i’ve been really having fun drawing a lot of geralt and eskel lately, young and old! this is my hallelujah for hairy scarred witchers utterly devoted to each other
The piece starts out with a recurring motif inspired from bits and peices of the original Force Theme - particularly the last swell before the ending of the original theme we all know so well.
But instead of rising then gently descending to resolve as the original theme did, this motif descends, and descends, because Obi-Wan himself does - diminished, lost, grieving alone and unwilling to reach out to the Force the way he did before the fall of the Jedi. The phrases are more disjointed, more piecemeal - the great theme of the Force broken asunder by Order 66, alive only in warped echoes and peices of its once whole glory.
But, as this new theme progresses, we begin to hear a new motif with trumpets - approaching, rising, like warlike steps, that we think should end in a great clash but only culminates in a quiet, almost atonal wash of violins - the same dissonance calling back to the immolation theme that played when Obi-Wan left Anakin burning on Mustafar.
BecauseObi-wan realises Anakin is alive. The darkness that approached - that Obi-Wan dragged himself out of his stupor to face - is no other than Anakin. And in that moment he remembers and grieves afresh, as the theme brings us back to Mustafar.
But where does the memory of Mustafar lead us?
The dissonance and atonal theme of Mustafar merged into a chorus of trumpets - playing the penultimate few notes of the Force theme far more clearly than the beginning of the peice, again and again, climbing as the violins do, as Obi-Wan finds new purpose - or perhaps understanding that his purpose never changed.
But even as this steady echo of the Force theme progresses, it does not fully resolve, instead mirroring the warlike step notes of trumpets we saw in the middle of the peice.
Obi-Wan and Anakin. Their themes perfect foils to each other and yet still perfectly matched as brothers are.
The theme does not resolve - it does not balance itself - because it is not yet time for the Force to be fully balanced. Balance will only come to the Force when Vader becomes Anakin again for the love of his son.
My post with these panels from when the chapter first came out still gets notes every so often, so I’ve had a lot of time to look at these panels, specifically Chopper’s reaction to Judge’s little diatribe against Sanji here.
I mean Luffy’s reaction is incredibly Luffy; he here’s Judge list off everything he hates about Sanji and that makes him Germa’s failure and responds with “Damn that’s all your best features.” Legendary.
But Chopper’s reaction right here, he’s wide eyed, his mouth has fallen open, he’s been treating Luffy but has stopped to take in what Judge is saying. Luffy’s just staring, a little confused about why Judge would stop and tell him all this maybe, but Chopper is horrified.
Because Chopper gets it. Chopper’s also been explicitly cast out by his birth family, so out of everyone on the ship, Chopper understands best what’s happening to Sanji right now. He Gets it.
