#TUC Solovet

[aldoodles]

Solovet designs that have been rattling around my skull for a bit

[originalwinnercheesecake]

So what do people actually think the background characters in the Underland chronicles look like

Just wondering. From all the (amazing) Fan art I have seen of Gregor , Lizzie, and Boots the fandom seems to have a pretty cohesive Idea on what they look like. Luxa also seems to have a pretty standard image in the fandom (Though wasn't she on the cover of the first design of MOS) with the only differentiation being how far along she is in puberty. Reminder if she was in the overland she would be in the sixth grade.

Other characters though Like really what do people think they look like. In my head Mrs. Cormaci is a plump/rounder women and I thought for years I had read that in the books until I saw fanart of her being drawn as more slim. Then I reread part of TPOB and was like Oh it never says what shape she is, I guess I just thought she was bigger because she is always cooking so much rich sounding food for charities. Then I remember seeing some one post once that what if she was Hazard's maternal grandmother. His maternal grandparents live in NYC, and Mrs.Cormaci is mentioned to have had a daughter.

Well that is bitter sweet because on one had that means that Mrs. Cormaci's daughter has been missing for years and in fact died without her mother ever knowing what happened to her (she also would not have known when her father died). Gotta then wonder if Mrs.Cormaci giving Lizzie her daughters old cloths is more than just her trying to help the Campbells while also declutter her house. But that also means Hazard has at least one Grandma who is really grand, if this relation was ever realized then maybe Hazard could come up to the overland for visits and stay with Mrs. Cormaci. Also she would probably have pictures of her daughter that she could show Hazard so he could remember what his mom looked like. Anyway I really liked this theory and wanted it to be cannon, but then i realized that since Hazard's overland features are his black hair and green eyes his overland relations probably have them to, and was like oh wow I never pictured Mrs.Cormaci having green eyes.

Another character I think about is Vikus. In my head the males in the underland Henry, Mareth, York all have short close cropped hair because they fight so much. Or in Howard's a short stack of wavy/curly locks cut just short enough to stay out of his eyes when wet. I do love the fan art I have seen of Henry with long hair though. But When It comes to Vikus , I guess since he seeks peace and is better relations, I usually imagine him with long grey hair and a long beard. to me he winds up looking kinda like men in biblical stories. Solovet however is muscled with a near shaved head. She is on the small side and slouches a bit when trying to appear as a gracious hostess and that plus her wrinkles make her seem non dangerous. When she is in planing/battle mode though she stands perfectly straight and those seemingly kindly wrinkles disappear, and she just looks completely terrifying.

Dulcet and Nerissa are other cases. Dulcet is described as being shy and very pretty. But as someone who works in childcare I can say with certainty that her hair is most likely a mess, her simple cloths likely have stains and crayon markings all over them. This girl is a beautiful mess. Then we have Neressa whom everyone knows is a mess. Since she is constantly described as wide eyed, tired, frail, to thin, and wearing her long hair a loose pony tail. But I don't often see it acknowledged that she canonically wears multiple layers of cloths at once or that her cloths never match.

I said most of the men in the underland would have short hair, could Hamnet have grown his hair out longer in the jungle, to try and make himself look different from how he did as a solider. Likewise I also imagine his lizard skin cloths being frayed and raggedy at the edges, much different from whatever military uniforms regalians wear. Anything to help hims see something different when he looks into the water. Can we talk about how when Gregor first meets Howard he describes him as tall and really strong, Then during his time with the plague Howard looses like 20 pounds and has scars wear ever he had bumps. Howard likely could not even fit into his old cloths after getting better.

What do Gregor's parents look like. We know they are both thin and tired. His dad's hair has gone completely white. Grace's cannot be to far behind with how hard she works and being in a state of constant worry for her family. Do fans still Agree with the theory that Grace is white and the Dad is black?

Also one more thing. Why does everyone think any of the underlanders that haven't completely greyed over have silver-blond hair. Like I know Luxa has that shade. Luxa would also probably be blonde if she has been born i t he overland. But it only specified that a silver tint was part of what distinguished the underlanders. Personally I always thought they could have any hair color (examples I imagine Howard being brunette and Mareth having black hair) but that it would always be paler than an overland counter part.

Like I know and respect that the characters descriptions are vague on purpose, and that the fun is that we can imagine them looking in so many different ways. But like really how do people imagine their favorites look. What little we get implies that the characters do not fall into the young adult novels trope of making them all look super hot. They are scared, beat up, anxious, and some are wearing cloths that do not fit them, some are missing body parts. To me that makes them infinetly more fun to imagine than most YA novel characters

So seriously if you have any strong clear/headcannons as to what you think certain human characters look like, please share them int he comments.

[twitchtips]

"Glad that's over," said Ripred. "Always some big scene with your family. You're miserable to have dinner with."

1. Suzanne Collins, The Curse of the Warmbloods / 2. Mada Hayyas, Parts of Me Never Left That House / 3. Sam Gordon, A Mother's Hate / 4. Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers, Questions About the Father / 5.  José Olivarez, Promises of Gold / 6. m.a.w AKA dvoyd, thoughts of a stray iii / 7. Unknown / 8. Unknown

[prophecyofgray]

blah blah blah the intricacies of vikus and solovet's marriage and the blatant yet beautiful allegory for peace and war as two contrasting, complementing, inextricable forces blah blah blah we all know this. i just think they might've had an easier time if someone in the underland had invented divorce

[deliver-the-light]

Some sketches of Judith, Hamnet & family. Def made myself sad while drawing these.

[emerdoodls]

tuc doodles

[unorthodoxiguana]

So I was going over some old posts, and I had this idea. I don't know if it's correct in any sense, but I'll post it here to see if anyone thinks of anything to add:

The Bane was the Warrior that Solovet wanted Gregor to be.

[neon-jackal]

When talking about Hamnet's decision to flee into the jungle, I feel like a lot of people forget just how powerful Solovet is. I've seen some people suggest that he was wrong for abandoning Regalia, and that he instead should've tried to change things from the inside.

Let's be clear on one thing. As long as Solovet is alive, nobody is doing a thing against her.

She is untouchable in the books. Even when she's been outed for bio-terrorism, that's only a small setback for her. She locked up Gregor, who is literally the predestined savior of Regalia, and nobody got in her way. Hamnet is going back in the dungeon the moment he lifts a finger against her.

You might be thinking: 'Well, Gregor got thrown in the dungeon because he openly defied Solovet. Maybe if Hamnet was more covert, he could get around her', and that's not happening either. Solovet has spies everywhere. The moment Hamnet approaches a single councilman, a single general, a single guard about undermining her, she's gonna know. The only way Solovet is getting removed from power is by a rat's claws.

[qingyumokinnie]

oh dear boy

As much as I love that my little brother is reading the Underland chronicles, I can’t get over the fact he pronounces Ripred’s name without pronouncing Rip and Red as there own sounds but as one flowing sound (if that makes sense). It sounds similar to how to would pronounce Clifford.

He truly is no fantasy reader or lover of literary arts. He can’t pronounce Twitchtip either. It’s Twitchchip instead. This is brutal.

[haveihitanerve]

Vikus: so you clearly trust these kids a lot Ripred: I trust them about as far as I can throw them Solovet: I’m glad to hear it Ripred: don’t be. I can throw them very far. 

[overandunderland]

Just once Gregor should have hit Solovet with a-

[orangeblobby]

My mom while reading prophecy of bane: “I don’t trust lady military person”

“oh?”

“What’s her name. Slovakia. I don’t trust her’

[paksenarrion-dorthansdotter]

@quohotos War Crimes Grandma vibes

maybe i like it when a female character is deeply flawed and responsible for countless deaths and so on and so forth. more female characters should be deeply flawed and responsible for countless deaths

[prophecyofgray]

maybe it’s a little on the nose (metaphorically speaking) but man. solovet dying and vikus surviving—fragile and changed, but alive—just really gets me.

[emerdoodls]

TUC au

hiii have my dumb doodles!!!

anyways heres the basics: howard nerissa and luxa all go to the same college, and share an apartment. hazard visits a lot (he lives with vikus bc im killing off solovet oops)!! howard ONLY owns silly scrubs bc he's in school to be a pediatrician :), luxa is on the gymnastics team bc why not, and nerissa is a history major specializing in origins of world religions!! hazard is trying to learn as many languages as possible even though he's like 9. thats really all the important bg for this au for these guys, i'll prob do gregor n his sisters soonish!! lmk if u have questions or ideas for silly things i can put on howard's scrubs

[haveihitanerve]

Ripred: I left instructions for everyone while I'm gone. Gregor: Mine just says "gregor, no." Ripred: I want you to apply it to every possible situation.