Page Commentary No. 167 (Patreon)

Psu: Guess what's Gunwild's favorite movie.

Gunwild: It's actually Casino Royale.

Psu: We already did that chapter.

Gunwild: I like how in the last panel we can see that the buildings of this colony are in pretty different styles. I enjoy that, it's boring to see places where there are thoroughly-enforced construction bylaws stopping people from building outside of an approved single aesthetic.

Psu: Well it's supposed to be a random assortment of construction! Like space is so big and the town didn't ever like... design itself before. And now business are coming in and people are starting families. Anyway... I feel like this might be a very Gunwild page. Gunwild's the one that has Peia's voice down pat. And I already talked a bunch about the dawn colors!

Gunwild: Oh. Well, her voice, let me see... yeah, Cassiopeia can seem like she acts and talks in a "lol so random" way that doesn't make any sense. But, although the way she acts is never gonna be to everyone's taste, she honestly doesn't stray too far from speaking about whatever (admittedly silly) point she's trying to make. She just uses a lot of weird shorthand speech, tries to throw in notes of drama for her own amusement, and may also burst into song. And yet clearly she's in a hurry to abandon all those "bits" if something more interesting catches her eye.

Psu: She's also one of only three characters that can insert into a panel with a tiny circle panel of her own. Okay, back to the visuals a bit. There's Cally's old design! I kinda didn't like it and changed it a bunch as the characters changed. Also Peia's hover umbrella, whose idea was the Chozo head grip?

Gunwild: Yours, I've actually never played through a Metroid game all the way. But it's very good, we know those guys have plenty of technology to increase folks' mobility! And in case anybody missed the obvious, yes, it's meant to look like the parrot head on Mary Poppins's flight-permitting umbrella. Also about, how Cally used to look... clearly she hit Xerran puberty since then. BUT WHO FOR...? :3c

Psu: Uh. Skwidj?

Gunwild: I'm not sure they've met, but he IS adorable. He's nervous, and when he's nervous he shivers, and when he shivers he wiggles, and that's adorable.

Psu: Well I love him.

Gunwild: Hooray!