Pantheon season 2 is out! This was a thank you card I drew for my last day (over a year ago!). I honestly wasn't sure if I would ever be able to share this publicly lol. The fanbase is small but they are the best and this is still my favorite show I ever worked on 😭
I got so invested in Pantheon these past weeks. The ending destroyed my heart, but I was happy about it(?) Anyway, I needed to make a fanart of it cause I needed to take it out of my system. These two characters are Maddie and Caspian. And I'm not going to say any more cause I would recommend watching the show if you are into adult animations and especially sci-fi and questioning what means to be human and the use of technology. I just love these two characters (and this fanart is maybe super spoilery whoops)
GAH the WHOLE SHOW is about connection. about love. or devotion or whatever. even the antagonists, fucking wretched as they are, only do what they do because of their love. it makes me heart ACHE!!!!!! GRRAHHHHHHH
Average person watches ten loved ones die in their lifetime is a statistical error. Maddie Kim, who watches the same four loved ones die a collective 6.5 times per simulation over an uncountable number of simulations, is an outlier and should not be counted.
Pantheon is an upcoming adult animated series based on a collection of science fiction short stories by Ken Liu. Maddie, a bullied teen, receives mysterious help from someone online. The voice cast includes Daniel Dae Kim, Katie Chang, Paul Dano, and many more.
I just finished watching pantheon season 2 last night and I canNOT stop thinking about it. fucking. brilliant. stephen holstrom is such an incredibly hateable asshole. seriously fuck you steve. also julius pope. dicks, every one of them. the romance seemed a little out of left field, but it made sense, especially by the end. same deal with episode 7, it seemed kind of incongruous, but that was just because it was setting up the puzzle pieces so that they would fall into place with episode 8. the finale. holy shit the finale. spoilers under the cut:
maddie simulating herself and caspian endless times, trying to get the world, and her romance with him, just right. succeeding right when the, i saw someone call them Time Lords so that's what I'll call them, said she would. remaking the world billions of times over because she wants to kiss a guy. that's dedication. also the Time Lords thanking Caspian for inspiring them, Caspian remarking on how Maddie's a god now, Maddie denying it, it's simulations all the way down, Maddie choosing to stay in her own little corner with Caspian rather than try to ascend and find the 'original' Maddie, who's probably in a setup really similar to the one our Maddie is in, since obviously things had to work out pretty similar for the 'original' Caspian to inspire the Time Lords in the first place. Part of me is wondering what the 'originals' are up to now. Mist is probably up there. She's her sister, silly.