I'm not able to go to Spy Another Day, but I've been working on this Spies Are Forever wood segmentation piece off and on since the tinlightenment campaign back in February. I swore to myself I'd get it done before the LA Spies show, and I just barely made it! I absolutely cannot wait to watch the digital ticket for this
This show has meant so much to me. It has gotten me through a few very difficult months, and I can't wait to hang this on the wall of my workshop and be reminded of a thing that inspires me.
The backer board is 3/8" red oak plywood, "Forever" is cut out of 3/8" baltic birch plywood, the "spies are" is 1/4" baltic birch plywood, and the cityscape is 1/8" marine plywood. The figures are 3/8" baltic birch, the shape of each color is cut out individually, sanded, painted, and put back together like a puzzle.
So I'm thinking about the line "The warmest hello, to the coldest goodbye." again for a number of reasons.
Because when Curt says goodbye to Owen- when he shoots him. When Owen dies. Curt's goodbye to Owen, that's the coldest goodbye to him. Any goodwill between the two of them has been severed. Even if Owen lived there was no way of fixing that bond. He betrayed his partner- called him weak. Tortured him. That's the coldest goodbye for Curtwen.
But for us? As an audience? Well, coming back to rewatch SAF after Wayward Guide, where it's been established that Chimera took over the world. That Curt couldn't stop them. That Owen died for practically nothing.
It feels. Cold.
Upon the first viewing of SAF, we feel a sense of optimism. That Curt's gonna stop Chimera. Everything will work out. But upon the rewatch after Wayward Guide.. there is no optimism. The whole ending for the show just feels bitter.
We say goodbye to the heroes knowing that they're not gonna succeed. They're gonna go through all that trouble for nothing. Chimera's gonna become too big to stop. It all ends on an inevitably unhappy ending.
And that my friend, for us as an audience, is the coldest goodbye. An improper conclusion. Saying goodbye, despite knowing that the big corporation will take over. And there is no hope.
My friend mentioned an idea for a reverse soulmates AU where the name of the person you're destined to kill slowly becomes a more visible scar on your arm AND IMAGINE THAT WITH CURTWEN???? He'd obviously never tell Owen he's destined to kill him and I think Curt would believe he could change his fate and he fails. TWICE.
I'm kinda obsessed with this at the moment and might write something for it because the angst would be magnificent.