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[thosetrollkids]

MONSTOBER: DESIGNS

Part 1: Teen Cast!

HELLOOOOO everybody! Welcome to my project, Monstober! A series of several posts with large, in depth looks at different aspects of my AU, Monster Kids, that I wrote during October this year. Special thanks to @eurazba for listening to me ramble over all this and helping with the AU over the years <3

This post will be going over the general monster designs for notable teen characters, as well as some thoughts as to why I chose said designs :D

There will be a second post for the main adult cast, and once posted, you can find it linked here :)

Jim / Toby / Claire

Jim Lake Jr (Sphinx): It's him! The poster boy! Wahoo! Honestly, I don't have many notes for his design process, because his design has stayed relatively similar since the early drafts. His was the very first design, and other than being a typical lion/eagle sphinx for like. two drawings, and then a panther/blackbird for two more, once the snow leopard/blue jay combo was struck, he's only really changed in small ways. I chose a blue jay, because they're one of my favorite birds, they're blue, and I'd used them to be an accent to Jim in a previous drawing. Snow leopards are also my favorite big cat! So similar reasoning for that particular aspect. If I were to design him today, blank slate, I miiiight have changed his cat species, but I still am way too attached to the leopard/jay combo.

Toby Domzalski (Gargoyle): Toby's design also hasn't changed much! The main trio haven't, other than minor adjustments. He originally had yellow eyes, but they're back to standard green. He also used to have larger wings, and while I liked the idea of the main three being able to fly together, I decided to go with a different route as I leaned into his design looking more aquatic, and he instead has wing shaped back fins! They fold down and sit under his clothes, as he only really can use them while swimming.

Claire Nuñez (Harpy) Also another design I haven't changed since conception! Harpies were always something cool to me, and I was inspired by an illustration of harpies in a mythology book I had bought at the time. Her design was originally just 'bird' until I tired to find a more specific species that fit. I landed on barn owls, and coincidentally, they are also associated with brujeria/witchcraft in Mexico! Win-win. With her stronger connection to magic overall, she's also the only member of Team Trollhunter that can fly reliably; her magic feeds her energy enough to keep in the air (Jim's wings are too small for anything besides light gliding and cushioning falls).

Steve / Eli / Krel / Aja

Steve Palchuk (Faun): Steve's design was always pretty formed in my head. For the guy that tries so very hard to be an all-American boy, an icon of that is the whitetail deer buck, and it very quickly fell into place! His design is fairly simple, which is why it works so well for him, IMO. Fun fact, he has a set of scars on his cheek from the equivalent of the fight he had with Jim in S1. More to expand on in a later comic, >:3c

Eli Pepperjack (Bat Humanoid): Eli was actually also a sphinx originally, but I wanted Jim to stay fairly unique among the main teens, so my follow up design was something more batlike! I did do plenty of research for monster bats, or hybrid bat monsters, but what research I could do didn't produce much (then again, could always be wrong!), so I went with 'attributes'. He's based on a Little Brown Bat. He little >:) His wings are also not capable of flight, they're basically large hands, all the better to hunt down creepers with, my dear.

Krel & Aja Tarron (Amphibious humanoids): WAHOOOOO!!!! I'm very proud of these, because you have NO IDEA how many months I struggled to find a design I liked for them. They have been (checks notes) spidertaurs, a few other passes of various insectoid tries, I was going to attempt something more seal like, because I knew the main group's designs were already mammal-heavy, and something aquatic or insectoid was what I wanted to balance the group out. Then my beloved @eurazba, listening to me ramble one night, helped me come to the idea of their 'human' transductions looking closer to old monster movies! Creature from Black Lagoon was an easy pick, I did some research about CFBL and Shape of Water (thanks Del Toro), and bada bing, bada boom! My fishy twins! Also Krel is the only one wearing shoes. Just realized this...

Mary / Darci / Shannon

Mary Wang (Dryad): Mary has also gone through a lot of changes (turns out, I was very indecisive outside of the main trio, AJDJSBSJFHB). She was actually a -taur alongside Darci! Specifically a unitaur (saw a lot of alternate Monster Falls art of Mabel Pines as one, and I really liked the idea. The overall AU was inspired by the Gravity Falls AU, now you know!) She stayed that for a while, then also went through some bug-like redesigns, and then a couple months back, I decided on a dryad! Before that point, I was trying to stay strictly to animalistic monster designs, but it became a little too confining, so she exploded into my sketchbook and became real. Her tree is a california redbud, and her 'antlers' are like the branches of the tree, and leaves/flowers bloom in time with the season on them. The hooves were based on a Zelda design from an artist I liked a lot (truffe.art on IG!)

Darci Scott (Praying Mantis-taur): HERE COMES THE BUG PAYOFF. Some of you may remember my design for Darci hasn't changed for quite some time, and while I liked the look of the cervitaur (a centaur, but deer), it didn't feel... as unique as I wanted? And I was still missing my BUG. So, debating over this, I did a few passes of her mixed with a bee, spider, etc etc... and then once again, @eurazba was like "hey! praying mantis." and I fell in LOVE with the concept. (Very quickly sketched her up as I was doing these sheets, actually NDJSNJKJD)

Shannon Longhannon (Gorgon): Last design of the group, another that has hardly changed since conception. Nagas, gorgons, lamias- whatever they're called, I love the visual of a reptilian character slinking around gracefully, and she helped balance out all the mammalian designs as well. She was originally a typical green/yellow snake, but when I inevitably color her, I picture something more ruddy, reddish brown, to match her hair :) She indeed is able to turn someone to stone, but as she was not born a gorgon, this ability is dulled, and only lasts for a few hours, working only if she focuses completely on doing so to someone. She's taken to wearing shades more often to not scare people who don't know this.

[deafeninggalaxycandy]

✨️BEBE STEVENS HEADCANONS✨️

• Barbara Jeannette Stevens

• She/Her

• Born on August 13th, 2003

• 5'3"

• Straight

• Bebe's mother watched the show "Reba" and named her after one of the characters, Barbara Jean. She added Jeannette to make it sound fancier but Bebe is known by most of her family as Barbara Jean.

• She absolutely hates this name (and resents her mother a little but because of it) and forces her parents to say, "Bebe." Kyle and Wendy are the only two who know her full name.

• Does all the girls nails, makeup and hair, including her own. She refuses to let anyone touch her own hair, though.

• Speaking of hair, Bebe has a bunch of different expensive products for her hair, and she does a 30-step curl routine every day and night before she sleeps.

• Elle Woods inspired her to go to law school.

• Like Kyle, she's good at arguing but she loses her temper quicker. She's also scarily good at gaslighting.

• Weird friendship with Cartman (much to Kyle's annoyance). They have a mutual love of cunty pop music, drag queens, gossip and makeup.

• Captain of the cheerleading team.

• Took gymnastics as a kid.

• Bebe actually hated being popular for a while. The boys only like her because of her body, and a lot of the girls are jealous of her. She's been fucked over by fake friends so many times. However she learned to like it as she realized she could manipulate guys like Clyde into giving her anything she wants and get secrets and gossip out of almost any girl.

• Listens to Kesha, Coco and Clair Clair, Ayesha Erotica, and Fergie

• Has an entire separate closet for her shoes. She has a mild shopping addiction (it's not mild, it's really bad she needs help, lol)

• Favorite movies are Mean Girls, Pretty Woman, and Legally Blonde

• She recites the "I'm Sexy, I'm Cute" cheer from Bring It On every morning in the mirror. It's basically a motivational speech to her.

• One of Bebe's drawers is filled to the brim with practically every flavor of lip gloss.

• Broke up with Clyde after he cheated on her. She blocked him on everything. Clyde still likes her, though, and tries to win her back constantly so she still gets free shoes.

• Bebe is much smarter than she seems. She's amazing at writing and math. She resents being treated like a dumb blonde when she gets better grades than most of the school.

• Used to slut shame girls in middle school.

• Very dramatic and aggressive. She's short tempered and always energy packed.

• Bebe has naturally brown roots, but she's been bleaching it since she was a child.

• Red is her absolute favorite color, she wears it every single day.

• She wants to be a lawyer, but she does fashion design in her spare time. She even makes some of her own clothes and clothes for the other girls.

• Speaks French and Latin fluently

• Watches Gossip Girl with Wendy

• Highest Snap Score of everyone in school (and probably America).

bebe is such an icon I can't even lie. also I'm SUCH a Kybe shipper. I want them to be canon so BADLY

[darkartistyt]

I would read that Layton colour essay if you were to write it :)

Hello, hello! Aspiring graphic designer Atticus here to infodump about my semi-basic understanding of color theory in my current favorite video game series

I could probably talk one’s ear off about the symbolism of the colors themselves, but I will instead try to focus on what they mean in regards to the plot and the characters as a whole

Let us begin with our titular protagonist, Hershel Layton

Our favorite lego man has gone through a handful of design changes throughout his life

His palette in this image is pretty simple (I mean, no shit, Sherlock, he’s 5, but still…) A cute little sulfur and white shirt and light blue pants make up his outfit here. Yellow is a color often associated with happiness and, at times, innocence, and that coupled with the brightness of said yellow and the white accent conveys that well, in my opinion. He’s a young child, living a happy life with his family, but after Targent takes them away, we see a drastic shift in colors

This is the outfit he wears when first meeting the Laytons, who will soon become his new family and identity. Notice how dull the colors are, especially compared to Desmond, who is still wearing that same red-orange vest (or at least a very similar one) and a bright red tie. Another thing to point out is the composition of the colors themselves. Here we have an orange button-down shirt underneath a dark colored coat (grey in this case)... now where have we seen that before?

This iconic composition is tied directly with the name Hershel Layton. And Desmond’s palette remains because they have yet to receive their new identity; they are not yet Desmond Sycamore.

Moving ahead through the timeline, Hershel’s colors become a lot brighter, the white returns, and now he has a bright red vest

Sure, it’s not exactly the same, but all (and I mean all) the colors are incredibly similar to Desmond’s and identical in composition. I’m sure it has been stated time and time again how this palette and composition was given to him along with the name Hershel, but it is interesting to note that it doesn’t stop at just the red vest

Red becomes a very prominent color later on, too

His outfit is almost entirely red as a university student

You get it by now; I really don’t want to overstate this point…

ANYWAY 👏

Post Claire getting yeeted through time and space, he starts wearing his coat more frequently as well as an orange shirt. I cannot remember where I saw this but someone made a post saying how that palette was symbolic of how he was at the time; the darkness of the coat, pants, and hat representing his grief and the seemingly oversaturated orange representing his remaining hope, I believe was what they said

And this brings us back to Desmond. Both of them underwent a drastic change in coloration after losing those they loved. Both of them now sport an identical dark brown, which is the same EVEN WITH DESCOLE

Were it not for the lining and shading, the area around Des’s legs would have blended perfectly

The only difference is Hershel has a very bright accent, one that is more than just a dash of red or purple (the boa and mask don't count mostly bc that’s exclusively a Descole thing and not shared with Desmond); it’s his second most used color. He hasn’t fallen as far into darkness as Des; he still has some light in him keeping him from traveling down the same path as his sibling

After that point, though, both of their designs remain consistent, so there’s not much more I can say about them…

Ok Luke time

I think my favorite thing about Luke’s palette is how much it complements Hershel’s

Blue is the opposite of orange, and Luke’s secondary color has always been a pale peach off-white that looks almost grey against the blue, which works with Hershel’s off-black dark brown

For funsies, I put the above image through a reverse gradient filter and snagged some colors to compare

While not identical in hue or anything, the inversions are still pretty close

And Luke has gone through a lot of design changes too

That Luke Blue™ becomes more prominent the older he gets, changing into a much more saturated blue when he’s 14 before his composition pulls a complete 180

Because his color palette stays pretty much the same, there’s not much to say yet on the symbolism of the changes and whatnot. We’ll have to wait until NWoS’s release to see if there is something or if I’m pulling a High School English Teacher

But yeah, Luke is quite opposite to Hershel in many ways, yet they go together extremely well. Luke is energetic, spunky, a bit sassy at times, and is far more outspoken 24/7. Herschel is calm, quiet, almost overly polite, and pretty reserved, always waiting until he has all the pieces in place before revealing his findings and generally not letting many people know about his personal life. They are complete opposites, yet they complement each perfectly, and their color schemes reflect this

And now we get to the fun part… ✨The Villains✨ Specifically Dimitri Allen and The Masked Gentleman

The Future Layton disguise is pretty much just a desaturated Hershel Layton and is way more representative of Dimitri himself than Hershel. It utilizes colors that, while not directly opposite to Dimitri’s design, complement his

Note the blue and red scarves, shift from off-black to off-white and vice versa,  and the red and white roses

Dimitri is our first example of a villain just being a light theme Hershel Layton. He’s reserved, intelligent, forward thinking, creative, and harbors a strong love for Claire. The difference is Dimitri’s “the ends justify the means” mentality. Were Hershel to have that kind of a mindset, I would not be shocked if the story of Future London ends up a reality

And then we have The Masked Gentleman…

Where he lacks similarities in character, Randall’s villainsona makes up for in its coloration. Turning Randall’s prominent purple into an accent separates him from the man behind the mask while the outfit in general is eerily similar to Hershel’s, just with its own Descole-esque spin on it. The hues of their major colors are nearly exact (32 and 31 respectively), blonde hair is pretty much opposite of brunette, and, most obviously, the red and green bands on their hats are compliments of each other. Not only that, but certain parts of Randall’s outfit are tilted down where Hershel’s are tilted up and vice versa, and rounded corners become sharper and vice versa

Putting our boy through a reverse gradient demonstrates this well I think

Could I go more in depth and drag this out even more unnecessarily long than it needs to be? Maybe. Am I going to? No.

Pretty much everything else I could say has to do with little things that don’t matter at all plot wise (aside from maybe kat and flora having warm colors too and alfie being the outlier and blah blah blah) but this is already over 1000 words long and holy shit i rambled so much my goodness

Anyway, excited to pick apart NWoS once that comes out. Just from the trailer alone I can already tell I’m gonna have fun with this one >:]

[stormbreaker101]

@valerian-thundercloud i am straight up jumping for joy this sunday morning seeing ur tags

because that means talking about Sky City, which I had SO MUCH FUN trying to pad out and make more robust than canon gives us.

So, some lore. it got long so it's under the cut lol.

Lemuria was made roughly 1500-1600 years ago, some 50 generations. 25 generations ago, the Old One was able to return to it shortly to check on it. This led to the revolt of Mandoria, and the creation of both Heap and Sky City.

Specifically, the Old One helped the people of what would become Sky City find the Monitoring Station. They were able to study his magic and tech, and learn his ultimate telos: creating a Scion. Thus, after creating the Ascension Beam and lifting their section of Lemuria to the sky, the people of this newly dubbed Sky City formed the Scion Genesis Society: a dedicated sect of people who were to keep studying the Old One's works to formulate the perfect Scion for him.

It's a slow going process to make a Scion. The SGS only bothers with making one Scion at a time because you just can't have multiple Scions running around! The Old One is only interested in honing the best of the best, not wasting time and resources on multiple simultaneous candidates! Once a Scion Candidate is of age (32), they're allowed to synthesize the Attunement Stone of Sky City and attempt their Scionic Quest.

Most die trying. Some abandon the quest and take on a new life among "lowland" Lemuria. A few have recognized that they were going to fail, returned to Sky City in order to reorganize themself, and were decommissioned.

As hyper-intelligent and enlightened and elevated and impartial as Sky City believes itself to be, it (including the SGS) is INCREDIBLY wasteful. Sky City has a culture of "tomorrow at the expense of the past." Old, defunct things are not worth maintaining. There's nothing to be learnt from failure besides how to avoid it. It's a very wasteful, unpreserving culture, which they have the privilege to uphold because they essentially have infinite resources via miniature Synthesizers they've invented (think the Replicators in Star Trek, or that one food-making machine from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs).

Clark is a cog within this unfeeling machine, a pawn and victim and perpetrator. He is the SGS's 29th attempt at making a Scion. When he attempted the Scionic Quest, he attempted the same "what if I explode a holy temple" bullshit that Duck wanted to do in canon and CS, and naturally the Mandorians were pissed, including one relatively young (and i mean like 30) Mandar "the Boarbarian" ben'Krull. Mandar cut Clark's right arm off, knowing that such a wound is both agonizing and deadly (unless given immediate care that nobody in Mandoria would ever offer to him), a deserved fate for someone who'd dare profane a temple of protection.

Except Sky City has far more resources than Mandoria, and could heal the wound even if it's been multiple days. Clark was able to flee and fly back home to heal. He knew that Scion attempts that had tried to return home after the Quest would be disposed of, but by appealing to the SGS's ego and convincing them that he truly was the best of their works, he was simply unlucky, he asked them to let him try again. Time can't be rewound, his arm can't be regrown, and prosthetics would be a hassle to maintain while out in the "savage wilds below that don't have our resources", so the best the SGS could do to run a re-do is to make a perfect clone of their now-retired Scion Attempt: Clark Savage, Jr.

Clark Jr later became Claire, the Duck of Bronze, because we love transgenderism and transfemininity in this house. 👍

Both Clark and Claire are mallard ducks because they're the most iconic kind of duck, and I decided to change how Duck became literal bronze (to better fit my AU), so her nickname first came from HRT changing her feathers to be bronzy-brown instead of the stark greens and browns and whites her father had.

[laytonnpcbracket]

Welcome to the Layton NPC Showdown!

This is a bracket to determine which of the many memorable NPCs from across the Professor Layton games are the greatest.

GAMES INCLUDED: Every game except LBMR. Eternal Diva characters are also not included here.

WHAT COUNTS AS AN NPC?: Anyone who doesn't have a puzzle animation. Characters excluded are Layton, Luke, Flora, Clive, Emmy, Randall, Aurora, Des, Espella, Phoenix, Maya, Katrielle, Ernest, Sherl, Hastings, and Emiliana.

WILL THERE BE NOMINATIONS?: Nope! Every NPC will be included.

WHAT ABOUT THE LAYTONMOBILE/MOLENTARY EXPRESS?: No vehicles. Not characters.

WHAT ABOUT THE PUZZLE LADS/LASSES?: I only plan on including characters that we can speak to in-game, so no Puzzle Lads or Lasses. Sorry to the people who like them 😔

WHICH CHARACTERS ARE INCLUDED, THEN?: Anyone who isn't an exception listed above that is in the profiles of the game! A full list is enclosed below.

WHEN WILL THE TOURNAMENT START?: More information forthcoming on that! I have to seed the bracket first :)

WHY IS NAIYA YOUR ICON?: In my opinion, she's one of the more underrated NPCs of the series. I'll probably cycle through some of the ones I have available to me right now.

WHAT CRITERIA SHOULD I VOTE ON?: Whatever makes you happy :)

ARE ALTER EGOS SEPERATE CHARACTERS?: No. For instance, Ratman is not included because his secret identity is in the tournament.

US OR UK NAMES?: I will try to make available as many names for the NPCs as possible! Which includes their Japanese names and as many names in the localizations as I am able to obtain from the wiki and my own sources. I'll probably reliably have the English (both versions where applicable), Japanese, and French names for every character when I do the bracket rounds. The list below however is entirely in English.

And now for a list of the entries! I didn't check all of these for inconsistencies, but I attempted to ascertain that I used the US versions. Some of them might be UK versions though because that's the version of the game I have (specifically Diabolical Box NPCs and Last Specter NPCs -- I know some of their US names but not all).

Franco

Stachenscarfen

Ingrid

Percy

Marco

Ramon

Matthew

Lady Dahlia Reinhold

Gordon Reinhold

Simon Reinhold

Claudia

Beatrice

Deke

Agnes

Pauly

Crouton

Flick

Rodney

Chelmey

Lucy

Zappone

Gerard

Jarvis

Adrea

Pavel

Crumm

Prosciutto

Archibald

Sylvain

Martha

Giuseppe

Augustus Reinhold

Granny Riddleton

Don Paolo

Bruno

Andrew Schrader

Anton Herzen

Katia Anderson

Sophia

Mr. Anderson

Beluga

Sammy Thunder

Macaroon

Chester

Babette

Tom

Ilyana

Geoff

Garland

Nigel

Jacques

Barton

Grousley

Steve

Capone

Mitzi

Lili

Sally

Marjorie

Conrad

Karla

Romie

Dorothea

Clabber

Oscar

Nick

Gabe

Balsa

Wurtzer

Lopez

Laurel

Parcelle

Lulu

Albert

Madeline

Remy

Angus

Kostya

Dylan

Joseph

Rory

Lila

Damon

Felix

Niles

Duke

Hopper

Olson

Derby

Dawson

Joanie

Krantz

Grinko

Marina

Opal

Ray

Gregorio

Narice

Gertie

Hamster

Precious

Winston

Claire

Dimitri Allen

Bill Hawks

Spring

Cogg

Dean Delmona

Shipley

Puzzlette

Beasley

Parrot

Subject 3

Bostro

Family Goon

Lockjaw

Splinters

Marzano

Layman

Fisheye

Silky

Shmelmey

Shmarton

Ward

Smith

Florence

Vito

Art

Niklaus

Anita

Alfie

Hazel (UF)

Adeline

Max

Becky

Margaret

Pallard

Dupree

Natalia

Harold

Horace

Hardy

Cuthbert

Segal

Catanova

Rosetta

Colby

Rudolph

Misha

Dylan

Viv

Pepper

Checker

Avogadro

Maya (UF)

Myrtle

Belle

Graham

Slate

Ernest (UF)

Berta

Minnie

Paige

Raleigh

Beacon

Mark

Rosa

Grosky

Keats

Clark Triton

Brenda Triton

Arianna Barde

Tony Barde

Doland Noble

Levin Jakes

Loosha

Toppy

Crow

Marilyn

Roddy

Scraps

Tweeds

Wren

Socket

Louis

Badger

Aldus

Charlie

Jasmine

Bucky

Fische

Beth

Mido

Clarence

Joe

Molly

Marion

Browne

Hugo

Dominica

Paddy

Brock

Aunt Taffy

Shackwell

Greppe

Goosey

Mimi

Hans Jakes

Maggie

Yamada

Sean

Olga

Finch

Sebastian

Cornelius

Chappy

Hannah

Mick

Colby

Monica

Thomas

Nate

Ewan

Chief Engineer

Naiya

Chippe

Bram

Ghent

Nordic

Gilbert

Roland Layton

Lucille Layton

Henry Ledore

Angela Ledore

Alphonse Dalston

Leonard Bloom

Sheffield

Billson

Mrs Ascot

Pascal

Guy

Lapushka

Gustav

Gonzales

Drake

Tyrone

Sterling

Mordy

Collette

Maurice

Juggles

Puck

Yukkles

Murphy

Cookie

Tanya

Firth

Madelaine

Stumble

Artie

Michelle

Nils

Frankie

Conner

Humbert

Policeman (MM)

Yuming

Esther

Lionel

Doug

Mr. Collins

Leon Bronev

Raymond

Prima

Harald

Donna

Mascha

Georg

Mackintosh

Solveig

Erik

Hazel (AL)

Igor

Sonya

Moos

Larisa

Karpin

Boris

Dariya

Pavlova

Carmichael

Amelie Chelmey

Policeman (AL)

Tommy

Morel

Chestnut

Amanita

Blewitt

Chanterelle

Button

Lepidella

Bud

Javier

Benny

Miranda

Martine

Barbara

Ruby

Scarlett

Flint

Old Red

Jesse

Derringer

Julien

Romilda

Sheppard

Piet

Felicia

Rik

Beatrix

Umid

Banu

Dana

Temir

Mehri

Nassir

Adler

Robin

Macaw

Plover

Grouse

Gannet

Swift

Carmine Accidenti

Olivia Aldente

Allan

Bardly

Zacharias Barnham

Newton Belduke

Birdly

Boistrum

Cecil

Cinderellia

Constantine

Cracker

Cutter

Darklaw

Dewey

Dzibilchaltunchunchucmil

Patty Eclaire

Eve (cat)

Flynch

Foxy

Jean Greyerl

Hoot

Judge

Kira

Knight Captain

Knightle

Lottalance

Lyewood

Lettie Mailer

Balmung

Mary

Muffet

Muggs

Ridelle Mystere

Nozey

Petal

Petter

Ms Primstone

Emeer Punchenbaug

Robbs

Old Rootie

Rouge

Servius

Shakey

Johnny Smiles

Snowy

Storyteller

Tuggit

Price

Wordsmith

Pipper Lowonida

Phineas Barnone

Madame Doublée

Liza Wight

Grant Sloans

Cesar Chance

Mustafa Fulhold

Hans Lipski

Aleks Lipski

Maverick D. Rector

Seymore Fraymes

The Major

Eddie Torre

Hayes

Maid

Wooooster

Bianca Teller

Security Guard

Shadee

Taboras Lloyd

Douglas Dert

Ratboy

Mo Heecan

Mrs Slow the Tailor

Midas Pullman

Declan Swabber

Abel Seamon

Felicity Hastings

Gene Ohm

Billy Kidd

Royall Britannias

Clover Pryce

PC Beate

DC Booker

Waiter

Séan Butchin

Bo Bells

Hessie Tate

Benjy

Bess

Keane Fisher

Bob Bracket

Stripey

Patch

Cat

Yapper

Gudrun Weldon

[pink-strawberry-kissess]

I never liked Leon's face model in ID and DI, I wish they would use his face from Damnation. I don't understand why they changed

capcom has never been consistent when it comes to their character designs. that's also why they don't stray too much from outfit choices/colours and hairstyles. otherwise a character can easily be misinterpreted as another imo. example, red is always ada or claire. blue is leon or jill. rebecca is green etc. orange is ashley.

leon has had red, blond, brown and black hair. blue eyes and i think brown??? green? eyes. ada has had brown, green, grey eyes? even now ashley had her iconic amber eyes be switched to a green :| (im not happy about it, i liked her og eye colour better as it was rarer and more unique looking. now ashley looks like any other blonde girl)

leon has kept his hair style and general colour palettes. the only one significantly different was re6 outfit with the red undershirt, as red is not a colour commonly associated with leon. (i like to this it's connected to ada heehee)

to be fair, i think the changes might actually be a good idea in terms of garnering a larger audience. hear me out here.

we have a general idea of what leon looks like. but let's switch the hair colours, okay. now some people love blond leon. and some love dark haired leon. okay now let's tweak some variations of his face. okay some LOVE infinite darkness leon (daddy) and some LOVE babyface re2r leon. and some LOVE damnation leon (daddy) and some LOVE vendetta leon (emo daddy) BUT i have also seen people disliking ALL of these variants of leon.

now the consistent things i've noticed about his face is that he always is depicted with the sharp brow, and he has a very pronounced nose bridge, and the butt chin has been on every modern interpretation of leon since after 2004 (re4) infinite darkness Leon is actually a decent interpretation of re6 leon and damnation leon

in the og timeline, with re4, leon's cheek is cut and has a scar even in re6. because of re4r no longer recreating this cut, we can assume that he will not have a scar in a potential re6r. the scar is also not in any cgi film.

he and ada both share gsw scars in the opposite shoulders, but it's unlikely we will see these. (please let me see them in a movie or game, i am begging you. i want them to kiss each other scars)

i think with so many variations of leon in different companies mind you, since the cgi films are a different production team than the games. it makes sense on why they might have their own versions of leon. at least with the game remakes, we have a more consistent face model for leon. i'll be honest, i am not a fan of re4r leon's face. i like it, it's not my favourite. and that's okay! but here we go now, we've created fun discourse over it lol

my favourite has always been re6 leon. something about his voice (matt mercer) and his design just won me over so much.

also that being said with your original ask, damnation leon is actually one of the more different ones as well. he has a completely different eye colour, same with ada. and the darker hair colour.

and also (allegedly ada was modelled after their voice actors/mocap actors. (for re6) so i want to assume that they did the same for leon/matt mercer/his mocap actor), and i do wonder if they did this for damnation as well.

at least with the remakes it seems they want to be more consistent, which is good. but with capcom's track record, i wouldn't be too sure that they would continue with this route. we might even get a more infinite darkness style face in re6r. who knows. only time will tell lol

[ladywynneoutlander]

Thoughts on 701 - A Life Well Lost

The title is perfection. *chef's kiss*

Congrats on executive producer to Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan.

Skye Boat Song - This new version is going to take some getting used to. The artist has a unique style and I don't really understand the thinking. It doesn't seem relevant to the period or the story, but I'm probably missing something given Bear McCreary's general excellence and detail.

Wendigo Donner is interesting. He brings in the time travel drama. I'm glad they integrated his story with Bree and Roger in this episode. It gave them something to deal with besides the one guy calling Roger a coward and their relationship. I'm not putting down navigating marriage as viable plot. It can make for some of the best drama out there, but I'm glad Wendigo added another dimension and a vehicle for that here. Looking forward to his story line.

Roger and Bree's morality conversation was interesting on it's own merits, but it was also a neat way to reacquaint audiences with what happened in earlier seasons. Much more elegant than saying, "previously on Outlander ".

MacDonald you little shit. I wish Adso had used that coat for a litter box.

Tom's confession is an absolute highlight. Mark Lewis Jones' performance... I cannot say enough. It was subtle and genuine. It felt right for a man as proud and whose convictions run as deep as Tom Christie's.

Jamie and Ian finishing the Browns was a great surprise and a nice way to wrap up that plotline. Glad to see little changes that make sense like this. I also enjoyed Jamie this episode overall. His scenes seemed really true to character and highlighted Jamie and Claire's epic love. Their reunion aboard ship is one of those iconic book moments. I felt that in the show as well, and I think they did a great job.

All in all this episode was a really solid set up for the season that also had some memorable and gorgeous moments. I cannot wait for more. 🧡

[possessionisamyth]

Is it me or do some fans scapegoat Ada for Capcom not doing anything else with the RE female characters? Even though Ada isn't even allowed to appear in media without Leon (and even then, she doesn't always appear with him).

I wouldn't say it's just you, but I would say the latest Resident Evil content this year is stirring a pot much faster than when RE7 dropped when it comes to how they handle these characters and the franchise as a whole. They want to make everything more serious. They want to pander to certain groups of fans when it comes to character direction. They're trying to bring back the horror without understanding the spikes of comedy and cheesiness whether or not they were accidental is what makes the series so iconic, but that's a slightly different conversation. So, let's focus on Ada.

Listen. Ada has always been a character in a precarious situation when it comes to fandom. There's a lot of "interesting" qwhite people who love Leon so much they see her as a personal threat with their misogyny. She's a visible woman of color, which gets her hit with the racism. She's allegedly Chinese, as she could also be Taiwanese or Cantonese, or a different ethnicity since we don't even know her real name, so she gets hit with xenophobia overseas. She's also not a "nice" person who babies Leon, so she gets hit with the double misogyny from those same "interesting" qwhite people who never draw Leon with brown hair even though that's his canonical hair color. She's a woman so showing her as capable without the sexiness slapped onto her makes her "ugly" and makes the 3% of fans who yell about it the loudest cry and scream so much that Capcom will rope it back into her character however they can.

Then we have current fandom itself, and how it's changed, and how it's not changed at all. I saw a post I can't find at the moment stating the current waves of fandom have this new pattern with people who don't want to seem like they're misogynist or sexist, so they'll say the women characters are great and then do nothing for them. No rambling about them. Barely any fanart. Very little headcanons. The tiniest amount of fanfic, and if they get any of these things there has to be a male character the artist clearly favorites in the spotlight of the piece. The pieces of art that are women focused get half as much attention as the male focused pieces. Those same fandom pieces get 1/4 of that attention when the characters are visible women of color not at their sexiest, cutest, or palest form. The original poster I spoke of was obviously right. If you don't believe me, look at how many notes any "good" Leon post gets compared to the other women, and you'll start to see a pattern very quickly.

Ada is the easiest to vilify because fandom always hates "mean" women, women of color, and women point blank. Hell, the racist's vitriol was so bad they removed Sheva from various editions of the game cover of RE5 and left it as Chris or put Jill there when you can only play with her in the DLC. It doesn't help with how Ada's writing is handled over the years, that fandom loves to put her on a proverbial stake saying she took attention or a possible role from Claire, or Jill, or even Rebecca now that she's getting more attention. But they'll more loudly say how Ada is taking attention from Piers, or Luis, or even fucking Birkin. It's not entirely about how they diss and scapegoat Ada, it's the bullshit all around the diss they're making. It's about who they would personally slot in to replace her or any woman character, and why they would do that which speaks the loudest to me. If you pay attention, you'll see what wavelength their brains are running on when they drop that nonsense.

Now hear me out. I came into Resident Evil after watching all of Lupin III. Quick summary, it's an old manga that got an anime in the early 70s, and is still getting remade today about a group of thieves who steal expensive shit.

There's only 1 woman in the main recurring cast, Fujiko Mine, and since everyone has a gimmick, her's is sex appeal and that there's a 50/50 chance she'll steal the treasure from the group of men for herself at the end. No matter how many times she does this, Lupin III as a character loves her regardless. He knows that changing her means he'd have to change himself, neither of which would be a good thing, because change doesn't always mean improvement. She has been handled by so many men and a few women writers for the last 50 years I've seen all the possible ways a femme fatale can be written super well and super poorly. And even though she does all of the exact same shit as Lupin does, fans(new fans especially) will still call her a bitch. And I've had to call people out a million times with 1:1 canon comparisons to make them see it's the misogyny glasses they're looking through when they make this judgement about her.

This also means I came in looking at the Leon and Ada relationship from a completely different angle than probably 99% of the active members of the RE fandom on this site. I can see where she's written improperly for the chances she does get to appear, but I can see the potential in it, and I can see and understand how their relationship is structured the way it is. I do believe that Ada having time to herself without Leon in the game or Leon even being a priority is desperately needed for her character. I also think this narrative decision will scapegoat her further because fandom will say that attention should've gone to [Insert Male Character Here] that is an old character brought back or a completely new white guy in his 30s on the side of good who talks to another main dude for about 2 times if that much.

However, if anyone who read this far would like to see who's actually taking all the attention in an RE movie or RE game, feel free to do a tally for how many times each character gets to speak and compare the final numbers when you're done. For the games, repeated lines do not count to make it a little easier.

[kennedysharper]

I've seen people make fun of chris for having a different face in each RE installment he is and he is in almost all of them so that's a lot of faces but like let's be real here let's be honest with each other let's speak the harsh truth: so does leon! it's just that like leon's hairstyle is so iconic and so characteristically his that it draws less attention to his face but he also has a lot of faces!

for leon, I think with the exception of the remakes and now they apparently using the same face from infinite darkness in death island, he's had a lot of faces too! they all have tbh

and also tbh they did use the same face model for chris from re1 remake in many occasions but just obviously making him look older and now they're apparently using the same one from vendetta in DI so yeah

a shame chris didn't show up in RE7 so we don't know if he'd look like his RE8 model yeah haha such a shame no chris in RE7 whatsoever haha

but for me the most annoying thing is just how they can't decide his eye color if it's blue or brown just like they do with claire's hair color (brown or red) and it's honestly disappointing bc capcom is very color coordinated with the RE characters and details such as these couldn't be something they'd miss but anyways

can't wait for death island :)

[ugdigital]

Grammy Award Winning Singer-Songwriter-Producer & Media Personality, RAHEEM DEVAUGHN Is Named New Host of The Legendary And Original Quiet Storm at WHUR 96.3

“The Love King of R&B and Soul, Raheem DeVaughn Takes the Helm of the Legendary Original Quiet Storm at WHUR 96.3”

(New York, NY - October 22, 2024)--What do you get when you combine R&B’s “Love King” with DC’s top-rated “Love Show?” The ultimate “Quiet Storm.” 96.3 WHUR proudly announces that beginning Thursday, October 17th, Grammy Award-winning National Recording Artist Raheem DeVaughn will be the new host of the legendary “Original Quiet Storm.” Tune in weekdays from 7:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. for an unforgettable musical experience.

The announcement comes as WHUR prepares to celebrate nearly 50 years of the iconic program, made popular by the late legendary Melvin Lindsey. Since 1976, the “Original Quiet Storm” on WHUR has guided listeners on a nightly journey of soulful slow jams and romantic melodies. “We are thrilled to launch this new chapter of the ‘Original Quiet Storm’ with one of the most talented creative artists in R&B, proudly representing Washington,” said Al Payne, Senior Director of Programming for WHUR.

Raheem DeVaughn is no stranger to radio. He has been hosting his own self-titled podcast since 2012. This evolution will further highlight his engaging hosting abilities and provide an opportunity for artists to connect with listeners in a unique and authentic way.  “I’m humbled and extremely excited about my partnership with the WHUR family.  The ‘Original Quiet Storm’ is a legacy brand and to be hand chosen as the new voice and face is an honor and a dream come true,” said DeVaughn.  

Working as the executive producer of the show will be WHUR Assistant Program and Music Director Traci LaTrelle. “I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Raheem DeVaughn. His soulful voice and deep connections to the DMV and R&B will bring a fresh intimate energy to the show, perfectly capturing the essence of the “Original Quiet Storm.”

WHUR's new fall weekday lineup is now set. Start your day with “The Steve Harvey Morning Show” from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., followed by “Sunni and the City” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In the afternoon, tune in to the “Nina & Joe Show” with Joe Clair and Nina Brown from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Then, catch “The Daily Drum” with Harold Fisher from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Finally, unwind to “The Original Quiet Storm” hosted by “The Love King” Raheem DeVaughn from 7:30 p.m. to midnight.

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

Maybe he can do that again :)

Hmm Lim's having a lot of nostalgia feelings this episode

I hope she doesn't like quit or anything but I think she needs a change <3

Aww honeyy :'( <33

True let's not talk about it xD too many people know already

Thank you Jared

Hmm doesn't mean like. Leave Shaun xD

But okay bye bestie

Oof that thunder shook the house I think o.o

OOP bro didn't even turn to deny it o.o

Real though xd

OPE bro's onto him o.o

At least Glassman isn't admitting it xd

Well hey only possibly illegal?

Okay wasn't too tense yet 😭😬

Y'all I'm stressinggg xdd

Uh uh O.O

Oh no poor guy D:

O.O that's awful DD:

Ayy nice job man xd

Hmm and that would change his life I bet

Just guessing xd

Awww

LOL xD icon :))

Awww sorry Park :'((

Nahh you got this bro <33 I believe :')

That was a really sweet idea though :'D

I mean you're not also short on money like most people in this situation in shows lol

Oof okay

Ohh aww no :((( poor guy <3

Hey glad he feels like that <3

Yeahhh don't do that

Exactly O.O y'all I can't go through that again xd

Yeah Lea's got it :'(((

Yep but also-

Yeah that :(

Exactly honey :'((( ❤️

Okay maybe not enable it but xdd

Okay doesn't sound great xD but yeah don't tell her lol

You can figure it out besides that :)

Awww honeyy :'((( <3

Maybe buy the bike again lol?

Aww she's feeling it too :(((

Back to being an adrenaline junky xD :D?

Yeah it's okay :))

AWW yeah :'DD

Oohf gotta do one of those too o.o fancyyy

I didn't understand much of that lol but eh ay :D

Oh no D:

Why not just full mastectomy 😬 to be safe?

Honeyyyss :(( y'all got this

Gonna quick recap her xD

Idk about perfect there's certainly an accent- I'm kidding it was good xD

AWWW "you are an unstoppable force Claire Brown" AAAHHHH 🥺🥺🥺😭❤️🥰🥰

Oop o.o are they trying to make them an option for a thing?

Idk if it'll happen I think it might be a mislead xd

Would be a good way to get them both a partner (since they want that) 👀

Awww y'all :'))

Lol it's not xD

This poor man keeps having procedures done awake on him xD

Y'all can't talk about your drama in front of him though lol

Aww this guy's so ready despite being scared, for everything :')

Oop :'o

Her dad I assume?

But maybe y'all can do it this time :(( ❤️🥺!

Aww :'o D': they do care :'(( I was wondering if they do but just couldn't enable her any longer

But yeah the source of her addiction is treated so it might be a little easier :'D

Oop o.o

OOUP

He's kinda right Glassman 😬😬

Honeyy :((

OOAUGHP O.O

Although sir she's already hit rock bottom :(((

He's kinda right though Glassman :(((

OOP o.o bro wasn't expecting that D:

I think y'all can compromise

Don't enable her and also don't kick her out on the streets D:

Y'alllll 😭😭

[yestolerancepro]

50 best film scores of all time A Tolerance project blog

Introduction

Hello there Ben Brown here and welcome to another mini blog again this one is based on an article by the Classic FM website this time looking at the 50 greatest film scores of all time we won’t be commenting on every score on the list just a select few that featured in our Soundtrack for the Tolerance film so if you want to read the full list click here The 50 best film scores of all time - Classic FM

James Bond theme by Monty Norman

The earliest entry on the classic FM list at number 47 never-mind its still a cracking piece of music and it appears in the first 3 minutes of the Tolerance film. As Robert  played by David Smith speeds round the Kitchen to make his breakfast Finishing with a cup of tea to highlight his independence.

 He Lives in a house by himself where as Claire his girlfriend lives with her family where she feels somewhat over protected and longs to get away.

Here is what classic FM had to say

The most famous guitar riff in cinema has featured in every official Bond film since Dr. No (1962), when it accompanied the opening title. It appeared again over the opening credits for From Russia with Love, and from then on became as integral to the James Bond universe as corny one-liners and gadgets. The guitar riff heard in the original recording of the theme was played by Vic Flick, who was paid a one-off fee of £6 for recording the tune.

Jaws Theme by John Williams

Next in the list is Jaws at number 38 so good we used it twice and to a good affect once to heighten the drama in the Tolerance story when our hero in the story nearly got run over and again when introduced the villain in our story Mr Grosenberg.

Here is what classic FM had to say

One of the most iconic pieces of film music, the two-note shark motif that made going in the sea terrifying almost becomes a character in its own right. Rarely has a piece of film music so perfectly captured a film’s atmosphere. When Williams first played the two notes to Spielberg on a piano, the director initially laughed, thinking it was a joke. Williams described the theme, performed on the tuba, as “grinding away at you, just as a shark would do, instinctual, relentless, unstoppable”.

The Good the Bad and the ugly by Ennio Morriconne

We are entering the top 10 now so at number we have the theme from the Good the Bad and the ugly which was used to great effect in the Tolerance film to not only spoof a classic western but to also highligh the serious issue of disabled badge abuse at the same time

Here is what classic FM had to say

Italian master, Morricone, certainly created one of the most iconic pieces of film music with his main theme, and the rest of the score to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly comes complete with all the classic Morricone traits – including whistling, yodelling and gunfire.

Star Wars Theme by John Williams

And finally the last peice of film music to appear in the Classic FM list is the Star Wars theme by John Williams and the only composer to have two pieces of music in the Tolerance we used it to open the film up along with a classic Star Wars Dialoge crawl which told what the Tolerance film was all about we also used it to introduce the hero of our story Robert played by David Smith

Here is what classic FM had to say

In 1977, Star Wars caused a revolution; Williams brought a new hope to movie soundtracks, reviving the golden age of grand symphonic scores. He’s since composed for most of the Star Wars movies and most recently worked on ‘Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker’. From the brass blasts of ‘Imperial March’ to Princess Leia’s theme, every one of Williams’s motifs is pure class.

Pictures

Monty Norman

One of the many posters for Dr No

John Williams

Poster for Jaws

Ennio Morroconnie

Poster for The Good the Bad and the ugly

Star Wars soundtrack album cover

Notes

Thank you to Google images for the pictures

[denimbex1986]

"...I do feel, though, that there’s a shortage of British female nominees on the list this year.

Claire Foy is more than deserving of her Supporting Actress nomination for All Of Us Strangers..."