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aposterous

1 year ago

Man I wish the book had this instead of the boring useless unnecessary plot we got

A hooded old man is telling a tale of him meeting a fearsome creature the day before. A scary-looking monster is imposed behind him. He speaks of the creature's wicked golden scales, venom-green eyes, and bloodied maw. The two others he is telling this story to do not want to believe him, but he affirms that his story is real. The others lament the fact that such a twisted creature exists.

Juxtaposed to this narrative is a picture of Sunny holding a strawberry plant. Her mouth is covered in red juice as she happily talks about the strawberries she found and offers some to her friends. Glory leans in from the right border and tells her to throw a berry at Starflight, who- from off-panel -declares his misgivings with the proposed action.

Golden Devil

I remember once talking to my partner about the Dragonslayer book (which I have not read myself). I told him I hope there is a scene in there where Sunny does something normal and non-threatening and somehow ends up misinterpreted as a horrifying nightmare creature by a bunch of clueless scavengers with overactive imaginations.

I've sat here for about an hour now, trying to decide whether I should tag this as "violent" or not. On the one hand, it really isn't; it's just strawberry juice after all. On the other hand maybe the evocative imagery in the first panel is transcending the actual reality of the situation. I've decided to leave it as is for the time being. If this imagery upsets you though, please let me know so I can figure out a way to deal with that in the future. Maybe I can make up a new tag or something.