#The Boy King

[iinexhaustible]

stills from a sam winchester edit.

[deanstryker]

Sam Winchester - The Vessel of Lucifer - My Edit.

[aaronsinferno]

Supernatural lost its edge for me when they decided to move on from Sam’s psychic power and demon blood addiction storylines. Actually, watching any season after season 5 makes it hard to believe that it’s even the same show anymore. Season 6 had its episode here and there, but overall?

[supernatural-24]

[damnianalghulnotwayne]

its him again

[irregularjohnnywiggins]

Okay so Once and Future is a really great comic book series and whilst seeing an undead Arthur murder Boris Johnson would be worth the price of admission alone, the rest of the comic more than meets that level of energy whilst being funny and engaging to boot.

That being said, the comic also pulled my two biggest pet peeves when it comes to King Lear in quick succession:

Implied that Shakespeare invented the story of King Lear, which particularly annoys me because 'King Lear as Adaptation' is my favourite avenue to analyse the play.

Syncretised Lear/Leir the legendary king and Llŷr/Lir the Welsh/Irish mythological god(?), which particularly annoys me because every justification I've found for this conflagration amounts to 'their names sound the same'.

As such, I have been compelled once again to work on the training montage scene between Arthur and Cordelia for The Boy King. Curses.

[rotting-creation]

ms paint doodles i did while bored...

(yes i get inspo from old Ghost and Pals/ghostie p art, i think it’s rlly neat!)

some OCs!

if u want info on any of them, i am more than happy to give!!

[britecrawler]

[nthflower]

Yuri warrior harry du Bois

[gendernutralghost]

every gay friend group has: the repressed academic, the ska loving "brawn", the formerly mean girl psychic, the match making anime fan, the astrology lover, the lesbian butcher/reluctant big sister, the sexy cat with nine lives, the walrus who runs a magic shop and the local witch who wants to kill everyone

[vietlad]

Ollie King & Dan Harry Glendinning in I Kissed a Boy, 2023 - Season 1, Episode 5

[kwadlayns]

Good detectives do what they need to in order to solve a case. 💀🔎✨

[cubbyhole-for-flea-bee]

Macaque spent the whole season Big-Damn-Hero-ing and was NOT happy about it xD

[time-woods]

oh that same old familiar tune, where have i heard it before?

oh, right with you.

this took me a little while to complete- the uncompressed file size ended up being 101mb. . . beeeg file,

[lesbiannieism]

good afternoon i made a thing

[shhhhimwatchingthis]

Sort of bums me out that so many people didn't seem to Get the Cat King so here are my thoughts:

So let's start with Edwin's crime. He uses something the cat desires (a sardine) to lure the cat to him and then uses an enchanted string to trap the cat with magic. He demands the answer to a question in exchange for its release. Edwin knows it is dangerous to use magic on a cat, that it violates Rules but he does it anyway.

Binding a creature and agreeing to set them free under a certain condition is very Classic Fairytale. its also a favourite trope of Neil Gaiman's (he did not write this show but his influence is there). In both the Sandman and his novel Stardust (and the film adaptation) trapping a creature with magic and demanding a task/favour in exchange for their freedom is an extremely important plot point. Edwin binding a cat and demanding an answer in exchange is exactly in line with this Fairytale trope

And so is the Cat Kings response. The Cat King is a trickster. What he does to Edwin is exactly what Edwin did to one of his subjects. He entices Edwin, he binds him with magic and when Edwin demands to be free he turns his own words against him "why all the fuss for one little spell?" Edwin did something wrong. He imposed his will/magic on another creature and the Cat King is punishing him for it in a way that is poetic. Its fairytale. its trickster. its classic.

I've also seen people complain that the task Edwin was given 'count all the cats' is 'impossible'...except its fucking not. Edwin does it. He does it so well he actually BEATS the Cat King ("you didn't count yourself" Are.You.Kidding.Me. Classic!Fairytale!Vibes!)

The Cat Kings choice to bind Edwin to Port Townsend is good on so many levels. From a storytelling perspective it forces characters who can travel anywhere in the world to stay in one place, and increases the stakes for these characters who are supposed to be on the run. From a genre perspective...its an excellent use of fairytale tropes using both Rules of magic, a protagonist who is unkind to a seemingly weak creature who is punished by a more powerful law, a binding, a task to complete, etc

Which just leaves the character perspective which it ALSO does really fucking well and introduces the final aspect to the Cat Kings character. He's seductive. He is responsible for Edwin, 100 years old ghost boy, finally unpacking his internalized homophpbia. he is the catalyst (cat pun not intended)

He pushes Edwin, challenges him, at times literally forces the truth out of Edwin, but he really never does violate his consent. Significantly Edwin is attracted to him, like its an important part of his character that he is. He may not like the Cat King but he is attracted to him!

The Cat King is such a great example of a trickster, a morally grey character who imposes a sense of justice on Edwin after he crosses a line, but also has his own selfish interests and meddles. Hes so important to the plot of the show, to Edwin's character arc, to the genre.

And he's just fun. Unapologetically queer, powerful, complicated. Silly little outfits. Petty cat behavior. Deep heart.

Some of you just didn't get it. And I'm sorry for you. because the Cat King is Excellent actually.