Saw this image and I knew had to make this.

WOKE the last unicorn

lady ASEXUALthea schMENKISSINGdrick moLOVINGWOMENy grue prince LOVINGMEN king faggard

My current fancast for a live action Last Unicorn! *UPDATED*

Emilia Clarke as Amalthea/The Unicorn.

Tom Hiddleston as Prince Lir.

Eddie Redmayne as Schmendrick.

Charles Dance as King Haggard.

Hayley Atwell as Molly Grue.

Meryl Streep as Mommy Fortuna.

...You ever think about how King Haggard keeping all those unicorns in the sea could technically be considered the fantasy equivalent of the Rainbow Dash Jar?

terminal bummer

The last unicorn 1982

Was anyone going to tell me that there was supposed to be a last unicorn live action adaptation in the early 2000's or was I supposed to find out from a random youtube video

“THE LAAAAAST! I KNEW YOU WERE THE LAAAAAAST!”

The “King Haggard is a unicorn” theory is consuming my mind today. I like the idea of an immortal being losing himself to humanity and mortality a lot better as a motivation than “I’m going to rob the whole world because I have depression”. Works great as a mirror for the main character Unicorn too, showing what her fate could have been if she lost herself to her human life as well.

Drabble 19/366 - The Last Unicorn

As impossible as it seems, no one is born old. Not even tyrants and witches.

They were children, too — King Haggard and Mommy Fortuna, though they weren’t called that yet and wouldn’t be for many years. They scraped their knees and cried.

When did they decide they should own immortality? Did a witch serve at Haggard’s court before Mabruk? What came first, unicorns driven to the sea or a caged harpy?

Picture them: they were young. They played games. They met before they began to rot.

But when it set in, there was no saving either. Cages break. Castles crumble.

Love how everyone looks the same (mostly) except for Rukh and Schmendrick who had been changed entirely.

And that's good because Schmendrick looks like the junkie uncle everyone avoids during family events.

This year's Father's day card continues on The Last Unicorn theme with King Haggard and his My Little Pony collection

I was watching Spaceballs, and thought the "playing with your dolls again" scene would be a fun Last Unicorn mashup

My husband pointed out that if Shmendrick walked in on this, Haggard (with zero shame) would most likely snap, "These are mine! Get your own!"

Here's a pic of the work in progress. The final drawing doesn't always follow my initial sketches, but this one was so much fun I went with it.

Finished the Last Unicorn last night.

It was such a beautiful story with some incredible prose. The characters were all incredible and lovely. I think Molly Grue ended up being one of my favorite characters. Incredible book

Oddly this is my first fantasy book I read this year. And I'm glad I returned to the fantasy genre with such a great book.

Also, the cover is gorgeous

Christopher Lee: A Sinister Centenary - Number 8

Welcome to Christopher Lee: A Sinister Centenary! Over the course of May, I will be counting down My Top 31 Favorite Performances by my favorite actor, the late, great Sir Christopher Lee, in honor of his 100th Birthday. Although this fine actor left us a few years ago, his legacy endures, and this countdown is a tribute to said legacy! Today’s Subject, My 8th Favorite Christopher Lee Performance: King Haggard, from The Last Unicorn.

In the 1980s, classical fantasy films were pretty popular. Movies like “Labyrinth,” “Legend,” and “Dragonslayer” were all over the place, and most of these movies remain cult classics (if not outright “classics”) to this day. There was a certain charm to fantasy of the 1980s, both during that time and now, when looking back, that you just don’t find in other movies of a similar sort. One of the earliest of these 80s fantasy flicks, and one of my personal favorites, is 1982’s “The Last Unicorn.”

Based on the novel by Peter S. Beagle (who also wrote the screenplay, and had a hand in casting), this movie was a theatrical release by Rankin/Bass. I mentioned them before on the very first entry of the countdown, as the people who made classic Christmas specials like “The Year Without a Santa Claus” and “Frosty the Snowman.” They actually released several classic fantasy pieces, too, most of which were TV films…but “The Last Unicorn” was a rare cinematic production. Typical of Rankin/Bass, the movie boasts an all-star cast, prime among them Christopher Lee as the main antagonist: the mysterious and menacing King Haggard. The story of “The Last Unicorn” focuses on the titular Unicorn, who has learned she may be the last of her kind. Deciding to find out if this is true, she goes on an adventure to try and find the other Unicorns. She soon learns that a creature called the Red Bull (which does NOT give you wings, for the record) has captured all the unicorns, and hidden them somewhere under the command of the tyrannical Haggard. Haggard is a perennially miserable figure: it’s revealed that, for unknown reasons (at least in the film), he has essentially lost all zest for life. Nothing makes him happy: he desperately seeks anything that can give him the smallest amount of joy, but nothing works. Nothing…but the Unicorns. Haggard has discovered that only the enchanting presence of the Unicorns gives him pleasure of any kind, and makes him feel, in his own words, “truly young again, in spite of himself.” He quickly comes to suspect that the “Lady Amalthea” who visits him (the Unicorn, disguised as a human) is the one missing unicorn he has never been able to track down, and tries to figure out a way to get her to reveal herself, and thus capture her, too. Lee claimed that Haggard was one of his favorite roles. He loved it so much that he volunteered to do the German dub of the film (Lee spoke fluent German), just because he enjoyed the character so much. He likened the character to Shakespeare’s King Lear; I have to admit, a while back, I had no idea what he meant by that. Nowadays, I can KIND OF see it. Shakespearean allusions aside, however, Lee’s performance is largely what makes Haggard a compelling villain: he, of course, is able to bring a sense of command and sinister power to the character. That’s honestly to be expected. But what I love most about Haggard are his softer moments. This character so easily could have been depicted as a cartoonish, crotchety figure: Just some old sourpuss who hates everyone and who everyone hates – a slightly more evil Eustace from Courage the Cowardly Dog, if you will. That’s not what Lee does: you don’t really know WHY Haggard is so utterly depressed throughout the movie, but you really do feel “depression” is the word for it. There are moments where you feel sort of sorry for him, because the overwhelming sadness is so palpable. The way he talks about the Unicorns is almost touching; he sees them like angels, saviors to his eternal dreariness. At the same time, however, you never forget he’s the bad guy, his moods swinging rapidly, giving him a sense of leaning heavily towards total madness. He also has some of my favorite, most quotable lines any Lee character has ever had. Just for one example: “I can wait. The end will be the same: I can wait.” A cartoon baddy played by Christopher Lee just gave you one of the best quotes about patience you’ll ever hear. I love this movie. ^^ The time has come to move into the final week of the countdown. Tomorrow, I present my choice for Number 7!

“But I’m a unicorn…. I’m a unicorn!”

Thinking about another movie where we get to see lady Amalthea enjoy being human, for a little bit at least.

Finally added color to miss lady Amalthea