I finally managed to finish this drawing. It was inspired by the rumors about the 3rd season of Trop, with a more fantastical touch from my imagination.
My relationship with the hobbit films is complex because it’s hard to explain to normal people that “I’m not necessarily a fan of the films but I am a HUGE fan of the fanon universe a bunch of us terminally online gay tumblr users collectively hallucinated around them in 2014”
Heeyyyyyy Happy Valentine’s Day!! Sorry for disappearing I got busy but I HAVE THINGS PLANNED TRUST U GUYS
Anyway take this bagginshield I don’t think there is enough fanart of Thorin being kissed and he’s a pretty princess, someone (Bilbo) should kiss that guy! Not to worry I shall do it myself!
They’re not canon! There’s nothing remotely romantic about their relationship!
That’s cool. You go live in your sadness world. I, however, couldn’t care less about what you think, and will be in my world of schmoopy, campy, fluffy, gay fandom funtimes.
no doubt that mithril was a courting gift to Bilbo, "token of our friendship" like ok bro, we get it, you think this is a slow burn, and Bilbo thinks it's an enemies to lovers, but come ON
‘Malevolent is queerbait because Arthur and John are just friends after all their love confessions’ maybe for your little pea brain, but my massive, hulking cranium can house both the appreciation of their deep platonic relationship and draw fanart of them making out
Voice acting and audio by @malevolentcast , who very generously sent me this audio file to use for this animatic. Thank you for creating such a beautiful show.
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I began this animatic early last year after finding the audio on TikTok. Once I heard it, I was immediately struck with the thought of how those first couple of weeks in the Dark World would be for John immediately after Season 2. It seemed perfectly fitting, how John might be tortured by his guilt and uncertainty if Arthur was even still alive, and that torment would only aid his regression to his more… Kingly qualities.
I began to draft the thumbnails of the animatic in my sketchbook before transferring it to my digital workspace, which was incredibly intimidating at the time. This was my first independent animatic. In last year’s InvictusCon, Harlan popped into my stream as I was explaining my animatic thought process to my viewers, shaking with both excitement and terror. I was stunned when he offered to voice it himself. The next day, he sent me the audio file. To this day, I am still stunned he spent so much time and effort to create something. It was the encouragement I needed to finish a longer-form animatic. It may be only a minute and some change, but this is a whole year of my life condensed - my obsession, my adoration, my passion for not only this podcast but for art in general, both visual and audio.
It’s by happy accident that I finished this right at the cusp of the Season 5 finale. It almost perfectly slots in. So… let’s all pretend that this animatic took me a month to do rather than the year I spent sweating on my couch and complaining about the number of times I forgot Arthur’s wooden finger.
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