#he's there. he's telling us the story. but also. He's A Fucking Frog. iconic. he'd be so mad

[pinkpuffballdude]

OKAY but like. from a design perspective part of the horror of the Beast is how well he blends in with the forest, so in translating him into the King in Yellow one would have to either 1) sacrifice the Beast's camoflage or 2) sacrifice the King's iconic coloration. you could probably get some kind of happy medium(ish) by just changing the eyes, but that still takes away from The Horror-- at that point it's still better to just lean into whatever the King's got going on. I love the Beast's horns, so I'd probably keep those, and I was thinking maybe yellow candles or lights or smth on the points? or maybe they simply end in yellow-black thorns, that could also work. and OBVIOUSLY he'd hold himself completely differently from the Beast, I'm thinking more hunched and scuttley, as opposed to the Beast's elegant pride, and that would end up doing a lot of the work of making him read as the King for me. hm hm hm

this is....... very little. but I am making my way through ep 19 of Malevolent and the argument they're having about like, retaining humanity? and how John is arguing that it's a purely physical thing, while Arthur maintains that the King is also trying to fuck him up mentally, morally, spiritually, made me think of "keep hearty in both body and spirit"

basically. Malevolent OtGW AU. the King is the Beast.