#jack frost rotgoc

[frosted-night]

If your pumpkins seemed to have vanished from your porch overnight, don't worry! The autumn spirits wanted a snack and probably shared it with your neighborhood wildlife.

You'll know if Jack Frost took them by checking if the dew on your grass looks frosty.

Although Pitch isn't a seasonal spirit, he is prone to taking a seed or two. Though he's more notorious for taking halloween candy that ended up under kids beds. Especially secret stashes.

Mother Nature is never caught. She is simply too good.

[fosermi]

Slowly learning to animate! This was so fun to do especially the spinning jack.

[freak-like-meemy]

Today is a very special day because today is the eleventh anniversary of Rise of the Guardians!

ROTG is very dear to me because it introduced me to the Guardians of Childhood book series by the wonderful William Joyce and opened the window that lit up the very dark room that was my life at the time and made me want to be a writer.

So, I decided to celebrate with a special moodboard of my main OTP, Katherine Shalazar, and Jack Frost (Jatherine/Snow Goose).

For those who don't know, Katherine Shalazar grows up to be Mother Goose, and Nightlight doesn't die; he grows up to be Jack Frost~

[lunanofflibrary]

OK SO. inspired by works from people like @alkalinefrog and @twiafom (amazing work guys, hope you don't mind the tag!) i've officially subscribed to long haired jack frost, more specifically long haired jack frost with a ponytail. certain parts of this design are very much hindering on my own au and all the nightlight shenanigans BUT for the most part this is actually not that far off from a genuine "future jack frost" design, if you'd ask me to come up with one. SO here i present you, winter herald jack frost! bonus design feature explanation: -the wreath is mint, specifically chocolate mint! - the lapel is an au thing, specifically nightlight's shattered starcore -the flowers, aswell as the wreath, are from bunny! blue roses and forget me nots - his hoodie has been traded for a cloak, that tapers off near its worn ends into wintery mist - his ears are more elvish, to more closely resemble nightlight - not seen in the photo, his left eye is pastel green! - the earring is also a nod to nightlight

[lumifoxproductions]

Progress is being made!

Things are coming along gradually at the studio, as you can see we have a couple character concept ideas put together by a few of our artists that we wanted to share with you!

The 10th anniversary of DreamWorks' "Rise of the Guardians" is coming up this November, and one of our goals is to have our official trailer for our fan-animated series, "Adventures of the Guardians" out then!

Reminder: We are still calling for more artists to join us! Check out the call for work post on our page for more info if you are interested!

More to come soon☃️

[crysalgira]

Ten Years of Guardians

Ten years ago my then ten year old dragged me to this animated movie about Jack Frost, Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the Sandman.

We were in Myrtle Beach on vacation, the movie sounded really stupid and I really didn’t want to go.

He was persistent and we went and that corny sounding movie hit me right in the feels, shook me up and changed my life.

I credit Rise of the Guardians for reconnecting with my inner child. It taught me how to fight fear, to use my weapons of wonder, fun, hope, dreams and making good memories to keep fear at bay.

I have the cover of the Rise of the Guardians art book pinned to my wall and whenever my dark side tries to get the best of me I look at it...  and ask myself - what side do I want to be on?

I always come out on the colorful side...

Thank you for a decade of hope, dreams, fun and wonder.

I love you Rise of the Guardians!

p.s. - we’re back in Myrtle Beach and unfortunately the movie theater we watched it in seems to be closed....  bit sad, but we’ve got the memories 

[nose-nippin-fun]

Hey howdy ya’ll, how many of you remember me and wanna, you know, revive the fkn fandom??

[candraz]

*throw a blackice kiss into the crowd* here you go ✨✨✨

[galacticspaceguy]

Caved, made a Rotg oc (probably gonna get redesigned)

He’s Santa’s nephew, middle child of triplets, the ghosts of past, present and future. He is the ghost of the present. He’s an old friend of Jack Frost, meeting long before Jack became a guardian of childhood.

[bonnies-animatrussy]

Imagination is the only weapon in the war against humanity - Lewis Carroll

[frosted-night]

The Rotgoc fandom is no stranger to misconceptions, like somehow saying Jokul Frosti is Jacks norse counterpart when Jokul n Frosti are two seperate spirits etc. You guys know that I'm sure.

One that nags at me is the notion that Jack Frost and "Father Frost" are the same person or spirit. In my research for the Christmas spirits, I've learned quite a bit about Father Frost, and its very clear that he isn't Jack. Father Frost is North, or related to him.

Father Frost comes from a Russian Folktale that goes as follows;

A stepmother orders her husband to take the stepdaughter out in the wilderness to die. The girl is freezing at the foot of a tree and Father Frost appears. Instead of fearing him she's said to be nice to him despite her circumstances. Touched by the girl, Father Frost dresses her in warm fine linens to keep her warm and gives her a chest full of gems. The Stepmother sends her husband to fetch the girls body to bury and to his surprise the girl is just fine. Stepmother is enraged but curious how the girl got such nice things. So, she sends her own daughter out in the same place the stepdaughter nearly died in, to get the same valuable stuff. Father Frost appears but the girl is rude to him, probably demanding the same things as her stepsister. Insulted, Father Frost punishes her by allowing her to freeze to death.

Moral of the story is don't be greedy ig. So whats the connection to North? Father Frost sounds more like a winter spirit than Santa right? Ehhhh kind of. Father Frost is based off of the Slavic counterpart of Santa, Ded Moroz(This is the Russian spelling of his name.) Ded Moroz is said to be either a winter wizard, snow demon. Back then he was mostly called "Morozoko" or "ded". He was reformed to resemble more of Santa around the time of Soviet occupation.

Now, the early iteration of Ded Moroz could resemble Jack Frost, why the literal translation for his name is Grandfather Frost. However, just because Frost is in his name doesn't mean they're related. Ded Moroz resembles Santa more these days or St.Nicholas...so who's Ded Moroz?

Keep in mind I'm not Russian or Slavic, Eastern European countries have differing versions of Santa/St.Nicholas that could just be aliases for North. A reasonable assumption is Ded Moriz is an alias for North. I suppose if you stretched it maybe Ded Moriz could be seperate from Jack or North but due to the evolution of Ded Moroz's character it makes it hard to split him from Santa.

Regardless, I can kind of see why some would tie him to Jack Frost but if you read more about Father Frost/Ded Moroz, it's pretty clear the two barely have any association.

[fosermi]

Oh would you look at that!

I'm not dead!

Anyway, enjoy some frosty boi enjoying the rain :D

[stormingfrost]

Reviewing all Rise Of The Guardians related media

I found as much media in this franchise that I could (I know there’s some more that aren’t available anymore, like the apps) and I’m here to give my opinion on all of them. Even if I gave something a low rating, I still love and cherish it as a part of my collection! 

There’s four sections: movie tie-in books, online comics, Guardians Of Childhood, and miscellaneous pieces of media I can’t sort easily 

Movie tie-in books

The Art Of Rise Of The Guardians

        Setting - 4 stars

    Plot - 3 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

I love the concept art book so much. I find it very interesting to see how movies are made, especially animated ones. All of the different details and story elements and decisions are so cool. I had to do a double take on them calling Jack a 'hunk' that's so funny. And the art is just so gorgeous!

Guide To The Guardians

        Setting - 3 stars

        Plot - 2.5 stars

        Engagement - 4.5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 3.5 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

I love fun facts so much! Each guardian gets a section w/ information, and an activity to do. I really like it! It's my second favorite of the movie-tie in books! Has trading cards with even more fun facts! (I found high quality pictures of the cards from GoldenDragon on DeviantArt, if you wanna take a peek at them.)

Hidden Truths and Other Stories

        Setting - 3.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 4.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

It has two original stories:

Monty and Jamie discussing their experiences with the Guardians before the events of the movie

How the elves came to work for North!

Getting something from this world that I haven't seen before was so fun and exciting! My favorite of the movie tie-in books!

Hidden Truths: 

   The story of Jamie and Monty is really cute. Jamie keeps a book to keep track of the magical things that he sees. Monty shares a time when he was at a boys scout camp and got attacked by a stray dog, only to see ice appear out of nowhere.

With Friends Like These: 

    The elves are funny, and North and the yetis reaction to them is hilarious. They help North, and he decides to let them stay.

Worlds Of Wonder

        Setting - 2.5 stars

        Plot - 1.5 stars

        Engagement - 4 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 4 stars

        Overall rating - 3.5 stars

        Recommendation - 3 stars

I actually really like this. The play-set is cute and the little booklet gives some information about all the characters. It's something that I would've adored as a kid. It’s got a mixed rating bc it’s a pop-up play-set with mini paper cutouts of the characters, not a story. It’s a bit hard to rate with all the others. 

Rise Of The Guardians: Movie Novelization

        Setting - 3.5 stars

        Plot - 3 stars

        Engagement - 3.5 stars

        Characters - 4 stars 

        Style - 3 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 3.5 stars

        Recommendation - 3.5 stars

It's not as well written as I hoped it would've been, but it isn't a terrible read. Overall, I like it, but it does change, add, and exclude lines that were in the movie. Some changes I like, some I don't. It's not bad, not good.

Just meh. If you're a fan of rotg, you'll enjoy it well enough.

Jamie To The Rescue!

        Setting - 3 stars

        Plot - 3.5 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 3 stars

        Recommendation - 3 stars

It's a cute illustrated version of Jamie's view of the events of the movie. It’s a picture book for children, I can’t really enjoy this in the way it was intended to be read, because I’m not a kid. I like it, but it's not my favorite by a long shot. 

The Story Of Jack Frost

        Setting - 3 stars

        Plot - 3.5 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 3 stars

        Recommendation - 3 stars

It's another cute illustrated version of Jack's view of the events of the movie. I like it, but it's in the same category as Jamie To The Rescue! in terms of kid books that an adult is reading. 

Rise of the Guardians: A Deluxe Pop-Up Book

        Setting - 4.5 stars

        Plot - 3 stars

        Engagement - 3.5 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 2.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 3 stars

        Recommendation - 3 stars

It's fun to see the events of the movie in an interactive book! But some of the art is... just not very good? It's fine for the most part, but then Jack's eyes are suddenly in two different places and the characters look uncanny. Overall, I like it but the art leaves much to be desired.

Made In The North Pole

        Setting - 2.5 stars

        Plot - 2 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 2.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 2.5 stars

        Overall rating - 2.5 stars

        Recommendation - 2 stars

It's fun, but it's just screenshots from the movie and pngs with related text

Not a lot of effort was put into this as other books and it shows. It's cute tho, definitely a kids book meant for children. 

Rise Of The Guardians: Mix & Match

        Setting - 2 stars

        Plot - 2 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 4 stars

        Enjoyment - 2 stars

        Overall rating - 2.5 stars

        Recommendation - 2.5 stars

Not my favorite but I can recognize that I am not the target audience for this kids book. Probably my least favorite personality.  It would be fun for a kid though, the interactive element is good but overall it's not the best. It's just not for me.

Online comics

Learning To Fly

        Setting - 4.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

I like how he sees how the world works and learns from it. It shows how smart he actually is, and how much he had to learn in those 300 years. I also really like the panel where he is looking up at the birds. Very cool. Just Jack flying with a flock of birds is really cool.

Spring 1968

        Setting - 4 stars

        Plot - 4.5 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

This art is just GORGEOUS. Short and sweet, although I do wish we got to see more about the blizzard of '68. You just know Jack is laughing in the background somewhere. I seriously cannot get over how pretty this comic is. I want this art tattooed on my SOUL

Cat Nap

        Setting - 4 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

This is so adorable I can't even. Sandy's attempts to entertain the cat and the cat just not having it. Short and sweet and it's Sandy and a cat. What's not there to love?

The art is gorgeous. So cute!

Winter Spirit

        Setting - 3.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

Jack making snowmen for a group of kids. Adorable. Also, new Jack outfit besides his colonial one and modern one. I love how the snowmen glow with Jack's magic it's such a cool detail. Jack making things fun for a group of bored kids is so on brand. Very cute and fun!

Pitch Black

        Setting - 5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 5 stars

        Recommendation - 5 stars

Pitch gets offered to be a Guardian, but he refuses and takes offense to it. It's so interesting to see Pitch being more friendly to the Guardians, especially because this is the moment that started their fight. I love the different lore here. The books by William Joyce would've never had this happen. (Also ties in super well with Johane Matte's unofficial comics. I recommend reading those as well. This is her tumblr and this her deviantart) 

Guardians of Childhood

The Man In The Moon

        Setting - 4 stars

        Plot - 4 stars

        Engagement - 4 stars

        Characters - 4 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 4 stars

        Overall rating - 4 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

Very cute. The drawings are amazing. The story is obviously simple, but it's a bit awkward trying to fit Pitch and the lore in there when the story is mostly about MiM making a smile on the moon’s surface and balloons. 

The Sandman

        Setting - 4 stars

        Plot - 4 stars

        Engagement - 4 stars

        Characters - 4.5 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 4 stars

        Overall rating - 4 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

Different from the novels, but still good. Very cute, and the art is gorgeous. Golden Age/Pitch stuff was less sudden and awkward. 

Jack Frost

        Setting - 4 stars

        Plot - 4 stars

        Engagement - 4 stars

        Characters - 4 stars 

        Style - 5 stars

        Enjoyment - 4 stars

        Overall rating - 4 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

Very cute! Pretty art. Less confusion about the Pitch/Golden Age stuff, mostly because it was at the beginning as set up rather than just shoved in the middle as a long paragraph on one page. 

Nicholas St. North And The Battle Of The Nightmare King

        Setting - 4.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 4 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

Cute, whimsical. We see the very beginning of the Guardians- hints at Santa and Mother Goose. Start of the relics, the macguffins of the series (more on that later.) 

E. Aster Bunnymund And The Warrior Eggs At The Earth's Core!

        Setting - 4.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 3.5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 3.5 stars

        Overall rating - 4 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

I liked this book more than the first one. We set up Emily Jane, we get more characters, and the world is expanded on. I liked how Bunny is a dork, how Pitch's weapons absorb light, how Pitch touching Nightlight turned his hand human. I do wish there was more on Bunny's negative feelings towards Pitch, seeing as he did kill Bunny's people, rather than Bunny not really caring at all. 

Toothiana Queen Of The Tooth Fairy Armies

        Setting - 4.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 3.5 stars

        Characters - 4.5 stars 

        Style - 3 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 4 stars

        Recommendation - 4 stars

I wish we had more on Tooth's character. I love her so much. This book frustrates me because all of the other Guardians’ homes get exact locations, but Tooth's is just "Asia." Like where? Tooth's home is only implied, and it sucks. Plus, she's the only POC in this cast, and she's a bird. The book itself was okay (ignoring the orientalism). I liked some of Tooth's backstory and the build up to meeting Emily Jane. 

The Sandman And The War Of Dreams

        Setting - 4.5 stars

        Plot - 5 stars

        Engagement - 4.5 stars

        Characters - 5 stars 

        Style - 4.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 5 stars

        Overall rating - 4.5 stars

        Recommendation - 4.5 stars

I liked the full backstories and the pay off for Emily Jane, Nightlight, and the relics. It feels tied with the previous books. I don't like how rushed Sandy's parts are. Also the kiss thing is just weird. I love Emily Jane's character, wish we got more of her as Mother Nature. I liked how Sandy got blisters from the nightmare shield, it's reminiscent of his death in the movie. I liked it. Favorite book in the GOC series. 

Jack Frost The End Becomes The Beginning

        Setting - 4 stars

        Plot - 3 stars

        Engagement - 3.5 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 3 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 3.5 stars

        Recommendation - 3.5 stars

This book is a WILD ride. But definitely a better read if you aren't expecting it to be like the movie at all. The ending was good. I liked Shadowbent. It's inconsistent with the other books, it retcons a bunch of things. Like the relics. They aren’t important anymore just because. This book has unnecessary details and tangents that could be cut out (or even just shown, rather than told) because they do not add anything to the story. Joyce should stop using real historical figures in this book. Jack's staff is alive, btw. I'm still not over that. Or that Tumblr sexyman Jack Frost, Elsa's boyfriend or whatever, is besties with Winston Churchill (????????????????)

Miscellaneous pieces of media I can’t sort easily 

 Rise Of The Guardians: The Video Game (3DS version)

        Setting - 3.5 stars

        Plot - 3.5 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 2.5 stars 

        Style - 3 stars

        Enjoyment - 3.5 stars

        Overall rating - 3.5 stars

        Recommendation - 3.5 stars

I'm gonna be completely honest here: this game is a low effort cash grab. It’s a movie video game, my expectations are low and it met them. It's enjoyable if you like beating things up, but the gameplay gets repetitive quickly. I liked it well enough played it twice even but I wouldn't say it's the best. The game looks much better (better graphics, gameplay, voice acting, and multiplayer) on Wii/PS3/Xbox 360, I just don't have those consoles.

The Man in The Moon (2005 short film) 

        Setting - 3.5 stars

        Plot - 4 stars

        Engagement - 3 stars

        Characters - 3 stars 

        Style - 3.5 stars

        Enjoyment - 3 stars

        Overall rating - 3.5 stars

        Recommendation - 3.5 stars

The art style is a 3D version of William Joyce's art style (which is fine but gives me Coraline book cover vibes.) The bowler hat is apparently the boogeyman's, which is hilarious (because Joyce wrote the book that became Meet The Robinsons.) VERY early concept of this universe, used to pitch the idea to Dreamworks. It's funny how the core concept is there, but how different it is to both the movie and the books. It's alright, I do find it more interesting than entertaining, because of how much the concept changed. Can't have William Joyce without the robots. 

[freak-like-meemy]

Yeah, I went there.

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