#eonposting

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Was reminded of this post and realized I never elaborated, so here’s a small selection of moments from the chapter books in which Eon’s super tired and generally having a bad time:

This is a man that has not known peace in 600 years, minimum.

obsessed with the contrast between eon’s characterization in the games vs his characterization in the chapter books. it’s so funny to me. in the games he doesn’t do much outside of giving hints and serving as a bookend. but then in the novels he’s just like. actually a guy. with so many mental health problems.

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crash <3

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(via Conditions are just sign boards, ‘To follow or not’ depends on your ambition. – EonPost | The Eternal Inspiration)

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To me, Master Eon is the type of guy that says stuff like “I just need to get through this week and then I’ll be ok,” only he’s been saying that every single week for the past five centuries

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plenty of great official illustrations of eon but the one i’m most fond of is this one reeeeally tiny eon drawn in the background of one of the panels from rift into overdrive:

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I’m always thinking about how the Skylanders novels depict Eon as having a telepathic link with each and every one of his Skylanders so that he can communicate with them at virtually any distance within Skylands and provide them with a Portal back home at any time.

I’m always thinking about how Eon has been a Portal Master for many centuries and has likely shared this telepathic link with each one of his previous Skylander teams.

I’m always thinking about the very real possibility that on the day the SWAP Force were caught in the Mount Cloudbreak eruption over 100 years ago, the last thing Eon ever heard from them were their screams and cries for help as they were split in half, frozen, and banished to Earth. Eon couldn’t bring them back home in time.

I’m always thinking about the very real possibility that, in the 100 years between the eruption and the SWAP Force’s miraculous return to Skylands, Eon had lived under the assumption that his team had all died, all at once, and he would never get to hear their voices again, all because he couldn’t activate a Portal fast enough.

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not enough skylanders fans know that master eon has a tragic friendship with a violent worm in a mech suit

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See, a neat lil factoid about me is that if I think about Master Eon for too long i will Explode and Die

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*voice cracking* oK,,,,,,

(Many thanks to @turquoisephoenix for sharing the Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure Official Sticker Book excerpt used at the beginning of the post!)

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Been getting emotional over Eon and Hugo again and like—it’s SUCH an important detail in the books that Eon calls Hugo “friend.” Not just his assistant. But he directly refers to him as “old friend.” Hugo’s referred to as Eon’s “righthand Mabu.” There is literally not a single person Eon trusts and appreciates more than Hugo. He’s not just valued for his intellect or his ability to keep everything in the Citadel in order. But Hugo’s valued for his company. He’s valued not just for being an assistant, but for being a friend. I love them a lot.

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the delightful thing about the games and the academy tv show being two separate canons means that i can keep my aro/ace eon headcanon. like “oh eon is kaos’ dad? not to me he’s not lol”

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I strongly believe that some of the best lore introduced in the Mask of Power novels is the fact that Master Eon is best friends with a tiny worm librarian that pilots a mech suit who will not hesitate to kill you with his bootleg lightsaber if you don’t pay your late fees.

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what she says: i’m fine.

what she means: master eon’s life is simultaneously a tragedy and a horror story. the “eon’s origins” story scroll in spyro’s adventure implies that eon never had a normal childhood because, for a time, he had been a literal child servant working for the portal master nattybumpo. and while various books put nattybumpo in a positive light and he was implied to have been very kind and caring, this does not take away from the fact that not only was eon a child tasked with cleaning, cooking, and tending to various magical/dangerous relics, but as soon as eon activated his first portal at age 8, nattybumpo had begun mentoring him.

he was 8 years old when he learned that he had powers beyond his comprehension. he was 8 years old when someone told him that, one day, the fate of not only his world but that of the entire universe would depend on him. he was a child when he started getting trained in the mystic arts. he was only a child when he learned that if he dared to give up, everyone and everything he’d ever known would be laid to waste. and this isn’t even an exaggeration, because the mask of power novels as well as superchargers confirm that skylands’ portal system is essentially a gateway to all other universes (but also—how else did the skylanders get sent to earth in the first place?). so if eon were to fail to prevent the darkness from taking over skylands, then not only would his world suffer, but all others as well.

what’s even worse is that the mask of power novels lightly touch on eon’s anguish and intense anxieties. several hundred years ago before the events of spyro’s adventure, eon had seen into the future and had witnessed the destruction of the core of light as well as the banishment of the skylanders. imagine living hundreds upon hundreds of years knowing that you will fail? that your friends—the closest things you have to family—will be ripped away from you in an instant and there’s nothing you can do about it? what’s more is that it’s been mentioned in the games and books that eon had been the last remaining good portal master for ages after nattybumpo’s supposed death. he had been working alone—just him, the skylanders, and hugo. no other portal masters to help ease the burden. how do you stay sane and remain hopeful when you’ve not only lived centuries knowing that you’re destined to fail, but also knowing that you’re presumably the last of your kind? eon is simply one cog in a massive machine that is far, far bigger than he can possibly comprehend. a soldier in a war that cannot be won.

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and on this episode of “memes that appeal to me only”

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obsessed with the contrast between eon’s characterization in the games vs his characterization in the chapter books. it’s so funny to me. in the games he doesn’t do much outside of giving hints and serving as a bookend. but then in the novels he’s just like. actually a guy. with so many mental health problems.