#srmt mandarin

[bowletta]

i've had this idea for a monkey themed animatic for years, but ive been too intimidated to try...

as a challenge, I gave myself a month to make one! (to post on the 20th anniversary!) here ya go

[astra-andromeda]

We just finished season 3 of Monkie Kid and AAGHH. It's so good.

It's like everything I wanted to happen in SRMT between Antauri/Mandarin is happening in the other monkey show, but reversed.

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

Rewrite Mandarin Relevation

Scenario, Mandarin’s stuck with SK and decides to play with him a bit, making Mandarin realize just how much he screwed up his life. Based on dialogue from She Ra double trouble.

Mandarin: This will end Skeleton King! I’m done with you ruining my life! Once I finally get rid of you, the Hyperforce will have to realize I was right and I-I could-

Skeleton King: What? Be their leader and brother again? Hahaha... You know, it took me a while, but I finally figured out your 'character'. Uses his hologram tech to project the Hyperforce.

Holo-Mandarin/SK: You try so hard to play the lone monkey but your heart's never been in it. Has it?

Mandarin: W-what do you- Stop. Stop it!

Holo-Mandarin/SK: People have hurt you, haven't they?

Holo-Antauri: They didn't believe in you.

Holo-Nova: They didn't trust you!

Chrio- Didn't need you. Replaced you.

Skeleton King: But did you ever stop to think? Maybe, we’re not the problem?

Holo-Otto: It's you. You drive them away, Mandy.

Mandarin: Why are you doing this?

Skeleton King: It's for your own good.

[battychaichilla]

I just wanted to see if I can still draw these dorks... and it ended up turning into doodles. I turned my favorite of the bunch into stickers! ...I might make more

(also.... I know it’s not extremely in character, but I can imagine Antauri growing annoyed enough with Mandarin to stick his tongue out at him and quickly look away before he notices... and I found the idea too stupidly cute not to draw)

[srmthg]

CLICK HERE FOR AN HQ VERSION IF TUMBLR EATS THE QUALITY!

And here's everyone's favorite traitor/clone of a traitor! :D It's fun seeing the variety of Mandarins people chose to draw this month.

OCTOBER WILL FEATURE SKELETON KING! (NOT The Alchemist for this one - we're being spooky >D) The submission guidelines can be found here, if you missed them or are new to the project.

[chimicham]

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

Mandarin- If ur here for Skeleton King, he’s not here at the moment

Chiro-We’re here to rescue u

Mandarin- Really?

Antauri-We want to bring you back

Mandarin-Like when I was on the prison ship!?

Antauri-…

Mandarin-It didn’t seem like you wanted me to come back then. You never visited, removed nearly all of my stuff and got a fill-in for my role! You didn’t even realize the other orange monkey running around is a clone until you analyzed its DNA! I know when I’m unwanted.

what if Mandarin isn’t angry about them putting him in the prison ship but more so forgetting about him. To him, he thinks they just forgot about him. They didn’t visit, removed his room and replaced his role. But doesn’t realize they always remembered and cared and what happened was the worst thing for them to have to do

It's very sad...

[beesgav]

I was debating about whether I should upload this or not, considering my track record with comics, but oh well might as well do it

More coming soon hopefully

[ladytauria]

I wish you would write a fic where Valina has a redemption arc. :P

i actually have one like… partially drafted 😂 have a li’l sneak preview? (tho mind u it hasn’t been edited yet :p)

“Well, well. What have we here?”

No.

It couldn’t be.

That voice.

She jerked to her feet, turning, baring her teeth, heedless of the tear tracks on her face. Her hands glowed once more. “Insolent simian! Shouldn’t you be with the master? If you think to win his favor by—”

Valina stopped, abrupt.

No. That wasn’t right.

The wretch of a simian who followed her about was half skeletal in nature—flesh and bone, fit with a terrible little lobster claw of a hand. This creature…

It, he, hovered off of the ground, hands on his knees. His fur grew in a long mustache and eyebrows. Bandages covered his head, his tail. He wore a leather breastplate, and was covered in bald patches. His form was—strange. A bit too long, too lanky. Like he’d been bigger, and just… deflated.

Yet. He looked, and sounded, like her former minion.

“Who are you?” She demanded.

The simian’s mouth quirked. “You already know the answer to that.” He waved a hand dismissively. “After all, it sounds as if you’ve become acquainted with my… clone.” He sneered. “I find it far more interesting to know who you are.”

So. The little wretch she’d been forced to endure was a clone. That would explain why so much of her master’s power had clung to him, where it hadn’t their enemies.

“My name is Valina,” she says, stiffly. “They call me the Skull Sorceress.” And oh, that was another thing that had been ripped from her, wasn’t it?

“So. Tell me, witch, what failure was it that landed you here? What scheme of yours did the Hyper Force send so thoroughly down into the toilet, hmm?”

Valina drew up her chin. “I did not fail. The boy and his monkeys did not ruin my plans.”

“Well, clearly you did something. Or you wouldn’t be here, now would you?”

Valina scowled. That was the kicker, wasn’t it? Obviously she had done something wrong. Had… had made a mistake somewhere. Was it her failure to eradicate the Hyper Force? She had thought that leaving them for the master would be a welcome back present—after all, they had always been off limits before.

“It’s none of your business, simian,” she snapped. “You have already been discarded by the master. He would not even blink, were I to vaporize you where you stand.”

Mandarin didn’t look impressed. “You mean, after being sent all the way out here, you’re still professing loyalty to him?”

Of course. Anything else would be… unthinkable. He was the master. He had raised her from the hell that was the Skeletal Circle, from their misguided beliefs and foolish plots. He had given her power. Trained her. Changed her. He had taken such an interest in her—had given her duties, responsibilities…

What else was she supposed to do? Where else could she go?

“His vision for this world—“

Mandarin cut her off. “Please. His vision is nothing more than a ruined husk of a planet, fed off of by his precious ‘Dark Ones.’”

“You served him once too,” Valina snapped.

“We shared a common enemy,” Mandarin said.

[bowletta]

secret santa gift for @formless-monkeys!

mandy doesn't like to share lol

thank you @sweetcircuits for hosting this event!! : D

original size below v

[co27]

🔥 mandarin

i just posted my main mandarin Hot Take but uh.... idk i just. i really dont like the guy! i dont see the appeal of him, i think hes an incredibly interesting villain who i love to hate, but it seems most people just. love him, period. which is weird, considering hes clearly like.... highly manipulative and cruel. like hes not “misunderstood” hes genuinely just A Bad Guy which is part of what MAKES him such a good villain! idk i just dont get why everyone fixates on him so much

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

Mandarin's Voice

Something I noticed about Mandarin's voice is how compared to he rest of the hyperforce's voices, his sounds more elderly and kinda raspy.

Don't get me wrong, I love how he has the same VA as Po's dad Kung Fu Panda but I wonder if there's a certain reason

I wonder if he had a younger or deeper voice but due to being in stasis for 7 cycles so he probably didnt get to talk a lot. So when he's out, due to not using it for a while, it changed, sounding like he does now.

Ngl I kinda see him sound like Samurai Jack pre-stasis. What do u think? I'd love to know💖

[juxtp0se]

(I personally don’t ship it but... I do agree that in a Mandarin redemption arc Otto would be more accepting of mandarin than the others in the beginning.... OR MAYBE THE LEAST ACCEPTING!... MAYBE OTTO IS THE LAST TO WARM UP TO HIM BECAUSE IN THE END MANDARIN BETRAYED OTTO THE HARDEST!!!!!) I was gonna also add to this ask about how Otto could be Chiro’s view into mandarin’s better qualities but now I’m totally thinking this arc could be an opportunity to see Otto the coldest we’ve seen him...

OOOOOHHH i love both possibilities! having otto be cold and unaccepting would be SO ROUGH it effects literally everyone to see otto like that. it’s easy for everyone to assume otto will always be that source of optimism, but mandarin’s betrayal hurt him too!  he’d already gotten used to mandarin being evil and trying to kill them, so now that he’s back and having to switch back to friend mode?? it isn’t as easy as they think. he’s pretty sure that “nice” mandarin is gone forever, or at least was faked to use him back in the day. now i move on to this continuation:

I DO THANKS 

[battychaichilla]

I drew these to make with my sticker paper <3 I find myself attached to these three. I love this tv show so much.

[oyasumillie]

If you could change something about SRMT, what would it be?

In general, I’d have like it if there had been more episodes of the team bonding together instead of all of them being plot relevant *eye emoji*

Also that Jinmay would have had more development aside of being ‘’’’’’’’’Chiro’s girlfriend’’’’’’’’’’ She’s pretty and strong and could have been a better character 3

AND!! THEY SHOULD HAVE KEPT MANDARIN LIKE THIS!! 

[bowletta]

leaked pitch bible Mandarin being punished for his crimes by becoming an unethical lab subject... 😶