Made of rags and scraps and tags

A blog to celebrate my love of puppets, from the cute to the terrifying, and with a huge emphasis on Jim Henson things and especially fraggles.  There's some nightmare fuel things to be found in the 'scary puppets' and 'freaky costumes' tag so add that to your blacklist if you need to.

[theworldofthedarkcrystal]

i live for the drama

[fraggled]

I wanted to draw gelflings in the comic book style

[greyisbetterthangray-deactivate]

So far, though I'm only 30 minutes in, I find Jen to be a rather boring and lackluster character.

The Skeksis, the Mystics, and Aughra all have really lovely personalities and characterization that is enjoyable to watch. They're exciting characters that feel like they mean something and aren't just "puppets."

But Jen,,, is very clearly a puppet. Both literally and narratively. So far he just does whatever he is told and has no real drive or motivation of his own. And he seems like a far more wooden character than the others. His voice acting isn't that engaging and even his body language and puppeteering behind that—while still impressive—doesn't evoke the same level of character depth that the other characters have.

Idk, perhaps a part of it has to do with his face. Gelflings appear the most human so perhaps because he is clearly no human while still having similar human structures that we typically use to connect with characters makes it harder for me to connect with him rather than the other non-human characters who bear no resemblance to humans.

Or maybe Jen is just boring

[skekiss]

The Hunter (SkekMal) without his skull mask

[skekiss]

me: *loves the gelfling and wants them to live long and happy lives*

also me at the gelfling, as soon as the skeksis show up:

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I love the designs engraved on skekSo’s beak. I know they have unique significance to the mythology of the series, but to me some of the swirls look reminiscent of Celtic knots. 

[theworldofthedarkcrystal]

i just realized that Aughra

i just realized that Aughra is gonna try to help the gelflings like she tried to help the skeksis and she’s going to see them obliterated.  no wonder she’s cranky when Jen eventually comes along

[skekiss]

though no one asked, here's the Chamberlain naked

[simplysparrow14]

Am I wrong though?

[skekiss]

just a random passing thought but perhaps the skeksis the heretic follows the beliefs and views of Raunip (also known as the heretic) and the way he challenged and tested the Urskeks - - and that they don't belong in Thra and were too meddling. maybe the heteric (skeksis) believes that the two should again become one whole, after the initial splitting because of Dark Heart, and should reunite with their counterparts and leave Thra - - thus making him a Heretic to the skeksis, who reject wholeness & completeness, are always empty, hungry and destructive

[simplysparrow14]

New Image from the home page of the Netflix home page for Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. 

The Gelfling Squad sit around a camp fire (I cant tell if Rian’s there or not becuase of Gurjins giant body in the way)The group stare at a weird little twisty windchime looking thing that floats just above the campfire. 

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Some Hunter Facts

Here’s some tidbits about the Hunter I’ve taken from the first prequel novel. Please note that we don’t know how close the Netflix series will be following the books, so these might not be addressed in the show. (Spoilers ahead!)

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This blindass motherfucker is wearing one monocle and two pairs of glasses. And the Skeksis’ trust him to read the scrolls?

[fraggled]

cantus WHAT happened to you oh my god

[fraggled]

The hottest take

[fraggled]

These both have extremely valid and powerful energies

[inkylizard]

You fraggles are so lucky, you can share your dreams…