#arik tanthalos

[the-useless-vampire]

Every friend group should include

a bimbo:

a mean bisexual:

an even meaner lesbian:

she/theys:

he/theys:

an astrology bitch who has everyone's birth chart memorized:

and a short king:

[undercoverr]

They’re so cute 🥰

Their chemistry >>>>

Disney please announce season 2 🥺

[whatimdoing-here]

WILLOW | 1.08

And I'm never gonna leave you.

[thecsquirrel]

Absolutely happy that Warrior Nun rose from the dead. Great effort all around. (Really hope they bring back Shotgun Mary because I miss her energy.)

As this development bolsters my hope for Willow, there's work to be done. There's no secret that the Warrior Nun campaign got crazy attention and buy-in, and not just from queer folks - who led the charge.

Willow has the base to grow from the og fans who loved that campy ass film and love this show (it me!) and the young folks who fell in love with the whole Willow gang. That's a great loud and lovely base and it needs to be bigger and louder.

But how does one do that without the damn show! Warrior Nun grew because we had a whole season to rewatch, and then folks picked it up. And petty-ass Disney has taken the show off the platform. (Like f*ck them forever for that. Seriously.)

As always the fanfic and the art and the edits keep this whole thing going. Social media fans those flames. Keep up the word of mouth. Sign petitions and harass your friends. Also, harass Disney. Let's get Kasdan and the crew back on board.

Finally, to the youth, piracy is your friend! 🏴‍☠️ I still have all my burned dvds and cds from college. Yes, there are sites (with spamware, blerg), but torrenting is a good way to go. There are good torrent sites and programs like Utorrent.

Download the whole season. Put it on your drive. Share that drive. Burn it to a dvd. Maybe make copies and just hand them out. Whatever it takes. This show needs eyeballs! I truly believe that Disney et al are choosing to deplatform shows because of the WGA strike and residuals, however, the fact that the majority of the canceled/deplatformed shows are Queer-led, Black/POC led, and often have female leads or focused on women is no coincidence. (Male-centered queer shows are not only being renewed, but if they are canceled, they are easily finding new homes. NPH's show is a prime example.) So, yes, the data suggests that there is a bias against shows about queer/lesbian women and nb folks.

Anywho, mount up Team One Braincell aka Questies, and let's do the thing. Maybe Kasdan can stop his placating approach and get pissed off. It worked for Simon Barry, so who knows.

Let's go storm a castle and whatnot!

[rh-ae-na]

Oooh look another show with a sapphic relationships that has been cancelled what a suprise. I seriously hate this so much.

[graktung]

Kit: oh come on, i wasn’t that drunk

Jade: you tried to colour my face with a highlighter becuase you told me i was important

[allthefakepeople]

hi for fans of willow i made something :)))

[revolorilution]

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[saveillow10]

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[laiahernandeeezzz]

I don't know how I feel... I mean, yes it's absolutely amazing that they already have volume II planned, and they are keeping it on standby to let the actors have other projects.. HOWEVER, I still don't want to get my hopes up, because I can't feel again what I felt on Wednesday...

I am excited but also equally scared

Right now we have a mission and it's not let the fandom die in the next 12 months... maybe everything is not lost

[ober-affen-geil]

The thing about Arik in Willow (2022) that makes me really fucking sad for him is like...he has potential? And he knows it? And no one, including the narrative is allowing him to actually act on it.

'Cus see, I refuse to believe he is corrupted by The Crone because he's a fuckboi who wanted power. That's not what "I am your king" means to Arik.

Arik is the guy that everyone dismisses as a useless airhead who's only interested in one thing except???? He's not? Which he tries to tell everyone, including the audience/narrative multiple times.

In the *first episode* we see him actually pull some pretty fancy diplomatic footwork (offscreen) which was NECESSARY because Kit throwing a temper tantrum in front of the entire fucking court was a legitimate diplomatic incident. That was BAD, that was a BAD THING that endangered a lot of people! It's said multiple times that the marriage was to link two kingdoms and strengthen them and Kit just Deciding to openly blow off her betrothed was A Bit Not Good actually!

And then Arik swoops in and smooths everything over because he's good with people, actually, he's good at sweet talking them, and he BASICALLY FUCKING SAVES KIT A LOT OF FACE and then his mom yells at him for it because she's stressed about Willow's prophesy and Kit's immature selfishness.

And then! When he makes the promise to Elora he actually really fucking means it?! He really, really does. He stays faithful to her when The Crone tries to seduce him and reveals he does!! Actually!! Know her name!!! He knows it's Brunhilda and calls her "Dove" because he realizes she doesn't like her actual name!!!! He knows that about her!! Because he fucking meant it!

And to top it all off, the poor boy is genre savvy!!!!!!!! He didn't do shit in the creepy abandoned city and when it started trying to *talk* to him HE FUCKING LEAVES. HE LITERALLY NOPES OUT BECAUSE THAT CAN'T BE GOOD, RIGHT? He doesn't even drink the orange glitter goo until he's forced to go back into the city *or fucking die*. And even THEN after he's been drinking The Wyrm's Milk or whatever the fuck he still resists the The Crone. He doesn't succumb immediately, in fact when he realizes what she is he *tries to leave again*.

(What I'm not mentioning here is that he is also possibly very magic sensitive in some way, because he reacts to The Crone with the same sort of shudder/groan thing he does with Elora which Eye Wood Lyke To Sea Examined Thank You).

My point is, Arik is smart. He knows his strengths and his weaknesses and is pretty happy to be pandered to, but is not completely fucking useless when taken out of his ivory tower. He did get captured but he knew how to use that sword before he did. He has faith, and loyalty, and a lot of strength of character and seems fairly content with the apparent state of things (Kit destined for the throne despite being younger than him technically? I was unclear on that).

"I am your king" being his "temptation" is not for the *power*. With "king" comes responsibility, and more importantly here RECOGNITION that he has extremely laudable and noble qualities. "King", for Arik, means that people will see him for more than what they expect to see when the look at him.

His mother dismisses his quick thinking and quite necessary diplomatic talent as meddling and his sister waves off him succumbing to brainwashing and torture after an (unknown but) long period of time during which he did *everything in his power to escape* as naiveté and gullibility. Even Elora doesn't really believe he's true to his word about her.

"I am your king" means "I have integrity, diplomacy, and intelligence and I am honored to be entrusted with the protection of my people". "I am your king" means "See me for who I am". "I am your king" means "Recognize my talents, or you will lose me as I lose myself". Not "I want power because I was born privileged and deserve it by divine right".

Anyway we better get a season 2.

[nerd-at-sea5]

'to be brave, and loved. and to not be a princess.'

first off - kit is brave. they’re willing to go to the end of the world for their brother, sacrifice themself for they’re father, fought off the monsters and trolls and everything else. kit is brave.

secondly, they are loved by so many people. jade, clearly-but also arik and willow. willow sees their dad in them, and boorman thinks of arik as a son so he must think of kit as another child.

thirdly, that’s just trans. non-binary kit for the win everybody, nb kit <33

[undercoverr]

A moment of silence for Kit Tanthalos with messy hair 🤩

[icameoutonthetardis]

I was totally normal and fine while watching elora and kit switch off who was talking to Arik and who was watching the three monsters that had been hunting them for weeks

[ladiesloveabisexualman]

I wanna see Arik absolutely lose his mind when he meets Mims. He’s all YOU FOUND ELROA DANNON? In a basket in a freaking RIVER? What was it like tell me everything let’s bond over our fathers leaving us as children to go on quests.

Basically I want his reaction to Nelwyns to be the exact opposite of Kit’s.

And Kit is all dude chill out, and Arik is like no! This is amazing! Elora may have dumped my ass but she is still the savior of the free world! And if Mims here hadn’t found her. Dude. Granny would be running things. Mims saved the world first.

And Mims and Elora are in the kitchen making Eloras muffins and Arik is so busy arguing with his sister he hasn’t noticed they left 😂

[strange-stranger]

Ok but like Beyond the Shattered Sea was the most beautiful episode of television I’ve ever seen