#gregor campbell

[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

[40cleverways]

I made some buttons the other day, so I figured it was the perfect time to advertise one of my favorite series.

They're codependent and cannot be separated.

#tuc luxa #tuc fanart #tuc gregor #tuc #the underland chronicles #gregor the overlander #luxa #gregor campbell #fanart

[cordycepsbian]

putting our two favorite Giant Bug Media together, for our health. gregor and boots are a lot farther from home than usual...

#the underland chronicles #gregor campbell #boots campbell #humans b gone #sophodra #this is the most detail we have ever put into a bug face ouhg #also been while since we drew something so big it warranted a zoom in on one part #we are thinking so much about how gregor + the underlanders would react to macrovolutes. they're used to Big Bugs but not This Big #oh especially gregorsa how is gregor going to feel about the giant roach with almost the same name as him lol #for now though he has to deal with this giant mantois getting in his face and trying to grab him

[mentalmeles]

Happy 20th birthday to the pre-teen book series that irrevocably changed my life

I really hope you two ended up reuniting, despite everything

#the underland chronicles #gregor the overlander #luxa #gregor #gregor campbell #gluxa #my art #artists on tumblr #apologizes if the anatomy is off #was dying due to Extreme Cramps while drawing this SO...

[emerdoodls]

i'm regressing (i'm drawing underland chronicles fanart)

#the underland chronicles #gregor tuc #gregor campbell #are any of u gonna yell at me for making him mixed bc i always thought he was #i think it was that one line in book one where luxa said his skin looked like it required much light to be that shade #idk tho i just never thought he was white

[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

[kikistrikesagain]

Post-war Gregor sitting in the park

#the underland chronicles #tuc #gregor #gregor the overlander #gregor campbell #gto #art #fanart #suzanne collins

[originalwinnercheesecake]

So what do people actually think the background characters in the Underland chronicles look like

Just wondering. From all the (amazing) Fan art I have seen of Gregor , Lizzie, and Boots the fandom seems to have a pretty cohesive Idea on what they look like. Luxa also seems to have a pretty standard image in the fandom (Though wasn't she on the cover of the first design of MOS) with the only differentiation being how far along she is in puberty. Reminder if she was in the overland she would be in the sixth grade.

Other characters though Like really what do people think they look like. In my head Mrs. Cormaci is a plump/rounder women and I thought for years I had read that in the books until I saw fanart of her being drawn as more slim. Then I reread part of TPOB and was like Oh it never says what shape she is, I guess I just thought she was bigger because she is always cooking so much rich sounding food for charities. Then I remember seeing some one post once that what if she was Hazard's maternal grandmother. His maternal grandparents live in NYC, and Mrs.Cormaci is mentioned to have had a daughter.

Well that is bitter sweet because on one had that means that Mrs. Cormaci's daughter has been missing for years and in fact died without her mother ever knowing what happened to her (she also would not have known when her father died). Gotta then wonder if Mrs.Cormaci giving Lizzie her daughters old cloths is more than just her trying to help the Campbells while also declutter her house. But that also means Hazard has at least one Grandma who is really grand, if this relation was ever realized then maybe Hazard could come up to the overland for visits and stay with Mrs. Cormaci. Also she would probably have pictures of her daughter that she could show Hazard so he could remember what his mom looked like. Anyway I really liked this theory and wanted it to be cannon, but then i realized that since Hazard's overland features are his black hair and green eyes his overland relations probably have them to, and was like oh wow I never pictured Mrs.Cormaci having green eyes.

Another character I think about is Vikus. In my head the males in the underland Henry, Mareth, York all have short close cropped hair because they fight so much. Or in Howard's a short stack of wavy/curly locks cut just short enough to stay out of his eyes when wet. I do love the fan art I have seen of Henry with long hair though. But When It comes to Vikus , I guess since he seeks peace and is better relations, I usually imagine him with long grey hair and a long beard. to me he winds up looking kinda like men in biblical stories. Solovet however is muscled with a near shaved head. She is on the small side and slouches a bit when trying to appear as a gracious hostess and that plus her wrinkles make her seem non dangerous. When she is in planing/battle mode though she stands perfectly straight and those seemingly kindly wrinkles disappear, and she just looks completely terrifying.

Dulcet and Nerissa are other cases. Dulcet is described as being shy and very pretty. But as someone who works in childcare I can say with certainty that her hair is most likely a mess, her simple cloths likely have stains and crayon markings all over them. This girl is a beautiful mess. Then we have Neressa whom everyone knows is a mess. Since she is constantly described as wide eyed, tired, frail, to thin, and wearing her long hair a loose pony tail. But I don't often see it acknowledged that she canonically wears multiple layers of cloths at once or that her cloths never match.

I said most of the men in the underland would have short hair, could Hamnet have grown his hair out longer in the jungle, to try and make himself look different from how he did as a solider. Likewise I also imagine his lizard skin cloths being frayed and raggedy at the edges, much different from whatever military uniforms regalians wear. Anything to help hims see something different when he looks into the water. Can we talk about how when Gregor first meets Howard he describes him as tall and really strong, Then during his time with the plague Howard looses like 20 pounds and has scars wear ever he had bumps. Howard likely could not even fit into his old cloths after getting better.

What do Gregor's parents look like. We know they are both thin and tired. His dad's hair has gone completely white. Grace's cannot be to far behind with how hard she works and being in a state of constant worry for her family. Do fans still Agree with the theory that Grace is white and the Dad is black?

Also one more thing. Why does everyone think any of the underlanders that haven't completely greyed over have silver-blond hair. Like I know Luxa has that shade. Luxa would also probably be blonde if she has been born i t he overland. But it only specified that a silver tint was part of what distinguished the underlanders. Personally I always thought they could have any hair color (examples I imagine Howard being brunette and Mareth having black hair) but that it would always be paler than an overland counter part.

Like I know and respect that the characters descriptions are vague on purpose, and that the fun is that we can imagine them looking in so many different ways. But like really how do people imagine their favorites look. What little we get implies that the characters do not fall into the young adult novels trope of making them all look super hot. They are scared, beat up, anxious, and some are wearing cloths that do not fit them, some are missing body parts. To me that makes them infinetly more fun to imagine than most YA novel characters

So seriously if you have any strong clear/headcannons as to what you think certain human characters look like, please share them int he comments.

#The Underland Chronicles #gregor the overlander #TUC #GTO #Gregor Campbell #Lizzie Campbell #Boots Campbell #Queen Luxa #TUC Luxa #TUC Howard #TUC Mareth #TUC Dulect #TUC Nerissa #TUC Vikus #VIkus and Solovet #TUC Mrs. Cormaci #TUC Solovet #susan collins #The Hunger games #is kinda like that too #but also not #it definetly does alot to remind you characters like Katniss #Peeta #Gale #Finnick good looking #But will also spend alot of time reminding you how many scars and injuries they all have #and how grusome those can look #So I guess its kind of a middle ground

[runlikethemotherfuckingriver]

hello! wow its been quite a while since ive posted here.

please have two short fics, both about scars

tw: scars, panic attacks, relationship breakdown, but generally good vibes https://archiveofourown.org/works/55541464 tw: scars, torture, trauma (mentioned) + small amount of graphic gore, generally bad vibes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUUlJNdtkuvpZHxxZ-6lx8QO6lEpLOmtZzEUVsz4TSM/edit

uh, apologies in advance?

#tuc #the underland chronicles #gregor the overlander #gregor #lee campbell #scars #trauma

[prophecyofgray]

OKAY. HI. it is late for me idk when it became 3am whatever i’ll bump this in the morning but IT’S DONE. BOOTS FIC CHAPTER 3 BABEY WOOO. this was supposed to be the last chapter but there’s gonna be another one or two after this lol oopsies. hopefully those won’t take me literal years to get around to like this one did but no promises <3 anyways! hope u like it! i have a lot of fun writing this fic it is my baby

#the underland chronicles #tuc #gregor the overlander #gto #boots tuc #boots campbell #what is the boots tag help #<- guy who's rly into posting shoes on tumblr #sry bad joke anyway #ripred #luxa #gregor tuc #hazard tuc #fanfic #fic #my writing #im hesitant to say this btw hence why im hiding it in the tags #but i would LIKE to get the 4th chapter out by the end of the summer #like ideally i'd love to finish this fic in time for the 20 yr gto anniversary #but if it ends up needing a 5th chapter then idk about that #but that's the IDEAL plan #ill have a ton of free time in august so yknow we'll see #leave nice comments if u would like to encourage me lol

[haveihitanerve]

Ripred: alright today i will pretend to be a burglar and you must all act wisely Gregor: thats impossible.  Ripred: give me all your money if you want to live! Boots: bold of you to assume i have money Gregor: bold of you to assume i want to live Lizzie: *knocks ripred out with her thick textbook of riddles* hows that for bold?

#the campbell children everyone #gregor the overlander #pincess boots #lizzie #the underland chronicles #tuc

[leosdooley]

LIVING THROUGH MEMORIES.

thomas campbell // suzanne collins, gregor and the code of claw // czesław miłosz, the issa valley // vladimir nabokov // antonio porchia // l.m. montgomery, the story girl

#inspired by that gregor the overland quote ! #luxa & gregor my beloveds #suzanne collins #gregor the overlander #gregor and the code of claw #the underland chronicles #vladimir nabokov #antonio porchia #czesław miłosz #l.m. montgomery #the story girl #on memory #living through memories #on love #on friendship #web weaving #word collage #parallels #i’m going insane #hate the way i formatted this btw lol

[40cleverways]

Luxa visits NYC

#tuc #the underland chronicles #gregor the overlander #tuc fanart #vauge gluxa #post series fluff #luxa #gregor campbell #my art

[blairstales]

How To Get Free Books On Folklore

I do not believe in gatekeeping knowledge, so this post will be sharing how I get all my folklore books for free, legally.

To explain, when a book gets over a certain age and the copyright is not upkept, it falls under “public domain.” When that happens, many different websites will provide those books as a free download.

This is not restricted to one type of book, either. You can grab anything from Sherlock Holmes to history books, to folklore, and more.

If you are looking for a specific book, you may have to check more than one source, so I suggest bookmarking more than one website.

Example Websites:

Internet Archive

Project Gutenberg

Google Books

Open Library

Electric Scotland (Scottish books)

Sacred Texts

National Library of Scotland: Ossain Collection

Forgotten Books

Hathitrust

For me when I download a book, I then upload them to my Google library so that I can use the search functions as well as bring up the books anywhere, but a popular PC option isCalibre.

If you are interested in Scotland-specific folklore, I do have some suggestions of books you can start with.

Scottish Folklore Books:

(link) A Dictionary of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures by Katharine Briggs (1976)

(link) Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs by James M. Mackinlay (1893)

(link) Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland by John Gregorson Campbell (1900)

(link) The Peat-Fire Flame: Folk-Tales and Traditions of the Highlands and Islands by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1937)

(link) Notes on Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland by Walter Gregor, M.A. (1881)

(link) The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wentz (1911)

(link) Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland by J. Maxwell Wood (1911)

(link) Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland by John Gregorson Campbell (1902)

(link) Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs by James M. Mackinlay (1893)

(link) Folk-Lore From The West of Ross-Shire by C.M. Robertson (1908)

(link) The Fairy Mythology / Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries by Thomas Keightley (1850)

(link) Popular Tales of the West Highlands by John Francis Campbell (1862)

(link) Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales by Sir George Douglas

(link) The Scottish Fairy Book By Elizabeth W. Grierson (1918)

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(link) Popular Superstitions of the Highlands By W Grant Stewart (1823)

#folklore #mythology #myths #lore #scottish folklore #ScottishFolklore #scottish mythology #history #witchcraft #folk magic #folkmagic #paganism #scottish paganism #ResearchResources

[mentalmeles]

I like to imagine that after Luxa and Gregor reunite, they mutually decide to stay as just friends until years later when they agree to give being in a real romantic relationship a chance. I also like to think it goes very well and they stay together 💕

#the underland chronicles #gregor the overlander #gluxa #luxa #gregor #gregor campbell #my art #artists on tumblr

[emerdoodls]

sometimes i go insane remembering gregor can probably never wear shorts/short sleeves again without getting stared at it was so fucked of suzanne collins to do that to him

#gregor the overlander #tuc #the underland chronicles #post series #gregor tuc #gregor campbell #the underland chronicles by suzanne collins #can more people read these pls i am STILL thinking about them (it's been a decade)