#gregor and ripred

[tanadellatarma]

My FanArt of Luxa from Gregor the Overlander saga was one of (if not THE one) my first art posts (still visible on Pinterest and Google even if I lost my old Tumblr account - yikes!) After years I was finally able to make a whole project about this wonderful saga and I decided to come back to Tumblr and post it here: thank you for inspiring me in those old days 💜 I did a whole "training project" for a dream Graphic Novel: if you enjoy it, share and comment this post 🙏 •► The project: https://tanadellatarma.it/gregortheoverlander/ Fly you hight & run like the river 🦇

#gregor the overlander #tuc luxa #tuc #gregor tuc #the underland chronicles #underland #queen luxa #ripred the gnawer #gregor and ripred #gregor and ares #gregor and the code of claw #overland #suzanne collins #collins #the hunger games #the underland saga #artists on tumblr #graphic novel #illustrator on tumblr #comic artist #italian artist #fumetto #scholastic

[yesthefandomfreakblr]

Gregor: Hey, I just realized I actually don't know anything about you.

Ripred: You just noticed?..

Gregor: Can I ask some questions? And you have to be completely honest?.. Y'know. Seeing as I have to trust you with my life and you're one of my very few inner circle members down here I'm forced to work with regularly.

Ripred: I love the use of the word forced there.

Gregor: Come on man, just a few questions.

Ripred: Fair, shoot.

Gregor: So... Like do you lift up one leg to pee like a dog or do you stand up?...

Ripred: Not like, I dunno, 'hey are you a terrorist?' 'What are your interests outside of babysitting in Hell?' No? Nothing of genuinely character revealing nature?

Ares: Answer the question.

Gregor: He's dodging the question.

Ares: He's being defensive and suspicious, we cannot trust him.

Ripred: I hate you both immensely and I will kill you.

Ares: He's a traitor, I knew it.

Gregor: Always had a feeling he was gonna eat me.

Ripred: Both of you fuck off right now.

#the underland chronicles #gregor the overlander #it came to me in a vision #ripred #tuc #ripred the rat #ripred the gnawer #ripred my beloved #ares the flier #ares #gregor campbell #gregor the warrior #gregor and ares #gregor and ripred

[haveihitanerve]

Ripred: I left instructions for everyone while I'm gone. Gregor: Mine just says "gregor, no." Ripred: I want you to apply it to every possible situation.

#and we all know gregor promptly did everything the note explicixtly said no to #smh gregor #he lied when he told solovet he always following ripreds orders #bro listens to no one #and ares was there backing and hyping him every step of the way #poor rat dad #rage daddy #rage baby #gregor and ripred #gregor the overlander #the underland chronicles #tuc

[overandunderland]

@averagecygnet-blog @haveihitanerve

Sure that's what he said.

What he wanted to say:

#gregor the overlander #the underland chronicles #ripred is daddy tho like c'mon #gregor and ripred #ripred the rat #tsundere rat dad #“its not like i care about you or anything b-baka”

[dishsaop]

okay suzanne collins. i love and trust you. you wrote the hunger games prequel, its a movie now, im sure it was pretty good. now do you remember the underland chronicles. can we go back to that. please tell me how gregor is doing. is he okay. pay no mind to the gun i am holding

#on the one hand i actually dont want more TUC bc i actually approve of the ending and i dont think a prequel would do much good #however i love the series. i miss it. can we get like an arcane style animated series of it please i want to see ripred kill #the underland chronicles #gregor the overlander #m text

[1very1fancy1doilies1]

ripred the rat for my sister's birthday :)

#I haven't read the series in a minute so I apologize for any inaccuracies! #my art #used many references! #ripred #ripred the rat #didn't really capture his snark but ah well #he is after all a rat #gregor the overlander #ripred the gnawer #the underland chronicles #luxa #queen luxa #rat #rats #ratposting #ratblr #bc apparently that's a thing? #suzanne collins #the hunger games #tuc #sketch #sketches

[prophecyofgray]

"does gregor's family move to virginia?" this "does gregor ever go back to the underland?" that. what about "does gregor spend his adult life sneaking into nyc libraries at night hoping that he'll run into ripred chomping on some books?"

#this thought came to me while listening to RTR and now i cant get it out of my head #i think he would at least do it once. maybe goes to the library during the day and leaves ripred a note and some shrimp and cream sauce #comes back the next day and the food is gone but there's just like. kafka's “the metamorphosis” in its place #the underland chronicles #tuc #gregor the overlander #gto

[i-think-in-metaphors]

Gregor bought them all boba.

#the underland chronicles #tuc #gregor the overlander #my art #digital illustration #boba tea #bubble tea #ripred #ripred the gnawer #ares #ares the flier #procreate #ares and his fuckin bendy straw

[shriikey]

Compilation of the ripred fanart I completed for the rat bracket!!! Glad I was able to do my part in support of the RAT VICTOR... This really took me out of my comfort zone and forced me to practice drawing animal characters, which was much needed!

I love Mr. Rat Man so much

#ripred #ripred the gnawer #ripred the rat #the underland chronicles #gregor the overlander

[cutter-kirby]

gregor and ripred GREGOR AND RIPRED!!!!!!!

obviously ripred protects gregor. not in the same way he does lizzie or even luxa, but i'd say from the moment ripred saw gregor's horrified expression when henry was about to run a sword through him, he knew gregor was special. he told twitchtip to not judge gregor like she would other humans. he speaks softly when gregor is mourning. he teaches him life-or-death echolocation. he can't even tell gregor that the kid's gonna die in the prophecy of time. the "oh, tell me you didn't" to solovet after she locks gregor away. he promises to keep gregor's family safe, from one rager to another. he sees so much of himself in that kid and it's awful. the scene in cotw where ripred talks to gregor about being a rager (right after the frogs) will forever stick out to me. just. his peptalk to gregor before the final battle. ripred cares.

and so does gregor! gregor has so much respect for ripred, the rat, what has been the enemy for nearly his entire first journey in the underland, because he notices the pain in his eyes. he tells him "fly you high" when they first part ways, which is echoed by ripred when they last see each other. just the immediate relief that gregor feels any time ripred steps in. the way gregor messes with ripred, popping bubble gum after ripred insults him, joking about the prophecy at the end of book 5 ("time is turning back!" ripred - "shut up!"). in book 4, gregor sends the questers to busy themselves so ripred doesn't have to be vulnerable in front of so many. when gregor's in trouble, it's ripred's advice ("what's your plan?") that he thinks of. the section in book 5 where they all think ripred is dead and gregor is as upset by it as he is ares, that he "maybe even loved him." gregor looks up to him. just. the mentor/protege duo ever

#i don't have book 1 with me so sorry if i misremember some things #if you guys have any other favorite gregor and ripred moments you would like to share then feel free #calling your protege/new son “boy” is something that can be so personal #tuc #the underland chronicles #ripred the gnawer #gregor the overlander #ripred the rat #the dynamic of it all. “i'm just like you and it's scary but it's all we have” #they are FRIENDS!!!! they are FRIENDS and they care about each other!!!!!!!!!!! #i am a sucker for nontraditional mentor dynamics #I changed children’s crusade to questers because I doubt most people will remember that line from ripred

[unorthodoxiguana]

The Underland Chronicles, and everything is the same except people refer to the Underland as "down under", and everyone from the Underland has really strong Australia accents.

Gregor: *Falls into the Underland*

Multiple 5ft cockroaches: G'day mate!

Gregor: *Terrified screaming*

#gregor the overlander #the underland chronicles #tuc #but Ripred with an Australian accent tho

[orangeblobby]

I'm having thoughts about Luxa and Ripred: the child whose parents were killed by rats and the rat whose children were killed by humans. I don't have many eloquent thoughts (it's mostly just me rotating them in my head and shrieking internally,) but something about how one fills the place in the other's family made a gap by war is AAAA

#love me some found family #them swearing to support each other and essentially bE family. AA #theyre both so strong and so jaded #and when luxa is injured and ill ripred gives her the 'youre too mean to die.' kind of reassurance #how when luxa hears gregor worry about ripred she says something to a similar extent about him. #al chatters #the underland chronicles #tuc #gregor the overlander

[yesthefandomfreakblr]

BUT Has Ripred read the bible.

Ripred: How was your Friday? (Sarcastic) Gregor: Not very good. Ripred: Well neither was Jesus' but he didn't whine about it. Gregor: (Spits out his capri sun)

#the underland chronicles #ripred #gregor the overlander #ripred the rat #ripred the gnawer #ripred my beloved #tuc #gregor and ripred

[haveihitanerve]

Ripred: *in that one scene in the jungle where Hamnet is expecting him to rage at Gregor* DON'T BE SORRY! YOU'RE NOTHING BUT AN ANGEL! YOU SAVED LAPBLOOD WHICH IS A VERY SWEET THING TO DO!!! Gregor: You’re yelling nice things at me again and it’s very confusing!

#gregor the overlander #the underland chronicles #tuc #ripred and gregor #gregor and ripred #i fucking love them #i need more soft ripred #but slowly #and only with gregor #fuck it i might have to write it myself #ripred the rat

[overandunderland]

One of the things we've got to remember is how cinematic every single entrance Ripred gets in the book is dramatic as hell.

Book one, he interrupts mid conversation about him. Flexing that he is in fact that bitch. Also fakes a fight that scares the shit out of Gregor.

Book two, he has an in the dark sparring match with Gregor.

Book 3, Hamnet steals his thunder but he allows it, barely. "Oh look it's Hamnet, he's not dead!" *Gnaws on skull to emphasize how he's STILL that bitch.

Book 4, he's found in a pit with his jaw essentially Grown shut, and needs his jaw cracked open by Luxa's sword.

Book 5, He literally hides under a dead body and pops up at surrender negotiations like: Heeeeeeey it's meeeeee

Definitely realize if we're gonna bring Ripred back, it needs to be a MOMENT.

-Breezy

#gregor the overlander #gregor and ripred #ripred #ripred the rat #fanfic

[dishsaop]

i like the Hunger Games a lot but im always gonna be a little bitter it took off when her Underland Chronicles never did. those books were so good and so fucked up. snippets of spoilers for a 20 year old book series for middle schoolers ahead:

cockroaches the size of horses who talk and are actually super chill and great babysitters for human toddlers. these books are the only reason i dont have nightmares about cockroaches anymore

cannibalism happens a lot. at one point a rat the size of a bison says "man go ahead and eat your dead friend, we wont judge" to a spider, who then proceeds to eat her dead friend. everyone but the rat judges.

another rat, who is still relatively a baby, is found later eating his babysitter's liver in an attempt to hide the body.

dude, pandoras death was so fucked up. "wow an island! im starving im gonna have a snack. brb guys" flies a little bit over, is immediately devoured in seconds by bugs and her skeleton crashes into the jungle below

plague book! humans try to commit genocide and blame it on bugs

hey. hey eleven year old. kill this tiny baby screaming for his mother. he sounds just like your baby sister you think just died horribly. kill this baby with a sword. you didnt? you didnt kill a sobbing baby who watched his mother die? we're putting you on trial for treason and will execute you

baby rat gone insane, now 15' tall and leading an army, ripping the head off of his friend/gaslighter, immediately heartbreakingly asking where she went, and then finding the head and accusing a twelve year old boy of doing it

dude gregor is eleven and in the first book willingly leaps off a cliff to his death (despite it being his worst fear) in the hopes itll stop his two year old sister boots from being graphically torn apart and eaten, like he has seen happen to others

thalia's death. they dont just kill unnamed children (they do absolutely kill a lot of unnamed babies onscreen) they also kill beloved named children

"the fireflies had to gnaw ares' claw off of his corpse bc you wouldnt let go of your friends claw. its been almost three weeks and the viscera has dried and glued it to your grip. we cant get it off without breaking your finger. you gotta let go of your friends corpse, twelve year old boy"

twitchtip.

forcing the twelve year old into a prophesied battle where he will die, and making him dissociate so hard for months he blankly allows others to make him cause/be complicit in war crimes

HAHA HEY THE SAPIENT, INTELLIGENT MICE DYING BY THE HUNDREDS SUFFOCATING ON POISON GAS WHILE A TODDLER SINGS A NURSERY SONG ABOUT THE MICE DYING.

the six year old boy losing literally everyone hes ever known and cared for over and over again

just so much violent gore and death for middle schoolers, man. i love it.

hey that was objectively a good and well done ending. and i also loved it. but "hey gregor my husband was in the war. he had ptsd that will never go away just like you" hey hes twelve :( someone help him

prim's death in the hunger games has nothing on the shit collins pulled in the underland chronicles this is like a tiny chunk please read them

#cannabalism #gore #child death #the underland chronicles #gregor the overlander #gregor campbell #ripred #twitchtip #hazard #boots #ares #thalia #idk im tired of tagging now #m text