So Take A Look At This. This Is A Screenshot Of Hildas Study In The Game. Take A Look Around It, What

So take a look at this. This is a screenshot of Hilda’s study in the game. Take a look around it, what do we see? We see three things. First, the papers are scattered and thrown about her desk, some on the floor. Second, we see an over turned chair and broken dish ware thrown around the floor. Third, perhaps most important, we see her vanity shelf over turned and the mirror broken.

These are all very important things to look at when evaluating Hilda’s mental and emotional state during the game, as well as evaluating the backlash she’d suffer in her current state.

Seeing the desk is a usual sign of stress. Aggravation, distress, worry, throwing one’s papers about is a physical outlet with no repercussions. Just a very normal expression of anxiety and stress.

But smashing the plates and flipping the chair, that seems more like a violent outburst. Anger, frustration, denial, betrayal. An outburst perhaps that she had when her trusted friend Ravio left– the hurt and anger of being so alone. Breaking her things became the only outlet she had to vent such solitude and pain.

Now, the real kicker is the mirror and vanity. Its one thing to have included her bottles of oils or perfume in her hurt and pain– like the outbursts mentioned above. But the mirror is big. It is as if Hilda has lost her sense of self, and breaks the mirror as a rejection of her own image. A way to disconnect and, in a way, hurt her own self. She does not want to see her reflection, she resents it, she resents herself and everything she represents, so she breaks it. Shatters that resented image in a bought of anxiety, paranoia, and possible hallucination (we do also see Hilda talking to inanimate objects and paintings during the game, which can also imply a possible hallucination/psychosis). In this broken mirror, we see that Hilda truly has experienced a dysphoria with herself.

For Hilda, this kind of behavior would come from her isolation and being so manipulated by Yuga turned Hilda into a trapped animal. She was stuck between the fires of doomsday and a sheer cliff of her own short comings, destined to perish by one means or another. She no longer felt human, she only felt panic and fear.

It is my belief that Hilda suffered from a true and nervous break down. That Yuga pushed her so far into the desperation of saving herself that her usual tendencies for anxiety were exaggerated and made worse. Fearing death and being alone, Hilda broke down completely, which then led her to fall right into Yuga’s trap and become a true pawn for him during the course of the game. Before the very end, Hilda is rather monotone. Blank. She doesn’t show much of any kind of emotion, she just speaks numbly. I believe this is because of the mental break she had before the game, that after her melt down, Yuga was able to finish shaping her into the lovely little doll he needed.

So how does this matter now? Well, have you ever had a full nervous breakdown? It doesn’t just go away completely. There are after shocks. Weaknesses. Side effects. It is not caused by any one thing, but usually a combination of different stresses and/or mental illnesses. The way I portray Hilda is meant to show these. Her high stress levels, inability to sleep, paranoia, and being prone to panic attacks are all the continuing side effects of the huge breaking point Hilda reached right before the game began.

And the evidence of such a break– and the side effects which would result– are right here in her office.

D o t h e c l o w n .

Selections from The Art of Tangled: the Series, taken from Stephen Nicodemus’ video.

Eugene, Lance and Edmund

Two of my favorite sillies as gijinkas while I try to learn how to paint anything lol

Bea, um... I think your bf is burning......

(Doodle I made while drawing with @the-cat-ara in magma!)

K but i love love LOVE Sectaranza cuz like there’s like a billion different ways you can take their dynamic like its insane sis

You have Taranza, right. You could make him:

- Professionally stoic, emotionally mature and keeping his feelings down low. But always there. Bubbling. Like a tiny glass shard in his heart. You could even add a little evil on that too.

- A well mannered, if a bit shy loyal young gentleman always dedicated to doing the best for his Queen and country, embarassed at the prospect of pursuing any feelings.

- An absolute romantic disaster of a mess that flusters wildly at the slightest gesture of affection from her.

But then you have *Sectonia* and like. There’s just so many options.

- You can make her focused on her ambitions of running the kingdom with a stern, imposing disposition, but secretly missing the old times where she could just enjoy personal frivolity with the only friend she’s ever had.

- You can make her cold and completely uninterested in anyone but herself, seeing her old best friend as nothing but a tool.

- You could make her a sassy gigaconfident Queen that knows she’s the shit and flirts the hell out of Taranza for shits and giggles, but absolutely would make out with him if he returned the gesture.

- You could also go for a middleground between these where she carries herself like a confident young Queen that takes no nonesense, but still considers Taranza her closest friend and would probably do anything for him if needed, much like he does for her every day. Probably likes him too.

- Hell, you can keep her in her spider form and let her have this adorable, fluffy blushy building romance where her biggest struggle is her lack of confidence.

And like. Etc. Etc. But then

You like. take all of those options and then realize

You can mix and match them all

ANd then you drench that shit in the built-in royalty aesthetic/setting with all the prepackaged drama that comes with the trope and Its KINO

Like Yea ofc you can do this with a lot of characters but gdi these two are so UNIQUE love that shit.