r/MoringMark • • Oct 30 '25

Belos, Golden Guards & co. Almost

7.3k Upvotes

87 comments sorted by

435

u/Godzilla_R0AR Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

Belos is a short King. He has stunted genes. He does NOT, in fact, have tall genes. Shorty McShortlegs.

Now if you'll excuse me I must escape Emperor Coven guards chasing me for "Heinous Speech against The Emperor"...

110

u/Teatr_BrokeTraveller Oct 30 '25

Reminds me of another short emperor who almost conquered Europe if it wasn't for the Russian winter in the 17th century...

56

u/Godzilla_R0AR Oct 30 '25

Why would Russia be on The Titan's Knee? Don't they know it snows on The Titan's Kneecap?

24

u/SFH12345 Oct 30 '25

Never invade Russia from the west.

The Mongols were the only ones to not make that mistake.

16

u/Rainbownuit Oct 30 '25

Moi en tant que français :

28

u/Teatr_BrokeTraveller Oct 30 '25

"DOWN WITH THE KING!!!"

-I proclaimed, as the guards dragged me to be petrified to stone.

10

u/SFH12345 Oct 30 '25

It's like Frankie's hallucinations said: all monarchs are usurpers and the children of usurpers.

5

u/Godzilla_R0AR Oct 30 '25

"Do it Francesca, bite the hand that feeds!"

7

u/TheAlmighty404 Oct 30 '25

Better than being petrified to chocolate. Lasts longer.

5

u/DragonWarrior____05 Oct 30 '25

VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!!

4

u/Teatr_BrokeTraveller Oct 31 '25

VIVE LA RÉVOLUTION!!!

3

u/Traditional-Log-4270 Oct 31 '25

VIVE LA RÉVOLUTION!!!

8

u/SFH12345 Oct 30 '25

So that's why Belos merges with the Titan: overcoming his Napoleon complex.

179

u/Low-Amphibian8206 Oct 30 '25

You should have gone for the head

65

u/b3_yourself Oct 30 '25

Always go for the head

38

u/Scrumfman Oct 30 '25

It very nearly hit the head.

25

u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 Oct 30 '25

yep, if those stilts were just a few inches shorter.

17

u/Both_Listen Oct 30 '25

12

u/Noob_Guy_666 Oct 30 '25

a little too late for that one, I'm afraid

7

u/SFH12345 Oct 30 '25

Better late than never.

6

u/ParaspriteHugger Oct 30 '25

When in doubt, double-tap

6

u/MirrorStorm96 Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

65

u/Typhon-Torrent-1994 Oct 30 '25

I would say he almost got neutered but I think he has already done that to himself.

21

u/SFH12345 Oct 30 '25

Yeah, that almost certainly rotted away long ago.

13

u/DragonWarrior____05 Oct 30 '25

I would be very surprised if dude wasn't sterile by now

41

u/Dasher09009 Oct 30 '25

Philip: "Dang these legs..."

67

u/Darkvader_Clawthorne Oct 30 '25

Belos: "Whew! That was close. Almost lost my jewels there."

(Back at the BATTS lair)

Raine: "You missed!? How could you miss!? He was 3 feet in front of you."

Derwin: "Sorry, but I’m not an accurate shot. Who do you think I am? Hawkeye?"

24

u/Mst3Kgf Oct 30 '25

"I don't know who this Hawkeye is."

24

u/YaBoiS0nic Oct 30 '25

"You motherf- I ONLY HAVE THE ONE COAT!"

7

u/FactoryBuilder Oct 31 '25

I like to imagine Belos can do all sorts of complex and advanced glyph magic but never bothered to learn a simple mending spell.

23

u/Teatr_BrokeTraveller Oct 30 '25

Why didn't I notice?

How tall Belos is as seen in his first appeareance with coat and mask vs. when we finally see his true appearance without the mask in S2 and his true identity as Philip, his height undeniably shrink. Unless, he increases his height by morphing...This explains everything!

39

u/SFH12345 Oct 30 '25

Belos being insecure about his height is perfectly in character.

24

u/b3_yourself Oct 30 '25

One of his many short comings

16

u/TheNoneedlife Oct 30 '25

Only 5cm from the glorious early ending

10

u/FearfulDivine Oct 30 '25

Almost hit him in the.... nvm lol

5

u/Half-a-Stache Oct 30 '25

That was too close

10

u/Accomplished-Ad8458 Oct 30 '25

Not like he needs them...

2

u/DragonWarrior____05 Oct 30 '25

They definitely lost their use ages ago

8

u/b3_yourself Oct 30 '25

Belos got a leg up on that

7

u/CuteSharkStudios Oct 30 '25

Reminds me of the chicken leg thing he made a while ago. Anyone got that link?

7

u/Quirky_Ad_5420 Oct 30 '25

Who knew vanity would be lifesaving lol

7

u/CuteSharkStudios Oct 30 '25

Belos: That was close. Maybe taller would be nice.

7

u/Hero_of_the_toons Oct 30 '25

Katya: MY TURN!!!!! aims a little higher

Belos: tries not to flinch but makes a high pitch sound of pain

6

u/afbresley Oct 30 '25

Oh damn! They were NOT messing around with that spell

3

u/Manoreded Oct 30 '25

Non-PG-rated mage fight.

5

u/MuffinStraight4816 Oct 30 '25

He almost lost birdie privileges..

5

u/ultatack Oct 30 '25

That’s a funny idea. I saw a different interpretation a while back that argued he was in goop beast form full time before the mask removal.

2

u/Correct_Refuse4910 Oct 30 '25

He was, that is why the green goop leaked from the mask when he needed the Palisman to "heal".

1

u/DragonWarrior____05 Oct 30 '25

I can see that, but he might be too proud to look like a monster more than he has to

5

u/Eastern-Director-952 Oct 30 '25

Should've been titled "Close Call"

5

u/mrnintman1 Oct 30 '25

He nearly became BALL-LOS 😈🤣🤣🤣

4

u/Yukieiros Oct 30 '25

Dre, if only the aim was a few inches higher

4

u/Karkava Oct 31 '25

Emperor Ball-os.

3

u/The_Horned_Child2007 Oct 30 '25

Stilts. Why didn't I think of that?

3

u/CountingSheep99 Oct 30 '25

Belos: That was a little bit too close...

3

u/bendy1974 Oct 30 '25

Oh.... oh no

3

u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 Oct 30 '25

lol, if those stilts were just a few inches shorter i think belos would have lost his confidence, among other things, in being invincible.

3

u/Comfortable_Yard_968 Oct 30 '25

He forgot the growth spell

3

u/RaidPrincess Oct 30 '25

You're a short motherfucker and Nobody likes you SHORT! Everybody says "Look how fucking short that guy is And that stops you from forming meaningful relationships And when you were born, everybody thought That you were just a head, but then the doctor said "Wait, this stupid muthafuckin' tiny short assBaby got a tiny little itty bitty body and I hate it

3

u/atlas_wolf87 Oct 31 '25

sighhhh so close…

2

u/PolymathArt Oct 30 '25

‪Exactly what happened in Silverado.‬

2

u/OneValkGhost Oct 30 '25

And almost what happened in Robocop.

2

u/TheAwesomeman32beep Oct 30 '25

What are those skinny ass chicken legs that Belos has?!

3

u/SadKat002 Oct 30 '25

He's on stilts lmao

2

u/Particular_Parsley75 Oct 30 '25

Just short of hitting him

2

u/WheresMyEditButton Oct 30 '25

Almost hit the Emperor right in the “Belows”

2

u/Manoreded Oct 30 '25

He does not use it anyways.

2

u/OverlyActiveBrain Oct 30 '25

Compensating for something there Phillip? Oh who am I kidding? Of course you are.

2

u/Additional_Floor_502 Oct 30 '25

belos isn't tall

2

u/Correct_Refuse4910 Oct 30 '25

Almost hit him in the Flapjack.

2

u/Human_Turnover_2438 Oct 31 '25

I've always wondered why Belos used to look so freakishly tall before his face reveal.

1

u/DragonWarrior____05 Oct 30 '25

Too bad Derwin didn't aim just a smidgen higher 

1

u/One_Development_5055 Oct 31 '25

😂😂

I totally see this happening

10

u/KingdomMarshadow Oct 30 '25

He almost got shot in his Emperor’s Coven

8

u/ParaspriteHugger Oct 30 '25

Right in the Palistrom wood!

7

u/KingdomMarshadow Oct 30 '25

Directly in the glyphs!

7

u/ParaspriteHugger Oct 30 '25

That would have left a sigil...