#harlowspeaks

[arinlangdon]

heart is breaking again for Arin in Nora S2. Arin who sees their former best friend eschewing a meeting with them in favor of running with a new group, while they're as alone as they were their whole life before Whitethorn, unsure of how much of their shared past she remembers. their phrasing kills me too, because iirc they say "busy with your friends" as if they don't count among that group. not "other friends" or "new friends" just. "your friends"

[notanotherfandombloge]

small prediction for episode 3: we’ll meet Frank as well as Bill

[earthquakesuggestion-blog]

Glass shatters. People scream. I have arrived, in all of my glory.

[arinlangdon]

wherever there are family photos in the lighthouse, there are photos of Arin by themself and Arin with various combinations of the family members (and James)... birthdays, holidays, high school graduation, candids. the siblings' parents took them in as more than just an apprentice.

(and upon reuniting with their children, they were the least surprised out of everyone that their daughter had gotten together with her long-time best friend)

[arinlangdon]

sun/moon dynamic this, sun/moon dynamic that. i see your sun/moon couples and i raise you

the star/moon-coded dynamic

not polar opposites, but a complementary pair. you can never have one without the other, and they're so beautiful and magical dancing in the night sky together.

[arinlangdon]

here are some ideas for what i might want the look of an EAA animated show to be like. i thought it’d be cool for the settings to look very distinct, to represent how one is full of fairytale magic and the other is mostly not.

first, the magical realm: highly stylized, line-based with vibrant and saturated hues, extensive use of watercolors. like a storybook come to life.

that might be a little outlandish, but hold on, i like this bit better: there’s Whitethorn looking slightly more typical—painterly, richly detailed, more realistically colored and lit...

maybe hazier and therefore less “real” in areas of high magic:

more solid and... “buttery”(??) in areas of low magic:

but overall still having a gorgeous, dreamy look throughout every area of Whitethorn

idea that came to me just now: perhaps once the spell is broken, we switch entirely over to the latter style to represent how the siblings have completely reincorporated their memories. they no longer see magic as something foreign or temporary but rather part of them and part of their worlds.

art credits:

1-6: various Cartoon Saloon concept art pieces

7-8 from Mushishi

9-10 from Makoto Shinkai films

[arinlangdon]

[stumbles in]

listen... just because Arin is from England.... doesn’t mean they can’t be of Irish or Scottish or Welsh descent! or even a combination thereof.

[slithers out]

[arinlangdon]

Yorkshire!Arin vs Lancashire!Arin headcanons

Anna, u know this makes us mortal enemies now

I am saving arins last episode for after tomorrow's terrifying interview to trick myself into looking forward to tomorrow. Any way im headcanoning Lancashire!arin because I am biased because that's where my mums from

[arinlangdon]

just came across this CG again

and i remembered there was a time before Arin existed. what a dark, cursed period.

[arinlangdon]

it's currently summer... which means that Arin must be trying to read through the whole of Whitethorn's library during these next few months. godspeed, Arin.

[arinlangdon]

on the one hand, EAA was never as popular as the older series, which is a gd shame because people are missing out

on the other hand, it seemed that most people who were into it really really loved it. and that's a sign of an amazing story

on the other other hand, if it had been given more and better advertising and more time to reach its audience, it probably could've been really successful

[arinlangdon]

i’m pretty sure i’ve spent 300+ tickets on each of these, so

clearly, if Arin gets a route, i have my work cut out for me!

In case it isn’t already blatantly obvious, I have an unhealthy obsession with Ever After Academy, to the point where I have reread all three of the current routes multiple times.

I didn’t think anything of it until I checked my stats just now and-

(Honestly not surprised that out of the three of them Lucas got the spot, the writing in his route is absolutely breathtaking and I can’t recommend it enough. If you haven’t read his route (or Nora and Ezra for that matter) PLEASE do you won’t regret it.)

Now this might not seem like a big deal, except for the fact that Altea was in third place.

Altea has nine seasons.

Lucas is finishing his third in a few hours.

In conclusion, JUST YOU WAIT UNTIL WE GET AN ARIN ROUTE-

[arinlangdon]

when FMC in Ezra’s route says that, because Arin’s not involved with magic, “we have to protect them!”

when MMC in Lucas’s route speculates that Arin would dance with FMC if she asked them

when Arin in Nora’s route holds FMC’s hand in theirs and locks their gazes, proclaiming that they would do it all over again (for her, as it's implied)

when Arin is uncharacteristically petty and snide towards Lavinia for No Good Reason

when Arin and FMC.

sighs. sighs!!

[arinlangdon]

there have been instances of the lightkeeper and pathfinder being unrelated, right? imagine if one distant generation of the triad were all romantically involved. triad throuple

[arinlangdon]

in fact, i'm sure there are entire albums of photos of every generation of the founder's family and the triad dating back to the very beginning. it'd be a tradition at this point, to include all members of the triad in the photos, if not have an entire album devoted to the triad by themselves

[arinlangdon]

truly amazed by this blog sometimes. 1000+ EAA posts, most of which are original. my hyperfixation was real