condors.

The Library of the Unwritten, Hell's Library series by AJ Hackwith:

None

The Palanaeum, The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson:

None

The Stormlight Archive, The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson:

Super cool archive! The information is stored in carved crystals that vibrate in specific patterns when infused with magic to reveal messages. It was meant to preserve information stored for thousands of years after books in the main archive has turned to dust. (The art is by @lamaery on Tumblr who gave permission for me to upload this as long as they get credit.)

Sazed's Copperminds, Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson:

Copper bracers called copperminds that contain many, many forbidden books. They are accessible only to Sazed, a scholar specialising in religion and also a member of the Skaa rebellion.

‼️MAJOR SPOILERS‼️

At the end of the trilogy, the world is literally about the end, and Sazed becomes a god and uses the knowledge in his copperminds to fix/remake the world.

[marypioneer]

#aesthetic

[lidensword]

I'm not very proud of this one, though I like how Gomez turned out.

I might do another drawing of them to compensate.

[love-me-some-mcog]

Mysterious Cities of Gold S02E15

Kind of impressive how Mendoza's cape just ignores the wind

[lionacuty]

guess who now has the DVDs of season 1 of one of their fav childhood cartoon

[lescitesdorytb]

41 ans de mystère et d'aventure avec Les Mystérieuses Cités d'Or

Le 28 septembre 1983, une série animée culte voyait le jour, marquant des générations de téléspectateurs. Les Mystérieuses Cités d’Or nous transportait aux côtés d'Esteban, Zia et Tao dans une quête fascinante à travers les civilisations perdues des Amériques, à la recherche des légendaires cités d'or.

Ce chef-d'œuvre intemporel mêlait aventure, histoire, et mystère, éveillant la curiosité et l'imagination de milliers d'enfants tout en captivant les adultes. Plus qu’une simple série, elle a marqué un tournant en associant pédagogie et divertissement. Son ambiance unique et ses personnages inoubliables en font une œuvre qui traverse les âges, continuant d’enchanter les nouvelles générations.

Aujourd'hui, 41 ans après sa première diffusion, Les Mystérieuses Cités d’Or reste une référence, et son univers fascine toujours autant. Qu'il s'agisse de rediffusions ou d’adaptations, la magie opère encore, unissant petits et grands dans un même élan d’aventure.

En cette journée spéciale, nous célébrons l'héritage d'une série légendaire qui continue d'inspirer des milliers de rêveurs. Merci à tous ceux qui ont contribué à faire briller ce joyau de l'animation !

Joyeux 41e anniversaire aux Mystérieuses Cités d’Or !