#horace altman

[ragingadhd]

Horace Altman’s character development is a wonder. How did this boy go from textbook bully jock to living proof that there is in fact hope for cis men. He used to outlet his insecurities through anger and violence. Now he’s a feminist and openly acknowledges his own shortcomings and strives to be better. Who is he. He needs to be studied.

[that-one-enby-ranger]

Halt in a room with Will, Gilan and Horace: It’s calm in here. 

Halt: It scares me…

[findingcrow]

Why have I not seen LITERALLY ANYONE talk about how in Erak’s Ransom, when Will saves the group, Horace yells “Will!!” And holds up his tied hands AND WILL SHOOTS IT AND FREES HIM??? LIKE THAT WAS SO COOL WHY DO WE NEVER TALK ABOUT THAT????? The fact that, number one, Horace knew Will was skilled enough to do it, number two, Horace TRUSTED Will not to shoot his hand, number three, Will understood what Horace wanted him to do, and finally, the fact that WILL WAS ABLE TO DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?? Now obviously rangers are very trained and blah blah blah but THATS STILL BADASS????

[nineteen-rats]

depression

[ascender56]

Ranger's Apprentice Portraits

(Prepare for a long post) I decided to go back to Ranger's apprentice and paint some some proper portraits. This time I had references (which I will post at the end).

Halt

Will

Horace

Cassandra/Evanlyn

Alyss

Gilan

Lady Pauline

I'll probably add some more later :)

Here are the reference images I used (Midjourney): https://imgur.com/a/cpooa0K

[biggestqiblifan]

Halt be getting karma, especially after the ah, short skirts comment. Actually, never mind. He was just messing around and trying to keep the poor boy's innocence.

Though, that was kinda ripped away fast.

[an1d10t]

Crowley: I like my men like I like my coffee. Bitter and dark

Will: I like my hugs like I like my stew. Sweet, warm and comforting.

Horace: I like my food like I like my friends. I like everything.

Halt: I like strangers like I like shrimp. I absolutely hate shrimp.

[silveroakleafdeer]

Halt, Will and Horace (finally) :] Will probably should be older but I felt like drawing his younger ruins-of-gorlan version xD

[name-s-are-not-important]

Another random headcanon

Having been given a silver oak leaf and a last name, Will now finds it slightly embarrassing to introduce himself to everyone who knew him before by telling them his last name.

Horace, instead, is determined to make it known to everyone and, for the first few days after the ceremony, makes everyone who turns up aware that this here Ranger's last name is Treaty.

They have long since clarified between them what was between them as children. But this is one thing Horace can't let go of.

And everyone needs to know. This is Will, he's a Ranger, his last name is Treaty and he's a goddamn hero. Is that clear?

[solarishashernoseinabook]

okay okay but what if

Horace and Halt get back from skandia

and Horace asks Pauline why couriers in araluen don't wear short skirts like they do in gallica

[pickle-bandits]

Some art for my fellow ranger’s apprentice fans out there!

[ragingadhd]

“Will struggled to keep up with Horace’s long-legged stride-“ Flanagan you liar. Will walks so fast he breaks the sound barrier on a regular basis, I know it. No short person with that much trauma walks at any speed slower than slightly above average. I know from experience btw

[starburstsobsessions]

I like Horace because his weaknesses AND strengths as a character are that he’s Just Some Guy. Like he just follows you around, fights during whatever happens and then asks when’s lunch. There’s no personal drama there’s no overt superpower there’s no underlying dire consequence he constantly goes through. He just exists and can swing a sword pretty good. Where he falters? He’s scared of the dark. He’s scared of heights. He’s scared of claustrophobic spaces. He doesn’t think about the yknow inevitability of death or anything like that he’s Just Some Guy

[findingcrow]

I would really like to remind everyone that it’s canon (we didn’t make this up. We didn’t have to make this up Flanagan made it canon for us) that everyone just. Accepts that Will is Halt’s son. Gilan says that even though he and Halt will always be close, Halt and Will’s relationship is much closer and is father & son like. Pauline treats Will as her son. Horace sees Will as his brother and Halt as his uncle. Everyone sees Will and Halt and are like “this man. This man has adopted a child” which is so funny to me because imagine you’re in araluen and you see Greybeard halt who never smiles with his happy son who doesn’t shut up (AND they’re the same height). Flanagan does a lot wrong in the series but making Halt see Will as his son and the found family aspects are NOT one

[nineteen-rats]

tiny sketch dump

[rangergilan]

Horace Altman redraw 🍂