🧊 manny, sid, diego, and of course, i had to draw scrat getting his acorn 🥲
those first two movies were quite literally my childhood: i remember seeing the first one with my brother when it came out (and my friends and i pretty much spent most of the summer quoting from it and we even tried our hand at written, collaborative fanfiction: it was between us but still). saw the second one with my cousins the day it came out: i wasn’t feeling well but i wanted to see it to lift my spirits (and boy, it sure did 😅).
and then… well, i’m not too sure what happened after that. i got older and looked for more cartoons to watch and love (started making my own, too), and the series underwent the similar treatment as what happened to shrek: got a bunch of sequels and spinoffs and became just another kids’ show under disney’s omnipresent hand when blue sky shut their doors a couple of years ago.
but like with star wars, the simpsons, family guy, pretty much anything that was on cartoon network prior to the great recession, and south park, i go back to the roots of it all, before money took over. it’s really wild to me how much i loved as a kid that started to go sideways after money started rolling in and it makes you appreciate the short-lived stuff as well as the beginnings of it all, and in a way, it does make me hopeful for the future: artists, writers, and creators from all around can keep their heart in it for the long haul.
but i still think about the first and second ones, though: hearing ray be surly, down-on-his-luck mammoth, denis be a total badass, and johnny legs’ wet lisp is forever burned into my memory. 🦣🦥🐅
Primer Avistamiento: Anchorage [Tierra: Teratoverso]
Controles: Tierra Control [Excavación, Embestida Petrea] Fuego Control [Rayo Incandescente] Energía Control [Luminosidad] Agua Control [Glaciación, Propulsión de Tinta]
Guarida: Islas Aleutianas [Tierra: Teratoverso] Tundra Helada del Polo Norte [Avatarverso]
Aspecto: Mamut Lanudo + Hank (Buscando a Dory) [Ventosas y cabeza] + Manny (Era de Hielo) + Jirelefante (Los Croods) + Tuskski
Aliados:
Humanos: Aang, Katara, Soka, Iroh, Zuko, Toph
Kaijus y otras bestias: Godzilla, King Kong, Mothra, Rodan, Anguirus