Mike and El’s Relationship gets worse the longer her hair gets
As El’s hair gets longer he likely finds it harder to project his feelings for Will onto Eleven.
In fact when her hair is at her longest Mike is unable to tell her that he loves her.
Only after El’s hair is shaved off (+a lot of encouragement from Will) is he able to tell her that he loves her. In the first season of the show, El is mistaken for a boy, and Hopper asks if it could’ve been Will.
What is with these dumb silly poses he hits why does he move like that what
No but really, I love whenever Caine gestures like this, he moves so smoothly and cartoonishly and his animation is so good so cool so perfect and he's so perfect
i would make the whole 'behind every gay person' joke but i can't with this one because michael WHY are you pointing that gun at your own face, your boyfriend is WORRIED
give me a long term 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚 slow burn queer relationship in a mainstream show
give me two characters who are queercoded in a disgustingly popular series that lasts like a decade and loads of people think it's gonna be queerbait but then it's 𝙣𝙤𝙩
give me long term requited queer love in a show the homophobes can't just turn away from because it's obviously queer, draw the homophobes in and have them emotionally invested in the characters and then BOOM 𝙜𝙖𝙮
make them 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 characters and 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 and 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 and 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 have them come out
give me queer rep all the homophobic uncles can't just avoid
continuously trying to prove that it was mileven all along by reheating byler nachos is so embarrassing honestly like even the writers of these damn characters can’t deny it that byler was destined to be canon bruh
Some Magma doodles. It's funny how much I like drawing here; it just feels more intuitive somehow.
I also made some separate fan art of @omegaspeaking designs (AU?) because I loved them so much! It’s just a small piece, but maybe I’ll draw more later.
DISCLAIMER: There is indeed a curse in the film, but it was directed at Nicolas Romanov. Rasputin said to him: “Mark my words; you and your family will die within a fortnight. I will not rest until I see the end of the Romanov reign forever.”
Then magic and the revolution happens, the royal family falls and Rasputin dies. But since Anastasia cheated death, Rasputin cannot rest in peace and is doomed to an existence in limbo. He feels the consequences of his curse, but Anastasia is in no way affected by it throughout the film.
Yes, she looses her grandmother and suffers from hallucinations and amnesia for 10 years, but these things are not connected to the curse from the beginning of the film.
Anastasia - “Let me go! Please!”
Rasputin - “You will never escape me child. Never!”
So - back to my random thoughts on this animated classic from 1997!! The more I think about this, the more frustrated I get. My problem with the magic in this movie would have been SO EASY to fix. The only thing needed would have been a curse cast on Anastasia, something along the lines of: “You shall forever be apart from all your family”.
When the curse is first taking effect, that is when Anastasia is separated from her grandmother (instead of grandma just having a weak grip), and then Rasputin´s magic keeps her away from her family. There could have been a short montage her grandmother coming back to look for her granddaughter, but the curse is making it impossible for them to find each other.
Grandmother - “Hold onto my hand!”
Anastasia - “Don´t let go!”
Even Anastasia´s amnesia would have been more intriguing this way; the curse is actively forcing out her memories (instead of being the aftermath of an unrelated accident). But throughout the film the memories are trying to re-surface as best as they can in the form of hallucinations and dreams (cue “Once Upon A December!!”). Imagine the ball-room scene slowly but surely becoming more and more green in color as the curse is doing it´s best to hide the memories of her family. This way it would also make more sense why Anastasia cannot recognize her family (or even herself) when looking at the paintings in the palace (btw, why hasn’t all the shit been stolen during these past 10 years???)
It isn’t until Dimitri comes along and forces Anastasia to meet her grandmother again when the curse is finally broken. All in all: the whole idea of Anastasia being a victim of dark magic would have been more suspenseful from a storytelling POV, but this way we would also have had a much better connection between the main character and the villain. Not only are they both cursed, but now the magic that Rasputin possesses has been affecting Anastasia all this time.
Anastasia - “That face…”
As the movie is now, Anastasia is not in any way aware of Rasputin after she accidentally hits her head as a child. And when they meet again in the movie’s climax he is simply the man who swore revenge on her family (and has been trying to kill her during the past couple of days without her having any clue about it).
But THIS WAY he would be responsible for her misery - her memory-loss, the separation from her grandmother, her hallucinations - Everything would now be connected to Rasputin instead of being mostly based on a series of unfortunate events.
Rasputin - “And me… A rotting corpse… Last seen at a party like this one.”
Anastasia - “A curse!”
Rasputin - “Followed by a tragic night on the ice. Remember?”
Notice how all of these lines of dialog would have been more impactful if Anastasia was cursed too!! :o
The point of all this?
IDK. It´s 3.30AM and this is what I do when I cannot sleep - Ramble on about animated movies. But admit that this should have been canon. :P
the way that jax is going to come out in episode 9 is that there'll be another staircase and she'll go "ladies first" then fucking book it up that thing before anyone else can
here are the jaxinnes i managed to do before my screen protector died! a lot of people seemed to like my edit before so here she is…. also the design majorly inspired by @sirakitz
You will be CONVINCED after reading this. THAT'S HOW CONFIDENT I AM!!!!!
EVIDENCE #1: Visual similarities
If Tangled the Series taught me anything, it's that similar character designs are NOT coincidences ☝️ iykyk
OKAY now please stick with me while I talk about the other characters first
The current human cast appearances reflect different concepts (chess, ragdoll, jester, rabbit, Zolo Blocks, and theater) Being part of the show (like the actual show) the characters have to stand out while looking cohesive.
However, I would argue that they are of different artstyles, if you will.
Their faces have key differences. To preface, I'm going to mostly compare Ragatha, Pomni, and Jax since they have the most human-like proportions (?) compared to the rest. Additionally I'm going to exclude Gangle as she is 90% ribbons and 10% a drama mask.
Kinger is the only character with pupils.
Jax is the only character with rectangular irises.
Ragatha and Zooble are the only characters with simple small black irises.
Pomni's head is abnormally large, especially compared to Ragatha and Jax.
Ragatha, Pomni, and Jax have very different mouths; Ragatha's mouth is non-dimensional and solid colored, Pomni's has some depth, and Jax is... teeth.
Now I hear you saying "but what does this have to do with Ribbit"
I HEAR YOU, LET'S TALK ABOUT RIBBIT NOW
Ribbit, a simple green frog with a lighter shade of green running on their body.
Jax, a simple purple rabbit with gloves and overalls with a light red pocket(?).
Two small jumping animals with long ass limbs with a simple 3 color palette with only 1 article of clothing...
THEY ARE THE ONLY 2 CHARACTERS WITH ALL OF THE SIMILARITIES LISTED ABOVE. CAN YOU NAME ANY OTHER CIRCUS MEMBER, DEAD OR ALIVE, WITH ALL OF THESE FEATURES??
Additionally, frogs and rabbits are on the bottom half of their respective food chain. Perhaps this could play into their stories?? Food for thought!
Now onto their mouths. Jax, in present day, has a mouth that only shows teeth. Ribbit, as far as we know and can see in the concept art, has an open mouth and a teeth-ful smile.
Wait, do you see that...
THEY HAVE THE SAME FUCKING TEETH!!!!!!!!!!!
DO ANY OTHER CHARACTERS HAVE THIS EXACT STYLE OF TEETH SMILES? NO. GOD I HOPE NOT
and btw when I say teeth smiles I mean this! ⤵️
There are a handful of cartoon teeth styles (that I've seen at least), and Ribbit & Jax both share the smile on the top left! Just to clarify! Additionally, they both have rubber hose-esque styles.
Evidence #2 Paired avatars, paired history
Now you're probably wondering, "Just because they have a bit of physical similarities doesn't mean they even knew each other outside of the circus" WRONG AGAIN!!!!!
I call in my next witness, KINGER AND QUEENIE!!!
A married couple who presumably wed before entering the digital circus. Kinger is a King chess piece and Queenie is a Queen chess piece, and what is a King without his Queen? Their avatars are paired due to their marriage.
I really don't think Jax is the type to get married before age 22 (or he is idk man), so to explain his visual similarities with Ribbit, I personally concluded them as siblings 🧑⚖️
EVIDENCE #3: Jax is Gooseworx's favorite character
Evidence #1 took quite a while to explain didn't it... anyways
Anyone who has OCs knows the feeling of wanting their favorite character to suffer the most. And if you are aware of Goose's Tumblr asks, you know that the worst thing Jax has ever done hasn't been revealed yet.
Now let me present to you two possibilities, both tragic, but one more tragic:
A guy who abstracts their friend who they met in the circus.
A guy who is trapped with their sibling and causes their abstraction despite feeling responsible to protect them.
#2 SOUNDS WORSE RIGHT? THAT'S WHY THAT HAS TO BE IT!!!!
This point might sound silly, but I think it's important to analyze the narrative when making theories! If I were in the shoes of the author, how would I write this? And how could I write this in a way that maximizes impact for the viewer/reader? That's my thinking anyways
CONCLUSION
Everything in animation is done for a reason, no such thing as coincidences and insignificant details especially when a lot of money is invested into each episode. Given from what we have so far, I believe Jax and Ribbit have too many similarities to ignore!!
What are your thoughts? What do you think was the relation between Jax and Ribbit? Have I convinced any of you to join the dark side AKA tragic siblings?!
Thank you for reading my super duper awesome non-convoluted theory!!! If this theory is wrong then today is just an average Tuesday and you never saw this
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