#ice wizard

[alphahobo123]

Ice maker makes a mistake

[fairycloth]

ice wizard comm ❄️

[monicole-art]

An icy stare, and an even icier spell list

[wizardfjord]

this interaction was crazy

[protagbot]

hello again tumblr i have started playing wizard 101 at the ripe age of 20 after wanting to play since i was 10. This is my character look at him

[smallscalles]

Ice dude wizard

Hi so I’m going to change my upload schedule every Monday Wednesday and Friday this will start next week so this will be the last post of the week

[mask131]

Exploring the Ice King (4)

Here's at last the final part of this series! I wanted to release this post for the Day of the Kings, but I was too busy IRL... So it's today instead. After going 'round and 'round the elephant in the room, we finally get to touch the heart and core of Ice King: the inspirations of the monarch of ice and snow, and the ancestors of a winter sorcerer!

The most common and widespread trivia you will find around the Internet is that the Ice King seems to have been mainly influenced by the character of the "Winter Warlock" from the Rankin/Bass "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town". Indeed, we find the same lushious beard, pointy features, weird crown, penguin companion, ice-magic and antagonistic role

A similar evil ice sorcerer appeared in "Ruldoph and Frosty's Christmas in July", the wizard Winterbolt - whose name reminds of Ice King's "ice lightning"

The world of Rankin/Bass animations seems to have had a certain influence over Adventure Time. The duo formed by the Heat Miser and Snow Miser can have a vague echo in the duality of the Ice King and Flame King....

... While the huge Snow realm ruled by Father Winter in Rankin/Bass' "Jack Frost" reminds one of the various ice and snow creatures of Ice King's empty domain:

However there is a MUCH more direct inspiration to be listed... An animated movie that clearly was one of the roots of Adventure Time. 1971's The Point, about a boy with a strange hat and his dog going on an adventure... And where the king of the land looks like this:

I don't think I need to make anymore explanations - outside of mentionning that 1971's The Point was actually the animated adaptation of a musical album, and that the starting point of the writing of the story was someone's acid trip... Literaly. Both elements which also echo a LOT with Adventure Time's own style and uniqueness. Though the king in this version was a shy, timid, benevolent and magic-less ruler - a far cry from AT more dangerous and unstable ice-wizard.

Speaking of direct inspirations for Adventure Time, it has never been a secret that 1977's "Wizards" had been one of the main sources of Adventure Time's world. An earth returned to a world of fantasy, magic and fairies after a nuclear war, with a half-skeletal evil wizard leading armies of mutants and robots against the excentric, quirky and weird forces of "good"... The homage is neat and clear.

Why am I speaking of this however? No Ice King ancestor seems to be hiding there... Well, I suggest you take a look at another one of Ralph Bakshi's animated fantasy movies... No, not the animated "Lord of the Rings" movie. But 1983's "Fire and Ice". An animated collaboration with Frank Frazetta himself, about bluish-skinned, white-haired ice-rulers using snow magic to invade a fantasy land and capture a princess, only for a brave, sword-wielding blond hero to have to rescue her... While he is much more youthful, sexy and sane than Ice King, prince Nekron IS definitively one of the characters' ancestors.

The presence of an ice queen ruling alongside Nekron makes me think back on a specific topic... In fantasy, the role of sorcerous evil lords with powers and affinity for ice, snow and the cold is traditionally taken by a woman. Probably as a remnant of the popularity of Andersen's Snow Queen fairytale:

To mention a few famous examples, you have the White Witch of Narnia (which was C.S. Lewis taking Andersen's Snow Queen and fusing her with Lilith and She-who-must-be-obeyed):

Or Tad Williams' Utuk'ku, Queen of the Norns (the literary ancestors of Game of Thrones' White Walkers, Martin literaly ripped them off):

And Warhammer's Tzarina Katarin, first of the ice-witches of Kislev

Adventure Time did have some female characters wielding the powers of the ice - from the Ice Queen to Patience St. Prim, but it stayed mainly focused on the snow magic being male-owned (Ice King, Ice Finn, Evergreen, and all the recent alternates like the Winter King)...

... And by stayed quite "male-focused", Adventure Time echoes once more an ancient mythical archetype, a legendary character whose many incarnations go from Old Father Winter of England to Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) of Russia, passing by Jack Frost and Boreas...

I could have talked about the large presence of ice spirits, spells and entities within the world of "Dungeons and Dragons" but this post is getting way too long, so, to conclude, I will also point out something many have noticed before - how a blue-skinned man-freak freezing everything over a tragic love story is strongly reminiscent of Batman's Mr. Freeze

[aqualblue]

[allibug101]

Jac with the lesbian flag

❤️🧡🤍🩷💜

Artwork by @nadohunter

[paperbaghero]

An old character I decided to draw again.

His name is Mr. Thorn, he's an Ice Wizard that used to be a teacher from a school of magic but left due to him being a bit harsh with his teachings but quit on his own terms because he felt that what he taught was too advanced/too good for the students. yeah, his story is way different from what I had of him if you searched the Mr. Thorn tag JDISJSKSNXODJS shush

But hey, don't be quick to hate him just yet, tho, he does get a traveling companion that warms his old cold ass heart!!

The third pic is the one I first drew of him, which I believe it is from about 2016?

[jellyfish-child]

I've been at Azteca for months bc I can't seem to get through it alone 😭 but also I don't want my adventure in Azteca to end. It's so beautiful and I get so excited when I'm questing there. Context - I'm a Mexican American person who is also fascinated with anything revolving around Chicano Latino stuff especially having to do with the Aztecs and Mesoamerica.

[anyonewanttoplay]

Ice wizard tamer, for the taming winter competition!

[protagbot]

updates on my wizard 101 boy he isn’t looking too good after i gave him lore

[kitlavendear]

A drawing I made for a friend! He wanted me to draw him as an Ice Wizard in Fairy Tail

[allibug101]

My Ice Wizard, Jacqueline (Jac) Icebreeze ❄️

Jac is the princess of the Icebreeze Clan (one of the few human clans in Grizzleheim). Her mother, Queen Kristall, is an ice Valkyrie. While her father, King Börje, is the leader of the clan. While growing up, Jac learned how to fight with her fists along with a few Ice spells. Although she was a princess, her parents were not at all friendly towards others. The whole reason why Jac was brought into this world was to bring about the Everwinter. Not to mention, King Alric also made a pack with the Coven. Ambrose himself knew about this grave situation and sent Zeke to find Jac and bring her to Wizard City. After arriving, Ambrose wanted Jac to enroll into Ravenwood so she can learn how to control her powers. Of course, she was placed into the Ice School. Despite being born to be a weapon, Jac is pretty chill and easygoing. She would also stand up for her friends if they were in a sticky situation. In her free time, she would fish, wrestle, and create ice sculptures.

Artwork by @nadohunter

[alphahobo123]

Crushed ice