Call me Sand!

Ky and Sin are father and son. Sin is the result of the forbidden love between a human and a gear (basically biological weapons), which caused an immense distress in Ky, for what he kept his wife Dizzy and Sin a secret in order to protect them. Ky always fought to be righteous and questioned his own judgement for the wellbeing of others. He knew what he was doing was against everything, and more when he became the third king of Illyria and all eyes were on him; to which he only was a mere puppet of the Conclave. Ashamed, Ky had to take the hard decision to give his son to Sol, hoping he would take care of him, better than he could. Ky never faced Sin, not after what he had done to him. In the end, Ky was a prisoner of his weak heart.

On the other hand, Sin grew resentful of Ky. He never understood why Ky rejected him so much, and why he fought so hard for unknown people but never cared enough for his own family. His resentment was such that he only considered Sol his father, as he confessed it to Ky. Despite all, Sin still cared for him, because he knew there was a reason why Dizzy, his mother, still considered Ky a valuable family member, so he stood close to him so Ky could prove his own worth as a father.

I don't mean to say Ky is Daedalus and Sin is Icarus, but more about how the story can be interpreted in how a father's decision can lead to a son's resentment and trauma. Daedalus became a prisoner due to his actions, Icarus was simply dragged by it. So, even if Sin could fit perfectly in Icarus' role, it's more about how Ky sees Sin suffering the consequences of his actions and yet fighting to become someone on his own, far from what was his mistakes. Ky loves Sin, but he knew that he was uncapable of being a good father as the circumstances were implied, so in order to free his son from his cell he had to let him go.

"Unidos en la gloria y en la muerte" (united in glory and death) from Rebecca Matte is a sculpture that's been with me my whole life. Anytime I visited my grandma, my mother and I had to walk in front of the Bellas Artes Museum, where the statue is. She would tell me the story about Daedalus and Icarus, and I remember myself finding strange why Icarus had to be prisoner with his father. But even if I find it still unfair for Icarus, and now that I continue to walk in front of the same statue decades later, I can empathize with Daedalus and how he tried to save both of them for the mistake he committed. Seeing now Daedalus' expression, how sad and frustrated he looks, explains how much he regretted it.

And that's what I find so fascinating in Ky and Sin's story. They're not conventionally father and son, even when Sin finally recognizes Ky as his father, and eventually moves together, Sin already has his own freedom that could only gain when Ky let him go. And their relationship is slowly growing stronger, yay!

Also there's this theme in Guilty Gear Xrd Sign titled Icarus that I highly recommend to listen, it's a nice song and I always think about Sin for no reason, idk Sin as Icarus is so appealing to me, I have so many ideas with this aaaaaaaa.

Here some little process pics.