#queen of underland

[whats-in-a-sentence]

"Can you tell me what it's like?" asked the Witch (thrum, thrum, thrum, went the strings).

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair" - C. S. Lewis

[tenth-sentence]

She began to play it with her fingers – a steady, monotonous thrumming that you didn't notice after a few minutes.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair" - C. S. Lewis

[1very1fancy1doilies1]

ripred the rat for my sister's birthday :)

[aldoodles]

pose suggestions: post-curse of the warmblood underland kid cuddle pile or gregor boots and lizzie hanging out on the couch doing their own things together (reading, playing w animal toys, looking at sheet music, etc)

I sort of combined the two ideas (in a way lol)— this ask reminded me that I hadn’t drawn the underland cousins together yet! I imagine Luxa and Hazard visited Howard a lot during his recovery.

[knightofthenewrepublic]

[haveihitanerve]

Gregor: *internally* shit we gotta test if she likes me. Okay okay- like ares said; say a bad joke and if she laughs it means she likes you Gregor: *out loud* whats red and bad for your teeth? Luxa: what? Gregor: a brick Luxa: *laughs* Gregor: *internally* shit that didn’t really work. I’m too fucking funny.

[yesthefandomfreakblr]

I feel like the labarynth is actually like, the capital of the gnawer kingdom (Or one of them) and the humans don't know because they like to keep it well hidden. So in the future if Ripred brought Luxa there she'd be like "Ripred why are we in the maze of death???" And Red would have to double take a bit "ThE wHaT?" As they're walking through the equivelant of downtown ratville.

[overandunderland]

Ripred: But you said that tho? Like when she kept making me run untill I almost collapsed from exhaustion?

Gregor: DOG I LOOKED INTO THE WINDOWS OF LUXAS SOUL AND I SAID-

Gregor:*checks the room*

Ripred: *checks the hallways of the palace*

Gregor and Ripred: *checks the entirety of the palace, including the prophecy room*

Gregor and Ripred: *Fly/run to the Garden of Hesparades and back before ending back up in the same room they started.

Gregor: *sure he's safe*

Gregor: biiiiiiitch You better pull the bat over right now! I AM THE WARRIOR.

[originalwinnercheesecake]

So what do people actually think the background characters in the Underland chronicles look like

Just wondering. From all the (amazing) Fan art I have seen of Gregor , Lizzie, and Boots the fandom seems to have a pretty cohesive Idea on what they look like. Luxa also seems to have a pretty standard image in the fandom (Though wasn't she on the cover of the first design of MOS) with the only differentiation being how far along she is in puberty. Reminder if she was in the overland she would be in the sixth grade.

Other characters though Like really what do people think they look like. In my head Mrs. Cormaci is a plump/rounder women and I thought for years I had read that in the books until I saw fanart of her being drawn as more slim. Then I reread part of TPOB and was like Oh it never says what shape she is, I guess I just thought she was bigger because she is always cooking so much rich sounding food for charities. Then I remember seeing some one post once that what if she was Hazard's maternal grandmother. His maternal grandparents live in NYC, and Mrs.Cormaci is mentioned to have had a daughter.

Well that is bitter sweet because on one had that means that Mrs. Cormaci's daughter has been missing for years and in fact died without her mother ever knowing what happened to her (she also would not have known when her father died). Gotta then wonder if Mrs.Cormaci giving Lizzie her daughters old cloths is more than just her trying to help the Campbells while also declutter her house. But that also means Hazard has at least one Grandma who is really grand, if this relation was ever realized then maybe Hazard could come up to the overland for visits and stay with Mrs. Cormaci. Also she would probably have pictures of her daughter that she could show Hazard so he could remember what his mom looked like. Anyway I really liked this theory and wanted it to be cannon, but then i realized that since Hazard's overland features are his black hair and green eyes his overland relations probably have them to, and was like oh wow I never pictured Mrs.Cormaci having green eyes.

Another character I think about is Vikus. In my head the males in the underland Henry, Mareth, York all have short close cropped hair because they fight so much. Or in Howard's a short stack of wavy/curly locks cut just short enough to stay out of his eyes when wet. I do love the fan art I have seen of Henry with long hair though. But When It comes to Vikus , I guess since he seeks peace and is better relations, I usually imagine him with long grey hair and a long beard. to me he winds up looking kinda like men in biblical stories. Solovet however is muscled with a near shaved head. She is on the small side and slouches a bit when trying to appear as a gracious hostess and that plus her wrinkles make her seem non dangerous. When she is in planing/battle mode though she stands perfectly straight and those seemingly kindly wrinkles disappear, and she just looks completely terrifying.

Dulcet and Nerissa are other cases. Dulcet is described as being shy and very pretty. But as someone who works in childcare I can say with certainty that her hair is most likely a mess, her simple cloths likely have stains and crayon markings all over them. This girl is a beautiful mess. Then we have Neressa whom everyone knows is a mess. Since she is constantly described as wide eyed, tired, frail, to thin, and wearing her long hair a loose pony tail. But I don't often see it acknowledged that she canonically wears multiple layers of cloths at once or that her cloths never match.

I said most of the men in the underland would have short hair, could Hamnet have grown his hair out longer in the jungle, to try and make himself look different from how he did as a solider. Likewise I also imagine his lizard skin cloths being frayed and raggedy at the edges, much different from whatever military uniforms regalians wear. Anything to help hims see something different when he looks into the water. Can we talk about how when Gregor first meets Howard he describes him as tall and really strong, Then during his time with the plague Howard looses like 20 pounds and has scars wear ever he had bumps. Howard likely could not even fit into his old cloths after getting better.

What do Gregor's parents look like. We know they are both thin and tired. His dad's hair has gone completely white. Grace's cannot be to far behind with how hard she works and being in a state of constant worry for her family. Do fans still Agree with the theory that Grace is white and the Dad is black?

Also one more thing. Why does everyone think any of the underlanders that haven't completely greyed over have silver-blond hair. Like I know Luxa has that shade. Luxa would also probably be blonde if she has been born i t he overland. But it only specified that a silver tint was part of what distinguished the underlanders. Personally I always thought they could have any hair color (examples I imagine Howard being brunette and Mareth having black hair) but that it would always be paler than an overland counter part.

Like I know and respect that the characters descriptions are vague on purpose, and that the fun is that we can imagine them looking in so many different ways. But like really how do people imagine their favorites look. What little we get implies that the characters do not fall into the young adult novels trope of making them all look super hot. They are scared, beat up, anxious, and some are wearing cloths that do not fit them, some are missing body parts. To me that makes them infinetly more fun to imagine than most YA novel characters

So seriously if you have any strong clear/headcannons as to what you think certain human characters look like, please share them int he comments.

[shriikey]

Queen Luxa~ 👑

She’s done with everyone’s bs.... especially Ripred :P

Had to draw my updated design for my lovely girl! <3 I love her and her story so much.... Lu will forever be one of my favorite characters of all time ;W; Her character arc is so beautiful and heartbreaking. </3 

I hope I did her justice!

(read the Underland Chronicles)

[mentalmeles]

TUC Week Day 1: Past/Free Day @tucweek

Since I’m currently at work, I can’t draw anything super fancy, but I figured I might as well draw something anyway. So, I picked Luxa! uwu

All hail the Queen!!

[emlynphoenix]

Growing up thinking you’re mad because your dream was a memory.

[tenth-sentence]

She repeated, in a softer and deeper voice.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair" - C. S. Lewis

[marxism-leninism-meowism]

looking at suzanne collins’ list of published novels like yeah. she rly wrote the most fucked up middle grade series ever in which she traumatized a random impoverished 11 year old from new york city by throwing him into a war against giant rats with his 2 year old sister by his side, went on to write a fucked up young adult series about a dystopian revolution that radicalized many gen z kids and opened our eyes to the way our government tries to distract us from senseless killing with spectacle. and thats it! what a queen. wrote two incredibly good series then went “no, i will not elaborate” and kept on living her life.

anyway guys if you like the hunger games and/or really liked animorphs, PLEASE read the underland chronicles. they’re so fucking underappreciated considering how popular the hunger games is.

[haveihitanerve]

Luxa: do not fear death, fear the state in which you will die Gregor: *horrified* Florida