#the Alchemist

[dark-romantics]

Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

[jiauro]

Finished vbros

[whats-9plus10]

It’s the longest day of the year :)

[389]

[explosiongifd-old]

recent images

[paepaerest]

a little orphy for anyone in need

[androdetective]

sorry to all the hankheads this was my first time drawing him

[marejadilla]

Stephanie Rew, "The Alchemist", oil, egg tempera and 24ct gold leaf on panel. B, 1971, Scottish painter based in Edinburgh, UK.

[chroniclesofnadia111]

🫶🏾🌛

[ninedeuce]

My vinyl collection (so far).

[champagnexowishes]

[viktorsaintclaire]

yay yipeee yahoooo

[fanaticartisan]

unfair

[uaravsh]

"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say."

- Paul Coelho, The Alchemist ||@uaravsh

[hezuart]

"Skeleton" King Origin Headcanon

Something that always bothered me about the villain from Super Robot Money Team, was his name. "Skeleton King". Which is so funny to me, because the series actually reveals he isn't a skeleton at all, in any way. For some reason, he actually has living organs despite allegedly being an "undead" creature. The ep I, Chiro reveals his body to have been robotic, with wires connecting his head. As well as the fact that his skull was actually only ENCASED in bone, and what lay beneath was a skull made entirely out of pure crystal. Aside from his face shell, he isn't made of bone at all. He's not a skeleton. I also found it strange that the Alchemist would wipe the Monkey's memories of him, despite the fact that he had completely changed appearances. Sure, he did it to be safe, but. Even so, it was unusual to me. The transformation process was also revealed to have been slow. He deteriorated over time, having enough time to finish the Silver Monkey, if not perhaps more.

So I've been thinking. Since the Alchemist built the monkeys their robotic parts by mixing science and magic... surely he did the same to himself? I don't mean to go all purple-guy on you, but I say the Alchemist was slowly rotting and falling apart, as his living flesh could not heal from the corruption process when the Dark One grabbed him. But the Alchemist fought back. He fought back by building a robotic body for himself in hopes that it would slow the infection, in hopes that he could stop himself from turning undead and/or evil. Each new part, while an agonizing replacement process, proved fruitful as it did indeed buy him more time. All the more reason to wipe the Monkey's memories of him. Because they'll know exactly what became of him, exactly what he looks like, as well as the painful memories that came before the end, as they helped him. They helped build his body, and they helped him resist it. But it wasn't enough. The day finally came where it reached his brain, and he could no longer resist it, and he gave in.