Disney Transformations: Gaygoyle Esmeralda
Added 2018-01-07 17:41:31 +0000 UTCIf the great writer Victor Hugo was to be believed, the Cathedral of Notre Dame possessed a soul of its own; and so it was.
The gypsy Esmeralda had found sanctuary within the stone walls, but Frollo's men were able to break the defenses regardless... with nothing standing between her and the hangman's gibbet, Esmeralda whispered a silent prayer...
...and promptly vanished from the sight of her pursuers.
She was never found, and the wicked Frollo eventually killed himself from his own twisted grief and longing by throwing himself from the top of Notre Dame. But unbeknownst to him, the spirit of the gypsy had found a new home within one of the gargoyles of the cathedral. For months she slept in stony silence, before being awoken by the others of her kind.
What to do now, with a life eternal and a magical body of invincible stone? The newest gargoyle and her friends eventually found a way to leave the church itself, and wander the streets of Paris at night, usually finding ways to defend the innocents from harm.
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The legend of the Noble Gargoyles became so well known over the centuries that, in time, a story team from the Disney Animation Studios decided it would make a good inspiration for a cartoon show -- called "Gargoyles" -- that bore little resemblance to the true events. With Esmeralda still living a life of secrecy, they instead created a protagonist named "Goliath" to take her place.
It's all connected. ^__^
Comments
Anytime. :)
Rich Schettling
2018-01-08 01:08:13 +0000 UTCNice. You know what they say about great minds!
Chronorin
2018-01-08 01:07:07 +0000 UTCThankyah, sir.
Chronorin
2018-01-08 01:06:15 +0000 UTCBrilliant story and pic! :D
Rich Schettling
2018-01-08 00:33:10 +0000 UTCHow you've drawn her, and the story of them defending the innocent reminds me of a weird idea I had when I was about 14. A Princess and her personal guard were transformed into living stone and placed in quantum stasis to avoid being killed in an alien invasion. Because of the stasis lock, they couldn't be damaged, or moved from the palace grounds where they'd been disguised as a memorial monument. The invaders grew an intelligent hedge maze around them to keep the citizens away (I can't remember if it was carnivorous or just attacked with poison thorns and vines). It wasn't until a century later that someone was able to wake them up and let them try to liberate their world again, but like in Gargoyles, they were immobile by day, mobile by night.
Zoe the pink ranger
2018-01-07 18:47:10 +0000 UTC
