#the dark crystal

[jimhenson-themuppetmaster]

Jim Henson, the Dark Crystal Behind the Scenes Photo

[longbottomleif]

Reblog if you can hear this image I'm trying to see something

[bucklikethedollar]

idk how to say this without sounding really boomer-ey, but like, what happened to horror content for kids? maybe i’m using the word “horror” a little liberally but i remember when i was a kid there was SO much out there that existed solely for the purpose of scaring kids in a safe, fun, age-appropriate way. just off the top of my head there’s goosebumps, scary stories to tell in the dark, tales from the crypt (little before my time though), coraline, mirror mask, monster house, dark crystal (more incidentally scary but w/e), even courage the cowardly dog; all these really fantastic books and shows and movies that let kids explore being scared on their own terms.

now there’s idk, those new addams family movies? but those aren’t really scary.

i see people talking about the “kid-ification” of horror games and i can’t help but wonder if part of the reason kids latch onto that stuff so much now is because there’s nowhere else for them to experience healthy, safe fear. a little kid wants to get the thrill of being scared, but their parents won’t let them watch any actual horror movies, so they go on youtube and what do you know, there’s markiplier playing another cheap horror game set in a toy store or whatever, and now that kid’s fear quota is being met. (obviously there’s more to it than that, but it’s a theory i have)

this like, doesn’t really matter probably but idk, i feel bad that ~kids these days~ aren’t getting the experience of something scary made specifically for them with their genuine enjoyment in mind, rather than whatever the next fnaf ripoff is that just wants to sell them merch. being a kid and watching a well-made scary movie feels like you’re finally being taken seriously; you’re not being babied or coddled, you’re being trusted to face the skeksis and the other mother and the nebbercracker house and not back down. i wish people were still making media that respected kids that much.

[extraordinary-heroes]

Artist Showcase: Matias Bergara

[heyclickadee]

One fun thing about The Dark Crystal is that it’s not exactly the evil skeksis and the good mystics. It’s the cruel skeksis and the gentle mystics. It’s the mystics, who study and ponder and chant and don’t really do any harm, but don’t do any good, either, because all the drive to do anything got ripped out of them; and then the skeksis, who are all drive and hunger and probably can’t stop themselves because all their impulse control is off meditating on the other side of the planet.

[kinrypu]

My character skeksis for a roleplaying game based on Dark Crystal.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

The Dark Crystal - Movie poster concept art by Bob Peak (1982)

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[road-kill-eater]

better pics of the skekman

[skekheck]

I drew this last month and forgot about it til now.

Meme source:

[jimhenson-themuppetmaster]

Jen and Kira from the World of The Dark Crystal Book

[sonjackcarl]

[verk0my]

bilbo and thorin as gelflings!

you can get a print here: inprnt!   

[stupidcowboykid]

yeah yeah. i hear ya.

[thirdchildart]

Guess what I'm rewatchiiiiing?