SIREN REVIEW #0003 : Black Crow : Eamon Brown
Designed by @darkfumaa
[Submission post]
[Backstory post]
I can’t remember the last time I nearly cried while reading something. I wasn’t emotionally attached to Airi at all when I read through this, she was only mentioned once and that was in the beginning.
So why did I nearly cry when I read the end?
Let me tell you why. Because you have a good flow.
You didn’t rush to submit this. The way you wrote the whole thing shows you gave the right amount of focus to Eamon’s backstory, just enough to grab the reader’s attention and at the same time have them continue wanting to know what happens next. The right focus, without going all over the place. His change of character was realistic, believable and, somewhat relatable (you know, if you were an orphaned siren yourself).You even used the idea from the little doodle I did for your sketchdump! I smiled so much at that, it made such a good build up for his attitude towards his job.
Originally, when you first submitted, I’d already liked the idea that Eamon adapted the role of a kind of Angel of Death for both good and evil. And honestly it’s a good thing that you decided to put them separately because the cluster of information probably wouldn’t have much of an impact as they did now. In light of the recent age meme as well, there’s something about his smile that says everything about your written backstory. A lot of pain you can’t really see behind it, and I love it.
And the fact that you even wanted to expand on his character in such detail makes me so happy- you didn’t submit just for the sake of submitting. Not for the sake of getting art. You gave heart. So thank you for that, because it really matters so much for content creators like me to know you have so much love for making and developing your own character in our world.
Thank you for joining us, and I hope to see more of this angel around.
-sai-shou
