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The complete Hatchetfield-verse poster set

For anyone still interested in these, this is an update.

Lineart and values have been done but, no joke, I have NO IDEA where to go from here. Color has broken me. I’ve been stumped for so long, leaving them and coming back.

of course you as the audience can't help emma even as she begs for you to, it's just a show, and it was fucking phenomenal so you are cheering. BUT so are the actors, who in the context of the story are the infected. and in the context of the story YOU are there too, cheering along with them. YOU are infected.

i think this is why inevitable and the ending as a whole make me sick to my stomach in a way my words will never adequately describe. we watch as the apotheosis strips paul and the others of their individuality, turning the world into one big musical number, and we are comfortable viewing it all from an audience perspective. but when emma cries to YOU, something shifts. the wall is broken. everything about the show is perfectly set up so that by the end you will be whooping and applauding at a character that so desperately needs your help.

it's set up so that you can initially feel you are in line with the heroes of the story, only for it to put you in the same position as the villain. because maybe in reality that isn't as uncommon of a circumstance as you might think. how often do we dismiss ourselves all the while viewing tragedy from a comfortable audience seat, treating it as a spectacle? i think this is the question the show wants you to walk away with.

from emma's perspective in the original TGWDLM production its a moderately sized crowd of us against her (still terrifying), but in the west end theater it's this gigantic surging ocean of people all laughing at her desperation.

RRAAAAAHHHHH!!! It's taken exactly 4 months but its done!!!

For those unaware:

What is Project Petrichor?

Project Petrichor is a massive document that analyzes and connects all of the lore from across the Risk of Rain Franchise. It got really out of scope and has essentially become a lore wiki.

What is in there?

I started with all the items and have added all the monsters since. Each page contains the original lore and my analysis on how it connects to the greater Risk of Rain universe.

... Why?

Devon inheriting the remaining original half of Maul's lightsaber is one of the best bits of lightsaber symbolism we've had in years, to wit:

Devon, finally reaching her breaking point, giving fully into rage and immediately being disarmed of her Jedi lightsaber by her Imperial opponent, offered a Sith lightsaber to replace it with. Not pushed into her hands, but left for her to summon herself—because however few options she has left, however much the forces around her have stripped them away from her, it is ultimately her choice to go down that path.

Maul making a calculated sacrifice, offering up a part of himself—earlier in the season he left the rebuilt half out for her to take temporarily, a wary showing of his hand; now he's giving her the remaining half of his original blade for good. In practical terms because its shorter length makes it more suited to her now than him, but also because in turning her this way he is inherently making himself vulnerable with her in a way he is not prepared for.

Devon and Maul, sharing what was once two halves of the same blade, adapting to their losses by becoming codependent on each other, trying imperfectly to fill the voids left behind.

Devon, the padawan who fell from the TPM Obi-Wan scenario, claiming the mantle of Darth Maul and adopting the blade that killed Qui-Gon Jinn as her own. The Jedi has inherited the JediKiller3000, and the cycle continues.

Coffee tea break.

A gift for @heartgamer26-art-stop for the @mcytblrholidayexchange , of your boy X being taken care of by Ren. Happy holidays : )

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