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Got a new drawing pen for my laptop. To celebrate I drew Jim Henson & Kermit.

Here I made it worse (please excuse my horrible photo editing lol)

Chewbacca Fizzgig hybrid

I don’t know what the hell happened but I was just in the car listening to YMCA and then all of a sudden I looked out the window and started having an existential crisis. So, uh, I totally understand why Garfield hates Mondays now.

Oh! Oh! Last minute addition!

Y’know the Voight-Kampff Test that’s used to prove whether someone is a Replicant or not? And how it reads this based off emotional responses?

Instead of that, in this AU we have the Essence Chairs. 

So Replicants have no essence, and the only way to test if they are in fact Replicants is by draining them. If you get drained, then you’re a real person and you’re good to go. If not, well then, start running.

For the Dark Crystal Fans:

This one here has been going back and forth in my mind for a while, so I thought I might as well just go ahead and present it for your validation.

So, The Dark Crystal is my favorite film ever, and Blade Runner is another movie that I really enjoy. Both of them came out in 1982, so naturally that made me want to do a mash-up of the two.

I give you: THE CRYSTAL RUNNER AU! 

Essentially it’s the plot of Blade Runner with Dark Crystal characters, but with a few changes in order to make it a bit more interesting.

Setting

• The Skarith Land of Thra, 2019. The UrSkeks arrived on the planet a thousand trine prior and completely overhauled the place into what it is now: a futuristic  land full of flying cars, synthesized food, and most importantly, Replicants.

• The UrSkek Foundation specializes in creating Replicants for cheap labor. Models are based off all of Thra’s creatures, meaning that there’s Gelfling, Podling, and even UrSkek Replicants running around, doing the bidding of their masters until their lifespan runs out.

• When a Replicant goes against its programming, the police send out special investigators to retire them using specially-made crystal shards. These officers are known as Crystal Runners.

Characters

• Jen (Rick Deckard) - Retired Crystal Runner (or at least trying to be). He is called in again when four out of six escaped UrSkek-type Replicants begin running rampant throughout Thra.

• Kira (Rachel) - Assistant to SoSu, the CEO of the UrSkek Foundation. After meeting Jen, she questions whether or not she may be a Replicant, despite having memories of being raised by Podlings.

• Aughra (Gaff, the Origami Guy) - Keeps to the background, providing miniscule clues to Jen and Kira while also dropping hints that she knows who’s a Replicant and who isn’t.

• SoSu (Eldon Tyrell) - CEO of the UrSkek Foundation. Passive and diplomatic, yet enigmatic and somewhat prejudiced towards non-UrSkeks.

• TekTih (J.F. Sebastian) - Genetic Designer for the UrSkek Foundation.

The Replicants

• UngIm (Roy Batty) - Leader of the rogue Replicants. Desires a longer, if not eternal, lifespan for himself and his companions.

• SilSol (Pris) - UngIm’s second. Has a knack for manipulating through persuasive means.

• ZokZah (Leon) - The most violent member of the group. Often resorts to threats to get what he wants.

• EktUtt (Zhora) - The first of the group to be found. Secretly gained employment as a dancer in a dive bar in order to earn currency for the rest of the Replicants.

Other

• As part of my own special twist on the story, the lifespans of UrSkek Replicants don’t indicate when they die, but when they split into their individual halves. After they become divided, the Skeksis and urRu halves will begin to rapidly age and eventually perish after a time.

• Additionally, instead of a mass genocide, the Gelfling population ended up becoming swarmed with Replicants, resulting in no Gelfling knowing if they are truly a real person or not. 

• Garthim are used as a last resort against Replicants or to even get rid of rogue Crystal Runners.

Well, there you have it. I’m not sure if everybody’s ever even seen or heard of Blade Runner before, but I had fun coming up with this AU, and hopefully soon I can post a few sketches I did based on the idea. 

Please feel free to add your own ideas if you like! 

For the Dark Crystal Fans:

This one here has been going back and forth in my mind for a while, so I thought I might as well just go ahead and present it for your validation.

So, The Dark Crystal is my favorite film ever, and Blade Runner is another movie that I really enjoy. Both of them came out in 1982, so naturally that made me want to do a mash-up of the two.

I give you: THE CRYSTAL RUNNER AU! 

Essentially it’s the plot of Blade Runner with Dark Crystal characters, but with a few changes in order to make it a bit more interesting.

Setting

• The Skarith Land of Thra, 2019. The UrSkeks arrived on the planet a thousand trine prior and completely overhauled the place into what it is now: a futuristic  land full of flying cars, synthesized food, and most importantly, Replicants.

• The UrSkek Foundation specializes in creating Replicants for cheap labor. Models are based off all of Thra’s creatures, meaning that there’s Gelfling, Podling, and even UrSkek Replicants running around, doing the bidding of their masters until their lifespan runs out.

• When a Replicant goes against its programming, the police send out special investigators to retire them using specially-made crystal shards. These officers are known as Crystal Runners.

Characters

• Jen (Rick Deckard) - Retired Crystal Runner (or at least trying to be). He is called in again when four out of six escaped UrSkek-type Replicants begin running rampant throughout Thra.

• Kira (Rachel) - Assistant to SoSu, the CEO of the UrSkek Foundation. After meeting Jen, she questions whether or not she may be a Replicant, despite having memories of being raised by Podlings.

• Aughra (Gaff, the Origami Guy) - Keeps to the background, providing miniscule clues to Jen and Kira while also dropping hints that she knows who’s a Replicant and who isn’t.

• SoSu (Eldon Tyrell) - CEO of the UrSkek Foundation. Passive and diplomatic, yet enigmatic and somewhat prejudiced towards non-UrSkeks.

• TekTih (J.F. Sebastian) - Genetic Designer for the UrSkek Foundation.

The Replicants

• UngIm (Roy Batty) - Leader of the rogue Replicants. Desires a longer, if not eternal, lifespan for himself and his companions.

• SilSol (Pris) - UngIm’s second. Has a knack for manipulating through persuasive means.

• ZokZah (Leon) - The most violent member of the group. Often resorts to threats to get what he wants.

• EktUtt (Zhora) - The first of the group to be found. Secretly gained employment as a dancer in a dive bar in order to earn currency for the rest of the Replicants.

Other

• As part of my own special twist on the story, the lifespans of UrSkek Replicants don’t indicate when they die, but when they split into their individual halves. After they become divided, the Skeksis and urRu halves will begin to rapidly age and eventually perish after a time.

• Additionally, instead of a mass genocide, the Gelfling population ended up becoming swarmed with Replicants, resulting in no Gelfling knowing if they are truly a real person or not. 

• Garthim are used as a last resort against Replicants or to even get rid of rogue Crystal Runners.

Well, there you have it. I’m not sure if everybody’s ever even seen or heard of Blade Runner before, but I had fun coming up with this AU, and hopefully soon I can post a few sketches I did based on the idea. 

Please feel free to add your own ideas if you like! 

Recently watched Eyes Without a Face for the first time, and holy shit, I love this film. Definitely on my Top 10 for best horror movies. I really like how suspenseful this film can get at certain points. And the music is killer too.

God damn it who's cutting the onions?

tw: tokophobia / tocophobia

Interrupting your regularly-scheduled Star Wars posts to give you a The Dark Crystal post.

I showed a preview of this to some of my friends and one of them described me as a “horocrux who feeds of other’s suffering,” which i think was a compliment. I guess I just like sad-posting.

After TDCAOR was cancelled, I assume it will be a few years before we get some kind of spin off explaining what happens to our beloved Gelfling protagonists. This was an idea of mine for how the story may end. I personally believe that Deet and Rian are Jen’s parents, and the reason Jen was able to fix the Crystal was that he inherited his mother’s ability to banish the Darkening. 

38 years ago my all-time favorite movie was released on this day and I just had to post about it. Forever grateful for the inspiration this film has given me and countless others.

That's all. Thank you.

Enjoy this crappy meme I made. I love Kira but the moment of her death is just perfectly ripe for shit like this.

Don’t mind me, just posting some Rod Serling for your enjoyment.

Also Bearded Rod is a whole ass mood.

Random Dark Crystal shower thought:

We’re all automatically assuming that if AOR were to continue, then the series would end after Jen and Kira are found by their adoptive families (i.e., the Mystics and the podlings)

But what if it doesn’t? Like, would they still show gelflings fighting Garthim and getting drained even after Jen and Kira are safely hidden away?

Y’know, just an idea....