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Published: 2018-01-24 15:17:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 6807; Favourites: 81; Downloads: 5
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Hey hey! ^^
I'm back (oh so soon! yey!) with another small comical drawing of our dear old skeksis!
This time it's everyone's favorite bickering duet: General SkekUng and Chamberlain SkekSil! 
If you're a fan of The Dark Crystal, you surely do remember that iconic scene of the movie where the Chamberlain, after losing the Trial By Stone duel, is shorn of his clothes and richess, and banished, right?

Well, thanks to my dearest friend   who owns a copy of the beautiful new Dark Crystal visual guide, I came to know about  some info from the DarkCrystal pre-production times, and found out there were many different early scripts, some complete and others nearly so, at which different approaches were done to the story, characters and development.
One of the changes my friend told me about which caught my attention semeed to happen at a middle-staged script, at which not only SkekSil would lose a Trial by Stone against SkekUng and end up in rags and sent out, but also, in turn, SkekUng himself would be left in tatters and scorned, after losing the same duel against Ritual Master SkekZok (who would use a trick to defeat him: he'd angle his sword toward a beam of light  and channel it as a powerful "laser-like" beam to have the black "Hakskeekah" duel-stone exploding into pieces! )

This change within how the skeksis would play out contained yet another thing which admittedly had us laughing for a while (after a brainstorming we did, coming back and forth with ideas about this)  ) :  instead of being cast out of the castle, the skeksis who had been defeated at Trial By stone and shorn as "outcasts" would, in fact, remain within the castle...but they would not be allowed into any rituals (including the Sun Ceremony they need to daily heal and remain alive) and would be sent to the farthest corner of the castle, to dwell in rags between trash and leftovers. 
Of course this is quite a nasty way to end up...yet the idea of the General and Chamberlain being sent into what basically is a "tough Time-out" to stay on a corner...immediately made me think "Oh my, they just got sent to a corner to "think of what they did", as if they were misbehaved children" XD
Then the talk with my friend became a whole rounded up idea, as we both kept throwing ideas in and she went onto how SkekZok  would act like a stern teacher sending the other two "to the time-out corner" and how they'd behave there, like two sulking children

That's where this idea came from  *Edit* I want to appologize for having forgotten to mention my dear friend Azure yesterday when I uploaded this, I just claimed the idea as mine, and that was totally unfair. I have edited the description as it always should have been! ^^
This drawing wouldn't have been possible at all if Azure hadn't mentioned that early script to me and hadn't talked with me about these ideas, so: thanks, my dearest friend, for having helped me *as always* to develop the concepts for this drawing!
XD

I hope you'll have fun with this tiny silly joke, and hope to be back all soon with new art and stuff to upload!

I also will try better to keep up with notes and comment replies (it's been hectic for me lately,but I really want to reply to all your comments and leave comments of my own at all your wonderful new uploads! ) 

See y'all at comments as son as possible, and with ne uploads, also soon ^^


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This is fanart, unofficial work.

Artwork may not be used or redistributed without written consent.
Artwork © SkekLa
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Comments: 79

MarionPoinsot34 In reply to ??? [2018-01-24 23:24:48 +0000 UTC]

Oooh nooooo lol poor SkekUng !!

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SkekLa In reply to MarionPoinsot34 [2018-01-25 13:32:37 +0000 UTC]

Indeed poor General!
That old script did contain some strange ideas!

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AlexRichardon [2018-01-24 21:43:18 +0000 UTC]

Me laughing hysterically and pointing at the general:" HMHMHMMHM!!!!! HEH-HEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!!!! AHHHH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! HEH-HE HEH-HE! BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" 

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SkekLa In reply to AlexRichardon [2018-01-25 13:33:02 +0000 UTC]

XD...Poor SkekUng...
Everyone knows how much he loathes that whimper!

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SpinosaurusDinosaur In reply to ??? [2018-01-24 19:42:32 +0000 UTC]

Haha, antagonizing the goofball xD
Better to heckle him while in shame, rather than another time~

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SkekLa In reply to SpinosaurusDinosaur [2018-01-25 13:34:26 +0000 UTC]

XD Poor General!
That's very true: antagonising him if he'd feel as belicous as usual wouldn't be a wise thing o.o...*I bet SkekSil already knows that since hehad been there at the corner for a decent while by then ...*

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charmsp1 In reply to ??? [2018-01-24 19:30:00 +0000 UTC]

Cute and funny picture  SkekLa, they look almost cute! I love it. Poor Skekung been stuck in the corner with SkekSil would be his worst nightmare. I love how your drawn them here.

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SkekLa In reply to charmsp1 [2018-01-25 13:36:03 +0000 UTC]

XD Indeed they look nearly cute! XD -Tho to be honest to me skeksis always were "cute tho they don't know it!" XD

Aye! That's the same thing Azure nd I thought while debating on this idea: "just imagine them two having to stay there and suffer each other..."

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charmsp1 In reply to SkekLa [2018-01-25 20:58:57 +0000 UTC]

They do look kinda cute in their rags especially Sil he was always a handsome Skek and even in rags he still manages to pull off some style! That's why  I've always thought of him as the youngest of  what I class as the 'Top Four' (SkekSo, SkekZok, SkekUng, SkekSil in that order) he didn't look as old and withered, and UrSol's hair wasn't fully white.

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weasel-girl [2018-01-24 19:28:20 +0000 UTC]

I honestly thought SkekUng was giving Sil the middle finger at first glance. XD
That's truly hilarious! Proud Skeksis being treated like naughty children. XD

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SkekLa In reply to weasel-girl [2018-01-25 13:37:32 +0000 UTC]

XD There's also another deviant who thought the same thing! XD HAHAHA
Indeed! once my friend Azure passed me that piece of one of the early scripts, we just went on with that concept: "they were indeed sent to the cornr like bratty kids! XD Poor things...

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queenmoreta [2018-01-24 18:42:22 +0000 UTC]

I love it! it was mentioned in the novel that SkekZok was a contender but he didn't take part in the fight as he preferred to be like the left hand man of the emperor. He felt it was a better position to be in, as it guaranteed he retained a high ranking position but just meant he wouldn't be as high as emperor. I always enjoyed that part of his character in the book.

So of course I do like that you played with that what if, I do wonder what he would be like as an Emperor, I think he would instill more religious based rules. Still probably be his stoic self but be in a better position to threaten his wrath maybe?

now these two jokers are hilarious here, in rags and toally down and out. I love that you put them in the naughty corner instead of banishing them out of the castle XD. It makes me wonder more on your version of SkekZok with this scenario, what made him decide to exile them to the trash heap rather than out of the castle. Maybe he had a vision that Sil would cause the downfall of the Skeksis were he to be banished? .

still it makes for a funny scenario, love seeing poor old SkekUng reduced from his proud and strong self to this meek pissy creature in rags. SkekSil looks like he is having too much fun XD.

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SkekLa In reply to queenmoreta [2018-01-25 14:09:04 +0000 UTC]

Yey! I'm glad you do, Moreta! ^^
Indeed, the novelisation states he was a contender but didn't vie for the throne itself but preferred to remain as the "Emperor's second hand" which granted him power but also a stable one and one not that many would covet as much as to plot actively against him (at least not as much as many were sure plotting against SkekSo)

In fact, as say there at the description, these concepts are not mine nor from my AU, but taken from one of the early canon movie scripts which my friend kindly commented to me: this idea of Zok coming to seize the throne and the oher two contendants being expelled "to a corner" instead of away from the csatle caused the brainstorming which we two had, ultimately deriving in this small joke ^^
Zok? all I can say is Azure had the funniest of ides about himnce coming around with the ideas for this joke, she told me she thought he would "go very well with a role of a stern teacher, who'd send  his opposers to "time-out" like two misbehaved kids ^^

How he'd be as an Emperor?..likely dangerous for his foes, indeed, and probably installing much more rligious/omen-based rules, I agree^^

Indeed! poor Ung looks as offended as angry!...and Sil...Bad skeksis, he's just enjoying himself too much. I wouldn't sing victory yet if I were him tho: once Ung would manage (somehow) to return into a better rank, he'd take sordid revenge for this

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queenmoreta In reply to SkekLa [2018-01-25 19:15:05 +0000 UTC]

I always wondered what if Zok became emperor but I had always sort of felt he wasn't too intrested in it. I read a fanfiction once where someone portrayed him as finding the role too stressful and I rather liked that too.

But this early script Azure has brought up along with your image has really got me wondering about the dynamics of the court with the Ritual Master as emperor. I do like that idea of him sending opposers to the corner. Perhaps he would see exile as petty, why not let the sufferer stay here and prolonge their suffering. Or perhaps sending them out of the castle meant they might risk doing something that would mess up the prophecy. It is really quite fun and fascinating to think about really . Sure he is my favorite Skeksis but this fun image has left me thinking about it XD.


Sil is used to it, so he relishes in the high and mighty Ung being knocked down a peg XDD. I can now picture Ung being released from the naughty corner and approaching Emperor Zok like a dog with his tail between his legs, pride clearly hurt but determination in his eyes to get his own way XD.

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Dracoravebird In reply to ??? [2018-01-24 18:37:51 +0000 UTC]

OMG these two getting stuck together would be the best alternate-universe ever. This is too funny!  

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SkekLa In reply to Dracoravebird [2018-01-25 14:15:12 +0000 UTC]

The funniest thig of all is it was canon at some point! XD

My friend Azure gently allowed me to know about these early script's ideas, since she has the new book "The dark crystal: the ultimate visual guide and read it alll there ^^ .
It's a spectacular book, filled with treats for fans, and one of them is certainly the extensive mention about early scripts during the Dark Crystal creation ^^
One of said early scripts did have something quite like this happening: SkekZok would defy SkekUng to Trial by Stone during the plot's development, and so SkekUng would lose and end up with SkekSil, confined to a corner of the castle along with the trash and leftovers poor guys!

Considering just how much they hate each other in canon, just imagine what that would be like! XD

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bbb35 In reply to ??? [2018-01-24 18:03:41 +0000 UTC]

I love it!! Oh wow, SkekUng all tattered and in time out. XD

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Lady Despair: "YOU TWO BE QUIET!!" (She calls over from the throne, standing next to SkekZok) "Your brother won, so you two stay in that corner, quietly, until he says you can leave!" (She points her scepter at them) "Don't make walk over there, you know what happens when I walk somewhere!"

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SkekLa In reply to bbb35 [2018-01-25 14:17:37 +0000 UTC]

Poor guys! ...
Those early scripts were very curious alright! ^^


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SkekSil: Hmmm, but it was not FAIR!... *kicking rubble and muttering swearings* 

SkekUng: I should have won!...grrrmph!...

SkekLa: *making gestures to SkekSil to shut up and not make things worse*

XD

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bbb35 In reply to SkekLa [2018-01-25 21:16:42 +0000 UTC]

Lady Despair: "Let this be a lesson, anymore quarreling among your siblings, and I'll make you eat ice cream!" 

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bbb35 In reply to SkekLa [2018-01-25 19:29:43 +0000 UTC]

Lady Despair: "What was THAT!?" (She turns, her eyes glowing red.)
(SkekSil grabs SkekUng's beak to shut him up)

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She'll have SkekZok let them go before they starve from essence withdrawal.

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ArlenFram In reply to ??? [2018-01-24 17:33:20 +0000 UTC]

Hehe Poor baes, sent to dismay! But at least they have each other, to bicker and laugh, or at least Sil has, Ung is too offended and sorrowful xD

I must say, too, that I love how you drew both's heads here! Such handsome skeksis, I would nom on Ung and admire Sil, both at the same time haha And omg, those minors arms, why they look so huggable??

Brilliant and funny, my dear!!

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SkekLa In reply to ArlenFram [2018-01-25 14:30:48 +0000 UTC]

Indeed! por Ung just can't stand this situation (who could blame him?) ^^
Sil is being such a troll XD Poor General!

Aw, thanks for thinking they look good! ^^ It had been long since I drew anything in black and white and I'm trying to polish a technique at inking only the contours of things and then describing all textures and details with well-sharpened pencil, so the lines are more subtle! if you like how they look, it's a good signal!

I'm just so grateful to Azure for having told me about that early script which is explained at that new TDC book! ^^
Not only it had the most curious concepts ( a key being involved there as main object to be rescued by Jen, Zok becoming Emperor, etc) but the ideas in them were just such fun to debate and play with! This joke is actually the product of intense brainstorming into what Azure and I thought would happen after Zok became Emperor and confined Ung to the "time-out corner" *as we ended up calling it*  where Sil already was, after having firstly been defeated by Ung! XD
It was just too funny to not draw it!

Thanks for liking it, Kel!

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ArlenFram In reply to SkekLa [2018-01-26 13:35:37 +0000 UTC]

It really shows, you are impriving even at penciol drawings I love observing you grow and add more things to already known techniques

You and Azure had really fun brainstorking! I love unknown facts about skeksis and expanding them!

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candemarzat [2018-01-24 16:30:50 +0000 UTC]

La verdad que antes de ver tus retratos no tenía idea de esa película, pero esto me hizo googlearla e informarme un poco (además de que esa descripción es excelente!) y la estoy empezando a ver ahora. Me parece que me terminare haciendo fan, ya con escuchar la voz que comienza a narrarla quede encantada jaja

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SkekLa In reply to candemarzat [2018-01-25 14:24:51 +0000 UTC]

¿En serio, CandeMarzat? ^^ 
Me alegra muchisimo que te hayan gustado tanto mis trabajos, y m´s aún que te esté gustando la película! ^^ 
es un clasicazo! ^^
Ojalá te haya gustado, y te hagas fan, la verdad es una peli muy bizarra pero muy bella! ^^

Para ser justa: nunca hubiera sabido del guion preliminar en que esta basado éste chiste de no haber sido por mi buena amiga ^^ ella me contó que en un libro nuevo buenisimo que salió acerca del Cristal encantado (como la llaman aca en Argentina) hay descripciones extensas de los primeros guiones, y algunas ideas son re diferentes de lo que ves en la peli! ésta, por ejemplo, en que el Sacerdote le gana al General despues que el General ya hubiera vencido al Chambelan...y la idea de que en vez de echar a los perdedores del castillo los confinaban a un rincon (éso fue lo que hizo que charlaramos un monton con mi amiga de esto, y terminaramos por imaginarnos éste chiste!)
*si leésinglés te recomiendo muchisimo las historias que mi amiga Azure hizo sobre los personajes de la peli! son absolutamente geniales! ^^ *

Es una peli muy buena, y el "mundo" en que transcurre da para una infinidad de fan-creaciones ^^<3 me alegra que te guste!

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XenoTeeth3 In reply to ??? [2018-01-24 15:23:22 +0000 UTC]

Is SkekUng pointing his middle finger ?  

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SkekLa In reply to XenoTeeth3 [2018-01-25 14:18:05 +0000 UTC]

XD HAHAHA Nope! it's his index, but now you say it I really can see it looks like he is! OMG XD

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XenoTeeth3 In reply to SkekLa [2018-01-25 14:35:41 +0000 UTC]

   

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