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krazy-ky-sta-hatter · 1 year

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I spent 3-4 hours decoding and translating Pnakotic into English.

I'll be drawing up a translation key later tonight, but I'm missing B, J, Q and Z.

I am now mentally exhausted and incredibly proud.

#willow #willow 2022 #willow series #willow tv series #cursed pnakotic #pnakotic #whispers of nockmaar

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lowkeyed1 · 10 months

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Willow Month 2023: Day 3 - Favorite Episode This is a tough call for me, because it's very close. I love Episode 7: Across the Shattered Sea because it has so much gorgeous character development for everyone and so much beautiful scenery, but Episode 4: Whispers of Nockmaar just barely shades it. I think it's the whump. This ep is basically 45 minutes of whumping on poor Graydon and.... he suffers beautifully.

This poor kid starts off the ep infected with dark magic. He and the group both know it will eventually corrupt his entire system, cause him to become possessed and try to kill everyone, and they will have to kill him. And they spend the first part of the episode chaining him up and not doing anything about it, except Elora comforting him.

They finally decide to do something and this leads to him restrained even more, splayed out on some kind of bench. He spends a lot of time writhing and moaning in pain. They tear his shirt open while he gasps, exposing horrific scarring he feels deeply ashamed of and doesn't want to talk about, while he sweats and groans even more.

Then they throw a bucket of liquid on him while he writhes around some more and it's obviously painful and I should probably just acknowledge it's not just the whump I love in this episode? They did NOT have to make this whole thing so BDSM but they really did, god bless them. Plus lovely grace notes in the script referring to him being ravaged and also reamed -_-

ANYWAY we go on from here to his having hallucinations about his painful past, then the possession really starts to set in and he gets aggressive, then starts talking in the voices of loved ones to scare and distract people. Then we have a break in the action and when we get back to Graydon...

well. all right then. Spoiler, he's fully possessed here but acting like he's not. You can tell because they flat-ironed his hair! Lol, but also he's uncharacteristically comfortable with his exposed flesh and touching other people which seems like a nice, subtle hint.

Trust me, Graydon in his right mind is never leaving that many buttons unbuttoned. He leads Elora up to the tower so he can complete the banishment ritual Bavmorda was trying to do to baby Elora at the end of the movie, but then everyone else shows up and he gets whumped on some more...

Literally I would die, as an actor, if I had Erin and Ruby holding me down and Amar crawling on top of me and pretending to pummel me but like. That's the biz, I guess?

At any rate, Kit convinces Elora that she is magic enough to fix this, so she goes and almost-but-not-quite kisses him (she does call it a kiss later) and sucks the evil out of him. He tells her he never doubted her, and the boy is clearly smitten after that

Unfortunately, Elora had a vision of him shoving his brother out of a tree when he was possessed as a child and feels like he might be sketchy. So he's giving her a big smitten smile when they leave....

(credit to willowgifsdaily for this gif)

...but that smile starts to falter bc she's giving him this look in return, yikes

Anyway, that was good wholesome fun for the whole family and kudos to Disney+ for realizing they needed to put in a bondage-themed whumpfest to really sell me on the show! And kudos once again to my boy Tony Revolori, who sells every inch of this episode just amazingly. The emotional range is all over the place and there's no part where he falters in just performing the absolute shit out of this one. This episode changed my brain chemistry forever, I think. And that is why Whispers of Nockmaar is my favorite episode of WIllow! Send help!

#willowmonth2023 #willow series #willow 2022 #graydon hastur #whispers of nockmaar #save willow #posts where i make my kinks obvious #but tbh i feel like probably it was already obvious XD #whump

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oliveoomph · 1 year

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Kit & Jade

Willow (2022) - S01e04 - "The Whispers of Nockmaar"

#willow #willowedit #willow disney+#kit x jade #princess knight #kit tanthalos #jade claymore #ruby cruz #erin kellyman #s01e04 #the whispers of nockmaar #gifs by olive #harold they're lesbians #lesbian #wlw #lgbtq+#it's complicated

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someonetooksendnoodles · 11 months

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i’ve had this in the drafts bc i haven’t made a poll before but i am super curious into what everyone’s answers are. also sorry if this has been done before!

#my absolute favorite episode is whispers of nockmaar BUT my favorite episode in regards to demonstrating the artistry of this show is #without any competition episode 7 like the way all of the character developments culminate into one big (for a lack of better word) !!!!!!!!#is so personal to me #willow 2022 #willow #kit tanthalos #jade claymore #tanthamore #willow series #thraxus boorman #graydon hastur #elora danan #poll #willow poll

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mehlsbells · 6 months

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I wrote about how Willow uses our expectations against us in wonderful ways . . .

#Willow #Save Willow #kit tanthalos #graydon hastur #screenwriting #The Whispers of Nockmaar #Willow 2022

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psalm40speakstome · 1 year

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“Everyone deserves one good cry per quest.”

Thraxus Boorman

#thraxus boorman #willow 2022 #Willow #quote #quotes #amar chadha patel #the whispers of nockmaar

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eye-of-the-purricane · 1 year

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Nouela - Black Hole Sun

Cover of Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden

from the Willow (2022) Soundtrack - s01e04 - "The Whispers of Nockmaar"

#nouela #black hole sun #soundgarden #chris cornell #willow #soundtrack #s01e04 #the whispers of nockmaar #audio only #music video #cover version #absolutely wonderful #Youtube

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jackiestarsister · 11 months

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Reactions while re-watching Willow: Episode 4 “The Whispers of Nockmaar”

Warning: spoilers ahead.

~ Having an entire episode where characters are trapped in a location, especially a haunted castle, is so symbolic and fascinating. St. Teresa of Avila compared the soul to a castle, and that kind of symbolism is also used in stories like “Beauty and the Beast.” The characters are forced to face aspects of their history and identity as they go through the different rooms.

~ This episode provides a lot of backstory, worldbuilding, and connective tissue between the movie and the series.

~ Didn’t Ballantine and the other soldiers survive mortal wounds because of their possession? If so, why are they talking about killing Graydon?

~ I think this is the first time anyone mentions the Wyrm’s vermiscous goo. It’s so quick it’s easy to miss. So that was what went into Ballantine and Graydon when they were wounded? That tracks with how it is eventually shown.

~ Naming a specific forbidden place/action is classic fairy tale setup.

~ “I hope you never have to” = foreshadowing of Kit having to fight Airk in the finale

~ Bavmorda’s promises sound like the baptismal promises made at Easter

~ Kit lighting the tapestry on fire ties in with the Wyrm’s fire imagery

~ When Boorman talks about his partner dying, does he mean Madmartigan? I didn’t catch on to that the first time I saw it.

~ I appreciate Elora talking about the woodcutters and still feeling guilty about them. She seemed to get over it a little too quickly in the previous episode.

~ Elora following a mysterious voice to a dark part of the castle is very much like Sleeping Beauty.

~ Why did Willow leave Graydon unattended? Did Graydon/the Lich fight or frighten him?

~ There is a lot of ambiguity about whether the things the characters see and hear are real, their imagination, an effect of the castle, or the action of the Crone. Airk speaking through Graydon could be real, as he is shown coming out of a cell at the end of the episode. But Mims’ voice seems like an attempt by the Crone to drive a wedge between Elora and Willow.

~ Is that General Kael’s skeleton mask on the ground when they’re leaving the castle?

#Willow 2022 #Willow series #Nockmaar #The Whispers of Nockmaar #haunted castle #gothic fiction #Bavmorda #Queen Bavmorda #evil queen

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chaoticvi · 1 year

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Kit Tanthalos in every episode 1/? 1x04 - The Whispers of Nockmaar

#willowedit #willow disney+#willow series #willow 2022 #wlwedit #wlwgif #dailytvgifs #dailytvwomen #kit tanthalos #jade claymore #tanthamore #elora danan #mine: gifs #yes 2 gifs of kit swiping her hair are very necessary

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wlwsource · 1 year

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WILLOW S01E01, The Gales S01E04, The Whispers of Nockmaar

#willow #willowedit #tanthamore #tanthamoreedit #wlwedit #userbbelcher #dailyflicks #dailytvgifs #tvarchive #dailytvwomen #dailylgbtq #*#by dee #gifs #tv

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lowkeyed1 · 10 months

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i'm back on my bullshit, i said, as if i had ever been off it to begin with

#willow series #willow 2022 #whispers of nockmaar #graydon hastur #tony revolori

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oliveoomph · 1 year

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Kit & Jade

Willow (2022) - s01e04 - "The Whispers of Nockmaar"

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kittanthalos · 1 year

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KIT TANTHALOS in WILLOW S01E04 | The Whispers of Nockmaar

#willow #willowedit #kit tanthalos #ruby cruz #dailywomen #userbbelcher #dailytvgifs #wlwedit #wlwsource #wlwgif #filmtv #willow disney #willow 2022 #such a dark episode #but she...she was serving looks as always #!mine

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acre-of-wheat · 1 year

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Since there’s an 85% chance I’m thinking about Willow at any given time, I have some more Willow thoughts.

Mainly, why does no one check in with Kit about her brother?

I know that the purpose of The Quest shifts with the discovery of Elora, but it's still ostensibly about saving Airk, and his twin is right there, consumed with worry and guilt about the whole thing, and every time she expresses it she's treated like she's throwing a tantrum.

The Gales

There's tremendous guilt here, where Kit has said something rash and now regrets it, a common theme for her. The apology here is fascinating, because what exactly is she apologizing for? Not protecting her brother? Not being the one taken? Not cherishing her family enough? For behaving badly? Whatever it is, it hurts the heart.

The High Aldwin

As soon as Kit sees the clusterfuck that is the finger test and watches Elora "fail" it, she's out the door, insistent on continuing The Quest because now that Willow has given them a direction she won't let anything stop her. She'll go alone if she has to.

The rest of the party catches up (Kit didn't really want to go alone, or at least not without Jade) and suddenly they have an extremely slow wagon and they've added several members to the party and are taking breaks in the middle of the day for magic lessons-- all things that will slow them down considerably.

As an aside, because this could really be its own whole post, I feel like one of the roots of disconnect between Kit and Jade is that Jade has never taken Kit seriously. Not as a swordsman or adventurer, not as a princess or leader, not even as a real potential love interest. It's not until the edge of the Shattered Sea where Jade finally tells Kit that she'll trust Kit's judgment and doesn't drag her away from the waterfall jump that she learns to have faith. If part of Kit's journey is about learning to believe in Elora, part of Jade's journey is learning to believe in Kit.

The Whispers of Nockmaar

With the knowledge they have at the time, Kit makes the realistic call about Graydon, one that Jade and Boorman agree with (of course not in the moment, don't get me started on that...) and her reasoning remains her brother-- they don't have time to wait for Graydon to turn, to keep him chained up and drag him with, and to inevitably get shanked by him. They've just watched several allies be killed by possessed people, and so far Willow hasn't given them any reason to hope that it can be reversed.

Even with Willow's dodgy faith in the purgation ritual, Kit does throw herself into the process. Then they get partway through and start to hear Airk's voice and Kit loses it.

She fully books it out of the throne room, because this is legit awful.

When Elora goes out to the hallway after her own emotional moment, the two share an aggressive greeting that Kit immediately backs off from.

It should be mentioned that the conversation shifts to Elora's fears about things, and Kit is about to tell her about the eckleberry bush before Elora bounces.

Beyond the Shattered Sea

There's a lot going on in this episode, internally with Kit and externally in her relationship with Elora. They hear the old paladin of Cashmere's story about wandering the Shattered Sea for years and eventually murdering all his companions and Elora says that it doesn't matter, they'll find the city. To Kit this must look like more baseless faith-- faith she hasn't yet learned to have in Elora.

She's just lost her dad again, lost a substitute father figure, the other father figure she has on The Quest has betrayed her trust, and she's desperate to not lose Airk too. She is still deeply conscious of how little time they have, how little time her twin has.

It should be mentioned that they are too late when they reach the Immemorial City! Airk has been corrupted, Kit might have needed to kill him in order to save Elora, they did fail in a meaningful way!

I know we're limited by episode length, and how everyone in the party is perpetually semi-annoyed by Kit, but Kit actually checks in with the party quite a bit! She has a moment with Graydon where she apologizes and gets to know him, she checks in with Jade after Ballantine's death, asks Jade how she's feeling about the whole Bone Reaver family thing, she has three conversations with Elora where the focus is on giving her confidence in herself, she checks in on Willow's emotional health for god's sake.

I just desperately wanted someone to pull this kid aside and say "hey, you good?"

Because she's definitely not.

#willow #kit tanthalos #willow 2022 #jade claymore #elora danan #airk tanthalos #jade i LOVE you #but sometimes i want to shake you #insert 'i have done nothing wrong ever in my life' meme for kit #tanthamore

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goodsirs · 1 year

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