#xerxes

[baebeylik]

Xerxes Cuneiform Van. Achaemenid. Lake Van, modern day Türkiye. 486–465 BCE.

Photograph by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen.

[wgm-beautiful-world]

XERXES GATE (Gate of all Nations) PERSEPOLIS, IRAN

[ballpitbee]

EARTH CREATURES SCARYYYYY

[thereinart]

I haven't posted here in foreva but I like this drawing :3 I listened to a podcast on Artemisia of Caria and Xerxes so this is them !

[rainyday-deer]

Differences between The Hunted + its Script

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

It's incredible how, despite having watched Disney for years since I was a little child, I was unaware that Jafar from Alladin had a sister named Nasira until Twisted Wonderland debuted Najma Viper, who is based on Jafar's sister Nasira and who only appeared in a tie-in video game for Aladdin.

Having said that, I recently learned that there is another unknown character(and yes, he is also from Alladin.) His name is Mozenrath, and he is a major enemy in the Disney animated television series Aladdin. He is constantly followed by Xerxes, his pet eel. You read correctly he owns a freaking pet eel! I repeat a pet eel! What's up with Disney and eels? 😭

In any case, he is a necromancer and evil young sorcerer. He is thought to be either Aladdin's older half-brother, but is also suggested that he is Jafar's illegitimate son.

Ok, and now to the reason why I'm bringing this up; I hope that MAYBE twisted wonderland might introduce a character inspired by him (with his pet eel cuz we need another chaotic eel)

AND i hope they introduce other obscure characters from other Disney movies. Another example would be Morgana from the little mermaid 2 (even if azul stated to be an only child) I wanna cryyyyy 😭

Well, I wouldn't expect anyone to have an encyclopedic knowledge of every uncommonly known Disney character that has ever existed. Disney has had tons of obscure spin-off games and long-forgotten TV shows (many of which came out before any of us were born), and today they own more content than ever. It's going to be pretty difficult to know about everything.

Najma's existence has led to many Twsties learning about her probable origins in the 2000 game Nasira's Revenge. I doubt very many of us would have known about Nasira, had Najma not been a thing. The same goes for the various characters that appeared in other smaller projects. I think they made a ton of TV shows based on popular films, including shows for The Little Mermaid, Hercules, etc. Even more recently, we have had similar spin-off TV shows, like The Lion Guard and Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure. There's no shortage of content that Twst could pull narrative, cultural, or character ideas from.

Aladdin has had its own TV show and movie sequels, so there's a lot of fertile ground there. Not sure if I'd call them unknown compared to the game mentioned earlier (I feel like more people must have seen the show and sequels); older Twsties might recognize Mozenrath and Xerxes from their childhoods. awbhjdqevyrvqeipi TO BE FAIR, have you seen eels irl... They aren't exactly cuddly looking, especially when their mouths are open, and have an unsavory reputation as opportunistic hunters. I could easily imagine them as "bad guys" in kids' cartoons. How the hell does this eel survive on land though

Twst has proven they're willing to borrow ideas from outside the most popular and iconic of Disney films, so it's not impossible for the older TV shows to be looked at. Not sure if we'll get a whole other major character or two based on a lesser known production, but it would still be fun to see.

I would consider Morgana much less obscure than Nasira, Mozenrath, and Xerxes. I've seen no less than 3 different Twst OCs based on her, so I think Morgana particularly sticks out in people's memories.

Azul doesn't seem to have any siblings though, so if we did get a Morgana character then it may not be a younger sibling of his like Morgana was to Ursula. Unless... maybe his biological father went off and started another family of his own? 🤔

[thatsbelievable]

[ultraericthered]

Top 20 Greatest Disney Animated Television Villains (according to me). This only counted for villains who were original creations for their respective shows, meaning no Shere Khan, Ursula, Jafar, Hades, Cruella, Yzma, Scar or Mother Gothel here like they were on the other list - the only semi-exception is Evil Emperor Zurg because the Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command version of him is presented so differently as a character compared to the Zurg seen in Toy Story 2).

And for those curious, this little douche is the runner-up: