I Have An Idea That I Wanted To Share!

I have an idea.

It’s an Empires AU based on the version of the song The Dark-Eyed Sailor from The Dragon Prince by Atillion (link and lyrics below cut).

After the fall of Empires, the ocean’s collapse is slowly causing Jimmy and Lizzie to lose their souls, since they’re so attached to the water. They lose all memory of being Seablings and now all they want is power and control over what’s left of the ocean. Its fall has also torn them of almost all their powers, meaning that neither of them can breathe underwater anymore.

So they fight.

Even from the start, the battle is hopeless. Lizzie is infinitely more powerful than Jimmy and they both know that she will win.

Yet Jimmy still fights.

Lizzie ruthlessly attacks him, weakening him to the point where he can barely swim, yet he still fights, because only he should rule the ocean.

There are several points at which Jimmy almost drowns, but his need for power pushes him forward. He’s able to do a fair amount of damage to Lizzie, but it was never enough.

After hours of draws, Lizzie is able to hold him under the water with her trident. His last words when he is still above the surface are, “The sea shall bow to me!”

Jimmy, the codfather, brother of the ocean queen, has drowned.

Lizzie wins, as they both knew she always would.

But there is nothing more to rule, for her empire has fallen.

Woe to the man, the dark-eyed sailor

Ship's adrift and the sea's his jailor

Drag him down,

Down, down, down

Down in the wicked depths below

Lost at sea, the sailor cried

I will not drown, and I will not die

The ocean's rule I dare defy

The sea shall bow to me!

Woe to the man, the dark-eyed sailor

Ship's adrift and the sea's his jailor

Drag him down,

Down, down, down

Down in the wicked depths below

The fog pressed in, the ice did freeze

The sails caught nary a whisper'd breeze

But to his pride the sailor seized

The sea shall bow to me!

Woe to the man, the dark-eyed sailor

Ship's adrift and the sea's his jailor

Drag him down,

Down, down, down

Down in the wicked depths below

The ship it sank, its hull full tore

The sailor he could swim no more

But even as he drowned, he swore

The sea shall bow to me!

Woe to the man, the dark-eyed sailor

Ship's adrift and the sea's his jailor

Drag him down,

Down, down, down

Down to the depths

Drown in the depths

Drown in the wicked depths below

Kind of strange how the season Martyn won was the only season Ren was not in.

Did Ren see his win coming and manipulate the Watchers into letting him stay away, only to reward Martyn his crown at the end?

I dunno, I just feel like there's something to that.

These are some drawings I’ve made over the past few months of songs as dragons! Most of their colors are based off their album covers, but if not, then they’re based off of the color/vibe they give. Originally I was going to post these one per day but I don’t have the patience for that so…here you go

I recently finished watching Jimmy’s Third Life so naturally I had to make fanart

I love how Jimmy accidentally proposes to Scott and is like “I meant love for the flowers” and Scott was just like “no”

I was trying out a new style and I actually think it didn’t turn out too bad!

(Tumblr how dare you ruin the image quality 😭 click for (hopefully) better quality)

Song - Caleb Trask by The Crane Wives

Can we talk about how well most Crane Wives songs fit the Life series???

For example, Shallow River for DL!Pearl:

"May the whole sky fall/May it all come down/Wasted all for the title/Wasted all for the crown"

Little Soldiers for Dogwarts:

"I fought with tooth and nail before the flag had flown, but you were already gone"

Canary in a Coal Mine:

Do I even have to explain?

October for Scott and Jimmy:

"Come my dear and be a part of my home/Missing stitch and flowers on a headstone"

The Well for the Ranchers:

"That old house, those rotting memories, burned easier than I'd have thought"

Allies or Enemies for Desert Duo:

"Are we allies or enemies?/This will be the death of me, this will be the death of me/All is fair in love and war, but I can't fight with you anymore/This will be the death of me"

The Hand That Feeds for TL!Martyn:

Pretty self-explanatory

Once & for All for the Red King:

"Dodge bullets and fire spray, my blood's forever on your hands/When my ghost sings my battle cry, you'll be too sorry to dance"

And that's only a handful. It's terrifying how many more there are.

You should go check them out if you haven't already. I will drag you into this Crane Wives obsession with me and you will never escape. *cackles in nerd*

Some SL!Gem art I drew a while ago because I love her red skin

I realized halfway through drawing this that her yellow life skin doesn't have a cape but it was too late to turn back so I just went with it lol, I actually think it flows better with it

(click image for better quality)

“Two birds on a wire

One tries to fly away, and the other

Watches him close from that wire

He says he wants to as well, but he is a liar”

As evil as Darkstalker was, I think he deserved better. All he tried to do was protect Clearsight, Foeslayer, and Whiteout. Sure, he did it in some…i n t e r e s t i n g ways that were definitely not ok or even necessary , but maybe he could’ve been the savior everyone needed, if only Arctic had treated them better.

(I have read Darkstalker’s book about five times, btw. I’ve lost count at this point)

Song - Two Birds on a Wire by Regina Spektor

Drew this quick thing based on @karmaandsin’s Grian poem :D

"Isn't this what you wanted?

Time sure feels like it's running out

Just finish what you started

Queen of nothing, wearing

Such a heavy crown"

(Song - Queen of Nothing by The Crane Wives)

So…Martyn’s latest Misadventures episode, huh?? The FLASHBACKS I had.

Martyn’s Misadventures episode “The Man of Many Guilds” (the latest one) spoilers ahead! The fact that Sausage warned Martyn that his death was going to be painful, but this was what was needed for Martyn to have permission to kill people?

The way that Martyn stood crouched with his head bowed as Sausage killed him, and how his last words before Sausage hit him were “this feels familiar”? Martyn was on the receiving end this time.

I’m going crazy.