It's 2028. A very old and skinny black tomcat rests on Coraline's lap as she sits in her parents' garden. She's thirty now, living with her husband, and The Pink Palace has been quiet for some time. Ms. Spink and Forcible have finally joined all their beloved Scotties across the rainbow bridge, Coraline's parents now live in what had been the two ladies' part of the house, and Mr. Bobinski has long-since retired from his famous jumping mouse circus. Things have been peaceful. And today, a new family moves in. A family with a young kid, about eleven years old. Coraline feels a twist of anxiety in her stomach, and her hand subconsciously traces her throat, remembering when the Beldam's severed hand had dragged her by her necklace, choking her.
Wybie looks away from his conversation with the new neighbors to check on his blue-haired wife, who still looks as beautiful to him as the day he'd met her.
"She's gone." He mouths to her, head fully tilted, seeing her distress.
Coraline looks down at the cat, who nods as if in agreement, his blue eyes full of wisdom he can no longer share. Coraline smiles. They're right. The Beldam is long gone. The Pink Palace is safe.
Engelbert Humperdinck chez lui, le 'Pink Palace' (qui appartenait autrefois à Jayne Mansfield), avec sa Rolls-Royce Phantom VI 1970. - source Cars & Motorbikes Stars of the Golden era.
I always had this headcanon that the Other mother would still try and come after Coraline. The framing of the well looking like the tunnel, Imagined she would somehow climb out of the well, or her hand would reassemble and take the key to her, but I just had another idea.
Since the Other Mother let's Coraline leave her world when she goes to sleep. Imagine if she started hunting Coraline through her dreams? Freddy Kruger style.
A few years ago, on a rainy day, a friend introduced me to the Coraline film, and I immediately fell in love with it. It's become my favorite animation, so far nothing compares.
So I had to draw her and it was a lot of fun reinterpreting her looks. She is a teenager here, obviously. I am quite proud how she came out.