#gb tag

[payaso-affairs]

The mild redesigns Gazerbeam gets throughout his appearances in the Incredibles is so interesting tbh

More in depth under the cut! :)

There's him in the original movie, where they don't quite have human modeling down quite yet. Here he looks very different to any other image of him. Down to his physique being so much more skinny compared to the other Supers and even himself later. My man hit the gym :) His little leotard onesie over leggings is so cute too... It's not my favorite one but I believe it's the very very first to be realized!

Then there's his design in the sequel! It is... very good 👀 Nowadays we really have the means to imply texture on 3D models (for better or for worse 🤭) and they highkey cleaned him up. Love that his suit is fully black and only really accented by that big singular blue triangle on his chest. The first one was definitely more traditional in it's color scheme but I like how sleek this suit is. The bulkiness of the gloves and helmet really help the design too, it's gives it interest without being a cape or anything too big. If his interview is any indication, he was probably more of practicality over aesthetics guy. But not without a little glam. So this suit just fits him slightly better. Also it's shiny 👀

Also also shoutout to the slightest indication of a 5 o clock shadow, it gives his face that's shown a total of 10 seconds a lot of dimension and character. My man would need orange color corrector for drag makeup but he's already slaying so so-

And shout out to his photo in the NSA files depicting him in a suit with big big shoulder pads dude, what was going on there- Like you can see the outline and everything! Maybe him being skinny in the original movie wasn't a modeling error as much as it was an character progress marker /j

Oh how I miss his big gusseted gloves from the sequel but this is before that so, of course. Idk how they drew this image... It was most likely drawn by hand, with no 3D models. Especially given how different he looks between here and the actual movie! But it's very very well rendered, you could've fooled me-

Love that they gave him a collar only to turn it into a choker in the sequel, and the matte fabric??? I did notice that Edna seemed to use more matte fabrics when Bob and Helen were in their glory days, and the difference to the newer stuff is pretty noticeable. I'm left to headcanon it could've been a sort of upgraded material, given that Bob's old suit ripped when he fought Kronos and the new stuff didn't. Or it's just following fashion trends. Anyways Square Shoulder Gazerbeam fan club woohoo 🎉

[ednyfedfychan]

“His pride had been sorely injured, and as part of this mental shift, he set to work and began writing a ‘tragedy’ of his own devising, castigating Anne’s alleged sexual crimes, a manuscript he was seen to carry around with him and show to Chapuys and others in moments of blind rage. He began insisting that over a hundred men had enjoyed illicit sex with Anne. Venturing out late one night for supper with John Kite, Bishop of Carlisle, a former protégé of Wolsey who partnered Kingston at cards, he declared how he had ‘long expected’ this turn of events. He showed his ‘tragedy’ to Kite, who briefly scanned it and remembered it contained a passage in which Anne and her brother had mocked the king’s poetry. That rings true, and a similar allegation would resurface during Anne and George’s trials.”

— John Guy & Julia Fox, Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIll, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe

“[…] the King had said to him, among other things, that he had long expected the issue of these affairs, and that thereupon he had before composed a tragedy, which he carried with him; and, so saying, the King drew from his bosom a little book written in his own hand, but the Bishop did not read the contents. It may have been certain ballads that the King has composed, at which the putain and her brother laughed as foolish things, which was objected to them as a great crime.”

— Letters & Papers: May 1536

[dmcofficial]

you know what, i loved all of gb: afterlife, but an unexpected gut punch was seeing the ecto get so much screen/road time and how much love and care was put into each second.

like, obviously when trevor uncovers her and she's all dilapidated and rough it's both sweet and sad. bittersweet because it's just as it always was— faithfully in character and not forced to bend to time or whoever it could've been sold off to, even if it meant wasting away in egons barn-garage instead

but also just seeing trevor taking ecto-1 for a joyride through the fields? seeing her offroading like she's never been before, as though she, herself, that personification of all the life and spirit of the ghostbusters, finally uncovered and set free, no longer hidden away as though in shame, regret, or obsolete, is finally driving free? OR even just the imagery of some punk kid taking it for a teens reckless ride full of donuts and small ramps, unaware or uncaring of it's original purpose and just having FUN with it in a way it wasn't meant for in its run as the company car?

there's such a sense of inheritance there— that trevor has inherited this legacy that he doesn't really know or particularly care all that much about, but finds joy in something that was a tool of a trade, bringing and breathing new life and new purpose before the plot drags it back into it's original function

it's just WONDERFUL!!!! and when you see the ecto crawling down main street as the kids scan the shops and then TAKE OFF immediately after the muncher, holding faithfully together after years of hiatus and/or slumber?? and when you see the gunner seat and the floor grate and the RC trap, and you think god, that IS something the guys would add, and theyd get a kick out of it too, those are additions that probably have an origin story and probably were a pain in the ass to install but the ecto is THEIR pain in the ass. and you get such a sense that it's such a lived-in vehicle?? full of history and personal meaning, everything apart of it having an untold story big or small??

its obviously a very remarkable and well known vehicle but it's also such a personification of the movies and the characters too y'know? it needed more work than it was worth in gb, but it came to be the pride and joy, unapologetically ridiculous with it's top-heavy gear and ironic reworked hearse design into a ghost-busting business car.

it's flashy and reliable and plainly earnest while retaining functionality to prepare for any supernatural situation. it's a reflection of the characters and their SPIRIT, their intentions and earnest drive no matter what the motivation may be. it's that innate imprint— that even as they age, everything they stood for, everything they accomplished, still stands firm and true. aged, weary and roughed, but all the parts that matter are still there. still holding. throw a little water on the logo and it still beams proudly from the door.

JUST— THE ECTO!!!

[payaso-affairs]

Full GBxR sketch page wooohooooo

[payaso-affairs]

Risitas + Gazerbeam doodles! Between like, 3 different notebooks lmao

[ednyfedfychan]

“Apart from Mary, the other woman causing trouble in George's life was his wife, Jane. Jane's movements throughout these years are impossible to track, but we assume she remained at court as her husband moved between England and France, and she had always tried to fit in with Anne's social sphere. Jane saw her opportunity when, sometime late in 1534 Henry's eye had begun to wander, and Chapuys made note of a mysterious and unnamed woman whom Henry seemed particularly attached to. The young woman reportedly refused to pay deference to Anne, who then demanded her immediate dismissal, which Henry refused. Jane had sided with Anne, and made this mistress' life difficult, for which Henry banished her. Neither Anne nor George said a word in Jane's defence, at least none that survives, instilling a deep resentment.”

— Lauren Mackay, Among the Wolves at Court

[ednyfedfychan]

“For all his love of finery – books, art, hawks, elaborate clothing – there is a simpler image which has lasted the centuries. In Beauchamp Tower, where the men awaited their fate, was a crudely constructed (the carver was no Holbein) falcon. It was Anne's Boleyn falcon – the Butler falcon. Of all the men in the Tower, only one would have had the motive to do such a thing. The crest, which had been a part of the family for generations, could only mean the world to one man – George. He would have carved it in those last days, his thoughts fixed on his parents and sisters, the family that the King and his court were cheerfully tearing apart. The falcon had no crown or sceptre, it was plain, but it seems complete. It remains one of the most powerful lingering images of the family, who themselves were already entering into legend.”

— Lauren Mackay, Among the Wolves of Court

[ednyfedfychan]

“The Boleyns were surrounded by hostile families, many of whom were delighted by the turn of events. The Seymours – Sir John and his two ambitious sons Edward and Thomas – were networking and cultivating alliances. Courtiers were already eyeing Boleyn property and wealth, ready to pick their fortunes apart – Lord Lisle for example, who had worked with George for several years and so warmly invited him to dine, wrote to Cromwell, disowning any friendship with George, describing the charges as ‘the most mischievous, heinous, and most abominable treason … I wholly trust that his Grace, being good lord unto me, will vouchsafe to employ some part of those same upon me; which I do well know may so much the rather be obtained by your good fortune.’ When the Crown was ready to divvy out the spoils, hungry courtiers would be waiting.”

— Lauren Mackay, Among the Wolves of Court