genuinely the funniest thing to happen in Arcane is when they had it at the game awards and 21Pilots gave the cuntsiest performance of their whole career as they flashed all of Viktor's gayest scenes on the screen behind them and like less then five seconds after he had finished singing his heart out and jayvik had committed suicide together the announcer guy got back on stage to announce that they had lost to the Fallout live action show
in plan b #5, at perseus’ and the president’s speech, we see wv annoyed. THE NEXT PANEL, we see the vinyl needle (which is probably playing some bg music) MOVE AND SCRATCH THE VINYL. who is the only person there that can move stuff telekinesis style?? WV.
AHHHSFSFSGASFSHDGSGSHDHSGSSHSGDGHDFXSHSHDGDHDBSGSSVGDBSBSVSHSVS I CANNOT WAIT FOR AUGUST 12
comic panels below the cut (annotated for personal future reference)
got bored and tried to figure out what variety of marigold the siblings were in the ending shot (idk why either, man) and figured out that they're probably French marigolds, which look like these guys:
compared to the brellies:
seems decently accurate, from what i can tell. they're definitely more on the yellow side compared to the deeper orangey tone of some of the real marigolds, but pigmentation can vary and the lighting is definitely different between a few of them.
that all being said, BORING WAY TO DO IT. INSTEAD, WE DERAIL TO WHAT VARIETIES I THINK EACH OF THEM SHOULD'VE BEEN. no way in hell they'd all be uniform matching little flowers. this is the umbrella academy, they thrive on chaos and their lack of cohesion. i'm going mainly off of looks for these. if you disagree with a pick, yell at me in the notes!! we need more sillyposting!!!!
Luther:
african marigold! these dudes are the biggest variety, so it felt fitting. they also look like big huggable pom-poms to me, so that's a win.
Diego:
strawberry blonde marigolds. little more on the red side-- fitting when you take into account the vigilante work. still adorable tho
Allison:
signets! cutie patooties, vaguely lemon flavored, and one of my personal favorites.
Klaus:
jolly jester. silly goober. loud and proud, iconic, what's not to like?
Five:
durango marigolds. the name is just a happy coincidence here, but man are these ones fitting. almost resembles blood splatter if you squint, and that's pretty fitting imo
Ben:
KEY LIMES!!!! these guys are one of my all timers and i used to grow them. little weirdos.
Viktor:
alumia vanilla cream! pretty close to a white swan marigold in terms of color, but still has some warmth to it. ironically, these dudes bloom early.
Lila:
lemmon's marigolds. doesn't look quite like the standard marigold, but still one of them!
if you read this far thanks for playing dolls with me <3