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ATTENTION FELLOW TDC:AoR FANS!!

This was posted on @the_darkcrystalproject's story on IG as well as Warrick Brownlow-Pike's (one of the puppeteers as we know)

Spread the word and repost for TDC fans everywhere! WE NEED A SEASON 2!! LET'S GO!! FOR THRA!

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I can blab endlessly about how convinced I am that Jen is related to Rian and Deet.

One of the many reasons is the psychical similarities between Jen and Rian.

It’s super hard to get a good reference on Jen’s eye colour, a lot of poorer quality clips and pics from the movie make his eyes look brown when in actuality, Jen’s eyes are blue and brown just like Rian’s.

Beyond that, the biggest differences between Rian and Jen seem to be due to the differences in how the gelflings were made for the movie Vs how they were made for the tv show. For instance, Jen has a longer snout than the aor gelflings. This is primarily because he is the very first gelfing puppet they designed and the Jim Henson company was basically working out how to make a small headed gelfling that could accommodate the puppeteer’s hand.

If course I’m just speculating but I feel like if Jen were designed by the Jim Henson company today he would basically be Rian’s twin.

That being said I also feel like Jen has some of Deet’s features even if they are much less noticeable than Rian’s features.

Jen’s face is a little rounder than Rian’s face and his face shape appears favour Deet’s face shape. Jen’s eyelids also appear to have slight epicanthic folds like Deet.

It also looks like Deet has a slightly longer snout too.

The next thing Jen probably got from Deet is definitely the hair. Jen’s hair might look like Rian’s at a glance but when you compare his hair to Deet you’ll notice that they have the same thin texture where Rian’s hair is very thick. If course Jen also has white/silvery streaks in his hair and Rian doesn’t so it’s not a stretch to assume he got that from Deet too.

Moreover:

Jen bears a fairly strong resemblance to Bobb'n. Baby Jen is were you can really see the grottan features from the round face to the flat cheekbones to the thin silver hair.

Am I over thinking the genetics of a bunch of puppets?

Absolutely. But also consider that if they really are building up to two characters being related to Jen in anyway they’re going to make sure those characters have some physical similarities to Jen. It’s not super unreasonable to think that Rian in particular might be related to Jen because his design seems to have taken quite a bit of inspiration from Jen’s design.

Anyway here’s footage of me obsessing over puppet progeny.

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Brea in the carriage with the Skeksis

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theamityelf

I find I have to mention this to people a lot: the way to check your own fandom racism or anti-blackness isn’t how you react to the flawless POC characters, but how you react when POC characters have flaws.

Like, I’ve known people who tear down Simone from The Good Place, and when I pointed out that none of her flaws are even close to those of Eleanor, from season one or even currently, and suggested that they should consider whether biases are influencing their hatred for the character, they cited their love for Shuri from Black Panther, and characters like her. Shuri is not a hard character to love; she never challenges the audience to see her in a complex way. She is funny, smart, and never burdensome to anyone.

Myself, I hated Katara from Avatar when I was younger. Now, I am able to identify the internalized misogyny and racism in my dislike for her; I hated her because she was inconvenient at times and wasn’t always nice to the characters I liked. Similar deal with Frank Zhang from Heroes of Olympus. But both of those characters (and all characters) were significant for what they represented.

Fandom racism isn’t just hating POC characters for no reason or ignoring POC ships; it also manifests in the double-standard where we’re willing to forgive white characters for more things than POC characters.

1st attempt at Deet. I need a scanner. Or to use the one at work...

#deethra #deet #deet the dark crystal #the dark crystal age of resistance #the dark crystal fan art #the dark crystal

After getting a sketchbook and pencils for Christmas I decided to throw this quick sketch together for a friend of mine having a hard week. I need a lot of practice, but I'm proud of my first attempt! 🥰

#Hup #the dark crystal age of resistance #hup the podling #hup dark crystal #the dark crystal fan art #the dark crystal #podlings

melodramaticsoprano

So I got called into jury duty…

And I was put in the seat instantly, of course. I said, “your honor, I can’t be a juror on a two week trial, I have opera rehearsal.” And she said, “opera huh, well, sing something for us.”

And I did. In a federal court of law, in front of the judge, 75 jurors, the lawyers and the fucking DEFENDANT, I sang o mio babbino caro.

And the judge excused me.

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@districtswiftie13

melodramaticsoprano

YO I DIDNT EMBARRASS MYSELF IN FEDERAL COURT SO YALL CAN DOUBT ME.

butterynutjob

I know a lot of opera singers, and singing a full-on aria in a court room with only a hint of provocation is EXACTLY what they would do.

hellenhighwater

I know a lot of judges, and demanding an impromptu opera solo on a whim is also something they would do.

(And also one of the main reasons you can be excused from jury duty is economic hardship–basically, it would cause you unreasonable financial damage. If you’re a professional singer, a two week gap in your rehearsal schedule could do that for sure.)

jackironsides

As a muso, I absolutely believe this. I’ve got my accordion out of my carry-on and played a tune when airport security couldn’t recognise its weird mass of levers. Singers and musicians are just Like That.

taraljc

Accurate.

cluegrrl

My friend got stopped at the Canadian border coming back into the US. Border patrol took one look at his tattoed, ear-gagued, mutton chop wearing, hipster self, and said “I don’t believe you’re an opera singer. Sing something for me.” His wife immediately put down her knitting and plugged her ears, because Matt’s a contrabasso, and he does NOT sing quietly. Every other booth along the border stop had a head poking out of it within twenty seconds. And they let them pass without further contest.

hoarous

One time I had a cole slaw craving at like 10pm so i went to KFC and the girl at the counter was like IT’S CHRISTMAS, SING ME A CAROL AND I’LL GIVE YOU YOUR SLAW, and I was like, oh, I uh—but then her coworker was like GDI STOP DOING THIS. YOU DONT HAVE TO SING. SHES BEEN DOING THIS ALL DAY

so of course I busted out the first few bars of Amarilli (which isn’t actually a christmas carol, but it was what i’d been practicing at the time so shhh), and let me tell you, nearly-empty fast food restaurants have GREAT acoustics

nessataleweaver

I’m just enjoying all these stories too much not to repost. Don’t mind me.

I just clap enthusiastically at performers.

buunbi-archive

This just reminds of that time back in I think 2016? Where I was sitting on the train home from school with my headphones on and I suddenly heard singing that wasn’t my own music, so I took my headphones off and there was a guy singing opera a couple rows back and across the aisle from me.

It was so surreal and I have no idea why he was doing that, but he was very good at it