#fire and ice nekron

[neokamui414]

It came to me in a vision.

[mrtitanik]

THESE GUYS ARE THE SAME

[tendermiasma]

Followed for Cloverhoney because I’m bananas for those two but I have to know, is your header image the one villain from Fire and Ice? If so that’s such an amazing deep cut, 10/10

Thank you! Yeah I saw the famous gif of him and I was like you know I bet he actually serves so I watched it and he did, so I did a few redraws

[thatdoodlebug]

Lord Nekron from Fire and Ice (1983)

[bluehairedspidey]

i know queer coded villains are bad but finally seeing a character share my disgust for compulsory heterosexuality was extremely vindicating and also hilarious

[mothman1930]

Evil babby

[theconjurervfx]

Fire and Ice (1983) dir. Ralph Bakshi.

[pegglefan69]

she gave cunt and she served and she died

[surfingkaliyuga]

“Fire and Ice #1” Leonardo Manco 2023

[cinder-no]

Lord Nekron - Pony Town

[retroillustrates]

Why is it always the blue guys?

[noiralei]

Me watching Fire and Ice (1983) for the first time:

"Oh no, another mentally unstable white haired wizard"

[amashelle]

You know what? Real.

I can’t hear Mordred’s Lullaby without thinking of Lord Nekron and Queen Juliana

[mask131]

Exploring the Ice King (4)

Here's at last the final part of this series! I wanted to release this post for the Day of the Kings, but I was too busy IRL... So it's today instead. After going 'round and 'round the elephant in the room, we finally get to touch the heart and core of Ice King: the inspirations of the monarch of ice and snow, and the ancestors of a winter sorcerer!

The most common and widespread trivia you will find around the Internet is that the Ice King seems to have been mainly influenced by the character of the "Winter Warlock" from the Rankin/Bass "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town". Indeed, we find the same lushious beard, pointy features, weird crown, penguin companion, ice-magic and antagonistic role

A similar evil ice sorcerer appeared in "Ruldoph and Frosty's Christmas in July", the wizard Winterbolt - whose name reminds of Ice King's "ice lightning"

The world of Rankin/Bass animations seems to have had a certain influence over Adventure Time. The duo formed by the Heat Miser and Snow Miser can have a vague echo in the duality of the Ice King and Flame King....

... While the huge Snow realm ruled by Father Winter in Rankin/Bass' "Jack Frost" reminds one of the various ice and snow creatures of Ice King's empty domain:

However there is a MUCH more direct inspiration to be listed... An animated movie that clearly was one of the roots of Adventure Time. 1971's The Point, about a boy with a strange hat and his dog going on an adventure... And where the king of the land looks like this:

I don't think I need to make anymore explanations - outside of mentionning that 1971's The Point was actually the animated adaptation of a musical album, and that the starting point of the writing of the story was someone's acid trip... Literaly. Both elements which also echo a LOT with Adventure Time's own style and uniqueness. Though the king in this version was a shy, timid, benevolent and magic-less ruler - a far cry from AT more dangerous and unstable ice-wizard.

Speaking of direct inspirations for Adventure Time, it has never been a secret that 1977's "Wizards" had been one of the main sources of Adventure Time's world. An earth returned to a world of fantasy, magic and fairies after a nuclear war, with a half-skeletal evil wizard leading armies of mutants and robots against the excentric, quirky and weird forces of "good"... The homage is neat and clear.

Why am I speaking of this however? No Ice King ancestor seems to be hiding there... Well, I suggest you take a look at another one of Ralph Bakshi's animated fantasy movies... No, not the animated "Lord of the Rings" movie. But 1983's "Fire and Ice". An animated collaboration with Frank Frazetta himself, about bluish-skinned, white-haired ice-rulers using snow magic to invade a fantasy land and capture a princess, only for a brave, sword-wielding blond hero to have to rescue her... While he is much more youthful, sexy and sane than Ice King, prince Nekron IS definitively one of the characters' ancestors.

The presence of an ice queen ruling alongside Nekron makes me think back on a specific topic... In fantasy, the role of sorcerous evil lords with powers and affinity for ice, snow and the cold is traditionally taken by a woman. Probably as a remnant of the popularity of Andersen's Snow Queen fairytale:

To mention a few famous examples, you have the White Witch of Narnia (which was C.S. Lewis taking Andersen's Snow Queen and fusing her with Lilith and She-who-must-be-obeyed):

Or Tad Williams' Utuk'ku, Queen of the Norns (the literary ancestors of Game of Thrones' White Walkers, Martin literaly ripped them off):

And Warhammer's Tzarina Katarin, first of the ice-witches of Kislev

Adventure Time did have some female characters wielding the powers of the ice - from the Ice Queen to Patience St. Prim, but it stayed mainly focused on the snow magic being male-owned (Ice King, Ice Finn, Evergreen, and all the recent alternates like the Winter King)...

... And by stayed quite "male-focused", Adventure Time echoes once more an ancient mythical archetype, a legendary character whose many incarnations go from Old Father Winter of England to Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) of Russia, passing by Jack Frost and Boreas...

I could have talked about the large presence of ice spirits, spells and entities within the world of "Dungeons and Dragons" but this post is getting way too long, so, to conclude, I will also point out something many have noticed before - how a blue-skinned man-freak freezing everything over a tragic love story is strongly reminiscent of Batman's Mr. Freeze

[nfcomics]

FIRE & ICE no.3 • cover art • Joe Linsner • words • Bill Willingham [Oct 2023]

Having survived his duel with Otwa, Darkwolf must now deal with a mysterious force that seems determined to stop him in his tracks. Meanwhile, Nekron manipulates Juliana's grief, and a new wave of horrors are unleashed on an unprepared world - forcing Jarol, the King of Fire Keep, to respond. Is hope still visible through the cracks of the slowly expanding ice? Find out in Fire and Ice #3 as acclaimed comics creators BILL WILLINGHAM (Fables, Legenderry) and LEONARDO MANCO (Hellstorm: Prince of Lies, Blaze of Glory) delve ever deeper into the world of the acclaimed film!

[lordkingsmith]

wip wednesday:

11) King of Stars/Lord of Luck; a non/disney crossover fic about Prince Lir from Last Unicorn and Nekron from Fire and Ice. Lir unwittingly pisses off and falls in love with the god of luck, becoming a minor god of stars in the process.

He left and returned, always moving things slightly towards what Lir asked him to help with. Kind, beautiful, earnest. He tried so hard, and it was beautiful to watch. Nekron wandered the little palace by the sea, noting with personal happiness that his shrine was there, and in a position of honor. He brushed his fingers along his statue’s face, looked at the little evidences of Lir’s lucky totems. A fox fur bracelet, pebbles he knew had been worn into that shine by nervous fingers in pockets. A bent coin. Three rings of braided furs and beads.

Nekron pocketed two of the rings, accepting the offerings with no small amount of happiness. He left one of the rings on the pillow of the terrified princess Anastasia. The other he slipped onto his own finger, admiring the craftsmanship and colors of the ring.

He probably shouldn’t be wearing offerings like this, especially when it came to Lir. The king was off limits. Off limits, and this item undoubtedly had deep meaning attached to it. He shouldn’t be wearing it like this. So for once listening to his better judgment he took it off, reluctantly, and placed it in a pocket.

While Bells in Santa Fe is on most of my playlists, figured you’d appreciate the fact it’s for these two and the growing longing before Nekron snaps lol

Here’s a bonus little thing for the opposite of fate or destiny is pure coincidence :)

“Cars” Luke supplied. “Owners and mechanic manuals. Pamphlets explaining how to take care of the vehicle. The one for this thing is in German!” He threw his hands up. “The only language I can magically speak and understand here is English! I don’t speak read or remotely understand German!”

Hector blinked. “I do.” Luke was suddenly staring at him and he rubbed the back of his neck, eyes somewhere on spot on a tree down the street. “It seems I can understand the modern version of every language I know along with English. Romanian, German, Hungarian but my accent is bad, some Italian-I can read it better than I speak it, passable French…” when he looked at Luke he was still staring at him with his mouth open. He felt his hackles rise.

“I was part of the inner circle of the royal court. I might prefer animals to people and being alone but I’m not uneducated!” He defended sharply. People thinking he was stupid didn’t normally bother him. However he and Luke had been around each other long enough he’d have thought Luke wouldn’t think that. It actually stung, the thought of being seen like that by his companion.

Luke blinked, closed his mouth, shook his head. “No I-I’m trying to think why I never thought to ask you. If you could read it for me.”

“Oh.” And just like that the defensive anger fizzled mostly away. “Well if you want me to, but maybe we get dinner first. I don’t feel like cooking, and the kids have been extra active.” And Luke still seemed agitated. It’d be better to get him out of the house.

Their dinner is going to turn into their first night doing more than just kissing lol.

And here’s the song for an upcoming chapter