#queen promethium

[capitanharlock78]

[cosmoglass]

Fumito Ueda was inspired by… Galaxy Express 999 (1979).

Ueda has cited the Galaxy Express 999 manga series as one of his influences. Watching the film they made in the middle of its run, I could see a lot of Ico and also some Shadow of the Colossus.

It made me think of Gulliver’s Travels, Alice in Wonderland and Firefly as we follow the boy, Tetsuro, visiting different planets. On a planet called Titan, Tetsuro is given a gun by an old woman that turns out to be ‘the only cosmo gun capable of killing machine men’. Ueda's games feature special weapons that are uniquely effective against the antagonists.

Spoilers for the movie ahead!

It prefigures Ghost in the Shell. There's a character called Tochiro who, moments before his death, gets Tetsuro to activate a machine that vaporizes his body and transfers his consciousness into the supercomputer of his best friend's ship, 'Arcadia'. Maetel, one of two Yorda-like figures, explains to Tetsuro, "I am a copy of your mother in her youth. I am a shadow in the form of a human. When I grow old, I get a copy of a new body. That is how I survive through the ages and travel through time." Both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus feature characters whose bodies are vessels for other consciousnesses (Yorda for The Queen and Wander for Dormin). With the line ‘I had become a witch who controlled time’, it actually sounded more like a warning against plastic surgery.

The castle in the movie gets destroyed.

The other Yorda-like figure is Claire whose mother forced her to trade in her body for one made of glass. Her appearance is reminiscent of petrified Yorda and she has a power that makes her glow which she uses not to open Idol Gates but to save Tetsuro from Queen Promethium.

At the end, Maetel says to Tetsuro, ‘From now on, I will be a woman who lives on only in your memories. I will be nothing more than an illusion of your young boy’s heart, a phantom of your youth.’ The lyrics of 'You Were There' for me carry a similar feeling of nostalgia.

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The movie can be watched for free on YouTube.

[queenemeraldas78]

[sapphirecatgirl]

𝓔𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓯 𝓘 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓮, 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓭𝓮𝓯𝓮𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓔𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱. 𝓝𝓸𝓽 𝓪 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓵𝓮 𝓛𝓪 𝓜𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓮𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓸𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮. Queen Andromeda Promethium Cosplay by me, wig is a Le Tigre from @ardawigs Photo shot by @bokehnohero

[janus-cadet]

That one is for you, my friend.

La Andromeda Promethium, as the Queen of Swords. And with her, I now have all of the figures from the Suit of Swords! Thank you very much, @mimmixerenard, for making me fall in love with her.

[dragonologist-phd]

Owlcatober Day 18 - Dancing Lights

Rosemary and Varn have a moment that’s been a long time coming.

The capital city of Promethium is always a sight to behold, but with the approaching wedding of the Queen and her bride-to-be, it truly is something else. Ribbons and banners are strung from every tower, every building and shopfront has been renovated and repainted, and every garden is overflowing with flowers in full bloom. And the wedding is still a month away.

read on ao3

[mimmixerenard]

Leijiverse favourites, drawn in a retro cartoon style

From up left to up right: Bruce J Speed, Owen (Galaxy Railways), Bernbarrel, Commander Leopard (Space Symphony Maetel)

From middle left to middle right: Ze Faultana Violencia (Submarine Super 99), La Andromeda Promethium, Maetel (frankly, a lot)

And the two in front: Harlock (a lot too) and Warrius Zero (Cosmowarrior Zero)

[linkyart]

✨Cosmos Dream✨

[tadashidumba]

Pics of the Leijiverse merch I bought at the con this year :>!!! A QM vinyl (front and back), a poster that was very hard to take a good pic of (featuring my cat), and an informational book for the Galaxy Express 999 TV series. The last photo is of the mini poster and reproduction cel from the inside.

[himmelgrauart]

La Andromeda Promethium | Space Symphony Maetel (Captain Harlock Saga)

Photo: Tim • Tim

[ghostgourd]

I know absolutely none of my followers will get this because the source material is still relatively underground outside of Japan and France but still I love it

[capitanharlock78]

[mimirurure]

Some Leijiverse women.

[captainharlock]

leijiverse things 

[edofthetrains]

Inktober the Twenty-Second

[the-eternal-captain-harlock]

Finally! I made an Alternative Responses to "I Love You" meme for the Leijiverse!

@turquoisewave @mimaybelline