I think the reason so many LOTR ripoffs fail is because they make their Aragorn analogue the main character, when the entire point of Aragorn is that he’s “the person the villains think is the main character, but is Not.”
Aragorn seems like a traditional King Arthur style hero— he has huge Main Character Energy because he’s supported by destiny, by bloodline, by all these magic artifacts and prophecies, and etc etc. Frodo and Sam are Just Some Guys. Aragorn recognizes that Sauron understandably thinks he’s the main hero of this story ….and he pretends to believe it too, spending the entire series using himself as a diversion to prevent Sauron from seeing Frodo and Sam.
Aragorn’s whole thing is that knows he seems like the Main Hero of this legend to people who don’t know better —- but he also knows that he isn’t, and that his role is just to keep Sauron’s eye on him in order to protect the people around him.
And it works! Sauron is so fixated on defeating his Legendary Destined Archenemy with Extreme Main Character Energy that he completely overlooks the two ordinary little guys who were the real threat to him all along.
ALT@tiny-steve sksjslslsk you are SO right
the best trope in media is: “characters turn on the lights, see the monster, and immediately turn the lights back off”
Ryoko Kui please return my calls
What's the trope name for when someone finds out they're the Chosen One(tm) and is like "No, thank you" and goes and does something else
Refusal Of The Call is the actual trope name. Usually followed by the tropes of The Call Knows Where You Live and You Can’t Fight Fate.
The Call is Trying to Contact you about your Destiny's Extended Warranty.
Let us suppose that the "average" horse would have equal proportions of all these parts. The degree to which each part in this poll deviates from the "average" size (20% of total) will determine how large or small that part of our horse will be (i.e a horse with only 10% in Legs will have legs half the size of the average horse).
I will draw a picture of the horse we make!
Thank you for your patience, tumblr. I have been at work all day but now I am home and ready to build this horse you asked for.
First, let's pull up the poll results alongside an average looking horse. I have calculated the size of each part of our horse in relation to Average Size.
ALTNext we will adjust our horse's components according to the specifications.
ALTFinally, let us properly assemble these parts and see how it looks.
ALTAnd there you have it. Great work team. No notes.
wait this is such a perfect use of my pony model
-> ponyy model with armature
-> edit and add hair
and the beautiful reveal
A Very Declan Christmas // Call Down The Hawk ch 76
what i love about mlp fim is that the power of friendship is not a symbolic thing it is a real and tangible force so potent it can be channeled into killing people
friendship beam. explode
