#17 Bubo

He’s finally here! 🫶

@chadfarsight you inspired me.

https://www.tumblr.com/chadfarsight/714182604921962496/ep-9-probably

I remember way back, when the back half of S2 was airing and everyone was speculating over whether Adria or Cassandra would be the traitor. I genuinely thought it would be Adira because Cass seemed too obvious, with the door and nightmare sequence in rapunzeltopia, and the dark prince Eugene prophecy twist with him turning against her really threw me for a loop. But nope, it was Cassandra all along. But it does bring to mind the question, what was the point of the bit at the end of Rapunzel and the Great Tree where possessed!Hector tells everyone that if they follow Adira to the Dark Kingdom they’ll meet their doom? From a meta perspective it was probably meant to be a red herring, but why would possessed!Hector say that? I heard somewhere that possessed!Hector was supposed to be possessed by Zhan Tiri, and that Zhan Tiri!Hector was trying to mislead the group, but I always thought that possessed!Hector was supposed to be possessed by the tree itself, not Zhan Tiri.

Likely actual answer: Yeah, probably a red herring. Alternatively, they wanted to have him say something that sounded cool and foreboding, but didn't have a specific reason for him to have said it. I've mentioned before that they didn't really know what to do with Adira (and the rest of the Brotherhood, for that matter). It's entirely possible that, at the point that the episode was written, they were kicking around the idea of her not being trustworthy in the end. (This is entirely speculation, by the way. I don't know that they were ever kicking around that idea at all.)

But also, Hector already had issue with the way Adira did things. He thought she was chasing a myth by looking for the Sundrop, and that the letter of King Edmund's order was to keep people out of the Dark Kingdom, not to go looking for a solution. He was convinced, all on his own, that following Adira back to the Dark Kingdom was folly, because even if Edmund himself didn't kill them, them Moonstone would. It wasn't the tree or even Zhan Tiri warning them through Hector, it was Hector himself.

As for who exactly was possessing Hector, going with the lore provided in the episode, the tree was once sentient and good, but Zhan Tiri corrupted it and made it her stronghold. She was invincible, so long as she was inside it, because the tree would attack anyone who came near. Demanitus' spear -- the one that Hector pulled from the tree's heart -- put a stop to the corrupted magic.

Now, as Hector takes the spear, he says, "Forgive me for releasing the evil that sleeps within [the tree]." Nowhere does it textually say that Hector was possessed by Zhan Tiri herself, however the Great Tree can be thought of as an unwilling disciple of Zhan Tiri (like Rapunzel, Lance, Feldspar, Ulf and Friedeborg were in "Painter's Block"), and spread Zhan Tiri's corrupting influence from itself to Hector. So while it was not Zhan Tiri directly, it was her will.

Alchemist Out Of Corona: The Great Tree, Part 5

All art from the chapter of my fanfic, “The Great Tree, Part 5/7.”

People in the tts fandom arguing over which young emotional adult with way too much responsibility on their shoulders is to blame for the incidents in the great tree.

Meanwhile, I'm just side-eyeing the supposedly responsible, knowledgeable adult who said everything would be fine.

#BambiTheVideoGame #VoiceActors #cast #Actors #TheMostDangerousGame #TheeForestKingdom @squareEnix @DisneyGames @disneyvoguemagazine

Well the next four months for my bujo will be Sumeru theme.

SO I JUST HAD THE BIGGEST NOSTALGIA TRIP IVE EVER HAD

For context, ive recently been on a searching spree for old Windows XP games I used to play when I was younger, and came across a game I'd thought I'd never see again because of how obscure it was.

The Great Tree is a game where you play as a fairy collecting these magic particles while dodging bugs and all sorts of stuff that scrolls across the screen. Even some stuff in the background can affect you, such as the frogs in the photo above.

I've been searching for this game for sooo long now that I'd thought I'd never find it again! ＼(^o^)／

“Untitled” by | André Alexander

#19 Strix Struma

🤨 idk

This is genius. Off to search the kitchen for new character names.

Alchemist Out Of Corona: The Great Tree, Part 6

All art from the chapter of my fanfic, “The Great Tree, Part 6/7.”

IT'S BUNNY TIME EVERYBODY

(feat. Dilla)

(bugle accompaniment by Yuu)

Imbolc Skies