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I want to say something about Klaus

I’ve been waiting a very long time to see this movie, and when I finally could I loved it to pieces. But the ending broke my heart- in more ways than one.

There will be no “tldr” here because my feelings about this film are too strong to let me minimalize what I have to say about it (but I might have to make a part 2 since this is pretty big). If you don’t agree with me, that’s fine, it’s okay, I don’t blame you. I won’t tell you you’re wrong, because in your own life you’re as obligated as ever to have an opinion of your own, correct or not. One other thing I want to say before I start rambling is that this will be messy. Also I do not- nor have ever- claimed to be a critic, and this is not a review. This is just a single person on the internet expressing their opinion, and for the love of all that is holy let’s keep it at that.

Foreword over, on to my pure thoughts. Oh, and spoiler alert for those who haven’t seen the movie yet. No matter what I think about it it’s definitely worth a watch, and going into this without seeing it will probably confuse some folks. Maybe.

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Old sketch I don't think I uploaded oops lol

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Oh I ADORE them <3

new oc art!!

I feed the small community of Mogens lovers with my oc x cannon ship with him. My oc Koppel

I’m in the process of trying to find a way to draw Mogens in my style without getting annoyed with myself that I can’t draw him 1:1 with his actual look (most the time I can’t draw characters i love how they look in their respective styles and I’m sad about it)

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HIM HIM HIM HIM HIM

I've seen lots of people on here say that Mogens is very similar to Disney's version ofJohn Silver from Treasure Planet so here he is in some of his poses. Bonus! Sille in the last sketch being given a good ol' pep talk.

(Side question: How do some of you guys get your lines so soft on IbisPaintX?)

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jesper just purchased some bitch repellent, you guys tell me if it works

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Mogens Appreciation Post

Mogens had, in my opinion, one of the best character arcs in the film. Though he isn’t seen much in the latter half of the movie, his final speaking scene showed his progression.

It was subtle, but effective.

He immediately noticed that Jesper was unhappy to leave Smeerensburg and he showed concern. For all of his teasing and snark, Mogens had grown to like Jesper as a person and the changes he made to the town, and he knew that something needed to be said.

But the ferryman also knew he wasn’t the one to talk to Jesper about this. He knew that he needed his father, and he used his casual surveillance and sarcasm to lead Jesper’s father to talk to him.

Matt Williames, the supervising animator of Mogens, agrees that the final scene at the ferry “shows his character arc coming to fruition. It is subtle, and that’s what I love about it. I don’t believe it when character arcs are represented by becoming different characters. In life what we see in changed people is that the personality is intact but the heart has been renewed and now the desires are different. […] We see evidence of this later in Mogens when he uses his sarcasm and snark to effect things positively.”

This is the ideal character arc. Mogens remains the same snarky, emotionally-distant, sarcastic person that we all loved, but he’s also become more compassionate and reaches out to help in his own way where he once would have ignored the problem.

It wasn’t a drastic upheaval of everything that Mogens had been. His personality wasn’t filtered into something that he wasn’t. He was essentially the same, warts and all.

The largest change had occurred internally, where they truly counted.

And I think that’s amazing character progression.

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Jay drew this blame them for this

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You're welcome

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My friend just compared mogens to the state of Indiana.

And I hate that he's right..

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“To me, Mogens is a very hurt human being who has checked out of life and emotionally keeps everyone at a distance. His goal is pleasure, and making the pursuit of pleasure your ultimate goal leads to a meaningless existence. He is the kind of character that could be really irritating and one-dimensional if not handled with some level of charm and subtext. With every moment of snark, I tried to handle it with an equal measure of charm.”

Interview with Matt Williames, Supervising Animator for Mogens

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CURRENT MOGENS ENJOYER RN HELLO I ADORE YOUR ARTWORK

HELLO! This is my introduction into the Mogens fandom.

I will be posting self insert art of Mogens here, because recently I've have been infatuated with this goofy goober, and I would like to share the loooove.

Let me know if there are still any Mogens ejoyers in 2024, I would like to connect with my people.

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IM GONNA CRRYYYYYT THIS IS SO GOOD OMG KITTY MOGENS KITTY MOGENS YEEESSS

Kitty Mogens~

Me and my friend were drawing cat boys and I was like 'well I gotta draw my pookie poo as a tabby' so here he is, as a cat (But we all know he'd be a seal like CAMAAN).

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THEM THEM IM SO HAPPY TO SEE OTHER MOGENS FANS RN

Fishing date!

Yay! I caught a fish~ Nothing could ever go wrong.

OH NO IT ALL WENT WRONG!!! ... we fell in. There goes our fish dinner. At least he is being nice about it.

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So I was talking with a friend about biting mogens head (ya know the kind) and. My friend Jay sent me THIS drawing they made RIGHT on cue--

Spiritual connection dare I say--

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EATING YUM YUM HES SO RAAAH

No bitches? (Please tell me you know what I'm referring to lol)

It's Mogens again :D

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I drew Mogens as a sail person a bit ago (all tomorrow's go brr)

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WOOF WOOF

AAAAAA PLEASE TELL ME THERES STILL FANS OF THIS LOVELY MOVIE