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Between the Lines
Azali dropped Deadlock and now I feel prompted to psychoanalyze the song with Kingdoms Arc Wemmbu and how he manipulates the narrative.
BUCKLE UP ITS YAP'O'CLOCK!
Kingdoms Arc starts with Wemmbu at the happiest he's been in a long time. He has a base that he's building, he has his best friend, he has other friends such as Jaden that he can call upon, he's no longer seen as a server wide criminal.
Kingdoms Arc ends with him being trapped and betrayed in a civilization he hates, down 2 maces, his best friend is captured, his other friend was willingly taken so he wouldn't be alone, being used as a weapon in war, and is once again a server wide criminal after blowing up multiple important cities, having lost all prior alliances in the process.
Did a full 180 on us there. I'm still recovering from the whiplash.
The entire arc has forced Wemmbu back into old habits, habits he tried very hard to forget or unlearn during Invis and Law, habits that have stemmed from Power Arc and beyond, only this time, his character development is in forced reversal. Wemmbu wasn't lying to Flame when he said he had no choice in all the destruction he has caused. Egg's life is being used as a threat against him, and Wemmbu values Egg's life a lot, so safe to say, he's willing to do a lot to ensure Egg doesn't die.
This motivation has been very different from his previous motivations, and while yes, he did want to become stronger to protect himself and Egg (that's another can of tax duo shaped worms), Wemmbu's motivation for doing the things he has done have been revenge (Zampire, Law and Pirates), power (Mafia and Power), or self-fulfillment (Power and Invis). Kingdom's Arc stands apart. Wemmbu's entire motivation for going after the Blue Trims, fighting against and for Arachnid, and participating in the Civil War are not for revenge, power or self-fulfillment. Wemmbu is purely driven by the need to ensure Egg stays alive and safe. We know the lengths Wemmbu will go to do what he wants done, so it's no surprise that Wemmbu dives headfirst back into his war criminal tendencies the moment he feels backed into a corner. It's a defense mechanism hidden behind layers of humor and laughter.
Now the reason why I wanted to bring ANY of this up with the release of Deadlock, is because I've realized how Wemmbu likes to manipulate his narrative to make it seem like he's unaffected and unbothered. Spoiler alert, he is not, he's very emotional actually.
First off, Wemmbu is very unserious, he doesn't care about the interest or well-being of others(general) or the server because to him, 'It's a game'. Direct quote taken from when Deputy_Ace (irdstln) confronted him in the Great Sea after his escape. My point is, Wemmbu seems to brush a lot of his war crimes/terrible actions off with jokes, laughter, humor, anything to make it seem like it wasn't a big deal. But it is.
Wemmbu never directly states he's bothered, or mad, or grieving. But he is.
This is where Deadlock comes in. Background music in UU serves mostly as hype music when it comes to Wemmbu and Flame, when a beat drops, you know people will be dying in mass. However, Deadlock stands out to me because of its name, but also how the music isn't the usual hype up/energetic exciting tune.
Chaos Construct and Playful Massacre (og version) are the two songs I will be comparing Deadlock to, primarily because they contain the uplifting/energetic beats.
Hints of Playful Massacre play in the background of Deadlock, split into intervals of a few seconds but the general beat is there. Playful Massacre sharply contrasts Deadlock because Playful Massacre is PLAYFUL, it's energetic, exciting, it sounds like someone is having fun, enjoying whatever they are doing. Deadlock, on the other hand, is frantic, it feels more stressful to listen too, almost having a 'hurry hurry hurry' sense to it. The bits of Playful Massacre played feel like they emphasis the massacre aspect more, the need to kill without the joy.
@wisdomsgemini (someone much more musically knowledgeable than me) yapped about this with me, and mentioned how Deadlock has a mixture of high whistles and blasting low notes that continuously get faster till the beat drops. "It has this specifically duality and independence that Azali has ALWAYS been amazing at. These high whistling notes just heard over a roaring bass line. It's almost a perfect representation of Wemmbu in this arc because it's an internal battle no one can see". (ty so much for hijacking my initial analysis of this, ur insight is actually goated)
The high whistle and low beats clash throughout Deadlock, it's chaotic, but not in the sense that Chaos Construct is. Chaos Construct, living up to its name, is chaotic, but the cello gives it this underlying sense of elegance. This is refined chaos, Wemmbu IS the chaos. However, Deadlock's chaos is frantic, stressful, the type of chaos that someone got thrown into, the type of chaos that is forced upon someone unprompted.
It plays during the bid for Egg and the fight, and despite Wemmbu laughing a few times during said fight, though his tone before the fight began clearly showed his hostile intent. Deadlock demonstrates that Wemmbu is WORRIED, he's panicked, something we've never directly seen out of him, but something that is there, just in the background.
It reveals a greater depth outside of the tone and the words spoken.
And this isn't the first time we've seen this.
Wemmbu is notoriously loud. He has a laugh that breaks the sound barrier after all. So, when Wemmbu goes quiet, you know something is up, that Wemmbu isn't his typically arrogant, aloof self.
I remember this happening two times, but I'm sure it has happened more.
First, when Mane left the lost cause sign. The entire time reading it, Wemmbu was dead silent. When he broke the sign, dead silent. And this sign impacted Wemmbu a lot, he didn't joke about it, or brush it off, or ever even bring it up again. Silence means weight, it means it heavily impacts Wemmbu as a character and alters him in a way that isn't spoken.
The next time it happened was after Rejoice died. After his death and during the fight with Jaden, Wemmbu spoke as little as possible, only doing so to communicate to Lopezz and Egg, but even then, he barely talked, and while macing Jaden, Wemmbu was dead silent.
Rejoice was the first time someone Wemmbu cared about died, and Rejoice died in front of him as Wemmbu was powerless to prevent it (power arc has the buildup of the century). That really altered Wemmbu, and when he eventually got the elytra and defeated Jaden, he was more vindictive than usual, his humor was fury in disguise. He spared Jaden not because it was what Rejoice wanted, but it was crueler to leave him alive than kill him. Wemmbu never says he's angry, Wemmbu never says he's upset over Rejoices death. We only get that from silence, fury coated in humor, and a sunflower in an echest.
My final example of Wemmbu manipulating the narrative and hiding his emotions, is during the Battle of Highwater, after the battle is over. This is before Saps speech at the end. We see Wemmbu celebrating and joking around after it's concluded, so it's easy to assume that Wemmbu doesn't care about all the destruction he just caused (especially to Egg's favorite fishing place), however the battle has affected him, and we get this through amazing, titled shots of Parrot's armies gear floating in the waterways of the city. These shots evoke the sense that something is wrong, and including the dead's items, especially of the opposing sides, shows that Wemmbu isn't comfortable doing this, he's not here for his own goals nor is he okay with carrying out these orders. This is only furthered by how he intentionally misses the mace hit that would have either killed Parrot or put him dang close to death and how he stares at Flame in dead silence for a moment. Wemmbu hated it there, felt uncomfortable, being forced to work with people he didn't know or were furious with (staring at you Flame).
Not to mention the physical distance Wemmbu always puts between himself and anyone else during the Civil War. Even with his fighting style, Wemmbu has always been on the outside of any speech or conversation, hanging out at a higher perching point, away from everyone else. And the final fight in Capital City was Wemmbu dancing around Flame and Parrot, avoiding a fight with his rival because for them, fighting is a communication method, and Wemmbu HATES to be seen as powerless or weak. So he avoids fighting Flame in case he slips up and reveals the situation he's in. He uses his orbitals more, not only to destroy more of Capital City, but to avoid having to constantly mace players and be on the ground, close to everyone else. He's playing to his advantage, staying in the air where he feels safe and comfortable, something he hasn't felt since the war began.
It's a physical distance that represents how Wemmbu has isolated himself from the others, how he refused to rely on them or ask for help, even though Phoenix Duo would most likely help him out. It's stuff that never gets stated, but through looking at details, you can see more meaning than what is at face value.
There is so much of Wemmbu's character that comes from reading between the lines of what he says, of how the music contrasts his voice, the music itself, his tone, the silence, so freaking much is there, and I love it because it tells its own story of what is happening, how each of the protags are unreliable narrators, and how events are really up for interpretation and are heavily altered by perspective and biases.
Am I reading way into block characters of a video game? Absolutely, with no remorse. Thank you for listening to my song analysis covered in a Wemmbu yap as a disguise, having a lovely morning/day/afternoon/evening/night.
Art dump
The reference for the first one is a ballerina bowing, Wemmbu bowing after performing his task(that he doesn't want to do) 2nd one is Arachnid telling Wemmbu he's proud of him
I don't like this one much i think its kinda ugly but I do hope you see the vision here, wemmbu letting himself fall and egg falling with him but still trying to reach out for him
Also wemmbu hair and design HCs and details so far
Bonus art:
Just some funnies
All wemmbu art was drawn with song playing lol
HC: Theobald and Shoebilly // AirStrike Duo ( THIS IS A LONG ONE. )
Oh boy where do I begin.
They first met when Theo was in his early training with Minecarts. And their meeting wasn't by surprise or anything. Theo, with his big attitude and his above-average minecart skills, wanted to find a challenge for himself. And with this name of " Billy the Butcher " on the rise, his mind went, “Why not? If I could kill him, I could get all the fame and attention.”
So he travels around to find this “butcher. " When he first met him, Billy was just finishing from his latest work and was also hurting at the moment from the job. His back got this ugly scar mark from it. And then comes Theo, who wanders into his territory and asks him boldly.
" Are you Billy the Butcher? "
" Depends who's asking "
" I'm here to beat you up "
Let's just say it did not go well for Theo. He was surviving, but he's not winning, and he whines the whole time as well. Amused and kind of impressed with this whole attitude of the guy, Billy asks him for his name, and after a few unpleasantries, he asks Theo if he would like to be taught some BASICS. Offended by this, bro denies and quickly scurries away...after a day or two, he came back for revenge and got his ass kicked again.
Then he ran off, and after a third time of this, he finally ... reluctantly accepted the offer before Billy changed his mind and killed him off for being a nuisance. The first thing he asks him is whether he has friends or any allies at all. Of course, with the big attitude of Theo, he has basically no one. Billy teaches him his first lesson: friends = bad, friends will drag him down, and having friends or someone dear to him will hurt him in the long run. Theo doesn't understand the real concept of this much since he doesn’t have friends at the moment, but he understands the whole gist of what Billy tries to say.
Their daily routine consists of around three things: Training, Resting, Hunting for food. It was that simple. If only the training was that simple. Billy made him do a lot of things, from carrying buckets until his inventory is full to punching 100 trees in 1 hour, and that's just a warm-up. He taught him the basics of PVP, how to adjust his inventory, and how to dodge attacks. He even taught him a new attitude, small things like how he needed to lift his chin up, how he was supposed to talk, and carry himself so he would be even more confident.
Safe to say, most of the time, ShoeBilly is a good model. There are some things that Theo finds weird, but he didn’t really call Billy out for it like how he didn’t stop players from killing an innocent player when he could have or how he would laugh as a weaker player got slaughtered. He does know of ShoeBilly ideals, but it still rubs him the wrong way; he just doesn’t know what it is.
They spent nights and days together. ShoeBilly lives in a big ass tree near the mangrove swamps biome (because he really likes the colors of the wood… and also… easy to access food. ) Theo doesn't really like the swamp much, so Billy has to make a little corner for him in his house using some leaves and jungle wood. He also stockpiles a lot of seeds. At first, he thought Theo could just eat fish, but bro stares at him when he drops a big ass salmon on the floor for him, so he switches to collecting seeds.
He makes Theo do all the chores around their little nest. Usually, Billy just sits around, goes hunting, or does his job ( he's still an assassin ). Sometimes he takes Theo with him; sometimes he doesn’t. As you can see it is quite peaceful they didn't really have conflict that much they do bicker often but it was all in good fun.
After training with Billy for a while, Theo started to develop the same habits as him. Just small things: the way he carries himself, the way he looks down on others, and even the way he dresses. Then one day, another topic of having friends arises. They were talking casually about Theo meeting old acquaintances, and Billy reminded him about their first lesson. It goes something like:
" Okay, if having friends makes me weak, then what are we? Are we not friends? "
" What? "
" Like I know you're going on and on about having someone you care about could make them be a target, but then am I not your one weakness then? "
" We are not friends. "
" Then what am I to you?"
To that, Billy did not respond and gave him a very annoyed look and basically said he's done with the conversation. After that, Theo was a bit down for a while since, well, the person he looked up to just straight up told him that they are not friends. It created a " small " rift, but after a while, they resumed talking like nothing had happened. Theo didn't question him about it much again.
Now let's talk about how Billy viewed Theo in most of this.
I didn't draw much of this, but he really likes Theo as a person and as a student of his, he doesn't really have a student he doesn’t even want to teach anyone until, of course, he finds this stupid ass bird trying to one-up him in a fight. And usually, if he finds someone trying to pull a stunt like this, he would immediately ban them without a single thought, but since it was another fellow bird (which he didn't encounter in a while) and it also came with an attitude, he decided it might be worthwhile taking it in under his wings.
Billy takes care of Theo well, providing him with food and shelter, helping him preen and get himself together, and he even taught him a thing or two about his work and some advanced fighting techniques. He learned to really cherish this fat, ahh cockatiel as something dear to him, a very cute student. He has pictures of him all over the walls in his room, trust, but he'd never let bro see that shit. Although he was cold on the outside, he very much is the opposite on the inside; he really appreciates having a company in his house.
So when the question of what situationship they are arises, it makes him feel a bit conflicted.
Here's the thing about ShoeBilly:
1) He hates labels.
2) He hates "having friends."
3) Although he treats him as a very close friend, the thought of saying something that goes against HIS OWN ideals chokes him.
So basically, he told him to shut up and don't think about it. He does feel a bit bad seeing Theo sulk around their place, but he thought he'd get over it anyway, so like… yeah.
Spoilers: He did not get over it.
They continue on with their day like nothing happened. They live their life like normal, and Billy always shuts down the same kind of conversation with Theo.
After Theo actually gets good at minecarts, they decided to go on a mission together for a commission that Billy received from someone he wanted Theo to partake in. They travel to the Farlands around this time. Along the way, they meet and kill a bunch of the mafias, and Theo learns to really dislike them SO MUCH because they pester them a LOT. After traveling for a while, he's seen what they are capable of and holds a little bit of a grudge against them every time he sees any of them. He wanted to chase them down, and every time Billy stops him, he was more than annoyed.
At this point, it comes to a point where he finally said he will go after them, and Billy can go do his commission alone. Billy insists that he came with him because he doesn’t want Theo to go alone. But Theo was so fed up because all these times he travels, never once has Billy let him do whatever he wants. It’s always " no, Theo, you can’t do that. " or " No, Theo, you need to listen to me. " So he was done. And he made it clear that " no, I am going. You can't stop me. "
And that was the first time they had a full-blown argument, and it came to a point where Billy threatened to cut him off entirely. But Theo really didn't give a shit anymore. He was so ready to leave the nest... so with a final effort, Billy asked him to just come with him:
" Theo, you're making a mistake. Just- come with me. "
" No? Like you're just going to order me to do this or order me to do that? I am done, bro. If you want to do whatever mission so badly you can do it alone, I'm not doing this shit anymore. I'm just done. You do whatever you want. I’m-“
" IF YOU DON'T COME WITH ME- I WON'T BE ABLE TO PROTECT YOU
Theo, I won't be able to .. so just come with me and we can talk about it later. "
There was a long silence, but the answer came after a while as Theo threw his own uniform to the ground and just responded.
" No. "
That was how they parted. Theo went on his own ways to do his own thing because he's really fed up with getting controlled and dragged around by ShoeBilly. While ShoeBilly was left to pick up the pieces of his one and only friend. He took the hoodie, of course. He felt like his world fell apart for a moment there, but there's really nothing he could do. He wished he could word it differently or convince him again, but he can’t, and if he could go back in time a little bit, he might have told him he did view him as a friend.
Idk who will read it to this point, and if you did, I applaud you. I might draw some scene later
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petition to please call jaden's and jumper's duo name "seabunny" it works so perfectly PLEEEEEEASE HEAR MY CRIES
Quick selfie before I go rogue and nuke everyone
He was, dare I say, unstable
Egg!!! What are you doing here even!!!
OK, pause. I'd like to say I always felt like if Cindercrest loses the war, it would be because of the plot and deus ex machina because after all of this, there's no way in hell Saps will just die, and I am so glad they won because it is so much more interesting when the protagonists didn’t win every battle.
I'm so happy for that the plot took a turn in this way bro it's so cool.
And even though Saps won, Cindercrest still suffered a lot, so you couldn’t fully say it’s a victory for them.
Squiddo’s new arg that i love and need content of
Okay so, hear me out, it hasn’t even been out for a day but can we pls use CherishedApples as their shipname cuz i need a way to find the fan works QUICK
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i'm immediately bored of that other layout so ill cook something up eventually. GO MY YURI
happy priiiide!
the most omniscient yet powerless god
Wemmbu. We need to talk.
Another animatic in the making. Fully coloured because I'm insane this time.
PrinceZam ARC before the fall.
He is a liar and a bringer of death and he is smiling at you while he does it. You'll be loyal chained like a dog and he'll kick you down like one.
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WEMMBUU ARTTT YAYYAYA (forgot to post it on profile lmaoo)
