👑 Young Short-haired Angeline 👑

Spring 1991. Happier times ✨

I wanted to draw something that felt warmer and more wholesome after my previous attempt at a ‘’big’’ piece. Not very happy with this one, I think I was a bit too ambitious for my skill level lol. I definitely could have worked on it more but I decided to call it quits anyways ^^’ Edit to add - one thing I'm very proud about - I drew the piano without any reference picture o/ For no other reason that I couldn't be bothered ahem, and the proportions are a mess compared to Angeline, but still ! *pat-pats on my own back*

Smol Artemis sketches 🤍

Been experimenting with new brushes, now it looks much closer to my actual trad art style. That’s nice 😊

Little Holly ! 🔥

… Yeah. You don’t wanna mess with her.

downsizing seasons from 22 episodes to 13 to 8. describing miniseries as "8 hour movies". loudly declaring that shows with 20+ episodes per season cannot truly be good. complaining that "it couldve been a movie". complaining about filler episodes. complaining about bottle episodes. complaining about episodes that prioritize character over plot. fr i think y'all just dont like television

𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙼𝚛. 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚜,

𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝟸𝟻𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟸, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙼𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚜, 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢, 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝.

𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚍, 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗'𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚆𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙻𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎, 𝙼𝚛. 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚜, 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚖.

𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍, 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚜. 𝙸 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙸 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍'𝚜 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚜, 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚍𝚍𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛 (𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝!) 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏:

𝚘𝚗𝚎 (𝟷) 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚕𝚍.

𝙸 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝.

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛.

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reblog if you think sign language should be taught as a language in schools.

Some similarities between AF and LOTR

Artemis Fowl  is often praised for its originality, and by that most critics are implying that it is not like a poor derivative of JRR Tolkien: a criticism that can be levelled at a surprisingly large share of the modern fantasy market. But AF actually had a surprising amount of similarities with LOTR, while not in the stylish sense that most properties use, instead in an ideological sense. 

LOTR is a conservative work, with a very traditional view of man’s relationship to Nature. Despite seeming more progressive in many ways, AF has inherited/shares many of Tolkien’s views on Nature and society.

Nature is distinct, but important to “man’s” society

Different races are fundamental different

Some races are “better’ than others

Some “races’ are inherently ‘better’ at living in nature that others

Humans , when left on to their own devices will be corrupted by the world

There are distinct ideas of Good and Bad that provide all of Reality and some things tend towards good and some towards bad

Grief is the sole cause of mental illness and magic is what is necessary to cure it

AF isn’t necessarily intentionally copying LOtR in these respects: EC is after all from a similar background as Tolkien; both are white, well-off, well-educated men.  Many of these views are and were completely pervasive in the cultures that these two authors grew up and wrote in. That said, the strong focus on environmentalism, or pastoralism, that is evident in both texts is something that is distinctly more pronounced from the general cultural attitudes of their respective times.

One notable element of the Conservatism of Colfer’s work (NB: only the OG AF series is being discussed in this post, not the spinoff series), is Colfer’s uncritical upholding of oppressive systems of power. Fairy society’s sexism is lightly analysed and criticized in the first book of the series, but many aspects of it’s cultural norms-- most notably it’s racism, that is the belief that each fantasy race will inherently behave differently and have some races will be “worse” than others-- are reproduced unthinkingly in fairy society, which implicitly legitimizes there validity in the real world. Holly clearly believes in elf supremacy, and believes that the over-incarceration and stigmatization of the goblins are the natural result of the goblins inherent character, rather than the result of the regressive police attitude. Holly, while being stigmatized for being a woman, still experiences privileges as an elf, and it is notable that the three female officers we see throughout the series-- Holly, Lilly and Vinyaya-- are all elves and Lilly is notably from an influential and wealthy family.

:(((

So apparently there is going to be a musical theatre adaptation of Artemis Fowl. I love musical theatre, but honestly I just cannot see this going well.....

🦎 Half-goblin Holly backstory headcanons 🦎 (including some more general goblins headcanons because actual canon is *not it*) (very long post ahead, but I felt it was due time to expand the lore of my beloved half-goblin Holly) - Her dad's name is Lezzare. Holly was very close to him as a youngling ; he used to affectionately call her "B'wa-biba" (darling sparkle) - He made all her childhood clothes himself, as per the goblin tradition of mending : goblins love to patchwork their clothes with visible stitches, and fabrics passed down in the family from generation to generation - to allude to how their skin shed naturally and symbolise the love and protection of the family allowing them to grow. This tradition is mostly seen as an excuse for poor craftsfaeship compared to the more sophisticated, gold-thread embedded clothing of the elves and centaurs, but many goblins are actually very skilled at sewing. - He and Coral met at the university, at a marine biology class - Coral attended as a student and Lezzare as an auditor (goblins basically aren't allowed to pursue higher education in Haven because they are deemed too stupid) - Lezzare was an activist fighting for goblins' rights, and advocating for a demilitarised Haven (arguing that the People should only defend themselves against mud people as a united front, and not further the divides between the fairy families according to the "nobler" elven values and morals). - Even though he was a pacifist, he was sent to Howler's Peak after a mass arrestation following a deadly terrorist attack, when Holly was still quite young. Coral joined LEPMarine and moved to Atlantis with baby Holly so they could go visit Lezzare more easily. - Holly still loved her dad, but the stigma of being a goblin hybrid and her dad being in prison slowly started to take a toll on her ; especially since Coral was gone working most of the time, and Holly spent a lot of days with various LEP officers both being very dismissive of her and her father, and encouraging her to join the LEP like her mom. - When Coral died, Lezzare was allowed to attend the funeral, which absolutely didn't sit well with Coral's family who hated him and disapproved heavily of their daughter's relationship with a goblin. At the funeral, Lezzare started performing a goblin fire grieving ritual which was interpreted as an aggression attempt, causing an absolute riot between him and Coral's family and LEP coworkers, with Holly torn in the middle. - Holly was extremely mad for a very long time at her father for ruining her mother's funeral. Lezzare was also really upset that she chose to join the LEPrecon after everything they did to their kind. - I believe they were strictly no contact since, and for at least the first three books. But after meeting Artemis, and the B'wa Kell rebellion, Holly starts to see things a bit more differently, and a bit less black and white. Julius' death, then the events of The Opal Deception leaving her out of the LEP and more isolated than ever, as "the goblin LEP experiment that ended up being a murdering failure like every other goblin ever is", really changed her entire perspective. - Now she sees her dad more often ; mending their relationship takes time but they find things to bond over, and it gets better 🧡 ... That's it for now ! Please tell me what you think about all this ! Also, I've started working on a feature film two weeks ago that's why this piece took forever to finish ; even though I'm really done with it, and I think I could have done better with the color palette (too same toney imo), I'm pretty happy with how vibrant it globally turned out. And I'm also quite happy with Lezzare's face 💚