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kenisu3000 — M3: The Dark Dragon Awakens

Published: 2010-07-10 04:11:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 879; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 5
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Description Old stuff. In retrospect, I suppose the only things that really bother me about it is the signature, and the all-too perfectly spaced stars. Here's my comments from back when I submitted it in 2006, around the same time that I started up my fancomic:

In Mother 3, there's a huge mess revolving around the "Dragon of Darkness", but even at the end of the game, we never get to see him/her/it. Well, we do get to see a huge black "breathing" mass which MIGHT be the Dragon (in the shot with all those tornadoes, I believe), but that's unclear.
Well, one evening about two weeks or so ago, I discovered the rare Evanescence song "Before The Dawn", and when I heard it, I felt it would fit perfectly with the destruction of the world at the end of Mother 3. And then, this breathtaking image just flew into my mind. I saw the Dragon (I had no clear idea what I wanted it to look like, albeit I knew I wanted it slender and very nocturnal-looking) standing atop the ending world, staring at a crescent moon as though it could reach out and grasp it.
So, I cooked up a preliminary sketch for the Dragon of Darkness, and got to work on a full-page mind-to-paper translation of this image. I used so much permanent marker for the black expanse of space, however, that the drawing still gives off fumes to this day and gets anyone nearby high as a cloud
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GalenaLarkin [2010-07-10 21:33:42 +0000 UTC]

That's kinda awesome and scary I always thought the dragon was a metaphor for nature (or possibly the hand of God or some other divine power, since the end of Mother 3 is a bit like a Noah's Ark story). Nice job of bringing that idea to life :3

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kenisu3000 In reply to GalenaLarkin [2010-07-11 00:01:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I've also read an interesting theory recently that the Dragon is essentially the player himself/herself. It's here: [link] but it's a TVtropes page, so click at the risk of your afternoon getting shot in the pitoot. O_o

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GalenaLarkin In reply to kenisu3000 [2010-07-11 01:00:40 +0000 UTC]

I've been on that site before. Beyond the Mother/Earthbound pages I've no real interest in it so no worries XD

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