#goc!bunnymund

[juniemunie]

Hope is the last to die.

Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living.

Help Free Palestine

[fosermi]

Slowly learning to animate! This was so fun to do especially the spinning jack.

[hezuart]

Guardian Swap Bunnymund!

Some parts of his clothing are inspired by various native cultures from around the world. I made sure all the bunny designs had clothing that would not affect comfort in agility. ~~~

Frostmund is a bit of a skier. That jacket is mostly a fashion statement but also used for anyone he finds stuck on the mountain who may have been unfortunately trapped. His boomerangs are made of carved ice.

Santamund? I couldn't decide on the proper name.... He has carved wooden boomerangs and is quite the tinkerer!

Birdmund? Again... couldn't decide. His boomerangs are made of carved bone. He has tiny ancient teeth sewn to his garbs. His wings are sturdy feathers, and his clawed feet assist him in holding large bags of choppers when he's out and about. He is inspired by a Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher.

Sandmund's design is inspired by Buddhism: gold sashes and markings. The jewelry should have been designed more towards prayer beads to fit the culture, but I liked the shimmery gold against his fur kind of look.

Blackmund adorns gold embroidered material. A vest made of darkness.

[littlesistersti]

Content Warning: Cursing

@suckmyeiffeltower on Instagram

* Human Pitchiner - I couldn’t find any pictures of Human Pitch before the whole evil thing so I used concept art instead. 

{just realized I could’ve included Jamie and Sophie}

Happy 10 year anniversary <3

[raitou-otcha]

The name can hold an intense connection with fear, Kozmotis PITCHchiner BLACK is an intense example, while e. ASTER Bunnymund is a minute one, if Bunnymund upsets fear, it can cause intense pain to the entire species, and every single one of his sibling are named with relation to fear, by accident by their mother, who loved her fathers work (book bunnymund) and decided to name them after words in research.

And it happens, the entire species has its downfall happen, thanks to the upset names and misbehaviour, that's also why Bunnymund always had a weirdly unique reaction to Pitch, because, Pitch is like him, the association with fear by a name. Something that they cannot control.

Aster, flower of Fear.

[westleywithatea]

Rise of the Guardians/ Guardians of Childhood mobile wallpaper.

Happy belated Anniversary, Rise of the Guardians movie.

Medium: IbisPaint X

The ratio is 16:9 , which fits most mobile phones.

Wallpaper also found on my Instagram.

[Image ID: Motifs of the Rise of the Guardians movie and the Guardians of Childhood book saga are set against a starry dark blue backdrop. Dreamsand decorate the top while frost decorate the bottom. A large G hovers above a pentagon, surrounded by small colored shapes (a red square, a yellow circle, a green triangle, a pink diamond, and a blue hexagon). Inside the pentagon are a glowing star, a pillow, an hourglass, a book, an Easter egg, a snowflake, a Christmas present, and a tooth. Outside the pentagon are a moon, a goose, a hummingbird, a globe, a saber, a flower, a spear, and a wizard hat.]

Timelapse video.

[guardian-of-storytelling]

Here, we have a Jack messing with the Easter eggs.

I haven't drawn Jack in such a long time (must've been around 2021 when I last drew him oop).❄️✨️

[frosted-night]

For personal reasons, here are the hcs I wrote for how the guardians help a believer dealing with loss. These might be heavy.

North: While giving new gifts would be rather moot, he'd try to encourage the believer to revisit gifts their loved one gave them. Even down to smallest object. He'd tell them it's okay to feel complicated feelings towards it and help them find ways to preserve it. (While trying to nip any possible signs of hoarding in the bud.) He hasn't delt with this scenario often but he does his best.

Aster: His center shines the brightest during this scenario. He becomes very gentle and carefully tries to get the believer somewhere quiet and open to where they could process their thoughts. Aster would make sure to remind them that while death may be inevitable, they can enjoy what part of their life was shared with their deceased loved one. He'd show them that there's so much left for them to live and to keep that glimmer of hope alive.

Sandy: He can find this topic difficult, because he knows sometimes dreams of dead loved ones can be more upsetting rather than comforting. Instead, he'd conduct the dreamsand to try to give the believer a dream that they want more than anything. Something to comfort them or just to allow them to glimpse at the person they want to see more than anything. Sandy tries to limit this as he's scared the believer might reject reality if he's not careful.

Tooth: Like Aster, its something she's come across constantly, maybe even more than him. From a child grieving their first pet, to something complicated and soul crushing. She looks through their memories and makes sure they stay in good shape. Her cases are designed to tell her or her fairies when a human needs them the most. Tooth knows those memories might fade one day but she can keep them safe for as long as possible.

Katherine: She can often see when someone vents through writing or journaling about a tough situation. Loss is one Katherine tries to approach delicately. While initially she may not have much to work with, she uses her literary magic to send stories or media to the believer to help them process what they're feeling. Maybe a story of someone in their exact situation getting the comfort they need, a song that expresses the difficult emotions or a story/movie them and their loved one enjoyed. Its very indirect but its worth it in her opinion.

Jack: It was hard to him at first, since he knew telling someone to "go outside" wouldn't just make the pain go away. It confused him. He'd tell them they don't need to keep a stiff upper lip or force a smile. They're allowed to be happy in the absence of a loved one, he'd say, and that no being alive could say otherwise. Jack would try not to step over their boundaries but would sit with them for as long as they needed or wanted him there.

Ombric: It's cruel in his opinion how time can cause such pain for others, but it is inevitable. That doesn't stop him from feeling empathy of course. While he can't interact with them directly, Ombric would whisper across the sands of time to the creatures around their dwelling. Just enough to have them check on that person in their own way. Butterflies lingering near their windows, bees staying for just a little longer than usual. He knows it isn't much but it could mean the world to the right person.

Man In The Moon: the wishes of someone in mourning sting the hardest for him at times. He understands it completely but knows he can never grant those wishes no matter how much it hurts. Instead, he'd try to search for anything else that would help ease their suffering. If no wish would suffice, Manny would contact the appropriate guardian to assist. If nothing else, he'd make sure they can see the moon's glow at night. To remind them that even in the darkest night, there's always a light looking down at them.

[mxthergoose]

Guardians of Childhood - The Great Time Travel Adventure (A GoC fanfic)

(Spoilers from previous books ahead!)

Summary:

A new Golden Age had arrived. Pitch was gone for good and Kozmotis had returned. The Guardians could finally live in peace now. Jack had returned to the little hut in the middle of nowhere that belonged to his adoptive brother together with Katherine, his girlfriend, and Jacklovichs children; only leaving when duty was due. North, Bunnymund, Toothiana, and Sandy had returned to their domains. But the peace finds an end when all of sudden events from the past seemed to change. Where is Father Time? Why wasn't he preventing events from being changed? The Guardians once again stand in front of a mystery that needed to be solved. A most uncommon adventure through time itself begins to find and save Father Time from the Dark Forces that try to keep him from doing his duties...

Chapter 1: In which Kozmotis finally awakes and a Pooka is happy

Kozmotis opened his eyes. He struggled to keep them open, blinking several times, as the environment blinded his eyes. Around him, there stood somebody that, at first, he couldn't quite make sure of whom it was. After blinking few more several times, he could tell it were, in fact, and to his own surprise, the Guardians, clustered around him like a group of people that held a funeral. Kozmotis was, it seemed, the victim they mourned. But he wasn't dead, no. That, Kozmotis knew despite the fact that it all felt like a weird dream right now. Seconds later, he could make out a slim figurine with raven black hair that wavered behind it and a dress as green as the grass that grew at spring awakening.

It slowly drew closer and made its way toward him, it almost seemed like it was not touching the ground at all — it was floating! It bent down and knelt in front of him, and finally the fallen man could sense a familiar face and a voice so angelic and mesmerizing that it made him instantly know he was indeed kept in a safe place. Kozmotis' still blurry sight slowly faded away when he felt his head being softly and slightly lifted up in the air by two small hands ever so slightly. The face, the hair, the dress, the voice... it all belonged to someone Kozmotis held very dear in his heart all the time. It all belonged to his daughter, Emily Jane. "You're back...", said Emily as she pressed her forehead against the one of her father's. "I can't believe it. You're really back".

Kozmotis Pitchiner and Emily Jane (Illustration by me)

Her amber eyes became all watery, tears flowing down her cheeks, her usually so pale skin suddenly flushing in red colour. Kozmotis smiled upon her with happiness filled face, now moving his hand, the one that used to be his by Nightlight's bright glow injured hand, over toward Emily's in tears soaked face, caressing lovingly down her cheeks and wiping away her tears like only a loving father could. "It's okay, my dear daughter. It was about time, wasn't it?" answered Kozmotis and chuckled. The black haired woman nodded and chuckled in unison with him. Then he finally managed to get up from the snowy ground, wondering why not a single snowflake had touched his body — the snow lay all around him, and yet, there was not a single sign of a snowflake resting upon his body. However, Kozmotis shook his head and realised he was still watched by the other Guardians that had encircled him earlier.

🔸🔸🔸

Katherine, who stood right next to Jack and Kailash, having changed her age back at exactly eighteen years old, watched the father-daughter unity with great happiness as did the other Guardians. Her with excitement filled face drew a smile upon Kozmotis' as well, and Kailash let out a joyful honk. Oddly enough for himself, even the grumpy Pooka couldn't help a slight grin growing on his mouth. His whiskers twitched rapidly in an excited pace.

North had to bite his lips to not release an amused laughter as only a man upon his size of statue could when seeing the Pooka this 'happy'. Bunnymund rather avoided showing any kind of joy in public. He, in fact, rather avoided to show any happy emotion at all unless it is in some way connected toward eggs.

"Come on, grumpy rabbit. I know you're happy. Don't be afraid to show some of it - make it more... obvious!" mused North while raising one of his bushy eyebrows and slapping Bunnymunds back with his strong hand that had 'Naughty' tattooed upon it's arm. It made the Pooka release a small oof and stumble slightly forward due to the rather harsh impact. "Careful, old man. Your words do not find any apply to me" huffed Bunnymund in complete awe. "Awwh, is the grumpy rabbit becoming soft?" mocked North the Pooka. Bunnymund's nose began twitching — he would say something very inappropriate right now. But that is not in the known manner of the Pookan brotherhood so he let go of it and instead insisted on changing places with Toothiana who hovered right next to Sandman which made North's amused smirk grow even wider.

He loved teasing the rabbit man. And deep inside, he knew that the Pooka liked, and maybe even enjoyed, North's jokes too; he just didn't like to show and or admit it.

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[sels-art-blog]

I finally got these in new condition for really cheap money! I'm so happy ahhhhh🥰😍😍🥰🥹

A week ago, they cost almost 100€, now I got em for 56€ in hardcover version!

[twisting-echo]

Happy Pride, everyone! I know that I'm getting this out late, but "better late than never," right?

So here we have Bunny showing his pride as a Homoromantic Demisexual. Bunnymund is my favorite guardian, and I always saw him as romantically attracted to men and sexually attracted to someone he's emotionally close to.

[thecrossoverwriter15]

Rise of the Guardians 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Complete Breakdown + Tracklist

Okay, so each track is color coded to represent which character the scene focuses on. All the colors like (this) mean all the Guardians are together.

Jack: Blue

Bunny: Green

Tooth: Pink

Sandy: Yellow

North: Red

Emily Jane: Purple

Pitch Black: Black

Katherine: Orange

Just a heads up! There were two tracks that weren't on Spotify that I'll add here. ✌️

Fire on Fire (Main Song)

DreamWorks Picture Logo Theme

A Bicentennial

Calling The Guardians

Mr. Blue Sky

Legend Has It/Cliffside Playtime

She's Here

Let There Be More Light

Night Fury Killer

Water of Life

El-Ahrairah

Believe It or Not

Orgoscope

Dirty Little Animals

Get Jinxed

Mon Ergaste Forn

Jamie's Bedroom

Courage in Me

Jack and Sandman

Allow Me to Take You To the Great Burrow

Everyone Else Betrays Us

Dido's Lament

1000 Enemies

Apes Together Strong

Jedi Temple March

Playground

Jack Betrays

Face Off

She Still Needs You

The Escape

My Leader, My Brother, My Friend

Where Should I Sit?

Remember Who You Are

I Fear Nothing

Who We Are

You're Perfect

What Could Have Been

To The Stars

Drink Before The War

Guardians vs Hellspawn

Ballad of the Noval Corp

Ego

Sacrifice

Family Bond (Unreleased OST)

Our Forest

Our Victory

Mary Poppins and the Rat

Leo's Sacrifice (Unreleased OST)

Dreamsand Miracles

On The Spaceport

Sisters

All Life Has Meaning

The Dog Days Are Over

End Credits: A Wish Worth Making, Fire On Fire...

Here’s the links to the Unreleased scores:

@dreamworksanimation I hope you see this!

(the music tracks:

El-Ahraiah

Mo Ergaste Forn

Allow Me To Take You To The Great Burrow

Dido’s Lament

1000 Enemies

Apes Together Strong

The Escape

and My Leader, My Brother, My Friend are the themes that play when we, the audience see Bunny’s origins!)

To any book readers, I also included a very important character during the track, “She Still Needs You.” This character is associated with Jack Frost.

Well, before Jack Frost even existed😉

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Okay, I was considering this for a bit and have decided to just share the story idea to you guys! Since I’m working on an alternate Guardians project, I wanted to get this idea down for simple reference or just to re-read later :) (this is also just my crazy imagination pretending that I made the sequel to Guardians, which is released in theaters, blah, blah, all that stuff LOL)

Be warned, I am about to spoil the entire story, so if you don’t want to know, just don’t read this!

All good? Alright, here we go..

Under the leadership of Dreamworks Animation and Universal Studios, Fortiche Animation and directed/producted by me, I am proud to introduce..

Rise of the Guardians 2

We open up 5 years after the events of “Rise Of The Guardians” in the industrious and majestic city of belief. Once just ice and rock, the Guardians have growth in strength and numbers, building the playful city just outside of North’s Workshop, which serves as the main castle. Yeti’s and Elves still work, but have expanded all across the city, enjoying the days of peace without Pitch. Each year before Christmas, North would call the Guardians together to discuss their progress

[stormingfrost]

Reviewing all Rise Of The Guardians related media

I found as much media in this franchise that I could (I know there’s some more that aren’t available anymore, like the apps) and I’m here to give my opinion on all of them. Even if I gave something a low rating, I still love and cherish it as a part of my collection! 

There’s four sections: movie tie-in books, online comics, Guardians Of Childhood, and miscellaneous pieces of media I can’t sort easily 

Movie tie-in books

The Art Of Rise Of The Guardians

        Setting - 4 stars

    Plot - 3 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

I love the concept art book so much. I find it very interesting to see how movies are made, especially animated ones. All of the different details and story elements and decisions are so cool. I had to do a double take on them calling Jack a 'hunk' that's so funny. And the art is just so gorgeous!

Guide To The Guardians

        Setting - 3 stars

        Plot - 2.5 stars

        Engagement - 4.5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 3.5 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

I love fun facts so much! Each guardian gets a section w/ information, and an activity to do. I really like it! It's my second favorite of the movie-tie in books! Has trading cards with even more fun facts! (I found high quality pictures of the cards from GoldenDragon on DeviantArt, if you wanna take a peek at them.)

Hidden Truths and Other Stories

        Setting - 3.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 4.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

It has two original stories:

Monty and Jamie discussing their experiences with the Guardians before the events of the movie

How the elves came to work for North!

Getting something from this world that I haven't seen before was so fun and exciting! My favorite of the movie tie-in books!

Hidden Truths: 

   The story of Jamie and Monty is really cute. Jamie keeps a book to keep track of the magical things that he sees. Monty shares a time when he was at a boys scout camp and got attacked by a stray dog, only to see ice appear out of nowhere.

With Friends Like These: 

    The elves are funny, and North and the yetis reaction to them is hilarious. They help North, and he decides to let them stay.

Worlds Of Wonder

        Setting - 2.5 stars

        Plot - 1.5 stars

        Engagement - 4 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 4 stars

        Overall rating - 3.5 stars

        Recommendation - 3 stars

I actually really like this. The play-set is cute and the little booklet gives some information about all the characters. It's something that I would've adored as a kid. It’s got a mixed rating bc it’s a pop-up play-set with mini paper cutouts of the characters, not a story. It’s a bit hard to rate with all the others. 

Rise Of The Guardians: Movie Novelization

        Setting - 3.5 stars

        Plot - 3 stars

        Engagement - 3.5 stars

        Characters - 4 stars 

        Style - 3 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 3.5 stars

        Recommendation - 3.5 stars

It's not as well written as I hoped it would've been, but it isn't a terrible read. Overall, I like it, but it does change, add, and exclude lines that were in the movie. Some changes I like, some I don't. It's not bad, not good.

Just meh. If you're a fan of rotg, you'll enjoy it well enough.

Jamie To The Rescue!

        Setting - 3 stars

        Plot - 3.5 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 3 stars

        Recommendation - 3 stars

It's a cute illustrated version of Jamie's view of the events of the movie. It’s a picture book for children, I can’t really enjoy this in the way it was intended to be read, because I’m not a kid. I like it, but it's not my favorite by a long shot. 

The Story Of Jack Frost

        Setting - 3 stars

        Plot - 3.5 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 3 stars

        Recommendation - 3 stars

It's another cute illustrated version of Jack's view of the events of the movie. I like it, but it's in the same category as Jamie To The Rescue! in terms of kid books that an adult is reading. 

Rise of the Guardians: A Deluxe Pop-Up Book

        Setting - 4.5 stars

        Plot - 3 stars

        Engagement - 3.5 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 2.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 3 stars

        Recommendation - 3 stars

It's fun to see the events of the movie in an interactive book! But some of the art is... just not very good? It's fine for the most part, but then Jack's eyes are suddenly in two different places and the characters look uncanny. Overall, I like it but the art leaves much to be desired.

Made In The North Pole

        Setting - 2.5 stars

        Plot - 2 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 2.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 2.5 stars

        Overall rating - 2.5 stars

        Recommendation - 2 stars

It's fun, but it's just screenshots from the movie and pngs with related text

Not a lot of effort was put into this as other books and it shows. It's cute tho, definitely a kids book meant for children. 

Rise Of The Guardians: Mix & Match

        Setting - 2 stars

        Plot - 2 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 4 stars

        Enjoyment - 2 stars

        Overall rating - 2.5 stars

        Recommendation - 2.5 stars

Not my favorite but I can recognize that I am not the target audience for this kids book. Probably my least favorite personality.  It would be fun for a kid though, the interactive element is good but overall it's not the best. It's just not for me.

Online comics

Learning To Fly

        Setting - 4.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

I like how he sees how the world works and learns from it. It shows how smart he actually is, and how much he had to learn in those 300 years. I also really like the panel where he is looking up at the birds. Very cool. Just Jack flying with a flock of birds is really cool.

Spring 1968

        Setting - 4 stars

        Plot - 4.5 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

This art is just GORGEOUS. Short and sweet, although I do wish we got to see more about the blizzard of '68. You just know Jack is laughing in the background somewhere. I seriously cannot get over how pretty this comic is. I want this art tattooed on my SOUL

Cat Nap

        Setting - 4 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

This is so adorable I can't even. Sandy's attempts to entertain the cat and the cat just not having it. Short and sweet and it's Sandy and a cat. What's not there to love?

The art is gorgeous. So cute!

Winter Spirit

        Setting - 3.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

Jack making snowmen for a group of kids. Adorable. Also, new Jack outfit besides his colonial one and modern one. I love how the snowmen glow with Jack's magic it's such a cool detail. Jack making things fun for a group of bored kids is so on brand. Very cute and fun!

Pitch Black

        Setting - 5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

Pitch gets offered to be a Guardian, but he refuses and takes offense to it. It's so interesting to see Pitch being more friendly to the Guardians, especially because this is the moment that started their fight. I love the different lore here. The books by William Joyce would've never had this happen. (Also ties in super well with Johane Matte's unofficial comics. I recommend reading those as well. This is her tumblr and this her deviantart) 

Guardians of Childhood

The Man In The Moon

        Setting - 4 stars

        Plot - 4 stars

        Engagement - 4 stars

        Characters - 4 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 4 stars

        Overall rating - 4 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

Very cute. The drawings are amazing. The story is obviously simple, but it's a bit awkward trying to fit Pitch and the lore in there when the story is mostly about MiM making a smile on the moon’s surface and balloons. 

The Sandman

        Setting - 4 stars

        Plot - 4 stars

        Engagement - 4 stars

        Characters - 4.5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 4 stars

        Overall rating - 4 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

Different from the novels, but still good. Very cute, and the art is gorgeous. Golden Age/Pitch stuff was less sudden and awkward. 

Jack Frost

        Setting - 4 stars

        Plot - 4 stars

        Engagement - 4 stars

        Characters - 4 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 4 stars

        Overall rating - 4 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

Very cute! Pretty art. Less confusion about the Pitch/Golden Age stuff, mostly because it was at the beginning as set up rather than just shoved in the middle as a long paragraph on one page. 

Nicholas St. North And The Battle Of The Nightmare King

        Setting - 4.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 4 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

Cute, whimsical. We see the very beginning of the Guardians- hints at Santa and Mother Goose. Start of the relics, the macguffins of the series (more on that later.) 

E. Aster Bunnymund And The Warrior Eggs At The Earth's Core!

        Setting - 4.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 3.5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 3.5 stars

        Overall rating - 4 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

I liked this book more than the first one. We set up Emily Jane, we get more characters, and the world is expanded on. I liked how Bunny is a dork, how Pitch's weapons absorb light, how Pitch touching Nightlight turned his hand human. I do wish there was more on Bunny's negative feelings towards Pitch, seeing as he did kill Bunny's people, rather than Bunny not really caring at all. 

Toothiana Queen Of The Tooth Fairy Armies

        Setting - 4.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 3.5 stars

        Characters - 4.5 stars 

        Style - 3 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 4 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

I wish we had more on Tooth's character. I love her so much. This book frustrates me because all of the other Guardians’ homes get exact locations, but Tooth's is just "Asia." Like where? Tooth's home is only implied, and it sucks. Plus, she's the only POC in this cast, and she's a bird. The book itself was okay (ignoring the orientalism). I liked some of Tooth's backstory and the build up to meeting Emily Jane. 

The Sandman And The War Of Dreams

        Setting - 4.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 4.5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 4.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 4.5 stars

        Recommendation - 4.5 stars

I liked the full backstories and the pay off for Emily Jane, Nightlight, and the relics. It feels tied with the previous books. I don't like how rushed Sandy's parts are. Also the kiss thing is just weird. I love Emily Jane's character, wish we got more of her as Mother Nature. I liked how Sandy got blisters from the nightmare shield, it's reminiscent of his death in the movie. I liked it. Favorite book in the GOC series. 

Jack Frost The End Becomes The Beginning

        Setting - 4 stars

        Plot - 3 stars

        Engagement - 3.5 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 3 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 3.5 stars

        Recommendation - 3.5 stars

This book is a WILD ride. But definitely a better read if you aren't expecting it to be like the movie at all. The ending was good. I liked Shadowbent. It's inconsistent with the other books, it retcons a bunch of things. Like the relics. They aren’t important anymore just because. This book has unnecessary details and tangents that could be cut out (or even just shown, rather than told) because they do not add anything to the story. Joyce should stop using real historical figures in this book. Jack's staff is alive, btw. I'm still not over that. Or that Tumblr sexyman Jack Frost, Elsa's boyfriend or whatever, is besties with Winston Churchill (????????????????)

Miscellaneous pieces of media I can’t sort easily 

 Rise Of The Guardians: The Video Game (3DS version)

        Setting - 3.5 stars

        Plot - 3.5 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 2.5 stars 

        Style - 3 stars

        Enjoyment - 3.5 stars

        Overall rating - 3.5 stars

        Recommendation - 3.5 stars

I'm gonna be completely honest here: this game is a low effort cash grab. It’s a movie video game, my expectations are low and it met them. It's enjoyable if you like beating things up, but the gameplay gets repetitive quickly. I liked it well enough played it twice even but I wouldn't say it's the best. The game looks much better (better graphics, gameplay, voice acting, and multiplayer) on Wii/PS3/Xbox 360, I just don't have those consoles.

The Man in The Moon (2005 short film) 

        Setting - 3.5 stars

        Plot - 4 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 3.5 stars

        Recommendation - 3.5 stars

The art style is a 3D version of William Joyce's art style (which is fine but gives me Coraline book cover vibes.) The bowler hat is apparently the boogeyman's, which is hilarious (because Joyce wrote the book that became Meet The Robinsons.) VERY early concept of this universe, used to pitch the idea to Dreamworks. It's funny how the core concept is there, but how different it is to both the movie and the books. It's alright, I do find it more interesting than entertaining, because of how much the concept changed. Can't have William Joyce without the robots. 

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