I GOT THE CARDS!!!

I GOT THE CARDS!!!

Here's a BUNCH of photos from Flight of Fear on opening day and its oddly lit-up queue. On the bright (pun partially intended) side, the lights being on allowed me to get some good shots of things I'd never noticed or been able to read before! We ended up getting a front-row ride that day, allowing me to get those last two shots of the launch tunnel & down that hallway to get that peek of the "spaghetti bowl" respectively!

Images taken April 20, 2024

Can we talk about the explanation that's been given for the Florida Haunted Mansion's Hatbox Ghost placement (according to the wiki)?

“[The Hatbox Ghost’s] heavily critiqued placement [in the WDW Haunted Mansion], which breaks the original narrative flow of the ghosts not fully materializing until after Madame Leota’s seance, has been given a handwave explanation by the WDI team of him being an “unhappy haunt” not bound to Leota’s spell choosing to materialize whenever he wants.” -https://hauntedmansion.fandom.com/wiki/Hatbox_Ghost

Pretty much everyone in the Haunted Mansion fandom (including myself) was either nervous or angry about the placement of Hattie in Florida breaking the Mansion's continuity, and their explanation is that he's a cranky old ghost who doesn't give a sh*t & just decided one day "You know what? F**k it! I can materialize whenever I want, thank you very much!" and then did just that.

I'm not even mad! This is so much funnier! XD

(I also read somewhere [I think on here maybe?] that apparently cast members have been telling guests that on top of being grumpy, he also really likes putting on a show, so if you see him in the Mansion & he does his hatbox trick, you should thank him as to not incur his wrath??? And people have been actually heard thanking him?? I don't know about you, but I find that delightful! Next time I find myself at the Haunted Mansion in WDW, y'all are gonna find me 100% thanking this man for his performance XD)

And now we wait...

I sucked it up and drew another one

This is Nicholas Sarin, my Nemesis Reborn OC! He's a proud worshipper of Nemesis who's stuck with having to juggle being a member of the Phalanx whilst also being deemed the "Prophet of Nemesis," able to communicate with and use magic granted to him by Nemesis herself. As you can imagine, the whole "Nemesis Reborn" thing has been putting him through a fair amount of stress as of recent. He's probably been pushing a lot of the Seek the Truth stuff from the inside just to spite what the Phalanx have been doing to Nemesis ngl.

Yes, the Phalanx know that he's a Nemesite. No, they don't really care so long as he doesn't tell anybody and/or sacrifice anyone to his space crab goddess. He's seemingly proven his loyalty to them, and that's all they really care about. That being said, he's kept on a relatively short leash.

Here's some other info (most of it about his design) because this is a pencil drawing and there's obviously no colors lol:

- His hair is blonde. He actually dyed a streak of it bright red in honor of Nemesis Reborn's opening year

- His eyes used to be a strikingly bright green, but as of recent, they've turned a vibrant shade of red...wonder why that is...

- The veins on his neck & face should be a practically glowing bright red as well. These veins pretty much cover his whole body. The glow is due to the magic that resides in his blood.

- The gas mask isn't a necessity for his design, but he's been wearing it more frequently since Nemesis Reborn has been open to the public. Underneath that mask, he's got some notably sharp canines and a couple of claw marks on his left side of his jawline.

- He prefers to keep his nails on the longer side. On that note, the skin around his nails isn't pretty. He bites them when he's particularly nervous or bored.

- When in the Phalanx uniform, he wears a pair of black fingerless gloves.

- Would probably unironically growl at you if you pissed him off enough.

Let me know if there's anything you want to know about him! I love talking about my characters & I have a decent amount of OC lore for my Alton Towers characters that I may share some day if I find the motivation to lol

ALMOST THERE!!!