Just finished the Chaos Walking series recently. Was anyone else really scared Mayor Prentiss was going to turn out to be Todd's biological father. Because there were times I thought they were gonna go there.
Did a redraw of some old Chaos Walking art I did 11 years ago but this time actually drew my own version (The first one was copied from FollowTheRiver on DA, I was 15 and wanting to learn how to draw fanart without doing photo-realism).
I remember looking though DA in the early days and seeing people draw fanart of books that hadn't yet gotten TV shows or movies and being really inspired to learn how to do that myself. I haven't really put my improved skills to work much but I'm sure 15 year old me would be beyond happy to be able to finally draw what has only been imagined in my head for years now
If you haven't read the Chaos Walking series (The Knife of Never letting Go), I would highly recommend it. The movie just doesn't do it justice.
In Monsters of Men, the Mayors actions become more and more contradictory, all in the name of power, but still. First he wants war, then he wants peace, the war, then peace and on and on... But I realized, his actions aren't supposed to make sense.
He is going crazy. This entire book, he's going crazy, and that's why he dies. He's never truly defeated by Todd because he defeats himself through his endless quest for power. And it's because of this constant influx of knowledge that he's switching between war and peace, because how can he decide when the planet can't decide, and he is all of the knowledge in the planet?? His decisions aren't supposed to make sense!!
Did viola dirty by not drawing her as much so i tried to make a little book progression thing like i did with todd.. i didnt like double check anything so i have NO idea if it mentions what she wears in MoM so i took some creative liberties ok馃敟
Dare I say that the reason Mayor Prentiss goes mad is because he tries to hard to control the Noise, or, in regards to the trilogy's theme, he tries so hard to follow the rules of Toxic Masuclinty which is an impossible task. The Mayor is a control freak, he loves no one and cares for no one but himself. He kills his own son to reach his final goal (to control everything) but then comes Todd whom he can't help but love (and I think Davy's death accelerated this). But he spent so much time making himself feel nothing that all this love comes pouring out of him and I don't mean it in some touching, heartfelt way. I mean like when you put a bottle of water in the freezer and it explodes. Feeling nothing isn't salvattion, it's destruction.