#sunset kingdom

[luckyluan]

The Princes, Con't.

MARCH 5, 2024 - 09:18PM 

***ISLE ESPER***

“You want me to do what?!” Cyrus bellowed.  

He sat across from the still figure that was his mother. Her movements were imperceptible as she shooed away her staff with a nimble lifting of her ringed fingers. Her platinum blonde hair was pinned to her head in shining curls and braided the glistening gold metal of her crown. The crown itself was a marvel with its many ornate gildings and brightly shining gems. Six large diamonds, three on top and three on the bottom, glittered around a massive carnelian gem carved to resemble the sun and its rays. The crown was also peppered with peridots and citrines and amethyst which caught the light of the tall room and sent a blinding glare into Cyrus’ face. He covered his eyes. 

“You’re so dramatic.” His mother mused. 

“Mom, you just asked me to go to Earth and blend in?” He started. “When have we ever done either of those?” 

“Now.” She offered lazily. 

“Why now? Give me a reason.” He shot back. 

“I’ll give you three: I am your mother. I am Queen. and because I say so. I think that covers everything.” 

Cyrus rolled his eyes. He jammed his fingers between the buttonholes of his overcoat and scratched at his chest. A nervous habit he picked up before his first appearance as heir to the Throne Carnelian. 

“I despise when you scratch at yourself like that.” Queen Cyra quipped. 

“I’m scratching because I'm nervous.” he spat. “Not everyone can have your chilling disposition of regality, my queen.” 

Cyrus stuck his mother’s title on the end with as much venom as he could muster, and it worked. Queen Cyra slowly curled her fingers around the claw shaped arm rests of her high backed, lion-shaped chair and stood to her feet without making a sound. Her dark orange pantsuit shimmered in the late afternoon sun as she laced her narrow fingers together. 

“I think you need discipline, Cyrus. I think you need more structure—a firmer hand to guide you through this...time in your life. Besides, a little distance would not hurt you at all. What with all your chosen distractions.”  

Queen Cyra drifted to the open window and stared determinedly at the sprawling city that was Isle Esper—their shared home. Cyrus, behind her, tightened his grip on his belt. 

“So, this is about Hoku.” He challenged. “You want me to go away so I can’t see him anymore.” 

“’Anymore’ is such a definitive phrase, Sunspot. I like...”’for the time being’ or...’indefinitely.’” 

“By my honor as a Carnelian, Mother, if you make me do this, I will never forgive you and you can kiss your lineage goodbye.” 

“Idle threats from an inconsequential player.” Cyra mused. 

“Inconsequential player?!” Cyrus shouted. “I’m your only son. I’m the only heir to Castle Carnelian.” 

“That appears to be true...but I have not changed my mind. You leave tomorrow.” 

Cyrus’ face was wet. He dashed the tears from his cheeks with a pass of his hand and bit down his lip.  

“Mom would never do this to me.” Cyrus said. “She would never seek to take me away from Esper let alone the love of my life!” 

“You do not know if you love him for you do not know how to love.” Cyra quipped. 

“I would love to hear you say that in front of your wife.” Cyrus spat. 

“Nevertheless,” Queen Cyra turned to him. “I am, too, your mother...the one who carried you. I will be obeyed.” 

“I need to see him. I need to say goodbye to him.”  

Cyrus turned on his heel and marched for the dark double doors. He heard his mother’s voice as he clenched his fist around the polished brass doorknob. 

“You’ll find that quite impossible, Sunspot. I’ve ordered the guards and the staff to see that you remain inside Castle Carlnelian until first light. At which time, you will depart Isle Esper for the Earth. Good day, Cyrus.” 

[cj-k]

For me, the ending of the movie is false and they all end up being adventure friends.

[dapper-lil-arts]

Top two characters that would have made the most worthy-awesome-incredibly cathartic alicorns

[lunasdestiny]

bts Sunset Trio being silly

[pinklikeroses-artonly]

Mmm my favorite ot3~💕💞💕

Anaya x Noa x Soona

When your husband and Wife love you very very much 🥰

[krn-art]

A Noa x Mae comic~

This was heavily inspired by that Tarzan scene, you know the one.

✧Reblogs help artists more than likes ✧ ~Please don’t repost or use my art~ (Commissions are open right now in my shop!)

[aloneinthedark-eagle]

RESTING THE SOUL 🌊🐠🐳🐬🦭🐡🦐🦞🦀🦑🐙🪼🪸🦂🦈🐚

[emacitaas]

Out of the trio, Anaya was my favorite. He filled that Bad Ape sized hole that I missed from War. He is the baby of the group and should be protected in future installments.

[samuraia99le]

sunset trioooo aaaaaaaaa

I was just being silly with this lmaooooo

[gulava]

its abt the yearning

[ape-apocalypse]

Director Wes Ball and Visual Effects Supervisor Erik Winquist shared some step by step images of transforming humans into apes. They said that the crew of Weta FX made vast improvements on performance capture with Avatar The Way Of Water. “From a hardware and technology standpoint, one of the improvements is now we’re using a stacked pair of stereo facial cameras instead of single cameras, which allows us to reconstruct an actual 3D depth mesh of the actors face. It allows us to get a much better sense of the nuance of what their face was doing.”

They also shared some concept art of the post-apocalyptic setting of the film. Winquist shared a book that gave him much inspiration. “One of the things that I was looking at early on was the book ‘The World Without Us’ that hypothesizes what would happen in the weeks, years, decades and centuries after mankind stopped maintaining our infrastructure. You start pulling from your imagination on what that might look like….”

More behind the scenes details were shared in the article on VFX Voice magazine.

[aphrmoosun]

"You cannot make a climb without Anaya!"

[odiggity]

Foreboding

Tower Bridge - London, United Kingdom

[auden-the-knobhead]

Sunset trio>>>>>>>>>>

Sunset trio appreciation post because I’m obsessed with them 😭they’re so adorable and I SWEAR they better not kill off any of them. I need a happy ending bro especially after Caesar’s story

[lunasdestiny]

i love them sm

[lunastar92]

Behind the scenes!

Owen, Lydia, & Travis!

The trio!

Owen Teague/Noa

Lydia Peckham/Soona

Travis Jeffery/Anaya