So idk, maybe we could so smth. Maybe we could collectively share how this series ruined our lives or draw or smfh
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apparently agatha is taller than tedros,, which render this useless, but hey u learn new things everyday
So idk, maybe we could so smth. Maybe we could collectively share how this series ruined our lives or draw or smfh
Reblog to gain traction!
@ashpkat
@wuffgang-ameowdeus-moozart
@quilleily
Finally got around to drawing my designs for these Magisterium Characters!! My headcannons for them, in order:
Alastair Hunt, in my mind, is an all-American guy with not-so-active parents. He's got his cannon messiness and love for tinkering so I can't help but image him staying up night and day to take apart Radios, Watches and rebuild them with metal magic.
Jericho and Constantine Madden are def French-Russian, obviously have their mum and (despite being irrelevant anywhere) dad. Jericho has a talent for Water Magic in my mind, and him and Declan like making pages like this with Declans Photographs. Constantine is months short of discovering Chaos, so for now he loves Fire.
Sarah and Declan Novak ARE JUST HEADCANNONS. There is NOTHING to base them on except for their names and Sarah having the same dark hair as Callum. So now they're American with Grandparents in South America. They're also the smallest in the group and Declan gets Migraines that can even take his vision for a short while. Just so there's a solid reason he wasn't in active battle, since it would've been a bigger than average risk for him.
I TRIED IM SORRY BUT LIKE---
I’ve done stuff like this before but this is REALLY specific and also updated. kate compensates for her lack of artistic talent. again.
agatha
very angular– sharp chin, long and pointy nose
long, bony limbs and hands, v tall but she slouches and has terrible posture.
flat and pretty much completely lacks curves
I think this is canon but very flat, inexpressive eyebrows. same for her mouth
her eyes are a little uneven, but they’re protuberant and she has a slightly angry resting face as a result of that (and her eyebrows). her irises are so dark brown they’re nearly black.
lots of moles and birthmarks
I always imagined her hair as shorter than a bob but I know most people don’t agree with me lmao
not an appearance thing but I always thought she’d have quite a deep voice
bites her nails
her smile crinkles her eyes and makes her look a lot more approachable hence why everyone’s like “omg”
teeth are a bit crooked
she’s got a weird charm about her though, like she’s very striking
looks good in red, black, white and dark blue
looks ill in yellow, doesn’t like green apart from very dark shades,
tedros
he’s very broad-shouldered and looks very solid and sturdy
yes, he has thick curly hair it’s CANON
it gets bleached in the summer and lightens a shade, usually it’s gold-blond but it leans towards white-blond if he’s out in the sun enough
obvs he’s got a chiselled face and jaw, but his nose has been broken in training before so it’s crooked. he hates it.
a little bit acne-prone
very full mouth and big, earnest eyes and quite heavy eyebrows, but they’re a little bit arched
it makes him have a very approachable resting face, unlike agatha’s lmao
only smiles with teeth when he’s faking it (which, initially, was all the time) because he doesn’t like how his genuine closed-mouth smile looks much (it makes him look squishy n he hates it, agatha thinks it’s great)
bites the insides of his cheeks a bit bc it’s a stress thing that’s easy to hide
has lil freckles on his nose and cheeks
once he’s older he grows a beard bc he thinks it makes him look ~mature and responsible~ (it does, actually, but it doesn’t mean Agatha doesn’t make fun for a little bit first)
Sophie
her hair is very fine and light, (white blonde where tedros’s is gold) but it’s REALLY long, so she can do whatever with it (and kinda needs to, you’re doomed if you’re trying to run through the woods with waist-length or longer princess hair. put that shit in a braid)
she tries to pretend it’s naturally curly but it’s not, if you catch her early enough in the morning she’s still got curlers in
short and curvy, it plays up the contrast between her and Agatha a lot
she’s got a really cherub-like face, round and really sweet, with like, very full lips and a little nose and stuff. no wonder everyone thought she was good. looks like a baby angel.
her eyes are a little bit catlike, kinda sly, don’t really fit w her face which makes sense lmao
has her nails super-long and painted, like talons. so she can tap them on things and sound scary and if she was ever inclined to, she’d probably poison them like that lady in Holes
dyes her eyebrows bc if she didn’t they wouldn’t be visible, and she can’t have THAT
when she was little her ears stuck out a bit and she HATED IT, she grew into it and it’s not noticeable anymore but she aims a hit at Agatha any time Agatha tries to bring it up
she’s got a chipped front tooth from when she fell over on graves hill one time, she claims it gives her character even though agatha insists it’s not even noticeable
Will humanity ever be free of the influence of Edna Mode? Can any of us so much as consider the character design for a hero or villain without her manifesting in the room, fully aware of our sins?
I’ve seen a bunch of people on the SGE wiki calling Tedros a Mary Sue/Marty Stu/Gary Stu and I disagree so here’s a FRICKING ESSAY.
WARNING: This is gonna be a full-blown essay. Also I’m using Mary Sue as a gender neutral term because I don’t see the point in the term Gary Stu but I’m not opening that can of worms…Also, very mild book 3 and 4 spoilers.
DISCLAIMER: I’m tired and grumpy. I’m not trying to attack anyone with this post and I am not usually this tired or this grumpy. But today I’m tired and grumpy. Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08YRWuK4bso watch this because I’m too tired to repeat her message.
Reasons why Tedros of Camelot is not a Mary Sue
1) Tedros has flaws.
Mary Sues are flawless characters - and this includes characters whose flaws are physical things, or things other people have done to them. Mary Sues are “X character is kind and brave and caring and has unlimited superpowers but they have two different coloured eyes and their parents hate them so they’re totally flawed.”
Tedros is not flawless. Tedros is stupid. Reckless. Impulsive. He holds grudges. He is stubborn. He values his pride too much, which leads him to land everyone in trouble. He is absolutely terrible at communicating. He has SERIOUS trust issues. Did I mention he’s stupid?
But this doesn’t make him a bad character, because…
2) Tedros grows as a character.
I would argue that Tedros is the character who goes through the most character development throughout the series. Tedros begins the books as someone who sees the world as black and white. He is someone who believes he knows the boundaries between good and evil, and refuses to change those views. Take his first proper scene with Agatha, for example. When Tedros sees the gargoyle in Agatha’s arms, he doesn’t stop to ask himself what is going on - he instantly categorizes the gargoyle as evil, and kills it. Even when Agatha protests that the gargoyle was innocent, he just considers her evil by association. He does the same thing with his mother - he resents his mother for abandoning him, so he paints her as the villain of the story, building up his father as a hero, despite having seen his father’s descent into paranoia and alcoholism. He refuses to change his views of Arthur = good and Guinevere = bad. He also holds grudges and doesn’t trust his princess, despite Agatha often knowing better then him.
But throughout the books, Tedros learns. He learns that people are multifaceted, and that there is more to people than Ever or Never, boy or girl. He learns to swallow his pride and let Agatha take the lead. He learns to put away his prejudices and admit his own flaws. He even learns to forgive his mother, and actually listens to her side of the story. And even though he does have a bit of a backslide in book 4, he apologizes and proceeds to be more careful about his actions. In fact, he does this even better than Agatha, who continues to keep trying to take charge even in book 6, when it’s not her battle to fight. (No hate to Agatha. It’s just that Tedros’s arc is slightly more impressive.)
3) Tedros is not a personality vaccum.
Part of the problem with Mary Sues is that they cause everyone around them to lose all personality beyond what is needed to make the Sue look good, as the whole universe’s point is to make them look good. The world literally revolves around a Mary Sue. A smart character cannot be as smart as the Sue, an edgy character cannot have a backstory which is more tragic than the Sue’s, an attractive character cannot be as attractive as the Sue, etc.
But with SGE, this is clearly not the case. Every major character has a reasonably developed and multifaceted personality. (Except Anadil, but Anadil’s whole thing is that she doesn’t have a personality.) Think of Hester - she was introduced as Sophie’s edgy, cool, black-hearted rival. But as the books progress, we see a different side to Hester: she is very driven and determined to prove herself as more than a girl, as seen when Evelyn Sader revamps the school, she is very emotionally mature, as shown when she doesn’t hold a grudge against Hansel and Gretel, and she clearly cares about her close friends a lot - even though Dot is constantly the butt of Hester and Anadil’s jokes, they are willing to do anything to protect her, even attacking the Sheriff.
Another example is Reena - she is present throughout the books as Beatrix’s sidekick, and she is often thought of as nothing more than that, as Sophie explicitly states. But in book 6 she suddenly takes control, revealing herself to be a strong leader, quick-thinking and smart and a QUEEN.
This started as me defending Tedros and dissolved into me just stanning best girls Hester and Reena……..anyway back to the show.
4) JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T LIKE A CHARACTER, THAT DOESN’T MAKE THEM A MARY SUE.
Being stuck up is not a Mary Sue characteristic. Being perfect is. Look me in the eyes and tell me this dopey golden retriever of a prince is perfect.
In conclusion:
Tedros is not a Mary Sue. He is a bicon and a puppy and I love him.
(Thoughts on OTK coming soon!)
Little Boy Blue
To Woods Beyond AU
Where only Sophie got taken on the day of the kidnapping. Agatha is determined to find her and bring her back home.
Agatha on her way to SGE with her cat and a new found friend. Wowow
Im so normal about this au frfr