TITANS: my crossover saga between Disney and the Monsterverse

Crossovers are a type of story that interests me a lot when they are well used. Seeing two worlds that I am a fan to meet and assemble in a way to create an interesting story, see the characters of the two worlds meet, ally or clash, personally, I like that. I have already read several crossovers very well written by their authors, and I told myself one day that I was going to create a crossover between two worlds of which I am a fan: Disney and the Monsterverse.
Why these two universes in particular? Well, I think they can make a story both dark and beautiful. See characters like Disney princesses and their friends meet gigantic monsters like Godzilla or King Kong, and other giant creatures, could be funny to write. I named my crossover TITANS, and the first one I wrote, this year, starting the saga, is called The Queen and the Beast, with as main duo princess / monster: Elsa, the Snow Queen, and Godzilla, the King of the monsters. Why these two in particular? For start, with Elsa, she is a character that I appreciate for her drama. She is a young queen with a unique power, constantly having to be careful not to let doubt and fear dominate her, and suddenly, giant creatures, the titans, arise in the world. Will Elsa let the fear take her by seeing these huge monsters that seem indestructible? For Godzilla, he is a god, one of the most powerful monsters in the universe and suddenly, he meets this young human woman, with ice powers, which intrigues him to the highest point. And finally, I find that the two form a perfect duality: Elsa represents gentleness, hope and benevolence, while Godzilla represents anger, strength and destruction.
On the other hand, I warn, even if the characters of Disney are present, the universe of TITANS is rather dark with uncensored deaths, and showing how two dominant species, the humans and the titans, must share the world already so small and fragile.

Summary of TITANS: The Queen and the Beast:
Two years have passed since the great winter that almost destroyed the kingdom of Arendelle. Today, the young Queen Elsa, supported by her sister Princess Anna, and her friends Kristoff, Olaf and Sven, now reigns righteously over the kingdom become prosperous and promised to a great future. However, a very strange event comes to disturb this tranquillity: the news of sunken merchant ships and villages destroyed along the shores of the kingdom is spreading. Deciding to investigate and put an end to these mysterious waves of disasters, Elsa and Anna will make a discovery that will change their vision of the world forever: huge ancient creatures, the titans, emerge from the depths of the ocean and seem to have declared the war on humanity. For the two young sisters of Arendelle, a fight for the future of their kingdom, but also of the world, begins, as well as an unexpected encounter that will change the life of the young snow queen, but also change the face of the entire world forever.

And the cover (and link of the story):

https://www.wattpad.com/story/161457897-titans-the-queen-and-the-beast-elsa-godzilla

Other TITANS fanfics will follow this one: The Monsters Kingdom (with Moana and Kong as new princess / monster duet, and the events of the story happening at the same time as the events of The Queen and the Beast, and finally, The Wrath of Gods, which will be the sequel to The Queen and the Beast).

Hope you'll enjoy it as I enjoy to write them. ;)

Mathias, the Killmaster

Fire and Blood \m/ 

The ending of Frozen is not as simple than we think.

I admit that the first time, and although I guessed it would be a happy ending, I was a little disappointed with the end of Frozen as "the power of love solves everything and blablabla". At first, I thought it was too simple as an end, but after thinking, I told myself that finally, love was finally the solution to Elsa's problem, but in the end, nothing is totally solved for her, even at the end. I am going to explain.

First, we need to put the context back: Elsa is the only one of her family to have magical powers, and as a child, she uses them innocently to play, in the eyes of her sister, her parents and the servants, which is normal for a child. But one night, Elsa accidentally hurts Anna, and it is there that Elsa although being child, finds that her power is able to hurt, and it is from this moment that will be born the biggest enemy of Elsa: Fear. Pabbie said it "fear will be your worst enemy."
And unfortunately, Elsa's parents will take the worst possible decision: hiding Elsa's power and isolating her from everything. Elsa being a daughter of a royal family and well educated, will have to obey, persuaded that it is also the right thing to do. Unfortunately, this loneliness will only accentuate Elsa's pain, and therefore, her fear. Elsa grew up all her life believing that she was a danger to everyone around her. And on the day of her coronation, when her power is revealed to all, she is judged and treated as a monster, which again, increases her fear and her conviction of being a mistake of nature, and under the influence of fear, she takes the worst possible decision: to flee, and thus isolates herself even more, thus increasing her pain and fear. Even if in the song Let It Go she looks smiling and agree to stay alone, for me it is only a mask that she puts on to persuade the viewer, but also herself, that it was the right decision to take, while in the depths of her, well hidden, the sadness and the pain are at their paroxysm. During the song, Elsa is not happy, she suffers without showing it, which makes the thing even more tragic.
It's obvious that Elsa's power is tied to her emotions, and as I said, her biggest enemy is fear. Fear is a very strong and influential emotion, which in some situations can make us lose control of ourselves and push us to do things that are inconceivable but that we believe are right. This is the case for Elsa: afraid to be seen as a monster and to be able to hurt, she loses control of these emotions, so her power. And in this case, what is the opposite emotion of fear? Love. With a sincere gesture of love, Elsa manages to save her sister from whom she accidentally cast a spell. Anna thanks her for that, their friends around her are delighted, and for the first time, Elsa feels accepted, protected and understood, taking back control of her emotions, and therefore of her power.
But despite this, the end may be happy, but not so much if we deepen the thing: an emotion can not disappear, which also includes fear. Elsa's fear is not dead, but just buried and could very well be manifested again someday, who knows, maybe when a new enemy arrives in a sequel, who would use Elsa's fear to defeat her. So for me, the end of Frozen is a happy ending but only in appearance, because in the background, the fear is always present, invisible, and waiting for the moment to reappear. and who knows, maybe Elsa is aware of it, but again, without showing it?

That's why the character of Elsa interests me a lot, because in addition to being a tragic character, she must constantly fight against the worst enemy we could imaginable, a timeless and indestructible enemy, a terrifying and invisible entity named Fear.


Mathias, the Killmaster
Fire and Blood \m/

And have a Hell Happy Christmas! \m/

Top 4 favorite "Classic" Disney Princesses

In the old days, I did not expect to make a ranking of my favorite "classic" Disney princesses, but since then they have been increasingly portrayed as strong, independent women, and not like damsels in distress unable to defend themselves, which is already a good point for me. And some of these princesses plainly show that they are not only able to fight, but also to be as strong as men. Here are the three disney "classic" princesses that have most marked my mind:

Mulan

I will start with the one that marked my mind first. The first time I watched Mulan, I do not remember my exact age, but I was a kid that's for sure. And I think I fell in love with Mulan. I found her very beautiful, but also, her courage had marked me. The fact that she took the decision to brave the taboos and to risk her life by taking the armor and sword of her father, and to go in the war to save his life. The scene of departure still gives me chills. Mulan is an incarnation of the word "courage". The few disneys I had watched before Mulan only presented the princesses as damsels in distress, and that did not interest me. And when I saw Mulan, I felt more interest for her 'cause she was showed with a true potential. And despite the trials, the suffering, and the fact that she was almost dead in an avalanche and she was rejected by others after they discovered she was a woman, she did not give up and went to the end. Mulan represents the values of a true knight: bravery, humility, sense of honor and sacrifice. A true warrior in the soul.

Elsa

I must admit, I did not watched Frozen at the cinema when it was released, and the first time I watched it was quite late (one year after its release, I think). Then one day, as everyone was constantly talking about it, I decided to take a look. At first, I did not expect to be marked by any particular character and looked with a neutral eye. Already, visually, the film was very beautiful. And secondly, a character has finally marked me: Elsa, the famous "snow queen." Already, her past: she was born with powers from unknown origin (I wrote a theory about Elsa's origins as I imagined it), and strengthening with age and becoming uncontrollable if her fear grows too much. And the day of her coronation, everything goes awry and her power is revealed to everyone, who sees her as a monster. Elsa then leaves to take refuge in the mountains where she thinks to live alone until the end of her days, wishing not to do any more harm around her. Her story touched me because she is part of the fantastic characters who are misunderstood by all and for whom I have a sincere affection. Elsa, despite her fear, tries to fight her inner demons to regain control, and you have to have courage for that. In one scene, she does not hesitate to use her powers to fight two men who try to kill her, and in the end, it is she who is about to kill them. She is even showing off as having fury in her eyes at that moment, as if her inner demon was taking over for a moment. Even though the end disappointed me a little with the power of love that solves the problem, solution that I found a little too simple, Elsa managed to touch me, because she is a character of a category I appreciate: lonely and dramatic. 

Merida

Strong. Independent. Brave. These are the words that best describe Merida, princess of a kingdom of Scotland in medieval times. Very gifted at the bow, she dreams of being an independent woman in a world dominated by men and does not want to be seen as a simple obedient woman. That's what I like about Merida, it's his rebellious side. In addition, her story with her mother is very touching and makes the character even more endearing.

Moana

As for Frozen, I did not saw Moana at the cinema and watched it quite late (I do not know why I do it all the time with the disney movies). In short, visually, the movie Moana is very very beautiful, I would even say that it surpasses Frozen. And Moana in herself also marked me. Already being little, she is shown to be curious and adventurous, which was already a good point. Then, growing up, her spirit of adventure has only grown, and she does not hesitate to leave her island to face an immense and unknown ocean, to save the world. Other good points: she stands up to men, and even to Maui, who is a demigod, and from their first meeting, she strikes him with an oar and pulls his ear as if he was a bad child. She then goes into the world of monsters and faces Tamatoa, a giant crab hungry for riches (which reminded me a bit of Smaug for this detail, XD). And in the end, she faces the fucking fire demon Te Ka. If that is not a proof of courage.... Moana is a resourceful woman, who learns to become an adventurer, but also a leader for her people, and I can only say: what a woman!

So much for my ranking. So the next time you hear someone say "Ha ha, disney princesses are helpless girls ..." Well, show him/her the movies with these characters, and wait for his/her reaction.

Mathias, the Killmaster

Fire and Blood \m/ 

My Disney Theory - Fire wizards in the Frozen's world?

This theory joins the one I made about Elsa and assuming she was a child adopted by the royal couple and not their biological daughter, that Elsa was actually a child born to a couple of magicians, too practicing the magic of ice, and who would have been forced to entrust their baby to protect her from a terrible evil that pursued them. (the link of this theory will be below the text)
The world of Frozen contains magic, like Elsa and her powers, but also the trolls. Would it be possible then that there existed humans able to manipulate the elements, such as ice, fire, wind, etc ..... Elsa would be one of them, maybe even the last in the world.
Imagine ....
Long ago, long before the kingdom of Arendelle was founded, the kingdom was ruled by tribes of magicians, each people controlling an element. But the peoples were in perpetual war for the supremacy of their element and decimated themselves little by little over the centuries. The last and rare survivors of the last two remaining clans, the clan of ice and fire, would have dispersed throughout the kingdom to live in peace, and would have retreated to remote areas or mountains, where no one would not go looking for them. With the disappearance of the magical peoples, ordinary humans have arrived and thus founded their own kingdom: Arendelle.
Living in peace in the mountains of the far north, the ice people would have gradually declined, because of the harsh living conditions, the scarcity of food supplies and the over-presence of humans that forced them to stay hidden. The last ones died, until only two survivors remained: a man and a woman, the king and the queen of the Ice people, who would later give birth to a little girl, whom they named Elsa.
But hardly had Elsa been born that her parents felt a danger coming that they thought they would never see again: a very powerful magician of the fire, perhaps the last one of his clan, arrived and swore to eliminate the last representatives of the Ice people. While the mother was protecting Elsa in her arms, the father fought with his last strength but the younger fire-man was stronger. The parents were forced to flee their hiding place after having managed to make collapse the entrance of the cave in front of the fire mage, to block him a few moments and save time. Thus, Elsa's parents had fled to Arendelle Castle, and to protect their daughter, would have entrusted her to the king and queen and then left to attract the attention of the fire magician on them.
Which would explain why Elsa is the only one of her family to have powers, that she can not control them properly because she has not received the training for, that she does not know who her real parents are because the king and the queen would have vowed to keep the secret to protect her, and also that at the moment Elsa unwittingly unveils her powers, people are terrified because they have never seen this before, maybe even legends about magical people described them as ruthless monsters.
In Frozen 2, the fire mage responsible for the flee of Elsa's real parents could be back, having managed to trace Elsa. He could threaten to destroy Arendelle if the people do not give Elsa to him, in order to turn them against her. Or to reveal to Elsa her true origins, the identity of her true parents and whether they are still alive, or not.... Or even, would he propose to Elsa to join him, so that together a new generation of magicians would be born and so the kingdom would become theirs again....
Once again, this is just a theory born of my imagination.


Disney theory - Elsa is she an adopted child?

Hero of the Month - Edition N°21

For the hero of this month, I decided to go back in one of my childhood movies, to put in the light my favorite Disney female character of all time: She's a true lovely soul's warrior and a unique "disney princess". the legendary: Mulan.

Mulan lives in a small, peaceful village in China, at a time when women do not have many rights. It's simple: men become soldiers and women take care of the children. But Mulan is different, she seems to be almost like a outcast, doing things only in her own way, which can sometimes thwart her father, a relatively old man, having keeping the aftereffects of the war on one of her legs, wise and carried on honor and traditions like any self-respecting father. But the situation gets dark when the news about the Huns, led by Shan Yu, invading China arrives at the village. By order of the Emperor, a man from each family of the kingdom is to serve in the army, and Mulan's father, although aged, is endorsed this responsibility. Mulan, horrified, knows well that her father, with his age and his old war wound, has no chance to come back alive. Mulan, desperate, decides to take the place of her father against his will, taking the armor, the sword and the horse to go fight the Huns in his place, pretending to be a man. During the adventure, she will meet Mushu, a small dragon sent by her family's ancestors to recover her, but Mushu decides to help Mulan in her mission. Mulan will also meet the leader of her troop: Captain Shang. To go unnoticed, Mulan takes a fictitious name: Ping. At first underestimated by the others, she will be very quickly respected and will motivate the other soldiers to excel in their training to fight the Huns.

But one day, in the mountains, after the reduced troop had discovered a destroyed village, as well as the bulk of the forces of the imperial army destroyed, Mulan and her troop are attacked by the Huns, more strong and numerous than they are. Mulan then had the crazy but ingenious idea, with one of the cannons, to trigger a big avalanche. The plan is marching, the Huns army is devastated by the avalanche, but Mulan is wounded by Shan Yu becoming furious. Mulan loses a lot of blood and eventually faints before Shang. It is during care that the troop discovers that she is a woman. The imperial councilor insists that she has to be executed on the spot, but Shang decides to spare her and abandons her to her fate. Disgraced, Mulan is about to return to her family, but discovers with horror that Shan Yu, along with his most faithful and dangerous warriors, have survived the avalanche and plans to attack the imperial city. During the festivities in the city, Mulan tries to warn Shang, but he remains deaf to his warning. It's too late, Shan Yu reveals his presence at the eyes of all, and the Huns kidnap the emperor in the palace to keep him as hostage. To save the situation, Mulan develops a plan with the help of her comrades.

After the Huns warriors were mastered, Mulan and Shang arrive in time on the balcony of the palace to rescue the emperor and engage the fight against Shan Yu. The emperor manages to be saved, but Shan Yu does not allow himself and knocks out Shang before attacking Mulan, recognizing her as the soldier who destroyed his army. Shan Yu releases his rage, chases Mulan relentlessly to kill her, but the young woman manages to take his sword, and with the help of Mushu, sends the hun chief in the air to the fireworks reserve to make him explode.

After this victory, the emperor appeared at the first furious against Mulan, but finally, bowed before her, pointing to her as the savior of China. It is thus, the honor restored in her family, that Mulan returns home, with as trophy the sword of Shan Yu, which she offers to her father in the way of forgiveness, but her father does not care and hugs her in his arms, making passing before all, the love for his only daughter.

See you next time \m/

Mathias, the Killmaster

Fire and Blood \m/ 

Villain of the Month - Edition N°18

For this new Villain of the Month article, we're going to plunge back into the Disney world, with the main antagonist of one (for me) of the best Disney movies. Shan Yu, the leader of the Huns and feared warlord.
I also dedicate this article to the memory of the original voice of Shan Yu, Miguel Ferrer, who unfortunately passed away in January of this year 2017.

The past of Shan Yu is mysterious and unknown, as unexplained in the film. It is just known that he is a Hun Warlord, merciless, very powerful and dreaded, and feared by China, even by the Emperor, who does not hesitate to mobilize all available forces to try to stop him. But Shan Yu is not easily impressionable; on the contrary, he even orders to an enemy scout, before letting him go, to go and tell the emperor to send his most powerful army to confront him. Shan Yu likes the challenges, and saw in the Great Wall, a challenge imposed by the emperor.

Shan Yu and his vast army wreak havoc in the kingdom of China, destroying without mercy all the villages they meet. In a scene, Shan Yu's cruelty is once again unveiled when his falcon brings him a small doll belonging to a little girl living in a nearby village. Shan Yu, a sadistic smile, said he would like to "give back" the doll to the little girl. When Mulan's convoy arrives at the village, they contemplate with horror the ravages caused by the huns, no survivors are found, and even worse, a large part of the Imperial army has been annihilated.

In the mountains, Shan Yu and his army manage to take the little convoy to the trap and are about to massacre them. But Shan Yu had not foreseen that a soldier (Mulan, disguised as a man), plans to cause a great avalanche with one of the guns. The avalanche swallowed up the whole Huns army, including Shan Yu.

But Shan Yu is stronger than that and manages to survive despite all, extirpating himself from the snow and realizing that his whole army, except a few survivors, is annihilated, which plunges him into deep rage and a desire for vengeance.

Shan Yu and his group of most faithful warriors manage to enter without being seen in the imperial city, and take the emperor in hostage in front of the eyes of all the terrified inhabitants. In the palace, Shan Yu begins to speak to the emperor, telling him that his kingdom has fallen and that he must submit to him. It is then discovered that one of the other goals of Shan Yu is to enlarge his empire by becoming the new chief of China. But the intervention of Mulan and Shang comes to compromise his plans. Shan Yu fights fiercely, managing to knock Shang down and discovering that Mulan is the soldier who has destroyed his army, becomes mad with rage and wants to kill her.

Shan Yu is trying hard to try to kill Mulan by any means, but the young woman had planned everything. Mushu, the little dragon that accompanies Mulan, has prepared a huge fireworks rocket, and sends it on Chief Hun after Mulan managed to block him. Shan Yu is hit by the rocket and sent into the fireworks tower, which disappears into a huge explosion.

For my part, I would have liked the character of Shan Yu to be a little more explored, that we learn something about his past for example.

Mathias, the Killmaster

Fire and Blood \m/ 

My Disney theory - Elsa is she an adopted child?

As everyone knows, the Frozen film was a worldwide success and became one of Disney movies the most profitable in the history. I myself enjoyed the film as a whole, basic but coherent story, but there's a detail I am certainly not the only one to noticed: during the movie, the origin of the powers of Elsa is not explained. This theory is very dark and dramatic, but rest assured, I'm not trying to break the myth of the film and the childhood of kids, this is just my own theory.

Well, at first, the king said to the trolls that this power has emerged from the birth of Elsa, ok, why not, it's possible, but in this case: why Elsa is she the only one with this power, and not the other family members?
It made me think, and a theory came in my mind, but if it is well founded, it would be such a drama: For me, about my theory, Elsa is not the real daughter of the King and Queen of Arendelle, but she would be a girl adopted by them when she was a baby. How would this be possible?
If the scenario is possible, as in the kingdom of Arendelle, magic and fantasy creatures like trolls exist, it may be that the real Elsa's parents are surely being a sort of witches or wizards with that kind of power too, or a race of humans able to control elements like ice, fire, wind, etc.... and few months after the birth of their daughter, the parents were forced to abandon or entrust her, to protect her from something who was chasing them. In front of the danger, Elsa's parents, for the safety of their child and after demanded advice to the trolls, reportedly met the king and queen of Arendelle, knowing them trustworthy, and for the safety of Elsa, made promised to the king and queen to not disclose anything to Elsa about the truth, and to raise her as their own daughter. The parents explained the problem, revealing the powers of their child, and the potential danger that threaten them.
Seeing the distress of the parents, the royal couple would have accepted, and after that, the real parents of Elsa would have disappeared without traces. Elsa would have grown up in the castle, and her new parents would have found a good excuse to justify the fact that she has a power, without ever revealing the truth, either to Elsa or to their other daughterwho was born few times after, Anna. And at the death of the king and queen of Arendelle, the only two people knowing the truth, Elsa, although being the adopted daughter but the eldest of the two sisters, would have become the new queen without knowing the truth about her true origins. If this theory proves to be consistent for you, and if the scenario of a sequel could going in this direction, it would mean that Elsa would discover the truth about her past and would, with the help of Anna, Kristoff and Olaf, go in search of her real parents, in the hope they are still alive somewhere. Or to be more dramatic, Elsa could discover the ruins and other traces of the past about her people,an ancient race of humans able to use magic, and whose her parents were the last members still alive, making of Elsa the last of her people. This scenario could explain the origins of the powers of Elsa, and she could also discover the mysterious threat that forced them to abandon her when she was a baby. And what could be this mysterious threat that chased the real parents of Elsa? Well, like ice being an element could be manipulated, other forms of magic manipulating other elements may exist, and it could be a very dangerous and dark threat, as a powerful and mischievous mage, controlling the fire for example and enemy of the ice mages, that could be the next enemy of Elsa and a new threat for Arendelle. And how Anna would react in discovering that Elsa is not her real sister, and vice-versa?  Knowing Disney, I don't think they will dare to do such a scenario like this, because for them, it might be too dramatic and dark for little children, but I admit a scenario like this would be great.
And it would also be an explanation for the fact that Elsa grew up with more and more trouble controlling her power, cause she has not grown with her mages parents, so she was not prepared for control it.
Anyway, this is only a theory, my theory that I like. So what do you think? Elsa: adopted child, or not?



Mathias, the Killmaster
Fire and Blood \m/

Hero of the Month - Edition N°13

Greetings followers and hellcome again to welcome the new hero of the month. Go back in the world of Disney. She's not a queen like the others and with years, she became one of the most liked Disney princesses in the world: The Ice Queen, Elsa.

In the film, Elsa is the eldest daughter of the King and Queen of the Kingdom of Arendelle, a kingdom located in southern Norway. But Elsa was born with strange powers enabling it to create and control the ice. But one night, while she was enjoying herself, Elsa accidentally injures her little sister, Anna, with its powers, and it was only through the intervention of trolls, shamanic creatures, that Anna could be saved. Elsa learns that in growing, her powers will be strengthened, and can be of great beauty, but also become a danger to all. The king decides to isolate Elsa from the rest of the world, and for years, she grew up alone, but her powers becoming more powerful, Elsa must resign herself to wear gloves, but even this becomes insufficient and gradually Elsa locks herself in paranoia to hurt someone with her powers. At the funeral of her parents, died in a shipwreck, Elsa will not be present, preferring to stay in her room and wailing.

Being the eldest of the heirs, Elsa is crowned Queen of Arendelle, and a grand ball is in place. But things turn against it when with a dispute with Anna, Elsa, under the anger, unwittingly unleashes her power to the eyes of everyone, and nearly injuring several people. Panicked and seeing people looking her like a monster, Elsa decides to run away to the mountains and takes the decision to live away from everything, forever, in an ice castle she created herself. But she does not know and that her sister will learn to Elsa that, unwittingly, Elsa plunged the entire kingdom in a eternal winter. Refusing to see reality in the face, Elsa rages again and accidentally injures Anna again, but this time in the heart. And things get worse when soldiers led by Prince Hans arrived, and among them are two killers sent by the Duke to kill Elsa. Elsa defends herself with her powers and is about to kill the two men of the Duke, but with the intervention of Hans, Elsa is brought alive but unconscious, in Arendelle, where she is chained in a dungeon, from where to she can see the damage she has caused to her own people, and the powers do nothing but unleash increasingly, causing a terrible snowstorm. Elsa manages to break her chains and wants to run away again, but Hans finds her and tells her that Anna is dead because of her, which is obviously false. Elsa collapses into tears and Hans is about to kill her, but seeing her sister in danger and at the edge of death, Anna sacrifices herself and turns into ice statue, breaking the sword of Hans on her hand. Seeing her sister frozen for eternity, Elsa bursts into tears and with this sincere gesture of love, makes her little sister come back to life.

Why Elsa has become one of my favorite female characters in the Disney universe? It is largely thanks to her character in itself. Elsa is a dramatic character, tortured, because she is different from others, she knows it, and she is haunted by the fact that this difference could show her to the others as a threat, even if it is explained that her power can make also good than evil, as it depends in what mental state is Elsa. She is not a poor little princess in distress, she is a woman lost in a world where she believes to be a danger. Moreover, Elsa can show herself sweet and kind as she can be harsh, distant and angry, she does not hesitate to fight and use her powers to attack and defend herself against those who want to harm her. I always liked the dramatic characters, and Elsa is very interesting in this case. Some say that Elsa is the villain of the movie, but I really can not be agree, because even if all that happens is partly because of her, she has no bad intention and does not have made it voluntarily, although in the book that inspired the film, Elsa is evil, but for the kids, I believe that Disney changed some things. Elsa is one of the most complex characters I've seen in Disney, and I hope that in the sequels, we will learn the origins of her power, because it's a small criticism that I do in the film (although I liked it), is the fact that the origin of the powers of Elsa is not explained. Why she would be the only one with this power? I have a theory, rather sad, but for my part, I am tempted to say that Elsa is in fact a girl abandoned at birth and adopted by the King and Queen of Arendelle, who raised her as their own child, and never tell her the truth, for not hurt her. This is only a theory, but the idea does not seem impossible to me, and this would make the Elsa's story even more interesting and dramatic.

For all this, Elsa deserves its place in the greatest Disney characters, but also in the list of the most iconic heroes, all combined franchise.

See you next month, humans \m/ 

Mathias, the Killmaster
Fire and Blood \m/ 

My first time to Disneyland

Last Sunday, I have realized another dream, a dream of my childhood: I was finally able to go to the famous park of Disneyland Paris. I am fortunate to live close to Paris and so the distance was not too much to the park. By train, it took only two hours to reach Disneyland. I will tell a few attractions and what I saw in this magnificent park.

The Disney castle

The first attraction we did was that of Lilo and Stitch. A very friendly and fun attraction in which we were facing a giant screen, and we had to help Stitch to escape his enemies and to find Lilo. The entertainment was very impressive, and Stitch spoke with us like in real life, he heard what we said, called us by our names .... We managed to help Stitch, and it was a great victory. Another attraction we did was inspired by the movie Ratatouille. In a small wagon traveling on a magnetic circuit, and with 3D glasses over his eyes, we had the feeling of being in the skin of a rat and see like a rat sees the humans and the world. 

A roller coaster with Aerosmith!

Disney is Rock N Roll! \m/

Photo with Buzz Lightyear :D

I visited the city of Agrabah, where I could see the genius of Aladdin walking in the park and going to see the visitors. Like other characters, I could see Donald Duck, who was doing photos with children. One of the best was to see Captain Jack Sparrow. As a big fan of Pirates of the Caribbean, it was natural to do the attraction of the pirates. I even take a lunch with the pirates, in a restaurant surely inspired by Tortuga. It was inside, but with the tropical trees, the lanterns, and the dark ceiling, I felt like eating outside, on a beach, in a restaurant during a night at the Caribbean. Really great experience and food was excellent. 

Personally, my favorite attraction was Pirates of the Caribbean. It was like a ghost tunnel, but on the water, in small boats and we sailed on the dark waters, seeing around us: very realistic animatronic pirates, stranded boats wrecks, Tortuga, sunken treasure, and living dead pirates, and all with a very catchy pirate music. I was really catchy in the world of pirates throughout the attraction. As a big fan of Pirates of the Caribbean, I had to do this. 

The entrancce of the attraction!

Welcome to Tortuga!

The day passed quickly. Yes, it is like that when you're having fun, we do not see the time spent. But before leaving the park, we could see one last thing and not less: a parade. Many people had gathered on the sidewalks around the main street of the town Disney, and my sister and I went to see what happens. And there, an employee announced at the microphone: "Ladies and gentlemen, especially you children, please welcome our honor guests for the parade: They come from the Kingdom of Arendelle: The Queen Elsa and her sister, Princess Anna."

Yep, I saw Queen Elsa and Princess Anna. As Disney stories end well, in a sense, my Disney day has well ended with this, I want to say. I decided to take photos because I enjoyed the film Frozen, Elsa is a strong woman and one of my favorite female characters in the Disney universe, and also because the costumes are very realistic. You can feel the quality is a vital thing in the Disney park, and it's understandably, with the number of children who come every day, amazed, to see their favorite characters. It was after this parade that my sister and I left the Disneyland park, as we heard behind us the echo of the song "Let it go" in the sound system.

A good way to finish my day and this dream I lived for real. Disneyland, I'll be back, I promise!

And remember: There's no age for Disney. 

As long you enjoy and feel happiness, that's what matters! :)

Mathias, the Killmaster

Fire and Blood \m/ 

See evil, eye to eye

There are many days I had a very dark and violent dream about Maleficent, my favorite Disney female villain. I was a warrior, member of an order close to the design of the Night's Watch, and by order of King Stefan, with an army, I was attacking the fortress of Maleficent, on the forbidden mountain. But the attack quickly turned to our disadvantage when the monster troops started coming from all sides, and when Maleficent herself appeared, I tried to confront her face to face, but she defeated me rather easily . As a human, what could I do against her, the mistress of all evil?
Anyway, last night I even dreamed of her. Surely a sequel to my first dream.

When I opened my eyes, I was lying on my back, on a kind of large stone table in a rather dark and damp room, like a dungeon. I had my arms in cross and my wrists and ankles had been locked by chains. I tried to force it, but of course, nothing to do about it.

Maleficent entered in the room, still wearing her great demonic black dress. His eyes shone almost in the dark. Her crow came to rest on a pile of debris next, and without saying a word but rather worried, I looked Maleficent turn slowly around me, as if she was examining me. Then she started talking to me. I made a summary of what we said.

(Maleficent): "I must admit I am impressed. As much determination in one person, a mortal. I do not know if it's courage or stupidity, but I admire that."

(Me): "Listen, I do not know why you leave me alive, and I don't care! You want to be impressed? Then release me and I'll show you what I can do."

Maleficent chuckling softly at this, not at all impressed by my threat, she even seemed rather to love my anger. She put her cold hand on my arm.

(Maleficent): "So much anger ..... So much hatred ..... You are different, Mathias. You have great capacity for a mortal, but you do not use them for the good reasons."

(Me): "What do you mean?"

(Maleficent): "I saw the way you fight on the battlefield. Your strength. Your resistance. You are a leader, but more, you have the potential of a lord. You might be .... .A king. But to be a king, you must also have a queen."

At these words, she approached me and gently, her hand came gently scratching my cheek with her nails. I was pretty amazed at how she spoke. She did not want to kill me, it's almost like if I fascinated her.

(Me): "I don't understand. what you want from me?"

(Maleficent): "I want to show you the path to take, Mathias. Do not be a slave to those who think themselves above you. I saw in the flames of my visions you might being lead to a destiny bigger."

(Me): "And I guess in this destiny, there was you too?"

When I said this, Maleficent had a smile and a mischievous look to me. She even touched my face, but this time, gently and leaned toward me.

(Maleficent): "Probably."

When I saw her more closely, I found her always hostile of course, but I thought, how the evil can have such great beauty? Yes, I find Maleficent beautiful, and my heart starts pounding, without knowing why.

(Maleficent): "But it is not only your strength that fascinates me in you, Mathias. There is also something else .... ..... Who attracts me."

(Me): ".... And what is it?"

I blushed almost at that moment. But Maleficent did not answered and was content to smile at me. Then I woke up at that time.

Mathias, the Lordi Rider

Fire and Blood \m/ 

Battle of the Forbidden Mountain

For several days now, when I look through the Disney universe, my attention focused on my favorite villain: Maleficent. After reviewing the scenes where she appeared in Sleeping Beauty, the 1959 Disney film, something seems to have awakened within me, something that I kept since my childhood, who knows? Well, this night, I finally dreamed of Maleficent, but this dream was rather dark, hard and violent, much more and did not expect you to a description of a dream in disney mode. The Sleeping Beauty film was rather based on the romantic medieval fantasy with princess and prince charming, well, not my dream.

Maleficent

Me, in the dream

Like the story, my dream began in the castle of King Stefan and Queen Leah. I was in the courtyard, dressed in a black outfit, an outfit that looks almost like those of the Night's Watch, and a sword hanging on my belt. I still had my long hair and my little goatee on the chin. I walked into the throne room, with two other armed men, men of my order because they were dressed in black too, but one of them was my superior and walked before me. As we walked, I looked around me and I saw that the servants were busy removing the decorations of the ceremony that had taken place earlier. King Stefan was sitting on his throne, and out of respect, we bowed down to him. When my superior asked why we came, the King said that during the ceremony in honor of the birth of Princess Aurora, Maleficent had come and decreed that she was angry to be not invited, she launched a curse on Aurora and threatened to destroy all those who try to stop her. The three fairies had the idea to take Aurora to hide her, but for Stefan, it was not enough. For the safety of the kingdom and of his daughter, the king ordered us to assemble an army and attack the fortress of Maleficent, the forbidden mountain. We have no choice and we obey, and to help us, the king and queen sends troops of their own army to complete our ranks.

The Forbidden Mountain

Later, I was on my horse, and came to the forbidden mountain, with the army formed by the different kingdoms. It was cold, the wind blew fiercely and the snow was falling lightly around us. We felt a demonic presence around us, and it seemed to act on the morale of some. But when we arrived at the foot of the forbidden mountain, we were surprised to see a huge army of creatures coming from the depths of the caves and bar our passage to the mountain. The monsters were like those of the disney film, but more horrible and less stupid, with weapons and monstrous armors, roaring and waving, ready to fight. Some had blood coming out of their mouths. There were thousands, and suddenly, the army has started to rush towards us. My superior took his sword and ordered the assault, and we obey. I took my sword, and our troops rushed too. I had a heavy heart, my sword in my hand, but I shouted with all my strength, ready to kill the creatures on my way and reach the mountain. The two armies were clashing against each other in a violent and deadly hit for the first lines of the two armies, and the battle of the forbidden mountain began (that's how I named this moment).

I saw the battle around me. The men in armor, swords and shields in their hands, were fighting against the creatures of hell. The beatings were violent, and the sound of metal and pain or rage cries resounded in the air. The riders on their horses face kind of giant wolves with red eyes that look like Wargs. One of the riders was thrown to the ground and the wolf begins to shred the throat. It was total disorder. Personally, I was in the middle of the battlefield, I dodged the blow of a creature and killed him in the beheading. Black blood spurted from the wound while the body fell to the ground. I parried the blow of some kind of gargoyle, and have pierced him in the abdomen. But the battle was not quite to our advantage, I saw many of my allies being killed by the monsters, more and more numerous. I tried to fight my way to the mountain, while killing the creatures who wanted to try to stop me. But suddenly there was a huge explosion of flames that threw me back and I rolled over several meters. The blast killed several men, but also several monsters. While I was on the ground, half-stunned, I turned my eyes to see what happens. A wall of green flames were formed on both sides and I could not run away.

And there, appearing in a blaze of green flames that appeared magically, appeared Maleficent, holding her scepter in hand. She was furious that her field is attacked, she advanced towards me and started talking to me, menacingly. "Who are you, you who dare challenge me?"

I did not answer, but I watched with an air of defiance. Among the flames, in my battle armor, my face covered with dirt and dust, I took my sword, and gradually resuming my forces, I started to run towards her, amid the walls of flames, clutching my sword in my hand, clenched teeth and determined look. Maleficent did not move and did not seem to feel threatened. Rather, I thought I saw a rather amused look and a smile forming at the corners of her mouth. 

I tried to attack her, but her scepter adorned my sword without any problem, and she hit me in the chest. Maleficent got me back down, but with a quick movement, I threw one of my knives on her. But she was even faster and once again with her scepter, destroyed my dagger. Maleficent sneered, and began to invoke lightning. Lightning knocking near of me, and I jumped on the sides to avoid being killed. Maleficent looked at me with interest, seeing my determination to fight and survive. She also saw my look of anger towards her, and it seemed to please to her. Completely exhausted, I was unable to dodge the last flash that hit me in the chest, and I fell to the ground, injured and suffering terribly. Blood ran from my forehead and I had a burn mark on my armor. Maleficent spread the flames and stepped forward. She knelt and leaned over me, looking at me with interest with a small devilish smile. I did not know what she would do to me. With her sharp nails, she gently rubbed my cheek, and then she spoke to me, but this time with a calmer voice, almost charming to me. "I admire your strength and your courage, young human. But I am the queen of evil ..... However, a queen needs a king ....." And saying this, she looked at me in the eyes. I did not know how to react, but to his way of looking at me, I could almost blushing and her voice seemed more beautiful. Being too weak, I was about to faint, but before that, I saw Maleficent going to two of her monsters, and tell them: "Take this one and bring him into the mountain, without hurt him. I have plans for him. " And the last thing I saw before I wake up, was the creatures who came to take me, and Maleficent smiling at me one last time with a satisfied look.

Mathias, the Lordi Rider

Fire and Blood \m/ 

Villain of the Month - Edition N°8

Hellcome humans, for the edition dedicated to the most epic fictional villains.

For this month, special edition, because it's the first Disney villain to appear in the edition. So this is also dedicated to Disney fans and those who love Disney villains.
She is powerful, dark and mysterious, she is the incarnation of evil, the queen of darkness and hell: Maleficent.

In the world in which she lives, Maleficent is the evil incarnation, in its most demonic form. The day of the celebration of the birth of Princess Aurora, Maleficent was not invited to the ceremony, but she invites herself by arriving in the midst of the throne room, arriving through a magical blaze. Using the pretext of not having been invited, Maleficent decided to cast a spell on the princess, predicting that the day of his sixteenth birthday, Aurora would die because of the needle of a distaff. However, her plan is countered by the fairies who uses a ploy to take Aurora and raise her as their daughter without telling anyone. For sixteen years, Maleficent, furious, is looking for the princess with the help of her army of creatures, but without success. But because of a clumsy of the fairies, Maleficent manages to find Aurora and managed to ensure that Aurora pricks her finger on a distaff appeared like magic. But thanks to the fairies, Aurora doesn't die and is in a deep sleep. But Maleficent having discovered this, ensures that Aurora can not wake up, and for this, Maleficent captures Prince Phillipe, to keep him prisoner forever.

Maleficent has not really specific purpose. She does evil, for evil. Nothing's easier. As queen of evil, she lives only to spread darkness and desolation, leading an army of evil creatures. Maleficent is evil, but she has a certain charm. She can speak in a calm and gentle manner as in the beginning of the film, but it reinforces her demonic and sadistic side, because she seems to play with the mind of her enemies and enjoy to feel their fear and pain. Because yes of course, Maleficent inspires fear, even to her own troops. When she arrives in the throne room, everyone is terrified by seeing Maleficent appearing. Even the fairies seem to fear her, and even three fairies do not seem able to overcome her. Maleficent is rather beautiful, but a demonic beauty, and her gaze is piercing and terrifying. The eyes of evil. The horns on her head also indicated that she is the devil incarnate in the world of Disney. And what I can say too, it's her outfit is Metal! 

Maleficent has many powers, at least, all the powers of evil. She is able to teleport in a blaze of green flames, summon lightning and use it as a weapon, make appear a forest of thorns .... Maleficent is capable of launching curses that will come true, but can be countered by the powers of the fairies. But one of his most powerful powers is ..... Her ability to turn herself into a dragon! Yes, dragon! Maleficent is not only a devil, but she is also a dragon, making her even more dangerous. In her dragon form, Maleficent can spit out powerful jets of green flames, and seems invincible. Only weapons steeped in the magic of fairies seem able to kill her.

During the sixteen years in the film, Maleficent does not age, but this is not surprising, because as an entity and embodiment of evil, she is certainly immortal.

For being become one of Disney's most iconic villains, the incarnation and the power of evil, Maleficent deserves her place in the pantheon of the most memorable villains.

See you next month for the next edition

Mathias, the Killmaster

Fire and Blood \m/

The Disney Movies

For this chronicle, I'll talk about something that has rocked the childhood of millions of people worldwide, and even as adults, continue to watch. I am of course talking about the Disney movies. Who never watch a movie disney, or sing a disney song as a child? Myself, I did, and I'm not ashamed.
So, the disney movies are not just movies, it is a very complex world, or each place, each character has been created with care and precision (some people are also inspired by people who really existed, or legends, it depends), with sympathetic heroes, funny characters, some really cool villains (or stupid enough sometimes), and most importantly, impressive stories that leaves you speechless.

Okay I admit that the times when the prince kiss the princess with romantic music, are not really my favorite moments (yes I know, I'm a heartless). No, I kidding. The kissing scenes between the princess and the hero I admit, it's cute, it's touching, it ends well the story, everyone is happy, but it's not my favorite moments in movies disney (me what I like best is the villain)

Well, I will not criticize disney, so do not stoned me please, but I want to talk about something I've noticed: when we are children, we do not really pay attention to detail, what we want is to watch the movie), but looking back, and when we reach adulthood, we realize some details:

-Some stories are still very complex, with sometimes sensitive issues or have really happened, and when you are a child, you know not necessarily all.
-Some scenes can be very hard to watch. For example, the famous scene or Mufasa dies and Simba takes refuge with him, as if to let himself die beside his father. The first time, I cried in watching this scene, and I was 8 years old.
-Some death scenes (heroes and villains), can be quite violent, and even frightening.

But I do not criticize at all disney, I just told these details. The disney movies rocked my childhood and I still look watch them with great pleasure and always a sense of nostalgia. Yes, I'm nearly 21 and I still watch disney movies, because those who say it's for babies or that it's stupid, it's the people who have turned their backs on their childhood, or who did not have a childhood. But after all, everyone has the right to think as they want.




                                                                                                              Mathias, the Lordi Rider