#wolf Children

[winkuzz]

Fig & Kestrel aka "Morb Children"

HAH tricked my ADHD by posting about them earlier and then going like "no time's like the present", so here's some doodles of my Wren x Reese fanchildren Fig (Fionn) and Kestrel.

I lovingly call them Morb Children, cause I 100% based them on my favorite movie of all time 'Wolf Children Ame & Yuki', who are the inspiration and base for all my fankids (they also were my inspo for Aya & Yuuto, my Kiribaku fankids).

Disclaimer: 'morbing' means 'transforming/transformation'

(not that I have to explain that to fellow scarlet hollows but yk)

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Wren & Reese decided to settle down in a cabin in the woods once they expected Fig (likely with Tabitha's/Stella's help, haven't rly thought about it tbh). So these Morb Kids grow up relatively secluded/sheltered but free as the monster babies that they are.

Fig & Kestrel's morbing begins a lot earlier than Reese's (pre-puberty), but unlike him their shapes aren't as unstable. They develop and become more monstrous as they age, but they have no 'inbetween' forms.

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Fionn aka Fig is the older sister by a little more than a year, Kestrel is the younger of the two. Fig's a wild child that has no filter and seemingly neverending energy, exploring the world with unsatiated curiosity and excitement. Her morb form is based on a squirrel and she's an excellent climber

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Kestrel's monster form is based on wolves and his anatomy switches from bipedal to quadrupedal when he morbs. He's a lot more timid when he's a child and while he doesn't mind Reese & Fig morbing, he spooks himself when he changes.

Wren ends up giving him the cape because they try to help Kes think of his monster shape less as a 'scary' thing and more as a 'you're special, like a super hero!'. An approach which ends up working eventually.

Reese eventually takes Kestrel alone into the forest to teach him stuff without Fig being there, since Kes has a tendency to step back and let Fig lead the way when she's around. So to allow him to build his own confidence, Kes receives extra 'monster lessons'.

AAAAH i wanna say more about them but let's leave it at that for now.

If you have questions, feel free to ask!

[theamazingfeeling]

Grocery shopping appreciation post 🛒

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[devildomwriter]

Obey Me! Wolf Children AU

I can’t draw on the iPad well so the bodies were mostly traced from screenshots of the movie.

This is their child wolf form art. I hope you like it.

[yuujies]

wolf children - 2012

[gorgynei]

loving monsters 𓁢 𓁢

'Start Here' by Caitlyn Siehl / 'Wolf Like Me' by TV On The Radio / Wolf Children (2012) / The Shape of Water (2017) / Beauty and the Beast (1991) / 'Suck the Blood from My Wound' by Ezra Furman / An American Werewolf In London (1981) / A Monster in Paris (2011)

[doyouknowthisanime]

Do You Know This Anime?

[enorfervent]

Wolf Children | おおかみこどもの雨と雪 (2012) dir. Mamoru Hosoda

[moxiepoxart]

Naruto X Wolf Children

[deathnguts]

The black brothers variants

[alpaca-clouds]

The Search for a Solarpunk Anime

Allow me to think aloud for a moment. Because I noticed something.

Whenever people ask for movie recommendations or anime recommendations for Solarpunk, a movie that often gets named is Netflix's Bubble. And on one hand... I get it. The aesthetic of the movie is more Cozy Apocalypse than Solarpunk (aka lots of greens on the buildings and what not, but not because they have been planted there to make a better environment, rather than because the buildings falling into disrepair). But it scratches that certain itch, aesthetically.

Yet, the movie does not really feel Solarpunk to me. While one can argue that the folks who have fled into the bubble zone are kinda anarchistic in that they do lack clear hierarchies, they also do not do a ton of mutual aid, rather competing over ressources. Which to me is the issue. The movie does not have a lot of that Solarpunk spirit. Not much in terms of either mutual aid or environmental protection going on. It just has a pretty green aesthetic. (Though it should be said: Fucking darn, that movie is pretty.)

Of course, the obvious answer to name when it comes to Solarpunk anime movies is Studio Ghibli. Obvious, because the studio is one of the central inspirations behind the genre. So, duh, yes, there are quite a few Ghibli movies out there that are pretty darn Solarpunk. Most notably of course Nausicaä, Laputa and Princess Mononoke. These movies all are not only Solarpunk in some aesthetic aspects, but also when it comes to the themes inspiring them. Which is kinda funny to me, because neither of the movies is classical science fiction - making clear that scifi really is not a prerequesit for the genre.

But there is also another genre, I would say. And that genre is the movies, that do not have much of the aesthetic - outside maybe a vague cottagecore aesthetic - but have a lot of the themes I associate with Solarpunk.

To me two of those movies are Ame to Yuki: Wolf Children, and Misaki no Mayoiga. I already talked about the second movie, but just to sum up: Both movies really go deeply into the aspects of community building, mutual aid and also living in harmony with nature in some degree. Both very much show that we are really good at helping each other. And that you can have a good life without rigid organisation. And I really fucking love that about those movies.

Funnily enough: While funnily enough Makoto Shinkai with his generous aesthetic does have some scenes in several of his movies that just have the aesthetic flair of Solarpunk, I would say that thematically Suzume is the one most in line with the genre. Because it, too, as a lot of themes of mutual aid and just forming community and what not.

And I do not know. Maybe we are gonna see more of that stuff in the future?

[pelipper]

I have a type.

[queenrojpag]

@animangacreators Challenge #3: Alphabet Challenge

W - Wolf Children

[alien-slushie]

Cale: They're not my children.

Also Cale: Alright, which one of you soon to be corpses made my children cry?!

[kamruna]