#prop details

[lokinightfury]

Umbrella academy - subway map code translated

Some of you might have seen I started to make a stab at solving the symbol code seen in TUA S4.

@ifellinto-fantasy happened upon a real life copy of the map so very kindly sent me some lovely photos to help translate the smaller bits of text I was struggling to see.

There are some missing letters and presumed typos in the code, so where I've corrected these I've added brackets around the correction, in caps if a corrected letter (M) lower case if an added letter (m)

For an overview of the map there is a zoomable image here

So there's several areas of code and text to look at

Starting with the title on the far left - SYSTEM MAP

The block of text next to it is a little longer, but still translates:

ATTENTION

THE TIMELINE IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR SANITY BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO GAME THE SYSTEM ALL WILL BE REVEALED WHEN THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS THE SOLUTION WILL BE ACHIEVED UNTIL THEN TH(e) TIMELINE MUST BE RESPECTED

At the top right of the map is this little box of text

INFORMATION

WE ARE NOT RES(p)ONSIBLE FOR LOST OR STOLEN ITEMS

Bottom left there is another text box

ATTENTION

THIS IS NOT A CLU(e)

CLUES ARE EVER(Y)WHERE

These are the line codes. Some of the lines are also letter symbols, but most are new symbols

The text upper left reads

DIRECTORY

The smaller text at the top is duplicated across both keys, but the kerning is different between the two boxes

THE TIMELINE IS ENDLESS DO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF YOUR GOAL

I'll be doing a second post shortly translating the much smaller text under each of the line symbols

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

So.. they still sell that Excalibur sword! And now I must resist the temptation to buy one! https://www.theknightshop.com/excalibur-sword

Flynn & Excalibur (v 2.0)

[|original|]

“… the greatest of all weapons, a magic sword, E x c a l i b u r !” “Cal, no!        Cal, come!” “you’re powerful, more than you know, but not that powerful.”

“What have you?! Steel? Fists?!” “Excalibur.” “You are not Arthur. Only he can wield that sword, E x c a l i b u r .” “Cal, come!”

[ihatebrainstorm]

[It's Just a Theory!]

Just a simple theoretical discussion ^v^

Wanted to see what he would sound like with MatPat's voice then got. just a tinyyy bit carried away..........

[micamone]

hewwo

[masoena]

If anyone out there gets the chance to ask Jensen about this please do: What was the job application on Dean's desk for in S15?

I feel like @samanddean76 or @catnipster69 would possibly know?

ok im sorry i will NEVER stop talking about the job application on Dean's desk. and he always wanted to be a fireman (what he told Sam). to save people who died in fires like his mom. maybe the paper was actually a contract and he didn't even get to start his first day. IM SO SAD AND ANGRY

[bixels]

The more I think about it, the more I question Arcane S2's politics and themes, which were so foundational to S1. Like, a tiny example [SPOILERS AHEAD]:

Singed wins. He gets exactly what he wants in the end. All his "efforts" are rewarded. What does that say about people who share his ideology of eugenics? He is the source of nearly every horrible thing and conflict that happened (Shimmer, the factory deaths, Jinx, Vander as Warwick, the corruption of Viktor), and he gets a happier ending than any other character. Not even a 'he got what he wanted but he has become completely unrecognizable/monstrous to his daughter' tag at the end. You can say they're setting him up and need to open his daughter to future shows, but the way you end a character's story says something about what you think about that character. What does it say when the eugenicist war criminal gets the happy ending he doesn't deserve?

[makesitprecious]

Kenobi recreated the datapad Anakin was holding in RotS and made it Obi-Wan’s.

"Visual guides cemented the idea that the datapad belonged to Skywalker’s master, but 'we were the first to actually put it in his hands.'"

[opbackgrounds]

Fun fact, this newspaper article made it as an Easter egg in the live action

[officialjanetweiss]

Margot Robbie Takes You Inside The Barbie Dreamhouse

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[lokinightfury]

Umbrella academy - subway map code translated part 2 (lines code)

Again big thanks to @ifellinto-fantasy because without their images this decoding was almost impossible. Some of these images are a little grainy, but that's due to the small size of them even on the original prop!

There are some missing letters and presumed typos in the code, so where I've corrected these I've added brackets around the correction, in caps if a corrected letter (M) lower case if an added letter (m) So we're now looking at the text underneath each of the subway line symbols:

The text under these still reads right to left, but in letter pairs.

orange: LINE ONE TAME LOOP This could be correct, could also be a typo and mean time?

green/brown SECOND P N(o)T SAFE

blue THIS ROUTE IS LON(g)

red DISASTER WAITS

orange TH(e) WORLD WILL END

blue BEAUTY WILL BE YO (urs)** see below

green and maroon DO NOT DO DRUGS

orange BEAUTY WILL BE YO (urs)** see below

mustard DISASTER WAITS

orange SECOND P N(o)T SAFE

cyan LINE ON(e) TAME LOOP This could be correct, could also be a typo and mean time?

blue SECOND P N(o)T SAFE

yellow THIS ROUTE IS LON(g)

red DISASTER WAITS

maroon TH(e) WORLD WILL END

yellow BEAUTY WILL BE YOURS **

blue DO NOT DO DRUGS

orange TDODDONODRUGS (I think this is a garbled do not do drugs message again)

green/brown SECOND P N(o)T SAFE

yellow DISASTER WAITS

green NEOTA?ELOOPLI there is a new symbol in this, but it looks like it is the LINE ONE TAME LOOP message just transposed a line down. So start reading from the // NEONTA?ELOOP//LI

So definitely some duplication and errors in there, but a consistent pattern of things which still link back to the storyline and canon. An incredible amount of detail to put into a prop which had so little screen time, and along with all the marketing maybe hints that the subway should have played a much bigger role in the planned 10 episode season arc.

I might do an alphabet breakdown post if anyone is interested

[daremo-desu]

First time at the mall during normal operating hours without disguises

I imagine this is 1 yearish after the invasion? Took a while for the city to rebuild and accept that mutants/yokai exist

Also fun fact, there is a mall in NYC with a subway station in it. It doesn’t look this at all but who needs realism?

Bonus: what everyone got

[loganslowdown4]

Wait-

WAIT

OMFG ROMAN

[puppyeared]

is this your card? ♦️♣️♥️♠️ it isnt but you dont wanna hurt his feelings

[starlight-eclipsed]

“I hope you know what you’re doing,” Dark whispers to the dawn, to Hylia, because he sure doesn’t.

Some art for chapter 20(!!!) of A Dark Among the Lights by LuckyLectio on AO3. In which Dark can excuse threats of bodily harm but he draws the line at poor swordsmanship :b

[lillypuppetchild]

UBERSAW UPDATE!!!

My friends, it is done. I am honestly surprised on how good this looks, especially compared to my last medic melee weapon I made..eugh...that blade gives me nightmares...

Anyway, everything i used in this project was just cardboard for the handle, blade, and details around the uber-tube(?), a paint can for said uber-tube, a thick plastic straw for the needle (like for water bottles) , and sketchbook covers (thin cardstock ones) for smoothing our the carboard texture on the handle and other parts! Although, I left the texture on the handle and the top cover of the Uber-tube, as it's supposed to resemble a low-poly look!

There are more close of shots under the cut, but TW FOR BLOOD!! It's a close up of the blades so be warned!

[karnpuffs]

After rewatching Andor for the hundredth time, I want to draw special attention to how messy the Preox-Morlana headquarters is - and this is the command center! Not only does everyone there seem to be eating those takeout noodles, but Chief Hyne has some nuts(??) all over his desk that he leaves lying around when he goes to his meeting and they're still there when Blevin pays a visit. They've been there for DAYS. It's all just so cluttered and dirty, I love it.