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Dynamite Comics Launches Kickstarter for GARGOYLES Classic Comics As Part Of The Show's 30th Anniversary.
Dynamite Comics and Disney Comics are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Gargoyles with the first-ever Kickstarter campaign featuring brand new graphic novels collecting long out-of-print Gargoyles comic books.
Dynamite Entertainment brought back Gargoyles as a comic series in 2022 to great acclaim. Now the publisher is crowdfunding a reprint of the classic comics based on the beloved animated series. To celebrate the 30th anniversary, Dynamite is excited to offer three beautiful tomes collecting all of these previous tales for fans. The set is initially being offered on Kickstarter to reach and communicate with diverse fans of all ages directly.
“I’m honestly thrilled that these three volumes will finally give Gargoyles fans easy access to these great stories, including the canon SLG tales!” said Weisman. “I think the Dynamite Kickstarter is a great way for Gargoyles fans to get the word out and to reserve their copies. This could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so I hope our fans don’t miss out!”
The first volume is the hotly anticipated compilation of the first-ever Gargoyles comic series from 1995. This 11-issue title was originally released by Marvel Comics and is set loosely between the first two seasons of the original TV show. The memorable first issue featured a jaw-dropping cover by artist Joe Madureira, one of the biggest superstars of the era from his work on Uncanny X-Men. The series was written by Martin Pasko (Superman) and Mort Todd.
The second and third volumes of the Gargoyles Classic Years will be an incredible treat. From 2006 to 2009, a new Gargoyles comic series was launched from SLG Publishing in association with CreatureComics — the first written by Weisman. The main series, often referred to as “Clan Building,” was joined by a companion title, Bad Guys. Issues #9-12 of Gargoyles and #5-6 of Bad Guys did not see release and were only printed in paperback collections with small print runs. They were produced at a smaller digest size and have been incredibly expensive for years on the secondary market.
The three-volume set is available in multiple variations for different kinds of fans and collectors. Each is available as either hardcover or paperback. Deluxe hardcover editions with signed tip-in pages are being offered. For the Gargoyles diehards, the most premium option will be the Gargoyles 30th Anniversary Premier Editions limited to just 1,000 copies each!
In addition to the books at the center of this celebration, the campaign will offer several add-ons for backers, including lithograph prints of Jae Lee and Amanda Conner’s covers for Dynamite’s Gargoyles #1. The most premium art piece anyone can get will be a deluxe signed and remarqued giclée print of Lee’s Gargoyles art.
In addition to the reprint of the full series, fans can get special facsimile editions of the very first issue with gold or purple foil stamping. Sketch cover options are also available, as well as commissioned original art from Lee. Plus, collector packs of variant cover sets or premium limited editions and metal covers for Dynamite’s series can be added.
#Gargoyles#Gargoyles Clan Building#Gargoyles Bad Guys#Greg Weisman#The Disney Afternoon#Disney Afternoon#Dynamite Comics#Disney Comics#Marvel Comics#CreatureComics#SLG Publishing
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The completed version of that sketch I teased a while ago! Angela and Demona have a much needed talk. uwu
So, I know I've been harkin' and hollerin' about starting a Gargoyles AU, and after this lil thing... WELL. I can't help myself man, plz ;w;
But even though I've yet to fully sit down to rewatch the show for concrete foundations, I'm gettin' bombarded with ideas for this badboy. I'll talk at length about my idea once I have something a little more solid, but for now the context is the AU explores Demona's journey to redemption, and her attempts to grow amidst the chaos of the general public now learning gargoyles exist (and the consequences that comes with it).
Below the "keep reading" is a short story I wrote on how Demona and Angela's first uninterrupted reunion could go. Angela is determined to try and convince her mother to give humanity--give everyone, really-- one more chance. Even with all the craziness and the very fragile relations between the supernatural and humans, Angela sees it as their best and only bet to actually build a long-lasting rapport. And a chance to have her mother in her life with minimal conflict.
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"--Don't you understand? The humans took everything from me, and they have only grown worse. One so-called 'good' human can't undo that. They are never good."
"But they can be if you just let them!" Angela growls, flailing her talons out to her sides in a wide gesture around the city. "Mother, haven't you ever thought that maybe not all humans are bad? That they and gargoyle are more alike than you believe? You've been around for years. You can't honestly tell me you haven't met a gargoyle you couldn't trust in your lifetime."
"I trust no one," Demona sneers, turning her back on her daughter and hunching in on herself, arms crossed close to her chest. "It's what kept me alive this long."
"But at what cost? Mother... you are clanless." Demona doesn't turn around at the mournful tone, and Angela pushes on. "Y-you have no one. But you don't have to be--"
"Angela--" Demona's voice is loud, unwavering, but her tone is so, so tired. It's almost wrung out of her in a sigh that only hints at centuries of gliding solo.
"That is enough."
For several moments, there is heavy silence. Demona doesn't turn around, but the scent of salt in the air is tell enough. She heaves another sigh and begins to step toward the edge of the rooftop they've chosen for this meeting, fully intent on putting an end to such a miserable conversation.
"...Everyone believes you are nothing more than a monster." Demona keeps going, crouches down and begins to unfurl her wings.
"But I don't believe that."
That stops her. She freezes as if the sun has touched her skin, still as the stone sleep she no longer experiences. She still doesn't turn, but her head tilts to the side. Listening.
"I saw how desperately you want clan when you were with Thailog," Angela whispers hoarsely. "I saw how you looked at me, w-when you realized I was your daughter. You... you turned on Thailog to save me. Save us. But now I--" She whipes furiously at her eyes in frustration. "--you speak as if you want nothing to do with me--"
"You know that isn't true," Demona says, finally, finally whirling to face her daughter. Instinct drives her to open her arms, to reach out, but years of solitude stops her in her tracks. Her hesitation goes mostly unnoticed.
"Then prove it!" Angela barks. She lashes her tail and unfurls her wings. "I want you in my life! I want you to be clan. But I can't do that if you aren't willing to at least try." Angela closes the distance between them, grasping her mother's talons and --almost instantly-- feels like a child again. She gives her a gentle squeeze, and relief nearly floods her when she feels a small, hesitant one back.
"I can't ask for you to forget... or forgive. I won't. But I am asking you to... t-to at least try, and give me a chance? To give humans a chance, one more time."
Angela's eyes bore into her mother as she pleads: "Give me this one chance to prove you wrong."
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Hope ya'll enjoyed! Now that I reread the short there's a lot I'd like to revise and add, but for now this will work. :)
But ye! More to come soon! ;w;
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Ghost Selkie AU Tidbit: Abuela Soliña
I’m still playing with my Ghost Selkie Au, tossing it around like a cat toy trying to decide if and how to write it and one figure that I’ve kinda developed a backstory for is Abuela Soliña. Now said backstory may never see the light of day in the the main story so I thought this’d be a fun tidbit to throw out while I’m still considering the main story overall.
Okay so my inspo for Abuela Soliña, or Señora Mariana Soliña, actually came from a couple of different sources. I took some of the general headcanon from the DCU; Crime Alley has a large population of people of color, specifically Hispanic in the area Jason lived; that Jason has Hispanic heritage; that some of the older women in the alley occasionally feed street kids; and took them to create a person that would be a maternal figure for Jason bc I’m all for giving him Good Adult Influences.
She functions a bit as a plot device taking up the role of Jason’s magical mentor and helps move the story along. However, I wanted to give her more depth so I based her off an actual figure in Spanish history. Once I had decided a witch was the best magical figure to live in Gotham and guide Jason I actually did a bit of research on famous Brujas in folklore and came across María Soliña/Soliño a famous witch from Galicia who inspired the women of her village to fend off Ottoman raiders and survived the Spanish Inquisition without being burned at the stake. She was the main inspiration and namesake of Abuela Mariana Soliña. She did have children, though not much is known about them, so I wanted it to be implied that Mariana was a descendant of María. I wanna say I’m placing her around age 50 when she first met Jason and 65-ish(?) when he returned to Gotham.
Anyways, like I said I didn’t want her to remain a plot device and actually have depth so I kinda started building a backstory for her. Her grandparents or parents were likely immigrants who moved to Gotham from Galicia, Spain back when the city was younger. Back then the different magical communities were a bit more segregated. Vampires stayed clans with vamp doctors and leaders, gargoyles in their own community, fae in their courts, etc., but she did let that stop her. She was always deeply involved in the inter-magical community and was a central figure due to her interest in learning other supernatural cultures of the city.
She eventually grew up to be a full-fledged bruja who sold her magical remedies, charms, potions, etc to any supernatural being willing to pay her. This actually helped her amass a large amount of wealth quickly, especially when her charms, totems, and remedies caught the eyes of superstitious crime bosses across the city. She always insisted to cover her face with a shawl to protect her anonymity and had several mob bosses sign magical contracts agreeing to protect her and her rights to do business thus making her virtually untouchable in the Alley.
I wanted her to be a very strong influence on Jason. She is very strong, sassy, confident, clever, and street smart and taught Jason some of those traits. She actually meets Jason through Catherine. Mariana had many close friends with children though she herself never married. Catherine was actually the daughter of one of her close friends and Mariana was like an aunt to her. When her friend died and Catherine was left on the streets Mariana did what she could but her fear and unreadiness for motherhood held her back.
Catherine was taken in by her uncle’s family and the two were estranged for a time. In that time she falls into addiction due to her uncles on involvement in drug running as well as bad peer influences. She reunites with her Tía Mariana when she marries Willis and reaches out to invite her to the wedding. Even though they are no longer very close, after Catherine becomes pregnant Mariana offers to help out when she can. She lives in a different (read: magical) part of the Alley so she only sees Jason occasionally but makes a point to feed him, and when he discovers her secret, to teach him some basics of the supernatural world to help him get by.
After Catherine’s death Abuela Soliña is distraught. She offers Jason a hot meal and some money she had set aside (Catherine’s old college fund she never got a chance to use) but hesitated to offer a place in her home so soon after the loss. Jason sees her grief and hesitation, mistakenly assuming it’s unwillingness to deal with him full time and runs off. She tries to invite him back a couple of times but he mistakes it as one off events and remains a street kid until Bruce adopts him.
He still occasionally goes back to the Alley to visit her after that, usually as Robin. The first time he went to let her know he was okay she immediately clocked him as Jason but wished him well with Bruce. When he visits she still feeds him and gives him luck and protection charms to help with crime fighting. (Side Note: on one of his visits Jason finds out the Alfred and Mariana know each other and Have Met Before™️. Neither explains how or why)
When Jason dies Mariana grieves him deeply. When he comes back as a revenant she is both relieved and guilty. She’s happy to have the boy back but a revenant’s existence is not a peaceful one. When he searches her up and comes to see her he looks like he’s survived hell and back and he probably has. He seek out her guidance and help and this time Abuela Soliña is more than willing to pass on her vast wealth of knowledge of the supernatural community and its cultures to Jason.
One of the biggest two regrets Mariana holds with her is not adopting Catherine or Jason when they were at their lowest and she had the chance. That’s why as Jason’s rage cools and he begins looking to return to a (semi-)normal life she offers to adopt him as her grandson for real this time. She has a friend who owes her a favor and can fabricate the paper work to turn Jason Peter Todd into Jason “Pedro” Solina (and his mother posthumously Catherine Soliña-Todd). She offers to officially make him her little witchling and he emotionally accepts.
Mariana is still an active and well-known figure in Gotham’s underworld and supernatural community so having her backing gives Red Hood a lot of pull and credibility. Plus his revenant titles increase his claim to fame in the magical community. Red Hood is well loved and “Pedro” is well accepted with in the community. He’s kind of a public figure, bordering minor celebrity due to his connection to famous Bruja and witch doctor, Mariana Soliña. Not that he is aware of that fact.
Lastly I’m gonna tack on some nicknames Jason receives pertaining to his connection with Señora Soliña:
Soliña’s boy (el chico de Soliña)
Little witchling
Pequeño niño brujo or pequeño brujo (little witch boy)
Young brujo
El neito guapo (the handsome grandson)
Alborotador (troublemaker)
Heredero (heir/inheritor, referring to Mariana’s kowledge, wealth, and position in the community)
(P.S I tried my hand at drawing what I think Abuela Soliña would look like but I’m not super confident in it. I think I’m a better writer than drawer, but if you guys actually wanna see the drawing anyway let me know and I’ll make another post with it)
#long post#dc x dp#jason todd#oc:#Mariana Soliña#just a tidbit#oc lore#ghost selkie au#Dead on Main in the au but not this specific post#dead on main
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Gargoyle's Cry 35.0.3
Tenno: The following Operation is designed for players who have finished the ��Whispers in the Walls” quest. Review at your discretion!********
OPERATION: Gargoyle’s Cry
“Your attention, please.
The Murmur threat demands immediate action. Our first order of business must be surveillance. An early detection system lest we be caught sans trousers.
You would agree that a Vigile Jahu Gargoyle installed within each Tenno Dojo is the obvious solution. Not a whisper could be uttered in the system without the connected Dojos overhearing it first.
Your compliance is appreciated. The Vigile Jahu Gargoyle awaits you within your Dojo - simply place it as a Decoration. The enemy does not hesitate. We must do no less.” - Fibonacci
The Murmur encroaches on our systems, Tenno. The Whispers beyond the Wall are a new threat; we must ensure they stay confined to Albrecht’s Laboratory.
Operation: Gargoyle’s Cry is a limited-time event launching today,December 18 at 2 p.m. ET and ending on January 15, 2 p.m. ET across all platforms.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The Murmur continues to scrape deeper into our realm of existence. Having devised a solution to detect such whispers, Fibonacci won’t allow such trespassing to threaten our system.
This Operation relies on Tenno across the Origin System to construct an invisible ‘living defense’ against the growing Murmur threat.
To join this living defense, or ‘Murmur Telemetry Chorus,’ you must hunt down the power source that’ll continuously power your Vigile Jahu Gargoyle. Fight against the ominous Murmur to earn new and returning rewards from previous Operations.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
Operation: Gargoyle’s Cry is no small task. Only those who have finished the “Whispers in the Wall” Quest can join and complete the event and the associated Mission. This event is for players on-content.
After finishing the “Whispers in the Wall” Quest, Tenno will find a Vigile Jahu Gargoyle decoration to place within their Dojo. This will require a member of your Clan to be capable of placing down decorations, which players will then build via resources gathered from Albrecht’s Laboratories. Once all the resources are contributed, the Gargoyle only takes 60 seconds to build.
Tenno must then complete the Effervo Mission on Deimos to collect Cursed Murmur Energy to activate the Gargoyle. You’ll acquire this energy by defeating one of the Fragmented Trio, with the whole squad earning one of three curses:
Curse of Knowing from The Fragmented Suzerain,
Curse of Seeing from The Fragmented Anchorite,
Curse of Hearing from The Fragmented Zelator.
You’ll acquire only a singular amount of one type of Curse on Normal Path but double of one Curse on Steel Path. Curse acquisition is unaffected by Resource Boosters.
The Murmur is not the only threat, however. Void Angels have breached the in-between of the Laboratories and The Indifference, desiring to consume the Cursed energy. If you do not kill the Angel lurking around, it will consume the Curse dropped by the Assassination Target, leaving you Curseless.
Return to your Dojo afterwards to lift your curse by feeding it to the Gargoyle. Spend time with your new decoration, as the Gargoyle is also a vendor, allowing you to purchase new and returning Operation items while netting progress towards the community reward.
Seek and destroy, Tenno. Uphold the living defense.
(VIDEO DEMONSTRATION OF EVENT)
OPERATION REWARDS
When you defeat one of the Fragmented Trio, you’ll acquire the event currency: Grotesque Splinters. 1-3 Grotesque Splinters are earned on normal difficulty and 3-5 on Steel Path.
Fibonacci beckons your safe return to your Vigile Jahu Gargoyle to spend your yield of Grotesque Splinters. You’ll acquire rewards like new Entrati Sigils, a Color Palette and returning rewards from events like Operation: Scarlet Spear.
New Cosmetics
Fibonacci Sigil
Fibonacci Sketch Glyph
Tagfer Sigil
Tagfer Sketch Glyph
Bird 3 Sigil
Bird 3 Sketch Glyph
Gargoyle’s Cry Emblem
New Color Palette: Cavia
Krios Signa
Returning Cosmetics
Gilded Clan Sigil
Glyphed Clan Sigil
Phased Clan Sigil
Prominence Wisp Totem
Fluctus Rahk Skin
The Ballroom Simulacrum
Weapons and Power
Ceti Lacera Blueprint
Basmu Blueprint
Stance Forma Blueprint
Trials/Eidolon Arcanes
Not all rewards are warranted by Fibonacci’s hand (or fin...). This is a communal effort, Tenno. Each feed to the Gargoyle strengthens the community, resulting in the new Krios Signa debuting from the Void into your Arsenal. If the goal is met, the Signa can be purchased from the Vigile Jahu Gargoyle Vendor!
The Vendor store will be open until February 15, 2024.
SCORING AND FEEDING
Trophies earned are determined by how often your clan fully feeds your Vigile Jahu Gargoyle with Cursed Murmur Energy before each Weekly Reset (Monday at 0 UTC).
Terracotta is one full feed, Bronze is two full feeds, Silver is three full feeds, and Gold is four full feeds. One full charge depends on the size of your Clan. A full charge for a Ghost Clan is two of each Curse, with Shadow Clans needing six of each Curse, Storm will need ten, Mountain thirty and Moon at one hundred of each Curse.
TL;DR:
Once the Vigile Jahu Gargoyle is constructed in the Dojo, Clans will fully feed it with Cursed Murmur Energy from the Effervo Mission to enable the living defense.
Feed your Gargoyle before the weekly reset for four weeks to keep the Gargoyle fully fed and earn a trophy, depending on the number of charges added.
Each full feed adds to unlocking the community reward.
All Operation Rewards can be purchased from the Vigile Jahu Gargoyle for Grotesque Splinters.
THE MURMUR THREAT
On the rare occasions when Murmur fragments assemble themselves into a whole, the result is a monstrous and potent entity. It may manifest in three different forms: The Fragmented Suzerain, The Fragmented Zelator and The Fragmented Anchorite
Together, as heralds of the Indifference, they tether down the Strands of Khra which their bizarre master must travel.
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Thanks for the tag @somethingclevermahogony!
Worldbuilding in 5
For this one, we'll go with Unity - the most populous city on Illaros, home of Ivander Montane, and eventual base to the Honor's Outcasts crew.
Unity got its start as a refugee camp during the War of Conquest. With the Republic ravaging land to the southwest, the southern peoples of Iarl (mostly goblins, lizardfolk, giantkin, fenodyree, and hobgoblins) fled east. There, they found a swamp island in the middle of a crater lake. No one lived there because of the whole swamp thing, and because the Gray Lake was notoriously treacherous, so the refugees decided to set up shop, hoping the waters would shield them should the Republic keep pushing east. In time though, the war simmered away without further hostilities, and Unity found itself as a small city. They also found a rather unique advantage to their geographic situation.
The Gray Lake is fed by a massive, underground sea. The water, along with pooling in the crater, flows out to the sea in a massive river known as the Saine. It's said the Saine is so wide that it takes a full day to cross, and it's as deep as a shallow ocean. The Unitians found out that the Saine is so massive, in fact, that it's pretty easy to sail an ocean-going vessel up the stream and into the Gray Lake, thereby depositing the goods carried by that ship into the center of the Iarlan continent, essentially eliminating the need for overly long supply trains to inland cities. Soon, Unity controlled all landlocked shipping across Iarl.
In the centuries that followed, Unity has grown wealthy and sprawling. It's a city of many canals and cutting-edge factories, with incredible universities and vibrant culture. The wealthiest citizens live atop floating islands that hover over the buildings, while the poorest skirt the edge of the ever-encroaching Gray Lake. Unity is a bastion of many things; diversity, innovation, classism, and pollution alike.
Its architecture varies as much as its people. Goblin-style adobe warrens sit next to wicker-built Nabafyrian shops on stilts. Dwarven clan compounds share neighborhoods with lizardfolk bathhouses. Often, Unity is referred to as the capital of a thousand people due to this impressive diversity. The only consistency in its neighborhoods are the gargoyles, which each culture adapts to reflect their own style, and the streetlamps, which shine in different colors to signal what's nearby. A doctor's office will have green lights outside, while a convenience store might have orange, and so on and so forth. This rainbow glow turns the city’s many canals into rivers of color. There are few places so impressive as Unity at night, especially when you can see the glow of the floating islands high above.
How neat! Personally, Unity is my favorite city on Illaros. Hope you like it too!
I'll tag @the-angriest-author @cartoonghosts @mk-writes-stuff @sillylittlegirlfrommars @roach-pizza and anyone else who'd like in :)
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Jistkan Magistrate (Warpriest Archetype)
(art by Phi-MD on DeviantArt)
And we’re back with another Jistka-themed archetype, this one focused on another form of magic the Imperium was known for.
Before they bound golems en masse, the Jistka has great understanding of elemental magics and of binding and negotiating with genies of all stripes, chief among them being the magistrates who used their mastery of contract law and divine magic to draft airtight contracts and channel elemental forces.
While Jistka is long gone, there are those that seek to emulate the mastery of these magistrates, whether they have a birthright to those secrets or not.
While they don’t have any civic authority on their own, those that take the title of Jiskan magistrate in the modern era combine the martial divine skills of the warpriest with elemental mastery, making them quite powerful in their own right in addition to their elemental allies.
As one might expect, these warpriests are associated with gods that rule over one or more elements, and they only gain one blessing, which must be elemental in nature. They also pick up elemental languages with ease.
In addition to traditional divine spontaneous casting of curative or wounding magics, these warpriests can also sacrifice other spells to summon elementals of their chosen element.
Additionally, they learn not just how to harm and heal elementals with their channeled energies, but also how to channel raw elemental power into destructive shockwaves, though they lack the ability to heal or harm the undead as a result whether they use positive or negative energy.
A simple archetype, but one that works best with a build focused on summoning and calling elemental creatures, including genies! I personally recommend a support and combat build that summons and bolsters elemental allies.
In the context of the Lost Omens setting, this archetype is an interesting way to show characters honoring and learning from past civilizations as an alternative to such secrets being lost forever. However, outside of it, the practice may be more modern, representing divine warriors that act as marshals for powerful elemental armies.
Most consider elementals to be simple brutes compared to other denizens of their home plane, but Kavagas the Tree-Splitter is an exception. The might lightning elemental has long served as a loyal advisor and warrior for the followers of the Sky-Splitting God, who commands his followers to strike like lightning and rush over foes like a storm front in battle.
More in tune with elemental forces than demonic ones, the gargoyles of Skyreach Mountain are divided into two clans, those which revere the sky, and those that value the earth. This has only led to new conflicts as the clans sometimes go to war, supported by summoned elementals.
Normally the followers of the Great Conflux prefer to stay out of such petty matters as war, but with the rise of new philosophies regarding the elements of wood and metal, and these philosophies have aligned themselves with different sides of a struggle between nations, leading to an upswing of young priests choosing the path of war on either side as war nears.
#pathfinder#archetype#warpriest#jistkan magistrate#lightning elemental#gargoyle#Blood of the Ancients
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Karine Charlebois and Greg Weisman join us as we hop on board the skiff and head on off to the mystical isle of Avalon!
Discussions range from the historical background of characters such as Kenneth II, Maol Chalvim II, Constantine III, Lady Finella and more. Sheena Easton’s voice acting. Constantine’s villainy and more. Plus the desire to do this triptych ultimately to build a more diverse Manhattan Clan… a mission which is still incomplete. All that and the spin-off that Greg Weisman would love to make, but would likely never be able to sell.
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I will do a part three to the custody battle Platonic Yan Gargoyles AU, but I also had this thought...
What if Reader was a gargoyle, too?
That makes things a bit different. Especially since instead of Elisa or Xanatos trying to take care of Reader in the beginning, Reader is already with the Manhattan Clan, which has Goliath, Brooklyn, Broadway, Lexington, Hudson, and Bronx. Elisa joins slowly, so she'd likely be the human most trusted around Reader, but this happens over time... Now, there are two ways Gargoyle Reader's backstory can go...
They could have either been frozen in stone by The Magus when the others were, caught up in the panic and fighting before they could notice what was happening... or they could have been with Goliath, and saw the aftermath of the sleeping/stone spell, thus choosing to be turned to stone so as not to be away from the last of their clan... Either way, it leaves Reader with them, until a thousand years have passed...
Reader, at the most, would likely only be a few months, if not a year, younger than the Trio (Brooklyn, Broadway, and Lexington). Reader could very well be the same age, but either way, let's say Reader was very empathetic. But after waking up, realizing the massacre wasn't a daymare, and they and their remaining clan members were all in a strange, foreign land with odd buildings and weapons and science... They grow a bit more wary. A bit more closed off. They're still doing their best to remain their old self, but it's hard, staying strong after losing most of their clan...
It gets worse after Demona is revealed to be their enemy, and that Xanatos is not their ally. They can trust Elisa... They hope they can, anyway... But seeing the horrors done by humans, learning their history, finding out they might be the last of their kind... It does something to them. Leaves them a shadow of themself. And while they brush off any concerns, Reader tries to keep it together. It's all they can do now...
The others noticed they're not doing well. And while the Trio can keep Reader distracted every now and again, they're not sure their rookery sibling is entirely there. Sometimes they are caught in the moment, enjoying themself- and the next they're quiet, a small frown on their lips. And it concerns them. Reader always tells them they're fine, that they need to keep in the present... But when it's clear that Reader isn't getting any better, they decide to tell Hudson and Goliath. They're their rookery fathers, so they should know what to do...
Hudson tries getting Reader to spend time with him, hoping perhaps hearing tales of the past might make them feel better, if only for a minute. Even getting them to watch TV and see what Manhattan has to offer. Goliath tries to offer advice, even asks Elisa about some of the symptoms Reader shows... The best she can say is that it sounds like they have survivor's guilt, and explaing it as best she can to him...
Suffice to say, Goliath does his best to get Reader to see their worth, their value, to realize that it's okay they survived. Hudson and the Trio do the same, and it slowly seems to work. Or at least helps soothe some of Reader's fears... (as well as some of their own...)
In this au, Hudson and Goliath do acknowledge the Trio (and Reader) as their kids. And they act like mammalian or some reptilian parents at times, protective and cuddly with their children, dangerous to their enemies, and very involved in trying to keep them alive and well. So they purr, they churr, and they will cuddle together, especially if any of them are wounded, especially the younger ones... Sometimes they might hunt, but it's a bit hard, being in New York, to find any good prey... And any humans who dare attack them are dealt with, as soon as possible... If Goliath and Hudson have to hide this from the young ones, so be it. The four shouldn't have to worry about anything else besides what's already known. If the two of them can ease some of the burden, then it's only right they do so...
#honeycomb thoughts#platonic yandere gargoyles#yandere platonic gargoyles#platonic yandere goliath#platonic yandere hudson#platonic yandere brooklyn#platonic yandere broadway#platonic yandere lexington
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Christmas/Holiday Story #1: A Blue Christmas
It was a few days before Christmas. Everyone, the clan included, in Eyrie building had been getting ready for the holiday.
Out of everyone, Peggy had been the most instant on getting decorations up, getting gifts wrapped, and everything else.
While keeping an eye on his partner, Goliath noticed that Blue wasn't around. This was the fourth night in a row, which was... concerning, to say the least. He knew Blue. Unless something was wrong, they never stayed away from the castle and the clan this long.
He stopped ColdFire and ColdStone as they passed by.
"Have either of you two seen Blue recently?" He asked. ColdFire shook her head.
"No, we haven't." She replied.
"We were just about to go check on them." ColdStone added. Goliath nodded.
"Good. I am a bit worried about them."
"So are we." ColdStone agreed, as the two left for Blue's place.
When they got there, Blue was out on the balcony, quietly staring at a picture in their hands.
"Blue." ColdFire softly stated, as she and ColdStone landed. Blue looked up at their partners.
"What are you two doing here?"
"We were worried about you." ColdStone replied. "You haven't been to the castle in a few days." This prompted a sigh from Blue. "Is everything alright?" He asked, as the two gargoyles settled on either side of their partner. Blue looked down at the photograph, one of three smiling young kids, a boy and a girl, both the same age and likely twins, and a slightly older girl, and sighed.
"No..." They admitted. ColdFire gently set a hand on their shoulder.
"What is it?" She asked.
"I'm just... not looking forwards to Christmas." Blue admitted. "Then again I haven't for a while." They looked down at the picture again.
"Who are the children in that picture?" ColdStone asked.
"My siblings and I." Blue replied, holding the picture up more. "I'm worried about them." They stated. "We were really close as kids, and... we remained close, up until dad kicked me out." They rubbed at a corner of their eye. "I'd love to see them again, but I don't think that's going to happen any time soon."
ColdStone and ColdFire looked at each other, then back at Blue.
"Can you contact them?" ColdFire asked. Blue shook their head.
"Nope. Dad made sure they blocked me." They frowned. Suddenly their phone rang, causing them to slightly frown in confusion and pull it out of their pocket. "Huh, I don't recognize this number." They muttered, stepping away to answer the phone. "Hello, Blue Dunn speaking."
There was a pause of silence, before Blue's face split into a bright grin.
"T-Theo! Oh my gosh, is this really you?" They asked, then nodded. "How did you get my number? ... You and Thea moved away from dad? ... That's fantastic! ... What? Really?!" Blue grinned more. "Yeah, that'd be great! ... Oh, yeah, totally, you two could stay here. ... Yeah. ... That sounds great, I'll see you then." Blue bid their caller goodbye and hung up, putting the phone back in their pocket.
"And who was that?" ColdStone asked.
"My brother, Theo. He and my sister are going to be here for Christmas! They'll get here tomorrow." Blue happily stated. Their partners looked at each other.
"And... are you going to be able to introduce us to them?" ColdFire asked. Blue nodded.
"Yeah, don't worry. Thea has a major in mythology, and Theo's always been interested in the non-human, so you'd have to worry more about a ton of questions than anything." They chuckled, then looked down at the picture in their hand. "I'm just glad I get to see them again."
"And we're happy for you." ColdStone agreed. Blue smiled at their partners.
"I can't wait for you two to meet them, you'll get along so great!"
"And we can't wait to meet them too." ColdStone agreed.
(Tagging under the cut.)
@virus-selfship
#self shipping#gargoyles#canon x si#easy repairs#Coldstone#Coldfire#Blue Dunn#my writings#(whoo we're actually doing this now!)#*christmas/holiday writing*#bonus S/I(s):#Peggy King-Fisher (mentioned)#bonus F/O(s):#Goliath#I don't know if I'll make this a part two#We'll see.
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Last update of the OC map.
The english map is bit smaller then the swedish one so that why I include them both. So there is now one everyone can actually read, and one that has the potraits in little better quality.
I might update the map again when more areas get unlock and peoples OCs start to move around again. But for now its closed
Here is the adress book, in location alphabetical order:
Central Jorvik:
Jorvik City:
Alexis Cometshield
Aspen- Lives right outside of Jorvik City
Clementine Campbell - Apartment at Aideen’s Plaza
Gun “Glam” Lavashovel
Crater of Jor:
Adelaide “Swift” Swiftheart - with her clan beyond the Icengate
Endre - a Kalter that lives in the valley of the hidden dinosaur near Icengate
Firgrove:
Moa Windforest - Hidden shack in the forest
Firgrove Village:
Catherine - In one of the house in the back close to the entrance of Wildwoods
Elaina Hawkwatcher
Florence - Road leading to the Gate
Starshine Ranch:
Aurora
Calamity Claymore
Rora Dolphinheart
Goldenhills Valley:
Willow “Will” Tree - Lives near Goldenhills Valley
Cape West Fishing Village:
Kit Claymore
Zoey - The ugliest building
Harvest Counties:
Crescent Moon:
Feya Elfchild
Jarlaheim:
Everlee Songbird
Hazle Underford - Lives with her dad
Irene - apartment
Johann “The Pirate” - Northern Jarlaheim on the top floor of a fairly unique building
Monty Lionheart
Riley
Yasmine - In the dark narrow allyways
Zoey Pineheart - Dumpy little aparment building
New Hillcrest:
Lucas Crowsong
Max Goldstone
Mistfall:
Allison “Alli” O’Knight - Actual home between Firegrove and Dundull. But spend most time at Ranger outpost.
Lucy - Ranger Cabins
Dundull:
Azalea ‘Az’ Vysdrak - Cabin outside of Dundull on the Old Jorvik Highway
Bodhi Applewright - Dundull
Vendela - Dundull
Zoe Silverborn - Dundull
Wildwoods:
Carolina “Arrow” Stawberrystream - Redwood Point
Nora - Tailtop Village
Toby Applewright - Redwood Point
Silverglade:
Fort Pinta:
Alina - Small apartment
Avelin
Gwendolyn Deerwood - rents a room in Fort Pinta’s Inn
Lana
Moorland Stables:
Kit
Kit Applecastle - Lives with Mrs. Holdsworth in a spare bedroom
Montana - Lives in the attic
Nilmer’s Highland:
Altair - Lives currantly at the Cirus but true home is in Pandora
Rosie - Lives at the circus
Wren - A Psychic that lives at the Circus
Silverglade Village:
Adelaide Odenburg - live in Pink house in the circle with two others
Alice Friendside
Athena Peacecry
Ava - In the house with the gargoyle statue
Bonnie - In a small apartment
Emmy Emberwood
Evangeline “Eva” Eveninglove
Liz - Rents a room in Daxton’s house. But also live in a demon door at South Hoof Farm.
Siri Greenhaven - Live in someones attic
South Hoof Peninsula:
Charlotte Rainford - Near the Lighthouse
South Hoof Rescue Ranch:
Charlie Emberwood
Ivanna
Juni
Valedale:
Hollowwoods:
Damien “Dami” Darkwalker - in a family home with his sibling
Silversong River:
Dakota - In the old water mill along the river.
Rowan Riverborn - Silversong River
Valedale Village:
Claire - Lives in Elizabeth’s house
Corinne Eaglebridge
Genevieve Bitterhouse
Liv - Rents a cottage
Lydia Silvergale
Marie - Neighbor to Avalon
Rose Riverlee - Lives alone but wander around a lot
Sadie Wolfdawn - Shared druid housing
"Homeless”:
Alou - Constantly Traveling
Max - Technially homeless, but stays with his twin brother in Silverglade village at times.
Ruth “The Mute on a Mule” - Drifter that squats in abandoned storehouses in Jarlahaim’s dank alleys or Greendale Woods.
Vivien “Viv” Tennfjord - Travels
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I am proposing another Rise Separated AU that I wanna call the uncommon swaps. Here’s a little about my (probably not going anywhere) separated AU.
Starting with Donatello:
-raised by Splinter as an only child. Splinter doesn’t tell him anything about his brothers or his previous life as Lou Jitsu or Yoshi Hamato. The kid does not need to be burdened with problems he cannot fix.
-uses his full name. Doesn’t have brothers to give him any sort of nickname. Still meets April when he’s about 9, who nicknames him Don. They are BFFs.
-feels alone a lot despite always having his dad and April (who’s often at school). Builds himself little robots to keep him company and absolutely unhinged projects because he has no one to stop him. He keeps them for himself and has not had a reason to use them yet.
-still trains in ninjutsu. He uses a wooden staff until he makes his techbo.
-has this belief (after performing an at home DNA test from an ancestry kit) that he was once human like Splinter (he knows Splints was once human but not who he was) and was mutated somehow, but he doesn’t get any answers. Wants to be human.
-when he’s about 11, he creates some kind of machine, excuse, or disguise allowing him to go to school with April.
-Splinter, using his plentiful stealth powers, is still keeping a watch out for the other turtle boys, hoping they are not in the hands of Draxum and his evil plans.
Now Leo has been scattered around the most in these AUs, so this is just my favorite option-Leonardo, now named Prince:
-raised by Big Mama. She sent Gus after the two gargoyles who stole her champion (and love of her life), who followed them back to Draxum’s lair. Gus brought back Leo, who was a tiny, very scared little turtle. After a report from Gus, Big Mama put two and two together and realized this turtle had been- mutated from her champions DNA.
-At first, Big Mama had no feelings for the turtle and kept it to teach Draxum a lesson about stealing from her, leaving the turtle in a tank on her desk while he was still tiny and small. Eventually she put him in training, where he showed great talent. And after Leo started talking his way out of training and up to see Big Mama, she really started taking an interest.
-Prince is an excellent manipulator and blackmailer. He used to sit in meetings with Big Mama where he was asked to put on his baby charm and it would get people to make deals with them.
-Prince dual wields Katanas
-Prince becomes her child. And she starts to see Prince as the potential future she could’ve had with Lou Jitsu if her commitment issues hadn’t caused her to make him fight in the Battle nexus. She tells Prince about his father, the champion, and some stories about their time together.
-Prince becomes a hidden city celebrity, making ads for the Battle Nexus and doing various deals for hidden city company’s including Huesos pizza joint. And eventually, when he’s deemed old enough and talented enough to not get mangled, Big Mama allows Prince into the Battle Nexus as her next Champion.
Next up is Mikey:
-Mikey and Raph were taken by Draxum, until Raph decided to take a bite of Draxums hand and he dropped the Box turtle on his shell and down a drain pipe that led back to the surface.
-Mikey was found by a little girl with a spicy attitude who was about 3-5 years old, who decided to keep the weird looking turtle.
-When the girl was 7, she signed up for every clan in New York and was accepted into all of them, choosing to join the foot clan. She took her turtle, who was now like human baby sized and starting to talk, with her.
-In the foot clan, they were only known as foot recruits. But Casey and Mikey (not short for Michelangelo) gave each other nicknames.
-Mikey isn’t a known Hamato, but his potential was present in every bit of training they did. He stood out amongst the recruits as a special case, but he’s not treated like anything special.
-Mikey prefers Nunchucks, with the little blades attached to them. He knows the foot clan portalling ability just like Casey
Now it’s Raph’s turn:
-Raph was taken by Draxum. He cursed the loss of the Box Turtle and the others, but he was glad he had gained at least one, and the one he expected to be the strongest.
-the experiment had been interrupted half way through, and he had not expected them to still be baby turtles. Still he thought it for the best to be able to train and grow the turtles he wanted.
-Draxum isn’t good with names, so he put that task on Hunnin and Muggin who wanted to name him something cool. They thought Blaze or Jax. But though Spike seemed fitting.
-Spike grew up with a soft heart and mild anger issues. Draxum used his soft heart to tell him about the threat humans posses to Yokai kind. Spike got to know a lot of hidden city Yokai.
-Spike is very protective of Yokai and really does believe the humans are a threat. Known as the Hidden City protector. He’s a bit of a vigilante in the Hidden City.
-Spike is a little spoiled. Draxum gives him whatever he wants especially when he’s a good boy. He hasn’t had many bad experiences.
-Spike thinks of Draxum as his father, but Draxum prefers he doesn’t call him that, having Spike call him Master, and address him as sir. Draxum does feel fatherly toward Spike, and is very proud of the warrior he’s made. Despite his plans coming to a halt those 13 years ago, he’s built up quite nicely and believes he may have a chance at beholding the support he needs to eradicate the humans.
-Spike uses the mystic Tonfas
Some extras:
-Spike knows about Prince and vise versa, but they’ve never met. Draxum and Big Mama do not allow it. They have beef.
-The brothers do not think they are brothers. Except Prince thinks Don is his twin when he discovers who his dad is.
-Splinter has a box that is filled with the other boys weapons.
My mind is actually running with ideas for this. I can already imagine how they all meet, and what there interactions are like. So let me know if you want to hear more about my uncommon swap au.
Part two
#rise raph#rise lou jitsu#rise leo#rise mikey#rise donnie#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt#another rise AU#separated rise au#rise draxum#rise big mama#rise foot clan#rise cassandra#rise casey#my ideas#wabbystuffpost#trying to manifest it#I think it’s kinda fun I dunno#I have so many AUs though#my need to create sorta drowns me#uncommon swaps au
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Dynamite Comics Launches Kickstarter for GARGOYLES REMASTERED Comics As Part Of The Show’s 30th Anniversary.
Dynamite Comics & Disney Comics Launches Kickstarter for GARGOYLES Comics As Part Of The Show’s 30th Anniversary. Dynamite Entertainment brought back Gargoyles as a comic series in 2022 to great acclaim.
Now the publisher is crowdfunding a reprint of the classic comics based on the beloved animated series. To celebrate the 30th anniversary, Dynamite is excited to offer three beautiful tomes collecting all of these previous tales for fans. The set is initially being offered on Kickstarter to reach and communicate with diverse fans of all ages directly.
#Gargoyles#Gargoyles Clan Building#Gargoyles Bad Guys#Greg Weisman#The Disney Afternoon#Disney Afternoon#Dynamite Comics#Disney Comics#Marvel Comics#Creature Comics#SLG Publishing
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𝙵𝙰𝙽𝙳𝙾𝙼: Gargoyles
𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂: Brooklyn x (Gender Neutral) Reader
𝚆𝙾𝚁𝙳𝚂: 544
𝚃𝚆: Talks of a car wreck.
🐭: I know this is short but I used it as a way to get ideas going.
You leaned against the stone gargoyle, trying not to doze off. With the height of the Quarrymen’s fear mongering, you were afraid something would happen to him. The night before, he pulled your little brother out of a car before it wrecked and assumingly he didn’t have time to leave because he was in such a short building near to the accident.
You let out a yawn, watching the sunset. Once the sky was dark, you felt a slight shake of the stone behind you. You quickly moved back, watching the red creature break out of his shell. He stretched a bit, finally seeing you from the corner of his eye. “Who are you?” You at first said nothing. “Hello? Do you speak English? The only other language I speak is old Scottish, so you have to help me out here.”
“Oh, right,” you cleared your throat. “Sorry. I’m Y/N. You.. Um… You pulled my brother and his buddy from the car about a block or two away.”
“Oh… And you looked for me?” He rose a brow, stepping back. You wondered if the Quarrymen gave him a hard time trusting humans. You couldn’t blame him.
“Not exactly. On our way home from picking up my brother, I saw you here. I had my sister drop me off so I could keep watch.” You shrugged. “Making sure no one messed with you was the least I could do after what you did for [boy’s name].”
“Oh,” Brooklyn nodded, he would trust you for now. If you cared about your sister and brother in any way that he cared for his clan, then he knew you were being honest. “Is he alright?”
“Yeah, my sister has him. Again, thank you for saving him. Really.”
“It’s what I do.”
“Yeah, but, you don’t have to,” he gave you a shrug as you spoke, “I’ve seen what the Quarrymen are trying to do and that’s only what is public knowledge I can only imag-,” he put a hand over your mouth. You hadn’t even realized you were talking so fast or rambling. You looked up at him. His shockingly warm hand lingered for a long moment as he looked at you before he pulled away. He didn’t realize he was holding your face so long.
“This city is our home. We protect it. That includes the humans that resign in it.” Brooklyn stated so clearly and softly. “Thank you for protecting me today and you are welcome in protecting your brother.” He gave you a smile, with his long beak you hardly could tell it was a smile at first. “I should go.” He pulled back, moving towards the back of the building.
“Wait!” you called, walking after him. Being so tired, your legs shook slightly. “You never told me your name.”
“I’m Brooklyn,” he looked you over for a moment before picking you up. You let out a little squeal, but that hadn’t bothered him as he glided to the ground and set you down. “Go get sleep, Y/N.” He gave you another smile and started climbing the side of a taller building.
“Bye Brooklyn!” You called, waving as he disappeared on top of the larger building. You hoped you could meet him again.
#gargoyles#brooklyn x reader#gargoyles imagines#brooklyn gargoyles#gender neutral y/n#nonbinary reader#x reader#🐭 mine~#reader imagine
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Okay so more elaboration on my Rise Separated AU (all fluff and goofs, no big angst here lads).
To recap: Leo was raised by April's family, Raph ended up still with Draxum and his sweetness turned Draxum into a Real Dad who doesn't wanna take over humans anymore, Donnie ended up with The Foot and got control of the whole clan by the time he was like 8, and Mikey ended up with Splinter who was given shelter by Todd so they both raised him.
Anyway, April found this little turtle one day (I think they got separated by Draxum trying to hunt down Splinter and he lost Leo and Donnie before fleeing to the woods and finding Todd) while out with her parents (she's like 2 years older, right? And let's say Leo's abut like, a year old by the time of the mutation, so she's about 3) and brings it home. Her parents don't realize it until she's got a box and is trying to feed Leo her graham crackers. A turtle seems like a safe enough pet, really, so they decide to keep it, even though it looks a little odd.
And they eventually realize "Oh this thing is. A toddler. This is a child." And instead of getting rid of him or anything they just like, r3aise him as April's brother. They decide "It must be some kind of skin condition. And a-a growth, around his back and chest. Yeah. That's it." And he basically lives his whole life thinking he's a normal human with some weird medical conditions. He straight-up goes to school and April just kicks anybody's ass who tries to say "Um. Why are you a turtle." Because as we all know, no human in Rise actually cares at all that mutants exist so even if they noticed it'd at most cause a little bullying.
Now as for Mikey, Mikey has known his whole life he has 3 brothers out there somewhere. Splinter, thanks to Todd, has a lot more resources and extra time to work through his traumas, but he still feels guilt and concern every day for the other turtles who he failed to save. Mikey decides one day, "Alright. I'm old enough now to go find my brothers, and help Pops to stop feeling bad about this!"
He's been raised in a damn Puppy Rescue in a tailer after all, by Todd and Splinter. He's sheltered, he's super peppy, he believes the power of lemonade and good food fix almost everything. He knows one brother got left with the guy who created all of them, and two were lost in New York City, one next to a shoe store and one by an apartment building. Easy-peasy!
He finds Raph first, I think. Draxum, as I said, is a lot more like Season 2 Draxum.
Basically he fully intended on raising Raph as a warrior, but child-rearing turned out to be a lot tougher than he expected. He couldn't leave his Gargoyles to do it because Raph bit them too often and nearly took their limbs off, and he couldn't hire someone else to do it because his experiments are so illegal that they'd turn him in for the pardon they'd get for it. SO he had to raise Raph himself, and- oh.
Oh, Raph is such a sweetie. Yeah, he bites a lot, and has tantrums, and does dumb stuff, and gets mad and screams. But he loves snuggling, and he loves playing with the other experiments when he sneaks into their enclosures. When Draxum has an experiment go wrong, or a setback in the rebuilding of his lab, Raph, who must always be strapped to his chest or else he'll be found somewhere he shouldn't be, always gives him a cubby-armed little hug. Basically Raph slowly melted Draxum's heart and Draxum's priorities slowly shifted to caring for this little turtle, until one day he realized he hadn't worked on his Eradicating Humanity plan in years and his little boy is all grown up now.
Obviously Raph also is trained in Mystic Combat with his tonfas. Draxum has always intended that, and followed through with it, but it became just a Fun Father-Son bonding thing more than. Like. Evil warrior training.
Draxum also kept Raph informed that he has brothers out there somewhere, but feels less concern about it. He's sure Lou Jitsu went into hiding with them, maybe raised them to be incredible warriors as well in case Draxum ever found him. So when Mikey shows up like "I'm your little brother!" Raph just immediately scoops him up and is like "ONE OF MY BROTHRS CAME BACK!"
Draxum tries to convince mikey to stay with them but Mikey is like "We've gotta find the other two! Besides, I love my Pops and my- uh, Todd. But Raph says you're way different than Pops remembers, so I promise I'll come back with Raph and give you a chance!"
And they both set off to find the other two.
They end up ninja-ing around for a few weeks until they finally catch sight of Leo (all the brothers have their same names but Raph, leo, and Donnie don't have the Full Names. April named Leo Leo because he "looks like a Leo" when she was like, 5, and Raph was actually named "Wrath" but couldn't pronounce his own name right so Draxum just ran with Raph, and Donnie's name is actually cchose by himself and designed specifically for the pun of "World Donnie-nation").
Leo is with April and a few other friends (despite his Obviously Turtle Nature he's actually pretty popular. Captain of the basketball team, class jokester, always willing to help people out with stuff, awesome parkouring skills, for sure the kind of kid who breaks into the teacher's desk and get everyone their confiscated stuff back) and they're all heading out for some late-night pizza. Raph and Mikey are SO CONFUSED because they've both been taught to stay hidden from humans their whole lives and here their brother is HANGING OUT WITH A WHOLE GROUP OF THEM!!!
So they wait and watch and follow Leo and April back to the apartment, and watch Leo get greeted by two human adult who it becomes obvious are his adoptive parents and this other human is his adoptive sister, and he and his sister to to their shared room (because this is New York, no way in hell the apartment has a room for both of them) and start to watch Jupiter Jim movies.
"Well, if she already knows about him," Raph says, "We might as well show her us. Since she'll be our sister basically."
"Sounds right to me!"
And anyway they knock on the window and April goes to open it with bat in hand and sees two OTHER turtle-people who are both smiling, one kinda shyly and one beaming with the power of the sun itself, and she goes "Uh, Leo? Did you happen to make some friends I didn't know about?"
The talk is so baffling to them because Leo is insisting he's a human with some weird medical conditions and they CANNOT convince him otherwise. He does however feel in his hear that they're telling the truth about being his brothers (mystic bond) and so he decides well. They must have the same conditions and just think they're turtles because whoever raised them didn't know any better. So he accepts them as family, as does April, and they all set out to find the final brother.
As soon as they step into the shoe store Splinter said the last one got left by Donnie's system goes off in a HUGE ALERT because he's got it set up to alert him to any weird mystic shenanigans. I should specify here that The Foot Clan under Donnie's rule isn't really focused much on Shredder, like The Flaming-Headed Gay Guys we know from the series raised him and Cassandra is his second-in-command but he's more focused on gather as much Mystic Knowledge as possible to create the perfect blend of Mystic and Tech possible and the whole Shredder thing is like. A backburner project. "Yeah yeah, we'll get to that soon, we've got plenty of time. But for right now, Casey I need you to put on this jetpack and tell me if this mystic-infused fuel makes it go for longer or if it just blows up."
Anyway he sees three other turtle-mutants surrounded by mystic energy and DOES A SPIT TAKE AND GETS OVER THERE RIGHT AWAY (using one of those portals that The Foot have, yes this means he helps Leo figure out Portalling later on). He pops out from the back and drags all of them, including April, to the backroom.
Mikey explains, Raph chimes in with some stuff, Leo doesn't believe a single word but does note that he and Donnie are the same age, hey twinsies! Donnie believes them (again, mystic bond) but is also like, "Well, this is cool, but I'm a bit busy running an ancient mystic ninja clan here and trying to bring them into not only the present but the future of technology that will be dictated by me, so. I don't know we can set up a visiting schedule I guess."
But Mikey convinces him to come out to the trailer jsut for a day and as soon as Donnie tastes Mikey's version of Todd's famous lemonade (the twist is he includes a little lime in it) he decides "Actually you guys can visit whenever and I'll give you all my contact info because THIS IS THE BEST DRINK I'VE EVER HAD!"
And yes, Donnie does realize upon meeting Splinter that he's The Last of the Hamato Clan and the owner of the head of Shredder. He just doesn't care. "Oh, cool, now I know where it is if I ever pick that project up again. Anyway back to teaching my Sudden Twin how to use that sword Raph gave him so he doesn't accidentally portal us all to the center of the earth someday."
Eventually Leo does accept that he's a Turtle but it's a long time after he's already accepted Mystic Powers and other mutants and stuff. Also he's way more behind on the ninja thing, yeah it's in his blood and he can parkour real good but the other three still need to teach him how to fight-fight and there's a lot of funny stuff that can happen there I think. He picks all of it up pretty quick, obviously, and in turn he introduces them to Skateboarding and Jupiter Jim. Donnie and Mikey already know about Pizza of course but Raph doesn't, Draxum didn't eat it, so they collectively introduce Raph to pizza and cheer when he loves it.
Splinter feels bittersweet about it all, wishing he could have seen these boys grow up together but glad they're a family now, and he likes this April girl who's apparently their sister now, too.
Donnie eventually introduces all of them, in passing, to Casey one day when they come visit him. She's both the second-in-command and by default Donnie's best friend, even though she wishes he'd focus on Shredder more than he does, and long story short she and April are besties now and while the others train Leo, Casey trains April, and thus Casey decides April is totally worthy of being Donnie's other best friend and invites her over for movie nights and stuff all the time.
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I find this so interesting. I really like what Hudson says here, about limits and making things real. I don't think he's wrong about that per se, but I don't find it super compelling either when it comes to being able to tell things apart. When it comes to a name of an individual. Definitions put limits on things. Simply putting a sound so to something doesn't inherently do that.
I don't know if I'm really super sold on this world building element of gargoyle society or with this argument. One of the teens replied to this sort of question with calling each other 'friend,' but we have yet to see that. Goliath may not have wanted to tell Demona who he was going to take with him to track down the raiders in the previous episodes, but if he had wanted to tell her he could not have. Perhaps he could have said "our previous clan leader," but what if it was someone else.
And when it comes to being someone in Elisa's shoes, someone who is learning, someone who may know a thing or two about dehumanization and speaking about someone like they're not in the room? To try and speak of him with no name may to her feel disrespectful, like she doesn't see him as an individual but just one of the monsters she has encountered.
In the moment, I suppose that could be hard to articulate. She sure didn't make much an effort though XD
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Do you have any top favourite scenes from the show/comics?
First, anon, thank you for your patience while I thought long and in-depth about this. I love the show so much, it's easy for me to come up with 30 different examples of moments I love but that's not very exclusive ^^;
Some of my top scenes, in my rewatch of season 1 I'm undergoing at the moment, have been the little character-building moments between the Manhattan clan. For all of it's behind-the-scenes production struggles, "Enter Macbeth" has some very nice character interplay between Lexington, Brooklyn, and Goliath. "Sorry I was too busy WRITHING in AGONY to notice," and *DISTANT ROARING* "Looks like Bronx found Goliath," come to mind as moments that make me smile.
Another of my top favorite moments, (putting aside all OwenPuck scenes because otherwise this answer would be all about him, lmao) is the scene where Coyote and Dingo break The Pack out of jail. Fox reading Jean-Paul Sartre. "Nietzsche's too butch and Kafka reminds me of your little friends over there." The excellent sequence where Dingo breaks into the building with his powersuit and unleashes high-key horror imagery on the prison guard. It all fits so neatly together, and is such a well-paced scene it feels so luxurious in what it gives you. It's a top-tier scene for a season opener.
I've talked previously about "Kingdom," and what a great episode it is - I think what it really comes down to for me for "favorites" is how lived-in an episode feels. There's a lot of great character work in Gargoyles, which is one of the reasons people keep going back, in that it feels like a tangible world. When Matt comes back home to his tiny little apartment and loosens his tie and then gets startled by Broadway waiting for him. They way the clan collects Cagney to take care of back at the clock tower once it's apparent Elisa isn't coming back (an small but important detail not to forget, from a writing perspective - she's got a cat!) The dramatic but relatively domestic drama of the mutates in the Labryinth (oh no, someone in your underground collective is a major asshole!) Owen also sitting at David's desk with his jacket off and his tie loose. The little details like this make the show feel less like a cartoon where someone opens their closet and has ten of the same outfit as a gag, but like a world that belongs to the characters who live in it. If that makes sense?
Truly, the list does go on, but I'm going to transition to the comics now :)
I need to read the SLG run again; I've read it multiple times, but sometimes the more disparate quality of it's narrative and artistic elements distract me from forming a coherent opinion. But I adore the following moments:
Owen and Delilah bring Free Will to the Table
This is an interesting little interplay that frustrates me on the whole because I'm not entirely sure the Goliath / Thailog part of it is earned, but it does develop Delilah's sense of personhood in the narrative and also gives us a window into Puck's code-of-ethics-as-Owen. Goliath makes a mistake (girlfriends can be won like a prize) but Owen says essentially "Aren't you going to ask her what she wants? Doesn't she have free will?" which is a fascinating conk-on-the-noggin for the faerie-stuck-as-a-mortal-and-is-your-part-time-nemesis to deliver to the protagonist of your story.
And it does deliver in that Delilah says, "Fuck all this" (i wish she literally said that) and ends the party without being hitched to either Goliath or Thailog. She itches something in me because she's claiming some agency. She didn't ask to be here (who does, tbr) and was created from the DNA of two very complicated, very different women (who were unwilling donors to top it off) for the purposes of satisfying Thailog's desire for a romatic partner. NOT OKAY! What does Delilah want? For so much of her existence, what she's wanted has been a foregone conclusion (in that, it doesn't matter) and any move she makes in the narrative on her own agenda is one more step towards actualizating her sense of self. That being said - I would like more Delilah.
Shari = Shaharazade
Shari is such an interesting, stand-out character to me, and I wish she'd been around in the show because I'd love to see her animated. She's mystery wrapped in mystery - her motives are so opaque! She's a high-ranking Illuminati member who has presumably been alive for thousands of years - and she's helping Thailog for some inscrutible reason. I get really excited when she shows up. I'm also interested to see how Thailog and Shari pose as narrative foils to Xanatos and Co in the future, given their parallel but opposing structure.
Mary, Finella, and Brooklyn's timedance adventure begins
I think the last two issues of the SLG run were the strongest, and the content in them literally made me shriek when I read it. For one, you've got delicious interplay between Brooklyn's existence in the narrative. He's from the past in the future in the past in the present. Mary and Finella's relationship is great (and for the part of me that reads with shipping goggles - gay, please? they can bond over missing their kids and then kiss about it....a fine lady and her handmaiden, nothing to look at here boss, no sir!) Truly I want more Mary, Finella, and Brooklyn adventures. I think the beginning of their story was the best thing to come out of the 2006 comics run. Also, "You named the horse Magus?" "Something about his face...." (Magus confirmed horsey face🐴✨ ✊😔)
As for the new runs, I'm soaking it all in. I'm very excited for Quest - I don't have a "Top Favorite" scene from it yet, though I very much enjoy the fact we're getting a fleshed out picture of the NYC world of organized crime as it exists in Gargoyles. I like that they're all scared shitless of Uncle Dracon and I want him to show up more, he's been a very interesting player in the plot. I also really like the sequence where Renard says his goodbyes to his friends and family, even if it does implode ~10k words of unpublished fic I have on my Google Drive. But that's what the canon non-compliant tag on AO3 is for 👍! This is the short way to say I think Titania should be scarier. Like, shit-your-pants scary. I love women.
I love them so much, I married one! *ba-dum**tiss* 🥁🎶
#ask and you shall receive#anon#owen burnett#matt bluestone#fox gargoyles#goliath gargoyles#delilah gargoyles#shari gargoyles#puck gargoyles#finella gargoyles#mary gargoyles#brooklyn gargoyles#magus gargoyles#halcyon renard#titania gargoyles#lexington gargoyles#dingo gargoyles#elisa gargoyles#broadway gargoyles#cagney gargoyles#2006 comics#2023 comics
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