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🎄 A Garfield Christmas Special ❄️ Garfield & Friends ☃️

🎄 A Garfield Christmas Special ❄️ Garfield & Friends ☃️

🎄 A Garfield Christmas Special ❄️ Garfield & Friends ☃️ “A Garfield Christmas Special” finds the surly fat cat on an old-fashioned holiday at the family farm with Jon’s mom and dad, brother Doc-Boy and feisty grandma, who’s the cat’s meow. “Garfield and Friends,” is the classic half-hour animated series starring the world’s most lovable feline, and his charming sidekicks Odie, Jon, and Nermal!…

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An Idea Regarding the Disney Princesses Line-up (LONG)

When my brother and I watched the new Frozen II Teaser,  we felt a JRPG vibe towards it. With you know, the going on an adventure into new lands and meeting new characters (gathering up party members) shit.

I just had a great idea: How about an RPG (preferably turn-based), with the Princesses (and some other characters) as playable characters?

Okay, let’s get a run-down through ALL the Disney Princess films (and some films that I think that can approriately be considered as such, i.e. Frozen, Moana) and conceptualize if notable characters are Playable, NPCs, and Villains (and anything in between).

Unmentioned characters (most of the sidekicks) are assumed to portray any other element of the Gaem. Anyways...

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Snow White (Playable) - She is playable, yes; but how? She'll be a Bard(-like?), she will sing to get a debug or to call upon her animal (and non-animal) friends. But later on the story, she will wield a Hand Mirror and use little of the Queen Grimhilde’s power. The story-line is inspired by “A Little Crooked Tale” by forgotten-ladies on DeviantArt. (too lazy to explain the whole idea). Making her a little bit of a Witch late game. She be reluctant about this. I will use the “because plot” phrase quite a bit on this post.

Prince Ferdinand [Is that his real name?] (NPC) - Their setting is set a year or 2 after the film. He and Snow are married and ruling. He will just watch over the Kingdom when Snow joins the party.

Queen Grimhilde (Villain) - N.E.R. (No Explanation Required)

The Huntsman (Anti-Hero / Playable) - He will be an Assassin. He will be like the combination of the appearance/encounter instances of Gilgamesh (FFV) and the very-neutral / conflicted-nature / will-eventually-join-the-party aspect of Shadow (FFVI). A little characterization to him, will do wonders to the story.

Cinderella

Cinderella (Playable) - I imagine, given that she has the Fairy Godmother, she decided to get under her influence.She will be a Conjurer (Mage-Like). I treat the magic involved in the film with the likeness between Alteration and Conjuration school of magic in The Elder Scroll series. Imagine conjuring a Glass Sword amidst the battle, golem magic, cantrip magic. The plot might need to have something really bad happen to Fairy Godmother to justify her taking the role (make her dutiful on this game).

Prince Charming [Let’s make Charming his actual name] (NPC) - Same case as Prince Ferdinand.

Sleeping Beauty

Aurora (Playable) - Nature Wizard, similar with Cinderella but a little more nature-y (plant, animal, weather) given the specialty of her 3 Fairy Godmothers (Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather). The setup for this is also similar with Cinderella’s, but with a touch of Maleficent corruption (’member the needle).

Prince Phillip (Playable) - He will be a... Glorious, noble, badass, motherflippin’, dragon-killin’ Knight!!! I want his character to be more justified, unlike in the “Maleficent” film. That story didn’t happen in this story (opinion and idea influenced by Shadiversity). His father is still alive, so someone will take care of the kingdom once he joins the party.

Maleficent (Villain) - N.E.R. (minus the “characterization” in the Maleficent film, add more mysterious-menacing-villainy)

The Little Mermaid

Ariel (Playable) - I imagine her needing to wield her father’s Trident, due to plot and necessity for her RPG adventures. She will need to go back to being a mermaid for the longevity of the Gaem (because plot). Having wielding the Trident she will have tremendous power, but has little idea on how to use it (game-design-balance shit and plot). With said power she is able to have her own personal sea to “hover” on. Plus, Trident... 3-pointed spear thingy... You can do things with that. Retiarius/Sea-God Mage(?), I don’t know, she has Triton Powers. She be reluctant about this.

Prince Eric (NPC) - He will have to take care of little Melody. (And the kingdom, of course)

Melody (NPC) - She will have her cute moments on the Gaem.

King Triton (NPC) - Something bad will have to happen to him for plot. But will have to have been resolved before leaving the story arc of the “Little Marmaid” area. Yadda-yadda, Triton gives Trident to Ariel, Ariel joins the party, Ariel says goodbye to her family, Ursula continues to be a threat beyond her kingdom/s, end of story-arc. The good shit.

Ursula (Villain) - N.E.R.

Beauty and the Beast

Belle (Playable) - Given that her father (Maurice) is an insane (complimentary) machinist and her obsession with knowledge. I recon that she will take after her father with the Machinist business. She will be equipped with / riding on the contraptions she and her father made in their workshop in the castle (setting is maybe a few years after the film).

Prince Adam (Playable) - Due to plot reasons, he will have to be Beast-form throughout the game (or at least transform to be it when in battle or adventuring). His servants are capable of governing the castle and its kingdom. He be reluctant about this.

Gaston (Villain) - Not really a world-threatening villain. Just an area story-arc villain.

Aladdin

Jasmine (Playable) - Jasmise will be a Dancer in this game. She can have dances that inflict status-effects/buffs on enemies/allies. Imagine the Dancer job on “Final Fantasy Tactics”. She is able to do this because fantasy-magicry, plot, her booty-shaking-capabilities, and game-design.

Aladdin (NPC) - He will not be playable because plot, something REALLY bad happens to him (doesn’t mean die) regarding the Genie and the Lamp. He and the Genie are M.I.A. throughout the game. I made him non-playable to make the Jasmine story-line interesting. I mean: I like Aladdin as a character, but he (and the Genie) being M.I.A. will be the perfect driving-force for Jasmine to be joining the party.

Genie (NPC) - Similar case with Aladdin.

Jaffar (Villain) - All-powerful Genie-Jaffar, baby!!! He be world-threatenning. N.E.R.

Cassim (Playable) - Aladdin’s father. Cassim’s driving-force to joing the party is the same as Jasmine’s. He will be a Thief with magical artifacts in his disposal. He will have a major role on The Hunstman’s character arc.

Pocahontas

Pocahontas (Playable) - She will be a Shaman training under Keketa, and under the mystical influences of the Grandmother Willow Tree. She will be tasked to investigate what is currently wrong amidst the magic of the world. Imagine her controlling nature, like bending the winds to her will.

John Smith (NPC) - He will just be a Trading Ship Captain that always visits Pocahontas given the opportunity. They are still lovers despite the long-distance.

Kocoum (Playable) - Pocahontas’ father (Chief Powhatan) will assign this Survivalist to protect Pocahontas along her journey.

Mulan

Mulan (Playable) - She will be a badass Warrior Princess that can wield any sort of non-magical weapons. She’s that badass (this description may or may not be biased). She joins the party to find out what is wrong with Mushu being on a very weak state on this Gaem.

General Li Shang (NPC) - He still needs to watch-over the kingdom’s army when Mulan joins the party, especially when his co-general/wife is gone.

The Princess and the Frog

Tiana (Playable) - Her story in this game is that a few years after the movie, plot happens which causes Mama Odie to die. Mama Odie, being a magical and spiritual voodoo priestess, goes to Tiana and transfers her essence (spirituality and voodoo powers) to her, making her a Voodoo Priestess; tasking her to confront the world-plot. She be reluctant about this.

Prince Naveen (NPC) - He will just be a supporting character giving emotional/moral support for Tiana.

Lottie (NPC) - Same case with Prince Naveen. 

Dr. Facilier (Shadow Man) (Villain) - He be back with a vengeance bigger and badder. N.E.R.

Tangled

[subjected to change, due to Tangled the Series]

Rapunzel (Playable) - She will be the Healer of the party. Her magical hair will grow back because of plot, and part of the plot is the mysterious Moon magic that was present in Tangled: the Series.

Eugene (Playable) - The Trickster of the group. He has the ability to steal like Cassim; but also has some Charismatic (think the Orator skill-set in Final Fantasy Tactics) and Acrobatic skill-sets. He is one of the characters who are sworn to protect Rapunzel.

Cass (Playable) - The Rouge of the group. She can wield her badass-ery on battle. She is other characters who are sworn to protect Rapunzel.

Varian (Anti-Hero) - Now that’s an anti-hero when I see one. Watch Varian’s character in Tangled: the Series, he’s has a very good setup to being an Anti-Hero.

Brave

Merida (Playable) - She will be a Ranger, complete with a personal pet Bear and Eagle, ready for combat. The plot will be set a few years after the movie and she would have already had a few hunting trip from which she acquired her pets.

The Witch (NPC) - The Witch will be the NPC to summon Merida to go on a quest to investigate the plot and join the party.

Frozen

[subjected to change, due to Frozen II]

Anna (NPC) - She will need to watch over Arendelle with the Queen joining the party.

Elsa (Playable) - The party’s Cryomancer, practically N.E.R.

Kristoff (Playable) - He will be the Brawler of the party, much like a beefy tank who uses blunt forces in combat. He is tasked by Anna to be Elsa’s bodyguard.

Hans (Anti-Hero) - His motives will be politics and vengeance. During the plot he would have already gathered a rebel army from the Southern Isles. Not really a world threat, but a recurring threatening hindrance for the party.

Moana

Moana (Playable) - During the plot she will have to gain full-control of her ocean powers, that’s why she will be the Hydromancer of the party.

Maui (Summon) - Given the plot. He will have to be initially be M.I.A. and then found at the end of the Moana area story-arc; making him able to be summoned by Moana in combat.

So that’s most of the idea I got. Took a lot of effort to put this in text form. So, yeah, all of these are just because of one teaser of an upcoming movie. Be aware that this will have NO relation with the Kingdom Hearts series. This “Gaem” has its own story.

[TL:DR - a traditional RPG with the Disney Princesses as the main centerpiece would be awesome]

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I’ve started a new exercise where I turn Disney Villains into Good Guys. My goal is to change their look without changing who they are as characters, leaving in as much of their original designs while still making adjustments to give them a good guy feel. If you want a detailed description of what changes I made and their new role in their movie feel free to click the Keep Reading.

Disney Villains as Good Guys part 2/??

For the next villain I decided on Dr. Facilier, his design wasn’t inherently evil looking just for the most part poorly fitting. I starting with his face I removed the darkness around his eyes to lighten his complexion and remove the sunken eyes look. I also put a gap in his mustache to try and remove the solid pencil line that he had. I don’t know if there is a stigma with that kind of mustache but he feels less shifty when I put the gap there. I really wanted to keep the liar’s gaps in his smile because I personally find it has a bit of charm to it even if the name of the gap itself is negative. I once again tried to keep the colors the same as the original. I opted to add fake sparkles and glitter to his hat and collar to make him seem more like a tourist trap than a deadly trap. I also removed the skull and crossed bones from his hat and replaced it with his name. I added a hat pin and enlarged the feather adding a second one as well. I ditched the mid drift as well. I hadn’t originally intended to but I had forgotten the sash in my sketch and i wanted to keep that so I colored the mid drift to the sash and removed it from the design. I lined the inside of his coat with the same color as the vest to give it a three piece suit feel that he perhaps got from a thrift store.

His role in the story very now different, whether the prince touched something he shouldn’t have or his assistant curses Naveen himself, Facilier is not the one to actually curse him to a frog form. He more than likely suggests to him that a kiss from a princess will cure this curse but when he comes back with Tiana now a frog he gets all flustered and upset. He likely explains to the two that this is beyond his skills and that Mama Odie deep in the bayou is the only one who can help them now. After that they would go on his way and whether he causes mischief when they return is up to you. As for his shadow, rather than being his partner in crime he is more of a mischievous sidekick. Similar in the sense to peter pan’s shadow but more free will like the original.