#mummies alive!

[wavy-arms]

OP, bless you! I love this!!

I agree. It really is too bad that we never got to see Amanda discover the truth about the Mummies and getting to know them. I think your analysis is spot on.

(Also, I know you said that you're not talking about a romantic subplot, but I low-key would absolutely love some kind of awkward-but-cute, maybe-romantic-maybe-platonic thing between Amanda and Ja-Kal. He's practically Presley's stepdad and he's perfect and I could see her feeling delightfully weird about it like "damn, if only he wasn't a literal reanimated coprse." 🤣)

Okay I’m back on my Mummies nonsense and I’m thinking about the untapped potential of Amanda Carnovan and wanting to bite something.

Like, I get that this is a late 90s Y7 show so of course the normal adults aren’t necessarily going to be involved very much given who the target audience is but we could have had SUCH FUN DYNAMICS between Amanda—technically mother of the pharaoh and also a certified Egypt nerd—and the Mummies. The Mummies, who would be an ancient civilization researcher’s WET DREAM because they’d be the ULTIMATE primary sources to their era of ancient Egyptian history. I may be projecting a bit, but having people who LIVED IN a civilization three thousand years ago AND who would be able to verbally talk about their experiences (biases and all) would be so cool.

Plus, I think Amanda and the Mummies would have gotten along so well. Like, they canonically respect her despite never really interacting with her purely on account of what Presley says about her.

I can see Amanda talking parenting and leadership with Ja-Kal and them confiding their doubts and hardships to each other that they wouldn’t talk about with anyone else. Like, for example, Amanda is a single mother working a full time job, and Ja-Kal struggled with balancing his responsibilities as the prince's guard with his duties as a father and husband. I think both of them would have a lot to talk about regarding work-life balance. Plus, Ja-Kal in the show was edging very close to "dad who stepped up" territory. I'm not saying that Ja-Kal and Amanda would get a romantic subplot (Amanda doesn't seem to be interested in looking for a boyfriend and Ja-Kal isn't either) but I feel like they'd become platonic co-parents in the right circumstances.

I can see Amanda just absorbing every historical and arcane lesson Rath gives and chiming in with her own knowledge. They’d butt heads and argue over specific facts for hours, both being entirely too stubborn at times to give the other an inch, but at the end of it all they’d do it again because they’re both nerds and love the pain of their research.

I can see Amanda and Nefer-Tina becoming gal pals, maybe at first being friends solely because they’re the only women in the group but ultimately enjoying each other’s company; Amanda affirming that Nefer-Tina isn’t wrong for being fascinated by modern advances while Nefer-Tina gets Amanda to break out of her shell a bit by dragging her along to experience the modern world with her (I can see circumstances conspiring to get them stealing a car together and I think I’m right about it).

I can see Amanda and Armon bonding over cooking and exchanging recipes from their respective cultures, even if they may have to substitute a few key ingredients for Armon’s recipes (I doubt Amanda would be able to get her hands on hippo steak, sadly).

Plus! I also want to see Amanda’s reaction to hearing that 1) her baby boy is the reincarnation of a murdered Egyptian prince from three thousand years ago (and one she made a full exhibit about and probably rambled to Presley about for months), and 2) the man who killed him the first time is still around in present day trying to not only do that AGAIN, but use her son’s soul to attain immortality for generally nefarious purposes.

What I’m saying is I wish we could have seen Amanda’s reaction to the Mummy Nonsense because she would have been a WELL of interesting character interactions and also likely caused Scarab headaches personally by beating him up for trying to repeatedly murder her son.

And don’t even get me STARTED on Walter! He was presented to the audience as Presley’s best friend but we hardly see him at all! We could have had Walter as the best friend sidekick! The non-chosen character stuck in the chosen’s orbit! He could have been a Toby Domzalsky or a Connie Maheswaran before those characters even EXISTED! We could have had Walter struggling with pressure from the Mummies to be as dogged and dedicated in his defense of Presley as they are because they see Walter as Presley’s last line of defense, someone who can protect Presley where they can't. After all, the Mummies can’t follow Presley into school and have to be careful about going out in public on account of their whole undead situation. It could be really interesting to see Walter get continuously pressured by these adults who literally died in the line of duty to follow in their footsteps, even if it meant meeting the same fate as them. It would have been interesting to see the Mummies be struck with the realization that they made themselves forget that Walter is a kid too and someone very dear to Presley, and that they were wrong to try and pressure him into becoming a warrior like them. It would have been interesting to see them try to atone for the way they treated Walter as another soldier for their cause. It would have been interesting to see how Walter buckled under the pressure the Mummies heaped on him and even more so if Scarab tried to exploit it because in his darkest moment, Walter would have just wanted all of this Mummy Nonsense to STOP and for everything to go back to how it was before (even though that’s impossible) and almost costing Presley his life because of it.

And Elaine! How cool would it have been if she didn’t have her memories conveniently wiped and she just elbowed her way into the Mummies’ and Presley’s crazy world of gods and monsters out of rabid interest in getting the truth, even if she has to learn a lesson about how not all truths are created equal and sometimes lies and secrets are made and kept to protect the innocent! We could have had an episode where Elaine gathered proof of the Mummies and Presley’s involvement with them and was SECONDS away from publishing before she’s confronted with the reality that Presley keeps his involvement with the Mummies under wraps (ba dum tss) because the anonymity surrounding his modern identity is the only thing keeping an immortality obsessed madman from turning up on his doorstep or in his class to LITERALLY KILL HIM AND EAT HIS SOUL. We could have had her be the reason Scarab learns Presley’s modern identity and her having to atone for putting him in MORE danger.

Ugh. There's just so much wasted potential and it makes me sad.

[howlingday]

Harriet: No getting away this time, Red!

Marrow: Yeah! Not unless you can fly!

Ruby: (Looks up, Petal Bursts up)

Marrow: Oh, right. You can fly.

[wavy-arms]

[iredreamer]

Cranium [Official Pilot]

[wavy-arms]

I, too, love Nefertina and Rath! 🐈‍⬛💖🐍

Being the team’s token girl member, Nefertina got the most costume changes, personally I think she looks cute in hats. She was so much fun! She liked to race cars (chariots back in ancient Egypt) and fight but also to wear gowns and sing. She was a gal who could do it all.

She had to pretend to be a male in ancient Egypt because only men were allowed to drive Chariots and serve as warriors. She shortened her name to Nefer and bound her chest to achieve this.

Her armor was cat based and her patron goddess was Bast. In fact she had a problem with Bast in one episode, and her weapon was a whip and her claws ala Catwoman lol.

I love her relationship with Rath, they had opposite personalities and acted like siblings but when push came to shove they were always there for each other♥️🐈‍⬛🐍

[heartludwig]

Mummy Scarab ermmm hi😳

[dollelujah]

I'm sorry she looks like a cheesy mexican restaurant themed runway challenge

This is SUCH a glowup

[varpusvaras]

The late 90s - early 2000s really were the Golden Age for sometimes surprisingly dark kid's action shows that had absurd premises which didn't matter because the aesthetics went fucking hard.

[lesserknownwaifus]

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thinking- 🤢 thinking about pl- 🤢 about playing sims 🤮

[rphunter]

Hello,

I am a 36yo female looking for a roleplay partner.

A bit about me:

- I’ve been roleplaying for over fifteen years

- I am LGBTQ+ friendly

- I enjoy NSFW roleplays

- I am love triangle and poly ship friendly

Below is a list of fandoms I am interested in roleplaying.

Fandoms:

- Transformers(I am familiar with many different series)

- Mummies Alive

- Escaflowne

- Demon Slayer

- Harry Potter

- Card Captor Sakura(with new card captors)

- Hellsing

- Overwatch

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[howlingday]

Oscar: Would you mind answering a few questions for me?

Marrow: Well, my name is Marrow Amin, and I'm an Ace-Operative.

Harriet: Hey! We're asking the questions here!

Marrow: I knew that.

[wavy-arms]

Ja-Kal from Mummies Alive! is an unsung hero, a totally underrated, top-tier cartoon dad. The kids need to know!

[starxslvs]

me after being a lying attention whore😇

[xenaisnumber1]

I'm watching Mummies Alive and the most unrealistic part of the show is that all the dudes didn't know Nefertina was a woman. Granted, she had her hair covered but they didn't notice the breasts and consider she might be a woman?