#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

[arinlangdon]

sure, why not?

Atlantis - Seafret Run Boy Run - Woodkid I Don't Know - Lisa Hannigan Nothing But Time - Metric

Lean Across - CLEWS Annan Waters - Kate Rusby Never-ending Circles - CHVRCHES Goodbye Song - Abandoned Pools Den sista sången - Kent Oxygen Ocean (Extended Root Mix ) - Alec Lambert Necrofantasia - Team Shanghai Alice

Tagging @angel-rebellion​ and whoever else wants to do it!

spell out your name or url with songs !!

P - Prom Queen (Beach Bunny)

I - I’ll Make Cereal (Cavetown)

G - girls (girl in red)

E - Empty Bed (Cavetown)

O - Oh Ana (Mother Mother)

N - No Surprised (Radiohead)

tagging: @angerycat @ast3ria-blue @swiftieannah @melancholy-melomaniac @melancholypessimism @whyybesocial @i-have-no-idea-111 @the-literary-anything-blog @underappreciatedtomato @livelaughlovebillzo @charlie-is-missing @chronic-stressed @v4nillaskies @nonsensical-space-ghost @alm0std34d and any other mutuals or people who want to join in !!

[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]

#i had a completely different drawing for oyu but.... i didnt like how it was coming out so i scrapped it completely :]#it was a little out of my skill level lol#as were the hands on this one so dont look too hard at them but im still satisfied overall :>#happy late bday!!

thank you!!!! for this beautiful gift :D their posing and expressions are so cozy, and the little sapling says "hope". i already told you over discord but i'll say it again, it's such a delight seeing them start Arin on the path to healing. seeing them close another chapter in their journey, with all its ups and downs, though they wouldn't change a thing about it because they've found their way back to each other

and you know i will always support your artistic endeavors, friend. their hands look great! and you'll work your way up to the other drawing you wanted to do, i believe in you!! 💪

a late gift for @arinlangdon :> they're replanting new trees!

[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]

just came across this CG again

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

[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]

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]

choosing a favorite update (or scenes) of Arin’s is really difficult because they’re all sososo good, but man if the last two THREE didn’t take them to new emotional heights-----

they sure were going places!!!

[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!!