028. Resonance

2002/2003

• Faux boss whose psychotic split personality is the true arc boss. Final battle leaves him cleansed and ready to support the protagonists.
• Split personality born out of mental and physical abuse at father's hand in childhood
• Rose into villainy due to a basic misunderstanding: believed Pharaoh somehow killed his father (What.) when it was actually Yami Malik.
• Attraction had a 75% basis upon his holy batman character design.
• Directly responsible for the discovery of YSRMB and the launch into forum/chatroom culture.
• Never understood the appeal of shounen-ai/yaoi; found fanfics and pairings lulzy if not outright sad.

2012/2013

• Classic Sanctuary arc has his psychotic split personality(??) set up as the mysterious faceless arc boss with an obsession for taking baths. The face we finally do get to see when the mask comes off, however, is that of his normal self - an ingenious twist that left all kiddies as open-mouthed and confused as Seiya back in the day. Redemption (or unification?? restoration of balance??) by suicide (anime) or Athena before suicide (manga), and...dear god, what a tearjerk after (each, numerous) death. ;_;
• Split personality a curse hinted to burden all older Gemini saints through history. Dormant within until awakened by the little brother (or should I say *cough* SEDUCED *cough* like they do in canon? Seriously, what).
• Rose into villainy as soon as alt ego(??) was fully formed. How and when this actually happened is terribly glossed-over, leaving entire continents of space for doujin to fill. The [subjective]best[/subjective] theory proposes that the percussion of "losing" Kanon, even more so than Shion's choice of Aiolos, was the true catalyst.
• Attraction has a 75% basis upon intrigue over his characterization (and what he had to chuck through in Hades Sanctuary (Oh my manly tears), never the fuck mind Classic Sanctuary). Why that signature expression? What's the deal with Kanon? Why?
• Directly responsible for the rediscovery of forum/chatroom culture, and launching a thousand burning inspirations to create.
• Also responsible for the complete 180º change of attitude/opinion toward doujin, which is not to be confused with fanfics. Because in China, there exist skilled professional writers who literally produce novel-length works which they frequently proceed to physically publish and sell after sharing online (and still get people who buy!). Collectively, they (along with the original Saint Seiya) give off a vibe much like Tatami Galaxy - same characters under alternate backdrops, parallel existence with selfsame characterization. Induced my acceptance for tanbi, which really is a surprisingly different animal from BL and certainly yaoi. Everything for the pure pursuit of beauty indeed.

027. Imbroglio

Progress shots at this stage in the game all tend to look similar. I'm pressed to feel that the next time I have the nerve to show that ramen thing again, it better be the finished thing. Therefore, meanwhile, you may stare at Comet and my butt to pass the time.

026. Dregs

Fine, I'll admit it. Progress has been fucking staggering. -_-;

025. A name

1. Apparently, the piece I poured the least effort into last month, Team Lament, helped inspire an entire fucking straight-up one-shot purely-yaoi-with-no-character-depth fanfic without me knowing. In Spanish. Informed to me in Chinese. What is happening in this world.

2. Got off work early today due to severe weather, and I was dedicating the evening to slowly whipping color into ramen twins, except Comet starts barfing in the living room and when I go down to clean up, I see squirming rubber bands in his regurgitated blob. The rest of the night was spent woefully lamenting the lack of disposable gloves at home as I picked out said worms with his poop bags over my hands into an evidence bag and cleaning the carpet. Hopefully the vets are open tomorrow to at least book an appointment.

3. Became sort of active in chatrooms(!!) after how many years? Ten? It's really kind of amazing. I even have an official alt-language nickname now, sort of. It roughly equates to "moneybag cashews."

Yes.

024. The Unravelling

DISC 1 : CD
01. Unraveling
02. 業 (KARMA)
03. かすみ (KASUMI)
04. 鴉 (KARASU)
05. Bottom of the death valley
06. Unknown.Despair.Lost
07. THE FINAL
DISC 2 : CD
01. MACABRE
02. Unraveling (Unplugged Ver.)
03. THE FINAL (Unplugged Ver.)

Uh, so there is only one or two new songs on this next "mini album" coming out in April... Should have just called it a super deluxe single. =_+

But looking at the list of remade songs, I'm excited to see The Final... I really wonder how a matured Deg would re-imagine that one. And to me, Kasumi already is a completed work. What made them choose that one, too?

Interviews say Deg considered itself truly born as an identity only starting with Vulgar.

Interviews also seem to suggest Kyo was actually the one who drew the Rinkaku cover, above. He is opening himself up in other venues of self-expression...

Fifteen years young of Dir en grey.

023. Torsos are beautiful animals

Therefore...

And also my solution to the color problem is to apparently drain the colors. Of course. ಠ__ಠ Still got to patch shit up so Kanon steals less of the foreground...

022. Close

60% given up on Kanon's face and thinking of settling. I'll try one last thing tomorrow...or whenever it'll be the next time I get to draw.