Hello!! First off—I LOVE YOUR ART!! 🫶✨
Second, I’m curious if you know the movie Ladyhawke? It’s a classic old movie but a cursed couple. One being a knight that transforms into a wolf during the night and the other turns into a hawk during the day. They are eternally cursed to never being able to see each other as humans and the whole goal to is to try to break the curse.
I really feel like this movie connects to how you draw Megatron and Optimus, and how you show their personalities within your AU! :]
For instance, Orion Pax/Optimus Prime is always depicted saddened, serious, burdened or completely done with things. Yet despite him being a Prime and beautiful, he feels nothing but trapped. I feel Orion/Optimus have the same energy and struggles as Isabeau d'Anjou (the one who turns into a hawk) as they are both trapped, unhappy, and in a situation they don’t want to be anymore.
As for Megatron, he’s like Etienne Navarre, a once-honorable captain turned destructive, and now is left with wanting to fix things (by killing the one who cursed them and punishing those who betrayed them.) but also feels guilty because of the curse. I think Megatron has the same thing going for him like how Optimus/Orion did with Isabeau. It’s just Navarre and Megatron are both stuck and wanting to desperately fix things despite it being too late.
ANYWHOOO, that’s my yap so far. If you haven’t seen Ladyhawke you should definitely check it out! It’s an amazing movie and really does a wonderful job at capturing the medieval fantasy feel >:]
Hello! I just watched the movie and I really liked it!
I also really liked the soundtrack and the visuals are just amazing ★ᴗ★
I wish they leaned more into the "fantasy" part of the movie though. Like the deal the Bishop made with the dark forces and how it would affect him. Or if they tweaked the deal a bit to something like "for as long as the bishop lives he will never SEE the two lovers together" which would explain why seeing them both as HUMANS under the eclipse would break the curse.
The story is supposed to be about the two tragic lovers but we barely see any moments where it shows how the two of them are longing for each other. Perhaps instead of Gaston lying about what the other party says when they were human, it would show them sharing stories of when they were human, which would emphasize their tragedy further. Like how they met or fell in love. Maybe a flashback during the backstory scene would have been better while Imperius (the monk) was narrating. This way even though the feelings were unspoken, Mouse would pick up on the subtext and narrate these feelings to the other when they're human.
I do like how Isabeau is displayed as a more gentle character, especially in her sorrow, shows a bit of her ruthlessness when she sees the wolf hunter and immediately sets off to try and kill him to save Navarre. I like to connect this with how Orion/Optimus is always portrayed to be more somber, he'll always fight for the ones he cares about. Which also shows how desperate he would be to break this curse, always clinging onto hope.
I’ll jus hc that the gentle yet fiery nature of both Isabeau and OP were the reasons why Navarre and Megs fell for them.
OP would be the one more willing to follow the possibility of the curse breaking because I imagine that the wolf usually spent time away from her during the night, always guarding, and she can only look from afar, having hours alone reminiscing their past as humans (for the sake of this au imma draw Fem!OP). The moon becomes lovelier in the embrace of the lonely night, fitting, considering that the bishop wanted Isabeau to have no man even gaze upon her.
This contrasts well with Navarre being driven by revenge because of how he was betrayed by the monk and the bishop. Although he had friends who obviously respected him still after he left (ie francesco, wish they expanded more on that too to really drive home that they lost EVERYTHING due to the bishop), it was all taken away from him. The only solace he had left was Isabeau, it was definitely painful to watch her turn into a hawk the first time once the sun rose, and he was left to be truly alone. I don't think I need to explain how I relate this to Megatronus/Megatron.
The finale is one of my favorite scenes, especially with how Isabeau stared down the bishop and was the one to calm down Navarre in his fit of rage. Also where Navarre (Megs in this case) would say “you cut your hair” after finally getting a good look at her is just ( ≧ᗜ≦)
The score for that scene is my favourite of the entire soundtrack.
Anyways, here some drawings I did of an AU based on the movie :D
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