The two sad-ish poems together for two lonely characters eventually became hellas grim … So I watched Madoka to cheer me up (oh the irony), and spent Saturday adding in frog-monsters and yesterday finishing them. And thus was how this crazy thing came to be.

Theme song for piece: [link] I KNOW IT'S PATCHY'S SONG I DUNNO WHY THIS … but it became my fave for so much of the time working on this, and the emotions attached to the piece are entwined with the song. There's even a short film I've dreamt up, paced in time with the music, portraying Daiyousei and Cirno's friendship, and events leading up to this scene … if I get around to it, maybe I'll storyboard it? =3

The poems crafted the picture, but a lot of the poems' imagery was inspired by Make It Stop by Rise Against [link] , the catalyst for the first poem. The second's motivations were different, and more personal, but nonetheless, hopefully it's clear that the common theme of hope in the face of despair unites the two? ^^

This piece goes out to all those who were ever stepped on or put down for who they are, or the choices which are theirs to make; and those who ever doubted or hated themselves because of what others said or did to them, or because of their own buried fears. May you persevere and prevail, alongside friends who see you for the treasure that you are, not the filth that the heartless others, or your inner demons, might have you believe.

:music:It's always darkest just before the dawn,
So stay awake with me, let's prove them wrong!:music:
(Tim McIlrath)