The Last Unicorn - Blog Posts

Am I really the Last?

Yo so I fuck w/ this movie,,,, but the BOOB TREE???? What was THAT! And like the boob bird dog thing and the old magic tree stump witch’s relationship was randomly intense for a kids movie. But the bull king chasing a wave of unicorns was a twist I’ve never forgotten so I will still give The Last Unicorn (1982) a raving review despite the weirdly sexual trauma it no doubt instilled within me

the last unicorn lived in a lilac wood,                  and she lived all alone

THE LAST UNICORN 1982, dir. Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass

Hi!!! I loved the fifth chapter of Rakul and the third chapter of Shimsiam. I'm so happy that you are writing them, and I'm always excited when I see you upload a new chapter 🥰 I was wondering what stories inspired you to start writing about demons. Can you recommend some? 👀

Hello and thank you so much for the Ask! While I can’t think of any one story that inspired my Demon original characters, in my notes from 1/31/22 just over one year ago, I reference a few movies as story and place inspirations: Maleficent, Legend (1985), and The Last Unicorn. I’d written a little over 1k of a story, inspired by the dark and romantic lyrics of the song “The Killing Moon”, about a demon Thrawn who finds a teenage girl, Elise (female Eli) in the forest, captures and seduces her, then takes her to the Black Fortress as an offering to the evil Demon King there (demon Emperor Palpatine), but in the last minute lets Elise escape from the rest of the demons and he is imprisoned. Elise helps him escape his prison cell, but she is severely injured and near death as he flies her away from the Fortress. So there are several elements of that story that DID end up becoming part of Rakul, but that specific story is one of my few truly abandoned ideas. And it was reborn into Rakul and the sequel to Rakul, which will feature demon Thrawn and demon Thrass, as well as Elise as female Eli once again (which is at least half written, but the exact ending point is undetermined at the moment). That sequel was begun on Feb. 2, 2022, and the first chapter of Rakul was begun Feb. 23, 2022 and published on AO3 2/25/22. Anyway, most of the inspiration for all of these stories was simply some dark song lyrics and a certain mood. I actually didn’t start reading a lot of romance novels until later in 2022, and I actually haven’t read any demon stories like mine before, so there isn’t any specific novel I could recommend that inspired my demons unfortunately.

Finally, there IS a very lovely romantic fanfic about demon!Thrawn and human Eli already on AO3:

Here is the second and last of 2 videos from a year ago that I posted on tiktok and now I'm transferring to tumblr.

At the time, I wanted to do a little bit of Vallety's parents' Lore, but at the time I was too lazy to draw and/or animate even a little, so I did everything in gacha life/club, and this video was no different.

I had come across an audio of the "The Last Unicorn" movie/series(I don't remember) and soon noticed that the audio was about 92% compatible with their Lore so I put 1+1 together

It's kind of bad and the quality may have gotten worse because, TikTok, right, but I still think it's a cool concept :)

The moment Ilara says "I am human" is not, like, her renouncing her origins and accepting that she is now human, or at least partially human.

It's a moment of outburst, of exhaustion, one of those moments where you say things you don't really agree with or think about, a vulnerable moment, caused by the extreme body dysmorphia she felt, which Hansuke helped her overcome, because she is a siren, no matter what her body is, no matter what anyone says, no matter what anyone does/did to her.

And that will never change.

So it's my birfday so I decided to do a little self-indulgent vent peice. I'm in a drawy mood, so if u wanna send suggestions, I'm all ears.

Like I said before, "The Last Unicorn" is my favourite animated movie because I really relate to the Unicorn. The scene this is referencing always stuck with me.

And as of late, as my existence is outright denied, and I'm being pushed out of a place I once called home. I feel this pain that only others like I understand. I'm forced to pretend and be what others perceive me as.

But I am not a white mare. The world of man is so easily deceived by what they want to see. They refuse the truth that stands before them.

Okay, I can't put into words how much this art means to me!!!!

The Last Unicorn is possibly my favourite animated movie! It wasn't my favourite growing up because I couldn't fully grasp it. When I was growing up, I always thought it was a fever dream I had, and no one else I talked to knew about it.

But not too long after I realised I was trans (late teens), I rewatched it and Oh my gods!

I cried at the scene where she realised she was made human and yelled out. "I wish you had let the Red Bull take me! I wish you had left me to the harpy! I can feel this body DYING all around me!" Every moment, every quote. 🫠😍

So, seeing others make fan art and see that others remember it! It truly is wonderful 🥹

I know I am human, but something deep within me resonates so close with The Unicorn and her perspective.

do you hear me? YOU LOST HER. you’ve trapped her in a human body. SHE’LL GO MAD.

This is likely to be my favorite of the bunch, which is really a tough choice. But my eyes keep getting drawn back to this scene. It's so simple but peaceful, a journey between friends.

You can find it here 💙

Drawing and Reference:

"What have you done to me? I'm a unicorn!"

"I'M A UNICORN!!!"

"I wish you let the Red Bull take me!”

“I wish you left me to the Harpy!”

“I can feel this body DYING all around me!!!"

"I'm afraid of this human body, more than I was of the Red Bull. Afraid....." Scene Here:

Inspired by @teddie-bear420 and their Cold Hazbin Hotel AU, please check them out for more of their amazing art!!!

I need someone to write a fic for Eddie about the reader introducing him to the last unicorn who is in utter shock and disgraced that he hadn’t seen it because it’s their favorite

THE LAST UNICORN (1982, Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr.)

What media should children be watching

they should have 10 vhs tapes they watch over and over again

I've met him in person btw and he's a fucking sweetheart

[ID: Text-intensive Twitter thread from the Shapeshifters chest binders Twitter account in reply to a post by artist and author Ursula Vernon. Vernon says, A non-zero number of you apparently did not know that The Last Unicorn was a book before it was a movie. It is by Peter S. Beagle. It is made of spun glass and fairytales and iron knives and there are individual lines that I would give my lungs to have written. Shapechangers replies, I saw him every year at NYCC for several years straight, bought something at his table, asked him to sign it, and we spoke. He remembered me from year to year, no small feat at that con. He remembered which stories he'd told me. One year I came back with a different gender on. He squinted at me a bit and said thoughtfully, "I've seen you before in this place." All I had to say was, "last year you told me the story about the inoshishi." And his face cleared, and he leaned in with a grin and told me about a German guitarist who he traveled with, twice. Who transitioned between the first and second time, so he'd gotten to meet this person all over again on the second round. It was a wonderfully kind way to let me know that everything was fine. I was fresh out of the closet and I needed that, and maybe he could see it. The Last Unicorn is the best book in the world and I will defend it and its author til I die. the end. /end ID]

I don't usually talk about celebrities; artists, when I do, and I'm keenly aware that one needn't be a good person to be a hell of a heartwrenching artist. But Peter S. Beagle has written a few of my favorite things in the world, he's an excellent singer and filker, and this Twitter thread was dreadfully important to me. I don't want it going away as Twitter becomes Shitter, because it's so often bad news, isn't it? It's important to me to share trans joy.