#the Quill Bow was the toughest as the Teapot Cannon equivalent

[victorluvsalice]

Forgotten Vows Friday: You Have Just Obtained. . .

We all like those neat little posters that pop up when Alice obtains her four core weapons in Alice: Madness Returns, right? I know I do. So, when the opportunity came up to do a pastiche of one in Chapter 14 of "Fixing You," when Victor picked up the Grim Scythe, I happily grabbed it. I thought it added a fun shout-out to the game, and what better way to introduce his Hobby Horse equivalent?

But, of course, I didn’t really want to leave it at just the one. . .and since we're all currently waiting for me to finish up the final chapter of "Fixing You," I figured, why not complete the set? I may not have the patience or skill to sit down and draw anything out, but I can at least provide you with the text. In order of first obtained to last in the story:

-->Vorpal Fork: You have just obtained The Vorpal Fork! Three tines for perfect stabbing! Leaves false lords squealing! (as seen in a previous engagement)

-->Wedding Wine: You have just obtained The Wedding Wine! (Elder Gutknecht edition) Poison your enemies! Or - conduct the ideal ceremony!

-->Quill Bow: You have just obtained The Quill Bow! Folded from the finest white paper! Strongest twine for the string! Fires the sharpest, curliest drawing quills! Draw out the eyesores in your life!

-->Grim Scythe: You have just obtained The Grim Scythe! Slice through garden pests! Reap the rewards of your harvest! The most preferred in the Underworld!

And, as a bonus, since this is my favorite of his non-core-four weapons:

-->Awful Orphica: You have just obtained The Awful Orphica! Rock foes straight off their feet! Perfectly in tune with all your offensive needs! The best for musical mayhem! Constructed 1810.

Not too shabby, right? Though I still kind of want to refine the Quill Bow one. . .

#forgotten vows friday #american mcgee's corpse bride #arsenal of imagination #these were a bit harder than I expected #mostly because it took me a while to come up with the puns #studied the original posters pretty closely to see what I wanted to do with these #the Quill Bow was the toughest as the Teapot Cannon equivalent #the conceit of that -- that it's kind of an advertisement for Hatter's latest invention -- doesn't quite fit #I'm not entirely displeased with what I came up with #but I wouldn't mind poking at it more #The Awful Orphica took some time too #but I'm more satisfied with that one #better puns and let me reference the old name for Orchestralia #shame I couldn't work it into 'Fixing You' but getting the core A:MR inspired weapons in took precedence #maybe in a side story #queued