#mersang

Marianne: You just gestured to all of me.

I’m feeling very soft and fluffy tonight. 

WELP, time to dive into others masterlists. 

That’s right, I did say he was a Knight! I had to go back and check, sometimes I forget certain details of my writing XD

No, this makes complete sense! And honestly, it’s VERY ironic that you say this, because…I feel like I’m filled with nothing BUT ambitions and hopes and dreams and goals, the majority of them very much frustrated. 

Like, I do have a good job, and I’m very thankful for it, but I want one that actually supports me and challenges me. I’ve actually been thinking a lot of stuff over in regards to how to accomplish my goals, just what it will take of me, and it’s been both terrifying and exhilarating…

I know that @dainesanddaffodils mentioned once that she head canons Human!Bog as being mixed race and having some Romani blood in him, and I’ve gone with that idea as well. 

I also remember a follower of mine once had the idea of making Human!Marianne and Dawn have a Latina mother, with Dagda being from a very WASPy family, which I really really loved. 

We could explore the idea that Dawn’s looks and coloring are more like their Father’s side, and how Marianne used to feel a bit alienated over how dark her looks were compared to the rest of her family. When perfect WASPy looking Roland started romancing her, she began to feel accepted…until Roland was Roland and made Marianne embrace her mother’s heritage and culture and take ferocious pride in everything that makes her different. 

Some things I noticed, rewatching Strange Magic yet again:

When Bog says “Because love is dangerous” during his opening scene, he chokes up a bit on the word ‘love’. It’s easy to miss the first time because he goes back to being hissing and angry on the next word, but when you listen to it again and you know his backstory … ouch.

Marianne does not actually have a scabbard. Her sword is hung from her belt with the blade totally exposed. What?

During various fight scenes, not only are surrounding colours reflected onto metal blades, but light from the blades is reflected back at the characters. Such great animation.

Look closely at Bog’s face when he’s flying back to the castle after seeing the army and Marianne is trying to convince him she had nothing to do with it. “I wouldn’t follow me if I were you, Princess.” His voice is angry, but his face is so sad and hurt.

Every time Bog and Marianne hold hands, including all three times during the 'Wild Thing’ sequence, Bog reaches for her first.

Griselda never actually says she wants grandchildren, just that she wants Bog to find love.

Butterfly Bog as a mathematical equation: fairy princess + goblin king + flirty sword-fight = TRUEST LOVE.

On a different note, here’s a good way to describe writing fanfiction if you have to talk about it with people wondering why you’re doing that instead of working on your original stories: It’s a low-pressure way to refine story-telling techniques using established characters and settings, like using a cake mix instead of baking from scratch.

Ooooh, these are all so great! 

I truly never noticed that his voice did that! I noticed that it got especially deep, but that was about it. I’m gonna try to rewatch the movie tonight, and I’m gonna pay close attention to that scene now! 

Oh man, you’re right about Marianne not having a scabbard! But Roland does. Maybe…maybe she’s trying to set herself apart from him? On some highly symbolic level, you could say that Roland’s scabbard is akin to him hiding his true nature/dangerousness, whereas Marianne having her sword exposed is her pretty much proclaiming to the world just how dangerous she is, how she’s not hiding anything about herself. She’s different and dangerous and if you have a problem with that, too damn bad. She’s seeking to be as different from Roland as possible. 

God, the animation in this movie is just flawless. So attentive to the smallest detail, so rich and nuanced. Seriously, this movie is such a visual feast. 

Bog’s face is so tight and closed off in that scene. Usually he bares his teeth when he’s angry, like it’s a show of intimidation. But in that moment, just him and her, he’s keeping his pain and anger in tight, his voice an angry whisper that just barely escapes through the tight line of is mouth. He sounds and looks so incredibly betrayed, and he’s trying so hard to keep it in =C

Bog does indeed reach for Marianne all those times! It really hits home Marianne’s earlier words of meeting someone “...who takes my hand, and I don’t want to hit him…” Bog is showing her, consciously or not, that he’s willing to trust her, and that the offer is there, and he’s giving her the choice to either take his hand or not. The fact that Marianne chooses to do so each time shows how deeply she trusts him. Hands and reaching out for one another is such a huge theme in this movie, I love it so =) 

Yeah, Griselda wanting grandchildren is never outright said in the movie - I think it’s more of a fanon thing. She just wants her son to be happy and loved again, and it really does seem to be for selfless reasons. I’ve just taken the idea that she has hopes for grandchildren into my fanfics and have run with it, and honestly, I feel a bit guilty about that at times =/ 

Now that’s the kind of mathematical equation I can enjoy! =D