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[fluffydeoxys]

there's weirdly a lot of overlap/mention of angels and angelic imagery alongside the machine/employers and it's making me think a lot

[fluffydeoxys]

have you ever explained the shadowy stitch things on rory ? sorry if you have i am a fool

Not a fool at all silly <3 I should eventually make a post that specifically explains the full history of everything. It's gotten quite complex now, but essentially:

Rory never fit in at the AAHW facility where he was made. He had one sort-of friend, Agentmos, but that didn't... quite work out in the end. A long and complicated string of abuse and isolation led to him killing one of his peers, an abuser, when pushed to the absolute limit. Auditor didn't like that, stepped in and killed him. Rory spent 3 years in Hell trying to figure out who he was, what led him to this point, and if he should even still be alive.

Eventually, he did get out of Hell with the help of someone Rory hasn't seen, nor knows. But since Rory lost a considerable portion of his S3LF during his time in Hell, something had to fill the gaps made from his head and arm being torn apart.

The Auditor's flesh was used. A byproduct of the power that still clung to his head, something that tormented him with chronic pain and horrid nightmares.

He's alive now, but left with permanent scars, a bevvy of trauma and body dysmorphia, complicated self-image issues, and still being somewhat trapped in his past. But the stitches keep him together, because he was remade with love despite being torn apart by how cruel this world is.

Life is certainly hard for him, and sometimes it gets too much, but I think Rory would say he's happy to be alive. Happiness has to be fought for.

[fluffydeoxys]

okayyyy hehe people were very nice and i shall write my thoughts.

one of my weirdly specific favourite things about madcom is specifically 4:56 through to 5:59 in expurgation, both in the song itself and in the animation (though the duration is a bit longer in the animation specifically). putting my yammering under the cut

You have such foreboding magnificence building in tandem with Sanford fighting alone through the horde of Tricky skeletons, outside and fully exposed with the backdrop in red. The music pairs so well with the scene, conveying this sense of "I'm fucking fighting against a power so much larger than me", it's so intimidating and grand in this menacing, otherworldly way.

5:00 through to 5:15 the sound design of the bullets pinging off the shields, Sanford struggling and throwing down his weapons is so fucking fantastic, it masterfully sells the visceral struggle that San is clawing through. Prying the shield off to protect against the Mossberg 500 and claiming it for himself...

and arghhh my fucking favourite bit 5:17. Put 5:17 Expurgation on my damn forehead because I will never ever stop thinking about it. The music swells with the tap of Tricky's hand against Sanford's shoulder, then sending him careening away with a mere swing of an axe.

You have this AMAZING choir-like sound ebbing and flowing through the background, punctuated by the immense weight and sound of rocks moving and chains clanking through 6:25-6:40, forming this huge tower that stands over Sanford.

then 6:40 is like I am fucking ascending man, the choir ascending as Sanford turns and grips his wound, directly facing Tricky who prepares the M60 far away, the terror of seeing it. The music and scene building up to that point. I really wonder what it was like watching it for the first time in 2019.

Like uurughhhhh have you seen anything so cool??? Music that's so fantastically orchestrated in tandem with the animation that fits its tone perfectly? That sensation of doom, of staring down a power that could and might actually kill you? That you're all alone, back against the wall but still holding it together by a hair fighting something you barely even understand?

Sort of related but a pretty minor but surprisingly significant detail after rewatching through madcom a few times is how important sound design is to conveying the visceral brutality and tension of these scenes. Every force of every bullet, every meaty impact of every punch, it matters a lot. The scraping of metal, and the crunch of stone, it really sells this power that is integral to what makes Madness Combat special. Though you do kinda miss the silly grunt noises the guys used to make when they were hit

[fluffydeoxys]

i read every tag and reply to things but I'm too scared to respond to them but imagine I am very happily nodding at what you have said. i feel bad cus I appreciate everyone's words but I'm like a skittish little animal

[fluffydeoxys]

i have an opportunity to share the 27983275 thoughts I have abt jeb and zero by doing a comic but my perpetual loop of thinking my skills aren't good enough to make a comic stop me forever. i think the idea might be good enough where I reach a point of idgaf and do it anyway one day. staring at wall

[fluffydeoxys]

random question but does anyone know/have a post that documents all of hank's injuries? I was talking to a friend about it but neither of us can find who posted it/where it is. thank you for anyone's time if they do end up looking for it :D

[fluffydeoxys]

the urge to talk about OCs unfiltered superseded by various degrees of shame and the overwhelming internal voice of booooo be quiet (throws tomato)

[fluffydeoxys]

ok i cannot decide because i have design notes/ideas drafted up and an equal amount of keen interest in both

which design should i work on first

deimos

jeb

Voting ended onMar 10, 2025

i've got some other stuff i'm working on that i wanna finish first but. i unironically cannot decide LMFAO