My piece for the @wandersongzine ! I got Act 4! :]
Tiny ramble under the cut about why I chose this moment
I always thought of it as awesome of Kiwi taking back their inspiration and drive to do things. The fact the song plays a bit of Langtree in it makes me feel like Kiwi injected a bit of the joy and freedom the small town gave them and was able to pass that on.
Act 4 is a sad act. It's about coming back to home but not having it feel safe or happy despite it. A bittersweet reunion with reminders of your roots and why you are the way you are. The inverse of roles and Kiwi losing their sense of self is something that's focused on a lot in the chapter. So, I wanted to showcase Kiwi on the upswing... finding that passion again and rekindling ACTUAL happiness when seeing they've helped spread that others.
The Real Happy Kid.
It was this or Queen Order's castle, honestly. I feel like I should have done the latter seeing how many people focused only on the first half of the act as well... but I am still VERY satisfied with this piece.
Just noticing that, even before Callum throws a punch, he’s already overpowering Finnegrin here (even though Finn is a pretty big guy himself). Had Elmer not pulled him away, I’m pretty sure Callum could have beaten him within an inch of his life.
Which just goes to show, Callum doesn’t avoid violence because he doesn’t want to get hurt, he avoids violence because he doesn’t want to hurt you.
Something something Viren insisting that “even this goo-spitting homunculus does not deserve a name as undignified as Sparklepuff” something something the way that Soren insists that Deadwood Elmer deserves dignity and that manifests as Elmer insisting that his proper name be used