#slugterra the emperor

[gayelishane]

FUCK i remember how they introduced the emperor in the eastern caverns again its so fucking funny. he was STARING AT THE WALL OF HIS THRONE ROOM. WASNT EVEN ON HIS CHAIR. HARDBALLING A WALL

[verycorrectslugterraquotes]

When Pronto realizes that he’s talking to the Emperor:

Pronto: Is it... really you?

The Emperor: If you are referring to your doom, then yes.

[slugterra-twisted-ends]

The Goon's Importance

The Goon was once the Eastern Guardian Boon Doc that helped keep the Emperor sealed away. It was ghouled from deep within its core after the Emperor broke out. It is likely unable to be cured as we saw in 'Return of the Elementals'. It used Junjie, Eli, Will and Dr Blakk as hosts, claiming Junjie, Eli and Will as its Dark Slingers at points. It can read the minds of its host.

Why bring up the Goon's known story? Well, what the Goon says is merely what its host believes. The Goon had asked Eli about his father, which Eli is quick to question how the Goon knows and if it knows where his father is. The Goon does not know, and would not know till after 'Ghoul from Beyond'. Eli wants to believe his dad is still out there, alive, which the Goon uses to manipulate Eli into believing he knows more than what he leads on.

Then there's the claim of Eli and Burpy being the 99 Caverns' protector. It was the knowledge from Junjie's own linage/history. In the Eastern Caverns, the Infurnus is a symbol of protection as Yang was Joo-Joo's original slinger (presumed). Each of Yang's descendants all inherited Joo-Joo as their right of passage to become the new protector. However for the 99 Caverns, Burpy appeared to be a wandering slug, being used by anyone who managed to catch and sling him. This explains how Dr Blakk had Burpy to begin with. Will won Burpy over from Blakk and Burpy became loyal to Will. Burpy was Will's best slug and what he considered his partner through everything. Burpy became Eli's slug due to Will requesting Burpy find Eli and give him his letter.

The 99 Caverns Infurnus was not a symbol of the Shane until Will and Eli had been known to use Burpy. The Goon assumed they were as that was the tradition within the Eastern Caverns.

I love the Goon's entire creation and love thinking about how much it could do with using your memories as fuel (basis for the Souldews and their ghouled form; the Souldrains? Yes. Yes it was.)

[megacristalixblue]

Me dieron ganas de dibujar personajes masculinos así que dibuje a héroes y villanos al azar de cada fandom que me gusta. También quería saber cómo se verían en mi estilo de dibujo y me gustaron los resultados.

Algo curioso que me pasó, mientras dibujaba a Jim y a Randy se me pasó la loca idea de shipearlos. No se lo tomen en serio si no quieren.

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I felt like drawing male characters so I drew random heroes and villains from each fandom I like. I also wanted to know how they would look in my drawing style and I liked the results.

Something curious that happened to me, while I was drawing Jim and Randy the crazy idea of ​​​​shipping them happened to me. Dont take it seriously if you don't want to.

[lazykim12]

SlugTerra Au Explanation! (Kinda told in a story way-)

Alright- so Here’s the explaining about The Au, kinda going more into it, And what changes and stuff, but only for the present stuff, basically this Au is a slightly more peaceful slugterra, the 99 caverns since…yknow- no ghouls? Expect for the ones in the eastern cavern cuz yknow- Emperor taking over and stuff…(I’m still developing this Au a bit! So still figuring things out I guess-)

@ariaterramoon I’m glad your loving the Au! I’m actually very happy! I know I already said it but thank you!! Love your artwork!

✨😭

So, now here’s The Info part! ( this is gonna be a little long-)

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So, While being trained by unbeatable master, after a duel, taking a break, Thaddius is slightly injured, on his hand and Will happens to notice, a small little argument that was started by Thaddius pursues, with Thaddius claiming he was fine and didn’t need a Shane’s help, though after a display of genuine worry and concern by Will, it makes Thaddius suprised, as he’s used to no one caring about him and looking after himself.

He finally allows Will to help him, even if he’s slightly annoyed.

After this, a small conversation starts with them, and Will offers if he wants to be friends, Thaddius is hesitant, and confused, as he’s never had a friend before, but then decides to accept.

Their friendship-

After some time in training, Will discovers that Thaddius is mostly alone, having no place to stay, since he usually just figures something out, Will suggests that he could stay with him back at the Shane hideout, wanting to offer him shelter, but also thinking it would be good to have company, Thaddius thinks it’s pointless, since he can manage by himself and dosen’t need it, but will insists, and after enough nagging, Thaddius finally accepts. He seems like he doesn’t care, but once he sees Will smile and immediately lead him by grabbing his hand, He sneaks a smile, but hides it before Will noticed.

(He dosen’t like showing smiles, he feels weird about it-)

Meeting jimmo shane-

Of course it does not go well, once at the hideout, and some time passing with Will introducing a Video game to thadidus, and what it is, jimmo walks in, Will takes this moment to introduce the two, Unaware of how they previously met, jimmo and Thaddius do not get along, especially thaddius, still having that anger for being locked away for 6 months, while jimmo just thinks he’s still a criminal- bad guy yknow? Thaddius TRIES To get along with jimmo, just for Will’s sake so despite the tense tension, after a while of staying with him, Thaddius feels like he has a home kinda, for once he doesn’t feel alone, because he has someone, someone who cares about him.

🥲

So bassicly Thaddius learns to have fun, he grows accustomed to this, and actually learns to smile naturally, he’s still bit of a grumpy tough dude, but he’s more caring- And kinda gets worried when Will gets injured or anything, since wills like the only person he’s got-

Selection:

When will is picked, instead of it going like how cannon went, Thaddius feels worried of not seeing Will in a while, but with some reassurance from Will, he calms down, and feels a bit proud of him, they say goodbye as Will walks up the stairs, while Thaddius heads off, but not to slag rock cavern, not to viggo dare, to what he calls home, The home where he will wait for Will.

When will finishes his training, they reunite again. And they share a good hug, they were not enemies or rivals anymore, Thaddius was fine with that, and Will was happy with that, they share a friendly duel, just for old times sake.

(WOO OK- that’s out the way- so here’s some things about the Au!)

Will dosen’t call Dr.Blakk that, he just calls him Thaddius- as dr.Blakk dosen’t like it when he uses the new title of name, since he sees Will a good friend-

Tad does not exist in this Au-yeah so Thaddius was just focused on his projects and work that he didn’t have time to yknow, fall in love, get children, he didn’t really have interest in that-

😅

Twist is not evil in this Au! When the incident happens where his dad dies, Will Is unsure of what to do, and he lets dr.Blakk take care of him, after a bit, dr.Blakk gives him off to a lovely couple who are happy to take care of twist, so twist bassicly found a family to take care of him- (so in the future he dosen’t hate the Shane’s- still kinda nervous due to yknow the incident that happened with his father-)

Of course Dr.Blakk dosen’t ghoul slugs in this Au- he just tries to make them stronger in other way’s, yknow increase their strengths, while working on other things- (so using his power for good-) (he still kinda dosen’t really care about slugs, but he’s less heartless this time thanks to Will)

Dr.Blakk found burpy, and gave him to will- (Dr.Blakk and burpy still got a bit of beef with eachother…yeah-)

Dr.Blakk sort of knew Eli when he was little, Will told him about the secret of the Surface and as promised, dr.Blakk kept secret of it- so eli treats Dr.Blakk like family while Dr.Blakk deals with him like an annoyed tired dad-

😭

Dr.Blakk was the one who trained Eli once he arrived in slugterra, so yeah he got good training- and is more prepared than he was in the show- (still a clumsy doofus-)

[ariaterramoon]

Cheng Xia Li — General of the Lotus Warriors (Lotus Army)

Xia Li was born into a noble family in the Eastern Caverns and, at 4 years old, took a strong interest in Slug Fu, and she quickly found the art came easy to her. She would be declared a Slug Fu prodigy the following year, and at the age of 8, she was thought to become Master in her early teenage years.

But that was not to be; a few months after her 8th birthday and the coronation of the Eastern Champion, the Eastern Realm was attacked and quickly taken over by the Emperor.

Xia Li, urged to run back to her parents by Master Lian, watched as Junjie was taken captive by the Emeperor before fleeing home. When she got there, though, it was empty, and her family was gone.

Alone, Xia Li would try to survive by herself until she found 4 other kids just like her, surviving day by day. As they grew older, they started to steal from the imperial supply lines and share it with other children. One day, they crossed paths with a retired spy/assassin, Shun, and he took them under his wing. Over time, this small group grew in numbers and eventually became a rebel group with Xia Li as their leader. This rebel group then became an army and would join forces with the Rebellion to take down the Emperor and liberate the Eastern Realm.

My second main Slugterra OC!

Sarai may be my first, but Xia Li is my second main OC, created after Eastern Caverns aired, and I love my beautiful lady so much 😭There's ofc so much more to her, but this is her overall story!

This ref sheet is from last year, so imma probably have to redo it lol

[firephoenix23]

Episode 16: From the Deep

And so the episode we’ve all been waiting for, Dr. Blakk is officially back! And there’s I feel like a lot to unpack here with him so I thought I would just cut to the chase and try to like understand the timeline.

So I’m gonna try to break down what Dr. Blakk says. He says that he has to pay a heavy price to get through to the barrier that blocked the deep caverns to slugterra which is giving up his darkbane powers which makes sense. The darkbane couldn’t get through the barrier which is why Blakk made his but one thing I don’t understand is I thought that no one could get through the barrier. The only way to get through was to break up the guardian slugs which happened in the episode What lies beneath.

But anyway he said that he spent ages in the dark until he the landslide from the first episode opened an entrance for him to escape. Then he says that he saw Eli and Trixie had a new slug that he was going to put in his new ghouling facility which don’t know how that’s possible but I’m just gonna let what he says slide 😅

All I’m getting from all of this is that there must be another barrier that’s unguarded and broken somewhere for Blakk and the high plains monster to escape. Also I feel like this is asking more questions than answers. Like how long was Dr. Blakk behind the wall? And when did he try to escape back it seems to me that he tried to go back to Slugterra around the time of the slug fu movie. He doesn’t mention Tad or the emperor (who I assume is down in the deep caverns as well unless there is a eastern cavern’s deep caverns) so that’s when I assume he gave up his powers. So my man was sitting behind a wall for the entire Eastern cavern season. Like he didn’t even try to escape 😅

I’m kinda disappointed in this discovery because I thought the whole point of Tad going to the deep caverns in Into the shadows was to team up with his father but his dad apparently wasn’t even there 😂

So anyway they get into a duel and Blakk somehow magically has ghouls. Maybe he stocked up before he left though I don’t think there were any slugs in the deep caverns. But Blakk really wants Uni and honestly from the way that it was implied in the synopsis, it sounded like he was hunting for it and Locke and Lode were working for him but they looked just as shocked as Eli and Trixie when he appeared. But in the end Blakk gets Uni and we have that characteristic angry face that Eli makes whenever he saw Blakk in the old show and the short is over

Well anyway who knows what the plan is with this new ascension series. I assume by the end of this they are gonna like push Dr. Blakk right back to the Deep caverns or something like that and of course rescue Uni. But then it’s like what now 😅 We went through all those “Remember whens” for what. I would love for the show to come back full time just to end it. Even if the ending is horrible I won’t care just give Slugterra the ending it deserves.

[mrros-e]

this is SUCH a good point. I've been meaning to skim through the show and make a proper timeline as to where every event happened in the span of the year, because its bananas. Maybe (probably) Eli is just as fustrated as we are that he hasn't actively been searching but hey, he fought blakk then found Junjie then had to learn slug fu then had to help defeat the emperor and aid the east and then RIGHT when they may have time they find Tad the Traumatized Child and they had to spend time helping him and finding him...and part of the reason why I wanna make the timeline is actually for the will happy birthday son scene. I wanna know how long after tad's fall that happened, because if it was a day it makes it more emotional for eli to know he's got family even after the betrayal, and if it was a while it means they HAVE lied low, probably scarred by the new kid they spent at least weeks helping out leaving them.

I just really want a canon moment where eli's like: "you know what? I'm calling up my allies, you deal w the small stuff. I'm taking a trip to the shadow clan and learning stuff." Or, like, commits his free time to it, making small trips around slugterra ("I'll visit that hideout under the falls this weekend", "maybe I can look thru the rubble in molemound for a few days", that type of thing). We're at a point in the narrative where he would do that, and BECAUSE of his search shit and plot happens, not the other way around. It would be a good way to progress this story, just like how the eastern cavern twist provided another slug-filled culture in the east and gave the Gang a new perspective on how energy and tech and legacy and heroism functioned.

Because I'll never forget how, when the emperor showed up, Junjie had fellow fighters, and even shadow clan. Meanwhile, he shanes have been blasted into slugterra hell, AND fought blakk...basically by their own, at least for the major battles. Their openess to tad, to me, is in part because they saw that in the east and went "oh, maybe allies, even if theyre not in the gang particularly, as actually pretty useful".

Long rant aside, that what I wished for eli and the gang; make allies, stabilize the region and have helpers, then take the extra time in the schedule to breathe, get therapy, and learn the will shane lore. Cause yeah, if the shane gang are the main emergency force in this world and them alone, they're never gonna have time to save will! Duh!

another addition to the will Shane discussion

...I'm gonna be SO clear about this: this is NOT the fault of Eli, obviously. He's a kid and trying his best.

but, when Eli got to Slugterra, he COULD have made it his life's mission to find out what happened to his dad, or find all the secrets that supposedly died with him. He didn't. He took up being the Shane and left the past buried unless it smacked him in the face in some current situation. He never once looked for what his dad left him, didn't even go looking for Will's remaining allies. They all just found him, and he only went searching when he needed to - Redhook, the elementals, etc...

it could also be that Will left some things, as much as he could (tho he still should've told him stuff about his enemies), but Eli wasn't interested in unearthing it. He wanted to move on, make a path for himself and not focus on what happened. That could also influence why he never even looks for his dad - he wants to, but he's been in a "look to the future" mindset for so long it hurts to look back and realize all he's missed out on in being a Shane.

personally, I think he did take the right route. That would have driven him insane, and he knew that. There's something really refreshing about such a possibly vengeful character strictly choosing to be a force for good and stick to current bad guys instead. Just...remember. We got no will/Slugterra answers partially because Eli never truly looked for them. I think he was going to...but in the future, when the current fires are put out. Or after therapy, whichever came first.

[drabbles-of-writing]

Okay, as someone who started Hollow Knight and never finished it (I’m really bad at finishing games. Took me not playing it for 6 months before finally doing the last little bit of Fire Emblem: Three Houses), I am FASCINATED by this Hollow Knight AU, kid. This is exactly the kind of weird and esoteric that I can’t wait to see what you do with it.

So, please explain how magic works in this AU, cause that’s the part that I desperately want to know. That and details on how Luz ended up in the Boiling Isles this time if there’s any major differences.

Stated earlier, magic is more like soul. You sort of just channel ya soul n twist it into magic. Which is how it can go awry and royally fuck you over. Which also means that people like Eda w stronger souls are Very sought after bc of their magic n soul. Emperor Belos heard of a human knight AND shes traveling w Eda? Win win

And, as much as I hate this comparison, Luz ended up there like Undertale. She sorta just found a weak spot when Eda was dicking around and when she landed in the underground Boiling Isles her escape got covered up. So also kinda like Slugterra. 3 people will get that reference

[verycorrectslugterraquotes]

You have done nothing but destroy my life, I hope you both die.

The Emperor to Junjie and Eli

[slugterra-twisted-ends]

"The Emperor, sitting on his throne... represents stability, rules, and authority. Every symbol on this card is representation of strength and power. The Emperor may be old and wise, but he is strong and stubborn and represents the result of taking firm and deliberate action."

Who better to be the Emperor card than the Emperor himself?

[stinkybott]

YAAAY THX FOR THE TAG ��💕

1.- Invincible - Robot/Rudolph Conners

2.- Slugterra - The Shadow Clan

3.- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command - Evil emperor Zurg

4.- The Legend of Zelda - Phantom Ganon

5.- Transformers - Bludgeon

6.- Neon Genesis Evangelion - Asuka or Pen Pen

7.- Five Nights at Freddy's - Funtime Foxy

8.- Star Wars - Captain Fordo or Boba Fett

9.- My Little Pony - Thorax

10.- Helluva Boss - Ozzie/Asmodeus

Tags: (no pressure!)

@kellyshadowolf

@dazzzersart

Anyone else is welcome to join!!♡

10 fandoms/ 10 characters/ 10 tags

thanks for the tag! @might-as-well-happen 🥰

not in any order, just whichever fandom i thought of first

Batman - Tim Drake

Percy Jackson - Annabeth Chase

Chronicles of Narnia - Lucy Pevensie

Vox Machina (animated show) - Keyleth

the Owl House - Willow or Eda

Attack on Titan (anime) - Levi Ackerman

Fruits Basket (anime) - Tohru Honda

Six of Crows - Inej Ghafa

Star Wars - Anakin and Ahsoka and Obi Wan (they’re all tied for first)

Heartstopper - Tori Spring

just for fun so don’t feel like you have to do it if you don’t want to. i’m tagging: @resilientnarnian @queenofnevermore @edgemcjee @nodesiretogrowup @aike-pandas @absentplatypus @a-commas-a-pause @avayarising @maliagf + anyone else who’d like to play!

[trashy-caverns]

The emperor:

[leeimperatriz]

Junjie, el Protector Quebrado/ Junjie, the Broken Protector

¿Alguien se ha dado cuenta de que Junjie es uno de los personajes más cruelmente tratados en toda la serie de Bajoterra?

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Has someone noticed that Junjie is one of the most cruelly treated characters in the whole Slugterra's show?

El pobrecillo perdió toda su infancia concentrándose en prepararse para convertirse en el Protector de un grupo de Cavernas tan grande como TODA ASIA.

Ha tenido demasiada presión desde niño, NUNCA JUGÓ A NADA, y en él recaía toda el peso de las defensas de las Cavernas del Este.

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The poor thing lost his hole childhood preparing himself to become the Protector of a group of Caverns as big as the WHOLE Asia.

He had a lot of pressure since he was a kid, NEVER PLAYED AS A KID, and he had all the weight of the Eastern Caverns's defenses on his shoulders.

Era uno de los guerreros más fuertes de las Cavernas del Este, era muy amado y todo.

Pero luego...

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He was one of the strongest warriors in the Eastern Caverns, he was loved and all.

But then...

Este bastardo vino a la escena.

Junjie fue literalmente controlado por 20 años, destruyó su hogar en contra de su voluntad, la banda de Shane tuvo que pelear contra Goon Doc para liberarlo.

Ya libre, en lo primero que este muchacho pensó fue en regresar a sus Cavernas para ver que sucedía all��.

Adivinen que sorpresita le estaba esperando.

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This bastard came to scene

Junjie was literally controlled for 20 years, he destroyed his home against his will, and the Shane Gang had to fight Goon Doc to free him.

Free, the first thing that came to his mind was going back to the Eastern Caverns and see what was going on.

Guess what surprise was waiting for him.

Absolutamente todo el mundo lo detestaba, nadie sospechó que algo podía andar mal, sus Cavernas estaban en la mierda, y el Emperador que tanto le había hecho sufrir reinaba en su hogar con puño de hierro. Joda, ni siquiera el Clan Sombra tuvo esperanza en él y se largaron.

Aún cuando hizo todo lo posible por arreglar la situación, todo el mundo seguía tratandolo como una escoria.

¿Entienden lo que le estaba pasando?

Si la banda de Shane se hubiera quedado en BajoTerra, Junjie habría estado totalmente solo.

Ahora imaginen si Junjie hubiera retornado solo, imagínense los malos tratos que hubiera recibido, imaginen el desprecio que obtendría, imagínense a todos los enemigos que querrían su cabeza, imaginense tanta presión, tanto odio, concentrado en una persona que está completamente sola, y que siente todo el peso de esa situación.

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Absolutely everybody despited him, nobody suspected something could be wrong, his Caverns were fucked up, and the Emperor that made him suffer so much was ruling his home with iron fist. Hell, even the Shadow Clan lost hope on him and ran off.

Even when he did everything he could to fix the situation, everybody was still treating him like a scum.

You get what was happening to him?

If the Shane Gang have stayed in Slugterra, Junjie would have been completely alone.

Now imagine it, if Junjie had returned on his own, imagine all the bad treatment he would have received, imagine all the despise he would have, imagine all the enemies that would want his head, imagine so much pressure, so much hate, all concentrated in one single person, that feel all the weight of the situation.

Junjie estuvo a un pelo de convertirse en un villano, creció con una presión enorme, en la situación hipotética de haber estado en las Cavernas del Este solo, y de alguna manera derrotar al Emperador, habiendo sido expuesto a todo ese daño físico y psicológico, Junjie se pudo haber convertido en un villano mucho PEOR que el Emperador.

Porque esta vez no sería alguien con ansias de gobernar.

Esta vez, es un alma rota y atormentada, que ha sido abusada desde un principio, que ahora quiere que las Cavernas del Este sienta su dolor.

Y sin el Emperador, sin Lian, sin el Clan Sombra, sin nadie que pueda hacerle frente en las Cavernas del Este...

Buena suerte para detenerlo.

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Junjie was so close to become a villian, he growed up with a huge pressure, in the hypothetical situation of being in the Eastern Caverns on his own, and somehow managing to defeat the Emperor, being exposed to all the physical and psychological damage, Junjie could have turned into a villian way WORSE than the Emperor.

Because this time was not someone with a wish to domain.

This time, is a broken and tormented soul, that have been abused from the very beginning, that now wants the Eastern Caverns to feel his pain.

And without the Emperor, without Lian, without the Shadow Clan, without someone who can stand against him...

Good luck to stop him.

[ariaterramoon]

I finally figured out the timeline for Xia Li and Hiro and alsjsksksksks

It's all coming together now AAAAA

I've started to get my brain going with timelines cuz I wanna extend the Slugterra canon timeline, and I've decided that the Eastern Caverns timeline doesn't change. It's still 20 years of the Emperor's Reign, but it's the events in the 99 Caverns that will be extended.

But rouvh timeline rn is that, at the end of Into the Shadows, Eli is 25 uwu

[ariaterramoon]

IKR???

And Eastern Caverns could've had so much more deep lore if they had extended the time Eli spent there. Imagine Eli training under Junjie for months, Eli sharing some of his knowledge of slugs with Junjie and Junjie sharing his, both of them struggling to understand the state the Eastern Caverms were under the Emperor's reign and finding out just how difficult it would be to defeat him etc etc.

And about different Realms in Slugterra...

In my own fanon lore, I have 5 different Cavern Realms, one for each of the cardinal points:

Northern Realm - Unknown

Southern Realm - Unknown

Eastern Realm - Eastern Caverns

Western Realm - The 99 Caverns

Central Realm - Unknown

And of course, with Surface and the Deep Caverns that count goes up to 7 Realms.

I know Trixie said Bullseye Cavern is the middle of all Slugterra, but I headcanon that every single Realm have their center and own Lightwell, all connecting to the true centre of all of Slugterra, residing in the Central Caverns.

Also, for me, the 99 Caverns is the Western Realm because of all the western cowboy vibes and cuz I headcanon Eli is Canadian from Ontario.

I don't think the Deep Caverns would have their own Infurnus as the Dark Bane don't use slugs and have their own powers, so having an Infurnus is unnecessary. (Tho it would be super cool ngl)

the eastern caverns r so important to me in terms of worldbuilding n shit. i LOVE hearing about other caverns. with the knowledge that there’s only one infurnus for each cavern and that desigates the protector just makes me think. bc the deep caverns are a cavern too right? do they have a darkfurnus slinger? how different are all the infurnus’s across the caverns? i wanna know these stupid details So Badly