#Gryphon and Mock turtle

[lemonbitrambles]

Here’s the wonderland residents! (Most of them, I shift characters around a lot and I forgot the puppy, who’s just a big dog from the original 1939 draft)

Each characters design is based off one or two iterations, some of which are pretty weird (except Ella I’ll explain Ella-) but the entire concept of this series(??) is a bit weird . Info on characters under cut

Before we start, depending on which path Mickey follows, wonderland will either take on the personality and look of David halls 1939 draft (scary, beautiful but scary) or Mary Blair’s concepts. Certain characters will or won’t show up either

We’ll go in order

Anthropomorphic drink me bottle- from the original 1939 David hall draft. Was essentially replaced by the doorknob. Only character in the movie to be original and not come from the book.

Dinah- the scrapped concept of Dinah falling down with Alice and becoming the Cheshire Cat gained life in wasteland, and retains the more helpful guide side of the character from what was Mary Blair’s concept I believe. She plays a lot with the David hall vs Mary Blair aspect.

Mary Ann- also showed up in the David hall draft. Her design and personality I took from wonderland, a comic book series published by Disney and slave labor graphics

Jokerface- HAH OkAy SO THIS IS A BOSS FROM DISNEY MAGICAL WORLD 2- he a ghost that can impersonate others and when I replayed the game in 2019-ish I fell in love with him and he showed up again in the remake I’ll never play but people can’t seem to remember he has a name so he COuNTs. I’ve played with the idea he frames Mickey and plays as a mini boss in the “good” path

Griffon and mockturtle- these two made it into drafts from the 1940s. Some by David hall, one by Mary Blair, but more specifically ones depicting a scene where they dance with Alice and lobsters (can’t find the artist at the time). Their design are a mix of that specific draft, and my favorite, their jello commercial. Where they are fully animated in old Disney style with new designs and talk to Alice about how to entertain and feed guest at the same time with the wonderful power of jello.

Executioner- from the David hall draft. Design is from the Alice in wonderland dark ride in Disneyland because in the Draft he’s just a dude. He would be the boss in the “bad” path, trying to execute Mickey. He’s also the caretaker of the heartcards

Heartcards- from one specific piece of work by Mary Blair. They’re childish and innocent at heart. Only show up in the good path.

Ella- HeH, whoops okay. This is already a long post and Ella needs a lot of explaining because she’s not a wonderland character. That will probably be in a separate post. But just know her design is based of a butterfly and some David Hall drafts of the caterpillar

[nemfrog]

The Gryphon, the Mock Turtle and Alice dance the Lobster Quadrille.

Journeys through bookland. [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]. 1922.

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Do yourselves a favor, and tell your friend, sibling, family, whoever, that you care for them. Let them feel your genuine gratitude and love you have for them, cause everyone deserves the support.

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I'm collecting some weird, rare variants of Alice in Wonderland imagery.

[twilightofthesandwiches]

[beastlyanachronism]

Obsessed with the layers of this joke from 1880.

First, this is John Tenniel, the political cartoonist, parodying his own iconic illustrations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Second, this is a satire about the erection of the Temple Bar Memorial Dragon, a monument in London that is clearly of a dragon but is known colloquially as "the Griffin". So Tenniel bases the cartoon on the scene where Alice meets the Gryphon.

Thirdly, the scene in the book features the Mock Turtle, so the parody version is a real turtle. (And the whole idea of the Mock Turtle was hilarious in the first place — it implied that mock turtle soup was soup containing the meat of an animal called a mock turtle, rather than calf's head soup imitating the flavour of turtle soup.)

The turtle in this cartoon is meant to represent the Mansion House politicians that commissioned the monument, who were apparently very fond of mock turtle soup, adding another layer to the joke.

Finally, there is the actual humorous skit that accompanied the cartoon in Punch magazine, which was doubtlessly very funny at the time to those familiar with the situation, as well as being full of puns and at least one sly additional reference to Alice in Wonderland.

You can find the text of the skit, and more detailed commentary, at the link below.

Image credit: the Hathi Trust and the University of Michigan

[tilbageidanmark]

"Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,  Waiting in a hot tureen!  Who for such dainties would not stoop?  Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!..."

(I started making memes).

[writerofweird]

People say Tumblr is weird, but imagine what it would be like in Wonderland!

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Just saw the weirdest thing.

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A white rabbit.

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With a waistcoat.

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And a pocket watch.

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Fuck it.

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Tea time.

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Tea time.

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Tea time.

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Guys, my husband and I just figured out something about the school we went to. You see, our teacher was a turtle, but everyone called him tortoise.

Because he was a teacher.

He taught us.

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Planting roses

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Fuck painted white ones

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Don't worry think I've got the solution

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OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!

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Shit.

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Don't worry, you're pardoned.

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Just had a curious dream.

[rubynymphyy]

more artfight! 2 hnkna ocs~

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[hatterhare]

mock-turtle and gryphon!!!!

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Oh, as an addendum to the last ask about Enstars and classics, I'd be remiss not to point out how much Wonderland/Peter Pan coding Enstars has. Not even mentioning the Neverland event, and also just focusing more on the Wonderland imagery, it's just....

You have a girl who is put in a new and kind of crazy world that makes little sense and finds herself in the company of bright and shinny and somewhat idealistic (major oversimplification, I know) "lost" boys with a lot of past baggage who are trying to find their way out of the mess of a war's legacy. She meets a whole cast of colourful characters, not excluding Ra*bits (they have a whole wonderland song, I'm pretty sure, and Wonderland has very notable rabbits/hares) and Madara (Cheshire Cat coded to me) and Valkyrie (their initial and somewhat "stuck in one time" thing makes me think of the March Hare and the Hatter).

And that's not excluding that Knights (if I'm interpreting the little I've seen about their Reminiscence story) has strong chess pieces energy that makes me think of Alice in Wonderland's sequel. And, of course, Alkaloid being the card soldiers...that's kind of hard to miss.

I'm pretty sure if I read more stories and refreshed my memory on the Alice books, there would be more parallels/imagery but for now...

[bethrnoora]

i maintain that most adaptations of alice in wonderland are. middling at best

[finding-w0nd3rland]

Picture of rehearsals for Tuacahn Amphitheatre's 2022 production

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Comedic tragedy

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[danskjavlarna]

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I'm collecting some weird, rare variants of Alice in Wonderland imagery.