#pearl paddock

[thisbelongsto-nohbodys]

Commission- Polly x Pearl kiss

Commissioned by Tom (no link) who wanted Polly and Pearl to kiss.

After this, Polly asks Lady Olivia for advice who tells her to either get her to kneel or climb her like a tree.

[kalorusmi]

Day-to-day Amphibia: Pottery with Pearl Following in her grandmother’s footsteps, Pearl’s trying her hand at pottery. She’s not as skilled an artisan as her grandma yet but she’s taking lessons. Her first batch of butterfly teapots are complete and it was quite a challenge!

More Day-to-day Amphibia: Baking, Archery, Proposal, Juice, Crossbow

[thekingofwinterblog]

So, in my predictions for what could possibly happen in Escape to Amphibia, i noted that the death of Mr and Mrs Boonchuy(Likely at Darcy's hands) would serve as a pretty devastating, but thematically fitting end for Anne's time on Earth, and to establish a true Hero/Villain relationship between Anne and Darcy.

I noted though, that i personally found it pretty unlikely to happen, simply due to how dark it would be. And i planned to leave it at that.

Then I remembered this.

In the last episode before Anne once more leaves planet Earth, this time possibly for good, is when Anne finally gives her mother the gift she gained for her in "Hopping Mall".

The Butterfly gift.

Butterflies, a symbol of death and rebirth, who's association to which was constantly used through season 2 to foreshadow that Marcy was going to die.

And in the episode in which this gift was introduced, butterfly imagery was constantly used to associate with a Dead Mother.

With both Priscilla and Pearl wearing butterfly accessories, while still grieving over said dead mother/grandmother.

With the entire plot revolving around the two parties trying to obtain a butterfly themed tea kettle, which was the last thing said dead mother ever made.

And at the end of that episode Sprig and Anne have a deep, and emotionally charged moment over their feelings over being separated from their mothers, one of which is dead at the moment this episode takes place.

Nor is it the only moment where Mrs Boonchuy is associated with butterflies, as her first physical on screen appearance had her wearing a hairband with the likeness of one.

Also, just for those curious where, Blue Butterflies fits in with the whole Death and Rebirth thing, it is specifically the part that represents that the death of a loved one is fast approaching, or that there has been a recent death.

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Marcy:*to an annoyed Lady Olivia* So...Her? *points to General Yunan*

General Yunan:*having a gnatchos eating contest as Gertie, Bella the bellhop, Priscilla and her daughter Pearl, cheer her on*

Lady Olivia:*sighs* Yes. Her.

[mr-awesome01]

Could you draw older versions of Polly and Pearl arm-wrestling?

When I got the ask I was like, "??Who's Pearl???" Then I googled it and I was like HHAHSHAHS PEARL!!!! MY BABY GIRL!!! I LOVED her!!!!

When I was making designs for them, I just kept thinking,,,, hhhhhhh girlfriends,,,

So I have no idea if you meant for this to be shippy, Anon but...

They punk gfs,,,

[princess-unipeg]

Priscilla the Killa and her daughter Pearl

[sepublic]

Little Frogtown and Hopping Mall!

           There’s not much to say with Little Frogtown, other than that I enjoyed it! It’s hilarious how Hop Pop complains about ‘colors’ getting in the way, even though Amphibia doesn’t even HAVE colorless movies (or movies at all) to begin with, so why is he complaining? He talks a lot of being one for tradition, but I’m starting to wonder if he’s also lowkey a hipster!

           I will have to say, while I saw the twist with Sal coming from a mile away… His little speech at the end about embracing change, accepting it so you can have your own stake and say in it, and even managing to salvage a little bit of the past in the process… It legit made me tear up a little? I have no idea why, it just DID, it came out of nowhere and that seems to be a trend with this episode, genuinely giving me feels when I least expect it!

           Also, I love that ‘hidden twist’ with the secret recipe literally just being colored ditch water! That’s such a subtle, brilliant, and hilariously rewarding way to hide such a reveal without immediately giving it away!

           Hopping Mall hits hard… I like Priscilla Paddock and Pearl, I appreciate how Priscilla was initially introduced as mean and harsh, but then we see her kind relationship with her daughter Pearl, and we see that she’s not necessarily a bad person, just a bit competitive! There mother-daughter relationship was SWEET in this episode, how Priscilla sets up her kid as amazing and born to win, but Pearl understandably is concerned about her mother’s tail injury (which is making me think back to that one shop for prosthetic tails)…

           I LOVE the callback to Anne, Sasha, and (presumably) Marcy being great at shopping carts! I wonder where Marcy is and what she’s up to with Andrias? Anyhow I guess Sasha imparted some good wisdom here or there after all! I love those overly-intense designs for that pair of competitors that Anne and Sprig lowkey destroy, and the return of the “Not the Baby!” gag was brilliant!

           I have to say, I was concerned that Anne would try to target Priscilla’s tail injury after hearing of it, but she… didn’t! Maybe she was planning to, but possibly not! I like how it all happens simply because Priscilla, despite coming across as competitive, is clearly just another person aiming to win like anyone else, she has morals, and I love the show for giving her and Pearl the time of day like this! And Anne, silly Anne… I legit think she took Priscilla’s claim that she was ‘fine’ at face-value, I doubt she meant to take advantage of any injury I think she was just being dumb and reckless like she can sometimes be!

           (Anne really just as the feral energy, huh? Around others she’s a Mom Friend, but when allowed to take initiative she is nothing but Bad Ideas and I am all for it!)

           That reveal that Penny was Priscilla’s mother was sweet, and honestly this episode by that point was already touching enough as-is! Especially with Pearl handing over her butterfly to Anne as a gift… I will REMEMBER you, Pearl Paddock! When Anne reunites with her mother after all this time and gives her that butterfly, this fandom better remember Pearl Paddock! And I like how Hop Pop got to be selfish a bit and go back on his word and get that massage chair… I guess Sal’s advice is making its way to him, huh?

           (I’m not shocked this dude was accidentally a revolutionary after all.)

           And that ending… REALLY hit close to home! Anne’s crying, the lightning, the animation… Something about it was immaculate! Sprig is always so adorable to me, like a little muppet-kermit of a boy, and him talking about never knowing his mother (FINALLY some lore on her, Season 2 has been teasing us with revelations!) and wondering if it even makes sense to miss someone you’ve never known… That hit HARD. As did Anne hugging Sprig, no questions or words needed, giving unconditional support that he can be as silly and emotional and illogical as he wants, and those ending credits…

           …I did not expect FEELS for this episode, at least not to this extent! And that HURTS man! This was a good episode, and a good cure to both The Owl House, Infinity Train, and Amphibia’s own brief hiatuses respectively! I look forward to more, and I wonder what Marcy and Andrias are up to in that hidden passageway?

[thisbelongsto-nohbodys]

I wanted to start off the Amphibia- Amphibian only Month with the Spraddivy confession comic but the script is still confounding me, so instead here's a little Polly x Pearl page since a number of ppl wanted more of them. To recap, Pearl is the daughter of Priscilla the Killa and after the war became a traveling gladiator where upon a visit to Wartwood, met Polly and the two struck up a quick friendship (and Polly's first crush).