Commentary
for June 26, 2021:
This page took me a lot
longer to complete than I’d hoped and, honestly, it’s the reason
this chapter didn’t start until June. Originally, I’d planned to
start Chapter 11 on May 19, but a week before that, I was still
working on this page and worried that subsequent pages would take
just as long or longer, so I decided I needed more time. Would you
believe that it was the first panel that took the longest to
complete? It may not be a big panel, but I’ve found it’s never the
size of a panel that matters, but the level of detail in it. An
establishing shot of Knothole, a village in a forest, was always
going to take a lot of time to complete, no matter how big it was.
Anyways, if you’ve not read the previous season of Eon’s World
Vol. 2, you really ought to go back and read it for a bit more
context, particularly concerning the warp rings. In season 1, the
Echidna Empire and their renegade Martian allies used warp rings to
move ships instantly around the Sol system, allowing them to strike
suddenly and without warning. It was a major plot point, although,
looking back, I really wish I’d given a bit focus to the rings
themselves and not just the portal generators they were being used
as components of. You can just about make out the ring, blown up to
its full size in one of the backgrounds on
this page, but that’s the only time
I actually showed a warp ring in season 1. If I did those chapters
again, I’d do them differently. But that’s why I wanted to have this
scene here, with the rings recovered from the Echidna Empire fully
on display. They will be important later, so watch this space.
Additionally, a lot of this chapter is actually setup for stuff
coming in Chapter 13 and beyond, so the other function of this scene
is to show that the Freedom Fighters still exist, they’re still
based in Knothole in the Great Forest, and Tails is still one of
them, still doing the science and engineering thing. And even though
Sally isn’t an active member right now, given that she’s now the
President of the Terran Union, she keeps lines of communication with
her old team open so she can stay up to date with them and what
they’re doing. In fact, this whole scene is largely exposition so
you, the reader, can be filled in on the current status of the
Freedom Fighters. You won’t be seeing much of anyone else on the
team besides Tails in this chapter, but the others, who are still
actively involved, are coming in Chapter 13. I’m not sure I want to
spoil who they are just yet, though. |
