12/25/2023 0 Comments The dark crystal tv tropes![]() A bit of background checking shows that in the grand scheme of things, she's actually supposed to be True Neutral, and not one to take sides. Aughra, however, is quite hideous and warty, yet proves to be a helpful character. The Skeksis on the other hand, are clearly intended to look twisted, deformed and vulture-like, which is made even worse by their advanced age. The pure urRu are made to look noble and sagacious, and when they die, they fade into sparkles. The protagonists, the Gelflings, are obviously intended to be attractive, despite any Uncanny Valley that may be invoked by looking at them. There are a lot or weird animals out there and this ability comes in very handy. ![]() The Beast Master: Kira can call out to just about any animal out there and coax it into helping her.Balance Between Good and Evil: Literally since the Mystics and Skeksis are actually two halves of one being - if one of them dies, so does their counterpart.Their Mystic counterparts have wooden limbs in the same places. Artificial Limbs: The Skeksis Slave Master has a hook for a hand while the Scientist has a mechanical arm.Animated Armor: The Garthim, evidently.Animal Eye Spy: The Skeksis with their crystal bats.All There in the Manual: Pretty much all the names of the Skeksis and Mystics are featured in the novelization and "Art of" book.Alien Sky: The planet Thra's three suns.Alien Lunch: Some of the things the Skeksis eat are still alive.Age Without Youth: Applies to both the Mystics and Skeksis (though they're not technically immortal), but the Skeksis suffer a bit more from it, especially when you learn that they weren't originally evil, but rather represented the passionate, hedonistic side of the Urskek, and were rather pleasant to party with.Adam and Eve Plot: Never directly addressed, but since Jen and Kira are the Last Of Their Kind, it's pretty obvious. ![]() In 2019, Netflix released The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a prequel to the film but it was cancelled after one season. Though it didn't do as well on its initial theatrical run, it spawned a cult following large enough to warrant a spin-off Manga prequel, Legends of the Dark Crystal by Tokyo Pop, a graphic novel prequel trilogy, The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths by Archaia Entertainment, and a sequel long stuck in Development Hell titled Power of the Dark Crystal. All except for the protagonists Jen and Kira, the last of their kind. A few centuries later, the Skeksis discover a prophecy that the elf-like Gelflings will heal the crystal, thus undoing their reign, they sent their Garthim to hunt them down and kill them all. When it cracked on the day of the Great Conjunction of the planet's three suns, it split its UrSkek keepers into the Exclusively Evil and aggressive Skeksis and the Always Lawful Good but all too passive Mystics (aka urRu). One thousand years ago, the titular crystal was whole. Out of any of Jim Henson's works, this was probably one of the most complex, being done completely with animatronic puppets in the well developed setting of the planet Thra. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP.Ī 1982 science fiction/fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz with creature design by fantasy artist Brian Froud. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. All new trope pages will be made with the "Trope Workshop" found on the "Troper Tools" menu and worked on until they have at least three examples.Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the "fair use" licensing to an image may have it deleted. ![]() Failure to do so may result in deletion of contributions and blocks of users who refuse to learn to do so.
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