#nutcracker mouse king

Mouscedes wears yellow, and is the daughter of an old fantasy/fairy tale character and wears an old-fashioned clothing style, making her emblematic of the past.

Luna wears red, and is the daughter of an enduring cryptid legend and has a modernist bold visual aesthetic, making her reflective of the present.

Elle is almost all blue, and very obviously represents the future with her speculative high-tech robot concept.

The video accompanying this project (turn the subtitles ON ^^)

We're nearing the end of a new year, school is out and it's freezing outside. So it's time to snuggle up under the covers with a nice hot drink and watch a Christmas movie. Let's leave the romantic comedies and time-travelling ghosts behind for now; this year, we're gonna crack some nuts !

In my pitch, Clara received a music box and a hairclip from the Uncle Drosselmeyer, an old family friend who seemed to have travelled all around the world. What she doesn't know is that Drosselmeyer comes from a magical clockpunk world that was invaded by the Mice directed by their King Tiberius IV. When she sees that her uncle and his Nutcracker aren't what they seems to be, she follows them in their world to search the Sugar Plum Fairy, who's the only one who can stop the Mouse King. During her travel, she'd learn to take other people's opinions into account and be more compassionate towards them.

In my adaptation of the story, Theo Drosselmeyer would be the nephew of Drosselmeyer, the royal clockmaker who found a way to travel between worlds. Alas, the Mice took over the kingdom by stealing most of the citizens' True Names, which changed their nature, memories and identities. If no one finds the Sugar Plum Fairy by the next Blue Moon, it will be impossible to give the citizens their True Names back. As they embark Clara, a Stranger, in their quest, her music box may be the key to freeing the kingdom…

Back in my Nutcracker fixation agaiiiin!~