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ch.3, pg.118: “The Illusionaire”
Love the action pose of Scarecrow. New favorite character to draw! And now for some background (Didn’t I mention there was a reason Miss Muffet was taken out of action but unharmed? Heh)…
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The man of straw took up a pose he assumed was one of battle — defendant, at the ready, but when he began spinning the staff, the Big Bad Wolf’s eyes narrowed in suspicion.
For one of keen senses, the great predator did not guess in time the nature of the magical glow which took over his entire vision, obscured all enemies, and clouded his mind. What filled his field of view was a version of himself without cybernetic enhancements, caged and submissive, a taut chain and collar around his neck. Horror threw his eyes wide. Was this a trick? Why then did he feel the bite of the collar around his neck, the weakness of being unmodified, and the crushing captivity of the cold bars surrounding him. No. No, it couldn’t be! The Controller granted him freedom as long as he did as his feral nature called! …And as long as he did no harm to the spider. But he hadn’t! Only caged her…
“No! NO!!” the Big Bad Wolf bellowed his denials. His tense body twitched at the thought of actually being placed in such confinement. His remaining arm rose to block out the vision but it was too late. The fear had him. Only one thing could save him from The Controller’s wrath. Flight! Begone from the spider and flee!!
So the Scarecrow’s power reveals the inner truth of a being ?
Interesting and nice explaination on why Miss Muffet was taken out of the fight early. Now I understand your reasons.
Actually, it is simply an illusion. It’s not like the Scarecrow from Batman who can show you your worst fears. Our Scarecrow is just really smart and guessed what might scare him.
I figured that much considering the Wolf’s true fear is being caged in.
Still, nice job on the illusion.
And in the first panel I know the perspective/size thing is off but I couldn’t figure out a better way to fix it. Sometimes I get stuck on one panel, one figure and it slows me up by like 2 hours so I just went with it and got the strip finished instead:)
The first line of your prose suggests the staff spun of it’s own accord to me, is that accurate?
Also, I can’t help myself, but…
The Controller looked down upon the Wolf. He flicked his proboscis snidely. His wings buzzed with irritation derision… and anticipation.
“Harm not the Spider.”
The Wolf stared upwards quizzically, into cold soulless eyes like thousands of rubies. “But why, Controller? What do you need with her?”
A swipe from two of the Controller’s spiny chitinous arms sent the Wolf flying across the room. The Wolf regained his balance, saying nothing, pleading with his silent gaze for information.
“I will have revenge for my family, Wolf. Harm not the Spider. The Spider… is MINE.”, said the Fly.
Haha:) Well, it wasn’t intended to be that way but I can fix that for sure. I didn’t want to say “he” because I was using it to refer to the BBW at times and I didn’t want to say “the straw man” again because it’s too much repetition. I’ll take a look at it again.
As for your writing, I love it! Not accurate but fun enough that I wish I had more time to draw it! LOL. Oh, we’ve come up with grand schemes and the BBW’s back story is already complete but that’s a good little bit you have there!
And I must say I really like your prose! I don’t get to see much with Selkie but this is great!
Thanks! I used to do more “real” writing, but it’s mostly scripts these days. Try to get back into it but I never seem to stick with it. :\