#luxa tuc

[aldoodles]

Anyways back to our regularly scheduled programming, plz have this early-code-of-claw Luxa

[knightofthenewrepublic]

[bubblesandpages]

Suzanne Collins, manufacturing fake dating scenarios since 2006

[emerdoodls]

hi tuc tumblr i have a question bc we all know i have no concept of how old any of these characters are no matter how many times i read the books (re: me thinking hazard and boots were the same age) how old are nerissa and dulcet and mareth bc i thought mareth and dulcet were the same age but the wiki says dulcet is like, 14-16, and nerissa is just ageless to me?? like. genuinely do the books say? do yall have hcs?? what's the vibe here??

[corviacore]

When I was a kid I wrote like 3 emails to Suzanne Collins after I finished the underland chronicles because I was SO SAD I couldn't comprehend that Gregor and luxa couldn't stay together.

Also that scratch code letter? I translated that as a kid myself and almost cried about it!

[noirs-multiverse]

was thinking today abt how luxa and ripred somehow BOND at the end of code of claw and somehow no one,,,, ever,,,, questions it? cause it just creates more questions that literally never ever get answered within the book?

isnt luxa already bonded to aurora? can you bond with more than one person then? what even is the significance of a bond then?

aurora is apparently okay with this but,,, it does not make that much sense really. also, "if you think so, then i can survive it" (luxa to aurora, a little after the bond is made),,, that's. not very,,,,, bondlike or any good prospects for luxa and ripred's bond unless luxa is being sarcastic but i doubt that?

all throughout the series, bonds have always been between humans and fliers. this does make sense because a human and flier duo is pretty great for fighting and survival + travel within the underland, they complement each other. i don't think a human could have that with any other species. (idk how to articulate but like, fliers provide the Flight and humans provide the Attack yk, there's not much a gnawer can provide to a human in that regard if you get what i mean)

also, bonds are sought with someone who have a connection or understanding with. someone whose loss you would actively grieve. luxa and aurora, howard and pandora, hazard and thalia (😭), and so on. i mean,,, a bond is clearly a significant concept within the underland, the breaking of which is literally disastrous (ares being punished with exile before gregor saves the day). if i'm not forgetting anything, the only time a bond breaks is either a betrayal (henry and ares!!! they are a great example of how bond ≠ peace), or your bond dying (howard and pandora).

observing luxa and ripred's dynamic, they do not quite have the understanding that creates a successful bond (Luxa Was Literally Ready To Send Ripred And The Gnawers To The Uncharted Lands, HOW DID THEY BOND™️ LIKE 2 SECONDS LATER??? I reread that part just now and I lost several braincells, just to confirm if I was right. Anyway). i just. don't see how luxa could say that treaties have failed,,,, a bond can fail too?

especially considering how badly henry's betrayal affected luxa throughout the series, it just feels,,,, Not Right to see luxa doing this when henry's bond with ares failed? like, would she not have considered this before placing so much faith in a bond between her and ripred?

unless there is actual magic involved, nothing really guarantees that luxa and ripred's bond will preserve peace or anything. bonds in tuc seem to be more of a cultural/interpersonal tradition of high significance as opposed to an actual magical construct with any weight that ISN'T assigned by cultural/personal association.

i read more of that part just to check and this quote? "I need one human to genuinely approve of what I just did." (said by luxa)

THE WAY THIS LOOKS,,, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A VERY BAD MOVE FOR UM. YOUR "image"???? How could you make such a huge move without even consulting anyone properly, right ? Luxa, bonding with A GNAWER who you Threatened with Exile/Banishment does NOT bode well for your reputation, which you need if you are going to actually want to preserve any peace? Bro you could've just signed a treaty,,,,,,,

and i mean, if you CAN bond (bonds are one of the most,, iconic? idk what other word to use, features of tuc, just to put that here) with other species instead of just humans and fliers, i feel like that's not something you would ever just put at the end of the book and never really explore in depth,,,

anyway i feel like i missed something but like,,,, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE QUESTIONING ON THE LUXA AND RIPRED BOND BECAUSE IT'S SO OUT OF NOWHERE,, and detracts from a proper understanding of what a bond even is

im pretty sure this is my first proper uh essay??? post on here so um lmk what u think, id love to hear all ur thoughts in general and stuff. i will prolly reblog this post if i have more thoughts on this, let's see haha. anyway, have an awesome day/night!

[orangeblobby]

I’m curious:

[wagon-is-on-fire]

Suzanne Collins will never know the way The Underland Chronicles physically altered my brain chemistry as a 10 year old

[tanadellatarma]

My FanArt of Luxa from Gregor the Overlander saga was one of (if not THE one) my first art posts (still visible on Pinterest and Google even if I lost my old Tumblr account - yikes!) After years I was finally able to make a whole project about this wonderful saga and I decided to come back to Tumblr and post it here: thank you for inspiring me in those old days 💜 I did a whole "training project" for a dream Graphic Novel: if you enjoy it, share and comment this post 🙏 •► The project: https://tanadellatarma.it/gregortheoverlander/ Fly you hight & run like the river 🦇

[1very1fancy1doilies1]

ripred the rat for my sister's birthday :)

[kikistrikesagain]

Just more TUC character designs! Trying to do more but have no clue how to draw small children, bats, rats, or bugs so….

[aldoodles]

I hope they got to play ball again sometime

[yesthefandomfreakblr]

If you're still taking requests for doodles... (quoting from Code of Claw)

"Next, I will sing one for you!" announced Boots, pointing at the bat, who actually flinched.

Or maybe a hypothetical scenario of Angelina and Larry meeting Luxa, with Gregor in attendance? (Gregor having brought Luxa on a topside excursion for pizza, and then his friends just randomly show up at some point through sheer coincidence.) Ooooor, maybe Gregor's school friends dropped by his apartment to meet up, with one of the other tenants directing them to the laundry room 'cause they saw the kid in there as they left… Gregor juuuust departing to the Underland but suddenly hears his friends' voices coming from the approach and he can't just dip because what if they find the access point on their own and the currents at that moment aren't favorable for a non-assisted descent. So he has to get back up into the laundry room quickly and so manages to do so in time but the grate either makes noise as it closes and thus invokes curiosity, or Gregor tries to be stealthy and quietly closes the grate but the other two kids catch him in the act... ...this is all a lead-up to hypothetical scenario/image of Angelina and Larry encountering/maybe chatting with Nike. (Or, maybe it's Ares in the shaft...)

apologies. can't make up my mind on which to choose.

[ares-protector]

GUYS! I have learned crucial information about bats I think everyone should know. Especially pertaining to Underland fliers.

Bats can purr!

They vibrate and they sound like engines, it's adorable. There is a great video of one on the Maid of Bats Instagram page. And I am also immediately adding it to my headcanon that fliers purr unconsciously under certain circumstances of happiness, and that they can do it at will. Just a deep rumble while they vibrate. Just-

Gregor: *does something*

Ares: *finds it endearing and starts purring unconsciously*

Everyone else: 0_0 WTF, I didn't think Ares could do that anymore.

Or also,

Luxa: *extremely stressed out about something that happened or about being queen and goes to Aurora*

Aurora: *wordlessly wraps her wings around Luxa and starts purring to help Luxa relax*

[emerdoodls]

tuc doodles

[tangents-within-tangents]

Recently reread the Underland Chronicles so I decided to dig through and find the old fanart I did when I first read the series like 11 years ago (wow i’m old) so please enjoy

Featuring my Mark Crilley manga phase, my terrible handwriting lol, ✨copic markers✨, random details I latched on to for some reason, FEELs wtf bro, and me somehow missing the fact that Luxa got a haircut in book one, and spoilers (fr go read these books if you haven't they are so good)

Luxa and Henry (and questionable armor choices??)

The weave texture was meant to show that their clothes are made of spider silk (Idk what the random thigh pouch is supposed to be tho)

Hamnet and Hazard (and long arms so they can hold hands lol)

Queen Luxa

Yeah 13 year old me really latched on to Luxa and tried to make her my personality lolll

And for some reason the fish-shape crystal thing really stood out to me I guess

And the turtle trapdoor, I remembered that bit specifically during my reread bc I pictured this drawing I did of it. (I also vaguely remember writing (like by hand in my notebook) a mini missing scene fanfic about Luxa using the turtle trapdoor when she snuck out to join the quest in PoB XD)

(Don't ask about that size difference lol)

Okay here come the scenes/spoilers (and FEELS)

(and apparently I thought that holding Ares' claw meant his foot instead of his wing)

There you have it lol

I also distinctly remember making like a montage of Lapblood moments (the dart frog jumping near her face, strangled in the vines, sinking in quicksand (all near death experiences apparently, rip she had it rough), and Gregor brushing her fur) bc those were the moments I remembered and kept picturing during my reread. But unfortunately I could not for the LIFE of me find it!

Anyway, looking at your old art is cringeyyyy but it's still kinda fun too. This really is not how I picture the characters or clothing and stuff anymore, I might do some redraws if I ever find the time/motivation (lol as if)