#monkeymindscream

Favorite thing about them: There’s too many things to list, but I think the feature at the top for me is the voice. God, the voice. The way it has a slight echo to it even when he’s outdoors? The way he sounds exhausted, on the verge of flying into a rage, and nonchalant somehow all at once? The way every word sounds like a sigh or a tired exhale, but somehow still carries an oppressive air of intimidation? Just the way that he talks, like, in general? Word choice? It’s all just [chef’s kiss]. Miss ya, John Hurt. You really nailed this role.

Least favorite thing about them: How hard he is to draw. Also how little Disney uses him.

Favorite line: “My, such a brave and handsome crew. A pig boy, a scullery maid, and a broken-down minstrel.” Absolutely dripping with sarcasm. An underrated burn to be sure. And to top it off, we get his only laugh in the entire film pretty much right after this line.

brOTP: Madam Mim. Despite how super into him I write her as being, I don’t actually ship them romantically. I would love to see them pal around causing misery, though. On that note, I’d also love to see him being friends with Hades, the Headless Horseman, and Maleficent.

OTP: I’d say “me” if he wasn’t wayyy older than me. But tbh he’s still fine. More seriously, I think the only ship I really consider with him is x Maleficent. But like...as a temporary thing. I don’t see them settling down for good together, but I could see them having a brief fling that’s mostly built on the romantic tension inherent in having a rival. Theirs is the kind of thing that would happen spur of the moment, probably after one confronts and challenges the other. It would not be true, lasting love, but more or less based on impulse and their shared longing for the company of another soul who isn’t terrified of them. I’m being optimistic here, so I think they’d eventually be on good terms after it ends, circling around to the brOTP I mentioned.

nOTP: Honestly there’s none I’ve seen that disgusted me. Some I don’t really ship, but none that’d make me unfollow somebody. This is just going off ones I’ve *seen*. There’s definitely some combinations that would get that reaction out of me, but I haven’t seen anyone actually post them.

Random headcanon: He wears that cozy-looking robe all the time because he’s basically always cold. As what’s basically a living corpse his body can’t regulate its own internal temperature very well. Like anything else, being too cold won’t kill him, but it’s far from pleasant. He also rarely takes the robe off, because it’s hard to get the hood over his horns. The fabric always snags on the prongs even if he’s very careful and slow with it.

Unpopular opinion: Is saying he should get more recognition from the Disney villains fanbase an unpopular opinion? Cause like, I swear maybe 5% of this fandom even knows who he is, let alone actually appreciates him as one of the villains. Not saying you *have* to like him or anything, but a little more recognition would be nice.

Song I associate with them: Overall, Hail to the King -- Avenged Sevenfold. Specific to this au in the aftermath of his story, Viva La Vida -- Coldplay. And specific to his past and transformation into the Horned King (according to this au because there’s nothing canon to really go off of), Castle of Glass -- Linkin Park.

Favorite picture of them: 

i actually have one like… partially drafted 😂 have a li’l sneak preview? (tho mind u it hasn’t been edited yet :p)

“Well, well. What have we here?”

No.

It couldn’t be.

That voice.

She jerked to her feet, turning, baring her teeth, heedless of the tear tracks on her face. Her hands glowed once more. “Insolent simian! Shouldn’t you be with the master? If you think to win his favor by—”

Valina stopped, abrupt.

No. That wasn’t right.

The wretch of a simian who followed her about was half skeletal in nature—flesh and bone, fit with a terrible little lobster claw of a hand. This creature…

It, he, hovered off of the ground, hands on his knees. His fur grew in a long mustache and eyebrows. Bandages covered his head, his tail. He wore a leather breastplate, and was covered in bald patches. His form was—strange. A bit too long, too lanky. Like he’d been bigger, and just… deflated.

Yet. He looked, and sounded, like her former minion.

“Who are you?” She demanded.

The simian’s mouth quirked. “You already know the answer to that.” He waved a hand dismissively. “After all, it sounds as if you’ve become acquainted with my… clone.” He sneered. “I find it far more interesting to know who you are.”

So. The little wretch she’d been forced to endure was a clone. That would explain why so much of her master’s power had clung to him, where it hadn’t their enemies.

“My name is Valina,” she says, stiffly. “They call me the Skull Sorceress.” And oh, that was another thing that had been ripped from her, wasn’t it?

“So. Tell me, witch, what failure was it that landed you here? What scheme of yours did the Hyper Force send so thoroughly down into the toilet, hmm?”

Valina drew up her chin. “I did not fail. The boy and his monkeys did not ruin my plans.”

“Well, clearly you did something. Or you wouldn’t be here, now would you?”

Valina scowled. That was the kicker, wasn’t it? Obviously she had done something wrong. Had… had made a mistake somewhere. Was it her failure to eradicate the Hyper Force? She had thought that leaving them for the master would be a welcome back present—after all, they had always been off limits before.

“It’s none of your business, simian,” she snapped. “You have already been discarded by the master. He would not even blink, were I to vaporize you where you stand.”

Mandarin didn’t look impressed. “You mean, after being sent all the way out here, you’re still professing loyalty to him?”

Of course. Anything else would be… unthinkable. He was the master. He had raised her from the hell that was the Skeletal Circle, from their misguided beliefs and foolish plots. He had given her power. Trained her. Changed her. He had taken such an interest in her—had given her duties, responsibilities…

What else was she supposed to do? Where else could she go?

“His vision for this world—“

Mandarin cut her off. “Please. His vision is nothing more than a ruined husk of a planet, fed off of by his precious ‘Dark Ones.’”

“You served him once too,” Valina snapped.

okay so me and roommie, we went to see this guy ari shaffir (didn’t know who he was until half an hour prior), it was mostly jokes about growing up jewish, it was fun ykno. they gave us booze. we kept up with the booze two pubs over. a good sunday night when i have work in the morning. i have water fuck it.

IMP. IMP OUR BABY. 

largely an obedient child but there are some days where he will straight up vanish like “i will Not wear the outfit you have picked out for me. i am a rebel. fuck u” and hordak will have to send subordinates out to hunt him down so hordak can force that last boot on him

imp was picked up from a previously horde-conquered planet that hordak for some reason had an emotional connection to, maybe hatched after he crash-landed on etheria, and just stuck around and now hordak loves him

hordak doesn’t realise he genuinely likes & cares about imp at first, bc imp has never been in a position where his “useful vs useless” philosophy has been tested.

imp does not give a shit about science. he just cackles at all of hordak’s ventures, good or bad. hordak thinks that by having entrapta around, he has a free tutor for teaching imp about science. all entrapta teaches imp is how to ignore ethical dilemmas with a free conscience (he did not need a tutor for that, but the validation is nice)

first off??? i’m love u and wld die for you???????

and second...all i got are concepts that are prone to change as we gain a better understanding of the characters+such after the pilot releases. maybe husk and katie die in a witch hunt, crymini breaks her soul gem in despair, alastor and a few other half-witches fully turn, etc etc. again,these are most likely temporary placeholders. the only things i feel are gonna stick is: vaggie’s descend to madness (sayaka’s classic “i was so stupid”) and mayhaps, angel growing to care for her as a little sister, similarly how mami looked after sayaka+attempt to die with her witch in tds. and charlie very likely ends up in a lone-survivor situation until she makes her Ultimate Wish.

as for the roles; yeaaaaah it’s obvious charlie is basically madoka and vaggie is sayaka with a dash of homuhomu. the rest are pretty much blurred from here. katie, tom cherri, and pentious are the kyokos each in their own fucked up way. husk, niffty, mimzy(?) and angel are the mamis(they have a play in looking after the girls), crymini has much of sayaka’s naivety and inevitably breaks down as well. alastor is more homura than anything? except crank the jackassery to 500.

now, there is no time travel in this- keep that in mind. HOWEVER, al does have the ability to foresee certain events to an extent, which mostly come to him in his dreams, and he knows the world is done for if charlie were to become a magical girl(not that he actually gives a shit what happens to the world), hence why he’s initially hellbent on driving her away from contracting at all costs. is down to murder her if he exhausted all other options. he’s shady as hell and barely reveals anything until it’s too late, talks shit about his own friend’s deaths even??? it upsets charlie enough to slap that perpetual grin off his stupid mug. al resented charlie(and to a lesser extent, vaggie) deeply for many reasons: for being stupidly naive and a potential threat to his only friends are the Main Ones. THATS ALL AT FIRST ANYWAYS, he does come to recognize how kind she truly is and genuinely values her safety+happiness as much as he does with his other friends. he protects her with his Life until fate serves him that Sweet👌McDeath.

MERRY SUPER LATE CHRISTMAS @monkeymindscream!!!! Sorry this took so long - I’ve had a heavy brain fog because of this stupid cold and wanted to make sure I wrote something worthy of your awesomeness! I hope you like it!

I had to think about this for a while

Other villains I’ve considered shipping include

Cruella and Sykes (I decided against this one, because nothing about Cruella suggests she’s into men and if they got too close she’d probably try to turn Roscoe and DeSoto into a coat) I think a Cruella pairing with more potential would be Cruella and Medusa (they’re so alike that Medusa was originally going to just be Cruella before she became her own villain). I could see Cruella and Yzma working too, since they’re both pretty interested in high fashion (and Yzma could turn people she doesn’t like into animals to give to Cruella for her fashion line...it’s the perfect crime)

I feel like Mim has an interest in the Horned King, but it’s not mutual. She likes his whole “doom and gloom” vibe.

The Horned King has some feelings towards Maleficent, but he keeps misinterpreting them as a desire to kill her. If they did get together it would be toxic as all hell. He’s a choker, she’s a bondage enthusiast...and neither are the kinky kind.

I could see Grimhilde and Gothel getting together, but I don’t know if it would last much longer than a couple of dates. 

Oogie and Facilier seem like a very good match...but it takes a brave soul to willingly date a giant potato sack full of bugs. Two bros chillin at the poker table, 5 feet apart cause they’re not gay! Both of them give me bi vibes to be honest.

I think Scar and Zira were a thing even before this au, but the canon refuses to say anything about that. Scar’s just like “My wife is a bitch and I like her so much” Although it wouldn’t surprise me if Scar ever had a brief fling with Shere Khan 

I’ll admit I love the fan pairing of Hades and Jafar but I have no idea how well it would actually work

Lucifer and Felicia are definitely a thing.

I already mentioned the Headless Horseman and Shan Yu as well as their horses.

Ursula has some interest in Facilier but no one is sure if he actually likes her back, or if he’s just being gentlemanly around her for nefarious purposes in the future. Of course, Ursula might be doing the same. They’re both experienced con artists.

Plenty of villains and henchmen alike are interested in Helga...but she’s definitely playing them.

Also there’s Doris and AUTO. AKA WALL-E and EVE but make it evil. (of course it seems a doomed relationship. Their goals and personalities are too different, and Doris is almost definitely just using him as a means to an end)

I mean, as someone who stims very regularly, (as in, i got this ask and stimmed into the 4th dimension) you kinda nailed it. That feeling that smiling isn’t enough??? You just explode?! you got it, dude. 

If this happened in show, the writers’ choices would be Nova, Chiro, or Antauri. In that order. 

But I want the black-eyed trio to pull her out of the inevitable funk she falls into when she’s left without a purpose after forsaking SK.

I want Otto to notice she’s not doing great and ask her “wanna help me build a little moon buggy?”

“I don’t know the first thing about machines.”

“I’ll teach you the first thing! Come on, it’ll be fun”

And she ends up enjoying it. She helps him the next day just to have something to do, and at some point they end up with Gibson doing a lecture.

She loves astronomy. She was keeping track of half this stuff at the temple anyway! She asks genuine questions and pays attention and it’s not terrifying to learn stuff??????????? what a foreign concept.

“Wanna get up close to the stars? I’ll teach you to fly!”

She drives like a maniac but she loves every second of it. The basic human urge to go fast being fulfilled without her having to spend her own energy to get it???????? God, all that older brother/dad energy Sparx had in season 1 could be properly spent here.

She still has a unhealthy attachment to SK, though… But if she wants to honour him, she can honour his better side. With the science form gibson, engineering from Otto, some social skills from Sparx and practical application from all three? Combined with her own magic she could become the best alchemist since THE Alchemist.