#posts about boxtrolls

[captain-crowfish]

hello hello !!

I wanted to ask, who's your favorite character from Boxtrolls ?? it's one of my most favorite movies nyehe :3

(APOLOGIES IF I'VE ASKED BEFORE, I HAVE A HORRID MEMORY !!)

Hihihi!!!! Thank you for reaching out! always a pleasure to chat with some other Boxtroll fans... Boxtrollers? I love Eggs, Snatcher, and Winnifred in the film, but if I had to pick just one, it would definitely be Snatcher.

He's an absolute blast to try to analyze and try to get into his head, and I notice a new thing about him every time I re-watch the film... yes, all 63 times. I get the feeling that, the moment he learns Eggs is still alive, he starts to lose himself. He's kind of an idiot, but he makes up for it in cleverness. He knows just how to find people's weakness and exploit it for his own gain, and this is what makes him so formidable. He sees nothing but his own ambitions, completely ignoring his own weakness, and that ultimately leads to his demise. Heck, in the final scene, Eggs is telling him that he doesn’t need to eat cheese to be powerful, he is already powerful. He got people to listen to him. (although for all the wrong reasons) And what does he say to that? "I have made me, boy." Because despite Eggs making a brilliant point, Snatcher is still, exactly where he's wanted to be his whole life, eating cheese with the White Hats. Even if he only got there kind of on accident, and before that, he did the same thing to Eggs that the White hats did to him, pushing those beneath him in the social ladder even further down for the sake of gaining power. Also, in calling Eggs 'boy', he acknowledges his own progress in breaking through societal labels, it's the nicest thing he's said to him the entire movie, and he's still talking down to Eggs. So in this final scene, Eggs and Snatcher are both correct. They both want the exact same thing, to have their own identities and be accepted for it, and they achieve it by being the opposite of what they’re stereotyped as. Eggs, by being kind and brave, Snatcher, by being clever and manipulative. And that fact alone makes the little film-analyst in my brain squeal with delight.

Another thing I enjoy, and I've probably mentioned this before, every fan-depiction of Snatcher that I've seen is slightly different. We all have our different interpretations of this guy, and I think that's a key indicator as to how complicated he really is, and I love him for it. Just a bonus thing I want to admit, interestingly enough, in the novelization of the film, (Not to be confused with 'Here Be Monsters!') Winnifred ends up being my favorite character,

even if that is mostly due to how the book is only told from the direct POV from either Eggs or Winnie. As much as I dislike the novel, it provides just the right amount of extra details to really flesh out her character. She's so bored with her home life that her coping mechanism is somewhat self-destructive, and that description both over-exaggerates and summarizes her arc in the book. Again, it's a pretty bad novel, but it's a blast to compare & contrast with the film.

[neil-gaiman]

The Unofficial Art Of Coraline

Good day! You might already know about this and could have posted about it already and I just missed it but there is an unofficial art of Caroline book on Internet Archives. (link in the title, I hope it works in asks too).

I was looking at James Gurney's blog and he wrote about this a month ago in his post Digital Media and Cultural Memory. He writes this about it:

"All of the films by Laika Animation have "Art of" books available, including Paranorman, Boxtrolls, and Kubo. But their first film, Coraline, doesn't.  Much of the concept art had been shared online, but it wasn't organized, and hard to find. So a group of fans gathered up everything they could find, and created an unofficial digital book in PDF form and put it online. But after the book had been available for a while, they started receiving takedown notices from Laika. They weren't making any money from it, just honoring the artists' work. They wrote to the management of Laika, who found out that the takedown letters were coming from their legal department. Fortunately Laika reversed their position and allowed the book again. For now, you can view the book. (It’s a big file and takes a while to download.)"

I just thought I share it with you in case you didn't know about it (which I think is unlikely but possible). It's really amazing book. Have a nice day!

That is wonderful. I'd love to see a physical Art of Coraline book.

[masochismustango]

So, summertime is over and it’s autumn outside, which days are still pretty warm.

It’s a shame I had to spend most of the time traveling, visiting stuff and being busy with entrance examinations to the master’s program, because that is the reason I didn’t draw much.

The class schedule’s pretty confusing, so I’ll get to know about it and get clarification at tomorrow’s meeting at my university, because there’s hope that I’ll have more spare time.

In any case, I succeeded in starting to work on redrawing stuff of the concept art drawn by Mike Smith for “The Boxtrolls”, where the early versions of Archibald Snatcher, Eggs, Winnie, Fish, Shoe and some cabbagehead dude were portrayed. I want to draw the same thing, but with the final appearances of the given characters. I still don’t use the tablet or something like that, so I do all the sketches traditionally and that kind of stuff takes a lot of time.

And as you’ve probably guessed, it took a lot of time to portray Archie, but I’m pretty satisfied with the result of my kinda hard work, so I decided to post the sketch of him first to put on airs a bit. I dare say I enjoyed drawing him that carefully, I would call it a character study as well at some point. 

Long story short, I’m happy with the complete sketch and I want you to share that feeling with me too! Hope you like it!

[universewolfpup]

Ah, yes, things i love and enjoy in the form of a list as well as funky little things about me 😌😌

✨ Fandoms ✨

The furry fandom, i have like.. 4.. fursonas.. and no art of them except for Glappy :]

AHEM THE FNAF FANDOM OH GOSH I ADORE FNAF i love Funtime Freddy and Toy Bonnie and i am oh so excited for the Ruin DLC and the movie \o/

✨ Movies ✨

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio is a recent favorite of mine and I've watched it like over 10 times I WOULD DIE FOR SPAZZ, PIN, CANDLEWICK AND SEBASTIAN THEY ARE MY BABIES

Literally any LAIKA movie ever ESPECIALLY The Boxtrolls

Hmm yes a recurring theme here I LOVE STOP MOTION

The Iron Giant is such a beautiful classic and is such a wonderful movie

THE OUTSIDERS OH YES THE OUTSIDERS

Nacho Libre was such a formative experience IT IS THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE

I also adore me some West Side Story (2021)

✨ Shows ✨

Ahem TIGER AND BUNNY YESSIR TIGER AND BUNNY MY FAVORITE DISASTER BISEXUAL AND HIS EQUALLY CHAOTIC GAY HUSBAND

Candy Candy is my childhood Anthony White Ardley (i think that's how you spell it) my beloved 😌

I love me some Good Witch SAM AND CASSIE FOREVER

Young Justice is also a childhood favorite of mine and how dearly i miss it

BLUEY i relate to Bingo so so much and just the show in general is chefs kiss

✨ Music Artists ✨

I would die for Måneskin their music IS AMAZING

PORTER ROBINSON OWNS MY SOUL

Bad Bunny for life HIS MUSIC MAKES ME FEEL COOL

✨ Books ✨

Pendragon: An Adventure Through Time and Space I WOULD DIE FOR THIS BOOK SERIES ITS LIKE THE GREATEST THING IVE EVER READ

Wolves of the Beyond formed me into the little gremlin i am today :3c

I have read I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter like over 50 times by now SUCH A GOOD BOOK OH GOSH

✨ Random Things About Me ✨

Let's see what else what else

I love stop motion more than anything it is LITERALLY MY PASSION

I love drawing \o/ I'll post some art here some day woohoo

I am also a therian and i have quite a few theriotypes

I ALSO HAVE A PARACOSM CALLED UNIVERSE AND IT IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE I WILL RAMBLE ABOUT IT SOME TIME I SWEAR

I have so many funky aus IT'S WILD i have a whole FNAF au I'm working on and fun things like that maybe I'll ramble about that someday

anyways goodbye for now and don't be afraid to ask me questions or friend me or all that fun stuff i am just here to vibe and ramble like crazy about the things I'm passionate about :3

[decaflondonfog]

10 comfort films

thank you @skeptiquewrites for the tag! i love making lists, even if i know i'm going to think of something i should have included as soon as i hit post. these have varied vibes but they're all films i rewatch often because they're familiar and make my brain happy. from probably most to least rewatched:

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

The Boxtrolls (2014)

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

Tangled (2010)

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Stardust (2007)

Amélie (2001)

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

and i'm including a bonus film because i've only watched it once but have no doubt it will become something i rewatch twice a month at least, and honestly i just need everyone to go watch it:

Suzume (2022)

aaaaaand that's me! if any of you fancies doing this, i'm passing this along to: @the-starryknight @nv-md @celestialbee @fluxweeed and @whataboutmysideblog ❣️

[little-eggs]

「☆ HELLO EVERYONE! ☆」

• eggs

• sfw age regressor

• regression ages → 0-2, 3-5, 6-8

• kidcore & cleancore enthusiast

• open to making friends!

「☆ MORE ABOUT ME ☆」

• i've been regressing for a veeeery long time!

• i'm an artist! i made the "hello" gif up there!

• i like colouring, playing pretend, making friends, video games, and watching shows/movies with my buddy @little-goosie !

• my favourite movies are boxtrolls and tangled, and my favourite shows right now are bluey and octonauts!

• i think i'm probably going to just put reblogs here, but i'll post my own stuff amongst them, like art, and other fun things!

• all i can say is... pls no nsfw!

• be nice! have fun!

[hexfloog]

WIP Challenge

Rules:

Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs. I have deemed that this isn’t just for writing either. Sketch titles? Comics? DND campaigns? If you have an unfinished project, it counts!!

Finally getting around to this!  I’ve been very busy and couldn’t really get to this sooner ;0;  Thanks everyone for the tags!!

Since this has already made the rounds at least a few times I won't be tagging anybody else 😅

From my “Personal WIP” folder (RIP):

Anything with a 09/30/18 date was carried over from my previous PC and hasn’t been touched since (oops). 

A lot of these don’t actually have anything in them except for one or two screenshots?  You’re welcome to ask about anything, but maybe ask about at least two just in case I don’t have anything for your first choice ^^;

There’s quite a mix in here, but here’s a more curated list of titles by fandom if you’d rather cheat a little (below the cut):

DCMK:

I Don’t Get It

Killing Time

Master of Illusion

Until It Isn’t

Untitle Comic

Zoids:

Commodore Fury

Pirateverse Sketches

Shen Jerk-Concepts

Other:

Boxtrolls - Ducktales

Godhorse - My Little Pony

Iggy - The Legend of Spyro

Social Distancing - Faith

Majora - The Legend of Zelda

[yourshipsarevalid]

Roman Torchwick x Archibald Snatcher from RWBY/The Boxtrolls Is a valid ship!

[scrapnick]

MOM HOLY FUCK!!! My eternal gratitude to @thetransalien for taking the time to ship this and letting me buy it of his hands!! I love you man!! I still CANNOT believe I own LAIKA merch!!

[captain-crowfish]

Mmmmmya know what?

Fuck it

Square Gremlin Cube Goblin movie is turning 10 years old this year and I wanna do something special because if I don't write my hour long video essay on why this film is surprisingly tightly written and depicts the stages of scapegoating and genocide so cohesively then no one else is gonna make a video like that and no one will learn to comprehend how much I fucking love the fucking cardboard minion Tarzan cheese genocide film Good God Spode in the Stars what have they done to me

[masochismustango]

I have two unfinished art pieces that are actually easy to complete, but I’m busy with studying and writing my graduation diploma, so here’s the sketches I did long ago

Many of you have already noticed that I have some kind of hyperfixation on “The Boxtrolls”, that cartoon’s main bad guy especially, the chief boxtrolls exterminator Archibald Snatcher. Last winter I tried to draw him for the next art scenarios in the future using references, and, damn, it turned out so good!!

Then I tried to doodle his drag alter-ego, Madame Frou-Frou, and I’m proud as well of this one too!

I’m not sure about making these two sketches into fully drawn illustrations with some kind of backgrounds and other effects, I’m thinking about making some more stuff based on these two, though like some weeks ago I tried to and it failed to my opinion, but I may be too particular about what I do, so… Nevermind.

Also have some studies I did of the courtiers from “The Arcana” last summer! And yeah, there are some posts about that one sketch of Vulgora - the one’s even completed drawing -, but I’m more satisfied with this one

[kpyeeper]

After indirectly calling me a high schooler, im a bit enlightened now after that discourse with @wreckham abt the issues circling around The Boxtrolls being transphobic (with the help of a person whose willing to talk to me abt this in a less threatening way). I may be a high schooler (without the k to 12 here in my country im technically a 2nd year college student now), but at least I'm willing to talk about these sorts of things in a calm manner. Look, I actually posted! I even tagged u 🥺

Anyway, the discussion is as follows:

For @wreckham's point, they were specifically calling out that The Boxtrolls is transphobic because there's a villain that's a man being associated with cross dressing as a woman and then the movie makes it look like a complete joke. It's like "haha dude is actually a girl and other dudes thirst for him very funni and very woke and very bad lol." The movie treats it as a thing that is negative and something to be laughed at. See their reblog about this for more context and aggression. When you consider what the movie is displaying to us viewers, then yea; The Boxtrolls clearly shows transphobia in the context of how we perceive it in the real world.

For my point, I was specifically calling out that The Boxtrolls isn't transphobic because the reason for the cross dressing is completely character driven within the movie's narrative. Snatcher specifically cross dresses as a woman to divert the attention of the public and hide the fact that he's done bad shit (by feeding the public false info as a woman). This is further explored in the novel about the movie, wherein Snatcher dresses as a guy but with a different identity, once again feeding the public with false information. When you consider the movie's story, characters, personality, character motivation, then yea; there is little to no transphobia in display within the movie.

TL;DR: None of us are wrong! We're both right at saying that The Boxtrolls is a transphobic movie and that The Boxtrolls isn't a transphobic movie.

The Boxtrolls is transphobic; given that you're looking at the movie from the perspective of how the real world and how real people perceive transphobia

The Boxtrolls isn't transphobic; given that you're looking at the movie from the perspective of the narrative and the character's motivations

I didn't say that you were wrong with your claim @wreckham, it's just that we're looking at transphobia associating The Boxtrolls from different points of view. No need to put words in my mouth :D

And as for the others diving into this discussion too, you should be reminded that The Boxtrolls is both transphobic and non transphobic. Just take note of the different factors that makes these two statements valid 💖

[rainbow-filmnerd]

Movies I've seen in 2022 and my honest opinion on them. [1/12...?]

My goal for 2022 was to watch more movies, especially ones that are on my "list". At the end of each month, I'll make a post with a brief review of the movies I got to see for the first time this year. LIGHT spoilers ahead (I don't want to ruin it for those who are interested!)

Raya and the Last Dragon: fun and very realistic film that tells strong message backed with striking visuals, brilliant cast performances, and wonderful score. Also, Tuk Tuk is one of the best Disney animal sidekicks of the 2000s.

Jack: pretty good 1990s film with Robin Willaims' believable performance of a 10-year-old boy. One or two gross-out scenes but moving message about how life can go by fast.

Moana: another fun Disney film that's rich in its Polynesian culture and memorable songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Paired with stunning animation and fun humor.

Luca: another beautiful gem by Pixar with great animation, voice over performances, and fun cast of characters. Connect with Luca's initial uncertainty and relate to fun summers during my childhood.

Frozen II: a well-executed sequel that gives the main cast a chance to shine with striking animation and fun visual humor. Tells a moving story about change and how to handle it.

Enola Holmes: adventurous and gripping mystery adventure that defied gender norms of the early 20th century. Excellent and memorable performance by Millie Bobby Brown paired with great cinematography, sets and costumes.

Encanto: another gem in Disney's crown (could be considered diamond since it's Disney's 60th animated film). Very rich in color and Columbian culture/representation, paired with catchy songs by Miranda and mostly developed characters.

The Boxtrolls: A fun film part of Laika's already excellent collection. Impressive stop-motion animation, wacky and dark humor, and quirky character design (especially to main antagonist Snatcher)

Come Away: sweet and imaginative take on the prequel/origins of Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland. Gorgeous cinematography, costumes, sets, and visual effects and black representation of main characters is well done. Personally found to have a lot of charm.

Gremlins: campy classic 1980s film that blends comedy and horror in a viewing that personally wasn't too terrifying (I'm not a horror movie buff btw). Few gross out scenes but found joy in watching Gizmo and film isn't afraid to go dark when needed.

Tom and Jerry (2021): overwhelming amount of nostalgia seeing Tom and Jerry up to their usual shenanigans, with mostly well executed blend of animation interacting in the live-action film (found the shots with the pigeons during the opening credits distracting/off-putting from the aerial skyscrapers shots). Some hit or miss humor and human characters are not all likeable (especially Kayla and Terence).

Wish Dragon: striking animation backed with a loveable story and fun cast of characters. Film felt like a fun twist of the classic Aladdin story but with a modern twist and a message of the value of life over riches.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990): very nostalgic from when I watched the 2012 series and refreshing to see Turtles again. Creature/puppet work by Jim Henson is great and action sequences are fun to watch.

My Neighbor Totoro: very charming film with iconic moments in animation. Great dubbing as usual and sweet performances by the Fanning sisters.

[thatfreak03]

Happy mothers day!

I decided to draw and make a bunch of headcanons about Eggs' mom.

Since I have irish and british blood in me, I decided to make Eggs' mom irish.

Her family moved to cheesebridge when she was around 11. One night, when she was taking out some trash or something, she actually encountered a boxtroll. They both just stared at other before the troll just ran away. She tried to tell people but no one believed her. Except for Herbert, aka Eggs dad.

I haven't decided on a name for her, yet. It's either Susan because of this one post I made, Marjorie, or Annie.

Post I’m talking about above is right here:

https://thatfreak03.tumblr.com/post/637886524562849792/idea#notes

Hope you like her.

[my-name-is-daniel-yes]

Incoming reblog posts about the Boxtrolls movie

[jcmorrigan]

I saw the tag- I am gonna ask you about the crossover universe- (omg I’m literally gushing about this)

OH, IT IS TIME!

 So you can find a lot of this on the “What is the WHAM ARMY?” page on my blog – I’ll try to remember to link it; I’m drafting this in a word processor first so I don’t use it. Essentially, this is the universe I’ve created for my fanfic “Taking Back the Crown,” which is about…basically my favorite villains all moving into the same house and trying to take over the multiverse. And then it got lore. And more lore. Because I cannot write anything normal. The fic is nearing its 150th chapter and I’m nowhere NEAR exhausted of all the ideas I want to put in it – it’s just my big playground for hyperfixation fun. Anyway, here’s a rundown of the major points of it!

 THE CAST

 The main characters are the eight villains who are the founders of the WHAM ARMY. The faction name is an acronym of their first initials. They’re my ultrafaves, the villains I always get fluttery heart for, and probably the biggest collection of losers you can imagine. I’ll put them in order of the acronym and give you some background on how each entered the team.

Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown) – So the connecting factor between these people is that Mozenrath (his name is a few slots down) is their team leader and the one who decided to build a team in the first place. Wuya was recruited when Mozenrath found her puzzle box in an ancient vault. This is set post-series for XS (and Chronicles is not at all canon), so what had happened is in the big Showdown right after Raimundo was named team leader officially in the finale, the Xiaolin Monks won ALL the Shen Gong Wu to their side and stuffed Wuya in the box. So Mozenrath found her and let her out so they could be pals. A magic potion let her regain human form fairly early on, and her power isn’t even nerfed either the way Chase Young would’ve done.

Huntsman (American Dragon: Jake Long) – ADJL is also post-series in this timeline. Mozenrath has the power to resurrect people from the dead at will because he’s memorized an ancient and incredibly complex ritual that he can execute mentally (note that this means you can remove this ability from him by tampering with his memories). The Huntsman was resurrected so as to show Mozenrath around the old Huntsclan vault (which is where they found Wuya’s puzzle box). No other Huntsclan member survived the purge except Rose (and 88 and 89, but they don’t count and aren’t in this story), so the Huntsman is starting from square one.

Ayam Aghoul (Aladdin: The Animated Series): Basically just got sick of losing. He’d teamed up with a few other rando Aladdin rogues to try and pick a fight with Maleficent, and she sent him packing. So he ended up finding one of the few residents of the Seven Deserts who was powerful enough to match him AND had a similar grudge against Maleficent.

Mozenrath (Aladdin: The Animated Series): The man of the hour and the creator of the entire team. He starts the fic by crashing Maleficent’s KH Disney Villain alliance and trying to add himself to it, but…ends up being such a disrespectful nuisance that Hades just drags him straight down to the Underworld. That moment inspired him to get his OWN band of friends and start making a name for himself.

Archibald Snatcher (The Boxtrolls): Met Mozenrath in the Underworld after his death in film canon. Annoyed Hades one too many times by claiming that he wasn’t actually supposed to die, seeing as he isn’t allergic to dairy (he is), so Hades threw him in the same cell as Mozenrath and…

Roman Torchwick (RWBY): I started writing this fic in 2016, immediately post-V3, so it’s canon-divergent after the last episode of V3 (but I got all the later-game characters to show up eventually). Which means Roman is ALSO dead at the start of this fic. He ALSO comes storming up to Hades insisting he’s not even supposed to be dead. At the same time as Snatcher is already pestering him. Which is how Mozenrath, Snatcher, and Roman end up in the same jail cell in Tartarus and get the idea that maybe they should break back into the world of the living and try to build something BETTER than what any of the three had beforehand.

Mad Madam Mim (The Sword in the Stone): Mozenrath, immediately after breaking out of the Underworld, attempted to take over Arthur’s kingdom by just walking in and throwing magic around. It backfired horribly when Merlin showed up. But then Mim showed up to counter Merlin and realized that maybe she had a potential friend here who was as blackhearted as she.

Yzma (The Emperor’s New Groove): Post-TENG, no KNG or TENS (but I reference things from TENS every now and again). Merlin turned Mozenrath into a rat, so Mim brought him to Yzma’s Secret Lab to change him back. There, they found Yzma as a cat, and she so desperately wanted out of her living situation that she added herself to the team. She was also restored to human form shortly thereafter.

 There is a potential ninth member of the core in the form of Vexen (Kingdom Hearts). KH is canon-divergent after DDD and basically ignores almost every game that comes out after Fragmentary Passage. Vexen, as Even, was trying to integrate into life as a hero in Radiant Garden, except everyone annoyed him way too much, so he decided to go be with people that would give right back any insults he dished out. And then realized he was much happier being on the evil team and doing mad science with no ethics. However, he will not be promoted to the upper ranks because 1. it would spoil the acronym and 2. he is unanimously agreed-upon to be the biggest wet blanket of the group and nobody wants him at the founder parties.

(Imagine my disbelief when the actual canon arc for Vexen was THE REVERSE ONE IN WHICH HE JUST DECIDES TO GO LIVE AT RADIANT GARDEN AND NOT BE ANNOYED BY ANYTHING and that’s why JC doesn’t like Kingdom Hearts III)

 Anyway, this crew is a bunch of silly friends who enjoy partying, singing, dancing, drag, indulging in vices, causing mayhem, taking over cities, arranging for mass murder, piecing together smear campaigns…but they’re all pretty much ride or die for each other. And that goes double for the ships of the set: Mozenrath/Huntsman, Mim/Aghoul, Wuya/Yzma, and my favorite ship to end all favorites, Roman/Snatcher (RedHatBlackHat is the ship name).

From there, you have a B-Squad of, like, seventy other people based on my faves. Nonnie, I know you saw this because of Vincent Edgeworth, Victor Blake, and Albert Krueger, and they are three of COUNTLESS examples. It’s a found crime family that keeps getting bigger as I get more fave villains and there’s hardly a rhyme or a reason. Currently, they live in a floating fortress designed when they stole Terra Cyclonia (Storm Hawks) and hefted it out into the aether between worlds with crystal technology.

 They have a rival hero faction in the form of the Cinnamons: a gathering of people who they’ve wronged who turned out to make pretty good friends themselves. While the WHAM ARMY are the villain-protag team that you feel slightly bad loving the escapades of, the Cinnamons are the rainbows, fluff, sunshine, (secret crippling depression and anxiety), and pep-talkers of the multiverse. They’re the deuteragonist team as opposed to the “villains” of the story. They also have eight “leaders,” but they were picked up a little less quickly than the WHAM ARMY founders, instead coming together over the span of a much longer quest. These people are:

Sora (Kingdom Hearts): Heart of the team and the person who pulled them all together, because Sora loves everyone. He, Riku, and Kairi witnessed the WHAM ARMY wreaking destruction on both Radiant Garden and Disney Castle, and Sora decided no one gets to treat his homes-away-from-home like that and get away with it! Between Mozenrath and the still-looming threats of Maleficent and Xehanort, he’s now collecting pals from all worlds to fight against evil and do as much good as they can do! (While having sleepovers.)

Ruby Rose (RWBY): Before she, Nora, Ren, and Jaune could get into Mistral, Sora interrupted them on their path and directed them right back around to Vale with the news that Roman Torchwick was back in action. After an incident involving the Destiny Trio and Team RNJR having to team up and actually kill the massive Grimm unleashed in the V3 endgame, they all headed out to Radiant Garden together to continue their mission.

Papyrus (Undertale): Sora found him while exploring worlds and they clicked immediately as pals. Then the WHAM ARMY, who was living in Mt. Ebott at the time, sparked an anti-monster racist sentiment through the town, and Papyrus was advised to leave the world for his own safety, so he went traveling with Sora.

Stork (Storm Hawks): Maleficent, who is also an active player in this game, made a power play by destroying the Condor with the entire Storm Hawks team onboard while they were on the Far Side of Atmos (post-series). Stork, believing himself to be the only survivor, attempted to take his own life – only for Sora to show up just in time and offer him something better: hope that his friends survived, and new friends to tag along with until they could prove either way.

Jasmine (Aladdin): The Cinnamons came looking to Agrabah for more information on Mozenrath. When Jasmine heard he was causing chaos, she decided to get personally involved.

Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender): Post-ATLA, no LoK. Sora made a trip to the Fire Nation to see if he could head off the WHAM ARMY’s latest scheme, and ran into the Gaang along the way. After helping Katara, Aang, and Zuko protect the Fire Nation from a very near miss, Sora invited them to come travel with him. Only Katara accepted at first, the other two wanting to clean things up on their homeworld.

Kazuichi Soda (DanganRonpa): Post-SDR2, no DR3. Xehanort requested Izuru Kamukura be used as a vessel, and Kazuichi went in Izuru/Hajime’s place so his buddy didn’t have to. But the first chance he got, Kazuichi turned and ran from the Castle That Never Was…where Sora had just crash-landed. Kazuichi patched up Sora’s ship, and immediately became part of his crew. (Worth noting: in this AU, the Remnants of Despair were never brainwashed and were completely aware of what they were doing. Kazuichi is basically a redemption story, trying to be a better person to make up for the hell he caused. Also, while on the Despair side, he’d hacked off his leg to sew Junko’s in its place, disabling himself – that leg goes through an arc regarding what prosthesis is in its place.)

Rapunzel (Tangled): After the Vardaros arc of S2 of Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure. Rapunzel was targeted by the WHAM ARMY because she was essentially a living MacGuffin for one of their spells. Sora showed up, and Rapunzel decided to go along with him for safety AND fun, leaving Cassandra to continue the pilgrimage to the Dark Kingdom. (Wrote this before KHIII was out. And before the Evil Cass twist.)

 And just like the WHAM ARMY, these folks have a huge B-squad that lives in the Radiant Garden castle and helps them deal with the various tragedies they have to clean up after. Riku, Kairi, and Jaune Arc in particular get a decent amount of stage time.

 As you can see, Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty/Kingdom Hearts) and her forces are another big set of chess pieces on the board! After she sent Mozenrath to gay baby jail and it didn’t stick, she’s been trying to continue plans for domination as usual but ALSO wipe the WHAM ARMY off the face of the multiverse. She, Jafar (Aladdin), Ursula (The Little Mermaid), and Hades (Hercules) all came straight here from KH. But I’m working to model that team’s inner circle on the team in “Quite a Glittering Assemblage,” the sister fic by gavillain (it’s basically this premise but Maleficent gets a team to start instead, but similarities end there, his is a whole different, fresh, and fun flavor). I’ve just gotten all these characters intro’d instory, but the other biggies are Loki (Marvel – I based him in the Cinematic Universe but he’s kind of just an amalgamation of Lokis), Dr. Doom (Marvel), Captain Hook (Once Upon a Time), Russell Edgington (True Blood), and Fish Mooney (Gotham). Currently, they operate out of the Forbidden Mountain in the Enchanted Dominion.

 There’s also a very new addition as of the 140’s chapters: the Heathens. This is a squad of villains with moral lines in the sand (and some antiheroes or corrupted heroes). Basically, these aren’t your killers for fun. These are the people who steal candy from the gas station and think they’re slick, but the point is they’re enjoying themselves so just let it happen. The four founders of this one are Harley Quinn (DC – based on The Batman but an amalgamation of Harleys that leans sympathetic), Yang Xiao Long (RWBY), Giovanni Potage (Epithet Erased), and Velvet Crowe (Tales of Berseria). Currently, they operate out of the old mansion in Twilight Town.

 The Xehanorts are here, and that team is largely who you think it is – though I stripped away Vexen, Demyx, Marluxia, Larxene, and Luxord in order to replace them ALL with Xaldin. More crossover shenanigans to come on this front. This team isn’t very active – they’re waiting for the Keyblade War – but they’re operating out of the World That Never Was.

 There’s also another side villain faction: the Morbians, led by Mirage (Aladdin: The Animated Series). These are the demons of fear, the stuff that lurks in your nightmares, and…the villains I really like but who I don’t quite think fit in with the WHAM ARMY or any other more prominent group. But to give you an idea of what the flavor of this team is, she’s recruited not one but TWO Boogeymen – Pitch Black (Rise of the Guardians) and Oogie Boogie (The Nightmare Before Christmas).

 There will be more villain factions to come, and I kind of want to splinter the Cinnamons to multiple bases as well. Obviously it’s easier to split villains up because they’re fun to write at war with each other – when I have hero teams come up against each other, usually they end up becoming best buddies instead of fighting, and that’s how I like it, but that’s why there’s just ONE BIG HERO TEAM as opposed to the many villain squads rattling around.

 THE SETTING

 So as you have probably gleaned, the multiverse setup is largely based on Kingdom Hearts, which is one of my favorite things (in the KH1 through Fragmentary Passage era anyway). There are many worlds that can be visited either by Gummi Ship or Corridor of Darkness. Basically any evil-aligned sorcerer can use Corridors in this ‘verse – they’ve opened their souls to Darkness and have magic, so they can do so.

 The implication is that every world represents a separate “story” or part of one. As in if it’s a work of fiction HERE, it’s a world THERE. Some characters are actually savvy enough to know they’re fictional (e.g. Megavolt from Darkwing Duck, Xayide from The Neverending Story). Most of them aren’t built to handle the news, though, and just shrug it off if told. (No, really, the cosmic order prevents them from taking that news seriously if they’re not from something that regularly leans on the fourth wall anyway.)

 But sometimes, things get AU’d in without their full worlds. I was inspired by how Final Fantasy is treated in canon KH, and once I started bringing in more FF stuff by the same method, I felt motivated to do that with MORE fandoms if I felt the characters could be divorced from their settings and histories easily. I’ve done it for most Disney Channel non-animated properties as well as Satellite City (ain’t that the worst combo you’ve ever looked at). I’m planning to do it for Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn because I’m coming up on a location I want to delve into the civilization of but don’t have many canon characters for, so guess what, you get the FE cast now.

 Major worlds or relevant locations in play are the Cyclonian warship, Radiant Garden, Twilight Town, and occasionally the Enchanted Dominion, but we move from plotline to plotline with journeys to many, many, MANY worlds of things I want to play with the settings and casts of. Also, the Cyclonian warship is about to get replaced with another WHAM ARMY base; we’ll get there.

 THE STORY

 For the first major “book” of TBTC, the WHAM ARMY has found a spell that they think will let them conquer the entire multiverse by giving them control over Kingdom Hearts itself. All they have do to is collect a bunch of MacGuffins that correspond to twelve elements: fire, water, earth, air, light, darkness, life, death, time, space, entropy, and aether. In order to do this, they visit the worlds of KH, RWBY, Avatar, Storm Hawks, Okami, Undertale, Wakfu, The Legend of Zelda, The Neverending Story, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and many many more. The Cinnamons catch wind of what they’re doing and start assembling. Meanwhile Maleficent is on the hunt for the Book of Prophecies and starts hiring villains on her team as well. After many madcap adventures and some devastating tragedies near endgame, the Cinnamons accidentally put the Book of Prophecies in Maleficent’s hands at the same time that Maleficent finally captures Mozenrath and gets him under heel. The WHAM ARMY and Cinnamons both launch attacks on Maleficent’s forces, and each walks away with what they came for. This is also the part where we slowburn up to the four major WHAM ARMY ships and many Cinnamon ships. In the end, the WHAM ARMY actually gets all the ingredients for their spell, but what they don’t know is it will actually cause the DESTRUCTION of the worlds. So an outside force intervenes (Discord from MLPFIM, who later joins the WHAM ARMY because he wants friends who actually appreciate him as a villain and won’t make him change) to stop them, and the next thing they know, they’re starting from square one.

 We’re now in the second “book” of this story. The Cinnamons are gathering up all lost friends – the rest of Team RWBY, the Gaang, the Storm Hawks (who did in fact survive the explosion), the lost KH characters. The WHAM ARMY, on the other hand, is gathering up more villains to bolster their forces for a new evil plan: to conquer the worlds one by one, starting with Atlantis (Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire) and using portals to link to other territories of interest. While the WHAM ARMY is essentially working through a to-do list of what they need before they can launch such a massive invasion, the Cinnamons are finding strength in numbers because the writing’s on the wall that between Mozenrath, Maleficent, Mirage, and Xehanort, things are going to get worse before they get better, and as evil builds, good will need to rise to protect the innocent. As for Maleficent, she’s no longer able to chase the Book of Prophecies, and so, because she’s got Hades, Loki, and Salem (RWBY) there and they’re all like “Even though we’re pretty godlike, we are not that happy with how the gods we knew have run things,” Maleficent’s new goal is to slaughter the gods of all pantheons (minus those in her care) and replace them with her allies.

 Anyway, as I had said in the post you saw, Anon – I basically take everything fictional I love and shove it into this AU for daydreams because it lets me imagine my faves having CROSSOVER INTERACTIONS and doing cool epic stuff on a multi-world scale. (But as much as I’ve talked up the epic aspect, a lot of it is just…like…people fucking around and hosting karaoke nights.) Anyway, I hope this gave you a good sense of the madness, and I hope it serves as a reminder to everyone that they can and should just. Make a daydream and/or fanfic universe that’s indulgent as hell. Just do it.