#Hectors a menace he just is; i dont make the rules

[artuurle]

Hello! I absolutely adore how you draw Hector, and your Grujaja art has wrecked me to my core with love. Fabulous big little guys. 100/10 would recommend. Anywho, I keep looking at your art of Hector popping his own head off to diss himself and can’t help but wonder: do you think he would ever (post A LOT OF HEALING) do silly stuff with his ability to go to pieces?

yes 100% he does after he gets in a better headspace unfortunately its very commonly used to mess with his boys in my heart and soul. This is because all the bizzyboys are silly little guys including him.

This dude sucks lets kill him.

[thealmightyemprex]

Fantasy Month :The Pirates of Dark Water(First 5 episodes)

Gonna do something different for this entry ,will be looking at a TV show,in this case the ahead of its time Hannah Barbera series The Pirates of Dark Water .I will only be only covering the 5 opening episodes wh8ich made up the openi8ng miniseries

In this 1991 seried we follow Ren (George Newbern ) ,the long lost son of King Primus ,as he ventures,along with his companions Ioz(Hector Elizondo ),Tula (Jodie Benson) and Niddler (Frank Welker ) on a quest to save the world of Mer from a dangerous force called the Dark Water ,by finding the 13 treaures of Rule before the the ruthless pirate Bloth (Brock Peters)

SO the word for this show is ambitious .This show is between the toyetic cartoons of the 80's and the more serious story driven shows of the 90's .This is a show where the heroes can be self serving and not always get along :Yeah Ren is noble,but Tula has her own agenda ,Niddler is food driven ,and Ioz is a greedy pirate .....And I like that dynamic,they are friends but theres is some shakiness there .Also I dont wanna say its dark but unlike a lot of shows from this era ,PEOPLE DIE ! Not gruesomely but In these first 5 episodes I think 6 people die ,so it gives stakes to the story.What also sets it apart from shows of its era is the fact there is a ongoing story:This is a mcguffin chase with a set number of things to get ,which is unusal for a show from this period

The ambitionalso goers to the designs and animations.I know Hannah Barbera is associated with cheap animation but there are some really intricate designs here and for a Saturday morning cartoon from the 90's the animation is pretty decent .The designs for all the monsters,creatures and characters are creative .Design wise I love the creatures known as monkeybirds which is Niddlers species .It does kind of lean into the Dick Tracy mindset a little with how exaggerated and grotesque the villains are ,though I do adore Bloths design ,very big and menacing

It also has an excellent voice cast of rather well known actors :GEorge Newbern from Father of the Bride (THough people might know him more as Superman and Sephiroth ),character Hector Elizondo ,Jodi Benson from the Little Mermaid ,veteren actor Brock Peter and even cult favorite Tim Curry make up our main casts ,plus well known voice talent like Frank Welker and Peter Cullen .Hell Roddy McDowall was in this......But not on the version you can watch.See when this was a miniseries McDowall was cast as Niddler the Monkey Bird ,but when it was brought to series he was replaced by Frank Welker,and Welker redubbed the first 5 episodes .I've listened to a few clips of McDowalls take,I think its a shame they redubbed him,but I also really like Welkers more comedic take,so I am split .I think all the acting is good and every actor fits their role :George Newbern has a idealistic and youthful energy as Ren,Hector Elizondo fits the lovable rogue type,Jodi Benson is always great ,Tim Curry plays against type as Bloths bumbeling henchman Konk and he is really good at it ,Peter Cullen is menacing as Bloths second in command Mantus,and I am a Brock Peters fan so it is a delight to hear him ham it up while being genuinely menacing as the series main villain Bloth (Bloth is also my favorite character ,no surprise cause I love villains and I love Brock Peters )

Now I do have a problem with the show and its the fact the world building can be sloppy.The Dark Water is not explained well despite the fact other then Bloth it is the main threat ,REn just happens to know Konks name despite not really being introduced to each other and Niddler just knows where Tula is from despite that not being established .The world itself is really cool and I dig it

Now by watching only the opening arc I was asking a question of myself "Is this a show I would want to wactch more of"......And the answer is HELL YES !!! This is a very good show ,it reminds me of stuff like Samurai Jack and Avatar the Last Airbender just not as polished .I think it is underrated and very much deserving of a cult status .I like the character dynamics,the world is cool,its got a great villain,if you havent seen it check it out

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